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After the Internet: Digital Networks between the Capital and the Common by Tiziana Terranova
RRP: €19.03€13.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635901689Author Tiziana TerranovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher Semiotext (E) -
The Future of Immortality: Remaking Life and Death in Contemporary Russia by Anya Bernstein 9780691182612
RRP: €23.80€18.49A gripping account of the Russian visionaries who are pursuing human immortalityAs long as we have known death, we have dreamed of life without end. In The Future of Immortality, Anya Bernstein explores the contemporary Russian communities of visionaries... -
Derrida: A Very Short Introduction by Dr. Simon Glendinning
RRP: €10.70€7.87Jacques Derrida, the French philosopher, developed his critical technique known as 'deconstruction'. His work is associated with ideas surrounding both post-structuralism and post-modern philosophy, and he was known to have challenged some of the... -
The Scorpion's Head by Hilde Vandermeeren 9781782277484
RRP: €11.89€7.97Shortly after a fractious weekend away with her family, Gaelle wakes up injured in a psychiatric hospital in Berlin. Her seven-year-old son is in a coma in another hospital - and the police suspect her of attempting to murder him. With no memory of what... -
The Complete Essays of Montaigne by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne 9780804704861
RRP: €47.60€42.03This new translation of Montaigne's immortal Essays received great acclaim when it was first published in The Complete Works of Montaigne in the 1957 edition. The New York Times said, "It is a matter for rejoicing that we now have available a new... -
Rituals by Cees Nooteboom
RRP: €11.89€7.09In Rituals, Amsterdam of the fifties, sixties and seventies is viewed from the perspective of the capricious Inni Wintrop. An unintentional suicide survivor, the unexpected gift of life returned lends him the curiousity, and impartiality, to survey... -
Introducing Dewey by Professor Paul Fairfield 9781350297845
€23.21This introduction to one of the most influential philosophers in American history examines every major dimension of John Dewey's philosophy, from his early post-Hegelian idealism to pragmatic experimentalism, as well as his views on ethics and political... -
Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization by Roy Scranton 9780872866690
RRP: €11.89€8.03"In Learning to Die in the Anthropocene, Roy Scranton draws on his experiences in Iraq to confront the grim realities of climate change. The result is a fierce and provocative book."--Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth... -
Kant and the Spirit of Critique by John Sallis
RRP: €35.69€30.93This volume of the Collected Writings of John Sallis presents his lecture courses on Kant. Each course was devoted respectively to one of Kant's three Critiques, and so the book as a whole treats the entirety of the Kantian critical project. Sallis... -
Jacques the Sophist: Lacan, Logos, and Psychoanalysis by Barbara Cassin 9780823285747
RRP: €33.31€28.16Sophistry, since Plato and Aristotle, has been philosophy's negative alter ego, its bad other. Yet sophistry's emphasis on words and performativity over the fetishization of truth makes it an essential part of our world's cultural, political, and... -
Plant-Thinking: A Philosophy of Vegetal Life by Michael Marder 9780231161251
RRP: €33.32€25.42The margins of philosophy are populated by non-human, non-animal living beings, including plants. While contemporary philosophers tend to refrain from raising ontological and ethical concerns with vegetal life, Michael Marder puts this life at the... -
Materialist Phenomenology: A Philosophy of Perception by Professor Manuel DeLanda 9781350263956
RRP: €27.36€23.80Bringing together phenomenology and materialism, two perspectives seemingly at odds with each other, leading international theorist, Manuel DeLanda, has created an entirely new theory of visual perception. Engaging the scientific (biology, ecological... -
What Makes Us Human: An Artificial Intelligence Answers Life's Biggest Questions by Iain S Thomas
RRP: €23.79€18.41Why are we here? What does it mean to love? How do we overcome suffering? Why do we feel so alone? Is happiness truly possible? For thousands of years, humanity has turned to the same sacred texts to explore these universal questions - from the Bible... -
My Beautiful Despair: The Philosophy of Kim Kierkegaardashian by Kim Kierkegaardashian 9781982100988
