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Society & culture: general

hardcover. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Martinus Nijhoff The Hague
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033796
ISBN
9789024712991
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Editor(s): Lienhard, Marc. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Martinus Nijhoff The Hague
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033799
ISBN
9789024718962
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. Romanticism is crucial to an understanding of modern Western culture. Philosophy, art, literature, music, and politics were all transformed in the turbulent period between the French Revolution of 1789 and the Communist Manifesto of 1848. This was the age of the 'Romantic revolution'. Illustrator(s): Boreham, Judy. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVC; DSB; HPCD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Icon Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781848311787
ISBN
9781848311787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.02

paperback. Drawing on new anthropological approaches, John Winkler considers the lives of men and women in Ancient Greece. Num Pages: 282 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033844
ISBN
9780415901239
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033854
ISBN
9780674768680
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. In this book, his first to appear in English, French sinologistFrancois Jullien uses the Chinese concept of shi--meaningdisposition or circumstance, power or potential--as a touchstone toexplore Chinese culture and to uncover the intricate structureunderlying Chinese modes of thinking. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
ZONE BOOKS
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033928
ISBN
9780942299946
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. In this text Stacey traces the formative impact of Seneca's political philosophy upon medieval and Renaissance thinking about princely government. Series Editor(s): Skinner, Quentin; Daston, Lorraine; Ross, Dorothy; Tully, James. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 714. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033933
ISBN
9780521869898
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. This biography addresses the full range of Descartes' interests and traces his intellectual development. Num Pages: 520 pages, 3 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 824. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Pr.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033945
ISBN
9780521823012
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. Culture, Raymond Williams once wrote, is one of the most difficult words in language. Since then the concept has become part of our everyday vocabulary; it is used in a variety of different contexts: to describe the behaviour of corporations or criminals; to provide personal and national identity; it even gives its name to a Department of State. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBCY; JFC; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Polity
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033986
ISBN
9780745623818
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Num Pages: 228 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034027
ISBN
9781879181854
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. A volume of essays that reconsider the significance of Thomas Hobbes's masterpiece after three and a half centuries. They develop themes on Leviathan such as: the place of the last of Hobbes's treatises in the scheme of Hobbes's political writings; and the connections between biblical and political authorities. Editor(s): Sorell, Professor Tom; Foisneau, Luc. Series: Mind Association Occasional. Num Pages: 318 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034041
ISBN
9780199264612
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. This book analyses the historical evolution of rational expectations by focusing on the changing ideas of Thomas Sargent. Series Editor(s): Goodwin, Craufurd D. Series: Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes, references. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 550. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034058
ISBN
9780521571647
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Explores an episode in seventeenth-century history, revealing the involvement of a great modern thinker in secret and dangerous machinations of international politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 halftone plates. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034079
ISBN
9780199215935
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. This book is an unrivalled indictment of the banality of mass culture - Adorno's finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno's thoughts on culture. Editor(s): Bernstein, J. M. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034113
ISBN
9780415253802
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. In this new edition, Professor Riley makes available the most representative pieces from Leibniz's political theory. Editor(s): Riley, Patrick. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034131
ISBN
9780521358996
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; KNTD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 265.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pearson
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780134046785
ISBN
9780134046785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 98.35

hardcover. Sayo Masuda was a geisha at a hot springs resort, where the realities of sex for sale are unadorned by the trappings of wealth and power. Remarkable for its wit and frankness, the book is a moving record of a woman's survival on the margins of Japanese society -- in the words of the translator, "the superbly told tale of a woman whom fortune never favored yet never defeated." Translator(s): Rowley, G. G. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 photos. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129503
ISBN
9780231129503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.63

Paperback. The idea of "insanity" pervades every aspect of our daily lives. Here, Szasz contends that the term actually functions as a euphemism for problems in living, as an excuse for crime and misbehaviour, as a stigma for invalidating adversaries - and, generally, as a metaphor and legal fiction. Num Pages: 436 pages, notes. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815604600
ISBN
9780815604600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.54

Paperback. This text describes state-of-the-art research methodology and critical approaches to English literature, Latin philosophies, law, science, art and music. Editor(s): Powell, James M. Num Pages: 496 pages, 22 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815625568
ISBN
9780815625568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.56

Paperback. During the Middle Ages, travellers in Africa and Asia reported that "monstrous races" thrived beyond the boundaries of the known world. This work offers an introspective look at these races and their interaction with Western art, literature and philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 62 b&w photographs, notes, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; AB; HBJD; HBLC; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628262
ISBN
9780815628262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.86

Paperback. This volume presents a cultural record of the Jewish folk music of Eastern Europe, through the eyes of ethnomusicologist, Moshe Beregovski. It includes contextual responses to Jewish folk music, essays on musical influences, and notes and lyrics of nearly 300 folk songs. Editor(s): Slobin, Mark. Translator(s): Slobin, Mark. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 592 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DV; AVGH; JFSR1; JHBT; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628682
ISBN
9780815628682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.86

Hardback. Editor(s): Davis, Lennard J. Num Pages: 570 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 187. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
5 Rev ed
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138930223
ISBN
9781138930223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 263.02

Paperback. Few scholars have analysed class in children's literature. This definitive collection remedies that by defining and exemplifying historical materialist approaches to children's literature. The thirteen essays analyse a wide range of texts using concepts in historical materialism from class struggle to the commodity. Editor(s): Hubler, Angela E. Series: Children's Literature Association Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC; DSY; JFCA; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496807830
ISBN
9781496807830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.44

paperback. A consideration of three of the most contentious ethical issues of our time - abortion, war and euthanasia - from the Muslim perspective. The volume both integrates Muslim thinking into the field of applied ethics and introduces readers to an aspect of the religion long overlooked in the West. Editor(s): Brockopp, Jonathan E. Series: Studies in Comparative Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDC; HPQ; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University South Carolina Pr United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570034718
ISBN
9781570034718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.08

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