wyszukanych pozycji: 81
Spravedlivé a nespravedlivé války
ISBN: 9788020030139 / Czeski / Miękka / 2019 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. niha je označována jako nejvýznamnější dílo současnosti v teorii spravedlivé války. Poprvé byla vydána v roce 1977 a nyní vychází česky s novou předmluvou a doslovem. Zkoumá morální otázky, jež vyvstávají před válkami, které vedeme, během nich a po nich. Úvahy a argumentaci doplňují historické ilustrace – od útoku Athéňanů na Mélos přes masakr v My Lai až po Afghánistán a ještě dál. Walzer těží z historických líčení, svědectví účastníků, z historických rozhodnutí a vyprávění obětí, aby vysvětlil, kdy je válka oprávněná a...
niha je označována jako nejvýznamnější dílo současnosti v teorii spravedlivé války. Poprvé byla vydána v roce 1977 a nyní vychází česk...
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112,85 zł |
Thinking about the Baby: Gender and Transitions Into Parenthood
ISBN: 9781566396318 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Many new mothers and fathers are surprised at how they change as individuals and as couples after a baby is born. Susan Walzer's interviews explore the tendency for men and women to experience their transitions into parenthood in different ways - a pattern that has been linked to marital stress.
Many new mothers and fathers are surprised at how they change as individuals and as couples after a baby is born. Susan Walzer's interviews explore th...
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126,38 zł |
The Struggle for a Decent Politics: On Liberal as an Adjective
ISBN: 9780300267235 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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106,47 zł |
Exodus and Revolution
ISBN: 9780465021635 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The noted political philosopher offers a moving meditation on the political meanings of the biblical story of Exodus -- from oppression to deliverance and the promised land.
"A rewarding book -- elegantly written, subtly argued, full of stimulating suggestions." -- John Gross, New York Times "An important book. . . . Walzer shows the real power of the Exodus story as a political document an convincingly demonstrate how it has shaped later thinking about revolutionary alternatives." -- Robert Alter, Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley
The noted political philosopher offers a moving meditation on the political meanings of the biblical story of Exodus -- from oppression to deliverance...
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122,37 zł |
The Revolution of the Saints: A Study in the Origins of Radical Politics
ISBN: 9780674767867 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Revolution of the Saints is a study, both historical and sociological, of the radical political response of the Puritans to disorder. It interprets and analyzes Calvinism as the first modern expression of an unremitting determination to transform on the basis of an ideology the existing political and moral order. Michael Walzer examines in detail the circumstances and ideological options of the Puritan intelligentsia and gentry. He sees Puritanism, in sharp contrast to some generally accepted views, as the political theory of intellectuals and gentlemen attempting to create a new...
The Revolution of the Saints is a study, both historical and sociological, of the radical political response of the Puritans to disorder. It in...
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244,37 zł |
50 Years of Community Development Vol I: A History of its Evolution and Application in North America
ISBN: 9780367563486 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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202,24 zł |
Childbirth is Ecstasy
ISBN: 9781456593285 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "There would be no war if every man received his son onto this planet in this way and had known his wife in this act of ecstasy." -From Childbirth is Ecstasy, by Allen Cohen Allen Cohen was the editor and founder of the legendary San Francsio Oracle and the last of the beat poets. Allen was a visionary who was often way ahead of his time. The Human Be In and the Summer of love in San Francisco were visions from the mind of Allen Cohen. In 1969 Allen closed the Oracle and moved up north to live communally. It was during this time they started to live off the land and raise a family. Childbirth...
"There would be no war if every man received his son onto this planet in this way and had known his wife in this act of ecstasy." -From Childbirth is ...
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43,50 zł |
Marriage on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents
ISBN: 9781851096107 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 307 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Marriage on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents" explores the evolution of marriage, a seemingly static institution that, in reality, has been dramatically redefined over time. An illuminating introduction tracing the reasons for ongoing controversies leads to a historical overview of the ways in which marriage has evolved, with a particular emphasis on women, racial minorities, polygamists, and homosexuals. A review of significant court cases that represent key arguments regarding marriage--legal identity of women, polygamy, interracial marriage, rights of unmarried... "Marriage on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents" explores the evolution of marriage, a seemingly static institution that, in reality... |
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395,34 zł |
Gay Rights on Trial: A Reference Handbook
ISBN: 9781576072547 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 323 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this comprehensive overview of how the American legal system has approached issues pertaining to sexual orientation and how the law has advanced--or hindered--civil rights, author Lee Walzer reveals that while the United States has the world's most developed lesbian and gay community, it lags other countries on equality for sexual minorities. "Gay Rights on Trial" focuses on four significant cases that have shaped the development of gay rights, including detailed discussion of majority and dissenting decisions and analysis of their legacy and impact. Also included are a chronology; a... In this comprehensive overview of how the American legal system has approached issues pertaining to sexual orientation and how the law has advanced... |
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395,34 zł |
Between Sodom and Eden: A Gay Journey Through Today's Changing Israel
ISBN: 9780231113953 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Astonishingly, Israeli lesbians and gays have been able to achieve many political goals that still elude America's gay community. Israel's Supreme Court has mandated same-sex spousal benefits; the military, which never barred gays to begin with, has removed its last official restrictions; Israel's parliament boasts a Subcommittee for the Prevention of Sexual Orientation Discrimination; and school curricula are gay-friendly--all of this in a country where religious interests wield extraordinary power and whose identity today is the object of fierce struggle. Between Sodom and Eden, ...
