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Hardback. In Western democracies today, politics and politicians are held in contempt by the majority of citizens. Bilakovics argues that this disdain of politics follows neither from the discontents of our liberal political system nor from the preoccupations of a consumer society. Rather, he traces the sources of political cynicism to democracy itself. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674058224
- ISBN
- 9780674058224
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€ 47.99€ 39.93
€ 47.99
€ 39.93
Paperback. Explores the place of the sophists within the Greek wisdom tradition, and argues against their almost universal exclusion from serious intellectual traditions. This book offers a revised history of the development of Greek philosophy, as well as of the potential - yet never realized - courses it might have followed. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055919
- ISBN
- 9780674055919
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.41
€ 27.99
€ 24.41
Paperback. "Common Sense". Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 112 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674051164
- ISBN
- 9780674051164
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€ 35.99€ 30.66
€ 35.99
€ 30.66
Paperback. "A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith" is the author's undergraduate senior thesis, submitted in December 1942, just before he entered the army. "On My Religion," a short statement drafted in 1997, describes the history of his religious beliefs and attitudes toward religion. This title includes these two texts. Editor(s): Nagel, Thomas. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047532
- ISBN
- 9780674047532
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€ 35.99€ 30.90
€ 35.99
€ 30.90
Hardback. Combining the history of the Enlightenment, Atlantic history, and the history of the French Revolution, this title explores the political economy of globalization in eighteenth-century France. It presents an interpretation of the relationship between capitalism and the French Revolution. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 line illustrations, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; HPS; KCCD; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047266
- ISBN
- 9780674047266
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€ 106.04€ 95.65
€ 106.04
€ 95.65
Paperback. Reveals a productive aspect of Walter Benjamin's thought by focusing on a little-discussed stylistic trait in his formulation of concepts. This book explains that nouns formed with this suffix refer to a possibility or potentiality, to a capacity rather than an existing reality. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HPC; HPN; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046061
- ISBN
- 9780674046061
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.75
€ 35.99
€ 30.75
Hardback. A psychoanalytically informed analysis of the rhetorical and conceptual mechanisms with which postwar Germans most often denied responsibility for the Nazi past. It provides important perspectives on postwar German political culture, on the dynamics of collective memory, and on Adorno's intellectual legacies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; HPS; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674036031
- ISBN
- 9780674036031
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€ 56.52€ 52.08
€ 56.52
€ 52.08
Paperback. Drawing on misinterpreted lines of thought in the writings of Wittgenstein and J L Austin, this title argues that language is an inherently moral acquisition and that any stretch of thought, without regard to whether it uses moral concepts, may express the moral outlook encoded in a person's modes of speech. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034617
- ISBN
- 9780674034617
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.88
€ 38.99
€ 32.88
Hardback. One of the leading humanists of Quattrocento Italy, Lorenzo Valla (1406-1457) has been praised as a brilliant debunker of medieval scholastic philosophy. In this book, the author seeks a more balanced assessment, presenting us with a comprehensive analysis of the humanist's attempt at radical reform of Aristotelian scholasticism. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPCB; HRQA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032699
- ISBN
- 9780674032699
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Condition: New
€ 60.06€ 55.14
€ 60.06
€ 55.14
Hardback. Since the mid-1980s, Taiwan and mainland China have witnessed a resurgence of academic and intellectual interest in ruxue - "Confucianism" - variously conceived as a form of culture, a system of learning, and a tradition of normative values. This study intends to examine the relationship between these activities and cultural nationalism. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 475 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674028111
- ISBN
- 9780674028111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
Paperback. Influenced by Russell and especially by Carnap, Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000) emerged as an important proponent of analytic philosophy during the second half of the century. His work includes "Word and Object" and "Two Dogmas of Empiricism". This volume collects Quine's essays and offers readers an introduction to his general philosophy. Editor(s): Gibson, Roger F., Jr. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027558
- ISBN
- 9780674027558
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.92
€ 41.99
€ 34.92
Hardback. From romanticism through postmodernism, the imagination has become a reference point for thinking about the self, culture, philosophy and politics. How has imagination influenced our understanding of experience? This title uncovers a history of French thought that casts the imagination as a dominant faculty in our experience of the world. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HP; JFCX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021884
