Arthur Koestler, E M Forster; J B S Haldane; Michael Polanyi, et al

The Challenge of Our Time a Series of Essays

London, Percival Marshall, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. The 'challenge' being the fundamental issues "which the harnessing of atomic power have thrown into firm relief". 13 essays by leading commentators in VG, clean and bright order throughout. Smart yellow cloth with light shelfwear only. VG clipped d/j, lightly worn to edges. 8vo. 78pp . Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 007593

Catalogue: History & Politics

Keywords: Science Electricity & Magnetism

Michael Polanyi

Beyond Nihilism. An original article from Encounter, a monthly review of literature, the arts and politics, 1960.

Encounter, London, 1960. First Edition, Disbound. Very Good Condition. 10 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo 18 x 25 cms. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Category: Encounter; Inventory No: 414568.

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Book number: 414568

Catalogue: Encounter

Keywords: BZDB395 Encounter; Unbranded Michael Polanyi Beyond Nihilism. An original article from Encounter, a monthly review of literature, the arts and politics, 1960.

POLANYI, M. [MICHAEL] (INITIALED)

The Contempt of Freedom: The Russian Experiment and After

London: Watts and Co, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and initialed by Polanyi to "Sir Ernest and Lady Simon", Sir Ernest Simon, The Lord Simon of Wythenshawe, and his wife, upon front free endpaper. Simon, a British industrialist, politician and public servant, had a long association with the University of Manchester where Polanyi was a professor at the time of publication. Ink stamp reading "University of Manchester Broomcroft Hall" atop front free endpaper and inside back board solidifies this provenance as it was then the residence of the Simons. ix, [1], 116 pages. Includes these essays: The Rights and Duties of Science (1939), Collectivist Planning (1940), Soviet Economics - Fact and Theory (1935), and Truth and Propaganda (1936). "In those years the ideas of liberty... were left almost uncultivated." - from Preface. Minimal faint pencil markings to contents. Average wear and some fading to publisher's pale green cloth which is sunned at spine. Binding intact. Heavy wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Today, the thoughts of the author, a scientist and philosopher who lived from 1891 to 1976, are faithfully upheld by a society named in his honour. Hazlitt p.132.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; The Contempt of Freedom: The Russian Experiment and After Communism Propaganda Stalin Russia Stalinism Sir Ernest and Lady Simon", Sir Ernest Simon, The Lord Simon of Wythenshawe University of Manchester Broomcroft Hall Home; Signed by Author(s). Good in Fair dust jacket .

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Book number: 767h2125

Keywords: : " Politics History

Michael Polanyi

The Foolishness of History: November, 1917 - November, 1957. An original article from Encounter, a monthly review of literature, the arts and politics, 1957.

Encounter, London, 1957. First Edition, Disbound. Very Good Condition. 5 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo 18 x 25 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Encounter; Inventory No: 414365.

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Book number: 414365

Catalogue: Encounter

Keywords: BZDB395 Encounter; Unbranded Michael Polanyi The Foolishness of History: November, 1917 - November, 1957. An original article from Encounter, a monthly review of literature, the arts and politics, 1957.

POLANYI, MICHAEL

The Logic of Liberty. Reflections and Rejoinders (International Library of Sociology and Social Reconstruction)

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1951. First Edition; First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). ISBN: 0710019629. 206 pages. With library stamps & labels. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. ; Ex-Library; Octavo (standard book size). Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 20035

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: 0710019629

Polanyi, Michael

The magic of Marxism and The next stage of History.

Didsbury, The Committee on Science and Freedom, 1956. stapled, 23 cm, 24 pp. A bit rusty. Cond.: goed / good.

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Book number: 43526

Catalogue: Filosofie - Philosophy

Michael Polanyi

The Magic of Marxism. An original article from Encounter, a monthly review of literature, the arts and politics, 1956.

