Social & political philosophy
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Social & political philosophy
hardcover. This book examines the role of political parties in liberal democracies and their function, within the context of one of the most influential contemporary political theories, John Rawls's political liberalism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198739500
- ISBN
- 9780198739500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.19
€ 125.19
Paperback. Contributors to this title debate how to formulate an egalitarian theory of distributive justice which gives coherent expression to egalitarian convictions and withstands the most powerful anti-egalitarian objections. Editor(s): Clayton, Matthew; Williams, Andrew. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333971192
- ISBN
- 9780333971192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.50
€ 89.50
Paperback. For too long we have convinced ourselves that the only jobs worth doing involve sitting at a desk. Drawing on the work of our greatest thinkers, from Aristotle to Heidegger, from Karl Marx to Iris Murdoch, as well as on his own experiences as an electrician and motorcycle mechanic, the author intends to change the way you think about work forever. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: HPS; JMJ; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141047294
- ISBN
- 9780141047294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.85
€ 12.99
€ 11.85
Hardcover. Conspiracy theories are a popular topic of conversation in everyday life but are often frowned upon in academic discussions. Looking at the recent spate of philosophical interest in conspiracy theories, The Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories looks at whether the assumption that belief in conspiracy theories is typically irrational is well founded Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363152
- ISBN
- 9781137363152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.33
€ 153.33
Paperback. Is life without the state really possible, and, if so, what would such a life look like? Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782790075
- ISBN
- 9781782790075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.50
€ 17.99
€ 16.50
Paperback. Maurice Blanchot is a towering yet enigmatic figure in twentieth-century French thought. Both his fiction and his criticism played a determining role in how postwar French philosophy was written, especially in its intense concern with the question of writing as such. This volume collects his political writings from 1953 to 1993. Translator(s): Paul, Zakir. Series: French Voices. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823229987
- ISBN
- 9780823229987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.76
€ 46.99
€ 41.76
Hardback. Maurice Blanchot is a towering yet enigmatic figure in twentieth-century French thought. Both his fiction and his criticism played a determining role in how postwar French philosophy was written, especially in its intense concern with the question of writing as such. This volume collects his political writings from 1953 to 1993. Translator(s): Paul, Zakir. Series: French Voices. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823229970
- ISBN
- 9780823229970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.15
€ 109.15
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262034869
- ISBN
- 9780262034869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 38.60
€ 39.00
€ 38.60
Paperback. Translator(s): Jordan, Joshua David. Series: Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 116 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351153
- ISBN
- 9781584351153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.92
€ 15.99
€ 13.92
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 117
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862079915
- ISBN
- 9781862079915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.46
€ 9.99
€ 8.46
Paperback. Makes a case that Machiavelli, far from being a pagan or atheist, was a prophet of a true religion of liberty, a way of moral and political living that would rediscover and pursue charity and justice. Translator(s): Shugaar, Antony. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM2; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154497
- ISBN
- 9780691154497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168593
- ISBN
- 9780691168593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.82
€ 24.99
€ 18.82
paperback. The book explains why and how Wittgenstein adapted the Tractatus in phenomenological and grammatical terms to meet challenges of his 'middle period.' It also shows why and how he invents a new method and develops an anthropological perspective, which gradually frame his philosophy and give birth to the Philosophical Investigations . Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPCF; HPCF3; HPL; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349328406
- ISBN
- 9781349328406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.35
€ 111.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; DSB; HPK; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319392660
- ISBN
- 9783319392660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Paperback. A collection of Weber's writings on a broad array of themes, from the nature of work, to the political culture of democracy, to the uniqueness of the West, to the character of the family and race relations, to the role of science and the fate of ethical action in the modern world. Editor(s): Kalberg, Stephen. Series: Modernity & Society. Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 30. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214908
- ISBN
- 9780631214908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.55
€ 49.55
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658034030
- ISBN
- 9783658034030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.51
€ 74.51
paperback. This is an analysis of how Heidegger, Brecht, Habermas, Adorno, and other German thinkers came to terms with the proliferation of technologies - technologies of bureaucratic democracy, of surveillance and military conquest, and those that affect the human psyche and soul. Editor(s): McCormick, John. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3J; HPC; HPS; JPA; JPHV; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327882
- ISBN
- 9780822327882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
The Drama of Possibility. Experience as Philosophy of Culture.
McDermott, John J.. Ed(S): Anderson, Douglas ...
Hardback. Traces the trajectory of the author's philosophical career through a selection of his essays. This work addresses specific issues in American thought and culture. It constitutes a mosaic of his philosophy, showing its roots in an American conception of experience. Editor(s): Anderson, Douglas R. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 36. Weight in Grams: 891.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226627
- ISBN
- 9780823226627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.20
€ 122.20
Hardcover. Acclaimed author follows the work of the Situationist International after May 1968. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPS; JFC; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844679577
- ISBN
- 9781844679577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.51
€ 23.99
€ 20.51
Paperback. For Hayek, spontaneous order - the emergence of complex order as the unintended consequence of individual actions that have no such end in view - is both the origin of the Great Society and its underlying principle. These sometimes critical essays assess Hayek's position and argue that his work can inform contemporary social and political dilemmas. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPS; KCA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349539772
- ISBN
- 9781349539772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Paperback. While teaching at an all-Black middle school in Atlanta, Levinson realized that her students individual self-improvement would not necessarily enable them to overcome their historical marginalization. In order to overcome their civic empowerment gap, students must learn how to reshape power relationships through public political and civic action. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: HPS; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284241
- ISBN
- 9780674284241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.56
€ 29.99
€ 25.56
Paperback. This examination of stem cell biology from a philosophy of science perspective clarifies the field's central concept, the stem cell, as well as its aims, methods, models, explanations and evidential challenges. Relations to systems biology and clinical medicine are also discussed. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; HPX; MBGR; PDA; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349852
- ISBN
- 9781349349852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144872
- ISBN
- 9780231144872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HPS; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144865
- ISBN
- 9780231144865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.99€ 79.32
€ 103.99
€ 79.32