Social and political philosophy Books
Verso Books Introduction to Modernity: Twelve Preludes,
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1962, when Lefebvre was beginning his career as a lecturer in sociology at the University of Strasbourg, it established his position in the vanguard of a movement which was to culminate in the events of May 1968. A classic analysis of the modern world using Marxist dialectic, it is a book which supersedes the conventional divisions between academic disciplines. With dazzling skill, Lefebvre moves from philosophy to sociology, from literature to history, to present a profound analysis of the social, political and cultural forces at work in France and the world in the aftermath of Stalin's death-an analysis in which the contours of our own "postmodernity" appear with startling clarity.
£999.99
Verso Books Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists: And Other Essays
Book SynopsisIntended to contribute, in his own words, to a "left-wing critique of Stalinism that would help put some substance back into the revolutionary project here in the West," they are the record of a shared history. At the same time they chart Althusser's critique of the theoretical system unveiled in his own major works, and his developing practice of philosophy as a "revolutionary weapon." Attesting to the unique place which Althusser has occupied in modern intellectual history-between a tradition of Marxism which he sought to reconstruct, and a "post-Marxism" which has eclipsed its predecessor-these texts are indispensable reading.Trade ReviewLouis Althusser influenced so many discourses, actions and existences by the radiant and provocative force of his thought. -- Jacques Derrida (in praise of Louis Althusser)One reads him with excitement. There is no mystery about his capacity to inspire the intelligent young. -- Eric Hobsbawm (in praise of Louis Althusser)
£19.94
Imprint Academic Philosophy and Its Public Role
Book SynopsisThis brings together moral, social and political philosophers from Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States who explore a wide range of issues under the three headings of Philosophy, Society and Culture; Ethics, Economics and Justice; and Rights, Law and Punishment. The topics discussed range from the public responsibility of intellectuals to the justice of military tribunals, and from posthumous reproduction to the death penalty.
£20.82
Imprint Academic Philosophy of War and Peace
Book SynopsisThis book considers historical and current events from the standpoint of moral philosophy. It describes: real wars and the ways in which they have or have not been fought according to principles of justice; terrorism, torture and the effects of scientific discoveries on the way war is conducted; peace movements and the influences of religion on the ideology surrounding warfare. The book criticises the ethical theories of analytical philosophers in the 20th and 21st centuries.
£21.49
Imprint Academic Sensibility and Sense: The Aesthetic
Book SynopsisAesthetic sensibility rests on perceptual experience and characterizes not only our experience of the arts but our experience of the world. Sensibility and Sense offers a philosophically comprehensive account of humans'' social and cultural embeddedness encountered, recognized, and fulfilled as an aesthetic mode of experience. Extending the range of aesthetic experience from the stone of the earth''s surface to the celestial sphere, the book focuses on the aesthetic as a dimension of social experience. The guiding idea of pervasive interconnectedness, both social and environmental, leads to an aesthetic critique of the urban environment, the environment of daily life, and of terrorism, and has profound implications for grounding social and political values. The aesthetic emerges as a powerful critical tool for appraising urban culture and political practice.
£21.49
Imprint Academic The School of Freedom: A liberal education reader
Book SynopsisLiberal education is not a theory. It is the tradition by which Western civilisation has preserved and enriched its inheritance for two and a half thousand years. Yet liberal education is a term that has fallen from use in Britain, its traditional meaning now freely confused with its opposite. This book is intended to correct that misapprehension, through the presentation of original source material from the high points in the liberal education tradition with particular focus on the British experience. Section 1: Origins (c. 450 BC to c. 450 AD) Section 2: The British Tradition (c. 750 to 1950) Section 3: After Tradition (1950 onward) Section 4: Liberal Education Redux (America).
