Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. A revised and updated edition of the best-selling introduction to Islam written by one of the foremost scholars in the field. S H Nasr outlines the essential aspects of the Islamic beliefs and presents the Islamic spiritual and intellectual tradition in the light of contemporary modern thought. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 4th Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946621873
- ISBN
- 9780946621873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.95
€ 20.99
€ 16.95
Paperback. What is equality and is it a genuine political ideal? The contributors address this question in a variety of different ways, and in the course of doing so they contrast a number of different notions of equality, and distinguish equality from the related idea of giving priority to the worst off. Editor(s): Mason, Andrew. Series: Ratio Special Issues. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207146
- ISBN
- 9780631207146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.23
€ 29.23
hardcover. This book examines how trust relates to the main political concepts - sovereignty, reason of state, natural law - of seventeenth-century discourse? Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; JFCX; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107175464
- ISBN
- 9781107175464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.83
€ 117.83
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521398381
- ISBN
- 9780521398381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.08
€ 41.99
€ 40.08
Hardback. This volume is about the history of Europe in the 20th century and concentrates on two particular aspects: first, it examines the impact of the Great War on Europe; secondly, it is concerned with European civilization and with ideas of what it means to be "European". Editor(s): Spiering, Menno; Wintle, Michael. Num Pages: 221 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 461.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984024
- ISBN
- 9780333984024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HPS; JFCX; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 244 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163833
- ISBN
- 9780691163833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 42.58
€ 53.00
€ 42.58
Hardback. This text is intended as an introductory overview of the emergence of Science, Technology and Society Studies (STS) as a field of study, as well as a summary of interests and concerns. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742500662
- ISBN
- 9780742500662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.39
€ 173.39
Paperback. A highly ambitious and lucid history of ideas from the very earliest times to the present day. Num Pages: 1152 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1370.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 1152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753820896
- ISBN
- 9780753820896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.28
€ 25.99
€ 18.28
Hardcover. This collection examines the subject of identification and surveillance from 16th C English parish registers to 21st C DNA databases. The contributors, who range from historians to legal specialists, provide an insight into the historical development behind such issues as biometric identification, immigration control and personal data use. Editor(s): About, Ilsen; Brown, James; Lonergan, Gayle. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; JKVF1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354388
- ISBN
- 9780230354388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.66
€ 138.66
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Schafer, Alfred; Wimmer, Michael. Series: Grenzuberschreitungen. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810022905
- ISBN
- 9783810022905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.14
€ 72.14
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Reese-Schafer, Walter. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810024817
- ISBN
- 9783810024817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.79
€ 77.79
Paperback. A collection of 20 essays which discusses topics such as: gypsies in the Western imagination; the mobilization of the West in Chinese television; the lesbian identity and the woman's gaze in fashion photography; and the regulation of Black women's bodies in early 20th-century urban areas. Num Pages: 460 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press Journals
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226284392
- ISBN
- 9780226284392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.18
€ 29.99
€ 24.18
Hardcover. Discusses the role of cultural and political identities in generating (or settling) conflicts. This book attempts to work out a theoretical frame of reference and to analyze the Mediterranean as a case study. It explores religion in terms of transformation and evolving political identities. Editor(s): Cerutti, Furio; Ragionieri, Rodolfo. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DS; 1DV; JFSL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333800911
- ISBN
- 9780333800911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Identities and Foreign Policies in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
White, Stephen; Feklyunina, Valentina
Paperback. This book maps changing definitions of statehood in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus as a result of their exclusion from an expanding Europe. The authors examine the perceptions of the place of each state in the international political system and its foreign policy choices, and draw comparisons across the region. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349432134
- ISBN
- 9781349432134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.56
€ 67.56
paperback. We don't experience our everyday lives through just one lens; rather, we experience all elements of our identity - race, class, gender, sexuality - simultaneously. This book acknowledges this complex reality and brings to light the importance of studying the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSC; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780078027031
- ISBN
- 9780078027031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 109.11
€ 109.11
Identities and Subjectivities: 4 (Geographies of Children and Young Pe...
. Ed(S): Dwyer, Claire; Worth, Nancy
hardcover. This multi-volume, major reference work serves as a comprehensive resource on children's and young people's geographies. It speaks to a wide audience, from geographers to sociologists, demographers to social workers and policy makers to development agencies. Editor(s): Dwyer, Claire; Worth, Nancy. Num Pages: 572 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 27 colour illustrations, 13 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1099.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Number of pages
- 572
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- SKU
- V9789812870223
- ISBN
- 9789812870223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 338.55
€ 338.55
Hardback. This wide-ranging inquiry into the socio-cultural forces that define the three nations of North America seeks out ways in which the countries can become more comfortable with their collective future on the continent. Editor(s): Earle, Robert L.; Wirth, John D. Series: Comparative Studies in History, Institutions, & Public Policy. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 579.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724333
- ISBN
- 9780804724333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.26
€ 157.26
Paperback. This wide-ranging inquiry into the socio-cultural forces that define the three nations of North America seeks out ways in which the countries can become more comfortable with their collective future on the continent. Editor(s): Earle, Robert L.; Wirth, John D. Series: Comparative Studies in History, Institutions & Public Policy. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724876
- ISBN
- 9780804724876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. This anthology provides the definitive theoretical sources of contemporary thinking about identity, including explorations of race, class, gender, and nationality. * Explores the long and rich tradition of philosophical analysis and debate over the genesis, contours, and political effects of identity categories. Editor(s): Alcoff, Linda Martin; Mendieta, Eduardo. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 32. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217237
- ISBN
- 9780631217237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.11
€ 49.11
Hardcover. "Identity" has become a core concept of the social and cultural sciences. Bringing together perspectives from sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, and literary criticism, this book offers a comprehensive and critical overview on how this concept is currently used and how it relates to memory and constructions of historical meaning. Editor(s): Friese, Heidrun. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814746
- ISBN
- 9781571814746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.83
€ 162.83