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Social & political philosophy
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
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.09
€ 38.99
€ 33.09
Paperback. A collection of three of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's most important political writings - "The Social Contract"; "The First Discourse (Discourse on the Sciences and Arts)"; and "The Second Discourse (Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality)". There are essays by major scholars. Series: Rethinking the Western Tradition. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300091410
- ISBN
- 9780300091410
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.11
€ 21.99
€ 17.11
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
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.41
€ 23.99
€ 16.41
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
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.55
€ 23.99
€ 20.55
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
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.82
€ 23.99
€ 17.82
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
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
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
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Condition: New
€ 24.77
€ 24.77
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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
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
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Condition: New
€ 53.75€ 42.52
€ 53.75
€ 42.52
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. 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
€ 65.77
€ 65.77
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
€ 113.85
€ 113.85
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
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.09
€ 35.99
€ 32.09
Hardback. * Roberto Esposito is one of leading figures in a new generation of Italian philosophers. * This book criticizes the notion of the person and develops an original account of the concept of the impersonal - what he calls the third person. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745643977
- ISBN
- 9780745643977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.36
€ 69.36
Hardback. The contributors gathered together by Richard J. Golsan and Sarah M. Misemer in The Trial That Never Ends assess the contested legacy of Hannah Arendt's famous book and the issues she raised. Editor(s): Golsan, Richard J. Series: German & European Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLL; HPS; JFSR1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487501464
- ISBN
- 9781487501464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.87
€ 61.87
Paperback. Is Leo Strauss truly an intellectual forebear of neoconservatism and a powerful force in shaping Bush administration foreign policy? This title puts this question to rest, revealing how the popular media came to perpetuate an oversimplified view of a complex and wide-ranging philosopher. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226993331
- ISBN
- 9780226993331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.08
€ 32.99
€ 26.08
Hardback. Is Leo Strauss truly an intellectual forebear of neoconservatism and a powerful force in shaping Bush administration foreign policy? This title puts this question to rest, revealing how the popular media came to perpetuate an oversimplified view of a complex and wide-ranging philosopher. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226993324
- ISBN
- 9780226993324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.56€ 79.50
€ 95.56
€ 79.50
Paperback. Presents a plea that we rethink democracy not as one political regime or form among others but as that which opens up the very experience of being in common. Translator(s): Brault, Pascale-Anne. Series: Just Ideas. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 5. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823232451
- ISBN
- 9780823232451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.64
€ 30.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. Fascism, communism, genocide, slavery, racism, and imperialism - the West has no shortage of reasons for guilt. And, indeed, since the Holocaust and the end of World War II, Europeans in particular have been consumed by remorse. This title argues that obsessive guilt has obscured important realities. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 213 x 10. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154305
- ISBN
- 9780691154305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.63
€ 26.99
€ 20.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158808
- ISBN
- 9780691158808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.88
€ 46.99
€ 33.88