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Social & political philosophy

Paperback. Confucian political philosophy has recently emerged as a vibrant area of thought both in China and around the globe. This book provides an accessible introduction to the main perspectives and topics being debated today, and shows why Progressive Confucianism is a particularly promising approach. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745661308
ISBN
9780745661308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.74

Hardcover. Confucian political philosophy has recently emerged as a vibrant area of thought both in China and around the globe. This book provides an accessible introduction to the main perspectives and topics being debated today, and shows why Progressive Confucianism is a particularly promising approach. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745661292
ISBN
9780745661292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199846290
ISBN
9780199846290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.99

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 298 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633985
ISBN
9780691633985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.25

Paperback. Thomas Hobbes is one of the foremost British philosophers. This title covers those areas of philosophy where Hobbes is a key player: metaphysics; epistemology; moral philosophy; political philosophy; the philosophy of religion. It explores Hobbes' philosophical method and offers an account of the historical background to Hobbes' thought. Series: Guides for the Perplexed. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826488381
ISBN
9780826488381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.63

Hardback. This work examines the philosophy of Burke in view of its contribution to our understanding of modernity. Stephen K. White argues that Burke remains important because he shows us how modernity engenders an implicit forgetfulness of human finitude. Series: Modernity and Political Thought. Num Pages: 128 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521346
ISBN
9780742521346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.20

Paperback. This work examines the philosophy of Burke in view of its contribution to our understanding of modernity. Stephen K. White argues that Burke remains important because he shows us how modernity engenders an implicit forgetfulness of human finitude. Series: Modernity and Political Thought. Num Pages: 128 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521353
ISBN
9780742521353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.22

hardcover. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1986th Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9789027720672
ISBN
9789027720672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.38

Paperback. What can a body do under capitalism?�Ground-making explanation that links Marx to Foucault. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780995762
ISBN
9781780995762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Hardcover. Thomas Aquinas and Jean-Paul Sartre are usually identified with completely different philosophical traditions: intellectualism and voluntarism. This study shows that there are some profound similarities in their understanding of freedom and human identity. It is of interest to Aquinas and Sartre scholars. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813215761
ISBN
9780813215761
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.77

Paperback. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349227952
ISBN
9781349227952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 185.03

Paperback. Who ought to govern? Why should I obey the law? What is the proper education for a citizen and a statesman? These questions probe some of the deepest and most enduring problems that every society confronts, regardless of time and place. This book introduces the wide terrain of political philosophy through the classic texts of the discipline. Series: The Open Yale Courses. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300181807
ISBN
9780300181807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.59

Paperback. Shows that Leo Strauss' defense of liberal democracy was closely connected to his skepticism of both the extreme Left and extreme Right. It assesses Strauss's attempt to direct teaching of political science away from examination of mass behavior and interest-group politics and toward study of philosophical principles on which politics are based. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226763897
ISBN
9780226763897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.11

Hardcover. This book argues that there is an ongoing planetary crisis, in both the social and natural worlds, that is of urgent importance. This demands a new politics, a politics of total liberation, one that grasps the need to unite the disparate movements for human, animal, and earth liberation. In the book, Best outlines a way forward despite challenges. Series: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137471116
ISBN
9781137471116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.02

Hardback. In Western democracies today, politics and politicians are held in contempt by the majority of citizens. Bilakovics argues that this disdain of politics follows neither from the discontents of our liberal political system nor from the preoccupations of a consumer society. Rather, he traces the sources of political cynicism to democracy itself. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674058224
ISBN
9780674058224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.93

Hardback. Prominent observers complain that public discourse in America is shallow and unedifying. This condition is often attributed to the resurgence of religion in public life. This title argues that this diagnosis is not primarily religion but rather the strictures of secular rationalism that have drained our modern discourse of force and authenticity. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPH; JPWD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050877
ISBN
9780674050877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Encounter Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594038839
ISBN
9781594038839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349422869
ISBN
9781349422869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.68

Hardback. Num Pages: 153 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137583499
ISBN
9781137583499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.88

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138643611
ISBN
9781138643611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.11

Paperback. A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy is the most comprehensive single volume on the subject available; it offers the very latest scholarship to create a wide-ranging survey of the most important ideas, problems, and debates in the history of Buddhist philosophy. Editor(s): Emmanuel, Steven M. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF; HPS; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 244 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119144663
ISBN
9781119144663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.36

Hardback. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; KJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137434739
ISBN
9781137434739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.65

Paperback. In a world driven by technology and ever-closer global networks, is humanity approaching a Golden Age, or is the notion of progress an illusion born in the West? Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786070760
ISBN
9781786070760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 349 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349436613
ISBN
9781349436613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.52

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