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Utilitarianism, Liberty & Representative Government

Utilitarianism, Liberty & Representative Government...

Author: John Stuart Mill
ISBN: 9781434496003
Format: Hardback
$86.99

Reprint of a 1910 ed., published by J.M. Dent.  Read More >>

Pleasure of Thinking: A Journey Through the Sideways Leaps of Ideas

Pleasure of Thinking: A Journey Through the Sideways...

Author: Theodore Dalrymple
ISBN: 9781908096647
Format: Paperback
$26.99

What is the connection between God and East Sheen? How do you talk your way out of an Albanian jail? Why do dictators...  Read More >>

Briefwechsel 1821-1824: Briefe 5201-5769

Briefwechsel 1821-1824: Briefe 5201-5769

Author: Simon Gerber ,  Sarah Schmidt
ISBN: 9783111363868
Format: Hardback
$686.40

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Grief and the Shaping of Muslim Communities in North India, c. 1857–1940s

Grief and the Shaping of Muslim Communities in North...

Author: Eve Tignol (Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Irasia, Marseille)
ISBN: 9781009297677
Format: Paperback
$77.60

Drawing on approaches from the history of emotions, Eve Tignol investigates the impact of collective grief on Muslim...  Read More >>

The Atomic Age

The Atomic Age

Author: M. L. Oliphant ,  P. M. S. Blackett
ISBN: 9781032881126
Format: Hardback
$179.00

Originally published in 1949, this volume The Atomic Age contains six lectures. Following the first detonation of...  Read More >>

Albert Camus as Philosopher and Political Thinker: The Radicality of Modesty

Albert Camus as Philosopher and Political Thinker: The...

Author: Tommaso Visone
ISBN: 9783031745638
Format: Hardback
$118.77

This book explores the role of modesty in the thought of Albert Camus. Camusian modesty – modestie – affirms, against...  Read More >>

Self-Portrait in the Studio

Self-Portrait in the Studio

Author: Giorgio Agamben ,  Kevin Attell
ISBN: 9781803094656
Format: Hardback
$41.95

A rare autobiographical glimpse into the life and influences of one of Europe's greatest living philosophers. This...  Read More >>

Living and Learning with Feminist Ethics, Literature, and Art

Living and Learning with Feminist Ethics, Literature,...

Author: Dominique Hétu (Brandon University) ,  Libe García Zarranz (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
ISBN: 9781772127713
Format: Paperback
$80.19

A rigorous and expressive collection that investigates compelling forms of encounter, engagement, and care between...  Read More >>

Christian Apologetics and Philosophy: An Introduction

Christian Apologetics and Philosophy: An Introduction...

Author: Paul Herrick
ISBN: 9780268208936
Format: Paperback
$100.32

A highly readable introduction to Christian apologetics that joins contemporary analytic philosophy with modern...  Read More >>

The Obstacle is the Way Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

The Obstacle is the Way Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition:...

Author: Ryan Holiday
ISBN: 9780593949092
Format: Paperback
$79.20

An updated and expanded edition of the book that launched a global phenomenon, The Obstacle Is the Way presents...  Read More >>

The Obstacle is the Way Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

The Obstacle is the Way Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition:...

Author: Ryan Holiday
ISBN: 9780593719916
Format: Hardback
$73.92

An updated and expanded edition of the book that launched a global phenomenon, The Obstacle Is the Way presents...  Read More >>

Christian Apologetics and Philosophy: An Introduction

Christian Apologetics and Philosophy: An Introduction...

Author: Paul Herrick
ISBN: 9780268208929
Format: Hardback
$264.00

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Descartes und die Brücke zwischen Körper und Geist: Eine philosophische Analyse der Theorien von Descartes bis zum 19. Jahrhundert

Descartes und die Brücke zwischen Körper und Geist:...

Author: Heinrich Hardenberg
ISBN: 9783384373014
Format: Paperback
$44.85

René Descartes gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Philosophen der Neuzeit, dessen Theorie des Dualismus das Verhältnis...  Read More >>

Robert Burns and Scottish Cultural Politics: The Bard of Contention (1914-2014)

Robert Burns and Scottish Cultural Politics: The Bard...

Author: Paul Malgrati
ISBN: 9781399503464
Format: Paperback
$64.66

Explores Robert Burns's political legacy in modern and contemporary Scotland.  Read More >>

Modern Philosopher Kings: Wisdom and Power in Politics

Modern Philosopher Kings: Wisdom and Power in Politics...

Author: Haig Patapan
ISBN: 9781399508780
Format: Paperback
$51.72

Explores modern attempts to resolve the enduring question of the philosopher king whether it is possible to combine...  Read More >>

The Idea of the Soul: In Western Philosophy and Science

The Idea of the Soul: In Western Philosophy and Science...

Author: William Ellis
ISBN: 9781032880433
Format: Hardback
$221.00

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Descartes und die Brücke zwischen Körper und Geist: Eine philosophische Analyse der Theorien von Descartes bis zum 19. Jahrhundert

Descartes und die Brücke zwischen Körper und Geist:...

Author: Heinrich Hardenberg
ISBN: 9783384373021
Format: Hardback
$71.25

René Descartes gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Philosophen der Neuzeit, dessen Theorie des Dualismus das Verhältnis...  Read More >>

The Biopolitical Animal

The Biopolitical Animal

Author: Felice Cimatti ,  Carlo Salzani
ISBN: 9781399525985
Format: Hardback
$258.75

Explores the intersection of biopolitics and the animal question, pushing the debate in new directions  Read More >>

New Vocabularies of May Fourth Studies

New Vocabularies of May Fourth Studies

Author: Carlos Yu-Kai Lin ,  Victor H. Mair
ISBN: 9789004693326
Format: Hardback
$369.60

This volume, edited by Carlos Yu-Kai Lin and Victor H. Mair, introduces new vocabularies, expanding, as well as...  Read More >>

Democracy Tamed: French Liberalism and the Politics of Suffrage

Democracy Tamed: French Liberalism and the Politics...

Author: Gianna Englert (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University)
ISBN: 9780197635315
Format: Hardback
$158.95

Does good democratic government require intelligent, moral, and productive citizens? Can our political institutions...  Read More >>

Khunrath in Context: An Alchemist in the Amphitheatre of Eternal Wisdom

Khunrath in Context: An Alchemist in the Amphitheatre...

Author: Vladimir Karpenko ,  Ivo Purš
ISBN: 9789004221703
Format: Hardback
$567.60

Heinrich Khunrath (ca. 1560–1605) is one of the most remarkable figures in the intellectual history of the Renaissance....  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of William James

The Oxford Handbook of William James

Author: Alexander Mugar Klein (Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy, Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy, McMaster University)
ISBN: 9780199395699
Format: Hardback
$313.95

William James was a giant of turn-of-the-century intellectual life. He helped found the young science of physiological...  Read More >>

In Defense of Common Life: The Essential Political and Theoretical Works of Raquel Gutirrez Aguilar

In Defense of Common Life: The Essential Political and...

Author: Raquel Gutirrez Aguilar ,  Brian Whitener
ISBN: 9781945335112
Format: Paperback
$33.61

The essential political and theoretical work of one of Latin America's most important contemporary theorists. Raquel...  Read More >>

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