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Roman Republic in Political Thought
ISBN: PB: 9781584651994, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, March 2002
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
It is a fact that the very long-lived Roman Republic has consistently played a surprisingly slight role in political theory and discussions about the nature of democracy, forms of government, and other matters, particularly when compared to the enorm...
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£21,00
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Kant, Herder, and the Birth of Anthropology
ISBN: PB: 9780226978598, ISBN: HB: 9780226978581, University of Chicago Press, January 2002
576 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 3 halftones
If Kant had never made the "critical turn" of 1773, would he be worth more than a paragraph in the history of philosophy? Most scholars think not. But in this pioneering book, John H. Zammito challenges that view by revealing a precritical Kant who w...
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£43,50
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£92,00
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Helen Mirra Sky-wreck
ISBN: BOX: 9780941548441, University of Chicago Press, Renaissance Society, January 2002
72 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm
"Is a non-remote horizon always a concealment? If a portion of sky has been carved and set loose to rest upon land, is it the result of an illegal language spoken in the town?" – Ben Marcus, from A Horizon Grammar A hybrid of artist's book and catal...
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£27,00
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Toni Grand
ISBN: HB: 9780941548434, University of Chicago Press, Renaissance Society, January 2002
60 pp., 24.1x16.5 cm, 10 colour plates, 13 halftones
This catalogue is the first English-language monograph on the work of this French sculptor, who gained critical recognition as a member of the French movement Supports-Surfaces, founded in 1970. This group viewed the formal relationships between the...
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£32,00
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Primitive Art in Civilized Places Second Edition
ISBN: PB: 9780226680675, University of Chicago Press, January 2002
176 pp., 22.9x15.6 cm
What is so "primitive" about primitive art? And how do we dare to use our standards to judge it? Drawing on an intriguing mixture of sources-including fashion ads and films, her own anthropological research, and even comic strips like Doonesbury – Pr...
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£23,00
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