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The Destruction of Reason by Georg Lukacs
RRP: £30.00£24.17A classic of Western Marxism, The Destruction of Reason is Georg Lukacs's trenchant criticism of German philosophy after Marx and the role it played in the rise of National Socialism. Originally published in 1952, the book is a sustained and detailed... -
Opus Postumum by Immanuel Kant 9780521319287
RRP: £39.99£32.90This volume is the first ever English translation of Kant's last major work, the so-called Opus Postumum, a work Kant himself described as his 'chef d'oeuvre' and as the keystone of his entire philosophical system. It occupied him for more than the last... -
Map Reading: The Nobel Lecture and Other Writings by Abdulrazak Gurnah
RRP: £9.99£7.21'One of the world's most prominent postcolonial writers ... He has consistently and with great compassion penetrated the effects of colonialism and its effects on the lives of uprooted and migrating individuals' Anders Olsson, chairman of the Nobel... -
Hegel's Preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 9780691120522
RRP: £35.00£27.95This is a new translation, with running commentary, of what is perhaps the most important short piece of Hegel's writing. The Preface to Hegel's first major work, the Phenomenology of Spirit, lays the groundwork for all his other writing by explaining... -
On Escape: De l'evasion by Emmanuel Levinas 9780804741408
RRP: £16.99£15.07First published in 1935, On Escape represents Emmanuel Levinas's first attempt to break with the ontological obsession of the Western tradition. In it, Levinas not only affirms the necessity of an escape from being, but also gives a meaning and a... -
Africa for Africans by Marcus Garvey
RRP: £16.99£13.49Originally published in two volumes between 1923 and 1925, Africa for Africans: Or, The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey is a compilation of letters, speeches and essays by one of the Fathers of Pan-Africanism.Hailed by Martin Luther King, Jr... -
Five Senses: A Philosophy of Mingled Bodies by Michel Serres 9780826459855
£40.09Marginalized by the scientific age with its metaphysical and philosophical systems, the lessons of the senses have been overtaken by the dominance of language and the information revolution. Exploring the deleterious effects of the systematic downgrading... -
Formation of Character by Charlotte M Mason 9780648104803
RRP: £15.99£14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648104803Author Charlotte M MasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 476Imprint Living Book PressPublisher Living Book PressWeight(grams) 467g -
Giordano Bruno: Cause, Principle and Unity: And Essays on Magic by Giordano Bruno
RRP: £32.99£28.38Giordano Bruno's notorious public death in 1600, at the hands of the Inquisition in Rome, marked the transition from Renaissance philosophy to the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. In his philosophical works he addressed such delicate... -
How Free Are We?: Conversations from the Free Will Show by Taylor W. Cyr 9780197657508
RRP: £22.99£19.56Free will comes up in everyday conversations all the time. "She did that of her own free will." "He could have done something else instead." "It's my choice." "That's up to you." How we think about free will-and the closely-related concept of moral... -
Atmospheric Architectures by Professor Gernot Boehme 9781350141827
£30.98There is fast-growing awareness of the role atmospheres play in architecture. Of equal interest to contemporary architectural practice as it is to aesthetic theory, this 'atmospheric turn' owes much to the work of the German philosopher Gernot Boehme. ... -
Wittgenstein: Meaning and Mind, Volume 3 of an Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations, Part II: Exegesis 243-247 P. M. S. Hacker (University of Oxford) 9780631190646
RRP: £37.95£33.62This third volume of the monumental commentary on Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations covers sections 243-427, which constitute the heart of the book. Like the previous volumes, it consists of philosophical essays and exegesis. The thirteen... -
Ecce Humanitas: Beholding the Pain of Humanity by Brad Evans
RRP: £25.00£19.59The very idea of humanity seems to be in crisis. Born in the ashes of devastation after the slaughter of millions, the liberal conception of humanity imagined a suffering victim in need of salvation. Today, this figure appears less and less capable of... -
The Myths We Live By: Adventures in Democracy, Free Speech and Other Liberal Inventions by Peter Cave 9781786495204
RRP: £14.99£3.21In this witty and mischievous book, philosopher Peter Cave dissects the most controversial disputes today and uses philosophical argument to reveal that many issues are less straightforward than we'd like to believe. Leaving no sacred cow standing, Cave... -
ZEN for Beginners by Judith Blackstone 9781934389065
RRP: £12.99£11.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934389065Author Judith BlackstoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint For BeginnersPublisher For Beginners -
Mahamudra: How to Discover Our True Nature by Lama Yeshe 9781614293958
RRP: £12.99£10.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614293958Author Lama YesheFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S. -
Idol of Our Age: How the Religion of Humanity Subverts Christianity by Daniel J. Mahoney 9781641770927
RRP: £12.99£8.73This book is a learned essay at the intersection of politics, philosophy, and religion. It is first and foremost a diagnosis and critique of the secular religion of our time, humanitarianism, or the "religion of humanity." It argues that the humanitarian... -
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Social Science by Harold Kincaid 9780190845773
RRP: £40.99£37.99The philosophy of the social sciences considers the underlying explanatory powers of the social (or human) sciences, such as history, economics, anthropology, politics, and sociology. The type of questions covered includes the methodological (the nature... -
Hegel's Aesthetics: Volume 1 by G. W. F. Hegel 9780198244981
RRP: £31.99£28.95This is the second of two volumes of the only English edition of Hegel's Aesthetics, the work in which he gives full expression to his seminal theory of art. The substantial Introduction is his best exposition of his general philosophy of art. In Part I... -
Introduction to Buddhist East Asia by Robert H. Scott 9781438492421
RRP: £26.97£23.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438492421Author Robert H. ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Post-Truth: Knowledge As A Power Game by Steve Fuller 9781783086948
