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Kurikara by John Maki Evans
RRP: $20.63$13.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583942444Author John Maki EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Knowing What To Do: Imagination, Virtue, and Platonism in Ethics by Sophie Grace Chappell 9780198798859
$46.10Sophie Grace Chappell develops a picture of what philosophical ethics can be like, once set aside from the idealising and reductive pressures of conventional moral theory. Her question is 'How are we to know what to do?', and the answer she defends is... -
On Democracy by Robert A. Dahl
RRP: $20.63$17.83Written by the preeminent democratic theorist of our time, this book explains the nature, value, and mechanics of democracy. In a new introduction to this Veritas edition, Ian Shapiro considers how Dahl would respond to the ongoing challenges democracy... -
Economics of Good and Evil: The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street by Tomas Sedlacek 9780199322183
RRP: $20.63$14.98Tomas Sedlacek has shaken the study of economics as few ever have. Named one of the "Young Guns" and one of the "five hot minds in economics" by the Yale Economic Review, he serves on the National Economic Council in Prague, where his provocative writing... -
Capitalism in the 21st Century: Through the Prism of Value by Michael Roberts
RRP: $25.79$17.22Contemporary capitalism is always evolving. From digital technologies to cryptocurrencies, current trends in political economy are much discussed, but often little understood. So where can we turn for clarity? As Michael Roberts and Guglielmo Carchedi... -
The Burdens of Perfection: On Ethics and Reading in Nineteenth-Century British Literature by Andrew H. Miller 9780801477188
RRP: $29.66$23.70Literary criticism has, in recent decades, rather fled from discussions of moral psychology, and for good reasons, too. Who would not want to flee the hectoring moralism with which it is so easily associated-portentous, pious, humorless? But in... -
Freedom Without Violence by Dustin Ells Howes
RRP: $54.17$48.09There is a long tradition in western political thought suggesting that violence is necessary to defend freedom. But nonviolence and civil disobedience have played an equally long and critical role in establishing democratic institutions. Freedom... -
Athens and Jerusalem by Lev Shestov 9780821422205
RRP: $45.15$40.17For more than two thousand years, philosophers and theologians have wrestled with the irreconcilable opposition between Greek rationality (Athens) and biblical revelation (Jerusalem). In Athens and Jersusalem, Lev Shestov-an inspiration for the French... -
De Finibus by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: $32.19$30.17The philosopher-statesman on Epicureanism, Stoicism, and the Old Academy.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician, and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the... -
Alasdair MacIntyre: An Intellectual Biography by Émile Perreau-Saussine 9780268203269
RRP: $30.95$26.88This award-winning biography, now available for the first time in English, presents an illuminating introduction to Alasdair MacIntyre and locates his thinking in the intellectual milieu of twentieth-century philosophy. Winner of the prestigious 2005... -
The Art of War (Hero Classics) by Sun Tzu
RRP: $11.60$8.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800313224Author Sun TzuFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint HeroPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 500g -
The Great Treatise On The Stages Of The Path To Enlightenment (Volume 1) by Je Tsong-Kha-Pa
RRP: $41.28$25.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559394420Author Tsong-kha-paFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
The Reading Life: The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others' Eyes by C. S. Lewis
$15.42The revered teacher and best-selling author reflects on the power, importance, and joy of a life dedicated to reading books in this delightful collection drawn from his wide body of writings. More than fifty years after his death, revered... -
Understanding the Christianity–Evolution Relationship by Michael Ruse 9781009277280
RRP: $19.34$16.19The relationship between science and religion is a topic that runs rife with misconceptions, misunderstandings and debates. Are science and religion always in conflict? Is Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection atheistic? How does history... -
The Routledge Guidebook to Foucault's The History of Sexuality by Chloe Taylor
RRP: $33.53$29.19Michel Foucault's The History of Sexuality is one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century and has been instrumental in shaping the study of Gender, Feminist Theory and Queer Theory. But Foucault's writing can be a difficult... -
Regulating Aversion: Tolerance in the Age of Identity and Empire by Wendy Brown
RRP: $38.70$37.99Tolerance is generally regarded as an unqualified achievement of the modern West. Emerging in early modern Europe to defuse violent religious conflict and reduce persecution, tolerance today is hailed as a key to decreasing conflict across a wide range... -
First Steps to Seeing: A Path Towards Living Attentively by Emma Kidd 9781782501695
RRP: $21.92$15.84In the twenty-first century we are confronted with a rapidly changing world full of social, economic and environmental uncertainties. We are all inherently connected to this changing world and in order to create the best possible conditions for life to... -
A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism by Adam Gopnik
RRP: $14.18$9.55'WITTY, HUMANE, LEARNED' NEW YORK TIMESThe New York Times-bestselling author offers a stirring defence of liberalism against the dogmatisms of our timeNot since the early twentieth century has liberalism, and liberals, been under such relentless attack,... -
A Year of Zen: A 52-Week Guided Journal by Bonnie Myotai Treace 9781638788539
RRP: $28.37$17.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781638788539Author Bonnie Myotai TreaceFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 232mm *... -
Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics: Translation, Introduction, Commentary by Sarah Broadie
RRP: $55.46$52.63Amongst the works of Aristotle, the Nicomachean Ethics stands virtually alone in speaking not only to classicists, historians of ideas, and technical philosophers, but to anyone trying to make sense of practical human ideals. In this major new... -
