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Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 9780895267108
RRP: £13.99£8.03For Nietzsche the Age of Greek Tragedy was indeed a tragic age. He saw in it the rise and climax of values so dear to him that their subsequent drop into catastrophe (in the person of Socrates - Plato) was clearly foreshadowed as though these were events... -
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke 9780872202160
RRP: £13.99£11.55Includes generous selections from the Essay, topically arranged passages from the replies to Stillingfleet, a chronology, a bibliography, a glossary, and an index based on the entries that Locke himself devised.About the AuthorJohn Locke (1632-1704) was... -
Human, All Too Human by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: £9.99£7.11Written after Nietzsche had ended his friendship with Richard Wagner and had been forced to leave academic life through ill health, Human, All Too Human (1878) can be read as a monument to his personal crisis. It also marks the point when he matured as a... -
Russian Thinkers by Isaiah Berlin
RRP: £10.99£7.77Few, if any, English-language critics have written as perceptively as Isaiah Berlin about Russian thought and culture. Russian Thinkers is his unique meditation on the impact that Russia's outstanding writers and philosophers had on its culture. In... -
The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics by Benjamin J.B. Lipscomb
RRP: £23.49£19.97The story of four remarkable women who shaped the intellectual history of the 20th century: Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch. On the cusp of the Second World War, four women went to Oxford to begin their studies: a... -
Three Critiques, 3-volume Set: Vol. 1: Critique of Pure Reason; Vol. 2: Critique of Practical Reason; Vol. 3: Critique of Judgment by Immanuel Kant 9780872206298
RRP: £61.99£51.51"On Critique of Pure Reason : The text rendered by Pluhar is the work of an expert translator. . . the virtues of his text are manifold; his translation exhibits an incontrovertible mastery of both English and German. Equally important is the fact that... -
Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Man being born...to perfect freedom...hath by nature a power...to preserve his property, that is, his life, liberty and estate.' Locke's Second Treatise of Government (1689) is one of the great classics of political philosophy, widely regarded as the... -
Unto This Last and Other Writings by John Ruskin
RRP: £13.99£9.75First and foremost an outcry against injustice and inhumanity, Unto this Last is also a closely argued assault on the science of political economy, which dominated the Victorian period. Ruskin was a profoundly conservative man who looked back to the... -
Cinema I: The Movement-Image by Gilles Deleuze
RRP: £22.99£21.88Gilles Deleuze was one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century philosophy, well known for his works on the philosophy of art and for his master-works, Difference and Repetition and - with Felix Guattari - A Thousand Plateaus and Anti-Oedipus... -
Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 9780199563272
RRP: £9.99£7.11'These hours of solitude and meditation are the only time of the day when I am completely myself' Reveries of the Solitary Walker is Rousseau's last great work, the product of his final years of exile from the society that condemned his political and... -
Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, 3: 1935-1938 by Walter Benjamin 9780674019812
RRP: £28.95£22.84Radical critic of a European civilization plunging into darkness, yet commemorator of the humane traditions of the old bourgeoisie--such was Walter Benjamin in the later 1930s. This volume, the third in a four-volume set, offers twenty-seven brilliant... -
Can't We Make Moral Judgements? by Mary Midgley
£18.09How many times do we hear the statement 'It's not for me to judge'? It conveys one of the most popular ideas of our time: that to make judgements of others is essentially wrong. In this classic text, the renowned moral philosopher Mary Midgely turns a... -
The Open Society and its Enemies: The Spell of Plato by Sir Karl Popper
RRP: £16.99£15.22Written in political exile during the Second World War and first published in 1945, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. Hailed by Bertrand Russell as a 'vigorous and profound... -
Intelligent Virtue by Julia Annas
RRP: £39.99£34.23Intelligent Virtue presents a distinctive new account of virtue and happiness as central ethical ideas. Annas argues that exercising a virtue involves practical reasoning of a kind which can illuminatingly be compared to the kind of reasoning we find in... -
The Open Society and its Enemies: Hegel and Marx by Sir Karl Popper
RRP: £16.99£15.22Written in political exile during the Second World War and first published in 1945, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. Hailed by Bertrand Russell as a 'vigorous and profound... -
Introducing the Enlightenment: A Graphic Guide by Lloyd Spencer
RRP: £8.99£6.63"Introducing The Enlightenment" is the essential guide to the giants of the Enlightenment - Voltaire, Diderot, Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson, Immanuel Kant, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. The Enlightenment of the 18th century was a crucial time in... -
Rediscovering Values: Coming to Terms with Postmodernism: Coming to Terms with Postmodernism by Hugh Mercer Curtler
RRP: £25.99£22.63The author's primary purpose in this short book is to clearly define the nature of value and restore it to a central place in discussions of ethical and aesthetic problems. He begins the book with a broad cultural perspective on the issue of... -
Utilitarianism and Other Essays by Jeremy Bentham
RRP: £10.99£7.77One 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... -
Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault 9780679721109
