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Time and Narrative: v. 2 by D. Pellauer
RRP: £19.00£16.20In volume 1 of this three-volume work, Paul Ricoeur examined the relations between time and narrative in historical writing. Now, in volume 2, he examines these relations in fiction and theories of literature. Ricoeur treats the question of just how far... -
Philosophy of Suffering: Metaphysics, Value, and Normativity by David Bain 9781032570297
RRP: £39.99£35.46Suffering is a central component of our lives. We suffer pain. We fall ill. We fail and are failed. Our loved ones die. It is a commonplace to think that suffering is, always and everywhere, bad. But might suffering also be good? If so, in what ways... -
Agamben and Politics: A Critical Introduction by Sergei Prozorov
RRP: £28.99£26.91This is a critical introduction to Giorgio Agamben's political thought that highlights its affirmative dimension. Rapidly becoming one of the most celebrated and controversial contemporary thinkers, Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben has made an... -
Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues by George Berkeley
RRP: £10.99£7.77One of the greatest British philosophers, Bishop Berkeley (1685-1753) was the founder of the influential doctrine of Immaterialism - the belief that there is no reality outside the mind, and that the existence of material objects depends upon their being... -
Liberty and Equality by Raymond Aron 9780691226767
RRP: £16.99£13.65An invaluable reflection on the essence of liberal democracy-and an ideal introduction to the work of political philosopher Raymond AronLiberty and Equality is the first English translation of the last lecture delivered at the College de France by... -
The Ending of Time: Where Philosophy and Physics Meet by Jiddu Krishnamurti
RRP: £17.99£12.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062360977Author Jiddu KrishnamurtiFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Sartre and Fiction by Gary Cox 9780826423184
£29.35This clear and accessible introduction offers detailed coverage of, and invaluable guidance on, Sartre's fictional writings."Sartre and Fiction" offers a clear and accessible introduction to the extensive fictional writings of Jean-Paul Sartre... -
Thirteen Theories of Human Nature by Leslie Stevenson
RRP: £68.99£64.96Over six previous editions, Twelve Theories of Human Nature has been a remarkably popular introduction to some of the most influential developments in Western and Eastern thought. Now titled Thirteen Theories of Human Nature, the seventh edition adds a... -
Selves: An Essay in Revisionary Metaphysics by Galen Strawson
£34.91What is the self? Does it exist? If it does exist, what is it like? It's not clear that we even know what we're asking about when we ask these large, metaphysical questions. The idea of the self comes very naturally to us, and it seems rather important,... -
Buddhism: Tools for Living Your Life by Vajragupta
RRP: £12.99£9.09This work features tools which are teachings, exercises and reflections which can be applied to everyday life. The tools draw on the Buddhist tradition to guide us along a progressive path of ethics, meditation and wisdom in the context of our day-to-day... -
Questions of Taste: The Philosophy of Wine by Barry C. Smith 9781909930216
RRP: £12.99£11.95In Questions of Taste, the first book in any language on the subject, philosophers such as Roger Scruton and wine professionals like Andrew Jefford, author of the award-winning book The New France, turn their attention to wine as an object of perception,... -
Preface to Paradise Lost by C.S. Lewis 9780008584511
RRP: £9.99£6.64In Preface to Paradise Lost, C. S. Lewis presents an illuminating reflection on John Milton's Paradise Lost, the seminal classic that profoundly influenced Christian thought as well as Lewis's own work. Lewis a revered scholar and professor of... -
Democracy: A User's Guide by Joss Sheldon 9781716792069
£13.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781716792069Author Joss SheldonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm -
How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship by Marcus Tullius Cicero 9780691177199
RRP: £14.99£12.15A splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever writtenIn a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very idea of deep and lasting friendships, the search for true friends is... -
Tanabe Hajime and the Kyoto School: Self, World, and Knowledge by Dr Takeshi Morisato
RRP: £21.99£20.59This introduction to Tanabe Hajime (1885-1962), the critical successor of the "father of contemporary Japanese philosophy" Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945), focuses on Tanabe's central philosophical ideas and perspective on self, world, knowledge, and the... -
From Modernity to Modernism (Towards a Metaphilosophy of Daily Life): v.3 by Henri Lefebvre 9781844671939
£17.78Henri Lefebvre's magnum opus: a monumental exploration of contemporary society.Henri Lefebvre's three-volume Critique of Everyday Life is perhaps the richest, most prescient work by one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers. Written at the... -
I Met A Monk by Rose Elliot
RRP: £14.99£9.80Are you having a good day, enjoying the here and now, appreciating all that you have? OR ...Are you stressed, anxious and worrying about the future? Chances are it's the second one. But it doesn't have to be that way - Buddhism offers a truly... -
Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries by Zhuangzi 9780872209114
RRP: £19.99£16.44Ideal for students and scholars alike, this edition of Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) includes the complete Inner Chapters, extensive selections from the Outer and Miscellaneous Chapters, and judicious selections from two thousand years of traditional Chinese... -
The Decision Trap: Genetic Education and Its Social Consequences by Silja Samerski 9781845407766
£17.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845407766Author Silja SamerskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 200g -
Memory, History, Forgetting by Paul Ricoeur
RRP: £28.00£27.79A landmark work, "Memory, History, Forgetting" examines the reciprocal relationship between remembering and forgetting, revealing how this symbiosis influences both the perception of historical experience and the production of historical narrative. A... -
History of Madness by Michel Foucault
RRP: £29.99£27.64When it was first published in France in 1961 as Folie et Deraison: Histoire de la Folie a l'age Classique, few had heard of a thirty-four year old philosopher by the name of Michel Foucault. By the time an abridged English edition was published in 1967... -
Art and Visual Perception, Second Edition: A Psychology of the Creative Eye by Rudolf Arnheim 9780520243835
RRP: £28.00£22.20Since its publication fifty years ago, this work has established itself as a classic. It casts the visual process in psychological terms and describes the creative way one's eye organizes visual material according to specific psychological premises. In... -
Being and Event by Alain Badiou
RRP: £22.99£21.88Since the book's first publication in 1988, Alain Badiou's Being and Event has established itself of one of the most important and controversial works in contemporary philosophy and its author as one of the most influential thinkers of our time. Being... -
A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart by Martin Luther King, Jr.
