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The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World by Elaine Scarry
RRP: $23.85$17.13Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, this profoundly original work explores the nature of physical suffering. Elaine Scarry bases her study on a wide range of sources: literature and art, medical case histories, documents on torture... -
Perception: The Basics by Bence Nanay 9781032639543
RRP: $21.92$19.63This book combines approaches from philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience in the study of perception. In addition to appealing to readers from all three of these disciplines, Perception: The Basics is a perfect introduction for students and general... -
Prison notebooks: Selections by Antonio Gramsci 9780853152804
RRP: $32.25$30.53This volume was the first selection published from the Antonio Gramsci's "Prison Nobebooks" to be made available in Britain, and was originally published in the early 1970s. It contains most of the key writings by Gramsci, including the text of "The... -
Of The Social Contract and Other Political Writings by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
RRP: $14.18$10.02'Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains.' These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has stirred vigorous debate ever since its first publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over... -
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman
RRP: $14.18$9.03Now a Netflix original series! Unorthodox is the bestselling memoir of a young Jewish woman's escape from a religious sect, in the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel and Carolyn Jessop's Escape, featuring a new epilogue by the author.As a member of... -
Old Path White Clouds by Thich Nhat Hanh 9780938077268
RRP: $38.70$27.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780938077268Author Thich Nhat HanhFormat PaperbackPage Count 600Imprint Parallax PressPublisher Parallax PressWeight(grams) 879gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 151mm... -
Ethics: The Fundamentals by Julia Driver
RRP: $25.74$22.79Ethics: The Fundamentals explores core ideas and arguments in moral theory by introducing students to different philosophical approaches to ethics, including virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, divine command theory, and feminist ethics. The first volume in... -
Anti-Education by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: $12.89$8.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590178942Author Friederich NietzscheFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge by A. J. Ayer 9780333068380
RRP: $77.39$76.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333068380Author A. J. AyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 370g -
The Ethics of Privacy and Surveillance by Carissa V´eliz 9780198870173
RRP: $32.25$27.34Privacy matters because it shields us from possible abuses of power. Human beings need privacy just as much as they need community. Our need for socialization brings with it risks and burdens which in turn give rise to the need for spaces and time away... -
A Hut at the Edge of the Village by John Moriarty 9781843518006
RRP: $16.77$14.22There is a radical agency in John Moriarty's work that we as readers don't always spot. As our heads spin with mythological cross-referencing, poetical leaps and the philosophical bent, it is clear that there is nothing domestic, nothing tame, about John... -
Vagueness and Thought by Andrew Bacon 9780198712060
RRP: $135.45$120.74Vagueness is the study of concepts that admit borderline cases: the property of being bald is vague because there are people who are neither definitely bald, nor definitely not bald. The epistemology of vagueness concerns the sorts of attitudes we ought... -
No-Gate Gateway: The Original Wu-Men Kuan by David Hinton
RRP: $23.21$15.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611804379Author David HintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
The Buddhist and the Ethicist: Conversations on Effective Altruism, Engaged Buddhism, and How to Build a Better World by Peter Singer 9781645472179
RRP: $21.92$14.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645472179Author Peter SingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
Posthuman Ecologies: Complexity and Process after Deleuze by Rosi Braidotti 9781786608239
RRP: $45.15$41.91The devolved and dispersed character of human agency and moral responsibility in the contemporary condition appears linked with the deepening global trauma of 'inhumanism' as a paradox of the Anthropocene. Reclaiming human agency and accountability... -
Map Reading: The Nobel Lecture and Other Writings by Abdulrazak Gurnah
RRP: $12.89$9.17'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... -
Zen Wisdom for Christians by Christopher Collingwood
RRP: $25.79$24.82As spiritual paths, Zen and Christianity can learn from one another. In this book, Anglican priest and Zen teacher Christopher Collingwood sets out how Zen can return Christians to their roots with renewed energy, and allow others to consider... -
Eastern Philosophy: Teach Yourself: A guide to the wisdom and traditions of thought of India and the Far East by Mel Thompson 9781444157598
$15.96Eastern Philosophy examines key ideas that developed within the ancient civilisations of India and China. It presents a range of philosophies that both inform discussion of personal, moral and social issues and address the fundamental questions about the... -
Russian Revolution, The Paper by Chris Culpin
$26.73Covering popular topics and containing sharply focused material, Longman History in Depth is ideal for AS/A Level or higher Still students of all abilities. Introduces students to each topis through a narrative supported by charts, maps, timelines,... -
Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership and Change by Don Beck 9781405133562
RRP: $36.12$31.85Spiral Dynamics introduces a new model for plotting the enormous economic and commercial shifts that are making contemporary business practice so complex and apparently fragmented. Focusing on cutting-edge leadership, management systems, processes,... -
From Suffering to Peace: The True Promise of Mindfulness by Mark Coleman 9781608686032