The Unknowers: How Strategic Ignorance Rules the World by Linsey McGoey 9781780326351
RRP: $20.63$16.07Deliberate ignorance has been known as the 'Ostrich Instruction' in law courts since the 1860s. It illustrates a recurring pattern in history in which figureheads for major companies, political leaders and industry bigwigs plead ignorance to avoid... -
The Healing Self: Supercharge your immune system and stay well for life by Dr Deepak Chopra 9781846045714
$10.35Heal yourself from the inside outOur immune systems can no longer be taken for granted. Current trends in public healthcare are disturbing: our increased air travel allows newly mutated bacteria and viruses to spread across the globe,... -
Too Simple for Words: Reflections on Non-Duality by Graham Stew 9781785352713
RRP: $9.02$8.06Are you interested in exploring who you really are? The answers are to be found in self-inquiry, the discovery of Reality that non-dual teachings offer. No prior knowledge of Eastern religion or spiritual practices is needed, as this book uses simple... -
A Hacker Manifesto by McKenzie Wark 9780674015432
RRP: $28.32$22.73A double is haunting the world--the double of abstraction, the virtual reality of information, programming or poetry, math or music, curves or colorings upon which the fortunes of states and armies, companies and communities now depend. The bold aim of... -
Good Beyond Evil: Xunzi on human nature (313-238 BC) by Xunzi 9781739115623
RRP: $12.89$10.60A radical thinker, Xunzi disagreed with Mencius on human nature. For him men are naturally evil. From this inverse assumption, he yet reached the same Mencian conclusion: moral education is paramount for society to function, and the ruler should be... -
Introduction to Logic by Irving M. Copi
RRP: $55.46$54.59The 14th Edition of Introduction to Logic, written by Copi, Cohen & McMahon, is dedicated to the many thousands of students and their teachers - at hundreds of universities in the United States and around the world - who have used its fundamental methods... -
The Roots of Normativity by Joseph Raz 9780192847003
RRP: $44.49$38.79The Roots of Normativity concerns one of the most basic philosophical questions: how to explain normativity in its many guises. Over many decades, Joseph Raz has sought to develop an answer to this question, according to which understanding normativity... -
Mini Big Ideas: A Little Book of Big Innovations by Jonny Thomson 9781472298560
RRP: $19.34$12.64'Witty, knowledgeable and mind-expanding' RICHARD FISHER | 'A joyful romp' TOM HARFORD | 'A fun and inspiring teaser for curious minds' JEREMIE HARRISEvery so often, a new idea comes along that changes everything. Vaccinations. Relativity. Fascism. Can... -
When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness by David M. Pena-Guzman
RRP: $25.80$20.50A spellbinding look at the philosophical and moral implications of animal dreamingAre humans the only dreamers on Earth? What goes on in the minds of animals when they sleep? When Animals Dream brings together behavioral and neuroscientific research on... -
What I Believe by Bertrand Russell
RRP: $16.76$15.40Along with Why I Am Not a Christian, this essay must rank as the most articulate example of Russell's famed atheism. It is also one of the most notorious. Used as evidence in a 1940 court case in which Russell was declared unfit to teach college-level... -
The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity by Toby Ord 9780316484923
RRP: $25.79$16.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316484923Author Toby OrdFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 38mm -
The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism by Carlos L Garrido 9780578278360
RRP: $15.88$14.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578278360Author Carlos L GarridoFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Midwestern Marx Publishing PressPublisher Midwestern Marx Publishing... -
Mary Douglas's Purity and Danger: An analysis of the concepts of pollution and taboo by Padraig Belton 9781912284634
RRP: $8.39$7.88Mary Douglas is an outstanding example of an evaluative thinker at work. In Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo, she delves in great detail into existing arguments that portray traditional societies as "evolving" from... -
Post-Modernism for Psychotherapists: A Critical Reader by Del Loewenthal
RRP: $46.43$40.88Post-modern ideas are now making an impact in psychotherapy and counselling. There is, however, nothing in the current literature that brings together thinking for those professionals who may not be aware of how post-modernism can help inform their work... -
Philosophers Explore The Matrix by Christopher Grau 9780195181074
RRP: $51.59$40.31The Matrix trilogy is unique among recent popular films in that it is constructed around important philosophical questions-classic questions which have fascinated philosophers and other thinkers for thousands of years. Editor Christopher Grau here... -
The Adventure by Giorgio Agamben
RRP: $15.47$11.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262037594Author Giorgio AgambenFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 152mm * 102mm * 8mm -
Tree by Matthew Battles
RRP: $12.89$9.89Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Tree explores the forms, uses, and alliances of this living object's entanglement with humanity, from antiquity to the present. Trees tower... -
Homo Aestheticus: Where Art Comes From and Why by Ellen Dissanayake
RRP: $30.95$26.88"Dissanayake argues that art was central to human evolutionary adaptation and that the aesthetic faculty is a basic psychological component of every human being. In her view, art is intimately linked to the origins of religious practices and to... -
Giordano Bruno: Philosopher Heretic by Ingrid D. Rowland
RRP: $23.22$19.87Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) is one of the great figures of early modern Europe, and one of the least understood. Ingrid D. Rowland's biography establishes him once and for all as a peer of Erasmus, Shakespeare, and Galileo - a thinker whose vision of the... -
Infinite Ground by Martin MacInnes
RRP: $12.89$9.44'Astonishing' Herald, Books of the Year'Sublime' Irish Times, Book of the Year'Wonderful' Guardian, Books of the YearDuring a sweltering South American summer, a family convenes for dinner at a restaurant. Midway through the meal, Carlos disappears. An...