Filter By
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche & Kafka by William Hubben 9780684825892
RRP: $37.80Booksplease Price: $25.49How four of Europe's most mysterious and fascinating writers shaped the modern mind.Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Kafka were all outsiders in their societies, unable to fit into the accepted nineteenth-century categories of theology,... -
Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates by Mike Wallace
RRP: $48.28Booksplease Price: $40.53Reading critically, and writing using critical techniques, are crucial skills you need to apply to your academic work. If you need to engage with published (or unpublished) literature such as essays, dissertations or theses, research papers or oral... -
Mothers: An Essay on Love and Cruelty by Jacqueline Rose
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $15.90From one of the most important contemporary thinkers we have, a compelling, forceful tract about women and motherhood that demands immediate attention. Moving commandingly between pop cultural references such as Roald Dahl's 'Matilda' to observations... -
On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint by Maggie Nelson
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $19.61What can freedom really mean?'One of the most electrifying writers at work in America today, among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation' OLIVIA LAINGIn this invigorating, essential book, Maggie Nelson explores how we might think,... -
Against Method by Paul K. Feyerabend
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $31.90Paul Feyerabend's globally acclaimed work, which sparked and continues to stimulate fierce debate, examines the deficiencies of many widespread ideas about scientific progress and the nature of knowledge. Feyerabend argues that scientific advances can... -
The Aesthetics of Disappearance Paul Virilio 9781584350743
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $19.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584350743Author Paul VirilioFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm -
The Scientific Outlook by Bertrand Russell
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $28.83According to Bertrand Russell, science is knowledge; that which seeks general laws connecting a number of particular facts. It is, he argues, far superior to art, where much of the knowledge is intangible and assumed. In The Scientific Outlook, Russell... -
Love in the Western World by Denis De Rougemont
RRP: $73.50Booksplease Price: $59.05In this classic work, often described as "The History of the Rise, Decline, and Fall of the Love Affair," Denis de Rougemont explores the psychology of love from the legend of Tristan and Isolde to Hollywood. At the heart of his ever-relevant inquiry is... -
Heidegger in Question: The Art of Existing by Robert Bernasconi 9781538150344
RRP: $52.50Booksplease Price: $47.96Robert Bernasconi explores in the context of Heidegger's thought a number of questions of far-reaching concern: what is the role of literary examples within philosophy? Is art dead? What is the relation of art to nature? Is there a place for the idea of... -
The Function of Criticism by Terry Eagleton
Booksplease Price: $29.82This wide-ranging book argues that criticism emerged in early bourgeois society as a central feature of a "public sphere" in which political, ethical, and literary judgements could mingle under the benign rule of reason. The disintegration of this... -
Unpopular Essays by Bertrand Russell
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $28.33A classic collection of Bertrand Russell's more controversial works, reaffirming his staunch liberal values, Unpopular Essays is one of Russell's most characteristic and self-revealing books. Written to "combat... the growth in Dogmatism", on first... -
Aberrant Movements: The Philosophy of Gilles Deleuze by David Lapoujade
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $26.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584351955Author David LapoujadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher AutonomediaDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 27mm -
Twilight of Idols and Anti-Christ by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: $18.88Booksplease Price: $14.07In these two devastating late works, Nietzsche offers a powerful attack on the morality and the beliefs of his timeNietzsche's Twilight of the Idols is a 'grand declaration of war' on reason, psychology and theology, which combines highly charged... -
The Conspiracy Against The Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror by Thomas Ligotti
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $23.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143133148Author Thomas LigottiFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Little Book of Philosophy DK 9780241341179
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $13.02Learn everything you need to know about the world of philosophy- from the key thinkers to modern concepts in a brand new portable size.To the complete novice learning about philosophy can be daunting - The Little Book of Philosophy changes all that. With... -
Critical Thinking: Your Essential Guide by Tom Chatfield 9781529718522
RRP: $37.78Booksplease Price: $32.21What is critical thinking? How do you apply it in your assessments? How do you build a good argument or find evidence? Critical thinking is a set of techniques. You just need to learn them. This is your personal toolkit for demystifying critical... -
Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer
RRP: $42.00Booksplease Price: $28.35***BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK***'Funny, lively and convivial... how rare and nourishing this sort of roaming thought is and what a joy to read' MEGAN NOLAN, SUNDAY TIMES'An exhilarating, shape-shifting exploration of the perilous boundaries between art... -
The Revolt Against Humanity: Imagining a Future Without Us by Adam Kirsch
RRP: $25.18Booksplease Price: $17.33Should we welcome the end of humanity? In this blistering book about the history of an idea, one of our leading critics draws on his dazzling range and calls our attention to a seemingly inconceivable topic that is being seriously discussed: that the... -
Materialism by Terry Eagleton
RRP: $25.18Booksplease Price: $21.84A brilliant introduction to the philosophical concept of materialism and its relevance to contemporary science and culture In this eye-opening, intellectually stimulating appreciation of a fascinating school of philosophy, Terry Eagleton makes a powerful... -
