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Oxfam bookshop hampstead john macmurray: community beyond political philosophy by frank gdespite his extensive writings on political principles and politics and significant influence on numerous british politicians, he never regarded the political sphere as an end in itselfabove all, he was a political philosopher determined to place politics into a wider, more comprehensive, metaphysical and religious frameworkthrough this analysis, kirkpatrick explores the extraordinary resonances of macmurray's political thought in other modern philosophers and reveals his enduring significancekirkpatrick scottish philosopher john macmurray's intriguing career makes the job of classifying his work difficult by contemporary academic modes of categorizationkirkpatrick contends that macmurray's most important contribution to the field is his development of a philosophical understanding of what constitutes an authentic communitynice clean pages inside; small signs of wear on front coversee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this long-overdue analysis of macmurray, frank kirkpatrick traces the development of macmurray's thought with its roots in the bible, hegel and the democratic liberal tradition of the west
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Understanding political philosophy by mel thompson excellent preliminary overview of this subjectcan post email me for details read morecan post email me for details by mel thompson excellent preliminary overview of this subject
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political philosophy: the essential textsbook condition:acceptable3 million books, saving over tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill sitesbook binding:paperbackauthor:cahn, steven meach month we recycle over 2
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Utopophobia on the limits (if any) of political philosophy by david estlund (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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political philosophy: a beginners' guide for students and politicians, paperback by swift, adam, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk
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Oxfam bookshop hexham the revised edition of this highly successful text provides a clear and accessible introduction to some of the most important questions of political philosophy a few pages at the back are slightly creased and the corners of the covers are very slightly bumpedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreorganized around major issues, wolff provides the structure that beginners need, while also introducing some distinctive ideas of his own
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Celebrating its fiftieth year in publication, great political thinkers is an indispensable text for all students of political philosophyby providing historical context and current scholarship, alan ebenstein builds upon the framework of influences that have shaped current political theory or political philosophy courses usually found in the political science departmentoxfam bookshop victoria appears unread but boards bumped on front, bottom of spinethis text contains portions of great works in their original form to wet the appetite and to encourage discussion within classroomsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop preston the routledge encyclopedia of philosophy is the most ambitious international philosophy project in many yearsit covers: - the core of most anglo-american philosophy - the metaphysical, epistemological and logical questions - the usual menu of ethics, political philosophy and the history of philosophy - the philosophy of other cultures - from chinese, arabic and jewish philosophy to the philosophy of africa and latin america the most impressive range of authors have been gathered together on this unique project: william alston, roderick chisolm, fred dretske, joel feinberg, sandra harding, larry laudan, martha nussbaum, richard popkin, richard rorty, alan ryan, gyatri chakravorty spivak, stephen stich, patrick suppes and bernard williams, to name just a fewedited by edward craig and assisted by thirty specialist subject editors, the rep consists of ten volumes of the world's most eminent philosophers writing for the needs of students and teachers of philosophy internationallythe rep is a project on an unparalleled scale: - over entries ranging from 500 to words in length - thematic, biographical and national - 10 volumes consisting of over 5 million words of text plus considerable bibliographic material - a chief editor and thirty specialist subject editors from across the world - over authors from all over the worldthe entire set is in pristine, unread conditionthe importance of the rep is not to be found just in the sheer size of the project but also in its breadth of subject matter10 large volumes bound in blue cloth with red and silver stamping, with bookmark ribbonssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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British romanticism and the critique of political reason, hardcover by michael, timothy, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk author timothy michael gives readers an in-depth examination of the political philosophy that dominated britain and france in the romantic periodhe argues over the book's eight chapters that a great deal of the period’s literary output takes the form of a critique of reason, its political value, and the types of knowledge attainable through itthe author is a faculty member of lincoln college and university of oxford in the ukannotation © ringgold, inche examines the works of kant, burke, wollstonecraft, coleridge, wordsworth, shelley, and many other writers and philosophers of the periodportland, or ()
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These thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their criticsin the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the vietnam war, rawls's a theory of justice made a particular kind of liberalism essential to political philosophy"-michael eric dyson, new york times a history of how political philosophy was recast by the rise of postwar liberalism and irrevocably changed by john rawls's a theory of justicein the shadow of justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of john rawlsrecasting the history of late twentieth-century political thought and providing novel interpretations and fresh perspectives on major political philosophers, in the shadow of justice offers a rigorous look at liberalism's ambitions and limitsin these years, political philosophers extended, developed, and reshaped this liberalism as they responded to challenges and alternatives on the left and right-from the new international economic order to the rise of the new rightin this first-ever history of contemporary liberal theory, katrina forrester shows how liberal egalitarianism-a set of ideas about justice, equality, obligation, and the state-became dominant, and traces its emergence from the political and ideological context of the postwar united states and britainusing archival sources, forrester explores the ascent and legacy of this form of liberalism by examining its origins in midcentury debates among american antistatists and british egalitarianssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenshe traces the roots of contemporary theories of justice and inequality, civil disobedience, just war, global and intergenerational justice, and population ethics in the s and '70s and beyondpages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nicks "a forceful, encyclopedic studyfine unclipped dust-wrapper
