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Society & culture: general
Hardback. An exploration of the multifaceted Mongol experience in China, past and present. Charting the interface between a state-centred multinational Chinese polity and a primordial nationalist multiculturalism, it explores Mongol ethnopolitical strategies to preserve their heritage. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPM; HBJF; HBTB; JFSL; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511439
- ISBN
- 9780742511439
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€ 187.22
€ 187.22
Hardback. This work examines the concept of trust from the angle of the trustee, rather than the truster. Rather than thinking of trust as risk-taking, Potter views it as equally a matter of responsibility-taking. She looks at trust particularly in the context of power relations. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511507
- ISBN
- 9780742511507
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Condition: New
€ 177.64
€ 177.64
Paperback. This work examines the concept of trust from the angle of the trustee, rather than the truster. Rather than thinking of trust as risk-taking, Potter views it as equally a matter of responsibility-taking. She looks at trust particularly in the context of power relations. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 299.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511514
- ISBN
- 9780742511514
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Condition: New
€ 61.23
€ 61.23
Hardback. In an age marked by global hegemony and festering civilization clashes, this text charts a path toward a cosmopolitan democracy respectful of local differences. The main emphasis of the study is on linkages or meditation, arranged along the two axes of "local-global" and "self-other" relations. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511842
- ISBN
- 9780742511842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.33
€ 172.33
Paperback. In an age marked by global hegemony and festering civilization clashes, this text charts a path toward a cosmopolitan democracy respectful of local differences. The main emphasis of the study is on linkages or meditation, arranged along the two axes of "local-global" and "self-other" relations. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511859
- ISBN
- 9780742511859
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Condition: New
€ 63.51
€ 63.51
Paperback. 'Varieties of Feminist Liberalism' examines the relationship between feminism and liberalism, challenging the widely held opinion that the two traditions are incompatible. Editor(s): Baehr, Amy R. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512030
- ISBN
- 9780742512030
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Condition: New
€ 77.07
€ 77.07
Hardback. The essays collected within explore the intricacies and impact of reasoned moral action, the virtues of character, and the empowering responsibility that comes with morality. They were taken from "Feminist Ethics Revisited: An International Conference on Feminist Ethics" held in October 1999. Editor(s): DesAutels, Peggy; Waugh, Joanne. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 280 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512108
- ISBN
- 9780742512108
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Condition: New
€ 172.74
€ 172.74
Hardback. What does it mean to re-conceptualize pornography as a material practice rather than as speech? Sidestepping the legal debates over their civil ordinance, and drawing on phenomenology of the lived body, Mason-Grant returns to the innovative core of the Dworkin- MacKinnon critique of mainstream pornography. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512221
- ISBN
- 9780742512221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.29
€ 162.29
Paperback. What does it mean to re-conceptualize pornography as a material practice rather than as speech? Sidestepping the legal debates over their civil ordinance, and drawing on phenomenology of the lived body, Mason-Grant returns to the innovative core of the Dworkin- MacKinnon critique of mainstream pornography. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512238
- ISBN
- 9780742512238
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Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Hardback. What is practical feminism in a postmodern world? Together, the 16 essays in this volume represent many different voices of feminists who boldly take up familiar, everyday concerns from unorthodox vantage points within new conceptual and theoretical frameworks. Editor(s): Mui, Constance L.; Murphy, Julien S. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512542
- ISBN
- 9780742512542
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Condition: New
€ 153.93
€ 153.93
Paperback. What is practical feminism in a postmodern world? Together, the 16 essays in this volume represent many different voices of feminists who boldly take up familiar, everyday concerns from unorthodox vantage points within new conceptual and theoretical frameworks. Editor(s): Mui, Constance L.; Murphy, Julien S. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512559
- ISBN
- 9780742512559
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Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
paperback. Seeking to expand critical theory beyond the frontiers represented by Habermas (on the one hand) and postmodern cultural studies (on the other), these 12 essays describe the aims and methods of this pursuit. Series: New Critical Theory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512788
