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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. This book offers insights into the lives of children and youth in Britain, Japan, Spain, Israel/Palestine, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. Attention is focused on the child's perspective within the social-power dynamics involved in child-adult relations, which reveals the dilemmas of policy, planning, and parenting in a changing world. Editor(s): Waldren, Jacqueline; Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416. Childhood, Culture and Identity in a Changing World. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. 212 pages, 3 ills. Editor(s): Waldren, Jacqueline; Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek. This book offers insights into the lives of children and youth in Britain, Japan, Spain, Israel/Palestine, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. Attention is focused on the child's perspective within the social-power dynamics involved in child-adult relations, which reveals the dilemmas of policy, planning, and parenting in a changing world. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 16. Weight: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857453259
ISBN
9780857453259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.93

Hardback. This study shows how, under the impact of wars, migration, national politics, global economic and technological developments and especially tourism, the categories of Insider and Outsider are contracted and expanded, and reinterpreted to fit the constantly changing "reality" of the society; they assume different meanings at different times. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSEB; HBJD; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571818898
ISBN
9781571818898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.77

paperback. Series: AAR Academy Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRCM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Scholars Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781555403034
ISBN
9781555403034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.89

Hardcover. The world today faces numerous challenges, including the fallout from the financial crisis and varied and diverse examples of violence and conflict across the globe. This book offers an examination of these developments, providing an exploration of the future of the global system and its international powers and organizations. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JFSR2; JPSL; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 839.
Publisher
Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9789948144717
ISBN
9789948144717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 8.23

Hardcover. Jessie Fauset's and Nella Larsen's novels raise important questions about gender and race. This book looks at Fauset's "Plum Bun" and "Comedy: American Style" and Larsen's "Quicksand" and "Passing", finding them revisionary and subversive. It looks at their work rather than at their lives. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813915531
ISBN
9780813915531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.64

Paperback. Translator(s): Leggatt, Jeremy. BIC Classification: JFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
SKYHORSE PUBLISHING
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611450132
ISBN
9781611450132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. In this volume drawn from the reference work "Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge", major scholars take up basic topics in philosophy and science, offering an account of the extraordinary explosion of desire for knowledge in the classical Greek world. Editor(s): Brunschwig, Jacques; Lloyd, G. E. R. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021556
ISBN
9780674021556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.28

Paperback. The Internet and social media are pervasive and transformative forces in contemporary China. The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China explores the changing relationship between China's Internet and social media and its society, politics, legal system, and foreign relations. Editor(s): DeLisle, Jacques; Goldstein, Avery; Yang, Guobin. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223514
ISBN
9780812223514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.73
€ 62.14

Paperback. This dialogue, proposed to Jacques Derrida by historian Elisabeth Roudinesco, brings together two friends who share a common history and intellectual heritage. While their perspectives are different, they have many common references: psychoanalysis, above all, but also the authors and works that have come to be known as "post-structuralist." Translator(s): Fort, Jeff. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746274
ISBN
9780804746274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.97

Paperback. Is it possible to uphold international hospitality and justice in the face of nationalism and civil strife in so many countries? Using examples of treatment of minorities in Europe, Derrida probes the thinking behind cosmopolitanism. Series: Thinking in Action. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415227124
ISBN
9780415227124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.35

Hardcover. While much has been written against the death penalty, the author contends that Western philosophy is massively, if not always obviously, complicit with a logic in which a sovereign state has the right to take a life. Translator(s): Kamuf, Peggy. Series: Seminars of Jacques Derrida. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JFMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226144320
ISBN
9780226144320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.80

Paperback. These two lectures by Jacques Derrida, "Foreigner Question" and "Step of Hospitality/No Hospitality", derive from a series of seminars on hospitality conducted by Derrida in Paris, January 1996. They examine "hospitality" and its implications on political and ethical debate. Translator(s): Bowlby, Rachel. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 112 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734066
ISBN
9780804734066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. This book draws together essays that play in various ways upon questions involving books, archivization, machines for writing, and the mechanicity inherent in language, the media, and intellectuals. Translator(s): Bowlby, Rachel. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFC; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746205
ISBN
9780804746205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.05

Hardback. This book draws together essays that play in various ways upon questions involving books, archivization, machines for writing, and the mechanicity inherent in language, the media, and intellectuals. Translator(s): Bowlby, Rachel. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFC; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804746199
ISBN
9780804746199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.28

paperback. First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Editor(s): Essien-Udom, E. U. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330. Good copy showing light age and shelf wear. Scoring to ffep
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Routledge London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0025121
ISBN
9780714640273
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HDDA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226470856
ISBN
9780226470856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. This remarkable and engaging book examines the intellectual and cultural life of turn--of--the--century Vienna, one of the most important centres of creativity in Europe. Le Rider uses the notion of identity to bring together diverse aspects of the Viennese fin de siecle in a new and illuminating way. Num Pages: 380 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745609706
ISBN
9780745609706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.62

Hardback. Editor(s): Picard, Jacques L.; Revel, Jacques; Steinberg, Michael P.; Zertal, Idith. Num Pages: 600 pages, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAX; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691164236
ISBN
9780691164236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.15

Paperback. Ranciere's account of Western philosophical thought from Plato to Bourdieu argues that philosophers depend on an ideal "poor" for their own analyses but preclude them from abstract thought Editor(s): Parker, Andrew. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition (US) First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822332749
ISBN
9780822332749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.20

Paperback. * Jacques Ranciere is a leading French philosopher, particularly well known for his work in aesthetics and political philosophy * In this concise and brilliant text, Ranciere presents a thoughtful analysis of the way in which artworks and films represent historical events and those who were involved. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 126 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745679570
ISBN
9780745679570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.52

Hardcover. * Jacques Ranciere is a leading French philosopher, particularly well known for his work in aesthetics and political philosophy * In this concise and brilliant text, Ranciere presents a thoughtful analysis of the way in which artworks and films represent historical events and those who were involved. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 125 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745679563
ISBN
9780745679563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.64

Hardback. Describes the strengths, the strategies, and the resilience that a therapist needs to work with alcoholics and addicts. Num Pages: 236 pages, tables, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFH1; MMJT; MMZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765701411
ISBN
9780765701411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.15

Hardback. How can we comprehend the sociopolitical processes that give rise to extreme violence, ethnic cleansing, or genocide? This title demonstrates that it is indeed possible to compare the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina while respecting the specificities of each appalling phenomenon. Series: The CERI Series in Comparative Politics & International Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JFFE; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231142823
ISBN
9780231142823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.22

Paperback. Combining cultural, social, and political history, this volume measures the influence acquired by certain disciplines - in particular religious, literary, and legal - in the organization of European society. It looks at the evolution of social classes. Translator(s): Neal, Lisa. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition
English language ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268034511
ISBN
9780268034511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.74

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