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Philosophy
Hardback. Arguing for the centrality of normative theory in the study of international relations, this study develops two themes, each reflecting opposing pairs: fact/value, is/ought, description/prescription, and feasibility/desirability. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333689066
- ISBN
- 9780333689066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.95
€ 193.95
Hardback. If man has no nature - if our intellect and understanding are products of our own activities - do we possess a key to self-modification? Are we free to re-make mankind? Sartre believes we are, while Oakeshott feels the opposite. This text examines their two contrasting philosophies. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333684498
- ISBN
- 9780333684498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.38
€ 194.38
Hardcover. The essays in this collection examine various aspects of Nietzsche's thought, focusing around the general issue of futurity. They explore such topics as the roles of human exemplars and noble ethics in our "self-overcoming"; and the place of laughter in Nietzsche's vision. Editor(s): Lippitt, John. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333682586
- ISBN
- 9780333682586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. The editors explore Kierkegaard's continuing relevance to political and social issues. These essays bring out the complex nature of his engagements with questions of selfhood and society. What he has to say about love, church, politics and justice is shown to test the limits of what we take for granted in the modern and post-modern world. Editor(s): Pattison, Professor George; Shakespeare, Dr. Steven. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333682432
- ISBN
- 9780333682432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.08
€ 194.08
Hardcover. A study of the impact of globalization on political institutions and concepts. This book includes an analysis of the global economy, and examinations of the impact of the currents of globalization on national sovereignty, national identity, and the structure and role of government. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333678701
- ISBN
- 9780333678701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.06
€ 127.06
Hardback. This text centres on the assumption that there are aspects of thinking common to all traditions. The author offers a comparative introduction to important East/West philosophical questions and positions, and explores "philosophizing" as expressed, for example, in presuppositions. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333678329
- ISBN
- 9780333678329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
hardcover. This work examines the thinking of two 19th-century thinkers, Soren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche. Its focus is on the radically different ways they envisioned a joyful acceptance of life - a concern they shared. Series: Library of Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 159 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1997th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333676561
- ISBN
- 9780333676561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.12
€ 127.12
Hardback. A critical perspective on the foundations of economic theory showing the importance of ethical considerations and focusing in particular on altruism, cooperation and equity. Throughout the book the nature of "homo economicus" is contrasted with that of "homo ethicus". Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCA; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333673669
- ISBN
- 9780333673669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.81
€ 193.81
Hardback. In this work, philosopher Dorothy Emmet looks back on the philosophers who had an influence upon her work. Personal portraits she draws include H.A. Pritchard, R.G. Collingwood, A.N. Whitehead, Samuel Alexander, R.B. Braithwaite, Michael Polanyi and Alasdair MacIntyre. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333670132
- ISBN
- 9780333670132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.04
€ 127.04
Hardback. This study argues that Plato's is a gendered philosophy which contains within its basic tenets notions associated with masculinity. Consequently, the book explores the reasons why, in "The Republic" Plato includes women in the ruling class of his proposed ideal State. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333666074
- ISBN
- 9780333666074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Paperback. Explores ethical interpretations of biotechnology and examines whether sufficient consensus exists or is emerging to enable this technology to occupy a stable role in the techno-economic, social and cultural order. The contributors address the nature and implications of biotechnologies for nature, life and social organisation. Editor(s): Campling, Jo; O'Mahony, Patrick. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPF; HPQ; JFFR; JHBA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333665886
- ISBN
- 9780333665886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Hardcover. The essays in this collection address a diverse range of themes in the work of Jacques Derrida, including Irish identity, communication, ethics, love, tele-technology, Victorian studies, the limits of philosophy, translation, otherness and literature. Editor(s): Brannigan, John; Robbins, Ruth (Lecturer in English, University of Luton); Wolfreys, Julian. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333656624
- ISBN
- 9780333656624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardback. This book is a study of the ethics of war, focusing on the moral dilemmas of resistance and collaboration in Nazi occupied Europe, including a detailed examination of Jewish resistance. It presents a guide to the ethical choices that confronted people in response to the German doctrine of collective responsibility. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333656020
- ISBN
- 9780333656020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
Hardback. A new edition of this text, drawing on a tripartite taxonomy, first suggested by the English School of International Relations, which discusses the thinking of central political theorists about the modern states system. Thinkers covered are Hobbes, Grotius, Kant, Vitoria, Rousseau, Smith, Burke, Hegel, Gentz and Vattel. In the ST. ANTHONY'S series. Editor(s): Clark, Ian; Neumann, Iver B. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333650660
- ISBN
- 9780333650660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Hardback. Areas covered in this text include: tense and tenselessness; periods and instants; the measurement of time; and time, change and causation. The author attempts to show how considerations in the philosophy of logic and language are needed to settle many of the issues here. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333645505
- ISBN
- 9780333645505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Paperback. A sardonic portrait of the cult of the specialist interpreter, from I.A. Richards and the Cambridge School to Jacques Derrida and his disciples. This study aims to demonstrate that "modernism" and "postmodernism" are academic inventions. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 333.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333641804
- ISBN
- 9780333641804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Hardback. Can theology still operate in the void of post-theism? In attempting to answer this question "Agnosis" examines the concept of the void itself, tracing a history of nothingness from Augustine through Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to Bataille and Derrida. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB1; HRLB; HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638644
- ISBN
- 9780333638644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Hardcover. This title examines Deleuze's philosophical assessment of Spinoza and appraises his arguments concerning the absolute, the philosophy of mind, epistemology and moral and political philosophy. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK; HPM; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333634677
- ISBN
- 9780333634677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Paperback. Explores and exposes the roots of philosophical misogyny, with lesser known authors such as Otto Weininger placed alongside pieces from Plato and Nietzsche. This anthology should be interesting to those exploring the relationship between women and society, women and the academy. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333634240
- ISBN
- 9780333634240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.97
€ 60.97
Hardcover. This text offers an assessment of Jean-Paul Sartre as an exemplary figure in the evolving political and cultural landscape of post-1945 France. Case studies on such subjects of Gaullism, communism and art criticism illustrate the continuing relevance and appeal of Sartre to the contemporary world. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 423.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333633212
- ISBN
- 9780333633212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54