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Iron in the Soul by Jean-Paul Sartre
RRP: €17.84€13.03June 1940 was the summer of defeat for the French soldiers, deserted by their officers, utterly demoralized, awaiting the Armistice. Day by day, hour by hour, Iron in the Soul unfolds what men thought and felt and did as France fell. Men who shrugged,... -
At The Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails by Sarah Bakewell
RRP: €15.46€10.82Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman PrizeParis, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron, who... -
The Five Senses: A Philosophy of Mingled Bodies by Michel Serres
RRP: €28.55€24.92Marginalized by the scientific age the lessons of the senses have been overtaken by the dominance of language and the information revolution. With The Five Senses Serres traces a topology of human perception, writing against the Cartesian tradition and... -
Nothing: A Very Short Introduction by Frank Close
RRP: €10.70€7.68What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and the history of the elusive void: from Aristotle who insisted that the vacuum was impossible, via... -
Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy by David J. Chalmers
RRP: €15.46€10.82From one of our leading thinkers, a dazzling philosophical journey through virtual worldsIn the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmented reality will improve beyond recognition. Within a century, world-renowned philosopher David... -
The Plague by Albert Camus 9780141049236
RRP: €11.89€8.46'A story for our, and all, times' GuardianSet in a town at the mercy of an epidemic, The Plague is an odyssey into the darkness and absurdity of human existence.-----------------------------------'On the morning of April 16, Dr Rieux emerged from his... -
Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard
RRP: €9.51€6.89Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched... -
Philosopher of the Heart: The Restless Life of Soren Kierkegaard by Clare Carlisle
RRP: €13.08€9.25Selected 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... -
Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One is by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: €10.70€7.68In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to compose his autobiography, and Ecce Homo remains one of the most intriguing yet bizarre examples of the genre ever written. In this extraordinary work... -
Phenomenology for Therapists: Researching the Lived World by Linda Finlay 9780470666456
RRP: €47.54€41.70This book provides an accessible comprehensive exploration of phenomenological theory and research methods and is geared specifically to the needs of therapists and other health care professionals. An accessible exploration of an increasingly popular... -
Huis Clos and Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre
RRP: €13.08€9.25These three plays, diverse in subject but thematically coherent, illuminate one of Sartre's major philosophical concerns: the struggle to live and act freely in a complex and constricting world. Lucifer and the Lord, Sartre's favourite among his plays,... -
Confessions Of A Philosopher Bryan Magee 9780753804711
RRP: €17.84€11.66In this inspirational book Bryan Magee tells the story of his discovery of philosophy, and in doing so introduces the subject to his reader. Experiences of everyday life provide discussion of philosophers and explain why certain philosophical questions... -
A Short History of Decay by E.M. Cioran
RRP: €11.89€8.46A Short History of Decay (1949) is E. M. Cioran's nihilistic and witty collection of aphoristic essays concerning the nature of civilization in mid 20th-century Europe. Touching upon man's need to worship, the feebleness of God, the downfall of the... -
Thomas Hobbes: Writings on Common Law and Hereditary Right by Alan Cromartie 9780199236237
RRP: €60.69€60.05This volume in the Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes contains A dialogue between a philosopher and a student, of the common laws of England, edited by Alan Cromartie, supplemented by the important fragment on the issue of regal succession,... -
Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Inwood
RRP: €10.70€7.68Martin Heidegger, considered by some to be the greatest charlatan ever to claim the title of 'philosopher', by some as an apologist for Nazism, and by others as an acknowledged leader in continental philosophy, is probably the most divisive thinker of... -
The Barbarian Principle: Merleau-Ponty, Schelling, and the Question of Nature by Jason M. Wirth
RRP: €32.09€27.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438448466Author Jason M. WirthFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches from a Skateboard Life by Kyle Beachy
RRP: €26.18€19.84In January 2012, creative writing professor and novelist Kyle Beachy published one of his first essays on skate culture, an exploration of how Nike's corporate strategy successfully gutted the once-mighty independent skate shoe market. Beachy has since... -
The Heart: An Analysis of Human and Divine Affectivity by Von Hildebrand, Dietrich
RRP: €17.85€17.11This new edition of The Heart (out of print for nearly 30 years) is the flagship volume in a series of Dietrich von Hildebrand's works to be published by St. Augustine's Press in collaboration with the Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project. Founded in... -
Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View by Richard Tarnas
RRP: €21.41€17.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452288591Author Richard TarnasFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint PlumePublisher PlumeWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 32mm -
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... -
Skillful Coping: Essays on the phenomenology of everyday perception and action by Hubert L. Dreyfus
RRP: €41.04€37.57For fifty years Hubert Dreyfus has addressed an astonishing range of issues in the fields of phenomenology, existentialism, cognitive science, and the philosophical study of mind. Dreyfus has inspired a whole generation of philosophers as he has... -
The Reprieve by Jean-Paul Sartre
RRP: €17.84€13.03It is September 1938 and during a heatwave Europe tensely awaits the outcome of the Munich conference, where they will learn if there is to be a war. In Paris people are waiting too, among them Mathieu, Jacques and Philippe, each wrestling with their own... -