RRP: $21.92$14.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608686032Author Mark ColemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library -
Dreamworlds of Race: Empire and the Utopian Destiny of Anglo-America by Duncan Bell
RRP: $32.25$25.27How transatlantic thinkers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries promoted the unification of Britain and the United StatesBetween the late nineteenth century and the First World War an ocean-spanning network of prominent individuals... -
Jung, Buddhism, and the Incarnation of Sophia: Unpublished Writings from the Philosopher of the Soul by Henry Corbin 9781620557396
RRP: $24.50$20.19Examines the work of Carl Jung in relation to Eastern religion, the wisdom teachings of the Sophia, Sufi mysticism, and visionary spirituality Henry Corbin (1903-1978) was one of the most important French philosophers and orientalists of the 20th century... -
The Nature Of Reality: Exploding The Mind Body Spirit Myth by Nor 9781450555326
RRP: $19.34$15.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781450555326Author NorFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 6mm -
The Beast and the Sovereign: Volume I by Jacques Derrida
RRP: $33.54$32.06When he died in 2004, Jacques Derrida left behind a vast legacy of unpublished material, much of it in the form of written lectures. With "The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume I", the University of Chicago Press inaugurated an ambitious series, edited by... -
One and Everything by Sam Winston
RRP: $19.34$12.64From Sam Winston, the co-creator of the Bologna Ragazzi award-winning A Child of Books, comes a thought-provoking celebration of the power of stories and written languages, and the imperative to preserve them.Once there were many stories in the world... -
Inquiry and Essays by Thomas Reid 9780915145850
RRP: $25.79$21.21Reid's previously published writings are substantial, both in quantity and quality. This edition attempts to make these writings more readily available in a single volume. Based upon Hamilton's definitive two volume 6th edition, this edition is suitable... -
Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
RRP: $12.89$9.17After a period of forced exile and solitary wandering brought about by his radical views on religion and politics, Jean-Jacques Rousseau returned to Paris in 1770. Here, in the last two years of his life, he wrote his final work, the Reveries. In this... -
The Pensive Image: Art as a Form of Thinking by Hanneke Grootenboer 9780226829449
RRP: $25.80$25.03Grootenboer considers painting as a form of thinking in itself, rather than a subject of philosophical and interpretive thought. While the philosophical dimension of painting has long been discussed, a clear case for painting as a form of visual... -
Plato and A Platypus Walk into A Bar by Thomas Cathcart
RRP: $21.93$12.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143113874Author Thomas CathcartFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 176gDimensions(mm) 178mm *... -
When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold Kushner
RRP: $12.89$9.17The #1 bestselling inspirational classic from the internationally known spiritual leader; a source of solace and hope for over 4 million readers.Since its original publication in 1981, When Bad Things Happen to Good People has brought solace and hope to... -
Epistemology: An Anthology by Ernest Sosa 9781405169660
RRP: $36.06$33.35New and thoroughly updated, Epistemology: An Anthology continues to represent the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in the theory of knowledge. Concentrates on the central topics of the field, such as skepticism and... -
Thinking with Concepts by Reverend Dr John Wilson 9780521096010
RRP: $25.79$20.36In his preface Mr Wilson writes 'I feel that a great many adults ... would do better to spend less time in simply accepting the concepts of others uncritically, and more time in learning how to analyse concepts in general'. Mr Wilson starts by describing... -
Weighing Lives by John Broome 9780199297702
RRP: $50.30$40.31We are often faced with choices that involve the weighing of people's lives against each other, or the weighing of lives against other good things. These are choices both for individuals and for societies. A person who is terminally ill may have to... -
Lust: The Seven Deadly Sins by Simon Blackburn 9780195162004
RRP: $25.79$19.38Lust, says Simon Blackburn, is furtive, headlong, always sizing up opportunities. It is a trail of clothing in the hallway, the trashy cousin of love. But be that as it may, the aim of this delightful book is to rescue lust "from the denunciations of old... -
To Light the Flame of Reason: Clear Thinking for the Twenty-First Century by Christer Sturmark
RRP: $32.25$24.43To Light the Flame of Reason is all about the art of clear thinking, an art that is needed now more than ever in the world we now live in. Written for anyone who wants to navigate better in this world filled with populist dogmas, anti-science attitudes,... -
Chaos, Territory, Art: Deleuze and the Framing of the Earth by Elizabeth Grosz 9780231145190
RRP: $19.34$15.67Instead of treating art as a unique creation that requires reason and refined taste to appreciate, Elizabeth Grosz argues that art-especially architecture, music, and painting-is born from the disruptive forces of sexual selection. She approaches art as... -
Computability and Logic by George S. Boolos
RRP: $39.98$34.61Computability and Logic has become a classic because of its accessibility to students without a mathematical background and because it covers not simply the staple topics of an intermediate logic course, such as Godel's incompleteness theorems, but also... -
Homo Mysticus: A Guide to Maimonides's Guide for the Perplexed by Jose Faur 9780815627814
$29.17This text examines the ideas, perspectives and methodologies developed in critical theory and poststructural analysis. This interpretation of Maimonides ""A Guide to the Perplexed"" reveals views on prophecy, philosophy, the importance of fulfilling the... -
After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, Third Edition by Alasdair MacIntyre
RRP: $36.11$31.14When After Virtue first appeared in 1981, it was recognized as a significant and potentially controversial critique of contemporary moral philosophy. Newsweek called it "a stunning new study of ethics by one of the foremost moral philosophers in the...