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Philosophy
Paperback. Editor(s): Gardiner, Stephen M. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489686
- ISBN
- 9780801489686
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
paperback. This volume offers a rich and accessible introduction to contemporary research on Buddhist ethical thought. It includes contributions of many of the leading scholars in this field, on topics including the nature of Buddhist ethics, karma and rebirth, mindfulness, narrative, intention, free will, politics, anger, and equanimity. Editor(s): Davis, Jake H. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HPD; HPDF; HRE. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190499761
- ISBN
- 9780190499761
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Condition: New
€ 68.90
€ 68.90
Hardcover. Alain L Locke, in his famous 1925 anthology "The New Negro", declared that 'the pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem'. This biography of this extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, narrates the untold story of Locke's profound impact on twentieth-century America's cultural and intellectual life. Num Pages: 448 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HPCF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317762
- ISBN
- 9780226317762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.56€ 78.69
€ 95.56
€ 78.69
Hardcover. Revises the history of medieval imagination with a detailed analysis of its role in the period's meditations and theories of cognition. This title examines Bonaventure's meditational works, "the Meditationes vitae Christi", "the Stimulis amoris", "Piers Plowman", and Nicholas Love's "Myrrour", among others. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226425313
- ISBN
- 9780226425313
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Condition: New
€ 95.56€ 79.56
€ 95.56
€ 79.56
Hardcover. The 'German Socrates', Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) was the most influential Jewish thinker of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This title offers a human portrait of this fascinating man. Translator(s): Berris, Anthony. Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPCD1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300161755
- ISBN
- 9780300161755
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. This book provides an introduction to the work of Norbert Elias. It is the first systematic appraisal of two central themes of his thought -- violence and civilization. Although Elias is best known for his theory of civilizing processes, this study highlights the crucial importance of the concept of decivilizing processes. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745618791
- ISBN
- 9780745618791
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Condition: New
€ 26.01
€ 26.01
Hardcover. Lord Acton (1834-1902) is often called a historian of liberty. Acton is mainly known for a single maxim, 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely'. In this title, the author presents an indepth consideration of Acton's thought. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804651
- ISBN
- 9780875804651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.46
€ 57.46
Hardcover. Longlisted for the National Book Award. Where did the ideas come from that became the cornerstone of American democracy? Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 39. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393064544
- ISBN
- 9780393064544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.75
€ 31.99
€ 26.75
Paperback. An analysis of the definition of courage and the "mystery of bravery". This book utilizes soldiers' memoirs, heroic and romantic literature and philosophical discussions to analyze the link between courage and fear and expose the role of courage in generating anxieties of manhood and masculinity. Num Pages: 360 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008267
- ISBN
- 9780674008267
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.11
€ 41.99
€ 35.11
Paperback. Translator(s): Loriaux, Michael. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; HPC; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816680061
- ISBN
- 9780816680061
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. Art's Undoing is about radical aestheticism, the term that best describes a recurring event in some of the most powerful and resonating texts of nineteenth-century British literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251124
- ISBN
- 9780823251124
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. This vital addition to the Blackwell Great Minds series offers a focused assessment of the fundamental principles of a giant of the western tradition in philosophical thought. The book covers every aspect of the thinker whose matchless mental agility fatally undermined the medieval absolutism of divine-right patriarchy. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405189361
- ISBN
- 9781405189361
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.58
€ 36.99
€ 30.58
paperback. Editor(s): Holland, Nancy J.; Huntington, Patricia. Series: Re-Reading the Canon. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271021553
- ISBN
- 9780271021553
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Condition: New
€ 53.69€ 46.00
€ 53.69
€ 46.00
paperback. This text argues that Kant's continuing efforts to find a metaphysics that could provide a foundation for the sciences is vital for understanding the development of his philosophical thought, from its earliest beginnings in the thesis of 1747 to his last unpublished writings on the "Opus postumum". Num Pages: 378 pages, 8 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HPC; HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 535.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674500365
- ISBN
- 9780674500365
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Condition: New
€ 52.50€ 47.69
€ 52.50
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161136
- ISBN
- 9780691161136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.75€ 42.48
€ 53.75
€ 42.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653211
- ISBN
- 9780745653211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.47
€ 23.47
Paperback. Presents the concept of the beautiful through the framework of Merleau-Ponty's aesthetics. This book formulates that the ontology of Flesh as element and the ontology of the Beautiful as elemental are folded together, for Desire, Love, and Beauty are part of the fabric of the world's element, Flesh itself. Series Editor(s): Steinbock, Anthony J. Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Num Pages: 400 pages, 27 b/w images. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810125667
- ISBN
- 9780810125667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
paperback. Relates the concepts of subalternity, antagonism and autonomy to contemporary movements in Latin America and elsewhere. Series: Reading Gramsci. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780745334059
- ISBN
- 9780745334059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.99€ 47.49
€ 59.99
€ 47.49
paperback. Finding Zero is an adventure-filled saga of Amir Aczel's lifelong obsession: to find the original sources of our numerals. Aczel has doggedly crisscrossed the ancient world, scouring dusty texts, cross examining scholars who offered wildly differing sets of facts, and ultimately penetrating deep into a Cambodian jungle to find a definitive proof. Num Pages: 256 pages, black and white photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781250084910
- ISBN
- 9781250084910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.16
€ 19.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. This complete treatise of political philosophy demonstrates Yves R. Simon's belief that, even in the best conceivable circumstances, government is needed to determine direction toward the common good and to provide the means for united action. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JPHV; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038038
- ISBN
- 9780268038038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.72
€ 31.99
€ 28.72