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In this third edition, leslie green provides a new introduction that sets the book in the context of subsequent developments in social and political philosophy, clarifying misunderstandings of hart's project and highlighting central tensions and problems in the workoxfam books & music aberdeen fifty years on from its original publication, hla hart's the concept of law is widely recognized as the most important work of legal philosophy published in the twentieth century, and remains the starting point for most students coming to the subject for the first timepublished in see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The rise of modern science created a crisis for western moral and political philosophy, which has theretofore relied either on christian theology or aristotelian natural teleology as guarantors of an objective standard for the good lifeoxfam bookshop ludlow signed name to front of book, probably owner rather than author see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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At once political philosophy, psychological history, social morality, the book also entails, through the quality of its writing, a literary criticismparis, librairie hachette, complete series of 11 softcover sextodecimo volumesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available] due to their richness, the origines lend themselves to multiple critical approachesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehalf leather bindings, gilt topstainthat is not the least of its merits] what is wrong? where does it come from? diagnosis- france is sick [are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitaine of the académie francaisedimensions: 13x19 cm volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages + 136 pages of index in the eleven volumes“in les origines de la france contemporaine, his magnum opus, undertaken during the aftermath of the debacle, hippolyte taine () questions the root causes that led france to defeatles origines de la france contemporaine by htaine’s book finally leads to a current reflection on democracy
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Finally there are essays that explore and assess wittgensteinian ideas, in some cases as developed by hacker, in the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind, or in related areas such as the philosophy of action and the philosophy of neuroscienceothers deal with central topics from the history of analytic philosophysome deal with issues of wittgenstein scholarship and interpretation, including areas that have attracted an increasing amount of attention, such as ethics and religiontheir contributions deal with a variety of themes associated with wittgensteinthirteen leading philosophers and wittgenstein scholars offer specially written essays in honour of hackeroxfam bookshop preston peter hacker is one of the most notable interpreters of wittgenstein's work, a powerful and sophisticated exponent of wittgensteinian ideas, and a distinguished historian of the analytic traditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop preston key concepts in philosophy is a series of concise, accessible and engaging introductions to the core ideas and topics encountered in the study of philosophythe series builds to give a solid grounding in philosophy and each book is also ideal as a companion to further studyphilosophy undergraduates will find this an invaluable aid to study, one that goes beyond simple definitions and summaries to open up a new and stimulating range of ideasepistemology - inquiry into the nature, possibility and scope of human knowledge - has been at the heart of the philosophy from ancient greek times to the presenthe also brings out with exceptional clarity the ways in which certain 'technical' issues in epistemology can have a decisive bearing on matters of practical concernsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe text highlights continuities and contrasts between early and contemporary approaches, and between the sorts of thinking that have typified the mainstream analytic and the modern 'continental' lines of descentchristopher norris provides a lucid survey and analysis of the issues that have shaped that enterprise and continue to dominate present-day discussionspecially written to meet the needs of students and those with little prior knowledge of the subject, these books open up a whole range of important, yet often difficult ideasnorris introduces the main topics of debate, among them arguments for and against adopting a realist position with regard to various fields of knowledge, from mathematics to the physical sciences and history
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Ideal for any student of philosophy of psychology or philosophy of mindoxfam shop dumfries philosophy of psychology: contemporary readings is a comprehensive anthology that includes classic and contemporary readings from leading philosophersaddressing in depth the major topics within philosophy of psychology, the editor has carefully selected articles under the following headings: pictures of the mind commonsense psychology representation and cognitive architecturethe book is highly accessible and provides a broad-ranging exploration of the subject, including discussion of the leading philosophers in the fieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morearticles by the following philosophers are included: blackburn, churchland, clark, cummins, dennett, davidson, fodor, kitcher, lewis, lycan, mcdowell, mcleod, rey, segal, sticheach section includes a helpful introduction by the editor which aims to guide the student gently into the topic
