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Paperback. "The Poverty of Historicism" is a devastating criticism of the idea that there are fixed laws in history and that human beings are able to predict them. Popper dedicated the book to all those "who fell victim to the fascist and communist belief in Inexorable Laws of Historical Destiny". Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HPS; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415278461
ISBN
9780415278461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.81

Hardback. 1. An important new book by Habermas -- one of the worlda s leading social and political thinkers. 2. Addresses the impact of globalization on politics and cultural identity. 3. Accessible to non--specialists, this book is an excellent introduction to Habermasa views. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 489.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745623511
ISBN
9780745623511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback. 1. An important new book by Habermas -- one of the worlda s leading social and political thinkers. 2. Addresses the impact of globalization on politics and cultural identity. 3. Accessible to non--specialists, this book is an excellent introduction to Habermasa views. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745623528
ISBN
9780745623528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.90

Paperback. We are told that we live in a post ideological era; that we have moved 'beyond Left and Right'; and that we are 'all in it together'. Democracy has been reduced to the consensual administration of economic necessity. How can we make sense of this form of depoliticisation? This title examines how the post political has come to dominate governance. Editor(s): Wilson, Japhy; Swyngedouw, Erik. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474403061
ISBN
9781474403061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Brings Peirce and social criticism into conversation Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823232963
ISBN
9780823232963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. Contends that democracy - along with its secular norms - is founded on the idea of a promise deferred to the future. This title presents examples of religion in public life and calls into question the projects of refashioning the aporetic premises of liberalism and secularism. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231142908
ISBN
9780231142908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.52
€ 62.34

Hardback. Argues that the capacity for autonomy is rooted in the power relations that constitute the self. This work analyzes power, including the complicated phenomenon of subjection, without giving up on the ideal of autonomy. It shows how the self can be both constituted by power and capable of an autonomous self-constitution. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136228
ISBN
9780231136228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.94
€ 83.22

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
With a new preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231179331
ISBN
9780231179331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardcover. 'The capacity to affect and to be affected'. This simple definition opens a world of questions - by indicating an openness to the world. To affect and to be affected is to be in encounter, and to be in encounter is to have already ventured forth. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 49. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745689814
ISBN
9780745689814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

Paperback. 'The capacity to affect and to be affected'. This simple definition opens a world of questions - by indicating an openness to the world. To affect and to be affected is to be in encounter, and to be in encounter is to have already ventured forth. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745689821
ISBN
9780745689821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.55

Hardback. Translator(s): Butterworth, Charles E. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPDC; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453809
ISBN
9780801453809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.42

Hardback. Focuses on Ranciere's central political idea that a democratic politics emerges from the presupposition of equality. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635320
ISBN
9780748635320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.33
€ 119.45

Paperback. Presents a fresh introduction to Machiavelli's thought for students of politics and philosophy. This volume focuses on Machiavelli's thought, major theories and central ideas. It deals with historical and theoretical context. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474404280
ISBN
9781474404280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. This text is a collection of readings by the most important political philosophers representing the six major schools of continental philosophy: phenomenology, existentialism, critical theory, poststructuralism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism. Editor(s): Ingram, David. Series: Blackwell Readings in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631215486
ISBN
9780631215486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.19

Hardback. This text is a collection of readings by the most important political philosophers representing the six major schools of continental philosophy: phenomenology, existentialism, critical theory, poststructuralism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism. Editor(s): Ingram, David. Series: Blackwell Readings in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631215479
ISBN
9780631215479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.51

Paperback. Translator(s): Lederhendler, Lazer. Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231156196
ISBN
9780231156196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

Hardback. We associate prejudice with ignorance and bigotry and consider it a source of injustice. Can prejudice have a legitimate place in moral and political judgment? Adam Sandel shows that prejudice, properly understood, is not an obstacle to clear thinking but an essential aspect of it. The aspiration to reason without preconceptions is misguided. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 240 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674726840
ISBN
9780674726840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 54.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138818354
ISBN
9781138818354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.78

Paperback. Series: St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Imprint Academic United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845402532
ISBN
9781845402532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.88

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