- ISBN
- 9780742512788
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Condition: New
€ 70.39
€ 70.39
Hardback. A collection of essays that engages two fundamental social and political issues: community and identity. Within the Africana world, the contributors delve into the influences of a postmodern world of globalization with outdated, crumbling forms of identity and sociality. Editor(s): Birt, Robert E. Series: New Critical Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; HPS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512917
- ISBN
- 9780742512917
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Condition: New
€ 172.81
€ 172.81
Hardback. Series: New Critical Theory. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL3; JPFC; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513013
- ISBN
- 9780742513013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.26
€ 178.26
Hardback. This volume focuses specifically on the field of psychoanalytic social theory emerging in and between psychoanalysis, feminism, post-colonial studies and queer theory, and across the disciplines of philosophy, literary, film and cultural studies. Editor(s): Oliver, Kelly; Edwin, Steve. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JHBA; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513082
- ISBN
- 9780742513082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.52
€ 161.52
Paperback. This volume focuses specifically on the field of psychoanalytic social theory emerging in and between psychoanalysis, feminism, post-colonial studies and queer theory, and across the disciplines of philosophy, literary, film and cultural studies. Editor(s): Oliver, Kelly; Edwin, Steve. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JHBA; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513099
- ISBN
- 9780742513099
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Condition: New
€ 59.21
€ 59.21
paperback. Erin McKenna argues that Utopian vision informed by pragmatism results in a process model of Utopia that can help form the future based on critical intelligence. Using John Dewey's works with feminist theory and literature, McKenna develops this pragmatist feminist model of Utopia. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; HPS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513198
- ISBN
- 9780742513198
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Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
The Subject of Care. Feminist Perspectives on Dependency.
. Ed(S): Kittay, Eva Feder; Feder, Ellen K.
Hardback. The essays of this volume consider how acknowledgement of the fact of dependency changes our conceptions of law, political theory, and morality, as well as our very conceptions of self. Editor(s): Kittay, Eva Feder; Feder, Ellen K. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 392 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPM; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513624
- ISBN
- 9780742513624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.99
€ 179.99
Paperback. Contrary to the popular belief that feminism has gained a foothold in many disciplines, the essays collected in this volume argue that feminism is still actively resisted in mainstream academia. The work considers the professional, philosophical and personal backlashes against feminist thought. Editor(s): Superson, Anita M.; Cudd, Ann E. Series: Studies in Social, Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513747
- ISBN
- 9780742513747
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Condition: New
€ 63.93
€ 63.93
Hardback. The search for an ethic that is joyful and life-loving, yet politically and scientifically realistic, is at the root of Cuomo's recent philosophy. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513808
- ISBN
- 9780742513808
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Condition: New
€ 155.72
€ 155.72
Paperback. The search for an ethic that is joyful and life-loving, yet politically and scientifically realistic, is at the root of Cuomo's recent philosophy. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 227 x 7. Weight in Grams: 258.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513815
- ISBN
- 9780742513815
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Condition: New
€ 56.63
€ 56.63
Paperback. This is a unique, groundbreaking collection of autobiographical essays by leading women in philosophy. It provides a glimpse at the experiences of the generation that witnessed, and helped create, the remarkable advances now evident for women in the field. Editor(s): Alcoff, Linda Martin. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFFR; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513839
- ISBN
- 9780742513839
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Condition: New
€ 62.10
€ 62.10
Hardback. James Winchester brings the western philosophical tradition into dialog with contemporary African-American thinkers in an attempt to bridge (or at least understand) the culture gap in aesthetic judgments. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513907
- ISBN
- 9780742513907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.06
€ 147.06
Paperback. James Winchester brings the western philosophical tradition into dialog with contemporary African-American thinkers in an attempt to bridge (or at least understand) the culture gap in aesthetic judgments. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 235.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513914
- ISBN
- 9780742513914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.30
€ 53.30