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Augustine and the Disciplines | |||
| From Cassiciacum to Confessions | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Karla Pollmann; Mark Vessey (Edited by) | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2007 258 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0199230048 | ||||
| Published Price £21.00 | Sale Price £6.99 | |||
| Augustine (354-430) is widely regarded as one of the founders of the Bible-centred Christian culture of medieval Europe, and as the promulgator of the canon of Liberal Arts that was to shape educational curricula for centuries. These nine essays question Augustine's historical significance as a disciplinary thinker, concentrating on the period in his intellectual development between De Ordine and the Confessiones and examining the relationship of Augustine's educational theories to other initiatives in Christian education in late antiquity. | ||||
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An Introduction to Mill's Utilitarian Ethics | |||
| Politics, Philosophy & Economics | ||||
| Henry R West | ||||
| Cambridge University Press 2004 220 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0521535417 | ||||
| Published Price £15.99 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| For undergraduates assigned to read Utilitarianism, this is an up-to-date and user-friendly introduction that serves as both commentary to and interpretation of the text, and also defends Mill against his critics. Professor West begins by tracing Mill's life and philosophical background and his criticism of alternative theories. Further chapters address aspects of Mill's utilitarianism including the theory of qualitative hedonism and the 'proof' of the principle of utility. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. | ||||
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The Classification of Visual Art | |||
| A Philosophical Myth and Its History | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Tiffany Sutton | ||||
| Cambridge University Press 2000 188 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0521772362 | ||||
| Published Price £45.00 | Sale Price £5.99 | |||
| Bridging the disciplines of philosophy and art history, this book engages with the long-standing debate about what it is that bestows the designation 'art' on an object. Among the current theories and concerns that are discussed are juxtapositionality in art history, readymades; the role of patronage in the contemporary visual arts; how a theory of art can be extended to account for other art forms, including mixed media; and conceptual art. Felt-tip mark on upper trimmed edge. | ||||
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Leibniz's 'New System' | |||
| and Associated Contemporary Texts | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| R S Woolhouse; Richard Francks (Trans.; Ed.) | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2006 265 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0198248458 | ||||
| Published Price £24.00 | Sale Price £5.99 | |||
| Leibniz's essay, the 'New System of the Nature of Substances and their Communication' (1695), introduced to European readers the metaphysical ideas which Leibniz had begun to explore a decade earlier. He was drawn into discussion and development of his increasingly famous 'system' with a variety of thinkers. The key texts of this debate are presented here: Leibniz' original essay and his correspondence with Simon Foucher, Henri Basnage, Pierre Bayle, Francois Lamy, Isaac Jaquelot, Damaris Masham, Pierre Desmaizeau and Rene Joseph de Tournemine. | ||||
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Roy Jenkins | |||
| A Retrospective | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Andrew Adonis; Keith Thomas (Edited by) | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2004 372 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0199274878 | ||||
| Published Price £18.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| Roy Jenkins (1920-2003) was a commanding figure in Britain for four decades, with a political impact greater than that of many prime ministers of the period. In this Retrospective friends and associates from every phase of his life chart his remarkable career - from Balliol and Bletchley Park to his later years as one of the nation's elder statesmen and an acclaimed political biographer. Contributors include Roy Hattersley, Kenneth Baker and Jenkins's biographer, Andrew Adonis. | ||||
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Fair Trade for All | |||
| How Trade can Promote Development | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Joseph E Stiglitz; Andrew Charlton | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2005 315 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0199290903 | ||||
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| While the rest of the world cannot solve the problems facing developing countries, the new model presented in Fair Trade For All analyses the failures of past trade agreements and proposes how markets can be opened up to the interests of all, so as to help the poorest countries to help themselves. Written on behalf of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, the report on which this book is based has been presented at both the UN and the WTO. | ||||
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Gladstone Centenary Essays | |||
| Politics, Philosophy & Economics | ||||
| David Bebbington; Roger Swift (Edited by) | ||||
| Liverpool University Press 2000 288 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0853239355 | ||||
| Published Price £18.50 | Sale Price £6.99 | |||
| William Ewart Gladstone towers over the politics of the 19th century, renowned for his policies of financial rectitude, his campaigns to settle the Irish question and his championship of the rights of small nations. Covering the whole of the statesman's long political life, from the first Reform Act to the 1890s, this volume of 13 essays ranges over topics including parliamentary reform, free trade, Gladstone's relationship with Peel, his Homeric studies, his English Nonconformist supporters and his Irish Unionist opponents. | ||||
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Reading Bayle | |||
| Politics, Philosophy & Economics | ||||
| Thomas M Lennon | ||||
