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Hardback. A provocative examination of how unequal access to reproductive technology replays the sins of the eugenics movement Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKS; JPQB; LNTM; MFKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300137156
ISBN
9780300137156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.55

Hardback. This book gives a critical assessment of key developments in contemporary French philosophy, highlighting the diverse ways in which recent French thought has moved beyond the philosophical positions and arguments which have been widely associated with the terms 'post-structuralism' and 'postmodernism'. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648057
ISBN
9780745648057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.17

paperback. This text argues that traditional social contract theory does not account for the continuing existence of the non-social community and its relation to the social community in the body politic. It aims to establish links between the levels of consciousness, society, civilization, and barbarism. Num Pages: 584 pages, index. BIC Classification: HBA; HPCF; HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198238805
ISBN
9780198238805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.54

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 286 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; 3JF; BG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691600772
ISBN
9780691600772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.24

Hardcover. This volume argues for a new image of science that understands both natural and social phenomena to be the product of mechanisms, casting the work of science as an effort to understand those mechanisms. Glennan offers an account of the nature of mechanisms and of the models used to represent them in physical, life, and social sciences Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; PDA. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198779711
ISBN
9780198779711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.82

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Iff Books
Number of pages
439
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780999678
ISBN
9781780999678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.52

Paperback. First articulated in ancient Greece in the fourth century, protreptic dialogue is a means of direct exhortation to pursue a just life by addressing core values. Leadership is required to meet the great task of mastering this dialogue and to set people free. It is the necessary condition of genuine leadership, which we need now more than ever. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Copenhagen Business School Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763002332
ISBN
9788763002332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRA; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 122 x 10. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Orange Palm and Magnificent Magus Publications Inc Canada
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896523651
ISBN
9781896523651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Description of the seductions - and snares - of self-managed communist or, in other words, anarchist society. This title, an edited collection of original essays on "Le Guin's The Dispossessed", represents an exploration of the political ramifications of this work by a wide interdisciplinary swath of scholars from around the world. Editor(s): Davis, Laurence; Stillman, Peter. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739110867
ISBN
9780739110867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.87

Hardcover. An acute analysis of neoliberalism. Translator(s): Elliot, Gregory. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Verso
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781681763
ISBN
9781781681763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784786243
ISBN
9781784786243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.10

Paperback. A stellar collection of essays that presents a significantly different portrait of Wittgenstein and sheds light on the relation between his thought and different philosophical positions and areas of human concern. Editor(s): Read, Rupert; Crary, Alice. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415173193
ISBN
9780415173193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.51

Paperback. This book employs a philosophical approach to the "new wounded" (brain lesion patients) to stage a confrontation between psychoanalysis and contemporary neurobiology, focused on the issue of trauma and psychic wounds. It thereby reevaluates the brain as an organ that is not separated from psychic life but rather at its center. Translator(s): Miller, Steven. Series: Forms of Living (FUP). Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JM; MJN; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823239689
ISBN
9780823239689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.35

Paperback. With an exploration of our obsession with media, this book examines a number of archetypal news stories - a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview - from a perspective to ask intriguing questions: why do disaster stories titillate? why obsess over love lives of the famous? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241972694
ISBN
9780241972694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Hardcover. This work, written towards the end of Al-Ghazali's career as a philosopher, advances the idea that reason can serve as a connection between the devout and God. Exploring the boundary between philosophy and theology, it seeks to understand the role of reality in the perception of the spiritual. Series: Brigham Young University's Islamic Translations S. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HPD; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Brigham Young University
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842523530
ISBN
9780842523530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.02

Paperback. Prominent feminist theorist rethinks the relationship between evolution and the biological body through the study of three key figures--Darwin, Nietzsche, and Bergson. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333975
ISBN
9780822333975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.18

Paperback. In the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle examines the nature of happiness, which he defines as a specially good kind of life. He considers the nature of practical reasoning, friendship, and the role and importance of the moral virtues in the best life. This new edition features a revised translation and valuable new introduction and notes. Editor(s): Brown, Lesley. Translator(s): Ross, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199213610
ISBN
9780199213610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.90

Paperback. This work contains Artistotle's views on what makes a good human life. It has served as an influence on the history of ideas and offers insights into the human condition. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264610
ISBN
9781853264610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.07

Paperback. Addresses the question of how to live well, and originates the concept of cultivating a virtuous character as the basis of his ethical system. In this title, the author sets out to examine the nature of happiness. It discusses the nature of practical reasoning, the value and the objects of pleasure, and the different forms of friendship. Translator(s): Thomson, J.A.K. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449495
ISBN
9780140449495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Translator(s): Beresford, Adam. BIC Classification: HP. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140455472
ISBN
9780140455472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.01

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