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Hardback. * Stiegler is one of the most original and important philosophers and cultural theorists in France today. His work is at the interface of philosophy and technology, so it will appeal not only to those studying philosophy but also to students and scholars in media and cultural studies and literary studies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648118
- ISBN
- 9780745648118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.72
€ 53.72
Hardcover. In the aftermath of the First World War, the poet Paul Valery wrote of a crisis of spirit , brought about by the instrumentalization of knowledge and the destructive subordination of culture to profit. Recent events demonstrate all too clearly that that the stock of mind, or spirit, continues to fall. Translator(s): Ross, Daniel. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFCD; JMH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662701
- ISBN
- 9780745662701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Hardback. Max Weber famously argued that the rise of capitalism in early modern Europe was premised on the emergence of a distinctive set of attitudes - including the pursuit of profit for its own sake - which he called the spirit of capitalism . Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648132
- ISBN
- 9780745648132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardback. In 1944 Horkheimer and Adorno warned that industrial society turns reason into rationalization, and Polanyi warned of the dangers of the self-regulating market, but today, argues Stiegler, this regression of reason has led to societies dominated by unreason, stupidity and madness. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664934
- ISBN
- 9780745664934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.54
€ 72.54
Hardback. In July 2014 the Belgian newspaper Le Soir claimed that France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland and the United States may lose between 43 and 50 per cent of their jobs within ten to fifteen years. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509506309
- ISBN
- 9781509506309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.44
€ 73.44
Hardback. Argues that political and technological changes have demonstrated the inadequacy of both just war theory and political realism in relation to modern war, and examines how these changes have transformed the way in which war is conceived and fought. Series: American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Monograph Series. Num Pages: 219 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810821521
- ISBN
- 9780810821521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.04
€ 106.04
paperback. Series: The educational heretics series. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Educational Heretics Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900219105
- ISBN
- 9781900219105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.31
€ 13.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. This collection brings together the essays of avant-garde theorist and architect, Bernard Tschumi, from 1975-1990. These essays develop themes in contemporary theory as they relate the actual making of architecture, attempting to realign the discipline with late-20th-century world culture. Num Pages: 278 pages, 59. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; AMA; DNF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262700603
- ISBN
- 9780262700603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.45
€ 43.99
€ 34.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 167 pages, 27 ILLUSTRATIONS, 4 MAPS. BIC Classification: JH. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 8. Weight in Grams: 243. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd ,Canada
- Number of pages
- 167
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KEX0237098
- ISBN
- 9780921149361
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "The paradise of adventurers", Shanghai during World War II was suffused with dangerous glamour. Racketeers, cutthroats and con-men jostled for advantage as secret agents of the great powers waged a complex and sinister struggle for power. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537647
- ISBN
- 9781784537647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.27
€ 16.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. Examines the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two. In this book, the author presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846681905
- ISBN
- 9781846681905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.64
€ 19.99
€ 14.64
Hardcover. Working with the Nazi-appointed Jewish Council in Amsterdam, Gertrude van Tijn helped many Jews escape. But she faced difficult moral choices. Some called her a heroine; others, a collaborator. Bernard Wasserstein's haunting narrative draws readers into this twilight world, to expose the terrible dilemmas confronting Jews under Nazi occupation. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674281387
- ISBN
- 9780674281387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.32
€ 47.99
€ 39.32
paperback. A collection of essays, addressing the core subjects of political philosophy such as justice, liberty, and equality; the nature and meaning of liberalism; toleration; power and the fear of power; democracy; and the nature of political philosophy itself. Editor(s): Hawthorn, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134109
- ISBN
- 9780691134109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.91
€ 40.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. A collection of essays on the history of philosophy. It covers subjects such as the sixth century BC to the twentieth AD, from Homer to Wittgenstein by way of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Sidgwick, Collingwood, and Nietzsche. Editor(s): Burnyeat, Myles. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134086
- ISBN
- 9780691134086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.09
€ 46.99
€ 33.09
Paperback. How is it that the nation, a relatively old form of community, has risen to such prominence in an era so strongly identified with the individual? The author argues that it is the inadequacy of our understanding of community - and especially the moral psychology that animates it - that has made this question so difficult to answer. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226944678
- ISBN
- 9780226944678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.63
€ 37.99
€ 29.63
Hardback. How is it that the nation, a relatively old form of community, has risen to such prominence in an era so strongly identified with the individual? The author argues that it is the inadequacy of our understanding of community - and especially the moral psychology that animates it - that has made this question so difficult to answer. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226944661
- ISBN
- 9780226944661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.34€ 78.49
€ 94.34
€ 78.49
Paperback. Before her death in 1992, Judith Shklar was recognized as an outstanding political theorist and a major figure in the reinvigoration of liberal theory since the 1970s. This collection of essays explores Shklar's intellectual legacy, focusing on both her own ideas and the issues she explored. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226944708
- ISBN
- 9780226944708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.83
€ 40.99
€ 40.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCV; JFSL3; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 7. Weight in Grams: 188. Who We are is What We See. 128 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBCV; JFSL3; JNFR. Dimension: 160 x 231 x 7. Weight: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665329
- ISBN
- 9781552665329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.52
€ 20.52
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV; JKVQ2; LNFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195370362
- ISBN
- 9780195370362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.20
€ 61.20
paperback. Series: Education Now special report. Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Education Now Publishing Co-operative Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 50
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871526127
- ISBN
- 9781871526127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.27
€ 8.27