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Paperback. In the most complete, well-ordered philosophical society of his day, Xunzi advocated the counteraction of man's evil through self-improvement, the pursuit of learning, the avoidance of obsession and observance or ritual in life. And his ideas are still close to those of ours today. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129657
- ISBN
- 9780231129657
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.50
€ 30.99
€ 22.50
Hardback. An unsettling reflection on the twentieth century in its twilight hours in which we are asked to rethink our assumptions about universalism and humanism. While many people look to humanist ideals as a deterrent to nationalist chauvinism, Finkielkraut challenges the abstract idea of universalism by describing the terrible crimes "civilized" Europe has committed in its name. Translator(s): Friedlander, Judith. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110204
- ISBN
- 9780231110204
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Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 46.96
€ 59.45
€ 46.96
Hardback. Written by a former student of Heidegger, this book examines the relationship between the philosophy and the politics of a celebrated teacher and the allure that Nazism held out for scholars committed to revolutionary nihilism. Translator(s): Steiner, Gary. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231084062
- ISBN
- 9780231084062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.91€ 90.75
€ 118.91
€ 90.75
Paperback. A collection of essays on the ethical issues created by the AIDS crisis. It addresses controversial issues related to the tension between civil rights and public health, mandatory HIV testing, human subjects research, and others. It provides guidelines to health care and human service professionals, policy makers, scholars, and others. Editor(s): Reamer, Frederic G. Num Pages: 317 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231073592
- ISBN
- 9780231073592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
paperback. This study reconstructs the relationship between philosophy and politics in the way in which Heidegger's failure as a politician influenced the redevelopment of philosophy in the 1930s. The author also explains how Heidegger's failure influenced the content and direction of his later work. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780231073158
- ISBN
- 9780231073158
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Is Leo Strauss truly an intellectual forebear of neoconservatism and a powerful force in shaping Bush administration foreign policy? This title puts this question to rest, revealing how the popular media came to perpetuate an oversimplified view of a complex and wide-ranging philosopher. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226993324
- ISBN
- 9780226993324
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Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226852607
- ISBN
- 9780226852607
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Condition: New
€ 73.72€ 62.40
€ 73.72
€ 62.40
Hardback. Offers a views of rhetoric through the lens of modality, arguing that rhetoric's guiding interest in what is possible makes it a suitable tool for understanding politics. This title examines rhetoric's role in the history of modernity and to makes connections between thinkers from the classical, early modern, and modern periods. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HP; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226777481
- ISBN
- 9780226777481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.00€ 38.52
€ 44.00
€ 38.52
Hardback. Presents a philosophical and historical account of the engagement of the major protagonists of Victorian British philosophy. This title considers the controversies between William Whewell and John Stuart Mill on the topics of science, morality, politics, and economics. It is suitable for philosophers and historians of science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226767338
- ISBN
- 9780226767338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Thomas Vernor. Num Pages: 377 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press Chicago, Ill
- Number of pages
- 377
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226764825
- ISBN
- 9780226764825
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Condition: New
€ 44.00€ 38.52
€ 44.00
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Paperback. Featuring the writing of Edward Shils on the topic of education, this text articulates the ethical demands of the academic profession, directing attention to the integration of teaching and research. Other pieces focus on perennial issues in higher learning, such as the meaning of academic freedom. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JNA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226753393
- ISBN
- 9780226753393
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226610528
- ISBN
- 9780226610528
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.23
€ 27.99
€ 23.23
Paperback. This work presents a revisionist account of Ralph Waldo Emerson's influential thought on individualism, in particular his political psychology. It illuminates contradictions in Emerson's political outlook, and the conjunctions of liberal and authoritarian ideology they produced. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; HPC; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780226577005
- ISBN
- 9780226577005
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
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Paperback. Based on interviews with individuals who abstain from habits as diverse as sex, cigarettes, sugar, and technology, this book identifies four different types of abstainers: quitters; those who have never done something and never will; those who haven't done something yet, but might in the future; and those who are not doing something temporarily. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 line drawing, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226547572
- ISBN
- 9780226547572
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
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paperback. In this text Richard B. Miller attempts to shed new light on the potential of casuistry case-based reasoning for resolving questions of conscience raised by the practical quandaries of modern life. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226526379
- ISBN
- 9780226526379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. For Rousseau 'consecrating one's life to the truth' meant taking responsibility for what one publishes. Christopher Kelly argues that this commitment is central to understanding the relationship between Rousseau's writings and his political philosophy. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226430249
- ISBN
- 9780226430249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
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hardcover. This work leads us through a tangled realm, with puzzles and dilemmas, to find the underlying principles that not only guide the law but our moral decisions as well. It aims to uncover what is really at stake in crimes such as insider trading, blackmail and plagiarism. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JKV; LAB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226425931
- ISBN
- 9780226425931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.32€ 45.21
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226397849
- ISBN
- 9780226397849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.20€ 90.12
€ 108.20
€ 90.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226394459
- ISBN
- 9780226394459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.33
€ 51.99
€ 40.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226380674
- ISBN
- 9780226380674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.27
€ 26.99
€ 22.27