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Paperback. Coming 30 years after publication of Richard Byrne's seminal book The Thinking Ape, Evolving Insight develops a new theory of the evolutionary origins of our human ability to understand the world of objects and other people. In a clear and accessible style, the book reviews the evidence for insight in the cognition of animals. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR; PSAJ; PSVP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198757078
- ISBN
- 9780198757078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.97
€ 67.97
Editor(s): Macintosh, J J. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 362 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Canada
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551114668
- ISBN
- 9781551114668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.85
€ 43.99
€ 31.85
Hardback. Examines how English writers from the Elizabethan period to the Restoration transformed and contested the ancient ideal of the virtuous mean. This book argues that English authors used the ancient schema of means and extremes in innovative and contentious ways hitherto ignored by scholars. Series: Literature in History. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HPCA; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090283
- ISBN
- 9780691090283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.79
€ 172.79
hardcover. Always connect - that is the imperative of today's media. In this book, the author turns our usual understanding of media on its head by arguing that these moments reveal the ways the impossibility of communication is integral to communication itself - instances they call excommunication. Series: TRIOS. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: GTC; HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226925219
- ISBN
- 9780226925219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.83
€ 121.83
Paperback. Always connect - that is the imperative of today's media. In this book, the author turns our usual understanding of media on its head by arguing that these moments reveal the ways the impossibility of communication is integral to communication itself - instances they call excommunication. Series: TRIOS. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: GTC; HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226925226
- ISBN
- 9780226925226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.49
€ 39.49
This study looks at how the philosophies of Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) and Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) employ the figures of "exemplarity" and "chosenness" in order to address the tension between the universality of philosophical thinking and the particularity of nations, languages, and individual human experience. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755214
- ISBN
- 9780804755214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.99
€ 87.99
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992891
- ISBN
- 9780295992891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.62
€ 113.62
Hardcover. Hardback, in very good - as new condition.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- AMS Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1966
- SKU
- KRF0039400
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 1DVH; 3JJ; HBTB; HPS; JFSC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636863
- ISBN
- 9780691636863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.67
€ 198.67
Hardback. Not long ago, two friends Jean Baudrillard and Enrique Valiente Noailles the one having come from Buenos Aires, the other from nowhere, met in Paris. They had a long discussion without any precise aim. It was, rather, a way of rubbing up against metaphysics without risk of contagion. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 204 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639901
- ISBN
- 9780745639901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Paperback. Not long ago, two friends Jean Baudrillard and Enrique Valiente Noailles the one having come from Buenos Aires, the other from nowhere, met in Paris. They had a long discussion without any precise aim. It was, rather, a way of rubbing up against metaphysics without risk of contagion. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 200 x 9. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639918
- ISBN
- 9780745639918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.63
€ 22.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8-page colour insert. One Colour Gatefold. BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611803389
- ISBN
- 9781611803389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.89
€ 23.99
€ 16.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590178980
- ISBN
- 9781590178980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.88
€ 19.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. Sartre criticises modern psychology in general and Freud's determinism in particular. His often brilliant analysis of these areas and his proposals for their correction indicate in what direction an existential psychoanalysis might be developed. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780895267023
- ISBN
- 9780895267023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.96
€ 19.99
€ 17.96
Hardcover. Distills the essence of a wide range of therapies into a creative synthesis, opening up a new way of understanding each person's confrontation with four ultimate concerns: isolation, meaninglessness, death, and freedom. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 44. Weight in Grams: 812. 544 pages. Distills the essence of a wide range of therapies into a creative synthesis, opening up a new way of understanding each persons confrontation with four ultimate concerns: isolation, meaninglessness, death, and freedom. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HPCF3; MMJT. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 44. Weight: 814.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465021475
- ISBN
- 9780465021475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.36
€ 73.36
Paperback. Introduces the history and ideas of existential phenomenology and existential psychotherapy, and shows how therapeutic phenomena familiar to all therapists and counsellors can be understood from an existential viewpoint. This book also demonstrates how the existential approach opens up access to issues such as the difficulty of choice. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761951094
- ISBN
- 9780761951094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.90
€ 49.90
Paperback. Existentialism emphasizes what it means to be human and accepts that anxiousness, loneliness or uncertainty are perfectly natural states. The existential approach lends itself to time-limited, or brief, therapy. This book demonstrates how brief interventions with an existential emphasis are effective, topical and relevant. Series: Existential Perspectives on Psychotherapy & Counselling. Num Pages: 222 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471975717
- ISBN
- 9780471975717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.08
€ 82.08
Paperback. Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, de Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, and Camus were some of the most important existentialist thinkers. This book provides an account of the existentialist movement, and of the themes of individuality, free will, and personal responsibility which make it a 'philosophy as a way of life'. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192804280
- ISBN
- 9780192804280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. Suitable for both the everyday reader and the introductory student, this clear and enlightening guide introduces the elusive philosophical school of Existentialism. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Beginner's Guides
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851685936
- ISBN
- 9781851685936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.53
€ 13.99
€ 11.53
Hardcover. Simone de Beauvoir's work has not often been associated with film studies. This is paradoxical when it is recognized that she was the first feminist thinker to inaugurate the concept of the gendered "othering" gaze. Moreover, other concepts associated with Beauvoirian existentialism such as ambiguity, gendered alienation, situated freedom.. Editor(s): Boule, Jean-Pierre; Tidd, Ursula. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390. a Beauvoirian Perspective. 224 pages. Editor(s): Boule, Jean-Pierre; Tidd, Ursula. Simone de Beauvoir's work has not often been associated with film studies. This is paradoxical when it is recognized that she was the first feminist thinker to inaugurate the concept of the gendered "othering" gaze. Moreover, other concepts associated with Beauvoirian existentialism such as ambiguity, gendered alienation, situated freedom. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF3. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457295
- ISBN
- 9780857457295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.88
€ 155.88
Hardcover. At the heart of this volume is the assertion that Sartrean existentialism, most prominent in the 1940s, particularly in France, is still relevant as a way of interpreting the world today. Film, by reflecting philosophical concerns in the actions and choices of characters, continues and extends a tradition in which art exemplifies the understanding Editor(s): Boule, Jean-Pierre; McCaffrey, Enda. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404. A Sartrean Perspective. 224 pages. Editor(s): Boule, Jean-Pierre; McCaffrey, Enda. At the heart of this volume is the assertion that Sartrean existentialism, most prominent in the 1940s, particularly in France, is still relevant as a way of interpreting the world today. Film, by reflecting philosophical concerns in the actions and choices of characters, continues and extends a tradition in which art exemplifies the understanding. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF3. Dimension: 226 x 158 x 16. Weight: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453204
- ISBN
- 9780857453204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.68
€ 155.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474235334
- ISBN
- 9781474235334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.29
€ 53.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 124
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413776396
- ISBN
- 9780413776396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.37
€ 13.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Michael Mann's films receive a detailed analysis as existential dramas, including Heat, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans and Public Enemies. Thebook demonstrates that Mann's films perform critical engagement with existentialism, illustrating the problems and opportunities of living according to this philosophy." Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HPX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349336722
- ISBN
- 9781349336722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.41
€ 52.41