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Hardback. The limiting of violence through state powers is one of the central projects of the modern age. Why then have recent centuries been so bloody? The author demonstrates that the aim of decreasing and deterring violence has gone hand in hand with the misleading idea that violence is abnormal and beyond comprehension. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142968
ISBN
9780691142968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.16
€ 53.93

Hardback. Editor(s): Viroli, Maurizio. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 126 x 196 x 31. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691164366
ISBN
9780691164366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.67

Paperback. For too long we have convinced ourselves that the only jobs worth doing involve sitting at a desk. Drawing on the work of our greatest thinkers, from Aristotle to Heidegger, from Karl Marx to Iris Murdoch, as well as on his own experiences as an electrician and motorcycle mechanic, the author intends to change the way you think about work forever. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: HPS; JMJ; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047294
ISBN
9780141047294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, Anthony Paul. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Univocal Publishing LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937561239
ISBN
9781937561239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.41

Paperback. Deleuze and the City asks what a city can do, how its human and non-human relations can be made sufficiently durable, and participate in the formation of affirmative rather than destructive subjective, social and environmental ecologies. The 16 contributors to this collection re-deploy conceptual tools of Deleuze and Guattari. Editor(s): Frichot, Helen; Gabrielsson, Catharina; Metzger, Jonathan. Series: Deleuze Connections. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474407595
ISBN
9781474407595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.16

Paperback. This volume brings together a range of prominent and emerging voices within American and European Islamic studies to share the latest developments on Muhammad Iqbal thought's. They re-examine the ideas that lie at the heart of Iqbal's own thought: religion, science, metaphysics, nationalism and religious identity. Editor(s): Hillier, H. C.; Koshul, Bilal. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPDC; HPDF; HPJ; HPS; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474424172
ISBN
9781474424172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.47

Hardback. Becoming Who We Are clarifies the political and existential aspects of Stanley Cavell's understanding of ordinary language and of skepticism, and shows the close connection between his reception of Kant, Heidegger, and Austin and his exploration of what Emersonian Perfectionism offers to democracy and modern life. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190673949
ISBN
9780190673949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.00

Paperback. Translator(s): Bartlett, A. J.; Bartlett, Adam; Clemens, Justin. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474275538
ISBN
9781474275538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680962
ISBN
9780816680962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.42

Paperback. What unites Google and Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, Siemens and GE, Uber and Airbnb? Across a wide range of sectors, these firms are transforming themselves into platforms: businesses that provide the hardware and software foundation for others to operate on. Series: Theory Redux. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; KCP; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 190 x 23. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509504879
ISBN
9781509504879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.38

Hardback. Translator(s): Butterworth, Charles E. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPDC; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453809
ISBN
9780801453809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.46

Hardback. In Brewing Legal Times, Emily Grabham boldly draws on perspectives from actor-network theory, feminist theory, and legal anthropology to advance our understanding of law and time. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHMC; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646056
ISBN
9781442646056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.46

Paperback. Translator(s): Milligan, Martin. Series: Dover Books on Western Philosophy. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486455617
ISBN
9780486455617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.56

Hardback. Can libertarians care about social justice? In this title, the author argues that they can and should. Unlike traditional libertarians, he argues that property rights are best defended not in terms of self-ownership or economic efficiency but as requirements of democratic legitimacy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFF; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 668.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144467
ISBN
9780691144467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.66
€ 42.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; HRKN1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168111
ISBN
9780691168111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.38

Paperback. Giving you new reflections on global environmental issues, this title looks at issues such as climate change, sustainable development and biodiversity preservation, and sensitively addresses global developments such as the Summits at Durban on climate and at Nagoya on biodiversity. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Global Ethics. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; RNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748654819
ISBN
9780748654819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

Paperback. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1246.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415610216
ISBN
9780415610216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415665407
ISBN
9780415665407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.16

Paperback. How can a leader be strong and decisive, yet still inspire loyalty in his followers? When is it necessary to break the rules? Is it better to be feared than loved? In this book, the author answers all these questions in a work of realpolitik that still has shrewd political lessons. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442259
ISBN
9780141442259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.51

Hardback. Translator(s): Goshgarian, G. M. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153980
ISBN
9780231153980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

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