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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “eccy de jonge”
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  • Policing and Public Trust

    Exposing the Inner Uniform

    by Eccy de Jonge ...
    Series series Applied Criminology across the Globe
    The treatment of victims and complainants by the police is examined in this pioneering new work. Case studies, based on interviews carried out at the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, in the United Kingdom, reveal that victims and complainants are routinely discredited by police agencies. Whilst in the United States, victims may include anyone subjected to police ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Spinoza and Deep Ecology

    Challenging Traditional Approaches to Environmentalism

    by Eccy de Jonge ...
    Series series Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy
    Spinoza and Deep Ecology explores the philosophical, psychological and political assumptions that underpin a concern for nature, offering specific suggestions how the domination of humans and nature may be overcome. It is primarily intended as an introduction to the philosophy of ecology, known as deep ecology, and to the way Spinoza's philosophy has been put to this aim. Only a self-realisation, ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

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  • The Ecology of Wisdom

    Writings by Arne Naess

    by Arne Naess ...
    A founder of the Deep Ecology Movement, Arne Naess' has produced articles on environmentalism that have provided unmatched inspiration for ecologists, philosophers, and activists worldwide. This collection amasses a definitive group of Naess' most important works in which he calls for nonviolent, cooperative action to protect the Earth. Rich with observations, insights, and anecdotes, Naess' ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Freedom Paradox

    Towards a post-secular ethics

    by Clive Hamilton ...
    Why is it so many of us lack contentment, despite all the wealth and freedoms we enjoy?The past two centuries delivered individual and political freedoms that promised unprecedented opportunities for personal fulfilment. Yet citizens of affluent countries are encouraged to pursue lives of consumerism, endless choice and the pleasures of the body.Clive Hamilton argues that the paradox of modern ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice

    by Catherine Bell ...
    Ritual studies today figures as a central element of religious discourse for many scholars around the world. Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice, Catherine Bell's sweeping and seminal work on the subject, helped legitimize the field. In this volume, Bell re-examines the issues, methods, and ramifications of our interest in ritual by concentrating on anthropology, sociology, and the history of religions ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Valences of Interdisciplinarity

    Theory, Practice, Pedagogy

    Edited by Raphael Foshay ...
    Series series Cultural Dialectics
    The modern university can trace its roots to Kant's call for enlightened self-determination, with education aiming to produce an informed and responsible body of citizens. As the university evolved, specialized areas of investigation emerged, enabling ever more precise research and increasingly nuanced arguments. In recent decades, however, challenges to the hegemony of disciplines have arisen, ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Some Reflections on Ethics

    by Dr. Ramendra ...
    "The aim of a rational ethics should be to maximize freedom and avenues of happiness and to minimize avoidable suffering."In this highly thought provoking and stimulating book, the author, Dr. Ramendra, has briefly and critically discussed the ethical ideas of G. E. Moore, Bertrand Russell, Lokayat, Buddha, Epicurus and John Stuart Mill before expounding his own ideas in a logical manner. The ... Read more

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  • Philosophical Dialogues

    Arne Naess and the Progress of Philosophy

    by Peder Anker, Per Ariansen, Alfred J. Ayer, Murray Bookchin, Baird Callicott, John Clark, Fons Elders, Paul Feyerabend, Warwick Fox, William C. French, Harold Glasser, Ramachandra Guha, Patsy Hallen, Stephan Harding, Andrew Mclaughlin, Ivar Mysterud, Arne Naess, Bryan Norton, Val Plumwood, Peter Reed, Kirkpatrick Sale, Karen Warren, Richard A. Watson, Jon Wetlesen, Bill Devall, Ariel Salleh, Genevieve Lloyd, Michael E. Zimmerman ...
    The volume documents, and makes an original contribution to, an astonishing period in twentieth-century philosophy-the progress of Arne Naess's ecophilosophy from its inception to the present. It includes Naess's most crucial polemics with leading thinkers, drawn from sources as diverse as scholarly articles, correspondence, TV interviews and unpublished exchanges. The book testifies to the ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Feminism and the Mastery of Nature

    by Val Plumwood ...
    Series series Opening Out: Feminism for Today
    Two of the most important political movements of the late twentieth century are those of environmentalism and feminism. In this book, Val Plumwood argues that feminist theory has an important opportunity to make a major contribution to the debates in political ecology and environmental philosophy.Feminism and the Mastery of Nature explains the relation between ecofeminism, or ecological feminism, ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Social and Cultural Anthropology: The Key Concepts

    by Nigel Rapport ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    Social and Cultural Anthropology: the Key Concepts is an easy to use A-Z guide to the central concepts that students are likely to encounter in this field.Now fully updated, this third edition includes entries on:Material CultureEnvironmentHuman RightsHybridityAlterityCosmopolitanismEthnographyApplied AnthropologyGenderCyberneticsWith full cross-referencin... ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Thinking Through Things

    Theorising Artefacts Ethnographically

    Edited by Amiria Henare, Martin Holbraad, Sari Wastell ...
    Drawing upon the work of some of the most influential theorists in the field, Thinking Through Things demonstrates the quiet revolution growing in anthropology and its related disciplines, shifting its philosophical foundations. The first text to offer a direct and provocative challenge to disciplinary fragmentation - arguing for the futility of segregating the study of artefacts and society - ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Emmanuel Levinas and the Politics of Non-Violence

    by Victoria Tahmasebi-Birgani ...
    French philosopher and Talmudic commentator Emmanuel Levinas (1906–1995) has received considerable attention for his influence on philosophical and religious thought. In this book, Victoria Tahmasebi-Birgani provides the first examination of the applicability of Emmanuel Levinas’ work to social and political movements. Investigating his ethics of responsibility and his critique of the Western ... Read more

    $45.39 USD