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Hardback. We think of the Enlightenment as an era dominated by ideas of progress, production, and industry - not an era that favored the lax and indolent individual. But was the Enlightenment only about the unceasing improvement of self and society? This title examines moral, political, and economic treatises of the period. Translator(s): Gage, Jennifer Curtiss. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149271
ISBN
9780691149271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.18
€ 42.15

Hardback. Brings together some of the author's most personal philosophical and nonphilosophical essays. This title offers an account of his first trip to India, which includes unforgettable vignettes of encounters with strangers and reflections on poverty and begging. It reveals a personal side of one of the influential philosophers of our time. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148809
ISBN
9780691148809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.27
€ 85.15

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148403
ISBN
9780691148403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.70

Hardback. The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This title sets out a vision for the coming decades from China's point of view. Editor(s): Bell, Daniel A.; Zhe, Sun. Translator(s): Ryden, Edmund. Series: The Princeton-China Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148267
ISBN
9780691148267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Paperback. Robert Wokler was one of the world's leading experts on Rousseau and the Enlightenment, but some of his best work was published in the form of widely scattered and difficult-to-find essays. This book collects a representative selection of his most important essays on Rousseau and the legacy of Enlightenment political thought. Editor(s): Garsten, Bryan. Num Pages: 416 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147895
ISBN
9780691147895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.00
€ 50.82

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
€ 39.41

Hardback. The English philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) is known as a conservative who rejected philosophically ambitious rationalism and the grand political ideologies of the twentieth century. This title presents an original account of Oakeshott's skepticism about foundations, an account that newly reveals the unity of his thought. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147178
ISBN
9780691147178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.18
€ 42.35

Hardback. Examining the social and political upheavals that characterized the collapse of public judgment in early modern Europe, this book offers a different account of the achievement of liberal democracy and self-government. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144740
ISBN
9780691144740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Paperback. Intends to bring insights from the Jewish political tradition into political and legal debates about rights and to bring rights discourse into Jewish thought. This book presents a theory of rights founded on the covenant between God and the Jewish people as that covenant is constituted by Scripture and the rabbinic tradition. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRJT; JFSR1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144375
ISBN
9780691144375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Hobbes' extreme political views have commanded so much attention that they have eclipsed his work on language and mind, and on reasoning, personhood, and group formation. This book argues that it was Hobbes who invented the invention of language thesis - the idea that language is a cultural innovation that transformed the human mind. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143255
ISBN
9780691143255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. In politics, utopian's do not have a monopoly on imagination. The author argues that even the most conservative defenses of the status quo, require imaginative acts of some kind. He explores the role of imagination in politics, particularly how imaginative constructs interact with political reality. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142289
ISBN
9780691142289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.78

Hardback. A book about the theory of the city or commonwealth, what would come to be called the state, in early modern natural law discourse. It takes a fresh approach by looking at this political entity from the perspective of its boundaries and those who crossed them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: HBLH; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141930
ISBN
9780691141930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.91
€ 54.95

Hardback. Offers a comprehensive philosophical analysis of conventions and the roles they play in social life and practical reason. This work gives a general account of the nature of conventions, explaining the differences between coordinative and constitutive conventions and between deep and surface conventions. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPQ; HPS; JHBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140902
ISBN
9780691140902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.55

Hardback. Thomas Hobbes remains one of the most controversial of early modern philosophers, and debates persist about the interpretation of many of his ideas, particularly his views about natural law and natural right. This book argues that these two concepts are the twin foundations of the entire structure of Hobbes's moral and political thought. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139807
ISBN
9780691139807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.66

Hardback. Supposes that people are not usually act knowingly against their interests or other purposes. This title presents an economic account of what an individual can come to know and applies this account to many areas of ordinary life: political participation, religious beliefs, popular knowledge of science, liberalism, extremism, and moral beliefs. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691137551
ISBN
9780691137551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.00
€ 50.69

Hardback. Drawing on resources ranging from Hume's theory of moral sentiment to recent findings in neuroscience, this title provides an account of how passions can generate an impartial standpoint that yields binding and compelling conclusions in politics. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPHV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691137254
ISBN
9780691137254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.18
€ 42.00

Paperback. For much of the twentieth century, Confucianism was condemned by Westerners and East Asians alike as antithetical to modernity. This book shows how classical Confucian theory - with its emphasis on family ties, self-improvement, education, and the social good - is highly relevant to the pressing dilemmas. Editor(s): Bell, Daniel A. Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRKN1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130057
ISBN
9780691130057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Hardback. Activists argue about how to define marriage, judges and legislators decide who should benefit from it, and scholars consider how the state should protect those who are denied it. This title argues that marriage, like religion, should be separated from the state. It explains the assumptions hidden in widely held positions and common practices. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126678
ISBN
9780691126678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Do religious arguments have a public role in the post-9/11 world? Can we hold democracy together despite fractures over moral issues? Are there moral limits on the struggle against terror? Drawing inspiration from Whitman, Dewey, and Ellison, this book aims to sketch the proper role of religious discourse in a democracy. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRLP5; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123820
ISBN
9780691123820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Paperback. Talks about the good, the bad, and the ugly of identity politics. This book addresses fundamental questions of urgency while keeping in focus their relevance to contemporary debates. It shows that identity-group politics is not aberrant but inescapable in democracies because identity groups represent who people are, not only what they want. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFS; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120409
ISBN
9780691120409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.27

Paperback. Gives a rounded treatment to the subject of Islamic political ethics. This book explores the Islamic ethics of civil society, boundaries, pluralism, and war and peace. It considers questions of diversity, discussing, among other subjects, Islamic regimes' policies regarding women and religious minorities. Editor(s): Hashmi, Sohail H. Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; HRH; JFM; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691113104
ISBN
9780691113104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.18
€ 42.00

Paperback. Determining which moral principles should guide political action is a vexing question in political theory. This book argues that John Locke's potential contribution to this debate - what Tuckness terms the 'legislative point of view' - has long been obscured by overemphasis on his doctrine of consent. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095042
ISBN
9780691095042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Argues that the West has rejected the laws of God and of nature in a quest for human autonomy. This book contends that, in declaring ourselves free and autonomous, we have, paradoxically, lost a sense of what it means to be human. It offers an analysis of the confusions and contradictions at the heart of the modern condition. Translator(s): LePain, Marc A. Series: New French Thought Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; HRC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050256
ISBN
9780691050256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.83

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