- ISBN
- 9780674021884
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Condition: New
€ 129.61€ 115.76
€ 129.61
€ 115.76
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hankins, James. Translator(s): Allen, Michael J.B. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017191
- ISBN
- 9780674017191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
Hardcover. In exploring Poulain's breakthrough in challenging male supremacy and advocating gender and racial equality, Stuurman sheds light on the origins of the Enlightenment, the history of feminism, the emergence of rational Christianity and the social and political implications of Descartes' philosophy. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011854
- ISBN
- 9780674011854
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Condition: New
€ 51.81€ 48.32
€ 51.81
€ 48.32
Paperback. Explicates Descartes's aim to provide a metaphysics that would accommodate mechanistic science and supplant scholasticism. This text includes discussion of central differences from, and similarities with the scholastics and how these discriminations affected Descartes's defence of body. Num Pages: 304 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009684
- ISBN
- 9780674009684
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.05
€ 45.99
€ 38.05
Paperback. The Classics of Western Philosophy brings together 61 newly--commissioned essays on classic texts ranging from Ancient Greece to the twentieth century. Surveying the history of philosophy, the book focuses on historical texts rather than historical figures and covers the entire range of classics in a single volume. Editor(s): Gracia, Jorge J. E.; Reichberg, Gregory M.; Schumacher, Bernard N. Num Pages: 632 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631236115
- ISBN
- 9780631236115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.04
€ 47.04
Paperback. Continental Philosophy of Science provides an expert guide to the major twentieth--century French and German philosophical thinking on science. * A comprehensive introduction by the editor provides a unified interpretative survey of continental work on philosophy of science. Editor(s): Gutting, Gary. Series: Blackwell Readings in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 179 x 50. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631236108
- ISBN
- 9780631236108
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Condition: New
€ 52.06
€ 52.06
Hardcover. * Evaluates the ethical theories of four principle philosophers: Aristotle, Duns Scotus, Kant, and R.M. Hare. * Uses their thinking as the basis for telling the story of the history and development of ethical thought more broadly. * Focuses specifically on their writings on virtue, will, duty, and consequence. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631236078
- ISBN
- 9780631236078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.30
€ 107.30
Paperback. Suitable for general readers with no background in philosophy, this title argues that we need a shared moral vision in order to live together, both nationally and internationally. It stresses that private behaviour cannot be kept separate from public choices. It discusses matters of topical debate on both sides of the Atlantic. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631235958
- ISBN
- 9780631235958
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Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74
Hardcover. Morality still matters, argues philosopher Roger Trigg, in this accessible introduction to moral thinking. * Written for general readers with no background in philosophy. * Argues that we need a shared moral vision in order to live together, both nationally and internationally. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631235941
- ISBN
- 9780631235941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.78
€ 106.78
Paperback. * Discusses the relationship between meaning and representation. * Illustrates the differences that exist on the question of how formal representations relate to semantic representations. * Includes contributions by Tim Crane, Jerry Fodor, Paul Horwich, John Hyman, Ernie Lepore, Gregory McCulloch and Mark Sainsbury. Editor(s): Borg, Emma. Series: Ratio Special Issues. Num Pages: 128 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; HPK; HPM; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631235774
- ISBN
- 9780631235774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.95
€ 27.95
Hardcover. A host of ethical questions has arisen recently in response to the development of new reproductive technologies. This text helps students of theology, philosophy and health studies, as well as lay readers to find answers to these questions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234913
- ISBN
- 9780631234913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.20
€ 141.20
Paperback. Personal Identity brings together the most important readings on personal identity theory. * Brings together 13 of the most important readings on personal identity theory. * Includes a detailed introductory historical essay, tracing the origins of personal identity theory. Editor(s): Martin, Raymond; Barresi, John. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 408 pages, 7. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234425
- ISBN
- 9780631234425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.09
€ 46.09
Hardcover. This volume brings together important readings on personal identity theory. A detailed introductory historical essay by the editors traces the evolution of personal identity theory in the West from classical Greece to the 20th-century. Editor(s): Martin, Raymond; Barresi, John. Series: Blackwell Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 408 pages, 7. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234418
- ISBN
- 9780631234418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.45
€ 142.45