Encounter, London, 1956. First Edition, Disbound. Very Good Condition. 13 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo 18 x 25 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Encounter; Inventory No: 414288.

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Book number: 414288

Catalogue: Encounter

Keywords: BZDB395 Encounter; Unbranded Michael Polanyi The Magic of Marxism. An original article from Encounter, a monthly review of literature, the arts and politics, 1956.

POLANYI, MICHAEL; PROSCH, HARRY

Meaning

Chicago, University of Chicago. 1975. (ISBN: 9780226672946). Paperback. Used, Paperback in good condition. Sunning and creases to spine, light shelf and edgewear to covers generally. Light marks to page block face. Contents clean. AD. Good.

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Book number: 532238

Catalogue: Philosophy & Ethics

Keywords: 9780226672946

POLANYI, MICHAEL

Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy

New York, HarperCollins, 1964. Ed.: Reprint, 20.5 Cm. Paperback. ISBN: 0001414. - Trade paperback, good condition, w. ltly rubbed wraps, sme lt marks. Smw wear at sp edges. V. ltly bumped corners. Smwht tannned p. edges, sme lt soil. Ltly tanned ins wraps, pp. Sig, etc. on first p. O/w cln, tight, unmarked. Good/Wraps.

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Book number: 34451

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Philosophy

Polanyi, Michael (1891-1976)

Personal knowledge : towards a post-critical philosophy

London : Routledge 1973. Reprint. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xiv. 428 p. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: Polanyi. originally a chemist and chemical physicist is now widely acclaimed for his epistemology. which opposes the prevailing positivist approaches. His discussion of tacit knowledge has been influential in many fields. Subjects: Science Philosophy. Knowledge. Theory of. Philosophy. Science. Personality. Genre: Bibliography. ISBN: 0710076916.

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Book number: 324843

Keywords: 0710076916

POLANYI, MICHAEL

Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1962, Book Club (BCE/BOMC). leather. Used, Leatherbound hardcover in good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition for its age. The jacket is marked and discoloured, especially the spine. Glue residue evident on the inner flaps, which has transferred to the endpapers. The jacket edges are nicked and torn, mainly at the spine ends. The page block is tanned, with an ink blot on the page block face, which has leached on to some of the pages. Certain pages are creased at the upper edge, and there is a mark on page 14. Previous owner's name penned to the front pastedown, and there is minor pencil marginalia throughout. LW. Good/Acceptable.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 535086

Catalogue: Philosophy & Ethics

Polanyi, Michael (committee chairman)

Science and Freedom (A Bulletin of the Committee on Science and Freedom, No. 6)

Manchester: J.B. Foy, 1956. Paper bound in green wrappers, No. 6 of this Bulletin, 48pp. A tight, unmarked, very good or better copy. Includes: Academic Freedom in the USA by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and Glenn Morrow; The Disappearance of Professor Galindez by Manuel de Irujo; Self-Government in Australian Universities by Geoffrey Sawer; Co-Existence with Soviet Historians by Walther Hofer; and Kruschev and The 'Thaw' by Georg von Rauch. 80 grams, so qualifies for reduced postage.

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Book number: 23018

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: Science Freedom Polanyi; Academic Freedom United States; Self-Government Australian Universities; Co-Existence Soviet Historians; Disappearance Professor Galindez

POLANYI, MICHAEL

Science, Faith and Society

University of Chicago Press, 1964. Softcover. ISBN: 0226672905. Stamp and nameplate to front endpaper; otherwise tight and unmarked. ; 8.0 X 5.2 X 0.2 inches; 96 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 59903

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: 0226672905

Polanyi, Michael (Ed.)

Science and fredom. Bulletin Nr. 9., Apartheid. The threat to South Africa’s Universities.,

Polanyi, Manchester 1957, Obr., 59s., in gutem Zustand [SD230]., , Weight appr./Gewicht ca. 400.

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Book number: 34202

Catalogue: Varia