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  • Ethics and the Endangerment of Children's Bodies

    by Gunter Graf, Gottfried Schweiger ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book addresses the endangerment of children’s bodies in affluent societies. Bodily integrity is an important part of a child’s physical and mental well-being, but it can also be violated through various threats during childhood; not only affecting physical health but also causing mental damage and leading to distortions in the development of the self. The authors give an account of three ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Justice, Education and the Politics of Childhood

    Challenges and Perspectives

    Edited by Gottfried Schweiger, Gunter Graf, Christoph Schickhardt, Johannes Drerup ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume contributes to the ongoing interdisciplinary controversies about the moral, legal and political status of children and childhood. It comprises essays by scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds on diverse theoretical problems and public policy controversies that bear upon different facets of the life of children in contemporary liberal democracies. The book is divided into ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

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  • Fostering Nation?

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  • Introducing Slavoj Zizek

    A Graphic Guide

    by Christopher Kul-Want ...
    Series Book 0 - Graphic Guides
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  • Young Children's Rights

    Exploring Beliefs, Principles and Practice Second Edition

    by Priscilla Alderson ...
    Series series Children in Charge
    Published in association with Save the ChildrenPriscilla Alderson examines the often overlooked issue of the rights of young children, starting with the question of how the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child applies to the youngest children, from birth to eight years of age. The question of finding a balance between young children's rights to protection, to provision (resources and ... Read more

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  • The Privatization of Hope

    Ernst Bloch and the Future of Utopia, SIC 8

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