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Social & political philosophy

Hardcover. Jurgen Habermas , wrote the American philosopher Ronald Dworkin on the occasion of the great European thinker s eightieth birthday, is not only the world s most famous living philosopher. Even his fame is famous. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 244 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1108.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745689067
ISBN
9780745689067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.71

Hardback. Political philosophy is dominated by a myth, the myth of the necessity of the state. The state is considered necessary for the provision of many things, but primarily for peace and security. This book presents a novel perspective on political philosophy, arguing against the conventional political philosophy pieties. Series: Think Now. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441125521
ISBN
9781441125521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.27
€ 100.06

Paperback. In 1965, Tom Wolfe famously asked of Marshall McLuhan: "Suppose he is the oracle of the modern times--what if he is right?" Fifty years later, McLuhan's biographer Douglas Coupland, McLuhan's sons, and sixteen scholars explore the ways in which McLuhan's predictions have come true. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCA; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889773752
ISBN
9780889773752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.73

Hardback. This book deals with a series of problems associated with the contemporary psychiatric approach to trauma, encapsulated in the diagnostic category of PTSD, by means of a philosophical analysis inspired by the works of Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Zizek and Alain Badiou. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFH; JFM; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137500847
ISBN
9781137500847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.75

paperback. Exposes the real nature of state power. This volume features arguments of empire up to critical examination and shatters the myths of those who protect the power and privilege of the few against the interests and needs to the many. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPS; JPA; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241972786
ISBN
9780241972786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. This book presents one of the first systematic assessments of aesthetic insights into world politics. It examines the nature of aesthetic approaches and outlines how they differ from traditional analysis of politics. The book explores the potential and limits of aesthetics through a series of case studies on language and poetics. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC; HPS; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st ed. 2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349542260
ISBN
9781349542260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
442
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608467075
ISBN
9781608467075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 17.37

Paperback. Translator(s): Dilworth, David A.; Hurst, G. Cameron, III. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430. 312 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HPS; JPA. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight: 420. Translator(s): Dilworth, David A.; Hurst, G.Cameron.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231150736
ISBN
9780231150736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.51

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: AC; HPS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816641000
ISBN
9780816641000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.39

Hardback. Editor(s): Matravers, Matt; Fiala, Andrew. Series: Bloomsbury Companions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847065544
ISBN
9781847065544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.44
€ 204.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV; HPS; JPV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 35. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Nation Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568585420
ISBN
9781568585420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.80

Paperback. This book introduces readers to the concepts of political philosophy - authority, democracy, freedom and its limits, justice, feminism, multiculturalism, and nationality. Accessibly written and assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, it encourages the reader to think clearly and critically about the leading political questions of our time. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 114 x 67. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
OUP Oxford England
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192803955
ISBN
9780192803955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844676170
ISBN
9781844676170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.37

Paperback. Suitable for readers discovering the tradition of political thought that dates back to Socrates and Plato, this book calls on recurring questions about morality and power, justice and war, the risk of democracy, the necessity for evil, the perils of tolerance, and the meaning of happiness. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057029
ISBN
9780674057029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.69

Hardback. What is a person? This fundamental question is a perennial concern of philosophers and theologians. This book argues that it also lies at the center of the social scientist's quest to interpret and explain social life. It presents a model for social theory that does justice to the best of our humanistic visions of people, life, and society. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 36. Weight in Grams: 839.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226765914
ISBN
9780226765914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.54
€ 78.49

Paperback. What is the relationship between persons and things? And how does the body transform this relationship? In this book, the author - one of Italy's leading political philosophers - considers these questions and shows that starting from the body, rather than from the thing or the person, can help us to reconsider the status of both. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 191 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745690650
ISBN
9780745690650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.04

paperback. Translator(s): Burchell, Graham. Series: Michel Foucault: Lectures at the College De France. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United States
Number of pages
380
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403986696
ISBN
9781403986696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.23

Hardback. During the 1960s the German philosopher Jurgen Habermas introduced the notion of a bourgeois public sphere in order to describe the symbolic arena of political life and conversation that originated with the cultural institutions of the early eighteenth-century; since then the public sphere itself has become perhaps one of the most debated.. Editor(s): Emden, Christopher J.; Midgley, David. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448. Democracy, Knowledge, and the Public Sphere. 234 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Emden, Christopher J.; Midgley, David. During the 1960s the German philosopher Jurgen Habermas introduced the notion of a bourgeois public sphere in order to describe the symbolic arena of political life and conversation that originated with the cultural institutions of the early eighteenth-century; since then the public sphere itself has become perhaps one of the most debated. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight: 450.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
234
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857457219
ISBN
9780857457219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.63

Paperback. Focuses on some of the moral and political issues, such as affirmative action, assisted suicide, abortion, gay rights, stem cell research, the meaning of toleration and civility, the gap between rich and poor, the role of markets, and the place of religion in public life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023659
ISBN
9780674023659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.94

Paperback. This book explores the epistemic side of racial and sexual oppression. It elucidates how social insensitivities and imposed silences prevent members of different groups from listening to each other. Series: Studies in Feminist Philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199929047
ISBN
9780199929047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.57

Hardback. Whether we have children or not we all want the future to be fairer and happier; and the author believes that we need to make that happen collectively. In this book, she addresses some of the questions such as, has the NHS had its day, has an immigrant stolen your job, and have you ever wondered why you can't afford a house. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 36. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091959012
ISBN
9780091959012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 94 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JKVC; JMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319474458
ISBN
9783319474458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.27

Paperback. Should laws about sex and pornography be based on social conventions about what is disgusting? Should felons be required to display bumper stickers or wear T-shirts that announce their crimes? This book presents a critique of the role that shame and disgust play in our individual and social lives and, in particular, in the law. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; LAB; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 53. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126258
ISBN
9780691126258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.99

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