Philosophy

What is the epistemological value of testimony? What role does language, images, and memory play in its construction? What is the relationship between the person who attests and those who listen? Is bearing witness a concept that is exclusively based in...

"Given the current political conditions, these lectures on race, ethnicity, and nation, delivered by Stuart Hall almost a quarter of a century ago, may be even more timely today."-Angela Y. DavisIn this defining statement one of the founding figures of...

Each of us develops and enacts strategies for living our everyday lives. These may confirm the general tendency towards new forms of connected solitude, in which we work, travel and live alone, yet feel sociable mainly by means of technology. ...

'A characteristically radical re-reading of history that places the social and political experiments of pirates at the heart of the European Enlightenment. A brilliant companion volume to the best-selling Dawn of Everything' Amitav GhoshThe Enlightenment...

Wonder Woman and Philosophy: The Amazonian Mystique explores a wide range of philosophical questions surrounding the most popular female superhero of all time, from her creation as feminist propaganda during World War II up to the first female lead in...

Since its first publication in English in 1985, Mieke Bal's Narratology has become an international classic and the comprehensive introduction to the theory of narrative texts, both literary and non-literary. Providing insights into how readers interpret...

The islands of Scotland's Outer Hebrides boast some of the most remote and spectacular scenery in the world. They also feature an astonishing range of mysterious structures - stone circles, beehive dwellings, holy wells and 'temples' from the Celtic and...

In showing how the great philosophers of human history lived and thought - and what they thought about - Peter Cave provides an accessible and enjoyable introduction to thinking philosophically and how it can change our everyday lives. With a lightness...

"The location of the author's investigations, the body itself rather than the sphere of subjective representations of self and of function in cultures, is wholly new. . . . I believe this work will be a landmark in future feminist thinking." -Alphonso...

These two works on life's fleeting pleasures are by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each shows a different world-view. In the short memoir Hojoki, Chomei recounts his decision to withdraw from worldly affairs and live as a hermit in a tiny hut in...

One of a major new Classics series - books that have changed the history of thought, in sumptuous, clothbound hardbacks.The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590306185Author John TarrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

The third volume of The Cambridge Translations of Medieval Philosophical Texts will allow scholars and students access in English, to major texts that form the debate over mind and knowledge at the center of medieval philosophy. Beginning with...

'Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether?'Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work iconoclastic German philosopher Nietzsche wrote before his descent into madness.One of 46 new books...

Millions of us suffer from addiction, including psychiatrist and recovering alcoholic Carl Erik Fisher. But where does this centuries-old behaviour come from and how should we treat it? As a young doctor, Carl Erik Fisher came face to face with his own...

German philosophy remains the core of modern philosophy. Without Kant, Frege, Wittgenstein, and Husserl there would be no Anglo-American 'analytical' style of philosophy. Moreover, without Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, the 'Continental...

Conversations with My Dog by Hannah Gold is a tale for those who love to seek new adventures and the promise of following their dreams, or nose, into the unknown. In a fast-paced world, driven by material achievement and the fear of loss; clarity can...

Is colour just a physiological phenomenon? Does it have an effect on feelings? This vividly written book, the sequel to the award-winning Colour and Culture, is ultimately informed by the conviction that the meaning of colour lies in the particular...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570625435Author Daniel ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993021596Author Shaun AttwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Shaun AttwoodPublisher Shaun Attwood

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604595413Author George G M JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint A & D PublishingPublisher A & D PublishingWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 230mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262538190Author Mark CoeckelberghFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 16mm

'Once upon a time there were just the gods; mortal beings did not yet exist.' We are used to thinking of myths as stories, and modern myths as made up and fictitious. For the ancient Greeks, however, a myth was a story that unveiled reality, and for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861712847Author His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the Dalai LamaFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907845119Author Benjamin LibetFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 600g

Relax, unwind and soak up the wisdom of the sloth with the slowest page turner you'll ever read. From tidying and Hygge, to living Lagom, the endless pressure to be happier, live better, sleep soundly, and eat mindfully can be exhausting. But...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890951603Author Jean-Pierre VernantFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

A gathering of poetic blossoms.The Greek Anthology (literally, "Gathering of Flowers") is the name given to a collection of about 4500 short Greek poems (called epigrams but usually not epigrammatic) by about 300 composers. To the collection (called...

It seems that just about every new technology that we bring to bear on improving our lives brings with it some downside, side effect or unintended consequence. These issues can pose very real and growing ethical problems for all of us. For example,...

**Pre-order Haemin's new book, When Things Don't Go Your Way, today**A beautiful, much-needed guide for learning to love ourselves - imperfections and all - from the author of the internationally bestselling The Things You Can See Only When You Slow...

'John Sellars excels at writing short books for a general audience on ancient philosophy. . . A great way into one of the greatest philosophers of all time' Nigel Warburton, Five Books Why has Aristotle had such an astounding influence on the world?...

The Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century, also called the Age of Reason, was so named for an intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization. In championing radical ideas such as individual liberty and an empirical appraisal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425264744Author John F. DemartiniFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Dive into the moral philosophy at the heart of all four seasons of NBC's The Good Place, guided by academic experts including the show's philosophical consultants Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, and featuring a foreword from creator and showrunner Michael...

The 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807064900Author Thich Nhat HanhFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm *...

In a series of 50 accessible essays, Ben Dupre introduces and explains the central ideas of politics, philosophy, religion, economics, science, and the arts that have engaged key thinkers and leaders, from Plato to the present day.From the Big Bang to...

Explore ideas, consider the big questions and learn life lessons in your garden. Gardening is an innately thoughtful as well as practical pastime: planning ahead, imagining how plants will grow, deciding what will make a 'good' garden, wondering at the...

'A joy of a book - enriching, illuminating, eclectic and far from a conventional science read' Richard Webb, New Scientist Books of the Year'Carlo Rovelli's imaginative rigour, his lively humour and his beautiful writing are inspiring' Erica WagnerOne of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156028004Author Merton ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperOne