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Patterns Of Intention: On The Historical Explanation Of Pictures
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Author: Michael BaxandallBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press., 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work, Patterns Of Intention: On The Historical Explanation...
Friendship
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A collection of beautiful quotes filled with inspirational words suitable for any age.
Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think about Art, Pleasure,
The New York Times chief film critic shows why we need criticism now more than ever Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A....
The Intelligence of Place: Topographies and Poetics
Place has become a widespread concept in contemporary work in the humanities, creative arts, and social sciences. Yet in spite of its centrality, place remains a concept more often deployed...
The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the
There are two stories you hear about earning a living as an artist in the digital age. One comes from Silicon Valley. There's never been a better time to be...
Reproduction, Technology, and Rights
In Reproduction, Technology, and Rights, philosophers and ethicists debate the central moral issues and problems raised by today's revolution in reproductive technology. Leading issues discussed include the ethics of paternal...
Bioethics in a Liberal Society
This readable and balanced book is an original discussion of contemporary issues in bioethics. Max Charlesworth argues that as there can be no public consensus on a set of core...
The Phenomenology of Mind
In The Phenomenology of Mind, idealist philosopher Georg Hegel (1770-1831) defied the traditional epistemological distinction of objective from subjective and developed his own dialectical alternative. Remarkable for the breadth and...
Caring: Gender-Sensitive Ethics
Peta Bowden extends and challenges recent debates over feminist ethics. In this book the author takes issue with accounts of the ethics of care which try to pin down the...
European Art: A Neuroarthistory
A bold revision of the history of European art, told through the lens of neuroscience Ambitious and much anticipated, this book celebrates the value of recent neuroscientific discoveries as tools...
The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity: Twelve Lectures
The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity is a tour de force that has the immediacy and accessibility of the lecture form and the excitement of an encounter across, national cultural boundaries....
War and Power: Who Wins Wars - and Why
A bold, revisionist study which challenges modern misconceptions about the creation of power and the operations of war, from a Professor of Strategic Studies War and power are two of...
To Mock a Mockingbird: and Other Logic Puzzles
In this entertaining and challenging collection of logic puzzles, Raymond Smullyan -- author of Forever Undecided -- continues to delight and astonish us with his gift for making available, in...
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .: Understanding Philosophy
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This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes they'd had in school. Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar ... has been a...
The Master-Christian
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Author: Marie CorelliBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen & Co., 1900Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cracked hinges, net showing. No...
Body And Mind: A History And A Defense Of Animism
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Author: William McdougallBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work in psychology presents...
Natural Law In The Spiritual World
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Author: Henry DrummondBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, 1885Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn and frayed spine. Internally...
The Lowell Lectures On: The Ascent Of Man
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Author: Henry DrummondBinding: HardbackPublished: HODDER AND STOUGHTON, LTD., 1894Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis seminal work, The Ascent of...
A Modern Utopia
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Author: H. G. WellsBinding: HardbackPublished: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsH.G. Wells's A Modern...
Thomas Wingfold: Curate
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Author: George Mac Donald, Ll.D.Binding: HardbackPublished: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd, 1893Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sunned...
The Art Of War
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Author: Sun TzuBinding: PaperbackPublished: Wilco, 2024Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work of military strategy, The Art Of War, presents a...
No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom For Life
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Author: Thich Nhat HanhBinding: PaperbackPublished: RIDER, 2002Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis profound work of spiritual philosophy presents a compassionate perspective on...
What We Think About When We Think About Football
What do we think about when we think about football? Football is about so many things: memory, history, place, social class, gender (especially masculinity, but increasingly femininity too), family identity,...
Philosophy For Dummies
Discover how to apply ancient wisdom to your everyday life Philosophy at its best is an activity more than a body of knowledge. In an ancient sense, done right, it...
The Holy Geeta
The Holy Geeta, or the Song Celestial, is a dialogue between the Lord and a man of action set amidst the din and roar of the war. The good and...
Eastern Wisdom
The aim of the book is to provide an accessi ble introduction to the major faiths & philosophies of India , China & Japan. The text contains the most in-depth...
