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Democratic Constitution Experimentalism and Interpretation
ISBN: HB: 9780226474502, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
248 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
The Supreme Court is seen today as the ultimate arbiter of the Constitution. Once the Court has spoken, it is the duty of the citizens and their elected officials to abide by its decisions. But the conception of the Supreme Court as the final interpr...
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£34,00
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Decolonizing the Map Cartography from Colony to Nation
ISBN: HB: 9780226422787, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
392 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 121 halftones, 1 table
Almost universally, newly independent states seek to affirm their independence and identity by making the production of new maps and atlases a top priority. For formerly colonized peoples, however, this process neither begins nor ends with independen...
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£49,00
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Death Penalty, Volume II
ISBN: HB: 9780226410821, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
304 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm
In the first volume of his extraordinary analysis of the death penalty, Jacques Derrida began a journey toward an ambitious end: the first truly philosophical argument against the death penalty. Exploring an impressive breadth of thought, he traced a...
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Dr. Freud, Fish Whisperer
ISBN: HB: 9783035800074, University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes, July 2017
64 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm, fully illustrated in colour
At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers! Naturally inquisitive, pint-size scholars need little prompting before being willi...
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Days of Twilight, Nights of Frenzy A Memoir
ISBN: HB: 9780226019116, University of Chicago Press, June 2017
368 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 41 halftones
Werner Schroeter was a leading figure of New German Cinema. In more than forty films made between 1967 and 2008, including features, documentaries, and shorts, he ignored conventional narrative, creating instead dense, evocative collages of image and...
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£26,50
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Diogenes the Dog-Man
ISBN: HB: 9783037349335, University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes, May 2017
64 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm, fully illustrated in colour
At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers! Naturally inquisitive, pint-size scholars need little prompting before being willi...
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Drones and the Future of Armed Conflict Ethical, Legal, and Strategic Implications
ISBN: PB: 9780226478364, ISBN: HB: 9780226258058, University of Chicago Press, April 2017
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 halftone, 2 tables
During the past decade, armed drones have entered the American military arsenal as a core tactic for countering terrorism. When coupled with access to reliable information, they make it possible to deploy lethal force accurately across borders while...
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£36,00
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Diary of Our Fatal Illness
ISBN: PB: 9780226468020, University of Chicago Press, April 2017
64 pp., 21.6x14 cm
This moving prose poem tells the story of an aged man who suffers a prolonged and ultimately fatal illness. From initial diagnosis to remission to relapse to death, the experience is narrated by the man's son, a practicing doctor. Charles Bardes, a p...
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Down and Out in the New Economy How People Find (or Don't Find) Work Today
ISBN: HB: 9780226452142, University of Chicago Press, April 2017
304 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 4 halftones
Finding a job used to be simple. You'd show up at an office and ask for an application. A friend would mention a job in their department. Or you'd see an ad in a newspaper and send in your cover letter. Maybe you'd call the company a week later to ch...
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£19,00
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Doodling for Academics A Coloring and Activity Book
ISBN: PB: 9780226467047, University of Chicago Press, April 2017
96 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 40 line drawings
To an outsider, working as a university professor might seem like a dream: summers off, a few hours of class each week, an exchange of ideas with brilliant colleagues, books and late afternoon lattes... Who wouldn't envy that life? But those in the t...
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£11,50
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