Philosophy

The appearance of this translation is a major event in English-language Hegel studies, for it is more than simply a replacement for Wallace's translation cum paraphrase. Hegel's Prefaces to each of the three editions of the Enzyklopadie are translated...

This is a fresh, bold study of the emerging field of Sound Art, informed by the ideas of Adorno, Merleau Ponty and others. "Listening to Noise and Silence" engages with the emerging practice of sound art and the concurrent development of a discourse and...

For more than thirty years, The Universe Next Door has set the standard for a clear, readable introduction to worldviews. In this new fifth edition James Sire offers additional student-friendly features to his concise, easily understood introductions to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816616114Author Jean-Francois LyotardFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota...

In this moving and thought-provoking volume, Arthur Kleinman tells the unsettling stories of a handful of men and women, some of whom have lived through some of the most fundamental transitions of the turbulent twentieth century. Here we meet an...

With thoughtful and engaging prose, noted scholar Peter van Inwagen provides a comprehensive introduction to metaphysics in this essential text. Metaphysics covers the gamut of historical and contemporary arguments of metaphysics, engaging readers...

The Human Phenomenon by the priest, paleontologist, and geologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin is his book of the Earth, a discovery and an epic journey to open the way out for humanity in a time of world conflict and to release the spirit of the Earth. As...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934586501Author Benjamin N DykesFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint Cazimi PressPublisher Cazimi PressWeight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585422517Author Jacob NeedlemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 274gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Serial Killers - Philosophy for Everyone investigates our profound intrigue with mass-murderers. Exploring existential, ethical and political questions through an examination of real and fictional serial killers, philosophy comes alive via an exploration...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954806859Author TONY FRAISFormat PaperbackPage Count 39Imprint Anthony T. FraisPublisher Anthony T. FraisDimensions(mm) 300mm * 210mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781855840638Author Rudolf SteinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Rudolf Steiner PressPublisher Rudolf Steiner Press

An unauthorized look behind one of the greatest video game franchises of all time, Final Fantasy The Final Fantasy universe is packed with compelling characters and incredible storylines. In this book, you'll take a fascinating look at the deeper issues...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047333Author Georges BatailleFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

A History of Scottish Philosophy is a series of collaborative studies by expert authors, each volume being devoted to a specific period. Together they provide a comprehensive account of the Scottish philosophical tradition, from the centuries that laid...

How can we be sure the oppressed do not become oppressors in their turn? How can we create a feminism that doesn't turn into yet another tool for oppression? It has become commonplace to argue that, in order to fight the subjugation of women, we have to...

As read on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week.Imagine you have survived an apocalypse. Civilization as you knew it is no more. What will life be like and how will you cope?In 2006, Dylan Evans set out to answer these questions. He left his job in a high-tech...

The second edition of this popular text, updated throughout and now including Covid-19 and the 2020 presidential election and aftermath, introduces students to the research into conspiracy theories and the people who propagate and believe them. In doing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892817238Author Susan LevittFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Destiny Books,U.S.Publisher Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Embracing the web of multi-culturalism that has become a fact of contemporary life from New York to New Delhi, Eco argues that we are more connected to people of other traditions and customs than ever before, making tolerance the ultimate value in...

What is the environment, and how does it figure in an ethical life? This book is an introduction to the philosophical issues involved in this important question, focussing primarily on ethics but also encompassing questions in aesthetics and political...

Sound Pressure reveals how speaker systems mounted in public, employment, military and entertainment environments have played a pivotal role in the way that humans have been physiologically and psychologically organised and disciplined throughout the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681370224Author Dror BursteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,...

Toward a Feminist Theory of the State presents Catharine MacKinnon's powerful analysis of politics, sexuality, and the law from the perspective of women. Using the debate over Marxism and feminism as a point of departure, MacKinnon develops a theory of...

Augustine famously claimed that the virtues of pagan Rome were nothing more than splendid vices. This critique reinvented itself as a suspicion of acquired virtue as such, and true Christian virtue has, ever since, been set against a false, hypocritical...

Henri Bergson (1859-1941) was once the most famous philosopher in the world, but his reputation waned in the latter half of the 20th century. Barry Allen here makes the case for Bergson as a great philosopher, one whose thought has much to contribute to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621382157Author Malachi MartinFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Published in 1903, this book was the first comprehensive treatise on the logical foundations of mathematics written in English. It sets forth, as far as possible without mathematical and logical symbolism, the grounds in favour of the view that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956309143Author Shri AtmanandaFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Non-Duality PressPublisher Non-Duality PressWeight(grams) 347gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

What is humanism and why does it matter? Is there any doctrine every humanist must hold? If it rejects religion, what does it offer in its place? Have the twentieth century's crimes against humanity spelled the end for humanism?On Humanism is a timely...

'Full of charm and fascination' The Bookseller'Would dazzle any storyteller in love with words and their deepest meanings' Amy Tan, author of Joy Luck Club'A generous book and a beguiling read' Rebecca Gowers* * * * * *From the bestselling author of Born...

Hannah Arendt and the Challenge of Modernity explores the theme of human rights in the work of Hannah Arendt. Parekh argues that Arendt's contribution to this debate has been largely ignored because she does not speak in the same terms as contemporary...

Buddhist meditator and scholar Bhikkhu Analayo introduces the Buddhist backgrounds to mindfulness, ranging from mindful eating to its formal cultivation as satipatthana (the foundations of mindfulness). He also offers a historical survey of the...

After darkness, there is always light In a time of increasing uncertainty, Rethink offers a guide to a much-needed global 'reset moment', with leading international figures giving us glimpses of a better future after the pandemic. Each contribution...

This remarkable text, first published in 1964, was a landmark of its era and remains, in the words of Michael Loewy, a work of "remarkable richness." Drawing on Georg Lukacs' History and Class Consciousness, Lucien Goldmann applies the concept of "world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937114091Author Choney Lama Drakpa ShedrupFormat HardbackPage Count 508Imprint Diamond Cutter PressPublisher Diamond Cutter PressWeight(grams)...

A Winnipeg Free Press Top Read of 2021 What if David Bowie really was holding the fabric of the universe together? The death of David Bowie in January 2016 was a bad start to a year that got a lot worse: war in Syria, the Zika virus, terrorist...

In the year 1570, at the age of thirty-seven, Michel de Montaigne gave up his job as a magistrate and retired to his chateau to brood on his own private grief - the deaths of his best friends, his father, his brother, and most recently his first-born...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597312196Author Charles UptonFormat PaperbackPage Count 536Imprint ReviviscimusPublisher ReviviscimusWeight(grams) 812gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 30mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937884062Author David NelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Kaizen QuestPublisher Kaizen QuestWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm