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Social & political philosophy

Paperback. A classic of twentieth-century thought, charting how reason regressed back into myth and superstition Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784786793
ISBN
9781784786793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.54

Hardback. This accessible book is structured around six philosophical ideas concerning our relations with others: values, morality, aesthetics, order, rules and respect. Using examples from a range of countries, it provides a platform for engaging with important topical issues. Series: New Horizons in Criminology. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447323709
ISBN
9781447323709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.53

Paperback. This book aims to open up Deleuze's relevance to those working in history, the history of ideas, science studies, evolutionary psychology, history of philosophy and interdisciplinary projects inflected by historical problems. Editor(s): Bell, Jeffrey A.; Colebrook, Claire. Series: Deleuze Connections. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HPCF; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748636099
ISBN
9780748636099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Michel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher, social theorist, historian of ideas and literary critic, is primarily known as a radical thinker who disturbs our understanding of society. This is a critical account of Foucault's political thought: what he said, how it's been used and its influence today. Series: Thinking Politics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 168 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748676866
ISBN
9780748676866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HPS; JFC; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609807405
ISBN
9781609807405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 black and white halftone, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; HPS; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195384611
ISBN
9780195384611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 line art illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st University of Minnesota Press Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816648818
ISBN
9780816648818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.81

Paperback. Natural Law and Natural Rights is widely recognised as a seminal contribution to the philosophy of law, and an essential reference point for all students of the subject. This new edition includes a substantial postscript by the author responding to thirty years of comment, criticism, and further work in the field. Series: Clarendon Law Series. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 762.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199599141
ISBN
9780199599141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.86

Paperback. Seeks to explain why different systems of sovereign states have built different types of fundamental institutions to govern interstate relations. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 table 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144351
ISBN
9780691144351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Focuses on Hannah Arendt's reaction to the desegregation of Little Rock schools, to laws making mixed marriages illegal, and to the growing civil rights movement in the south. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253011718
ISBN
9780253011718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Providing an introduction to political theory, this book includes discussion of literature on the various schools of thought. It also includes two new chapters on citizenship and multiculturalism, in addition to chapters on utilitarianism, liberal egalitarianism, libertarianism, socialism, communitarianism, and feminism. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198782742
ISBN
9780198782742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.95

Hardback. This volume provides a significant new contribution to the understanding of the normative status of religion in liberal political philosophy. Editor(s): Laborde, Cecile; Bardon, Aurelia. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFK; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198794394
ISBN
9780198794394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.08

Paperback. Examines an unlikely development in modern political philosophy: the adoption by a major national government of the ideas of a living political theorist. This book discusses what is required of a political philosophy if it is to play the sort of public role that civic republicanism has been playing in Spain. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HPS; JPA; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154473
ISBN
9780691154473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
1st US
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521378154
ISBN
9780521378154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.91

Hardcover. Tackling issues ranging from Europe's legal, institutional and cultural identity to its border, citizenship and integration policies, and looking forward to its legacy for the future, this book features contributors who interrogate the various dimensions and contours of the European crisis. Editor(s): Czajka, Agnes; Isyar, Bora. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748683369
ISBN
9780748683369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.08
€ 119.62

Paperback. Deals with a question central to both anthropology and philosophy: what is the relationship between nature and culture? Drawing on ethnographic examples from around the world, the author formulates a new framework, the "four ontologies" - animism, totemism, naturalism, and analogism - to account for all the ways we relate ourselves to nature. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 488 pages, 1 halftone, 2 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226212364
ISBN
9780226212364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Clark, Henry C. Translator(s): Clark, Henry C. Num Pages: 808 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1284.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
808
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865978256
ISBN
9780865978256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.69

Paperback. Bringing together a group of internationally renowned theorists, the volume asks: has there been an ethical turn in Judith Butlers work or is the increasing emphasis on ethics the culmination of ideas in her earlier work? How do ethics relate to politics in her work, and how do they connect to her increasing concern with violence, war and conflict? Editor(s): Lloyd, Moya. Series: Critical Connections. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748678853
ISBN
9780748678853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107630161
ISBN
9781107630161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56

Hardback. Scholars normally emphasize the contrast between the two great eighteenth-century thinkers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith. Rousseau is seen as a critic of modernity; Smith as an apologist. However, Istvan Hont finds significant commonalities in their work, arguing that both were theorists of commercial society but from different perspectives. Num Pages: 159 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPS; JPA; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674967700
ISBN
9780674967700
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.09

Paperback. Can human rights protect the stateless? Or are they permanently excluded from politics? The authors explore questions of statelessness, exclusion, the violence of securitisation and the visual representation of refugees and illegal migrants in the media. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPF; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474403054
ISBN
9781474403054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.69

Paperback. Series: Guides for the Perplexed. 176 pages. John Stuart Mill is best known for his moral and political writings, and is a central figure in political philosophy. This book offers an account of Mill's thought, his major works, and the common ideas that permeate them. It introduces the key concepts and themes in Mill's social, political and moral thought. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPS. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight: 272.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847064035
ISBN
9781847064035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. This book proposes an original interpretation of the French philosopher Michel Foucault's late work on rights and human rights and relates this interpretation to current developments in contemporary political theory. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPVH4; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796491
ISBN
9780804796491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.31

Paperback. In Islam and Secularity Nilufer Gole examines the transforming relationship between Islam and Western secular modernity and the impact of the Muslim presence in Europe. She demonstrates that Islam and secularism are mutually constitutive, constantly changing, and that the presence of Islam unsettles dominant narratives of Western modernism. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HR; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 202 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359982
ISBN
9780822359982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.40

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