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This classic collection of essays, first published in 1968, represents H.L.A. Hart's landmark contribution to the philosophy of criminal responsibility and punishment. Unavailable for ten years, this new edition reproduces the original text, adding a new critical introduction by John Gardner, a leading contemporary criminal law theorist. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; LAB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 543.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199534777
ISBN
9780199534777
Condition: New

€ 195.58

Paperback. Reconsiders the political, cultural, and legal nature of modernity in relation to religion. This title argues that the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau was instrumental in the evolution of modernity. In Rousseau, it pinpoints the origins of contemporary notions of the public and private and their relationship to religion. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HPCD; HPS; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139694
ISBN
9780231139694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 46.81

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. Argues that political freedom is essential to both the preservation of constitutional government and the very substance of American democracy itself. This book examines, among other topics, the promise and limits of civil society and associational life as sources of democratic renewal; and the effects of mass media on the public arena. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691135946
ISBN
9780691135946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 32.64

Paperback. Translator(s): Hodges, Ames; Sheed, Rosemary. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Autonomedia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351276
ISBN
9781584351276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.11

Hardback. Through a study of Plato's Gorgias, this title shows that contemporary conceptions of shame are far too narrow. It develops an account of a different kind of shame, which the author calls 'respectful shame' and argues that this type of shame is just as important to contemporary democracy as it was to its ancient form. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
9780691128566
ISBN
9780691128566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.00

Hardback. Property-Owning Democracy: Rawls and Beyond features a collection of original essays that represent the first extended treatment of political philosopher John Rawls' idea of a property-owning democracy. Editor(s): O'Neill, Martin; Williamson, Thad. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 252 x 21. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444334104
ISBN
9781444334104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.76

Paperback. Property-Owning Democracy: Rawls and Beyond features a collection of original essays that represent the first extended treatment of political philosopher John Rawls' idea of a property-owning democracy. Editor(s): O'Neill, Martin; Williamson, Thad. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118854600
ISBN
9781118854600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; HPS; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
2 ed
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810918
ISBN
9781554810918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 48.40

Hardcover. The idea of progress guided human expectations and actions for over two centuries. From the Enlightenment onwards, it was widely believed that the condition of humankind could be radically improved. History had embarked on an unstoppable forward trajectory, realizing the promise of freedom and reason. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745690995
ISBN
9780745690995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback. The idea of progress guided human expectations and actions for over two centuries. From the Enlightenment onwards, it was widely believed that the condition of humankind could be radically improved. History had embarked on an unstoppable forward trajectory, realizing the promise of freedom and reason. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745691008
ISBN
9780745691008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.12

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
€ 13.43

Paperback. James Williams sets out a new process philosophy of signs where signs are processes, not fixed relations. He develops his argument through a formal model and a series of case studies. He engages in dialogue with the philosophies of Deleuze and Whitehead, and in critical discussion with contemporary and historical theories of the sign. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPS; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748695010
ISBN
9780748695010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.72

Hardback. Series: The University Center for Human Values Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691176512
ISBN
9780691176512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. This interdisciplinary collection responds to intellectual debates concerning the value and limits of privacy. Ever since the beginning of modernity, the line of demarcation between private and public spaces, and the distinction between them, have continually been challenged and redrawn. Editor(s): Rossler, Beate. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JFD; JHBA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804745642
ISBN
9780804745642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Editor(s): Nathanson, Stephen. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
Abridged
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207141
ISBN
9780872207141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.48

Paperback. Stephen Nathanson's clear-sighted abridgement of Principles of Political Economy, Mill's first major work in moral and political philosophy, provides a challenging, sometimes surprising account of Mill's views on many important topics: socialism, population, the status of women, the cultural bases of economic productivity, the. Editor(s): Nathanson, Stephen. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
309
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207134
ISBN
9780872207134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.57

Paperback. Memory of historical trauma has a unique power to generate works of art. This title analyses the relation of public memory to history, forgetting, and selective memory in Berlin, Buenos Aires and New York - three late-20th century cities that have confronted major social or political traumas. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBBEY; 1KLSA; AB; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745611
ISBN
9780804745611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

hardcover. This book analyzes the relation of public memory to history, forgetting, and selective memory in three late-twentieth-century cities that have confronted major social or political traumas-Berlin, Buenos Aires, and New York. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBBEY; 1KLSA; AB; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804745604
ISBN
9780804745604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.37

Paperback. The philosophy of pragmatism advances an evolutionary, learning-oriented perspective that is problem-driven, reflexive, and deliberative. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199772445
ISBN
9780199772445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.57

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