£18.52
Imprint Academic Practical Philosophy: Ethics, Society and Culture
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£999.99
Ebury Publishing Life Worth Living: A guide to what matters most
Book SynopsisWhat kind of life would be truly worth wanting? What kind of world would be truly worth seeking? How should we live?We are facing a crisis of meaning. Swept up in the obstacles of the day-to-day, the deeper questions of our fundamental purpose linger just beneath the surface of our personal lives and our collective culture. What we need is to seek the truth.In Life Worth Living, leading Yale theologians Volf, Croasmun and McAnnally-Linz offer a deep dive beneath the levels of habit, strategy and introspection to the bedrock question of what kind of life is truly worth living. Inspired by the leading Yale course of the same name, this perspective-shifting book will guide you through life's biggest questions. Drawing on the world's greatest religious and philosophical traditions, this is your path to understanding the true meaning of life.Trade Review'Life Worth Living is an essential roadmap for anyone who's ever wondered about how to live the good life. It's the accessible crash course we all need to explore the big questions that lead to a happier, more morally satisfying life.' * Laurie Santos, Professor of Psychology at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab podcast *Life Worth Living is transcendent. A collection of wisdom punctuated by questions of great consequence, this is the only book you need to find your way from where you are to where you are called to be. * Kelly Corrigan, New York Times bestselling author and host of Kelly Corrigan Wonders *'This valuable book is full of the wisdom of many minds and cultures on essential questions about selfhood, notably, how the self is to be understood, disciplined and enjoyed, and how it can discover an integrity that will be expressed in a good life. The questions are ancient, but the book is absolutely timely.' * Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Gilead and Housekeeping *'Three great scholars tackling the most important of questions! This book is worth rolling up your sleeves, saying your prayers, and diving into what could be quite possibly the most important work you ever do. Whether on your own or with a small group, make this book a priority.' * The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church and author of Love is the Way and The Power of Love *
£14.24
Open Gate Press The Failure of the Sexual Revolution: A Reissue
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£10.93
University College Dublin Press Diverse Republic
Book SynopsisThe Republic of Ireland has changed much in the last few decades. It has become much more socially liberal, urban, secular and wealthy. It has also experienced large-scale immigration during a period when other Anglophone and many other European countries mainstream political parties have witnessed the exploitation of anti-immigrant nativism by some political mainstream parties as well as by the far right. Diverse Republic examines, as part of a wider focus on how immigration has changed Irish society, the emergence of antiimmigrant far-right groups through a focus on some key figures within these. It also considers the response of mainstream politics to immigration and examines efforts to encourage the integration of newcomers. The first part of the book examines how Irish society and identity has changed since the foundation of the state. This is relevant to the second part, which examines how and to what extent far right anti-immigration politics are likely to flourish or not in the Irish case. The second part of the book examines the appeal of far-right political responses to immigration in a context where some Irish citizens no longer appear to be represented by the political mainstream and where nativist populists lay claim to the symbols and heroes of the Republic. Diverse Republic makes the case for proactive measures to promote immigrant integration and social cohesion through citizenship, social policy and community development. It engages with shifting nationalist understandings of Irishness and makes the case for taking these seriously even if anti-immigrant nativist nationalism has found only fringe support in Irish politics to date. The symbols and history of what has become a diverse Republic should not become the property of those who would exclude some of its citizens.Trade Review'Alan Shatter, the man behind the citizenship ceremony, on why Bryan Fanning's book about the importance of integration deserves to be widely read' - Irish Independent, May 2021. 'Professor Bryan Fanning's new book, Diverse Republic, is a timely discourse that challenges us to look closely at our behaviours and attitudes towards immigrants in today's Ireland' - UCD Today, April 2021 'Waters cuts a lonely figure in the Irish media landscape but equivalent views to his have driven the narratives of politically successful nativist populists in other English-speaking and European democratic countries.' - Bryan Fanning, writing in the Dublin Review of Books, May 2021'Nativist politics have not played a big role in recent Irish elections. Might that change?' - Bryan Fanning, Irish Times, May 2021Table of ContentsAcknowledgements v Introduction Irish-Ireland Making Ireland Modern Immigration Nation Buying into Nativism White Irish Nationalisms Irish Far-Right Perspectives Immigration and Politics The Umbrella of Citizenship Inclusive Communities and Social Cohesion Diverse Republic Notes Select Bibliography Index