Great Documents Of The World: Milestones Of Human Thought
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Author: Friedrich HeerBinding: HardbackPublished: McGraw-Hill, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General wear and fraying of external dust jacket; inside pages in good conditionThis scholarly volume presents a...
The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays On Postmodern Culture
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Author: Hal FosterBinding: PaperbackPublished: New Press, The, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor wear on external cover; pages in good conditionThis...
Three Facts: Being Also The Composition Of Three Days, Three Dialogues, Three Maps
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Author: Imants TillersBinding: PaperbackPublished: -Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageUnknown
Ethics for Beginners
This is an introduction to moral philosophical thought. The book traces the arguments of the great moral thinkers of the past, including Socrates, Plato, Aristole, Hobbes and Kant, and presents...
Design and Crime (And Other Diatribes)
In these diatribes on the marketing of culture and the branding of identity, the development of spectacle-architecture and the rise of global cities, Hal Foster surveys our new political economy...
John Ruskin: The Argument Of The Eye
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Author: Robert HewisonBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames & Hudson., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor tear to back of DJ,...
Alternate Interfaces: Stelarc
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Author: StelarcBinding: PaperbackPublished: Monash University., 2002Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling volume chronicles the groundbreaking work of a visionary artist...
Language, Truth and Logic
If you can't prove something, it is literally senseless - so argues Ayer in this irreverent and electrifying book. Statements are either true by definition (as in maths), or can...
A Shamanic Theology Of Sacred Sustainability: Church And Shamans In Dialogue For Liberative Struggle In Asia
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Author: Jojo M. Fung, SjBinding: PaperbackPublished: Jesuit Communications Foundation Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic work presents a profound theological examination...
The God-Seeker
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Author: Sinclair LewisBinding: HardbackPublished: WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD, 1949Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: ripped jacket on spine, light foxing on pagesThis...
The Ethical Space Of Cabinets 7 & 8
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Author: Joseph KosuthBinding: PaperbackPublished: Book Works., 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light fingerprints on front of cover.This academic work presents a rigorous examination of conceptual art's...
Painting As An Art
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Author: Richard WollheimBinding: HardbackPublished: Princeton University Press., 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: FEP clipped, previous owner details to front and back end-pages,...
Aesthetic Nonsense Makes Commonsense, Thanks X
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Author: Lisa RadfordBinding: Hardback No Dust JacketPublished: Surpllus & West Space., 2016Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAesthetic Nonsense Makes Commonsense, Thanks X....
A History Of Renaissance Architecture In England, 1500-1800 (Two-Volume Set) (SIGNED)
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Author: Reginald BlomfieldBinding: HardbackPublished: George Bell and Sons, 1897Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Letter signed by the author...
Faust: Part Two
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Author: GoetheBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books, 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFaust's epic journey continues in Faust: Part Two, a profound philosophical drama...
John Ruskin: The Portrait Of A Prophet
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Author: Peter QuennellBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, St. James's Place, London, 1949Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsPeter Quennell's John Ruskin: The Portrait Of A Prophet presents...
Gift From The Sea
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Author: Anne Morrow LindberghBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto and Windus, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsA timeless work of reflective prose, Gift From The Sea presents a profound...
On Leon Baptista Alberti: His Literary And Aesthetic Theories
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Author: Mark JarzombekBinding: HardbackPublished: Massachusetts Institute of Technology., 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis scholarly work presents a comprehensive analysis of Leon Battista Alberti's profound contributions to Renaissance...
Love, Death, Universe: More Words
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Author: Nigel ReesBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compendium of linguistic curiosities, Love, Death, Universe: More Words, uncovers the fascinating etymologies and surprising histories...
The Spirit Of Secular Art: A History Of The Sacramental Imagination In Contemporary Artistic Culture
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Author: Robert NelsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: STANFORDCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic work presents a compelling history of how the sacramental imagination manifests...
Being And Nothingness: Bea Maddock
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Author: Bea MaddockBinding: PaperbackPublished: QAG, ANG, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor marking on front and back coverThis compelling...