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Hardback. A study of two controversial topics in Hobbes' philosophy: morality and sovereignty. It distinguishes between the two versions of the covenant provided by Hobbes, one establishes a genuine system of morality based on the golden rule and the other justifies the absolute power of the king. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333576380
ISBN
9780333576380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.85

Hardback. An analysis and discussion of the nature of time and eternity, focusing on the timelessness of God. After considering two theories of time in the light of modern science and philosophy, the author argues for a "process" notion of time. Series: Library of Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333563199
ISBN
9780333563199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.74

Hardback. A reconstruction of Henri Poincare's anti-realist philosophy of mathematics. Although Poincare is recognized as the greatest mathematician of the late 19th century, his contribution to the philosophy of mathematics is generally not highly regarded. Series: Macmillan Studies in Contemporary Philosophy. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX; PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333558324
ISBN
9780333558324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.02

Hardback. This book provides a new system of communicative ethics which present an alternative to teleological and deontological ethics. It brings philosophers such as Kierkegaard, Logstrup, Gadamer and Habermas into the Anglo-American debate. Translator(s): Irons, John. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333555842
ISBN
9780333555842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.89

Hardback. This book argues that the writing of autobiography raises crucial issues of conscience as an author tries to know, assess, and represent character. Individual chapters explore such issues as the nature of truthfulness, characterization, the virtues, shame, and the religious dimensions of conscience. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333554920
ISBN
9780333554920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.93

Hardback. An examination of the contemporary ethical problems of business in a philosophical context. This book analyzes various types of capitalism, in particular, the Anglo-American type which is practised primarily in the English-speaking world. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333551851
ISBN
9780333551851
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.85

Hardback. This textual study of the theoretical writings of Giambattista Vico stresses his early writings - theories of language and society. Vico's fundamental importance in the history of European ideas lies in his strong anti-Cartesian, anti-French and anti-enlightenment views. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333551530
ISBN
9780333551530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.73

Hardcover. Focusing on the work of Mircea Eliade, this book takes a methodological concern as well as a wider concern, to try and indicate the many facets and implications of Eliade's scholarship as a historian of religions. This book also considers Eliade's literary dimensions. Series: Library of Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB; HRLB; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333549766
ISBN
9780333549766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.84

Hardback. A collection of papers which critically examine Adam Smith and his work. The majority of these papers were presented at the Nagoya Symposium to commemorate the bicentenary of the death of Adam Smith. Editor(s): Mizuta, Hiroshi; Sugiyama, Chuhei. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPC; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333548943
ISBN
9780333548943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.68

Paperback. An attempt to provide a critical account of Gandhi's moral and political philosophy. It places him in an historical context and examines his central philosophical assumptions, drawing on his original Gujarati works and discussions with his associates and followers. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HPD; JPA; JPF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333547656
ISBN
9780333547656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 97.82

Paperback. This is an introduction to the philosophy of a Christian thinker of the 20th century. The author pursues his thesis through mathematics, empirical science, common sense, depth psychology and social theory, into metaphysics, ethics and natural theology. Series: Library of Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333546819
ISBN
9780333546819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.61

Hardback. Compares the features which humanism, Marxism and nationalism share with recognized religions, analyzing each in turn, and asks whether there is not always a threat of the demonic when any contingent reality - man, the economic order or the skill - is made absolute. Series: Themes in Comparative Religion S. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB; HRQA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333539811
ISBN
9780333539811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.63

Paperback. A collection of essays which examines the ideas of two American political philosophers, Rawls and Nozick, and considers recent developments and assessments of their work. The editor provides a bibliography featuring a comprehensive list of primary and secondary literature on Rawls and Nozick. Editor(s): Corlett, J. Angelo. Num Pages: 407 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
407
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333538456
ISBN
9780333538456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 212.12

hardcover. A collection of essays which examines the ideas of two American political philosophers, Rawls and Nozick, and considers recent developments and assessments of their work. The editor provides a bibliography featuring a comprehensive list of primary and secondary literature on Rawls and Nozick. Editor(s): Corlett, J. Angelo. Num Pages: 407 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
407
Condition
New
Edition
1991st Edition
SKU
V9780333538449
ISBN
9780333538449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 213.05

Hardback. Adopts a varied approach to the study of the "material world" in the French literature, thought and visual arts of the 19th century. The book moves from purely philosphical definitions to a more general treatment of materialism, examining the repercussions of the emergence of a consumer society. Editor(s): Rigby, Brian. Series: Warwick Studies in the European Humanities. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; DSA; DSB; HBTB; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333532669
ISBN
9780333532669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.97

Hardcover. This volume suggests that reading and writing about literature are ways to gain an ethical understanding of how we live in the world. It sets out to show through a reading of stories from the Bible, that violence imposed on gender, race and the body-politic are not new to the postmodern world. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBB; DSBH; HPQ; HRCG; HRJ; HRLC1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 351.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333532638
ISBN
9780333532638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.65

Paperback. BIC Classification: HPQ. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 183.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333529621
ISBN
9780333529621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.71

Paperback. A study of American pragmatism, this book looks at all the different stages from the Emersonian roots, through the dilemma of the mid-century pragmatic intellectual up to the decline and resurgence of American pragmatism. It also discusses prophetic pragmatism. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333525692
ISBN
9780333525692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.51

Hardback. Explores the relationship between contemporary literary theory and analytic philosophy. Central topics in the volume include self, ethics, interpretation, language and characterizations of "analytic" and "continental" philosophy. Editor(s): Freadman, Richard; Reinhardt, Lloyd. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333521298
ISBN
9780333521298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.57

paperback. These five philosophical essays are designed to constitute a unified whole, in both their critical and their constructive dimensions. Vincent addresses the crisis of meaning, the repetitiousness of technological processes and mechanisms and the declining sense of the real in political life. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 251.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
Edition
1991st Edition
SKU
V9780333513811
ISBN
9780333513811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.28

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