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Social & political philosophy

Paperback. In the age of terrorism Michael Ignatieff argues that we must not shrink from the use of violence. But its use - in a liberal democracy - must be measured. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748622245
ISBN
9780748622245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. .
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608466412
ISBN
9781608466412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848316652
ISBN
9781848316652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.87

Paperback. Breakthroughs in genetics present us with a promise and a predicament. Although most people find at least some forms of genetic engineering disquieting, it is not easy to articulate why. This work explores these and other moral quandaries connected with the quest to perfect ourselves and our children. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; MBDC; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 111 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674036383
ISBN
9780674036383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.55

Paperback. Focuses on some of the moral and political issues, such as affirmative action, assisted suicide, abortion, gay rights, stem cell research, the meaning of toleration and civility, the gap between rich and poor, the role of markets, and the place of religion in public life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023659
ISBN
9780674023659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.94

Paperback. Should we financially reward children for good marks? Is it ethical to pay people to donate organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars, outsourcing inmates to for-profit prisons or selling citizenship? In this title, the author asks: Isn't there something wrong with a world in which everything is for sale? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; KJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241954485
ISBN
9780241954485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Sandel traces the limits of liberalism to the conception of the person that underlies it, and argues for a deeper understanding of community than liberalism allows. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392. 252 pages. Sandel traces the limits of liberalism to the conception of the person that underlies it, and argues for a deeper understanding of community than liberalism allows. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight: 396.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521567411
ISBN
9780521567411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.55

Paperback. What do we know about war crimes and justice? What are the discursive practices through which the dominant images of war crimes, atrocity and justice are understood? In this wide ranging text, Michael J. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671550
ISBN
9780745671550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.49

Hardcover. What do we know about war crimes and justice? What are the discursive practices through which the dominant images of war crimes, atrocity and justice are understood? In this wide ranging text, Michael J. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 396 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745671543
ISBN
9780745671543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

Hardback. This volume, by Michael Shapiro, is not about Adam Smith in the sense in which "about" is usually understood, for it is neither a comprehensive explication of his views nor a careful tracing of the sources of them. Shapiro's ultimate goal is to "exemplify a way of doing political theory". Series: Modernity and Political Thought. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521322
ISBN
9780742521322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.62

Paperback. This volume, by Michael Shapiro, is not about Adam Smith in the sense in which "about" is usually understood, for it is neither a comprehensive explication of his views nor a careful tracing of the sources of them. Shapiro's ultimate goal is to "exemplify a way of doing political theory". Series: Modernity and Political Thought. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521339
ISBN
9780742521339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.62

Paperback. Seeking the truths that are found in the interstices between examiner and examined, world and word, and body and mind, and taking inspiration from James, Dewey, Arendt, Husserl, Sartre, Camus, and, especially, Merleau-Ponty, the author creates in these chapters a distinctive anthropological pursuit of existential inquiry. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923659
ISBN
9780226923659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Hardcover. Essays in Honour of Norman Barry. Editor(s): James, Michael. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPS; JPFK. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 19. Weight: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Buckingham Press
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956071644
ISBN
9780956071644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. This book provides a comprehensive and critical assessment of the ways in which Anglo--American political theorists have responded to the emergence of a politics of identity in democratic society. It examines the merits and weaknesses of the ideas associated with the major schools and thinkers in contemporary philosophical liberalism. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 357.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745619057
ISBN
9780745619057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.89

Hardback. This collection of essays sheds light on the writings of leading figures in the history of political philosophy by exploring a range of questions concerning mastery and slavery in the human soul. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102213
ISBN
9780739102213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.59

Paperback.
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
218
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608461899
ISBN
9781608461899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.06

Hardback. Being Shaken is a multifaceted meditation by leading philosophers from Europe and North America on ways in which events disrupt the complacency of the ontological paradigm at the personal, ethical, theological, aesthetic, and political levels. Editor(s): Marder, Michael; Zabala, Santiago. Series: Palgrave Studies in Postmetaphysical Thought. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137333728
ISBN
9781137333728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.89

Paperback. .
Publisher
Imprint Academic United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845400934
ISBN
9781845400934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972919
ISBN
9780865972919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.65

Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972902
ISBN
9780865972902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 399 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 33. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226479484
ISBN
9780226479484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Hardback. Devoted to the whole of Hamilton's political writing, this accessible and teachable analysis makes clear the enormous influence Hamilton had on the development of American political and economic institutions and policies. Series: The Political Philosophy of the American Founders. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HPS; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405384
ISBN
9781421405384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.14

Hardcover. Leo Strauss and his alleged political influence regarding the Iraq War have in recent years been the subject of significant media attention. In this title, the authors turn their attention to a more comprehensive interpretation of Strauss' thought as a whole. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 18. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226135731
ISBN
9780226135731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.54
€ 79.04

Paperback. This collection of essays sheds light on the writings of leading figures in the history of political philosophy by exploring a range of questions concerning mastery and slavery in the human soul. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102770
ISBN
9780739102770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.33

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