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Social & political philosophy
Paperback. Argues that liberalism's basis in individual rights cannot provide a reasonable justification for sacrificing one-self for the state. This edition highlights the author's intellectual journey through the turbulent period of German history leading to the Hitlerian one-party state. Translator(s): Schwab, George. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Enlarged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226738925
- ISBN
- 9780226738925
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.07
€ 27.99
€ 23.07
Hardback. In this study, political theorist John Tambornino offers a rethinking of ethical and political theory by emphasizing human embodiment and the primacy of passion and need. He calls for a "corporeal turn" or, as he explains, attention to aspects of human embodiment. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521568
- ISBN
- 9780742521568
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Condition: New
€ 162.44
€ 162.44
Paperback. In this study, political theorist John Tambornino offers a rethinking of ethical and political theory by emphasizing human embodiment and the primacy of passion and need. He calls for a "corporeal turn" or, as he explains, attention to aspects of human embodiment. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 265.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521575
- ISBN
- 9780742521575
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Condition: New
€ 64.77
€ 64.77
Hardback. The world is becoming deeply interconnected, whereby actions in one part of the world can have profound repercussions elsewhere. In a world of overlapping communities of fate, there has been a renewed enthusiasm for thinking about what it is that human beings have in common, and to explore the ethical basis of this. Num Pages: 492 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 252 x 181 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1052.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648712
- ISBN
- 9780745648712
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Condition: New
€ 91.83
€ 91.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 720 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFJ; JFSL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 967.
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931498579
- ISBN
- 9781931498579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.52
€ 36.99
€ 35.52
Hardcover. While much has been written against the death penalty, the author contends that Western philosophy is massively, if not always obviously, complicit with a logic in which a sovereign state has the right to take a life. Translator(s): Kamuf, Peggy. Series: Seminars of Jacques Derrida. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JFMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226144320
- ISBN
- 9780226144320
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Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 34.51
€ 39.00
€ 34.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739146095
- ISBN
- 9780739146095
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Condition: New
€ 136.90
€ 136.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739146101
- ISBN
- 9780739146101
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Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Paperback. Part of "Radical Thinkers" series, this work presents key texts by philosophers and thinkers. It offers a fresh understanding of democracy which acknowledges the inescapable and essential antagonism in its workings by one of the foremost political theorists. Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 59167th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844673551
- ISBN
- 9781844673551
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Condition: New
€ 14.44
€ 14.44
Paperback. Translator(s): Beranek, Erik; Howles, Tim. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 203 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Univocal Publishing LLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937561505
- ISBN
- 9781937561505
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. Translator(s): Armstrong, Philip. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273850
- ISBN
- 9780823273850
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Hardback. The intellectual Alexander Herzen was as famous in his day as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Aileen Kelly presents the first fully rounded study of the farsighted genius whom Isaiah Berlin called the forerunner of much twentieth-century thought. For Herzen, history, like Darwinian nature, was an improvisation both constrained and encouraged by chance. Num Pages: 562 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HPS; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737112
- ISBN
- 9780674737112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 41.19
€ 47.99
€ 41.19
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
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Paperback. Editor(s): Pufendorf, Samuel; Zurbuchen, Simone. Translator(s): Dorrington, Theophilus. Series: Natural Law & Enlightenment Classics. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; HPCD; HPS; HRAB; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865973732
- ISBN
- 9780865973732
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.71
€ 14.99
€ 12.71
Hardcover. Editor(s): Pufendorf, Samuel; Zurbuchen, Simone. Translator(s): Dorrington, Theophilus. Series: Natural Law & Enlightenment Classics. Num Pages: 246 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; HPCD; HPS; HRAB; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865973725
- ISBN
- 9780865973725
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.44
€ 26.99
€ 20.44
Paperback. Translator(s): Sweet, David L. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351290
- ISBN
- 9781584351290
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.12
€ 16.99
€ 15.12
Hardback. Surveys the challenges and provocations raised by the major voices of poststructuralism: Foucault, Lyotard, Guattari, Kristeva, Irigary, Barthes and Baudrillard. This book guides students in philosophy, literature, art, geography, politics, sociology, law, film and cultural studies around the nature and contemporary relevance of poststructuralism. Editor(s): Dillet, Benoit; Mackenzie, Iain; Porter, Robert. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 244 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1124.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641222
- ISBN
- 9780748641222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.45€ 156.23
€ 165.45
€ 156.23
Paperback. What is the effect of a "nation"? In this age of globalization, is it dead, dying, only dormant? The title collects essays that looks at a range of aesthetic productions - especially literature and the visual arts - that give context to how art and society interact. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AB; ACB; HPS; JFFS; JPA; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566398664
- ISBN
- 9781566398664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AMA; AMVD; AMX; HPS; JPA; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 256 x 16. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138909854
- ISBN
- 9781138909854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.26€ 109.50
€ 177.26
€ 109.50
Paperback. Focusing on clothing, bodily deportment, sex roles, sexual practices, and political rhetoric as forms of "fashion," this work bounds across two thousand years of history, showing how the evolution of fashion from an upper-class privilege into a vehicle of popular expression closely follows the rise of democratic values. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Series: New French Thought Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; JFCK; JFCX; JPHV; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691102627
- ISBN
- 9780691102627
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Hardback. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231173247
- ISBN
- 9780231173247
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Condition: New
€ 48.75
€ 48.75
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPC; HPS; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176729
- ISBN
- 9780231176729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.26
€ 40.99
€ 29.26
Paperback. How can the brutal and costly enterprise of criminal punishment be justified? This book makes a provocative, original contribution to the philosophical literature and debate on the morality of punishing, arguing that punishment is justified in the duties that offenders incur as a result of their wrongdoing. Series: Oxford Legal Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JKV; LAB; LNFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199681914
- ISBN
- 9780199681914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.08
€ 56.08
Hardback. In The Enemies of Perfection Debra Candreva argues that Platos philosophy is among the most important influences on philosopher Michael Oakeshotts thought. Despite Oakeshotts criticisms of Plato the author contends that his reliance on him is, by far, greater. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCF; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739106624
- ISBN
- 9780739106624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.34
€ 137.34