£23.75
Lawrence & Wishart Ltd Marx's Capital: A Student Edition
Book SynopsisThis new edition of C. J. Arthur's student edition of Marx's most famous text is re-issued for Marx's 200th birthday in May 2018. Marx's Capital: A Student Edition makes one of the most influential texts of the modern era open and accessible to readers as never before. Karl Marx's Capital was first published in 1867, since when it has become the classic text of Marxism for professional economists, social scientists, philosophers, students, and political activists alike. But the sheer extent of Marx's great work of political economy has often daunted readers, and hampered their understanding of his ideas. Harold Wilson once jokingly claimed he gave up when he came across a two-page footnote on the first page. C.J. Arthur, whose student edition of The German Ideology by Marx and Engels has long proved popular, has substantially edited and abridged Marx's monumental work. His efforts make this book, one of the most influential texts of the modern era, open and accessible to readers as never before.Trade Review`Whatever the state of current politics, Karl Marx remains one of the great thinkers of the modern world. Chris Arthur has solved the problem of slimming down Capital, without tearing the fabric of Marx's argument or losing the flavour of his style, with exceptional success. All students will have reason to thank him.' - E.J. Hobsbawm
£19.00
Luath Press Ltd McSmörgåsbord: What post-Brexit Scotland can
Book SynopsisThe Nordic countries have a veritable smörgåsbord of relationships with the European Union, from in to out to somewhere in between. So, what does that mean for Scotland? Well, somewhere in this incredible diversity of relationships with Europe is an arrangement that’s likely to be good for Scotland too – strangely enough, maybe more than one. Inside or outside the UK, Scotland wants to keep trade and cultural links with Europe – that much is clear. But is the EU really the best club in town for an independent Scotland? Or would Scots benefit from ‘doing a Norway’ – joining the halfway house of the EEA and keeping the Single Market but losing the troublesome Common Fisheries and Agriculture Policies? Would an independent Scotland need the support and shelter of another union – or could the nation stand alone like the tiny Faroes or Iceland? These tough questions have already been faced and resolved by five Nordic nations and their autonomous territories within the last 40 years. Perhaps there’s something for Scotland to learn? The unique combination of personal experience and experts’ insights give this book its hands-on character: pragmatic and thought-provoking, challenging and instructive, full of amazing stories and useful comparisons, enriching the debates about Scotland’s post-Brexit future as a Nordic neighbour. Scotland’s response to Britain’s divided Brexit vote has been positively Nordic – Scots expect diversity and empowerment to be entirely possible – whilst Westminster’s reaction has been decidedly British. One singer – one song. One deal for everyone – end of. Lesley Riddoch Of course, the majority of Nordic nations are eu members. But perhaps the eea is a closer fit for Scotland? Perhaps, too, a viable halfway house option would boost support for Scottish independence? Especially since Holyrood may not automatically retrieve powers from Europe post Brexit. Paddy BortTrade Review.Table of ContentsPrefaceThe Trading Clubs of Europe, their rules and origins Glossary Timeline Chapter One: Sampling the Smörgåsbord of Nordic Relations with Europe – Lesley Riddoch and Paddy Bort Chapter Two: Norden – an intertwined history – Mary Hilson Chapter Three: Lessons from Iceland – Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson Chapter Four: A Reverse Greenland? – Ulrik Pram Gad Chapter Five: The Faroe Islands – All about Fish – Bjørt Samuelsen Chapter Six: Fishing, Forestry and Agriculture: Sustainability and the ‘Norwegian Model’ – Duncan Halley Chapter Seven: No Signs of Swexit – Sweden and the European Union – Eberhard Bort Chapter Eight: Finland – Totally in and helping to write the EU rulebook – Tuomas Iso-Markku Chapter Nine: Options for Scotland – Lesley Riddoch Appendix Nordic Country Profiles
£7.99
Luath Press Ltd Essentials of Basic Income
Book SynopsisThis innovative book provides a new, concise perspective on Basic Income - a regular, unconditional payment to every citizen resident in the country. This book has been rigoursly researched and thus will appeal to academics and policy-makers, as well, as to the general reader who is concerned about the current state of social security in the UK.