A Nietzsche Reader by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: €11.89€8.46The literary career of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) spanned less than twenty years, but no area of intellectual inquiry was left untouched by his iconoclastic genius. The philosopher who announced the death of God in The Gay Science (1882) and went on... -
The Sickness Unto Death by Soren Kierkegaard
RRP: €9.51€6.89Influencing philosophers such as Sartre and Camus, and still strikingly modern in its psychological insights, Kierkegaard's The Sickness Unto Death explores the concept of 'despair' as a symptom of the human condition and describes man's struggle to fill... -
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus 9780141182001
RRP: €11.89€8.46In this profound and moving philosophical statement, Camus poses the fundamental question: If human existence has no meaning, is life worth living?'What I touch, what resists me - that is what I understand'As Camus argues, if there is no God to give... -
How to Be an Existentialist: 10th Anniversary Edition by Gary Cox
RRP: €15.46€11.65The 10th anniversary edition of a witty classic about the philosophy of existentialism. It is also a genuine self-help book offering clear advice on how to live according to the principles of existentialism formulated by Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus, and the... -
Heidegger's Being and Time: An Introduction by Paul Gorner 9780521540728
RRP: €32.12€27.89In Being and Time Heidegger gives an account of the distinctive features of human existence, in an attempt to answer the question of the meaning of being. He finds that underlying all of these features is what he calls 'original time'. In this clear and... -
Phenomenology of Perception by Maurice Merleau-Ponty
RRP: €38.07€34.84First published in 1945, Maurice Merleau-Ponty's monumental Phenomenologie de la perception signalled the arrival of a major new philosophical and intellectual voice in post-war Europe. Breaking with the prevailing picture of existentialism and... -
Speaking Out: Lectures and Speeches 1937-58 by Albert Camus
RRP: €13.08€9.25A new collection of Albert Camus' most brilliant speeches and lectures'Freedom is dangerous, as hard to live as it is exalting...'This definitive new collection of Albert Camus' public speeches and lectures gives a compelling insight into one of the... -
Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problem of Philosophy by David J. Chalmers
RRP: €29.75€26.41'Everyone should read this important book' Josh Glancy, Sunday Times'One of the most important living philosophers' Bryan Appleyard, SpectatorIn the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmented reality will improve beyond recognition... -
The Case of Wagner / Twilight of the Idols / The Antichrist / Ecce Homo / Dionysus Dithyrambs / Nietzsche Contra Wagner: Volume 9 by Friedrich Nietzsche 9781503612549
RRP: €24.98€21.86The year 1888 marked the last year of Friedrich Nietzsche's intellectual career and the culmination of his philosophical development. In that final productive year, he worked on six books, all of which are now, for the first time, presented in English in... -
Essays in Existential Psychoanalysis: On the Primacy of Authenticity M. Guy Thompson 9781032551234
RRP: €35.69€32.18In this brilliant and revolutionary collection of 14 major essays that draw from more than 25 years of painstaking research, M. Guy Thompson regales us with a stunning revisioning of conventional psychoanalysis that deepens our understanding of the human... -
Existential Time-Limited Therapy: The Wheel of Existence Freddie Strasser 9780471975717
RRP: €59.44€51.73As people struggle with a sense of crisis and confusion they search for clarity and meaning. Increasingly they turn to psychotherapists and counsellors, who will find in this book a powerful existential approach to therapy that helps people to make sense... -
In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility by Costica Bradatan 9780674970472
RRP: €29.69€23.67Squarely challenging a culture obsessed with success, an acclaimed philosopher argues that failure is vital to a life well lived, curing us of arrogance and self-deception and engendering humility instead.Our obsession with success is hard to overlook... -
Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by Simon Critchley
RRP: €10.70€7.68Simon Critchley's Very Short Introduction shows that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices, with a compelling range of problems all too often ignored by the analytic tradition. He discusses the ideas... -
Hegel's 'Phenomenology of Spirit': An Introduction by Larry Krasnoff 9780521695374
RRP: €32.12€27.13This book introduces Hegel's best-known and most influential work, Phenomenology of Spirit, by interpreting it as a unified argument for a single philosophical claim: that human beings achieve their freedom through retrospective self-understanding. In... -
The Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 9781515427261
RRP: €20.22€19.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781515427261Author Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheFormat HardbackPage Count 118Imprint Wilder PublicationsPublisher Wilder PublicationsWeight(grams)... -
What is Literature? by Jean-Paul Sartre
RRP: €17.84€16.16Jean-Paul Sartre was one of the most important philosophical and political thinkers of the twentieth century. His writings had a potency that was irresistible to the intellectual scene that swept post-war Europe, and have left a vital inheritance to... -
Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others by Sara Ahmed
RRP: €24.98€21.86In this groundbreaking work, Sara Ahmed demonstrates how queer studies can put phenomenology to productive use. Focusing on the "orientation" aspect of "sexual orientation" and the "orient" in "orientalism," Ahmed examines what it means for bodies to be... -
The Aristos by John Fowles
RRP: €15.46€10.82Two years after The Collector had brought him international recognition and a year before he published The Magus, John Fowles set out his ideas on life in The Aristos. The chief inspiration behind them was the fifth century BC philosopher Heraclitus. In...