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Paperback. By placing the social dimension of labour at the base of the discourse of life, this book engages with the work of key intellectual figures and reconstructs a critical genealogy of the notion of biopolitics from the point of view of twentieth and twenty-first century Italy. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HPS; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349296316
ISBN
9781349296316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Editor(s): Oleskin, Alexander V. Num Pages: 255 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620810880
ISBN
9781620810880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 239.59
€ 162.79

Hardcover. Using historical and contemporary case studies, Youde traces the shifting balance between surveillance and global public good provision and suggests that a human rights-based strategy offers a stable compromise. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230619951
ISBN
9780230619951
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

Hardcover. An original, expansive, materialist interpretation of Foucault's theory of biopolitics, explaining the connections between the issues of biopolitics and other key aspects of Foucault's works, and exploring the relationship between his ideas and those of Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Giorgio Agamben, Nikolas Rose and Monique Wittig. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230303294
ISBN
9780230303294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.13

Paperback. An original, comprehensive interpretation of Michel Foucault's analysis of biopolitics situating biopolitics in the context of embodied histories of subjectivity, affective investments and structures of experience. Going beyond lamentation at the horrors of biopolitical domination, the book develops a positive-critique of biopolitical experience." Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349338054
ISBN
9781349338054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Hardback. This volume explores the linkage of the life sciences with policy (biopolicy). It features two points of departure: the implications of the neurosciences for public policy; and the implications of evolutionary theory for policy-making. It includes several case studies of how these points of departure inform our knowledge of policy. Editor(s): Somit, Albert; Peterson, Steven A. Series: Research in Biopolitics. Num Pages: 253 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; PSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780528205
ISBN
9781780528205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.55

Hardcover. Editor(s): Jefferson, Rachel B. Num Pages: 162 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JPVH; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 182 x 15. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607410980
ISBN
9781607410980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.18
€ 139.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Lock, Margaret,M.; Gordon, D. Series: Culture, Illness & Healing. Num Pages: 558 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMP; MB; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
Number of pages
558
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556080722
ISBN
9781556080722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 293.56

Hardback. Editor(s): Lock, Margaret,M.; Gordon, D. Series: Culture, Illness & Healing. Num Pages: 558 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMP; M; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1011.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Number of pages
558
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556080715
ISBN
9781556080715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 255.21

Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 halftones. 9 line illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780691174778
ISBN
9780691174778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.31
€ 74.80

Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 halftones. 9 line illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691174785
ISBN
9780691174785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.39

An analysis of the impact of the growing numbers of foreign biomedical scientists employed by American firms. It seeks to shed light on this development through an examination of the experience of foreign biomedical scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Num Pages: 134 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; KCFM; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Transaction Publishers United States
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765801043
ISBN
9780765801043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 113.76

Hardcover. Biomedical Entanglements is an ethnographic study of the Giri people of Papua New Guinea, focusing on the indigenous population's interaction with modern medicine. The study bridges medical anthropology and global health, exploring how the 'biomedical' is imbued with social meaning and how biomedicine affects Giri ways of life. Series: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 maps, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785332340
ISBN
9781785332340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.76

Hardcover. This book uses evolution as the unifying theme to trace the connections between levels of biological complexity from genes through nervous systems, animal societies, and human cultures. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: JMAL; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1094.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471182191
ISBN
9780471182191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.90

paperback. An exciting new cross-disciplinary field of biocultural research is emerging at the start of the twenty-first century: developmental evolutionary biology. Editor(s): Parker, Sue Taylor; Langer, Jonas; McKinney, Michael L. Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567. Good clean copy. Covers showing light age and shelf wear, remains of a price sticker on front. Internally, as new
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
School of American Research Press,U.S. Santa Fe
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031991
ISBN
9780933452640
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.49

Paperback. This study argues that morphology was integral to the life sciences of the 19th century. It traces the development of morphological research in German universities and illuminates significant institutional as well as intellectual changes in 19th-century German biology. Num Pages: 428 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map, 7 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBTB; JNU; PDX; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226610887
ISBN
9780226610887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.85
€ 45.64

Paperback. Biology for the IB Diploma, Second edition covers in full the requirements of the IB syllabus for Biology for first examination in 2016. Series: IB Diploma. Num Pages: 413 pages. BIC Classification: 4MB; JNU; PS. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 275 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1040.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107654600
ISBN
9781107654600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

Paperback. What's the effect of osmosis on a raisin? How is water transported through plant stems? What's the best way to grow penicillin? How are butterflies different from moths? Now you can discover answers to these and other fascinating questions about biologythe study of living organisms. Series: Science for Every Kid Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNU; PS; YNT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471503811
ISBN
9780471503811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.10

Hardback. Offers a look at the function of metaphors in mediating between two disciplinary cultures which represent and mold our views about nature and society, and the boundary between them. This book is useful for professionals and students of history, philosophy and sociology of science, biology, and literary science. Editor(s): Maasen, Sabine; Mendelsohn, E.; Weingart, Peter. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 691.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792331742
ISBN
9780792331742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 202.91

Hardcover. Examines the research in the study of biology and politics. This book explores the linkage between evolution, genetics and politics with initial chapters on abandoned baby legislation, a model of action and norms, and the biopolitics of primates. It also features chapters on how to use neuroimaging techniques to study political behaviour. Editor(s): Somit, Albert; Peterson, Steven A. Series Editor(s): Somit, Albert; Peterson, Steven A. Series: Research in Biopolitics. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780857245793
ISBN
9780857245793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.18

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