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Hardcover. 3,000 years of ideas about the nature of love in Western culture are brought together in this concise history. By blending the works of many scholars and examining the significant lives, works, and movements associated with love, Love: A Brief History Through Western Christianity traces the evolution and impact of this timeless topic. Series: Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235989
ISBN
9780631235989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.11

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632780
ISBN
9780691632780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.28
€ 86.26

Hardback. Editor(s): Vries, Hent de; Schott, Nils F. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JMAF; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231170222
ISBN
9780231170222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Hardback. These collected essays demonstrate that compelling and illuminating discussions of love and friendship do not fall to psychologists alone, but rightly belong among the major thinkers in the history of political philosophy. Editor(s): Velasquez, Eduardo A. Num Pages: 656 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HP; JFSJ; JHBK; JMM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739101223
ISBN
9780739101223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.94

Paperback. For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer: love and lies have always been the most intimate of bedfellows. And Clancy Martin - divorced twice, married three times - is no stranger to either. With help from Plato, Machiavelli, Raymond Carver and Pinocchio, here he explores the entanglements of love, truthfulness and deceit. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784700775
ISBN
9781784700775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

paperback. This is a revised and corrected English translation that incorporates Arendt's own substantial revisions and provides additional notes based on letters, contracts and other documents. It demonstrates how her early work on Augustine provides the key to her later critique of modernity. Editor(s): Scott, Joanna Vecchiarelli (Professor of Political Science, Eastern Michigan University, USA); Stark, Judith Chelius (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Seton Hall University, USA). Num Pages: 254 pages, notes. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRC; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Edition
New
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
254
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226025971
ISBN
9780226025971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. Develops the notion of a "culture of narcissism," a concept originally proposed by Christopher Lasch. The author puts forward a coherent theory of the role played by love in human problems of finitude and the experience of the basic value of being. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812694574
ISBN
9780812694574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HP; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889202122
ISBN
9780889202122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HPCF3; HPK; JFSJ1; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178969
ISBN
9780231178969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.68

Paperback. This book debates the controversy over whether or not it is possible to love God more than oneself through natural powers alone. Thirteenth-century philosophers and theologians study how one's own good is achieved through virtuous action and how to adapt Aristotle's philosophical insights to a Christian framework. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268037222
ISBN
9780268037222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Hardcover. This book debates the controversy over whether or not it is possible to love God more than oneself through natural powers alone. Thirteenth-century philosophers and theologians study how one's own good is achieved through virtuous action and how to adapt Aristotle's philosophical insights to a Christian framework. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268037239
ISBN
9780268037239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.21

Hardback. Expanding her hit New Yorker article, Julia Edelman hilariously imagines relationship advice from history's greatest minds Illustrator(s): Bateman, Hallie. Num Pages: 155 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPX; VFVG; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 272 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785780998
ISBN
9781785780998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
285
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520071063
ISBN
9780520071063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. Richard White explores the basic expressions of love - friendship, romance, parenthood and humanitarian love - in classical and contemporary perspectives, and proposes alternative models to guide both our thinking and our experience of loving. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742512573
ISBN
9780742512573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.94

Hardback. Richard White explores the basic expressions of love - friendship, romance, parenthood and humanitarian love - in classical and contemporary perspectives, and proposes alternative models to guide both our thinking and our experience of loving. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742512566
ISBN
9780742512566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.38

Paperback. This work looks at why moral values enhance and solidify erotic and marital relationships. In the process, it challenges cynicism about marriage while remaining sensitive to the innumerable problems confronting couples. Its approach to marital love is both traditional and modern. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; JFC; JHBK; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700607679
ISBN
9780700607679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Paperback. Although the two great commandments to love God and to love our neighbors as ourselves are central to Christianity, few theologians or spiritual writers have undertaken an extensive account of the meaning and forms of these loves. This title develops an original account of love as the theological foundation for Christian ethics. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878406272
ISBN
9780878406272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
Publisher
Cowley Publications
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781561012428
ISBN
9781561012428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.07

Paperback. Love - unconditional, selfless, unchanging, sincere, and totally accepting - is worshipped today as the West's only universal religion. To challenge it is one of our few remaining taboos. The author does just that, dissecting our resilient ruling ideas of love and showing how they are the product of a long and powerful cultural heritage. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300187748
ISBN
9780300187748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.01

Paperback. Do we love someone for their virtue, their beauty, or their moral or other qualities? Are love's characteristic desires altruistic or selfish? Are there duties of love? What do the sciences tell us about love? In this Very Short Introduction, Ronald de Sousa explores the different kinds of love, from affections to romantic love. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199663842
ISBN
9780199663842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

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