£6.71
Headline Publishing Group Politics
Book SynopsisA timeless study of politics and society by one of the all-time greatest thinkers.A student of Plato, Aristotle is considered a founding father of philosophy and ethics. This reflection on the role of government, and an individual's role within it, remains as prescient and relevant now as when it was written. One of the most influential books in history, Politics has influenced the greatest thinkers of the last 1,000 years and is a crucial book for those interested in evaluating the way our societies are structured.Part of a boldly designed series of classics, with wider margins for notes, this book is perfect for design-lovers and students alike. With bold, eye-catching graphic covers by Evi O Studio, this collection aims to introduce a selection of the most celebrated works of the last thousand years to a new audience. Featuring tales of adventure, fiction from the 19th and 20th centuries, feminist writings, and reflections on art, politics, philosophy and the origins of man, this is a small, wide-reaching and essential collection.'Man is naturally a political animal.'
£14.24
Legend Press Ltd Utopia (Hero Classics)
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£9.49
Wellred What is Marxism
£18.36
Daraja Press Partisan Universalism
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£18.89
Radical Philosophy Archive Ltd Vocations of the Political: Mario Tronti and Max
Book SynopsisAsserting that 'Lenin was closer to Max's Weber's "Politics as Vocation'" than to the German working-class struggle', Italian philosopher and radical theorist of 1960s 'operaismo', Mario Tronti has engaged in a lifelong project of thinking 'the autonomy of the political'. These essays mark the conjunction of the English-language edition of Tronti's 1966 "Workers and Capital" with the centenary of Weber's famous 1919 lecture.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Power, Ethics and Enmity in the Work of Mario Tronti HOWARD CAYGILL Part 1 MARIO TRONTI 1. Weber and Workers (2019) MARIO TRONTI 2. The God and the Warrior (2015) MARIO TRONTI 3. Political Hegel (1976) MARIO TRONTI 4. Remarks on Terror and the Political MARIO TRONTI Part 2 VOCATIONS OF THE POLITICAL 5. The Autonomy of Means or Politics as a Vocation ‘di parte’ ELLETRA STIMILLI 6. Ira et studium, or, Tragedy as Vocation ALBERTO TOSCANO 7. Warring Gods: Tronti’s Political-Theological Turn ALEX MARTIN 8. Tronti, Weber and the Demonology of the Political HOWARD CAYGILL IMAGE CREDITS CONTRIBUTORS INDEX
£11.78
Memoria Books Le Prince en grands caractres
£16.15
De Gruyter Anerkennung
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£72.20
de Gruyter Textes de 1818: Lectures À l'Athénée, Annales de
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£223.12
De Gruyter Das Böse
Book SynopsisIm ersten Teil werden die Anfänge und Verzweigungen des Bösen dargestellt. Das Böse beschreibt schreckliche Taten und Unterlassungen und verweist auf eine Symbolik des Unreinen, Dunklen und Inferioren und auf die harten Realitäten von Knappheit und Konkurrenz; es spiegelt sich in Lasterkatalogen und in Ausdrucksformen des Neids, der Grausamkeit, des Hasses, der Zerstörungslust und des Fanatismus wider. Im zweiten Teil geht es um Formen der Etablierung des Bösen durch Gewohnheiten und Institutionen, um das Böse in kollektiver Mitwirkung, in der Exklusion und Marginalisierung, exzessiven Strafen und in der Despotie. Es gibt böse Gegenden und Anziehungspunkte und böse Zeiten wie Kriege. Administrative Massentötung richtet sich gegen Menschen und Tiere, das Böse wuchert auch im „Krieg gegen das Böse“. Im dritten Teil werden Gegenkräfte des Bösen untersucht: Neben den präventiven Mitteln gibt es auch ein weites Spektrum der Nachverarbeitung des vergangenen Bösen durch angemessene Erinnerung, Schuldgefühle und Reue. Tadel und Strafe sind zweischneidige Antworten auf das Böse. Problematisch ist auch das Programm einer Umerziehung der menschlichen Natur. Anstelle von „Lösungen“ zur Elimination des Bösen werden Korrektive wie z.B. ein moderater und konstruktiver Egoismus erwogen.
