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Paperback. To avoid abusive practice in social care, professionals need to examine the body of values, rules and methods which guide their work, and move towards a more sophisticated participatory approach to social responsibility. The book contains background material, a review of current research and case studies, and lays guidelines for future policy. Editor(s): Littlechild, Brian; Payne, Helen; Pritchard, Jacki. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKSN; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853027437
- ISBN
- 9781853027437
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Condition: New
€ 36.27
€ 36.27
Paperback. Editor(s): Stolarski, Maciej; Fieulaine, Nicolas; Van Beek, Wessel. Num Pages: 577 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations, 27 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: HPS; JFF; JM; VSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 2. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 577
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319345840
- ISBN
- 9783319345840
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Condition: New
€ 229.62
€ 229.62
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253002310
- ISBN
- 9780253002310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.93
€ 43.99
€ 43.93
Paperback. Exploring the first-person narratives of three figures from the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic mystical traditions - St Teresa of Avila, Rabbi Dov Baer, and Ruzbihan Baqli, this title provides a phenomenology of mysticism based in the Abrahamic religious traditions. Series: Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221810
- ISBN
- 9780253221810
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Art is about acts in response to what the artist sees or hears and how these acts provoke responses from viewers. In this title, the author explores how human life is shaped by the experience of call and response. Translator(s): Davenport, Anne Ashley; Lewis, Stephen E. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222988
- ISBN
- 9780823222988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. Leading philosophers and scientists consider what conclusions about color can be drawn when the latest analytic tools are applied to the most sophisticated color science. Editor(s): Cohen, Jonathan; Matthen, Mohan. Series: Life & Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology & Psychology. Num Pages: 448 pages, 71 b&w illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPN; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262513753
- ISBN
- 9780262513753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 51.90
€ 53.51
€ 51.90
Paperback. The social, educational and political writings of Jean--Jacques Rousseau have become enormously influential in the 200 years since his death. But the breadth as well as the depth of Rousseaua s achievement -- he was amongst other things a creative writer and musical composer as well as a philosopher -- is not always appreciated. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JF; GBC; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631175698
- ISBN
- 9780631175698
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Condition: New
€ 45.14
€ 45.14
Paperback. Takes up Foucault's hypothesis that liberal "civil society," far from being a sphere of natural freedoms, designates the social spaces where our biological lives come under new forms of control, and are invested with new forms of biopower. Series: Commonalities (FUP). Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256020
- ISBN
- 9780823256020
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Ethical issues and the intellectually disabled Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221575
- ISBN
- 9780253221575
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.75
€ 30.99
€ 27.75
Paperback. Concentrates on the "Meditations" to show Descartes' philosophy in the context of his overall scientific objectives, not all of them fully explicit in the texts. Series: Arguments of the Philosophers. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415065764
- ISBN
- 9780415065764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.48
€ 60.48
Paperback. This Routledge Philosophy GuideBook offers a clear introduction to Heidegger's notoriously difficult later thought, examining key later influential works concerning the nature of technology, art and thinking. Series: Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415201971
- ISBN
- 9780415201971
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Condition: New
€ 50.45
€ 50.45
Paperback. This text presents a clear and thorough introduction to political philosophy and political thought, introducing the reader to major political thinkers and complementary secondary readings. Num Pages: 396 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415211970
- ISBN
- 9780415211970
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Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Paperback. An introductory textbook on the ethics of our treatment of animals. With the beginner firmly in mind, each chapter introduces one of three standard approaches in ethical theory: utilitarianism, rights and virtue ethics. Series: Philosophy and the Human Situation. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415212427
- ISBN
- 9780415212427
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Condition: New
€ 60.48
€ 60.48
Paperback. This introduction introduces Hobbes' main doctrines and arguments, covering all of Hobbes' philosophy. Series: The Routledge Philosophers. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415283281
- ISBN
- 9780415283281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.41
€ 40.41
Paperback. Presents a survey of over 2,000 years of Jewish thought, religious and secular, ancient and modern. This book contains introductions to the lives and works of such thinkers as: Hannah Arendt, Immanuel Levinas, Sigmund Freud, and Walter Benjamin. It includes guides to further reading on figures from the middle ages through to the 21st century. Series: Routledge Key Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415771412
- ISBN
- 9780415771412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
Paperback. Examines films' ability to discuss, and criticize ideas that have puzzled philosophers over the centuries such as the nature of personhood, the basis of morality, and epistemological skepticism. This book offers a systematic account of the ways in which specific films undertake the task of philosophy. It is of interest to students of philosophy. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; HPN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415774314
- ISBN
- 9780415774314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
Hardcover. Few people have shaped ethics and political philosophy more than John Stuart Mill. This collection of his key writings and influences includes "Utilitarianism", "On Liberty", and "Essay on Bentham", along with selections from Jeremy Bentham and John Austin. Editor(s): Warnock, Mary. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233510
- ISBN
- 9780631233510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.18
€ 153.18
Paperback. This analysis of art and its modes of existence by a contemporary French philosopher begins with an essay that introduces the principal concern sustained in the four succeeding ones. Translator(s): Kamuf, Peggy. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 136 pages, 3 half-tones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727815
- ISBN
- 9780804727815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Framed within a wide range of ideas, including politics and religion, this volume makes new connections between embodiment, selfhood and the passions. It explores new ways of negotiating the boundaries between a cognitive and bodily approach to emotion. Editor(s): Cummings, Professor Brian; Sierhuis, Dr Freya. Num Pages: 328 pages, Includes 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472413642
- ISBN
- 9781472413642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.92
€ 187.92
Paperback. Argues that positive psychology has overlooked and sidelined the ancient wisdom on wellbeing, notably from the Greek philosophers. This work shows that wellbeing is not found in a focus on pleasure, or even the pursuit of happiness itself. Rather, it is a question of meaning and responding to the great challenge: the search for transcendence. Series: The Art of Living. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844651535
- ISBN
- 9781844651535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.14
€ 62.14
Hardback. This book integrates the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant--particularly the concepts of autonomy, dignity, and character--into economic theory, enriching models of individual choice and policymaking, while contributing to our understanding of how the economic individual fits into society. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804768948
- ISBN
- 9780804768948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Edition
- Reprinted Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268019440
- ISBN
- 9780268019440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Analysing how materialistic capitalism is self-limiting, how efficiency may be the enemy of a cohesive society, this work examines the false certainties of science and religion. It builds a theory of meaning, based on the research for identity the role of the arts and the idea of immortality. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JH; JPA; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 123 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Arrow Books Ltd
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTM0005971
- ISBN
- 9780099227724
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. The definitive guide to philosophical thought. Series: Cracking Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, 300. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 174 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KOG0000690
- ISBN
- 9781844038060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99