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Oxfam bookshop preston featuring updates and the inclusion of nine new chapters, analytic philosophy: an anthology, 2nd edition offers a comprehensive and authoritative collection of the most influential readings in analytic philosophy written over the past hundred yearsaustin, other bodies by tyler burge, individualism and supervenience by jerry fodor, responsibility and avoidability by roderick chisholm, alternative possibilities and moral responsibility by harry frankfurt, and personal identity by derek parfit * offers diverse approaches to analytic philosophy by including readings from austin, wittgenstein, quine, and davidsonmoore, criteria, defeasibility, and knowledge by john mcdowell, sensations and brain processes by jsmart, selections from sense and sensibilia by j* features broad coverage of analytic philosophy, including such topics as ethics, methodology, and freedom and personal identity * focuses on classic or seminal articles that were especially influential or significant * new articles in this edition include proof of an external world by gsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Bourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimsthis realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godin developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theorythe book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil societyoxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismrichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoderbourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoefferhe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critiquesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Marinetti and the philosophy of henri bergsonearly futuristic manifest about futurism and philosophyauguste joly: le futurisme et la philosophy / il futurismo e la filosofiaplease see the photos for a good impressionthe paper has always been somewhat browned and has vague foxingtononi : i manifesti del futurismo italiano , pfirst edition, (july)joly pleads that a ‘mystical identity’ shouldn’t be sought by contemplation, though through action, such as wrestling or orgies13) bilingual: simultaneously in italian and frenchplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website(dalla rivista ‘la belgique artistique et littéraire’, luglio )taylor, : futurism, pwill be shipped with registrationour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis directly ties in with the activist ideas and action of fthe manifest is in good conditionotherwise three small tears on the right sidethese are part of the descriptioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available32 (see last photo)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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A philosophy which takes its name from ecological and biological concepts, it puts forward ideals developed from traditional japanese philosophy and culture, while continually acknowledging the presence of the multivalent, contemporary worldit is a philosophy of "both-and" rather than "either-or", a practice of mix-and-match rather than creation from scratch, an ethic of inclusion rather than exclusionkurokawa feels that we will recognize each other's differing personalities while competing and will co-operate while we oppose and criticize each otheras such, it is thought to be one of the most essential statements of post-modern culture to dateoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street symbiosis, as defined by kisho kurokawa, one of japan's leading architects, is a new way of interpreting today's culturesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Julian young argues that nietzsche's thought about art can only be understood in the context of his wider philosophy this is a clear and lucid account of nietzsche's philosophy of art, combining exegesis, interpretation and criticism in a judicious balanceyoung then divides nietzsche's career and his philosophy of art into four distinct phases, but suggests that these phases describe a circleoxfam books & music olneysee oxfam website for delivery information read morean attempt at world-affirmation is made in the central phases, but nietzsche is predominantly influenced at the beginning and end of his career by a schopenhauerian pessimismin particular, he discusses the dramatic changes in nietzschean aesthetics against the background of the celebrated themes of the death of god, eternal recurrence, and the idea of the übermenschat the beginning and end art is important because it 'redeems' us from life
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Oxford university press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mindthe oxford handbook of philosophy of mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing fieldoxfam bookshop preston the study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neurosciencethe third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionalitythe fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotionthe fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other mindsthe volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agencythe first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousnessan outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music durham philosophy is a crucial, yet often overlooked, part of kinesiology students' educationpractical philosophy of sport and physical activity, second edition, provides students with a thorough, clear, and practical introduction to the philosophy of physical activity and sport, and in doing so, prepares them for the ethical questions they will face as professionals each chapter includes objectives, philosophical exercises, reviews, and study questions to reinforce understanding see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear to cover, very good overall condition in political romanticism, carl schmitt defends a concept of political action based on notions of good and evil, justice and injustice, and attacks the political passivity entailed by the romanticism of experience see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A comedy and a philosophya comedy and a philosophy by bernard shawfront cover seperated from the rest of the bookpages clean but a couple may have small mark, thereonpublished by constable and compsny ltdit is signed by dr, maudsleyman and supermanspine badly damaged, please see picturesby bernard shawman and superman******there is a note written on the flyleaf, please see picturemaudsley of the maudsely hospital london ?****** read morecould this be something to do with dryear of publication
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philosophy text book for a2 ethics and philosophy of mind by micheal lacewing in good condition, @ £ 200 or collect yourself for free postage50 and plus postage £2
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Title: think: a compelling introduction to philosophylist price (msrp): 9condition: goodauthors: simon blackburnproduct category: books
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Title: philosophy for busy peoplefirst edition: falselist price (msrp): 9authors: alain stephenbinding: hardcovercondition: very goodproduct category: books
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Title: the consolations of philosophytitle: the consolations of philosophylist price (msrp): 9condition: goodbinding: paperbackauthors: alain de bottonproduct category: books
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Title: the ultimate south park and philosophy: respect my philosophah! (the blackwell philosophy and pop culture series)
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