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Paperback. Plato's Republic is one of the most well-known and widely discussed texts in the history of philosophy, but how might we get to the heart of this work today, 2500 years after it was originally composed? Alain Badiou invents a new genre in order to breathe fresh life into Plato's text and restore its universality. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662152
- ISBN
- 9780745662152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.88
€ 34.88
Paperback. * Alain Badiou is probably the most widely read and influential philosopher in France today. Alain Finkielkraut is also a well-known public intellectual in France * Both have attracted controversy in the past and they hold strongly contrasting political views. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745685700
- ISBN
- 9780745685700
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Condition: New
€ 22.24
€ 22.24
Hardcover. In a well-known text called The Communist Hypothesis , first published in 2007, the renowned philosopher Alain Badiou breathed fresh life into the idea of communism as an intellectual representation that provides a critical perspective on existing politics and offers a systemic alternative to capitalism. Translator(s): Spitzer, Susan. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688350
- ISBN
- 9780745688350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.69
€ 47.69
Paperback.
In a well-known text called The Communist Hypothesis , first published in 2007, the renowned philosopher Alain Badiou breathed fresh life into the idea of communism as an intellectual representation that provides a critical perspective on existing politics and offers a systemic alternative to capitalism. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 190 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688367
- ISBN
- 9780745688367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.87
€ 15.87
Hardback. Translator(s): Reinhard, Kenneth; Spitzer, Susan. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157940
- ISBN
- 9780231157940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.70€ 51.27
€ 65.70
€ 51.27
hardcover. * Alain Badiou is probably the most widely read and influential philosopher in France today. Alain Finkielkraut is also a well-known public intellectual in France * Both have attracted controversy in the past and they hold strongly contrasting political views. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745685694
- ISBN
- 9780745685694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardback. The fall of the Berlin wall was seen by many as the final triumph of liberal democracy over communism. But now, in the wake of the great financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath, things look a little different. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509501700
- ISBN
- 9781509501700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.05
€ 54.05
Hardback. Groping around a familiar room in the dark, relearning to read after a brain injury, navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar: all are expressions of vicariance when the brain substitutes one process or function for another. Alain Berthoz shows that this capacity allows humans to think creatively in an increasingly complex world. Translator(s): Weiss, Giselle. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: JMAQ; JMR; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088955
- ISBN
- 9780674088955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.33
€ 47.99
€ 40.33
Paperback. A case study of the folklore of sexuality, this text examines the myth of the "droit de cuissage" and how for seven hundred years each era used the mythical custom to its own ends in an insight into popular misconceptions of the Middle Ages. Studies Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JFHF; WJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226067438
- ISBN
- 9780226067438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.80
€ 40.99
€ 31.80
Hardback. Editor(s): Corbin, Alain; Courtine, Jean-Jacques; Vigarello, George. Translator(s): Cohen, Keith. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 752 pages, 56 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFSJ2; JHMC; JMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168786
- ISBN
- 9780231168786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.75€ 42.52
€ 53.75
€ 42.52
Paperback. Looking at history, philosophy, economics, art and politics, this book reveals the many ingenious ways that great minds have overcome their worries. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141014869
- ISBN
- 9780141014869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. In this study of the history of statistics, which begins with probability theory in the 17th century, Alain Desrosieres shows how the evolution of modern statistics has been inextricably bound up with the knowledge and power of governments. Translator(s): Naish, Camille. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009691
- ISBN
- 9780674009691
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.66
€ 53.99
€ 44.66
Paperback. This reference work brings together in one volume the multi-faceted culture of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland, from Borgen to Lordi. Series: CERI: Comparative Politics and International Studies Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849046572
- ISBN
- 9781849046572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.09
€ 33.99
€ 31.09
Paperback. In this analysis of the processes by which the Zionist idea was realised, Alain Dieckhoff examines the ways in which the competing factions of Zionism negotiated the formation of the Jewish State. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
- Number of pages
- 308
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850655954
- ISBN
- 9781850655954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.50
€ 26.99
€ 25.50
Hardback. More than fifty years after the death of Hitler, the defeat of Nazism, and the horrors of the Holocaust, the concept of a Jewish race is still alive and well in the minds of too many. This book is an attempt to destroy such a myth from both a biological and historical point of view. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lehigh University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611460339
- ISBN
- 9781611460339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.26
€ 116.26
Paperback. The Holocaust changed what it means to be a Jew, for Jew and non-Jew alike. This title decodes the shifts in anti-Semitism at the end of the Cold War, chronicles the impact of Israel's policies on European Jews, opposes arguments both for and against cultural assimilation, and reopens questions about Marx and Judaism. Translator(s): O'Neill, Kevin; Suchoff, David. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 201 pages, Introduction, notes, index. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803268951
- ISBN
- 9780803268951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.36
€ 15.99
€ 15.36
hardcover. Already translated into fifteen languages from the original French, Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty is an essential text on the theory of multinational federalism and the politics of minority nations. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JPB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649705
- ISBN
- 9781442649705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.79
€ 54.79
paperback. A dictionary that explores the symbols which abound in literature, religion, national identity and are found at the heart of our dreams and sub-conscious. It includes entries that give its interpretations - sexual and spiritual, official and subversive, cultural and religious - to bring meaning and insight to the symbol. Num Pages: 1184 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: GBC; JHM; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 50. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 1184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140512540
- ISBN
- 9780140512540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.14
€ 25.99
€ 18.14
Paperback. aeo Alain Lipietz was one of the main proponents of the "French Regulation Approach". aeo This book is a major contribution to the study of the political economy of Europe. aeo Lipietz puts forward an alternative set of progressive measures to address the social changes of the late twentieth century. Series: Europe & the International Order. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745608662
- ISBN
- 9780745608662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.80
€ 24.80
Paperback. aeo A concise, readable introduction to a political ecologya ; this is a new political movement which aims towards economic, social & political transformation around problems that affect us all. aeo Will appeal to students on a range of courses interested in the implications of political ecology for left politics in the 90a s. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPF; RNB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 225.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745613277
- ISBN
- 9780745613277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.50
€ 23.50