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Hardback. Scholars normally emphasize the contrast between the two great eighteenth-century thinkers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith. Rousseau is seen as a critic of modernity; Smith as an apologist. However, Istvan Hont finds significant commonalities in their work, arguing that both were theorists of commercial society but from different perspectives. Num Pages: 159 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPS; JPA; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967700
- ISBN
- 9780674967700
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.96
€ 47.99
€ 39.96
paperback. This is one of Isaiah Berlin's earliest and most convincing expositions of his views on human freedom and the history of ideas, views which were at the heart of his lifelong work on the Enlightenment and its critics. This work throws light on the early development of Berlin's ideas. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712668422
- ISBN
- 9780712668422
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.68
€ 21.99
€ 16.68
Paperback. Tells the biography of Karl Marx who has long been recognized as one of the best concise accounts of the life and thought of the man who had, in Berlin's words, a more "direct, deliberate, and powerful" influence on mankind than any other nineteenth-century thinker. This book introduces Marx's ideas and sets them in their context. Editor(s): Hardy, Henry. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Thoroughly Revised Fifth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156507
- ISBN
- 9780691156507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Hardback. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816656882
- ISBN
- 9780816656882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.89
€ 81.89
Paperback. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 30. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816656899
- ISBN
- 9780816656899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199970957
- ISBN
- 9780199970957
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Condition: New
€ 35.99
€ 35.99
Hardback. This text is a collection of readings by the most important political philosophers representing the six major schools of continental philosophy: phenomenology, existentialism, critical theory, poststructuralism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism. Editor(s): Ingram, David. Series: Blackwell Readings in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631215479
- ISBN
- 9780631215479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.51
€ 150.51
Paperback. The first global study of social democracy - authored by a wide range of leading thinkers from around the world Editor(s): Schmidt, Ingo. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745336084
- ISBN
- 9780745336084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.86
€ 35.99
€ 28.86
Hardcover. Mahatma Gandhi's humane philosophy and inherent spirituality had a profound influence not only on the people of India but the freedom loving people worldwide. This volume endeavours to reach out and connect the people, especially the younger generation, to the 'Gandhian way' and to carry forward his legacy into the 21st century. Editor(s): Sharma, Anand. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTJ; HPS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 248 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1814.
- Publisher
- Academic Foundation
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788171886487
- ISBN
- 9788171886487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.18
€ 208.18
Paperback. Kants essay remains an enduring antidote to the violence and cynicism that is all-too-often on display in international relations and foreign affairs. It is presented here in a new translation with contextual apparatus. Editor(s): Orend, Brian. Translator(s): Johnson, Ian. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554811939
- ISBN
- 9781554811939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.71
€ 21.99
€ 17.71
Paperback. In this short essay, Kant completes his political theory and philosophy of history, considering the prospects for peace among nations and addressing questions that remain central to our thoughts about nationalism, war, and peace.Ted Humphrey provides an eminently readable translation, along with a brief introduction that sketches Kant's argument. Translator(s): Humphrey, Ted. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 4. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 50
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206915
- ISBN
- 9780872206915
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.76
€ 15.99
€ 12.76
Paperback. What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those expectations? This work offers an assessment of contemporary answers to these questions, and explores its implications for policy and political action. It includes accounts of democracy's purposes that focus on aggregating preferences. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123967
- ISBN
- 9780691123967
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
Paperback. Investigates a political dilemma, and evaluates answers that have been proposed in the utilitarian, Marxist, social contract, anti-Enlightenment, and democratic traditions. Series: The Open Yale Courses. Num Pages: 302 pages, 8 graphs. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300185454
- ISBN
- 9780300185454
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.75
€ 25.99
€ 19.75
Hardback. Ian Shapiro makes a compelling case that the purpose of politics should be to combat domination, and he shows what this means in practice at home and abroad. This is a major work of applied political theory, a profound challenge to utopian visions, and a guide to fundamental problems of justice and distribution. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674743847
- ISBN
- 9780674743847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.90
€ 44.99
€ 36.90
Hardcover. This book examines the goals of civic education in liberal democracy, and demonstrates how we can recognize the value of the kinds of character formation that civic education has traditionally involved without losing the portion of the truth that can be found in the orthodox view which favors critical autonomy Series: Oxford Political Theory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198733614
- ISBN
- 9780198733614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.28
€ 94.28
Paperback. Often lost in the debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what is being constructed. Ian Hacking looks at the issue of child abuse, and examines the ways in which advanced research on new weapons influences not the content but the form of science. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674004122
- ISBN
- 9780674004122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.08
€ 41.99
€ 36.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748622450
- ISBN
- 9780748622450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.49€ 108.53
€ 112.49
€ 108.53
Paperback. This book looks at three key theories which have implications for the role of ethics in war and armed conflict: cosmopolitanism; internationalism; and political realism. Series: Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748615254
- ISBN
- 9780748615254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.54
€ 41.99
€ 37.54
Hardback. This translation of the introduction to Wang Hui's Rise of Modern Chinese Thought (2004) makes part of his four-volume masterwork available to English readers for the first time. A leading public intellectual in China, Wang charts the historical currents that have shaped Chinese modernity from the Song Dynasty to the present day. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJF; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046955
- ISBN
- 9780674046955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.27
€ 47.99
€ 40.27
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691166346
- ISBN
- 9780691166346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.46
€ 53.29
€ 42.46