Philosophy

Idiocy is all around us, whether it's the uncle spouting conspiracy theories, the colleagues who repeat your point but louder, or the commuters who still don't know how to use an escalator. But what is the answer to this perpetual scourge? Here,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307476708Author Brian ChristianFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Praise for Solitude: "This is a thoughtful and sensitive book from a man who endured the fear and loneliness of captivity. Now, years later, Terry Waite explores solitude in its many forms." - Stella Rimington DBE, former Director General of MI5 ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733971003Author Jenny Lynn EstesFormat HardbackPage Count 170Imprint Theophany PressPublisher Theophany PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 230mm *...

One of the most important nineteenth-century schools of thought, Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999593653Author J Daniel GuntherFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Wennofer HousePublisher Wennofer HouseWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm...

In the Laws, Plato describes in fascinating detail a comprehensive system of legislation in a small agricultural utopia he named Magnesia. His laws not only govern crime and punishment, but also form a code of conduct for all aspects of life in his ideal...

Instead 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954596078Author Ryuu ShinoharaFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Omen PublishingPublisher Omen PublishingWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

In the Anthropocene, the fact that human activity is enmeshed with the existence and actions of every kind of other being is inescapable. As a result, the planetary ecological crisis has brought forth an urgent need to rethink understandings of human...

The rich archive of twentieth-century debates on fascism can steer a path through an increasingly authoritarian present. Developing anti-fascist theory is an urgent and vital task. From the 'Great Replacement' to campaigns against critical race theory...

A major new edition of the so-called Presocratics.The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the 'Presocratics') have always been not only a fundamental source for understanding archaic Greek culture and ancient...

Applied or practical ethics is perhaps the largest growth area in philosophy today, and many issues in moral, social, and political life have come under philosophical scrutiny in recent years. Taken together, the essays in this volume - including two...

This book is an experiment. Inspired by the bizarre and uncanny, it is an attempt to use science and rationality to lift the veil off the irrational. Its ways are unconventional: weaving along its path one finds UFOs and fairies, quantum mechanics,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681375311Author Thomas MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc

By pooling together exhaustive analyses of certain philosophical paradoxes, we can prove a series of fascinating results regarding philosophical progress, agreement on substantive philosophical claims, knockdown arguments in philosophy, the wisdom of...

A reconfiguration of the reception of Deleuze and Lacan in contemporary Continental philosophyIt is often said that Lacan is the most radical representative of structuralism, a thinker of negativity and alienation, whereas Deleuze is pictured as a great...

An authoritative edition of George Eliot's elegant translation of Spinoza's greatest philosophical workIn 1856, Marian Evans completed her translation of Benedict de Spinoza's Ethics while living in Berlin with the philosopher and critic George Henry...

An urgently needed exploration of global technology worship, and a measured case for skepticism and agnosticism as a way of life, from the New York Times bestselling author of Good without God. Today s technology has overtaken religion as the chief...

This classic interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi's famous Book of Five Rings is explicitly intended for the martial artist-as Miyamoto Musashi originally intended. It explains the underlying truths necessary for a full understanding of Musashi's message...

N. Katherine Hayles is known for breaking new ground at the intersection of the sciences and the humanities. In Unthought, she once again bridges disciplines by revealing how we think without thinking how we use cognitive processes that are inaccessible...

A Companion to the Philosophy of Education is a comprehensive guide to philosophical thinking about education. Offers a state-of-the-art account of current and controversial issues in education, including issues pertaining to multiculturalism, special...

As Holderlin was to Martin Heidegger and Mallarme to Jacques Derrida, so is H.P. Lovecraft to the Speculative Realist philosophers. Lovecraft was one of the brightest stars of the horror and science fiction magazines, but died in poverty and relative...

"We continue to live within the intellectual shadow cast by Nietzsche."-New York Times Book Review Reissued for the age of "fake news," On Truth and Untruth charts Nietzsche's evolving thinking on truth, which has exerted a powerful...

These are unique stories of timeless wisdom and understanding from the Zen Masters. With rich and fascinating tales of swords, tigers, tea, flowers and dogs, the writings of the Masters challenge every perception - and seek to bring all readers closer to...

This has always been the case, no matter how often that certainty has failed. Though no generation believes there's nothing left to learn, every generation unconsciously assumes that what has already been defined and accepted is (probably) pretty close...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERFrom one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy, Religion for Atheists and The School of Life - an accessible and eye-opening exploration of our...

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Knowledge is power. Time in money. Justice is blind.Western civilisation is a powerful brand, and full of accepted wisdoms like these that we rarely question. Taking cues from Greek philosophy and honed in the Enlightenment, certain notions about...

A dazzlingly original analysis of how emotions shape the times we are living in by one of Britain's most exciting thinkers'A masterpiece' New York Times'Insightful and well-written' Yuval Noah Harari, author of SapiensHow have feelings come to shape the...

In his most important work, Max Horkheimer surveys and demonstrates the gradual ascendancy of Reason in Western philosophy, its eventual total application to all spheres of life, and what he considers its present reified domination. First published in...

'The whole world bows down before me; I bow down before the Master Peter Deunov' - Albert EinsteinPeter Deunov (Beinsa Dounov), who lived in Bulgaria from 1864 to 1944, was a great and inspired teacher of the Perennial Wisdom, that essential thread of...

Easwaran's best-selling translation of this classic Buddhist text The Dhammapada is reliable, readable, and profound.Dhammapada means "the path of dharma," the path of harmony and righteousness that anyone can follow to reach the highest good. The...

How to integrate and evolve your inner masculine and feminine* Explains polarity work as a tool to heal trauma, become less judgmental, and develop a more integrated relationship with ourselves and others* Explores 44 common traits of mature and immature...

Pros and Cons: A Debaters Handbook offers a unique and invaluable guide to the arguments both for and against over 140 current controversies and global issues. Since it was first published in 1896 the handbook has been regularly updated and this...

The latest publication by designer Kenya Hara following his acclaimed Designing Design. White is not a book about color. It is rather the author's attempt to explore the essence of "white," which he sees as being closely related to the origin of...

This book explores a variety of interconnected themes central to contemporary Marxist theory and its further development as a critical social theory. Championing the critique of political economy as a critical theory of society and rejecting Marxian...

An exemplary collection of work from one of the world's leading scholars of intellectual history "Foeldenyi . . . stage[s] a broad metaphysical melodrama between opposites that he pursues throughout this fierce, provoking collection (expertly translated...

In recent years, we have witnessed a surge of interest in Marx's work in the effort to understand the origins of our current predicament. For nearly forty years, David Harvey has written and lectured on Capital, becoming one of the world's most foremost...

'Brings cooling clarity to the heat of today's culture wars' Priyamvada Gopal, author of Insurgent Empire'Allows us to not only interrogate our own views, but to persuade others using reason and optimism. A must read' Aaron Bastani, author of Fully...