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Hardcover. This text offers a phenomenological, interpretation of T.H. Green's (1836-1882) philosophy and political theory. It analyzes his theory of human practice, the moral idea, the common good, freedom and human rights. The book offers a reconstruction of Green's idealism. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333914458
- ISBN
- 9780333914458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Paperback. Examines ethical data from early and later sources in an attempt to understand the theoretical nature of Buddhist ethics and clarify its role. This book rejects the view that ethics are only of limited or provisional validity. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333913093
- ISBN
- 9780333913093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.05
€ 105.05
Hardcover. This work investigates the significance of love in moral and political philosophy. It argues for a re-interpretation of both enlightenment and feminist thinking, and shows how the former often takes love as central, while the latter draws our attention to human vulnerability and neediness. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333802694
- ISBN
- 9780333802694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. Explores one dimension of the value-knowledge system needed in any movement towards humane governance for the planet: the ecological sustainability and integrity of the Earth's environment. Contributors explore various ethical issues that must inform future global regulation of the environment. Editor(s): Gleeson, Brendan; Low, Assoc Prof Nicholas. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; RNB; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 29. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333793725
- ISBN
- 9780333793725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardcover. This work tackles key issues like state legitimacy, value pluralism, neutrality and public reasons, and argues that liberalism by-passes politics because it ignores or misunderstands human motivation, and elevates academic system building over political realities of conflict and power. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333778135
- ISBN
- 9780333778135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333778128
- ISBN
- 9780333778128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. This text provides a comprehensive survey of the often controversial thinker Raymond Tallis. From nihilism, Theorrhoea and literary theory, to the role of the unconscious, it guides the reader through the panoptic sweep of Tallis' critical insights. Editor(s): Grant, Michael. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772713
- ISBN
- 9780333772713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.91
€ 129.91
Hardcover. A comprehensive and scholarly exploration of the personal and philosophical origins of Andre Gorz's work, this book includes a unique analysis of his early untranslated texts, as well as critical discussion of his relationship to the work of Husserl, Satre, Merleau Ponty, Marx and Habermas. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333771051
- ISBN
- 9780333771051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardcover. This book addresses the controversy over abortion. Covering interesting topics, including the claim that certain items (paintings, people) have 'intrinsic value' and should not be destroyed; the thought that young human beings do not have a good of their own; and the question whether the objection to murder turns on the violation of right to life. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 611.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760185
- ISBN
- 9780333760185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.00
€ 68.00
Hardback. This re-examination of key areas in the social and political thought of Hegel and Marx surveys the development of the connection from the Young Hegelians through the main Marxist thinkers to contemporary debates. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333751367
- ISBN
- 9780333751367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Paperback. This work argues that Plato's philosophy is a gendered philosophy: it contains within its basic tenets notions associated with masculinity. The author explores the reasons why, in "The Republic", Plato includes women in the ruling class of his proposed ideal state on equal terms with men. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333750957
- ISBN
- 9780333750957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69
The Rediscovery of Wisdom: From Here to Antiquity in Quest of Sophia
Conway, David (Professor Of Philosophy, Unive...
hardcover. By reconstructing it and tracing its vicissitudes, David Conway rehabilitates a time-honoured conception of philosophy, originating in Plato and Aristotle, which makes theoretical wisdom its aim. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; HPCA; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333747117
- ISBN
- 9780333747117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.81
€ 193.81
Hardcover. This text considers the ethical credentials of the US in branding various countries "pariah states", and describes the background to the Iraq question. A detailed chronology of 1997-98 US/Iraq weapons inspections, and a profile of the subsequent UN/Iraqi settlement and its aftermath is given. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBJF1; HPQ; JPA; JPS; JWK; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333741146
- ISBN
- 9780333741146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover. This examination of the Whig theory of resistance, that emerged from the revolution of 1688 in England, presents an important challenge to the received opinion of Whig thought as confused and as inferior to the revolutionary principles set forth by John Locke. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333736593
- ISBN
- 9780333736593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Of all the wide-ranging interests Coleridge showed in his career, religion was the deepest and most long-lasting, and John Beer demonstrates in this book how none of this work can be fully understood without taking this into account. Series: Coleridge's Writings. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; DSC; HPM; HRAB; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333734902
- ISBN
- 9780333734902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardback. This work examines ethical problems raised by a number of key 20th century theoretical and fictional texts by authors such as Levinas, Sartre, Beauvoir, Yourcenar, Duras and Genet. It argues that even ethical texts frequently depict conflict as an insurmountable aspect of human relations. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333733714
- ISBN
- 9780333733714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Contains essays on Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Habermas, Foucault, and the "Events" of 1968. This book includes the varied traditions within 19th- and 20th-century European philosophy. Editor(s): Teichman, Jenny; White, Graham. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333724620
- ISBN
- 9780333724620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
Hardcover. The moral justification for government is, that it is needed to promote the community's interest. What is that interest an interest in? Can democracy enable dissatisfaction with their reconciliation to be lived with? These are some of the questions with which this book is concerned. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714430
- ISBN
- 9780333714430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.68
€ 128.68
Hardcover. An analysis of Arbuthnot's "Art of Political Lying" (1712), this text argues that the work is a commentary on long-standing themes of debate in science, rhetoric and philosophy and should be seen as a seminal satire standing in opposition to the practice of Swift and Pope. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333699447
- ISBN
- 9780333699447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardback. A study of the main ethical and political arguments on intervention and a critical evaluation of recent publications on the ethics of intervention. Includes discussion on international institutions, humanitarian considerations, philosophical arguments and the role of public opinion and the media. Aimed at students in political fields. Editor(s): Williamson, Roger. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333692004
- ISBN
- 9780333692004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17