Deleuze and Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus: A Critical Introduction and Guide by Brent Adkins
RRP: $48.28Booksplease Price: $40.09Offera a guide to Deleuze and Guattari's masterwork, A Thousand Plateaus. The sheer volume and complexity of Deleuze and Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus can be daunting. What is a rhizome? What is a war machine? What is a body without organs? Brent Adkins... -
Stinking Philosophy!: Smell Perception, Cognition, and Consciousness Benjamin Young 9780262548885
RRP: $90.30Booksplease Price: $63.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262548885Author Benjamin YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
The Phoenix Complex: A Philosophy of Nature by Michael Marder
RRP: $90.30Booksplease Price: $63.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262545709Author Michael MarderFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Eric Bronner
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $14.68Critical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose -- and, if at all possible, cure -- the ills of society, particularly fascism and capitalism. In this book, Stephen... -
Infinite Resignation: On Pessimism Eugene Thacker 9781912248193
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $21.11The author of the contemporary classic, In the Dust of This Planet, is back with another raw and unsettling look at the human condition. Comprised of aphorisms, fragments, and observations both philosophical and personal, Thacker's new book traces the... -
Assemblage Theory Manuel DeLanda 9781474413633
RRP: $48.28Booksplease Price: $40.09Manuel DeLanda provides the first detailed overview of the assemblage theory found in germ in Deleuze and Guattari's writings. Through a series of case studies DeLanda shows how the concept can be applied to economic, linguistic, and military... -
Aesthetics: A Very Short Introduction by Bence Nanay
RRP: $18.88Booksplease Price: $14.07Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of art, beauty, and taste. It doesn't just consider traditional artistic experiences such as artworks in a museum or an opera performance, but also everyday experiences such as autumn leaves... -
Art As Experience by John Dewey
RRP: $37.78Booksplease Price: $24.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399531972Author John DeweyFormat PaperbackPage Count 371Imprint Perigee Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 301g -
The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy by Anthony Gottlieb
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.84'This is a blast of fresh air' Jonathan Clark, TLS'Thank goodness for Gottlieb' Daily Telegraph'A joy to read' EconomistThe author of the celebrated The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to RousseauIn a short... -
Context Changes Everything: How Constraints Create Coherence by Alicia Juarrero
RRP: $90.30Booksplease Price: $64.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262545662Author Alicia JuarreroFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Valences of the Dialectic by Fredric Jameson 9781844674633
RRP: $75.58Booksplease Price: $57.69After half a century exploring dialectical thought, renowned cultural critic Fredric Jameson presents a comprehensive study of a misunderstood yet vital strain in Western philosophy. The dialectic, the concept of the evolution of an idea through... -
The Parallax View by Slavoj Zizek
RRP: $56.70Booksplease Price: $38.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262512688Author Slavoj ZizekFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 29mm -
Introduction to the Reading of Hegel: Lectures on the "Phenomenology of Spirit" by Alexandre Kojeve
RRP: $44.08Booksplease Price: $40.66Lectures on the "Phenomenology of Spirit" "This collection of Kojeve's thoughts about Hegel constitutes one of the few important philosophical books of the twentieth century-a book, knowledge of which is requisite to the full awareness of our situation... -
A Voice and Nothing More by Mladen Dolar 9780262541879
Booksplease Price: $67.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262541879Author Mladen DolarFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 14mm -
Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World by Timothy Morton
RRP: $41.98Booksplease Price: $28.04Having set global warming in irreversible motion, we are facing the possibility of ecological catastrophe. But the environmental emergency is also a crisis for our philosophical habits of thought, confronting us with a problem that seems to defy not only... -
Logical Methods by Greg Restall
RRP: $79.80Booksplease Price: $63.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544849Author Greg RestallFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 607gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 17mm -
For Marx by Louis Althusser
Booksplease Price: $45.07This is the work in which Louis Althusser formulated some of his most influential ideas. For Marx, first published in France in 1968, has come to be regarded as the founding text of the school of "structuralist Marxism" which was presided over by the... -
The Mythology in Our Language - Remarks on Frazer`s Golden Bough Ludwig Wittgenstein 9780990505068
Booksplease Price: $58.97In 1931 Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote his famous Remarks on Frazer's "Golden Bough," published posthumously in 1967. At that time, anthropology and philosophy were in close contact - continental thinkers drew heavily on anthropology's theoretical terms, like... -
The Myths We Live By by Mary Midgley 9780415610247
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $32.32With a new Introduction by the author'An elegant and sane little book. - The New StatesmanMyths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful book, are everywhere. In political thought they sit at the heart of theories of human nature and the social contract;... -
The Decay of Lying by Oscar Wilde
RRP: $16.78Booksplease Price: $12.68'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life'The two works brought together here, 'The Decay of Lying' and 'The Critic as Artist', are Oscar Wilde's wittiest and most profound writings on aesthetics, in which he proposes that criticism is the... -
Without Criteria: Kant, Whitehead, Deleuze, and Aesthetics by Steven Shaviro 9780262517973
RRP: $50.40Booksplease Price: $50.19A Deleuzian reading of Whitehead and a Whiteheadian reading of Deleuze open the possibility of a critical aesthetics of contemporary culture. In Without Criteria, Steven Shaviro proposes and explores a philosophical fantasy: imagine a world in which...