£12.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679721109Author Michel FoucaultFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell 9780192854230
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?' Philosophy is the attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly and dogmatically, as we might deal with them in ordinary life, but critically,... -
Myth and Meaning by Claude Levi-Strauss 9780415253949
RRP: £11.99£11.11In addresses written for a wide general audience, one of the twentieth century's most prominent thinkers, Claude Levi-Strauss, here offers the insights of a lifetime on the crucial questions of human existence. Responding to questions as varied as 'Can... -
Modern Movements in European Philosophy: Phenomenology, Critical Theory, Structuralism by Richard Kearney
RRP: £19.99£14.52In this now classic textbook, Richard Kearney surveys the work of nineteen of this century's most influential European thinkers, and acts as an introduction to three major movements: phenomenology, critical theory and structuralism.This edition includes... -
What is Philosophy? by Gilles Deleuze 9780860916864
RRP: £18.99£16.10"The question 'what is philosophy?' can perhaps only be posed lat in life, with the arrival of old age and the time for speaking concretely. It is a question posed in a moment of quiet restlessness, at midnight, when there is no longer anything to ask... -
Rational Man by Henry Babcock Veatch 9780865973930
RRP: £8.95£7.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865973930Author Henry Babcock VeachFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 374g -
Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
RRP: £9.99£7.11After 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... -
Habermas: A Very Short Introduction by James Gordon Finlayson
RRP: £8.99£6.61This 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... -
The New Essential Steiner: An Introduction to Rudolf Steiner for the 21st Century by Robert McDermott 9781584200567
RRP: £30.00£20.95The New Essential Steiner is a completely new introduction to the philosophy and essential writings of Rudolf Steiner, introduced and edited by Robert McDermott. This new volume offers selections from a wide variety of Steiner's published works,... -
Latin American Philosophy for the 21st Century: The Human Condition, Values, and the Search for Identity by Jorge J. E. Gracia
RRP: £25.00£18.55This excellent collection is the most complete anthology of Latin American philosophers in English available today. Leading philosophers from several different Latin American countries and from various periods in the history of Latin American thought are... -
Libidinal Economy by Jean-Francois Lyotard
RRP: £24.99£20.44First published in 1974, Libidinal Economy is a major work of twentieth century continental philosophy. In it, Lyotard develops the idea of economies driven by libidinal 'energies' or 'intensities' which he claims flow through all structures, such as... -
Information: A Very Short Introduction by Luciano Floridi
RRP: £8.99£6.45We live an information-soaked existence - information pours into our lives through television, radio, books, and of course, the Internet. Some say we suffer from 'infoglut'. But what is information? The concept of 'information' is a profound one, rooted... -
The Oxford Handbook of Phenomenological Psychopathology by Giovanni Stanghellini 9780192895929
£55.37The field of phenomenological psychopathology (PP) is concerned with exploring and describing the individual experience of those suffering from mental disorders. Whilst there is often an understandable emphasis within psychiatry on diagnosis and... -
Another Philosophy of History and Selected Political Writings by Johann Gottfried Herder
RRP: £19.99£16.09Historians of ideas, and students of nationalism in particular, have traced the origins of much of our current vocabulary and ways of thinking about the nation back to Johann Gottfried Herder. This volume provides a clear, readable, and reliable... -
Kant: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself by Robert Wicks
RRP: £14.99£9.80Written by Robert Wicks, a recognised Kant specialist who teaches at the University of Auckland, Kant: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to... -
The Social Construction of What? by Ian Hacking 9780674004122
RRP: £28.95£22.44Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Is it a person? An object? An idea? A theory? Each entails a different notion of social... -
Assemblage Theory by Manuel DeLanda
RRP: £21.99£17.97Manuel 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... -
After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, Third Edition by Alasdair MacIntyre
RRP: £29.99£25.99When 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... -
Deleuze and Research Methodologies by Rebecca Coleman
RRP: £28.99£23.38This title shows how Deleuze's philosophy is shaking up research in the humanities and social sciences. French philosopher Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, and his work is of continuing relevance... -
Philosopher of the Heart: The Restless Life of Soren Kierkegaard by Clare Carlisle
RRP: £10.99£7.77Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times Literary Supplement'This lucid and riveting new biography at once rescuses Kierkegaard from the scholars and shows why he is such an intriguing and useful figure' ObserverSoren Kierkegaard, one of the most... -
Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday Life by Henri Lefebvre 9781472507167
RRP: £21.99£20.59Rhythmanalysis displays all the characteristics which made Lefebvre one of the most important Marxist thinkers of the twentieth century. In the analysis of rhythms -- both biological and social -- Lefebvre shows the interrelation of space and time in the... -
Albert Camus: A Very Short Introduction by Oliver Gloag
RRP: £8.99£6.45Few would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a major cultural icon. His widely quoted works have led to countless movie adaptions, graphic novels, pop songs, and even t-shirts. In this Very...