Astonishingly, Israeli lesbians and gays have been able to achieve many political goals that still elude America's gay community. Israel's Supreme Cou...
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149,06 zł |
Out of Exile: Narratives from the Abducted and Displaced People of Sudan
ISBN: 9781642595628 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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248,23 zł |
The American Midwest: Managing Change in Rural Transition
ISBN: 9780765611222 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The rural Midwest is undergoing fundamental changes with increased competition from foreign agriculture; employment shifts from higher-paying manufacturing to lower-paying service industries; the displacement of local small town business by large discount stores and shopping malls; overall population declines that threaten the viability of schools, hospitals, and other public institutions, along with an influx of minority groups that has led to strife in some communities. Using data from the 2000 Census, this collection examines the major demographic and employment trends in the rural...
The rural Midwest is undergoing fundamental changes with increased competition from foreign agriculture; employment shifts from higher-paying manufact...
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222,47 zł |
Justice Is Steady Work: A Conversation on Political Theory
ISBN: 9781509544790 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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292,79 zł |
Obligations: Essays on Disobedience, War, and Citizenship
ISBN: 9780674630253 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this collection of essays, Michael Walzer discusses how obligations are incurred, sustained, and (sometimes) abandoned by citizens of the modern state and members of political parties and movements as they respond to and participate in the most crucial and controversial aspects of citizenship: resistance, dissent, civil disobedience, war, and revolution. Walzer approaches these issues with insight and historical perspective, exhibiting an extraordinary understanding for rebels, radicals, and rational revolutionaries. The reader will not always agree with Walzer but he cannot help being...
In this collection of essays, Michael Walzer discusses how obligations are incurred, sustained, and (sometimes) abandoned by citizens of the modern st...
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238,56 zł |
The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions
ISBN: 9780300223637 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. A thought-provoking reflection on why secular national liberation movements are so often challenged by militant religious revivals
Many of the successful campaigns for national liberation in the years following World War II were initially based on democratic and secular ideals. Once established, however, the newly independent nations had to deal with entirely unexpected religious fierceness. Michael Walzer, one of America's foremost political thinkers, examines this perplexing trend by studying India, Israel, and Algeria, three nations whose founding principles and... A thought-provoking reflection on why secular national liberation movements are so often challenged by militant religious revivals
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74,48 zł |
Lewica. Nowe wyzwania
ISBN: 9788328710795 / Polski / Miękka ze skrzydełka / 2018 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. Najnowsza książka profesora Michaela Walzera, jednego z najwybitniejszych amerykańskich filozofów polityki, jest wykładem na temat problemów, jakie stoją przed współczesną lewicą w niezwykle skomplikowanym współczesnym świecie.
Autor szeroko formułuje pojęcie lewicy – zalicza do niej przede wszystkim najbliższych mu „socjalistów, socjaldemokratów i lewicowych liberałów”, z którymi się identyfikuje, ale także tych ludzi lewicy, z którymi się nie zgadza. W czasach pojęciowego zamętu, kiedy potoczną mądrością stało się stwierdzenie, że nie sposób... Najnowsza książka profesora Michaela Walzera, jednego z najwybitniejszych amerykańskich filozofów polityki, jest wykładem na temat problemów, ja...
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37,91 zł |
The Handbook on Music Business and Creative Industries in Education
ISBN: 9781800505223 / Angielski / 19-08-2024 Książka dostępna od: 19-08-2024 |
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152,79 zł |
Community Owned Businesses: International Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Economic Development
ISBN: 9780367485467 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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682,74 zł |
Law, Politics, and Morality in Judaism
ISBN: 9780691125084 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Jewish legal and political thought developed in conditions of exile, where Jews had neither a state of their own nor citizenship in any other. What use, then, can this body of thought be today to Jews living in Israel or as emancipated citizens in secular democratic states? Can a culture of exile be adapted to help Jews find ways of being at home politically today? These questions are central in Law, Politics, and Morality in Judaism, a collection of essays by contemporary political theorists, philosophers, and lawyers. How does Jewish law accommodate--or fail to... Jewish legal and political thought developed in conditions of exile, where Jews had neither a state of their own nor citizenship in any other. What... |
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159,71 zł |
Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality
ISBN: 9780465081899 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The distinguished political philosopher and author of the widely acclaimed Just and Unjust Wars analyzes how society distributes not just wealth and power but other social "goods" like honor, education, work, free time--even love.
The distinguished political philosopher and author of the widely acclaimed Just and Unjust Wars analyzes how society distributes not just wealt...
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143,37 zł |