£21.38
De Gruyter Ethics of Humanitarian Interventions
Book SynopsisHumanitarian Interventions - that sounds nice; much nicer than wars, battles and use of military force. Foremost, the phrase makes you think of the delivery of sanitary goods, medication, of soup-kitchens. Here we are not supposed to think of interventions of this kind; we have to have humanitarian interventions in mind which are humanitarian intervention-wars. (I) At exactly what point is the use of military force a humanitarian intervention? What is the humanitarian aspect of those interventions? Their occasion? Their motive? Their alleged as well as their actual consequences? (II) At exactly what point are humanitarian intervention-wars morally justifiable? Are they justifiable even if they are wars of aggression breaching international law? And finally: (III) Was the war which was presented to us as the paradigmatic example of a humanitarian-intervention-war, that is: the war in Kosovo in the spring of 1999 (with over 37,000 bombing missions), really justifiable as a humanitarian intervention? Many of us wanted to believe so at the time. Does our ex ante judgement hold today in an ex post reflection? And which lessons for the future should we learn from the success or failure of this humanitarian war? These are the questions proposed in this book; therefore, it is concerned with problems of semantics (part I), problems of moral assessment (part II) and with the moral, legal and political conclusions we draw from our experiences with the war in Kosovo, our primary example of a humanitarian intervention (part III). International experts in the areas of philosophy, international law, sociology and peace studies debated these questions vigorously for several days. This is the resulting volume.
£114.32
de Gruyter Normative Konstituenzien Der Demokratie
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£101.96
De Gruyter Hannah Arendt and Jacques Derrida
£70.65
JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Die Staatstheorie Karl Poppers: Eine
Book SynopsisAls geistiger Vater der "offenen Gesellschaft" wurde Karl Popper zum Hofphilosophen der westlichen Demokratie. Seine Staatstheorie steht vor dem Hintergrund seiner bahnbrechenden Wissenschaftstheorie, da er von einer Einheit der Methode ausgeht.Allerdings hat Popper selbst auf eine zusammenhängende Darstellung seiner politischen Philosophie verzichtet. Jack Nasher gibt die Staatstheorie Poppers aus seinem gesamten Opus mosaikartig wieder, möglichst in dessen eigenen Worten.Poppers offene Gesellschaft ist gekennzeichnet von einer Politik der kleinen Schritte, die stets an ihrer Wirkung zur Verbesserung von Lebensumständen gemessen werden. Das Stammesleben ist aufgegeben, zugunsten eines freien Individuums - die immer wiederkehrende Stammessehnsucht ist dagegen brandgefährlich. Kern der Demokratie ist es, Herrscher ohne Blutvergießen loswerden zu können. Mit "Volksherrschaft" hat sie hingegen wenig zu tun, was dem Bürger verständlich gemacht werden muss, da es sonst zu unheilbringenden Enttäuschungen kommt.Popper zeigt eindrucksvoll, weshalb nur die offene Gesellschaft zur freiesten und reichsten Gesellschaft führen konnte, die es jemals gab.100 % des Autorenhonorars gehen an Human Rights Watch, da diese Organisation es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht hat, als Korrektiv gegen Menschenrechtsverletzungen zu fungieren. Wenn wir auch nicht versuchen sollten, alle Menschen glücklich zu machen, so können wir zumindest menschliches Leid vermindern.