RRP: £24.95£23.72'Post-truth' was Oxford Dictionaries 2016 word of the year. While the term was coined by its disparagers in the light of the Brexit and US presidential campaigns, the roots of post-truth lie deep in the history of Western social and political theory... -
What is Metaphysics? John Heil 9781509546497
RRP: £14.99£13.58If we didn't possess certain beliefs about such things as time, appearance and reality, and how effect follows cause, we wouldn't be able to get out of bed in the morning, let alone read a book about metaphysics, which is the study of our experience and... -
For the Good of the World: Why Our Planet's Crises Need Global Agreement Now A. C. Grayling 9780861542666
RRP: £16.99£12.47'A must read' Gordon Brown 'A truly excellent book' Sir David King The three biggest challenges facing the world today, in A. C. Grayling's view, are climate change, technology and justice. In his timely new book, he asks: can human beings agree... -
Hojoki: A Buddhist Reflection on Solitude: Imperfection and Transcendence - Bilingual English and Japanese Texts with Free Online Audio Recordings by Kamo no Chomei 9784805318003
RRP: £14.99£11.26Discover the tranquil wisdom of Chomei's 13th-century masterpiece, Hojoki, as it unveils the beauty of imperfection and the serenity of a simple life amidst the chaos of existence.Hojoki is an introspective poem written in the 13th century by the... -
The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Phenomenology by Dan Zahavi
£35.00The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Phenomenology presents twenty-eight essays by some of the leading figures in the field, and gives an authoritative overview of the type of work and range of topics found and discussed in contemporary phenomenology. The... -
Looking Backward 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy
RRP: £7.99£6.39'No person can be blamed for refusing to read another word of what promises to be a mere imposition upon his credulity.' Julian West, a feckless aristocrat living in fin-de-si`ecle Boston, plunges into a deep hypnotic sleep in 1887 and wakes up in the... -
Republic: Translated from the New Standard Greek Text, with Introduction by Plato 9780872207370
RRP: £44.99£37.29This edition includes a select bibliography, a synopsis of each book, a glossary of terms, a glossary and index of names, and a general index. **Please note that the hardcover edition does not include a dust jacket. "Reeve's new translation of... -
The Weakness of the Will Justin Gosling 9781138009158
RRP: £49.99£43.50First Published in 2004. Since before Plato, philosophers have puzzled over why it is that people will sometimes deliberately take the worst course of action. The book begins by examining the various theories put forward by Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics... -
Fifty Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern World Stephen Trombley 9781782390923
RRP: £12.99£8.80Stephen Trombley's Fifty Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern World traces the development of modern thought through a sequence of accessible profiles of the most influential thinkers in every domain of intellectual endeavour since 1789. No major... -
An Introduction to Karl Marx by Jon Elster
RRP: £19.99£16.22A concise and comprehensive introduction to Marx's social, political and economic thought for the beginning student. Jon Elster surveys in turn each of the main themes of marxist thought: methodology, alienation, economics, exploitation, historical... -
How To Be Good: What Socrates Can Teach Us About the Art of Living Well Massimo Pigliucci 9781399804936
RRP: £20.00£13.35What Socrates's greatest failure says about a 2,000-year-old question: is it possible to teach ourselves and others to become better people? Can we make ourselves into better human beings? Can we help others do the same? And can we get the leaders of our... -
The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World by Michael Ignatieff 9780674237490
RRP: £17.95£14.82Winner of the Zocalo Book PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"Combines powerful moral arguments with superb storytelling."-New StatesmanWhat moral values do we hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically, are the things... -
Cicero: On Moral Ends by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: £26.99£23.44This 2001 translation makes one of the most important texts in ancient philosophy available to modern readers. Cicero is increasingly being appreciated as an intelligent and well-educated amateur philosopher, and in this work he presents the major... -
Grief Worlds: A Study of Emotional Experience by Matthew Ratcliffe
RRP: £43.00£29.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544801Author Matthew RatcliffeFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Realization of Oneness: The Practice of Spiritual Healing by Joel S Goldsmith 9781889051789
RRP: £16.95£11.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781889051789Author Joel GoldsmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Acropolis Books Inc.,U.S.Publisher Acropolis Books Inc.,U.S. -
The Kybalion: A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece by Three Initiates 9780943217208
£13.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780943217208Author Three InitiatesFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint Kybalion Resource PagePublisher Kybalion Resource PageWeight(grams)... -
Sleight of Mind: 75 Ingenious Paradoxes in Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy by Matt Cook
RRP: £23.00£15.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542296Author Matt CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Nietzsche and Psychotherapy by Manu Bazzano
RRP: £36.99£31.09Drawing on over a century of international Nietzschean scholarship, this groundbreaking book discusses some of the unexplored psychological reaches of Nietzsche's thought, as well as their implications for psychotherapeutic practice.Nietzsche's... -
Marx: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself Gill Hands 9781473608696
RRP: £14.99£9.90Is this the right book for me?Marx: A Complete Introduction will familiarize you with the revolutionary thinking of this significant man. It will take you through all the essential concepts - from class struggle to dialectical materialism. Expressing... -
Susan Sontag: The Complete Rolling Stone Interview by Jonathan Cott
RRP: £10.99£9.61Published in its entirety for the first time, a candid conversation with Susan Sontag at the height of her brilliant career "One of my oldest crusades is against the distinction between thought and feeling, which is really the basis of all...