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The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography by Marcello Musto 9781503612525
RRP: $25.79$22.63An innovative reassessment of the last writings and final years of Karl Marx. In the last years of his life, Karl Marx expanded his research in new directions-studying recent anthropological discoveries, analyzing communal forms of ownership in... -
Empathy: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives by Amy Coplan 9780198706427
RRP: $56.10$43.65Empathy has for a long time, at least since the eighteenth century, been seen as centrally important in relation to our capacity to gain a grasp of the content of other people's minds, and predict and explain what they will think, feel, and do; and in... -
Looking Through Images: A Phenomenology of Visual Media by Emmanuel Alloa
RRP: $38.70$30.04Images have always stirred ambivalent reactions. Yet whether eliciting fascinated gazes or iconoclastic repulsion from their beholders, they have hardly ever been seen as true sources of knowledge. They were long viewed as mere appearances, placeholders... -
The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality by Kathryn Paige Harden 9780691242101
RRP: $20.63$15.96A provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal societyIn recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health-and in ways... -
Speculative Taxidermy: Natural History, Animal Surfaces, and Art in the Anthropocene by Giovanni Aloi
RRP: $36.12$28.12Taxidermy, once the province of natural history and dedicated to the pursuit of lifelike realism, has recently resurfaced in the world of contemporary art,culture, and interior design. In Speculative Taxidermy, Giovanni Aloi offers a comprehensive... -
The Fear by Christiana Spens
RRP: $16.76$11.09A philosophical memoir about the deepest and most primal of human emotions, how it controls us all, and how we try to control one another when the stakes are so high. The Fear is a book about what scares us the most, how we live with these threats,... -
Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction by Alex Rosenberg
RRP: $56.75$49.59Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods, and justification of science will value Alex Rosenberg and Lee McIntyre's updated and substantially revised fourth edition of Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction... -
Enlightenment against Empire by Sankar Muthu
RRP: $45.15$35.78In the late eighteenth century, an array of European political thinkers attacked the very foundations of imperialism, arguing passionately that empire-building was not only unworkable, costly, and dangerous, but manifestly unjust. Enlightenment against... -
Because Without Cause by Marc Lange 9780197508671
RRP: $51.59$38.18Not all scientific explanations work by describing causal connections between events or the world's overall causal structure. Some mathematical proofs explain why the theorems being proved hold. In this book, Marc Lange proposes philosophical accounts of... -
Spinoza: Complete Works by Baruch Spinoza 9780872206205
RRP: $105.77$87.10The only complete edition in English of Baruch Spinoza's works, this volume features Samuel Shirley's preeminent translations, distinguished at once by the lucidity and fluency with which they convey the flavor and meaning of Spinoza's original texts... -
Religion without God by Ronald M. Dworkin 9780674726826
RRP: $46.38$37.36In his last book, Ronald Dworkin addresses questions that men and women have asked through the ages: What is religion and what is God's place in it? What is death and what is immortality? Based on the 2011 Einstein Lectures, Religion without God is... -
Death or Disability?: The 'Carmentis Machine' and decision-making for critically ill children by Dominic Wilkinson 9780198799054
$44.16In ancient Rome parents would consult the priestess Carmentis shortly after birth to obtain prophecies of the future of their newborn infant. Today, parents and doctors of critically ill children consult a different oracle. Neuroimaging provides a vision... -
Lacan by Professor Fredric Jameson
RRP: $25.80$21.71The Benjamin Files offers a comprehensive new reading of all of Benjamin's major works and a great number of his shorter book reviews, notes and letters. Its premise is that Benjamin was an anti-philosophical, anti-systematic thinker whose conceptual... -
Relating Narratives: Storytelling and Selfhood by Adriana Cavarero 9780415200585
RRP: $54.17$47.41Relating Narratives is a major new work by the philosopher and feminist thinker Adriana Cavarero. First published in Italian to widespread acclaim, Relating Narratives is a fascinating and challenging new account of the relationship between selfhood and... -
Rameau's Nephew, and Other Works by Denis Diderot 9780872204867
RRP: $19.34$16.24This anthology features unabridged translations of Diderot's best work as a literary artist, including those writings that embody his most original and influential ideas.About the AuthorJacques Barzun is Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia University... -
Metaphysics by Aristotle 9781624664397
RRP: $38.69$35.69This new translation of Aristotle's Metaphysics in its entirety is a model of accuracy and consistency, presented with a wealth of annotation and commentary. Sequentially numbered endnotes provide the information most needed at each juncture, while a... -
Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Hegel on History by Joseph McCarney
RRP: $38.69$34.37Hegel's Introduction to the Philosophy of History remains one of the most profound and influential books on the philosophy of history. In clear and cogent terms this book:* examines the ideas and arguments of the Introduction to the Philosophy of... -
The Analects of Confucius (Lun Yu) by Confucius 9780195112764
RRP: $19.34$14.74In the long river of human history, if one person can represent the civilization of a whole nation, it is perhaps Master Kong, better known as Confucius in the West. If there is one single book that can be upheld as the common code of a whole people, it... -
The Pocket Stoic by John Sellars 9780226682969
RRP: $15.48$11.76To counter the daily anxieties, stress, and emotional swings caused by the barrage of stimuli that plagues modern life, many people have been finding unexpected solace in a philosophy from a very different and distant time: Stoicism. Today, more than... -
Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test by William Irwin
RRP: $20.58$18.55Alan Moore's Watchmen is set in 1985 and chronicles the alternative history of the United States where the US edges dangerously closer to nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Within this world exists a group of crime busters, who don elaborate costumes to... -
Envy: The Seven Deadly Sins by Joseph Epstein 9780195158120
RRP: $18.05$13.98Part of a series of highly entertaining books on the history of sinning. While each of the other six deadly sins area a guilty pleasure, 'the green-eyed monster', as it is often called, is no fun. Jacob Epstein considers what the experts have written... -
The Essential David Bohm by Lee Nichol 9780415261746
RRP: $47.72$41.96There are few scientists of the twentieth century whose life's work has created more excitement and controversy than that of physicist David Bohm (1917-1992). For the first time in a single volume, The Essential David Bohm offers a comprehensive overview... -
Ocean of Reasoning: A Great Commentary on Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika by Khapa Tsong 9780195147339
RRP: $59.33$41.53Tsong khapa (14th century) is arguably the most important and influential philosopher in Tibetan history. An Ocean of Reasoning is the most extensive and perhaps the deepest extant commentary on Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika (Fundamental Wisdom of the... -
Moral Imagination: Essays by David Bromwich 9780691173160
RRP: $25.80$20.50Spanning many historical and literary contexts, Moral Imagination brings together a dozen recent essays by one of America's premier cultural critics. David Bromwich explores the importance of imagination and sympathy to suggest how these faculties may... -
Deep Awake by Tim Freke
RRP: $12.89$8.77Pioneering philosopher Tim Freke has touched the livesof hundreds of thousands of people worldwide through his cutting-edge books and life-changing events. Now he offers you a revolutionary new approach to awakening, which shows that the ego is the hero,... -
John Locke: An Essay concerning Human Understanding by John Locke 9780198245957
RRP: $41.27$39.64This paperback edition reproduces the complete text of the Essay as prepared by professor Nidditch for The Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke. The Register of Formal Variants and the Glossary are omitted and Professor Nidditch has written a... -
Karoline von Günderrode: Philosophical Romantic by Joanna Raisbeck 9781839540257
RRP: $122.55$115.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839540257Author Joanna RaisbeckFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint LegendaPublisher LegendaWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 16mm -
A Commentary on Kant's "Critique of Practical Reason" by Lewis White Beck
RRP: $36.12$35.33When this work was first published in 1960, it immediately filled a void in Kantian scholarship. It was the first study entirely devoted to Kant's Critique of Practical Reason and by far the most substantial commentary on it ever written. This landmark... -
Hidden Zen: Practices for Sudden Awakening and Embodied Realization by Meido Moore
RRP: $21.92$14.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611808469Author Meido MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
The Heart of God: Poems of Life, Prayers of Love by Rabindranath Tagore
RRP: $15.47$10.32"Tagore's life reminds me to take a step back. The time he allowed himself to learn and dream was a commitment of years and decades."-Rupi KaurRabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is thought of as the most important poet of modern-day India. This literary... -
More Posthuman Glossary by Professor Rosi Braidotti
RRP: $28.37$24.87The notion of the posthuman continues to both intrigue and confuse, not least because of the huge number of ideas, theories and figures associated with this term. More Posthuman Glossary provides a way in to the dizzying array of posthuman concepts,... -
Metaphysics by William Hasker 9780877843412
RRP: $23.21$17.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877843412Author William HaskerFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 184gDimensions(mm)... -
Outlines of Pyrrhonism by Empiricus Sextus 9780879755973
RRP: $14.18$10.60Throughout history philosophers have sought to define, understand, and delineate concepts important to human well-being. One such concept is "knowledge." Many philosophers believed that absolute, certain knowledge, is possible-that the physical world and... -
Global Justice: An Introduction by Thom Brooks 9781405184427
$35.35A fascinating and engaging discussion of the central issues in the contemporary study of global justice In Global Justice: An Introduction, distinguished legal and political philosopher Thom Brooks delivers an authoritative and accessible introduction to... -
Gentle Regrets: Thoughts from a Life by Roger Scruton 9780826480330
RRP: $36.11$35.94Roger Scruton is Britain's best known intellectual dissident, who has defended English traditions and English identity against an official culture of denigration. Although his writings on philosophical aesthetics have shown him to be a leading authority... -
The Nature of Necessity by Alvin Plantinga 9780198244141
RRP: $61.26$50.22This is a reissue of a book which is an exploration and defence of the notion of modality 'de re', the idea that objects have both essential and accidental properties. It is one of the first full-length studies of the modalities to emerge from the debate... -
Death: Vintage Minis by Julian Barnes
RRP: $7.73$5.75When it comes to death, is there ever a best case scenario? In this disarmingly witty book, Julian Barnes confronts our unending obsession with the end. He reflects on what it means to miss God, whether death can be good for our careers and why we... -
Zoontologies: The Question Of The Animal by Cary Wolfe 9780816641062
RRP: $25.79$22.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816641062Author Cary WolfeFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota PressDimensions(mm) 229mm... -
The Perils of the One by Stathis Gourgouris
RRP: $38.70$30.04From the earliest times, societies have been seduced by the temptation of unitary thinking. Recognizing the vulnerability of existence, people and cultures privilege regimes that confer authority on a single entity, a sovereign ruler, a transcendental... -
The Cambridge Companion to Adam Smith by Knud Haakonssen
RRP: $39.98$35.05Adam Smith is best known as the founder of scientific economics and as an early proponent of the modern market economy. Political economy, however, was only one part of Smith's comprehensive intellectual system. Consisting of a theory of mind and its...