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Hardback. Aims to provide a philosophic analysis of the phenomenon of the comic. The author examines existing theories of the comic, from Aristotle to date, and classifies them, as well as advancing his own definition of the comic as a broadly understood deviation from the norm. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792321033
ISBN
9780792321033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.23

paperback. Europeans and Americans tend to hold the opinion that democracy is a uniquely Western inheritance. In this book, the authors recover stories of an alternate version, describing a transnational history of democracy in the first half of the twentieth century through the lens of ethics in the broad sense of disciplined self-fashioning. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBTR; HPS; JPF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226019901
ISBN
9780226019901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.99
€ 26.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813220093
ISBN
9780813220093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.75

Paperback. An impressive collection bringing together contributions of renowned scholars on the topic of a "New Poetics of Community" that goes beyond both a romantic nostalgia for homogeneity and the myths of social engineering and rational choice. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HPN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270927
ISBN
9780823270927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.61

Paperback. We know that communism is the right hypothesis. All those who abandon this hypothesis immediately resign themselves to the market economy. This title presents a hypothesis that is partly a demand to reconceptualize communism after the twin deaths of the Soviet Union and neoliberalism, and also a demand for universal emancipation. Series: Pocket Communism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781688700
ISBN
9781781688700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.57

Paperback. A sequel to "Reason and Morality" by Alan Gewirth, this work extends his principle of equal and universal human rights, the principle of generic consistency, into the arena of social and political philosophy. It argues that the ethical principles that guide individuals apply also to the state. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226288819
ISBN
9780226288819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. "The Companion Species Manifesto" is about the implosion of nature and culture in the joint lives of dogs and people, who are bonded in "significant otherness". In all their historical complexity, Donna Haraway tells us, dogs matter. They are not surrogates for theory, she says; they are not here just to think with. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JH; WNGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 159 x 7. Weight in Grams: 96. Dogs, People and Significant Otherness. 60 pages. "The Companion Species Manifesto" is about the implosion of nature and culture in the joint lives of dogs and people, who are bonded in "significant otherness". In all their historical complexity, Donna Haraway tells us, dogs matter. They are not surrogates for theory, she says; they are not here just to think with. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HP; JH; WNGD. Dimension: 133 x 159 x 7. Weight: 96.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Prickly Paradigm Press
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
SKU
V9780971757585
ISBN
9780971757585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.15

Paperback. .
Publisher
Independent Thinking Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781352724
ISBN
9781781352724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. The surviving correspondence between Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno. * This is the first time all of the surviving correspondence between Adorno and Benjamin has appeared in English. * Provides a key to the personalities and projects of these two major intellectual figures. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745632148
ISBN
9780745632148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.32

Paperback. Containing various essays, this work discusses subjects as diverse as war-horses and cannibals, poetry and politics, sex and religion, love and friendship, ecstasy and experience. Translator(s): Screech, M. A. Num Pages: 1360 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DNF; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 151 x 58. Weight in Grams: 932. Some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
9780140446043
ISBN
9780140446043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.76

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Edition
Unabridged
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892814923
ISBN
9780892814923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 22.87

Hardcover. Contains three works by Thomas More. The first is a rebuttal of the main points of Lutheran teaching, whilst the second refutes "A Supplication of Beggars", an anticlerical pamphlet by Simon Fish. The third answers John Frith's arguments against the physical presence of Christ in the eucharist. Editor(s): Miller, Clarence H.; Marius, Richard C. Series: The Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More. Num Pages: 722 pages, commentaries, glossary, index. BIC Classification: HPCB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 58 x 43 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1173.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
722
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300038095
ISBN
9780300038095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.42
€ 98.37

Hardback. "Columbia University Press first published Watson's translation as The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu in 1968"--ECIP data view. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164740
ISBN
9780231164740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.51
€ 57.06

Paperback. The first new translation of Kierkegaard's masterwork in a generation brings to vivid life this essential work of modern philosophy. Translator(s): Hannay, Alastair. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPM; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631490040
ISBN
9781631490040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.82

Hardcover. The Concept of Argument Series: Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning. Num Pages: 505 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401787611
ISBN
9789401787611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.85

Paperback. The Concept of Evil is dedicated to the analysis of the concept of evil. The term "evil" is used widely in ordinary language and yet philosophers have disagreed on what, if anything, distinguishes an evil act from a wrong act or an evil person from a bad one. Editor(s): French, Peter A.; Wettstein, Howard K. Series: Midwest Studies in Philosophy. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118534175
ISBN
9781118534175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.32

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; JMA; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647227
ISBN
9780691647227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.93
€ 67.89

Hardback. The Concept of Freedom identifies a tradition in western understanding of freedom and calls it the Platonic-Augustinian-Lutheran-Kierkegaardian tradition. Wenyu Xie examines the two principles in this tradition, the Platonic principle and the concept of redemption. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: G; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761824046
ISBN
9780761824046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.91

Hardback. In relation to the problems faced, in contemplation and in practical affairs, philosophers must confront the question 'What is knowledge?'. This work deals with problems of knowing and believing, of the kinds and criteria of knowledge, of truth and fallibility, and of the cultural as well as individual factors in cognition. Editor(s): Kucuradi, Ioanna; Cohen, Robert S. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792332411
ISBN
9780792332411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.91

Paperback. Fifty years on from its first publication, The Concept of Law is still the starting point for the study of legal philosophy and is widely heralded as a classic work of modern philosophy. This third edition features a new introduction by Leslie Green, looking at Hart's work from the perspective of modern jurisprudence. Editor(s): Raz, Joseph; Bulloch, Penelope A. Series: Clarendon Law Series. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; LAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199644704
ISBN
9780199644704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.02

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