RRP: €21.41€13.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982100988Author Kim KierkegaardashianFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Gallery BooksPublisher Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 185mm *... -
Jacques the Fatalist by Denis Diderot
RRP: €14.27€10.03'Your Jacques is a tasteless mishmash of things that happen, some of them true, others made up, written without style and served up like a dog's breakfast.' Jacques the Fatalist is Diderot's answer to the problem of existence. If human beings are... -
Fear and Trembling: Dialectical Lyric by Johannes De Silentio by Soren Kierkegaard 9780141395883
RRP: €17.84€13.03In Fear and Trembling, Soren Kierkegaard's infamous and controversial work made a lasting impression on both modern Protestant theology and existentialist philosophers such as Sartre and Camus. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Danish... -
The Ceiling Outside: The Science and Experience of the Disrupted Mind by Noga Arikha
RRP: €23.80€15.89As her mother slips into the fog of dementia, a philosopher grapples with the unbreakable links between our bodies and our sense of self. Vanessa wakes from a coma having forgotten ten years of her life. Toussaint, is haunted by voices. Thomas no longer... -
Introduction to Phenomenology: Focus on Methodology by Cheryl Tatano Beck 9781544319551
RRP: €64.26€59.67Phenomenology is a challenging method for many students to understand and apply. Introduction to Phenomenology: Focus on Methodology breaks down the history, methodology, and application so students can more easily write proposals and conduct... -
Stoicism Cards: Find Serenity and Strength in a Difficult World by The School of Life 9781915087805
RRP: €17.85€15.84We still pay homage to one of the most relevant philosophies ever devised when we call someone 'stoic' for the way they handle the challenges in their lives with resilience and calm. Originating in Greece around 300 BCE, Stoicism was for many centuries... -
Critical Realism for Psychologists by David Pilgrim
RRP: €45.21€39.72This is the first dedicated text to explain and explore the utility of critical realism for psychologists, offering it as a helpful middle ground between positivism and postmodernism. By introducing its basic concepts, Pilgrim explains critical realism... -
The Worlds of Existentialism: A Critical Reader by Maurice Friedman 9781573922760
RRP: €35.70€32.23Maurice Friedman's masterly anthology still stands apart decades after its original publication. It has become established as a classic - the most comprehensive collection of existentialist writing ever assembled. This edition includes a special preface... -
Play the O'Kelly Sicilian by Andrew Martin 9781781946244
RRP: €21.41€15.41The O'Kelly variation of the Sicilian Defence (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 a6) is a wonderful system for those who enjoy playing Sicilian positions but don't want to get bogged down in heavy theory. The O'Kelly relies far more on an understanding of general strategic... -
Clear Bright Future: A Radical Defence of the Human Being by Paul Mason
RRP: €13.08€9.25'Thrilling, brilliant, radical ... an admirable defence of humans against machines' GuardianA passionate defence of humanity and a work of radical optimism from the international bestselling author of PostcapitalismHow do we preserve what makes us human... -
Rising from Existential Crisis: Life beyond calamity by Emmy van Deurzen
RRP: €26.17€24.50In June 2016, the UK voted to leave the European Union. The decision plunged the five million EU residents in the UK into a toxic abyss of fear, anger, shock and shame. Suddenly they were 'citizens of nowhere' in a country they regarded as home and faced... -
Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe by Hayden White 9781421415604
RRP: €31.54€27.63Since its initial publication in 1973, Hayden White's Metahistory has remained an essential book for understanding the nature of historical writing. In this classic work, White argues that a deep structural content lies beyond the surface level of... -
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx 9780199535712
RRP: €5.94€4.52The Communist Manifesto is one of the most influential pieces of political propaganda ever written. It is a summary of the whole Marxist vision of history and is the foundation document of the Marxist movement. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were aged... -
The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient by William B. Irvine 9780393652499
