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Social & political philosophy
Paperback. Exposing the religious roots of our ostensibly godless age, this study reveals that modernity is much less secular than conventional wisdom suggests. Beginning with the collapse of the medieval world, it argues that from the very beginning, moderns sought not to eliminate religion but to support a new view of religion and its place in human life. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293462
- ISBN
- 9780226293462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.65
€ 32.99
€ 25.65
Paperback. In Techne of Giving, Timothy Campbell elaborates a notion of generosity as way of responding to contemporary biopower. Reading films from Visconti, Rossellini, and Antonioni, he both updates their political lexicon while adopting them as models able to push back against neoliberal forms of gift-giving. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823273263
- ISBN
- 9780823273263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.78
€ 34.99
€ 31.78
Hardback. In Techne of Giving, Timothy Campbell elaborates a notion of generosity as way of responding to contemporary biopower. Reading films from Visconti, Rossellini, and Antonioni, he both updates their political lexicon while adopting them as models able to push back against neoliberal forms of gift-giving. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823273256
- ISBN
- 9780823273256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.09
€ 112.09
paperback. Erin McKenna argues that Utopian vision informed by pragmatism results in a process model of Utopia that can help form the future based on critical intelligence. Using John Dewey's works with feminist theory and literature, McKenna develops this pragmatist feminist model of Utopia. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; HPS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513198
- ISBN
- 9780742513198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; FYB; FYT; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 12.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172637
- ISBN
- 9780691172637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.39
€ 46.99
€ 33.39
Paperback. Reconsiders the dominant Western understandings of freedom through the lens of women's real-life experiences of domestic violence, welfare, and Islamic veiling. This book argues that the typical approach to freedom found in political philosophy reduces the concept's complexity, which is more revealed by taking such practical issues into account. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691096254
- ISBN
- 9780691096254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.32€ 41.90
€ 53.32
€ 41.90
Paperback. What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those expectations? This work offers an assessment of contemporary answers to these questions, and explores its implications for policy and political action. It includes accounts of democracy's purposes that focus on aggregating preferences. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123967
- ISBN
- 9780691123967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.39
€ 37.99
€ 27.39
Paperback. In recent years, feminist and queer theory have effectively disavowed both the human and revolutionary politics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690759
- ISBN
- 9780745690759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.43
€ 24.43
Hardcover. In recent years, feminist and queer theory have effectively disavowed both the human and revolutionary politics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690742
- ISBN
- 9780745690742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.38
€ 72.38
Paperback. To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis - dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years. This book shows why compromise is so important, what stands in the way of achieving it, and how citizens can make defensible compromises more likely. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPHV; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- New Preface by the authors
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160856
- ISBN
- 9780691160856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.82
€ 23.99
€ 17.82
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€ 20.55
€ 23.99
€ 20.55
Paperback. An examination of new forms of alienation in our never-off, plugged-in culture--and a clarion call for a "conspiracy of estranged people." Translator(s): Cadel, Francesca; Giuseppina, Mecchia. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JFFP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350767
- ISBN
- 9781584350767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.26
€ 23.99
€ 16.26
Paperback. Often lost in the debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what is being constructed. Ian Hacking looks at the issue of child abuse, and examines the ways in which advanced research on new weapons influences not the content but the form of science. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674004122
- ISBN
- 9780674004122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.77
€ 38.99
€ 32.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271022925
- ISBN
- 9780271022925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 49.94
€ 52.99
€ 49.94
Paperback. Why do humans seek meaning to life? How do our imaginations leap into worlds so far beyond our actual reality? This book explores how we decorate our existence with countless fictions, twisting and turning to avoid acknowledging that we too are animals. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241953914
- ISBN
- 9780241953914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.86
€ 15.99
€ 11.86
Paperback. Dissecting the new theoretical buzzword of the "Anthropocene" Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; RNA; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 302 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784785031
- ISBN
- 9781784785031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.76
€ 21.99
€ 18.76
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590179024
- ISBN
- 9781590179024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.64
€ 17.99
€ 15.64
Hardback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HPDF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177665
- ISBN
- 9780231177665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.23€ 46.42
€ 59.23
€ 46.42
Paperback. Presents an array of essays on design by the seminal media critic and philosopher Vilem Flusser. This title includes essays on such ordinary 'things' as wheels, carpets, pots, umbrellas and tents, Flusser emphasizes the interrelationships between art and science, theology and technology, and archaeology and architecture. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: AK; HPCF; HPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861890559
- ISBN
- 9781861890559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.84
€ 25.84
Hardback. In this sequel to his prize-winning book, The Eyes of the People, Green draws on philosophy, history, social science, and literature to ask what democracy can mean in a world where it is understood that socioeconomic status to some degree will always determine opportunities for civic engagement and career advancement. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFK; JPVH1; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190215903
- ISBN
- 9780190215903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.76
€ 107.76