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The New Way of the World: On Neoliberal Society by Pierre Dardot
RRP: £12.99£6.65Exploring the genesis of neoliberalism, and the political and economic circumstances of its deployment, Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval dispel numerous common misconceptions. Neoliberalism is neither a return to classical liberalism nor the restoration... -
The Essential Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
RRP: £12.99£9.09Translated by Peter ConstantineEdited and with a new introduction by Leo Damrosch'Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains' is the dramatic opening line of The Social Contract, published in 1762. Quoted by politicians and philosophers alike, the... -
Carpe Diem Regained: The Vanishing Art of Seizing the Day by Roman Krznaric 9781783524938
RRP: £8.99£6.03Existentialism is backCarpe diem - 'seize the day' - is one of the oldest pieces of life advice in Western history. But its true spirit has been hijacked by ad men and self-help gurus, reduced to the instant hit of one-click online shopping, or slogans... -
Dogwhistles and Figleaves: How Manipulative Language Spreads Racism and Falsehood by Jennifer Mather Saul 9780192871756
RRP: £25.00£21.19Pinpoints how "dogwhistles" and "figleaves," two kinds of linguistic trick, distort political discourse and normalize racism It is widely accepted that political discourse in recent years has become more openly racist and more accepting of wildly... -
Jim Henson and Philosophy: Imagination and the Magic of Mayhem by Timothy M. Dale 9781442246645
RRP: £14.99£11.26Jim Henson's creations have inspired generations with characters that are among the world's most recognizable cultural icons. From Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and their Muppet friends to the legendary Sesame Street and Children's Television Workshop,... -
Beyond Nature and Culture by Philippe Descola 9780226212364
RRP: £31.00£26.73Successor to Claude Levi-Strausa at the College de France, Philippe Descola has become one of the most important anthropologists working today, and Beyond Nature and Culture has been a major influence in European intellectual life since its publication... -
Love: A History by Simon May 9780300187748
RRP: £16.99£14.61An illuminating exploration of how love has been shaped, idolized, and misconstrued by the West over three millennia, and how we might differently conceive it Love-unconditional, selfless, unchanging, sincere, and totally accepting-is worshipped today as... -
Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter by Peter Singer 9780691178479
RRP: £14.99£12.61Peter Singer is often described as the world's most influential philosopher. He is also one of its most controversial. The author of important books such as Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, Rethinking Life and Death, and The Life You Can Save, he... -
A New Philosophy of Society by Manuel DeLanda
RRP: £24.99£21.78In A New Philosophy of Society Manuel DeLanda offers a fascinating look at how the contemporary world is characterized by an extraordinary social complexity. Since most social entities, from small communities to large nation-states would disappear... -
Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis by Kenneth N. Waltz
RRP: £25.00£19.18What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Professor Waltz examines the ideas of major thinkers throughout the history of Western civilization. He explores works both by classic political philosophers, such as St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, and... -
On Human Nature by Roger Scruton
RRP: £12.99£9.89A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger ScrutonIn this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary... -
Taxation: Philosophical Perspectives by Martin O'Neill 9780199609222
£64.82This is the first book to give a collective treatment of philosophical issues relating to tax. The tax system is central to the operation of states and to the ways in which states interact with individual citizens. Taxes are used by states to fund the... -
Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity--And Why This Harms Everybody by Helen Pluckrose
RRP: £24.95£18.86Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller!Times, Sunday Times, and Financial Times Book-of-the-Year Selection! Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Have you read that certain people shouldn't... -
The Future of Immortality: Remaking Life and Death in Contemporary Russia by Anya Bernstein 9780691182612
RRP: £20.00£16.99A 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... -
Why Grow Up?: Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age by Susan Neiman
RRP: £10.99£7.77In Why Grow Up, the latest volume in the Philosophy in Transit series, world-renowned philosopher Susan Neiman looks at growing up as an ideal with urgent relevance todayBecoming an adult today can seem a grim prospect. As you grow up, you are told to... -
Anathemas and Admirations by E M Cioran
£12.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611456882Author E M CioranFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 438gDimensions(mm) 210mm *... -
The Beach Beneath the Street: The Everyday Life and Glorious Times of the Situationist International by McKenzie Wark
£16.18Over fifty years after the Situationist International appeared, its legacy continues to inspire activists, artists and theorists around the world. Such a legend has accrued to this movement that the story of the SI now demands to be told in a ... -
The Making of the Indebted Man: An Essay on the Neoliberal Condition: Volume 13 by Maurizio Lazzarato
RRP: £13.99£9.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584351153Author Maurizio LazzaratoFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher AutonomediaWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 114mm... -
Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright
RRP: £21.99£18.89Rising inequality of income and power, along with recent convulsions in the finance sector, have made the search for alternatives to unbridled capitalism more urgent than ever. Yet few are attempting this task-most analysts argue that any attempt to... -
Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space by Derek Owusu
RRP: £9.99£6.80'It's brave and honest, and not a moment too soon.' Afua Hirsch, Brit(ish)'[An] outstanding myth-busting book. Everyone should read it.' Bernardine EvaristoWhat is the experience of Black men in Britain today? Never has the conversation about racism and... -