RRP: €24.98€21.12Some people bounce back in response to setbacks; others break. We often think that these responses are hardwired but this is not the case. William B. Irvine combines key lessons from the ancient Stoics with modern psychological techniques to develop a... -
About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Lectures at Dartmouth College, 1980 by Michel Foucault
RRP: €28.56€24.42In 1980, Michel Foucault began a vast project of research on the relationship between subjectivity and truth, an examination of conscience, confession, and truth-telling that would become a crucial feature of his life-long work on the relationship... -
Boogie Down Predictions: Hip-Hop, Time, and Afrofuturism by Roy Christopher
RRP: €27.37€27.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913689285Author Roy ChristopherFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press -
Existentialism: A Beginner's Guide by Thomas E. Wartenberg
RRP: €11.89€7.63Existentialism pervades modern culture, yet if you ask most people what it means, they won't be able to tell you. In this lively and topical introduction, Wartenberg reveals a vibrant mode of philosophical inquiry that addresses concerns at the heart of... -
Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari: Intersecting Lives by Francois Dosse 9780231145619
RRP: €35.70€28.35In May 1968, Gilles Deleuze was an established philosopher teaching at the innovative Vincennes University, just outside of Paris. Felix Guattari was a political militant and the director of an unusual psychiatric clinic at La Borde. Their meeting was... -
The Book on the Taboo against Knowing Who You are by Alan Watts
RRP: €11.90€11.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679723004Author Alan WattsFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Random House USA PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 164gDimensions(mm)... -
A Face Drawn in Sand: Humanistic Inquiry and Foucault in the Present by Rey Chow
RRP: €26.18€20.22Leadership, innovation, diversity, inclusiveness, sharing, accountability-such is the resounding administrative refrain we keep hearing in the contemporary Western university. What kinds of benefits does this refrain generate? For whom? What discursive... -
Social Acceleration: A New Theory of Modernity by Hartmut Rosa 9780231148351
RRP: €33.32€25.89Hartmut Rosa advances an account of the temporal structure of society from the perspective of critical theory. He identifies three categories of change in the tempo of modern social life: technological acceleration, evident in transportation,... -
Confronting Our Freedom – Leading a Culture of Chosen Accountability and Belonging by P Block
RRP: €26.17€20.08Explore the nature of modern leadership In Confronting Our Freedom, a team of dedicated leadership coaches delivers an exciting and engaging new take on management and leadership. Drawing on recent events in the market and in the world, including the... -
The History of Sexuality: 4: Confessions of the Flesh by Robert Hurley
RRP: €29.75€20.97The final major work by one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth centuryFoucault's History of Sexuality changed the way we think about power, selfhood and sexuality forever. Arguing that sexuality is profoundly shaped by the power structures... -
The Labyrinth: An Existential Odyssey with Jean-Paul Sartre by Ben Argon
RRP: €14.27€10.29An original look at the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre-told in cartoons As graduates embark on the next phase of their lives, what better way to get them accustomed to the rat race they are about to enter than by introducing them to the philosophy of... -
Marx: Towards the Centre of Possibility by Kojin Karatani
RRP: €23.79€20.11Originally published in 1974, Kojin Karatani's Marx: Towards the Centre of Possibility has been among his most enduring and pioneering works in critical theory. Written at a time when the political sequences of the New Left had collapsed into crisis and... -
What is History? And Other Essays: Selected Writings by Luke O'Sullivan 9780907845836
RRP: €35.70€34.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907845836Author Luke O'SullivanFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 1000gDimensions(mm) 210mm *... -
Child Psychology and Pedagogy: The Sorbonne Lectures 1949-1952 by Maurice Merleau-Ponty 9780810126169
RRP: €41.59€34.72Maurice Merleau-Ponty is one of the few major phenomenologists to engage extensively with empirical research in the sciences, and the only one to examine child psychology with rigor and in such depth. His writings have recently become increasingly...