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Social & political philosophy

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPS; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 218 x 29. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465098859
ISBN
9780465098859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.65

Paperback. Should we financially reward children for good marks? Is it ethical to pay people to donate organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars, outsourcing inmates to for-profit prisons or selling citizenship? In this title, the author asks: Isn't there something wrong with a world in which everything is for sale? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; KJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241954485
ISBN
9780241954485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A leading philosopher brings the tools of his trade to contentious contemporary debates. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393353358
ISBN
9780393353358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.54

Hardcover. A leading philosopher brings the tools of his trade to contentious contemporary debates. Num Pages: 320 pages, ---. BIC Classification: HPS; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 243 x 29. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393242270
ISBN
9780393242270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.85

Paperback. With fear of terrorism, crime and social chaos putting our ideal of individual liberty very much into retreat, how can we maintain the principles we fought so hard to attain? This title takes us through four centuries of civil liberty; how it was constructed, and has been re-thought and re-fought to adapt to new circumstances. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571235957
ISBN
9780571235957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. This book stands as a testimony to Bauman's belief in the enduring relevance of sociology. But it is also a call to us all to start questioning the world in which we live and to transform ourselves from being the victims of circumstance into the makers of our own history. For that, at the end of the day, is the use of sociology. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671253
ISBN
9780745671253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.12

Hardcover. This book stands as a testimony to Bauman's belief in the enduring relevance of sociology. But it is also a call to us all to start questioning the world in which we live and to transform ourselves from being the victims of circumstance into the makers of our own history. For that, at the end of the day, is the use of sociology. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671246
ISBN
9780745671246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.12

Hardback. Proposes a new approach called value democracy. This title argues that the state should protect the right to express illiberal beliefs, but the state should also engage in democratic persuasion when it speaks through its various expressive capacities: publicly criticizing, giving reasons to reject, and other discriminatory viewpoints. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147628
ISBN
9780691147628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

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. Series: Brown Democracy Medal. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127. Weight in Grams: 57.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
60
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501702747
ISBN
9781501702747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.93

Paperback. Editor(s): Bilgrami, Akeel; Cole, Jonathan R. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JNM; JPA; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231168816
ISBN
9780231168816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.30

Hardback. Editor(s): Bilgrami, Akeel; Cole, Jonathan R. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231168809
ISBN
9780231168809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Hardback. John Medearis argues that democracies face challenges which go beyond civic lethargy and unreasonable debate. Democracy is inherently a fragile state of affairs because citizens create the very institutions that overwhelm them. Hostile threats are the product of their own collective activities, and preserving democracy will always entail struggle. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725331
ISBN
9780674725331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.39

Paperback. This book examines the impact of the internet on pornography's social and political effects and provides a new theory of sex, speech, and power in light of today's drive toward self-exposure. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 126 x 9. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804786621
ISBN
9780804786621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.32

Hardback. Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? This book presents a moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 109 x 14. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143613
ISBN
9780691143613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A unique rethinking of Buddhist and socialist values, and how together they might bring about a better world. Num Pages: 272 pages, index, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; HRE; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783606443
ISBN
9781783606443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.63

Paperback. Andrew Sayer suggests how social science can better understand people's concerns and values, especially their ethical sentiments and dispositions. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521171649
ISBN
9780521171649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.74

Hardback. Addresses the enduring puzzles in political philosophy and constitutional theory - why is religion singled out for preferential treatment in both law and public discourse? Why is a Sikh boy permitted to wear his ceremonial dagger to school while any other boy could be expelled for packing a knife? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM2; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153612
ISBN
9780691153612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM2; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163543
ISBN
9780691163543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.81

Paperback. Bringing Marx and Spinoza to bear on work, employment and capitalism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781681602
ISBN
9781781681602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.62

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