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Social & political philosophy
Paperback. Taking up three urgent problems of social justice neglected by various theories and thus harder to tackle in practical terms and everyday life, this work seeks a theory of social justice that can guide us to a more responsive approach to social cooperation. Series: The Tanner Lectures on Human Values. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024106
- ISBN
- 9780674024106
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.94
€ 34.99
€ 29.94
Paperback. Democracy is not naturally plausible. Why turn such important matters over to masses of people who have no expertise? This title offers an alternative based on the idea that democratic authority and legitimacy must depend partly on democracy's tendency to make good decisions. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143248
- ISBN
- 9780691143248
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€ 46.99€ 33.59
€ 46.99
€ 33.59
Hardcover. The book focuses on a philosophical trajectory that not only had a profound impact on critical thought of the 20th and now 21th centuries, but on cosmopolitan, contemporary culture more broadly and on artistic experiment and expression in particular. Series: Journal of Beckett Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSG; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748697328
- ISBN
- 9780748697328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.36€ 102.03
€ 106.36
€ 102.03
Hardcover. Nathan Coombs demonstrates that the Marxist science of history has been reimagined by a strand of contemporary French theory after Louis Althusser. Taking a comparative approach, Coombs explores the technical details of both traditions' historical sciences. Series: Taking on the Political. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748698998
- ISBN
- 9780748698998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.18€ 113.44
€ 118.18
€ 113.44
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
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848316652
- ISBN
- 9781848316652
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.87
€ 11.99
€ 9.87
Paperback. 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: 237 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148816
- ISBN
- 9780691148816
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Condition: New
€ 26.00€ 22.28
€ 26.00
€ 22.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Reich, Rob; Cordelli, Chiara; Bernholz, Lucy. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JKSN1; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226335643
- ISBN
- 9780226335643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.85
€ 34.99
€ 27.85
paperback. The emergence of modern sciences in the seventeenth century profoundly renewed our understanding of Nature. For the last three centuries new ideas of Nature have been continuously developed by theology, politics, economics, and science, especially the sciences of the material world. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745684345
- ISBN
- 9780745684345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.32
€ 26.32
Paperback. Sandel traces the limits of liberalism to the conception of the person that underlies it, and argues for a deeper understanding of community than liberalism allows. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392. 252 pages. Sandel traces the limits of liberalism to the conception of the person that underlies it, and argues for a deeper understanding of community than liberalism allows. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight: 396.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521567411
- ISBN
- 9780521567411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.55
€ 71.55
Paperback. First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADP; DSA; DSB; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138864252
- ISBN
- 9781138864252
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Condition: New
€ 30.87
€ 30.87
Paperback. Presents an account of the author's life in relation to political events of his time; the character and history of his writings and of the Politics in particular; his overall conception of political science; and his impact on subsequent political thought from antiquity to the present. Translator(s): Lord, Carnes. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226921846
- ISBN
- 9780226921846
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.38
€ 18.99
€ 16.38
paperback. Num Pages: 471 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226479170
- ISBN
- 9780226479170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.53
€ 41.99
€ 32.53
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784786243
- ISBN
- 9781784786243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.22
€ 10.22
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 260 x 27. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231178723
- ISBN
- 9780231178723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JFFS; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608464906
- ISBN
- 9781608464906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.35
€ 44.35
Hardback. There is an important division in the human mind between perception and reasoning. We reason from information that we have already, but perception is a means of taking in new information. Susanna Siegel argues that these two aspects of the mind become deeply intertwined when beliefs, fears, desires, or prejudice influence what we perceive. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198797081
- ISBN
- 9780198797081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.77
€ 113.77
Paperback. This detailed guide to navigating the bewildering superabundance of information in today's globalizing world draws on the latest work in philosophy and the social sciences to explore how information, and its misuse, can both support and undermine democracy. Num Pages: 329 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFD; PDR; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 204 x 26. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319327648
- ISBN
- 9783319327648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 37.23
€ 46.99
€ 37.23
Paperback. Cited by politicians as diverse as Hillary Clinton and John McCain, this title focuses on the incongruity between personal ideals and political reality which is both an indictment of American moral complacency and a warning against the arrogance of virtue. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226583983
- ISBN
- 9780226583983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.20
€ 26.99
€ 22.20
Paperback. Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a leading politician of the closing era of the Roman republic. These three dialogues here are among the most accessible of Cicero's philosophical works. Editor(s): Griffin, Miriam T. Translator(s): Davie, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199644148
- ISBN
- 9780199644148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.62
€ 16.62
Hardback. New technologies from artificial intelligence to drones, and biomedical enhancement make the future of the human family increasingly hard to predict and protect. This book explores how the philosophical tradition of virtue ethics can help us to cultivate the moral wisdom we need to live wisely and well with emerging technologies. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190498511
- ISBN
- 9780190498511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.69
€ 98.69
Hardback. In Punishment and the History of Political Philosophy, Arthur Shuster offers an insightful study of punishment in the works of Plato, Hobbes, Montesquieu, Beccaria, Kant, and Foucault. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HB; HPS; JKV; JPA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647282
- ISBN
- 9781442647282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.83
€ 53.83
Hardback. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 36. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474272704
- ISBN
- 9781474272704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.81€ 46.20
€ 50.81
€ 46.20
Hardback. This book presents an interdisciplinary reading of Central European dissidence during the Cold War. It argues for a view of dissent as an existential search for mutual understanding and recognition, showing how dissidents' ideas contribute to current conversations in political theory and philosophy about thinking and action. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBTW; HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137576026
- ISBN
- 9781137576026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91