£18.05
Aschendorff Verlag Migrationen Des Heiligen: Gott, Der Staat Und Die
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£22.32
Duncker & Humblot Glossarium: Aufzeichnungen Aus Den Jahren 1947
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£59.42
Duncker & Humblot Politische Theologie II: Die Legende Von Der
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£26.91
Duncker & Humblot Theorie Des Partisanen: Zwischenbemerkung Zum
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£22.41
Duncker & Humblot Der Begriff Des Politischen: Synoptische
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£59.42
Duncker & Humblot Wertungen: Philosophische Pramissen Evaluativer
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£999.99
Duncker & Humblot Politische Theologie: Vier Kapitel Zur Lehre Von
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£18.90
Duncker & Humblot GmbH Das Problem der Commons im Lichte der Kölner
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£87.92
Duncker & Humblot GmbH Ex Captivitate Salus
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£18.90
Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Was Ist Gewalt?: Philosophische Untersuchungen Zu
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£25.02
Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Das Zwischenreich (T? Eta )
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£21.66
Verlag Karl Alber Philosophieren in Einer Globalisierten Welt: Wege
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£22.80
Karl-Alber-Verlag Anthropozan - Klimawandel - Biodiversitat:
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£32.40
Karl-Alber-Verlag Randzonen Der Erfahrung: Beitrage Zur
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£26.10
Dietrich Reimer Politische Ikonologie: Bildkritik Nach Martin
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£39.20
Brill I Schoeningh Religious Experience Secular Reason and Politics
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£66.75
Brill I Schoeningh Neutraler Staat
£84.15
Lit Verlag Call Responding and the worlds inbetween Doing
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£50.40
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Wandlungsprozesse in der deutschen Auswärtigen Kulturpolitik: Eine mehrdimensionale Analyse am Beispiel der Deutschlandjahre
Book SynopsisVor dem Hintergrund neuer Machtkonzepte wie Soft Power und Nation Branding hat die Auswärtige Kulturpolitik als „dritte Säule“ deutscher Außenpolitik einen erheblichen Bedeutungszuwachs erfahren. Hannah Bauersachs erklärt und analysiert, wie das deutsche Image im Ausland mithilfe professionell geplanter Kampagnen gezielt beeinflusst werden soll, welche Rolle Kultur als außenpolitisches Instrument spielt und wie die Grenzen zwischen Außenkulturpolitik und Wirtschaftsförderung dabei zusehends verschwimmen. Anhand einer theoretischen und historischen Einordnung wird herausgearbeitet, wie sich die AKBP unter dem Einfluss neuer Machtkonzepte gewandelt hat und aufgezeigt, dass ein einschneidender Paradigmenwechsel stattgefunden hat. Table of ContentsDeutsche Auswärtige Kulturpolitik im Spannungsfeld zwischen alten Idealen und neuen Herausforderungen.- Cultural Diplomacy gleich Auswärtige Kulturpolitik?.- Die Wirtschaft als Akteur in der deutschen Auswärtigen Kulturpolitik.- Externe Kommunikationsagenturen: Welche Rolle spielen eingekaufte Dienstleister?.- Bedeutung der Deutschlandjahre für die deutsche Auswärtige Kulturpolitik .
£47.49
Springer VS Marxistische Kritik an
Book SynopsisEinleitung.- Marxismus.- Theoretische Vorläufer der Intersektionalitätsforschung.- Aktivistische Ursprünge und Akademisierung der Intersektionalität.- Intersektionaler Blick und Methode.- Der Zusammenhang von Klasse, Rasse und Geschlecht.- Schluss.
£52.24
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Psychologie und Strategie im Business Planning
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£36.09
Brill Fink Pierre Bourdieu: Philosophie Für Einsteiger
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£18.90