| Toronto UP 1999 202 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0802082661 | ||||
| Published Price £12.95 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Author of the Dictionnaire historique et critique, 1696 ('the philosophical blockbuster of all time'), the French Protestant philosopher Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) has been described as the key intellectual figure at the turn of the 18th century, yet he remains an elusive figure. Among Lennon's aims in this study is to indicate how to overcome the 'initial impenetrability' of Bayle's writings, and to discuss themes suggested by his own reading of Bayle - integrity, authority, toleration, idolatry and providence. | ||||
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Lives of Victorian Political Figures | |||
| (Four volumes) | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Michael Partridge (Edited by) | ||||
| Pickering & Chatto 2006 1760 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1851968261 | ||||
| Published Price £175.00 | Sale Price £25.00 | |||
| Three iconic Victorian politicians - Palmerston, Disraeli and Gladstone - are the subjects of this first set in a major series on Victorian political figures. Their lives are surveyed by the use of carefully selected extracts from rare contemporary sources. The documents, including memoirs, private journals and diaries, magazines, periodicals and newspapers and political pamphlets, are printed in facsimile, each with a substantial introduction giving its provenance, the author's background and the document's context, and notes. Index in volume four. No jackets. | ||||
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The Human Touch | |||
| Our Part in the Creation of a Universe | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Michael Frayn | ||||
| Metropolitan 2007 505 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0805081488 235x155mm | ||||
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| What would the universe be like without us? Would the laws of science and mathematics still exist if we were not here to express them? Would all this matter, and can we know about anything outside of ourselves anyway? This paradox has troubled humankind for millennia, and it lies behind many of Michael Frayn's own novels and plays; here he confronts it, addressing the subjectivity of our understanding of the universe from our position 'right in the thick of things'. Off-mint with felt-tip mark on upper trimmed edge. | ||||
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Thomas Reid's Theory of Perception | |||
| Politics, Philosophy & Economics | ||||
| Ryan Nichols | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2007 304 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0199276919 | ||||
| Published Price £44.00 | Sale Price £6.99 | |||
| Ryan Nichols presents an interpretation of the theory of perception held by Thomas Reid (1710-1796), who founded, albeit inadvertently, the 'Scottish Common Sense' school. Beginning with Reid's methodology, including his faculty psychology, the study encompasses detailed discussion of the nature of conceptual awareness, the application of his theory of suggestion to tactile perception, sensations, visual perception, qualities, perceptual learning and Reid's answer to the Molyneux question. | ||||
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The Blunkett Tapes | |||
| My Life in the Bear Pit | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| David Blunkett | ||||
| Bloomsbury 2006 872 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 074758821X | ||||
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| After 18 years on Sheffield's City Council, David Blunkett entered Parliament in 1987, and was soon at the very centre of New Labour politics. Despite the blindness which would have deterred a less determined character, he served in many key positions, including Home Secretary from 2001 to 2004. Blunkett is famed for his refreshing candour and bluntness, and his intimate diary is a colourful and very readable account of life in what he aptly terms 'the bear pit' of national politics. Off-mint. | ||||
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Motherland | |||
| A Philosophical History of Russia | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Lesley Chamberlain | ||||
| Atlantic 2004 331 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1843542854 | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| Lesley Chamberlain identifies the two fundamental questions asked by Russian philosophers over the past two centuries: what makes a good man, and what is the right way to live? Her history of their answers shows how the tradition of Russian thought was affected by the years of Communism, with radical ideas driven underground. Motherland offers an interpretation of the country's intellectual life through postmodern eyes, demonstrating how it anticipated the breakdown of Western trust in reason. | ||||
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Mahatma Gandhi | |||
| Nonviolent Power in Action | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | |||
| Dennis Dalton | ||||
| Columbia University Press 2000 280 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0231122373 | ||||
| Published Price £14.50 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| This study traces Gandhi's intellectual life and his career as a non-violent activist, looking in particular at civil disobediance and the salt march of 1930 and the fast of 1947. | ||||
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Volatility and Growth | |||
| Politics, Philosophy & Economics | ||||
| Philippe Aghion; Abhijit Banerjee | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2005 148 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0199248613 | ||||
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| Using both simple theoretical models and empirical analysis, Aghion and Banerjee show that by looking at the economy through the lens of private entrepreneurs, who invest under credit constraints, one can go a long way towards explaining persistent macroeconomic volatility and the effects of volatility on growth. At the same time, they propose a new approach to analyse the impact of macroeconomic policies on long run growth and the design of stabilization programmes. Off-mint. | ||||
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