Social & political philosophy
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Social & political philosophy
Paperback. Presents an array of essays on design by the seminal media critic and philosopher Vilem Flusser. This title includes essays on such ordinary 'things' as wheels, carpets, pots, umbrellas and tents, Flusser emphasizes the interrelationships between art and science, theology and technology, and archaeology and architecture. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: AK; HPCF; HPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861890559
- ISBN
- 9781861890559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.92
€ 25.92
Hardback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HPDF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177665
- ISBN
- 9780231177665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.09€ 46.32
€ 59.09
€ 46.32
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590179024
- ISBN
- 9781590179024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.86
€ 16.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. Dissecting the new theoretical buzzword of the "Anthropocene" Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; RNA; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 302 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784785031
- ISBN
- 9781784785031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.92
€ 20.99
€ 17.92
Paperback. Why do humans seek meaning to life? How do our imaginations leap into worlds so far beyond our actual reality? This book explores how we decorate our existence with countless fictions, twisting and turning to avoid acknowledging that we too are animals. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241953914
- ISBN
- 9780241953914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.85
€ 12.99
€ 11.85
Hardcover. Recent years have seen the rise of anti-politics as a political phenomenon. Beyond this new rejection of the political class there has long existed a deeper challenge to the political itself. Identifying the work of Derrida as 'a politics' and that of Baudrillard as 'transpolitics' this book charts convergences and divergences in their approaches. Num Pages: 110 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488558
- ISBN
- 9781137488558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.78
€ 62.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271022925
- ISBN
- 9780271022925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 52.85
€ 54.99
€ 52.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349422869
- ISBN
- 9781349422869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.68
€ 62.68
Hardback. This book presents classics of Marxist historiography of science: Boris Hessen's, "The Social and Economic Roots of Newton's Principia;" Henryk Grossman's, "The Social Foundation of Mechanistic Philosophy and Manufacture;" and Descartes' New Ideal of Science. Editor(s): Freudenthal, Gideon; McLaughlin, Peter. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402096037
- ISBN
- 9781402096037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.00
€ 191.00
The Social and Economic Roots of the Scientific Revolution. Texts by B...
. Ed(S): Freudenthal, Gideon; McLaughlin, Pet...
Paperback. This book presents classics of Marxist historiography of science: Boris Hessen's, "The Social and Economic Roots of Newton's Principia;" Henryk Grossman's, "The Social Foundation of Mechanistic Philosophy and Manufacture;" and Descartes' New Ideal of Science. Editor(s): Freudenthal, Gideon; McLaughlin, Peter. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA; PDX; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400791930
- ISBN
- 9789400791930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.15
€ 185.15
Hardcover. The Social and Political Philosophy of Mary Wollstonecraft brings together new essays from leading scholars, which explore Wollstonecraft's range as a moral and political philosopher of note, taking both a historical perspective and applying her thinking to current academic debates. Editor(s): Berges, Sandrine; Coffee, Alan. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198766841
- ISBN
- 9780198766841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.40
€ 122.40
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.93
€ 38.99
€ 32.93
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.95
€ 20.99
€ 16.95
Hardback. Editor(s): Krier, Dan; Worrell, Mark P. Series: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; KCA; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349950614
- ISBN
- 9781349950614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.64
€ 174.64
Hardcover. Prominent researchers from philosophy and the social studies of science present a collection of articles that together constitute a systematic and comprehensive investigation of how to understand the relation between the social sciences and democracy. Editor(s): Bouwel, Jeroen van. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450. 280 pages, 3 tables. Editor(s): Bouwel, Jeroen Van. Prominent researchers from philosophy and the social studies of science present a collection of articles that together constitute a systematic and comprehensive investigation of how to understand the relation between the social sciences and democracy. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HPS; JPHV. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 20. Weight: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224391
- ISBN
- 9780230224391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.14
€ 64.14
Hardback. The success of sociologists in understanding the social dimensions of science and technology has led to a relative decline of sociological studies of the humanities in general, philosophy in particular. This anthology seeks to correct that neglect. Editor(s): Kusch, Maren. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792361503
- ISBN
- 9780792361503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.24
€ 129.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Kusch, Maren. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HB; HPC; HPS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 337.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048153909
- ISBN
- 9789048153909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.92
€ 121.92
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.22
€ 18.99
€ 16.22
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.51
€ 23.99
€ 20.51
Hardback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789027700063
- ISBN
- 9789027700063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 220.77
€ 220.77
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.88
€ 23.99
€ 17.88
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
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.49
€ 24.49
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.39
€ 37.99
€ 27.39