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Social & political philosophy

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

€ 94.73
€ 79.36

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

€ 106.57
€ 102.41

Paperback. Illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world, focusing on the tastes and preferences of the French bourgeoisie. This book argues that the social world functions simultaneously as a system of power relations and as a symbolic system in which minute distinctions of taste become the basis for social judgement. Translator(s): Nice, Richard. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 37. Weight in Grams: 874.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415567886
ISBN
9780415567886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.41

Paperback. .
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784786243
ISBN
9781784786243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Translator(s): LePain, Marc A. Series: New French Thought Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691125671
ISBN
9780691125671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

Paperback. Argues that the West has rejected the laws of God and of nature in a quest for human autonomy. This book contends that, in declaring ourselves free and autonomous, we have, paradoxically, lost a sense of what it means to be human. It offers an analysis of the confusions and contradictions at the heart of the modern condition. Translator(s): LePain, Marc A. Series: New French Thought Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; HRC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050256
ISBN
9780691050256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.83

Hardback. We think of the Enlightenment as an era dominated by ideas of progress, production, and industry - not an era that favored the lax and indolent individual. But was the Enlightenment only about the unceasing improvement of self and society? This title examines moral, political, and economic treatises of the period. Translator(s): Gage, Jennifer Curtiss. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149271
ISBN
9780691149271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.23

Hardback. The newest deluxe edition in the bestselling Capstone Classics Series

This ancient classic has had a make-over. In recent years these Capstone Classic deluxe editions have caught the book buying public's imagination. Series: Capstone Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPS; HPX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 203 x 36. Weight in Grams: 552.

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
414
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857083135
ISBN
9780857083135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Sachs, Joe. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585102617
ISBN
9781585102617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.51

Paperback. A new translation of Plato's Laws into accessible English, with essential introductory and other explanatory material. Editor(s): Schofield, Malcolm. Translator(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521676908
ISBN
9780521676908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.82

Paperback. What survives of Socrates' philosophical thought are second-hand descriptions of his teachings and conversations - most famously, the accounts of his trial and execution composed by his friend, student, and philosophical successor, Plato. These dialogues contain some of the most fascinating and well-known arguments in Western philosophy. Editor(s): Bailey, Andrew. Translator(s): Woods, Cathal; Pack, Ryan. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3B; HPCA; HPK; HPL; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 525.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554812585
ISBN
9781554812585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.29

Paperback. Provides a translation of the dialogues of Plato. This book argues that the particular formulation by Plato had a direct and profound influence on the Founding Fathers and the development of American constitutional law. Translator(s): Allen, R. E. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Second Impression
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300136371
ISBN
9780300136371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.82

Paperback. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 664 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX; JPA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 48. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691172231
ISBN
9780691172231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. Worldwide, human lives are rapidly improving. Education, health-care, technology, and political participation are becoming ever more universal, empowering human beings everywhere to enjoy security, economic sufficiency, equal citizenship, and a life in dignity. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745638935
ISBN
9780745638935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.21

Paperback. The follow-up to THE MEANING OF THINGS which continues AC Grayling's philosophical journey through life Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753817131
ISBN
9780753817131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Setting out to diagnose the condition of global capitalism, the ideological constraints we are faced with in our lives, and the bleak future promised by this system, this book explores the possibilities - and the traps - of new emancipatory struggles. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HPX; JPFC; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141979540
ISBN
9780141979540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. This is the first comprehensive study of the core philosophical questions posed by terrorism such as: How should we define it? Is it morally distinctive? Can it be morally justified? Igor Primoratz seeks to overcome relativism and double standards that often plague debates about terrorism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651446
ISBN
9780745651446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474413633
ISBN
9781474413633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.85

Paperback. Offers a look at how the contemporary world is characterized by an extraordinary social complexity. This book takes the reader on a journey that starts with personal relations and climbs up one scale at a time to territorial states and beyond. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 184. Assemblage Theory and Social Complexity. 160 pages. Offers a look at how the contemporary world is characterized by an extraordinary social complexity. This book takes the reader on a journey that starts with personal relations and climbs up one scale at a time to territorial states and beyond. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Dimension: 195 x 128 x 10. Weight: 182.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826491695
ISBN
9780826491695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.00

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