RRP: £5.99£4.46'Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, the command to love one's enemy is an absolute necessity for our survival'Advocating love as strength and non-violence as the most powerful weapon there is, these sermons and writings from the... -
The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy by Jan Westerhoff
RRP: £19.99£17.13Jan Westerhoff unfolds the story of one of the richest episodes in the history of Indian thought, the development of Buddhist philosophy in the first millennium CE. He starts from the composition of the Abhidharma works before the beginning of the common... -
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 *... -
The Routledge Guidebook to Hobbes' Leviathan by Glen Newey
RRP: £25.99£22.63Hobbes is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of ideas and political thought, and his seminal text Leviathan is widely recognised as one of the greatest works of political philosophy ever written.The Routledge Guidebook to... -
Love and the Dignity of Human Life: On Nature and Natural Law by Robert Spaemann 9780802866936
RRP: £11.99£8.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802866936Author Robert SpaemannFormat PaperbackPage Count 69Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing... -
The Wisdom Of Yoga by Stephen Cope
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553380545Author Stephen CopeFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 335gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
Liberty by Isaiah Berlin
RRP: £36.99£35.31Liberty is a revised and expanded edition of the book that Isaiah Berlin regarded as his most important - Four Essays on Liberty, a standard text of liberalism, constantly in demand and constantly discussed since it was first published in 1969. Writing... -
Proust and Signs by Gilles Deleuze 9780826442789
RRP: £23.99£23.80Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VII. He is a key figure in poststructuralism and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. In Proust and Signs, Deleuze explores the work of art... -
The Science and Philosophy of Martial Arts: Exploring the Connections Between the Cognitive, Physical, and Spiritual Aspects of Martial Arts by Alex W. Tong
RRP: £23.00£16.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623176655Author Alex W. TongFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Blue Snake BooksPublisher North Atlantic Books,U.S. -
108 Metaphors for Mindfulness: From Wild Chickens to Petty Tyrants by Arnie Kozak 9781614293835
RRP: £10.99£10.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614293835Author Arnie KozakFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S. -
Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero by James Romm
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307743749Author James RommFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm... -
Screened out by Jean Baudrillard 9781781681558
£24.22'Watching the president's Christmas message produces this necropolar, white-mass sensation. Seeing the video broadcast of the Christmas service in the cathedral itself, with these pathetic screens and the young worshippers slumped around them here and... -
The Principles of Uncertainty by Maira Kalman 9780143116462
RRP: £26.00£20.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143116462Author Maira KalmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 669gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
The Currency of Politics: The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes by Stefan Eich
RRP: £38.00£26.35Money in the history of political thought, from ancient Greece to the Great Inflation of the 1970sIn the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, critical attention has shifted from the economy to the most fundamental feature of all market economies-money. Yet... -
Human Dignity and Social Justice by Pablo Gilabert 9780192871152
RRP: £117.50£106.11Human dignity: social movements invoke it, several national constitutions enshrine it, and it features prominently in international human rights documents. But what is it, why is it important, and what is its relationship to human rights and social... -
Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma Fourth Edition by Carolyn P. Henly
RRP: £44.00£42.41Developed in cooperation with the International Baccalaureate (R)Confidently navigate the Theory of Knowledge Guide with a set of rich and engaging resources,grounded in conceptual considerations and illustrated with real-world examples.- Guide students... -
Quantum Entanglement by Jed Brody
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262538442Author Jed BrodyFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 13mm