Politics, Economics and Law
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Gramsci on Religion: Text and Context [Paperback]
Cosimo Zene (Editor)
£15.00ISBN: 9788869770784
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: SOAS Study in Religions Series (SIRS)
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This edited volume aims to provide a wide-ranging presentation and analysis of Gramsci’s writings on religion for the Anglophone world. While some articles concentrate mainly on the Prison Notebooks (Boothman, Frosini, Green, Prigiotti, Zene), oth... .... Learn More -
How far Should Tolerance go? [Paperback]
Yves Charles Zarka (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9788869771590
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Politics
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What are the limits of tolerance in constitutional or liberal democracies today? This is a crucial question, for if there were no limits to tolerance, it would ultimately destroy itself by accepting the intolerable. The concept of tolerance has to... .... Learn More -
Bristol: A Worshipful Town and Famous City: An Archaeological Assessment [Hardback]
Nigel Baker (Author); Jonathan Brett (Author); Robert Jones (Author)
Regular Price: £40.00
Special Price: £30.00
ISBN: 9781785708770
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Urban Archaeological Assessment
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Bristol is a major city and port in the south-west of England. In medieval times, it became the third largest city in the kingdom, behind London and York. Bristol was founded in the late Saxon period and grew rapidly in the 12th and 13th centuries... .... Learn More -
Montesquieu: A Universal Mind for a Universal Science of Political Legal Systems [Paperback]
Domenico Felice (Author)
£14.00ISBN: 9788869771422
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Politics
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What can Montesquieu still teach us today? Montesquieu was the first political writer who formulated the principles of separation of powers and the independence of justice. He was the first to scientifically study human institutions, both ancient ... .... Learn More -
The Birmingham Political Machine: Winning elections for Joseph Chamberlain [Paperback]
Andrew Reekes (Author)
£14.99ISBN: 9781905036424
Published by : West Midlands History
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The British electorate swelled dramatically with the passing of the Second Reform Act in 1867. This presented the political class with a significant challenge. Here was a large, new electorate which needed to be understood, managed, enthused, and ... .... Learn More -
Market as Place and Space of Economic Exchange: Perspectives from Archaeology and Anthropology [Paperback]
Hans Peter Hahn (Editor); Geraldine Schmitz (Editor)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £28.50
ISBN: 9781785708930
Published by : Oxbow Books
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In the context of commodification, material culture has particular properties hitherto considered irrelevant or neglected. First, the market is a spatial structure, assigning special properties to the things offered: the goods and commodities. Sec... .... Learn More -
The Wealth of England: The medieval wool trade and its political importance 1100–1600 [Hardback]
Susan Rose (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9781785707360
Published by : Oxbow Books
The wool trade was undoubtedly one of the most important elements of the British economy throughout the medieval period - even the seat occupied by the speaker of the House of lords rests on a woolsack. In The Wealth of England Susan Rose brings t... .... Learn More -
Jewish Legal Theories: Writings on State, Religion, and Morality [Hardback]
Leora Batnitzky (Editor); Yonatan Brafman (Editor)
£89.00ISBN: 9781584657439
Published by : Brandeis University Press
Series: The Brandeis Library of Modern Jewish Thought
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Contemporary arguments about Jewish law uniquely reflect both the story of Jewish modernity and a crucial premise of modern conceptions of law generally: the claim of autonomy for the intellectual subject and practical sphere of the law. Yet for a... .... Learn More -
Jewish Legal Theories: Writings on State, Religion, and Morality [Paperback]
Leora Batnitzky (Editor); Yonatan Brafman (Editor)
£24.00ISBN: 9781584657446
Published by : Brandeis University Press
Series: The Brandeis Library of Modern Jewish Thought
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Contemporary arguments about Jewish law uniquely reflect both the story of Jewish modernity and a crucial premise of modern conceptions of law generally: the claim of autonomy for the intellectual subject and practical sphere of the law. Yet for a... .... Learn More -
The Road to September 1939: Polish Jews, Zionists, and the Yishuv on the Eve of World War II [Hardback]
Jehuda Reinharz (Author); Yaacov Shavit (Author)
£47.00ISBN: 9781512601534
Published by : Brandeis University Press
Series: The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry
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In European and Holocaust historiography, it is generally believed that neither the Zionist movement nor the Yishuv, acting primarily out of self-interest, energetically attempted to help European Jews escape the Nazi threat.
Drawing ... .... Learn More
