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Social & political philosophy

Paperback. In his major investigation into the nature of humans, Peter Sloterdijk presents a critique of myth - the myth of the return of religion. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 227 x 38. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745649221
ISBN
9780745649221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. Displaying the distinctive combination of narration and philosophy for which he is well known, this new book by Peter Sloterdijk develops a radically new account of globalization at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745647692
ISBN
9780745647692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.32

Hardcover. In this short book Peter Sloterdijk offers a genealogy of the concept of freedom from Ancient Greece to the present day. This genealogy is part of a broader theory of the large political body, according to which Sloterdijk argues that political communities arise in response to a form of anxiety or stress. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745699288
ISBN
9780745699288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.11

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350910
ISBN
9781584350910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.04

Hardback. Displaying the distinctive combination of narration and philosophy for which he is well known, this new book by Peter Sloterdijk develops a radically new account of globalization at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745647685
ISBN
9780745647685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Hardback. This book reveals that certain crucial, yet controversial, assumptions of moral contract theory are in fact plausible in the light of empirical findings. Its novel approach resolves a number of key contingencies in contractarianism and contractualism. Series: Theory and Decision Library A:. Num Pages: 233 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319042619
ISBN
9783319042619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.56

Hardback. This book explores the possible meanings of this new distinction and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of adopting it for understanding the contemporary world. It casts a wide exploratory net, looking at how the way that we interpret the world has changed over time. Editor(s): Wagner, Peter. Series: Annual of European and Global Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474423243
ISBN
9781474423243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.64
€ 107.92

Paperback. The idea of progress guided human expectations and actions for over two centuries. From the Enlightenment onwards, it was widely believed that the condition of humankind could be radically improved. History had embarked on an unstoppable forward trajectory, realizing the promise of freedom and reason. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745691008
ISBN
9780745691008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.98

Hardcover. The idea of progress guided human expectations and actions for over two centuries. From the Enlightenment onwards, it was widely believed that the condition of humankind could be radically improved. History had embarked on an unstoppable forward trajectory, realizing the promise of freedom and reason. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745690995
ISBN
9780745690995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

hardcover. Refugees, Women, and Weapons examines the role of domestic advocates, state identity and domestic norms in Japan's counterintuitive adoption of and compliance with three treaties-related to women's rights, refugee protection, and land mines-whose international normative framework conflict with Japan's domestic norms. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759731
ISBN
9780804759731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.57

Paperback. Lucidly written and clearly argued, After the New Atheist Debate is a book that brings welcome clarity and a solid path to the often contentious conversation about religion in the public sphere. Series: UTP Insights. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; HRAB; HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626874
ISBN
9781442626874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

hardcover. Lucidly written and clearly argued, After the New Atheist Debate is a book that brings welcome clarity and a solid path to the often contentious conversation about religion in the public sphere. Series: UTP Insights. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; HRA; HRAB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649521
ISBN
9781442649521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.24

Paperback. What exactly is neoliberalism, and where did it come from? This volume attempts to answer these questions by exploring neoliberalism s origins and growth as a political and economic movement. Now with a new preface." Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPF; JPFM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088344
ISBN
9780674088344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.94

Paperback. Hobbes' extreme political views have commanded so much attention that they have eclipsed his work on language and mind, and on reasoning, personhood, and group formation. This book argues that it was Hobbes who invented the invention of language thesis - the idea that language is a cultural innovation that transformed the human mind. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143255
ISBN
9780691143255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. In this first full historical account of the political thought of Jeremy Bentham, Philip Schofield shows how Bentham's insights in the fields of logic and language led to the first defence of democracy from a utilitarian perspective, and to the creation of the philosophic radicals, dedicated to political, legal, ecclesiastical, and social reform. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199563364
ISBN
9780199563364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.75

Hardback. This illuminating book provides a reconstruction of social theory that emphasizes its humanist foundations and the centrality of values in social inquiry. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758628
ISBN
9780804758628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 46.02

Paperback. Deals with a question central to both anthropology and philosophy: what is the relationship between nature and culture? Drawing on ethnographic examples from around the world, the author formulates a new framework, the "four ontologies" - animism, totemism, naturalism, and analogism - to account for all the ways we relate ourselves to nature. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 488 pages, 1 halftone, 2 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226212364
ISBN
9780226212364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.69

Hardcover. Drawing on ethnographic examples from around the world and theoretical understandings from cognitive science, structural analysis, and phenomenology, the author formulates a sophisticated new framework, the "four ontologies" - animism, totemism, naturalism, and analogism - to account for all the ways we relate ourselves to nature. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 520 pages, 1 halftone, 2 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 806.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226144450
ISBN
9780226144450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.85
€ 79.36

Hardback. Are we morally required to act in the interests of others? Does our worth as persons depend in any way on our valuing the good of others? This book addresses these questions which concern the relevance of other-interested considerations - of facts about what is good or bad for others - to the moral status of persons and their actions. Series: Philosophical Studies S. Num Pages: 157 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792318569
ISBN
9780792318569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.81

Hardback. Pierfrancesco Basile looks at myths: where they came from and why Whitehead rejects them. In doing so, Basile makes it possible to grasp the main concepts of Whitehead's process metaphysics - especially the crucial notion that being and power are one and the same - and how it is rooted in the modern philosophical tradition. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474404143
ISBN
9781474404143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.71
€ 102.41

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