On Inequality by Harry G. Frankfurt 9780691167145
RRP: £12.99£11.30Economic inequality is one of the most divisive issues of our time. Yet few would argue that inequality is a greater evil than poverty. The poor suffer because they don't have enough, not because others have more, and some have far too much. So why do... -
Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer 9780253009340
RRP: £22.99£19.60In Feminist, Queer, Crip Alison Kafer imagines a different future for disability and disabled bodies. Challenging the ways in which ideas about the future and time have been deployed in the service of compulsory able-bodiedness and able-mindedness, Kafer... -
The Disenchanted Earth: Reflections on Ecosocialism and Barbarism by Richard Seymour 9781911648413
RRP: £9.99£6.86From Richard Seymour, one of the UK's leading public intellectuals, comes a characteristic blend of forensic insight and analysis, personal journey, and a vivid respect for the natural world. A planetary fever-dream. An environmental awakening that... -
The philosophy of Marx by Etienne Balibar
£18.09Written by one of political theory's leading thinkers, The Philosophy of Marx examines all the key areas of Marx's writings in their wider historical and theoretical context-including the concepts of class struggle, ideology, humanism, progress,... -
Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
RRP: £14.99£9.80What would the ancient Greek philosopher make of the twenty-first-century Google headquarters?A dazzling exploration of the role of ancient philosophy in modern life from the acclaimed writer and thinker.Imagine that Plato came to life in the... -
How to Be a Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci
RRP: £19.99£12.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541644533Author Massimo PigliucciFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm *... -
The Politics of Friendship by Jacques Derrida
RRP: £9.99£8.17Jacques Derrida was one of most influential philosophers of the 20th century. In The Politics of Friendship he explores the idea of friendship and its political consequences, past and future in order to explore invention of a radically new friendship, of... -
Inventing Peace: A Dialogue on Perception by Wim Wenders 9781780766935
£28.52Inventing Peace revolves around the question of how we look at the world, but do not see it when there is so much war, injustice, suffering and violence. What are the ethical and moral consequences of looking, but not seeing, and, most of all, what has... -
Introducing Political Philosophy: A Policy-Driven Approach by Andrew Walton
RRP: £31.99£30.33Introducing Political Philosophy is a thought-provoking introduction that invites readers to consider and analyse the philosophical controversies that underpin several prominent areas of political debate. The opening chapter familiarises students with... -
The Italian Far Right from 1945 to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict by Nicola Guerra 9781032566252
RRP: £36.99£32.53The Italian Far Right from 1945 to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict provides a comprehensive account of the postwar parliamentary and extra parliamentary far right in Italy. This book explores the ideology, movements and activism of the extreme right and neo-... -
The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison
RRP: £19.95£15.77America's foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What... -
The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition by J. G. A. Pocock
RRP: £30.00£24.67Originally published in 1975, The Machiavellian Moment remains a landmark of historical and political thought. Celebrated historian J.G.A. Pocock looks at the consequences for modern historical and social consciousness arising from the ideal of the... -
We Hear Only Ourselves: Utopia, Memory, and Resistance by Bill Cashmore 9781803415802
RRP: £8.99£7.81We Hear Only Ourselves is a study of utopia and its contradictions. If a future beyond capitalism cannot be imagined, what is the place of utopia today? The answer, Cashmore argues, lies beyond either idle speculation or merely hopeful optimism. We Hear... -
The Hermeneutics of the Subject: Lectures at the College de France 1981--1982 by Michel Foucault 9780312425708
RRP: £17.99£14.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312425708Author Michel FoucaultFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm) 209mm *... -
How To Raise an Antiracist: FROM THE GLOBAL MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR by Ibram X. Kendi
RRP: £10.99£7.77A ground-breaking argument about children, racism and how to build the antiracist society of the future - from the author of the million-copy global bestseller How To Be an Antiracist*A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*'One of the pre-eminent intellectuals on... -
A Short History of Truth: Consolations for a Post-Truth World by Julian Baggini
RRP: £10.99£7.40How did we find ourselves in a "post-truth" world of "alternative facts"? And can we get out of it? A Short History of Truth sets out to answer these questions by looking at the complex history of truth and falsehood. It identifies ten types of supposed... -
Hot Planet, Cool Media: Socialist Polemics on War, Propaganda and Popular Culture by Stephen Harper 9781912992478
RRP: £14.99£10.95From the Arab Spring and London riots through the era of Brexit and Trump, the Covid-19 pandemic and war in Europe, this volume collects eleven years of lively, informative and entertaining essays and polemics, focusing on media treatment of major global... -
Culture and Power: Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu by David Swartz 9780226785950
RRP: £28.00£27.39Pierre Bourdieu is a prominent social theorist and researcher in contemporary sociology. In this critical examination of his oeuvre David Swartz focuses on a central theme in Bourdieu's work - the complex relationship between culture and power, and... -
Reflections: Insights from the Founder of the Mondragon Cooperatives by José María Arizmendiarrieta 9781733716413
£18.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733716413Author Jose Maria ArizmendiarrietaFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Solidarity HallPublisher Solidarity HallWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm)... -
Structural Injustice by Madison Powers 9780197744895
RRP: £19.99£18.21Madison Powers and Ruth Faden here develop an innovative theory of structural injustice that links human rights norms and fairness norms. Norms of both kinds are grounded in an account of well-being. Their well-being account provides the foundation for...