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Hardcover. For successful political leaders, public speaking is only half the battle. A good politician must also be a competent performer. Series: PCPC - Polity Contemporary Political Communication Series. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689616
- ISBN
- 9780745689616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Paperback. Pericles, Greece's greatest statesman and the leader of its Golden Age, created the Parthenon and championed democracy in Athens and beyond. This work presents accounts of those close to Pericles, including Thucydides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Protagoras, Sophocles, Lysias, Xenophon, Plato, and Plutarch. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282. A Sourcebook and Reader. 248 pages, illustrations. Pericles, Greece's greatest statesman and the leader of its Golden Age, created the Parthenon and championed democracy in Athens and beyond. This work presents accounts of those close to Pericles, including Thucydides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Protagoras, Sophocles, Lysias, Xenophon, Plato, and Plutarch. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLA; JPA. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 15. Weight: 282.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256040
- ISBN
- 9780520256040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Clairview Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781902636382
- ISBN
- 9781902636382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.51
€ 19.99
€ 10.51
Hardback. This book traces the complex contours of the Locke-Proast debate over the question of toleration, revealing the originality and racial case John Locke made on behalf of toleration. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739147221
- ISBN
- 9780739147221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.96
€ 135.96
Hardback. The papers collected here offer anti-imperialist feminist alternatives to second wave feminism's often reductive understandings of freedom; emancipation; oppression; empowerment and democracy. Editor(s): Orloff, Ann; Savci, Evren. Series Editor(s): Go, Julian. Series: Political Power and Social Theory. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786350749
- ISBN
- 9781786350749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.33€ 120.88
€ 143.33
€ 120.88
Paperback. Pessimism is thought of as an exclusively negative stance that inevitably leads to resignation. Even when pessimism looks like utter truth, we are told that it makes the worst of a bad situation. This book challenges the received wisdom about pessimism, arguing that there is an unrecognized yet vibrant pessimistic philosophical tradition. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141121
- ISBN
- 9780691141121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.55
€ 46.99
€ 33.55
Paperback. World politics, Conspiracy, Nature of reality Num Pages: 426 pages, 720. BIC Classification: HPS; JFHC; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 235 x 35. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- David Icke
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957630888
- ISBN
- 9780957630888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.33
€ 25.33
Paperback. Thomas Szasz argues that the modern penchant for transforming human problems into "diseases" and judicial sanctions into "treatments", replacing the rule of law with the rule of medical discretion, leads to a type of government he calls "pharmacracy", eroding personal freedom and dignity. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607632
- ISBN
- 9780815607632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.11
€ 21.99
€ 21.11
Paperback. Presents the Princeton University Press edition of 1988. This work provides an interpretation of Republic that makes a case for the coherence of Plato's argument. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208148
- ISBN
- 9780872208148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.73
€ 25.99
€ 19.73
hardcover. A study of the nature of leadership and the human qualities that promote or inhibit it. David Cawthon examines classical thinkers from Plato to Nietzsche to offer a historical and philosophical perspective on leadership qualities and how these are coded in the souls of some, but not others. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JH; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780765801258
- ISBN
- 9780765801258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 226.70
€ 226.70
Paperback. On the occasion of Habermas's 80th birthday, the German publisher Suhrkamp brought out five volumes of Habermas's work that spanned the full range his philosophical work, from the theory of rationality to the critique of metaphysics. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509506729
- ISBN
- 9781509506729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.90
€ 24.99
€ 24.90
Hardcover. This book is about the global crisis and the right to resistance, about neoliberal biopolitics and direct democracy, about the responsibility of intellectuals and the poetry of the multitude. Using Greece as an example, Douzinas argues that the persistent sequence of protests, uprisings and revolutions has radically changed the political landscape. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 3JMG; JPA; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745665436
- ISBN
- 9780745665436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.27
€ 77.27
paperback. This volume collects some of the leading essays in contemporary democratic theory published since 1970. The anthology presents the work of a select group of contributors and covers many foundational approaches defended by scholars from a range of different disciplines. Editor(s): Christiano, Thomas. Num Pages: 376 pages, 18 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195136609
- ISBN
- 9780195136609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.94
€ 89.94
Paperback. This complete treatise of political philosophy demonstrates Yves R. Simon's belief that, even in the best conceivable circumstances, government is needed to determine direction toward the common good and to provide the means for united action. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JPHV; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038038
- ISBN
- 9780268038038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.28
€ 31.99
€ 28.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566632218
- ISBN
- 9781566632218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.54
€ 22.54
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691609430
- ISBN
- 9780691609430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.89
€ 52.99
€ 37.89
Paperback. Series: The Yrjo Jahnsson Lectures. Num Pages: 392 pages, 25 line illus. 25 tables. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA; KCG; KCM; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158150
- ISBN
- 9780691158150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.00€ 39.73
€ 50.00
€ 39.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; BTC; HBTM; JPA; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 221 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613736661
- ISBN
- 9781613736661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.81
€ 18.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Lavoy, Peter R.; Sagan, Scott Douglas; Wirtz, James J. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3. BIC Classification: JPA; JWK; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487040
- ISBN
- 9780801487040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.42
€ 41.99
€ 37.42
Paperback. Series: Incitements. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 135 x 30. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474417976
- ISBN
- 9781474417976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Hardback. It is an excellent companion to Plato's Dialogues. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897641
- ISBN
- 9780801897641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.02
€ 80.02
Hardcover. 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: 235 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662145
- ISBN
- 9780745662145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.45
€ 60.45
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
€ 34.32
€ 34.32
Hardback. Offers insight into what, in Plato's view, is the central problem of life: the mortal propensity to adopt defective ways of answering the question of how to live well. This book seeks to explicate the meaning of Plato's central claim - that "only philosophy can save us." Series Editor(s): George, Robert P. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124384
- ISBN
- 9780691124384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.43€ 54.97
€ 71.43
€ 54.97