Philosophy

A bold reevaluation of Spinoza that reveals his powerful, inclusive vision of religion for the modern ageSpinoza is widely regarded as either a God-forsaking atheist or a God-intoxicated pantheist, but Clare Carlisle says that he was neither. In...

Drone Theory is Gregoire Chamayou's poignant and sharply argued polemic against US drone warfare.In 2011 alone, the US deployed one drone strike every four days in Pakistan. Drone Theory is a rigorous polemic against the increasing use of robot warfare...

This book is an invitation to read poetry. Simon Critchley argues that poetry enlarges life with a range of observation, power of expression and attention to language that eclipses any other medium. In a rich engagement with the poetry of Wallace...

The world is never going to make complete sense to us, yet we find that conclusion almost impossible to accept. Can we live, and feel at home, in a world composed at best of incompatible fragments of meaning?This is the theme that runs through this...

In his quest to solve 'the ever-disquieting riddle of existence', Schopenhauer explored almost every dimension of human existence, developing a darkly compelling worldview that found deep resonance in contemporary literature, music, philosophy, and...

This English translation of Friedrich Nietzsche in seinen Werken offers a rare, intimate view of the philosopher by Lou Salome, a free-thinking, Russian-born intellectual to whom Nietzsche proposed marriage at only their second meeting. Published in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781068668500Author Raymond PlumFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Raymond G PlumPublisher Raymond G Plum

'Poverty does not consist in the want of money,' I answered, 'nor is begging to be deplored. Poverty consists in the desire to have everything, and through violent means if necessary'From their founding in the fifth century BC and for over 800 years, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939507112Author Mohammad Ali TaheriFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Interuniversal PressPublisher Interuniversal PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420951103Author Marcus AureliusFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Brook Ziporyn's carefully crafted, richly annotated translation of the complete writings of Zhuangzi-including a lucid Introduction, a Glossary of Essential Terms, and a Bibliography-provides readers with an engaging and provocative deep dive into this...

How all philosophical explanations of human consciousness and the fundamental structure of the cosmos are bizarre-and why that's a good thingDo we live inside a simulated reality or a pocket universe embedded in a larger structure about which we know...

In a series of articles specifically commissioned for this volume, some of today's most distinguished business ethicists survey the main areas of interest and concern in the field of business ethics. Sections of the book cover topics such as the often...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838228637Author Mark RobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Who the Hell Is...?Publisher Who the Hell Is...?Weight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614295204Author His Holiness the Dalai LamaFormat HardbackPage Count 366Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Ferdinand de Saussure is commonly regarded as one of the fathers of 20th Century Linguistics. His lectures, posthumously published as the Course in General Linguistics ushered in the structuralist mode which marked a key turning point in modern thought...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the timeless wisdom of ancient Greece through to Christianity, the Enlightenment, existentialism and postmodernism, A Brief History of Thought brilliantly and accessibly explains the enduring teachings of philosophy -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692276853Author Richard Schaub PhdFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Florence PressPublisher Florence PressWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559391764Author Tenzin WangyalFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944601270Author FinkFormat PaperbackPage Count 666Imprint Selah Book PressPublisher Selah Book PressWeight(grams) 875gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 34mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621388296Author Kevin VostFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816615865Author Peter SloterdijkFormat PaperbackPage Count 600Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota PressDimensions(mm)...

This book is now available for the first time in paperback, the remarkable debut of a former student of Alain Badiou. Quentin Meillassoux, a former student of Alain Badiou, is considered to be one of the most talented and exciting new voices in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385721547Author Rolf GatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm) 189mm *...

Temporal divergence creates a need for new narratives and paradigms. In Diverging Time David Carvounas supports this assertion through detailed expository and diagnostic readings of Kant, Hegel, and Marx. He focuses on their contribution to our...

Alex Tissandier traces Leibniz's ambiguous status for Deleuze to explain two key ideas in Deleuzian philosophy: a concept of difference that is not reducible to a relation of contradiction and an account of the genesis of the world that does not...

'I shall reconsider human knowledge by starting from the fact that we can know more than we can tell', writes Michael Polanyi, whose work paved the way for the likes of Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper. "The Tacit Dimension", originally published in 1967,...

'A complete overhaul of the Western museum tradition' - Publishers Weekly The Western museum is a battleground - a terrain of ideological, political and economic contestation. Almost everyone today wants to rethink the museum, but how many have the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532657740Author James CareyFormat PaperbackPage Count 398Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 689gDimensions(mm)...

The moral issues involved in doctors assisting patients to die with dignity are of absolutely central concern to the medical profession, ethicists, and the public at large. The debate is fuelled by cases that extend far beyond passive euthanasia to the...

The Armenian-Greek spiritual teacher, G.I. Gurdjieff's autobiographical account of his youth and early travels has become something of a legend since it was first published in 1963. A compulsive read in the tradition of adventure narratives, but suffused...

The bestselling author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind has written his most ambitious and important work yet - an exploration of the seven ways we experience God. These are shaped, not by any one religion, but by an instinct that is hardwired into the...

This book gives a clear and readable overview of the philosophical work of Jurgen Habermas, the most influential German philosopher alive today, who has commented widely on subjects such as Marxism, the importance and effectiveness of communication, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954839274Author Niccol MachiavelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Reader's Library ClassicsPublisher Reader's Library ClassicsWeight(grams)...

A Telegraph Best Summer Book of 2023 A New York Times 'Critics' Pick' Book of 2023 What are the limits of language? How to bring philosophy closer to everyday life? What is a good human being? These were among the questions that philosophers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861716012Author Shohaku OkumuraFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint 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 9781603862363Author Leo TolstoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Merchant BooksPublisher Merchant BooksWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

French theorist Rene Girard was one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century. Read by international leaders, quoted by the French media, Girard influenced such writers as J.M. Coetzee and Milan Kundera. Dubbed "the new Darwin of the human sciences"...

Foucault continues on the theme of his 1978 course by focusing on the study of liberal and neo-liberal forms of government and concentrating in particular on two forms of neo-liberalism: German post-war liberalism and the liberalism of the Chicago School...