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An award-winning philosopher bridges the continental-analytic divide with an important contribution to the debate on the meaning of realism.Jocelyn Benoist argues for a philosophical point of view that prioritizes the concept of reality. The human mind's...

Surviving the Future is a story drawn from the fertile ground of the late David Fleming's extraordinary Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It. That hardback consists of four hundred and four interlinked dictionary entries,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959891079Author Emma GoldmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Warbler Press Inc.Publisher Warbler Press Inc.Weight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

This is the first comprehensive account of Kant's cosmopolitanism, highlighting its moral, political, legal, economic, cultural and psychological aspects. Contrasting Kant's views with those of his German contemporaries and relating them to current...

The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity: Twelve Lectures. Introduction by Thomas McCarthy, translated by Frederick Lawrence.About the AuthorJurgen Habermas is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is...

Should droids be free? Should clone troopers? What political and ethical ideas ground resistance and rebellion? What's wrong with the way women are portrayed in Star Wars? Does Han Solo have a philosophical worldview? Was Galen Erso responsible for the...

An essential study of the rule of law by one of the world's leading liberal political and legal philosophers.The meaning and value of the rule of law have been debated since antiquity. For many, the rule of law has become the essence of good government...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735047300Author Dan OwolabiFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Authentic LeadershipPublisher Authentic LeadershipWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 197mm...

THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION-The definitive statement of Ayn Rand's philosophy as interpreted by her best student and chosen heir. This brilliantly conceived and organized book is Dr. Leonard Peikoff's classic text on the abstract principles and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913026202Author V I LeninFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Wellred BooksPublisher Wellred BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 21mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593680749Author Samuel T FrancisFormat PaperbackPage Count 794Imprint RadixPublisher RadixWeight(grams) 1093gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 40mm

How 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...

Name any valued human trait-intelligence, wit, charm, grace, strength-and you will find an inexhaustible variety and complexity in its expression among individuals. Yet we insist that such diversity does not provide grounds for differential treatment at...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ideas about society, culture, and government are pivotal in the history of political thought. His works are as controversial as they are relevant today. This volume brings together three of Rousseau's most important political...

What does it mean when a radical understanding of National Socialism is inextricably embedded in the work of the twentieth century's most important philosopher? "Combines close readings of Heidegger's key writings with a rich cultural, literary and...

Violence has long been noted to be a fundamental aspect of the human condition. Traditionally, however, philosophical discussions have tended to approach it through the lens of warfare and/or limit it to physical forms. This changed in the twentieth...

In Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Daniel Mahoney presents a philosophical perspective on the political condition of modern man through an exegesis and analysis of Solzhenitsyn's work. Mahoney demonstrates the tremendous, yet often unappreciated, impact of...

Slavoj Zizek gives us a reading of a philosophical giant that changes our way of thinking about the new posthuman era. No ordinary study of Hegel, this work investigates what he might have had to say about the idea of the 'wired brain' - what happens...

An invitation to readers from every walk of life to rediscover the impractical splendors of a life of learningIn an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which almost everything and everybody is judged by its usefulness, where can we turn for...

The family is hotly contested ideological terrain. Some defend the traditional two-parent heterosexual family while others welcome its demise. Opinions vary about how much control parents should have over their children's upbringing. Family Values...

This is a collection of critical essays regarding the work of Jordan Peterson, a Canadian professor of psychology, clinical psychologist, YouTube personality, and author. Peterson began his career as a teacher at Harvard before receiving worldwide...

A candid and personal insight into the life and work of the philosopher and writer Roger Scruton, by his intellectual biographer Mark Dooley. This book reveals what life was like for Roger Scruton growing up in High Wycombe, how he survived Cambridge...

This important book is the first serious philosophical examination of the modern state. It inquires into the justification of this particular form of political society. It asks whether all states are 'nation-states', what are the alternative ways of...

This book identifies eight key mechanisms that can transform a set of ideas into a psychological flytrap. The author suggests that, like the black holes of outer space, from which nothing, not even light, can escape, our contemporary cultural...

'Glorious' Guardian 'Vigorous, rigorous and eminently readable' SPECTATOR In his soaring new book, Niall Kishtainy draws us into the imaginative worlds of Thomas More, the Diggers,...

The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsOnly four countries around the world do not currently define themselves as democracies. But many more do not fulfil the four basic requirements of democracy: free and...

Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury, was a giant on the English political scene of the later seventeenth century. Despite taking up arms against the king in the Civil War, and his active participation in the republican governments of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935408451Author Hillel SchwartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 726g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250800060Author Michael J SandelFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 141mm *...

Ever since it was first published in 1930, William Empson's Seven Types of Ambiguity has been perceived as a milestone in literary criticism-far from being an impediment to communication, ambiguity now seemed an index of poetic richness and expressive...

Are companies, churches, and states genuine agents? Or are they just collections of individual agents that give a misleading impression of unity? This question is important, since the answer dictates how we should go about explaining the behaviour of...

This new edition takes stock of the revolutionary changes that have taken place since the dictionary was first published in 1982. 1790 entries cover every aspect of political thought providing an indispensable guide to the thought, the wisdom and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912759019Author Oswald SpenglerFormat HardbackPage Count 274Imprint Black House PublishingPublisher Black House PublishingWeight(grams)...

An inviting and highly readable new translation of Aristotle's complete Poetics-the first and best introduction to the art of writing and understanding storiesAristotle's Poetics is the most important book ever written for writers and readers of...

The Hegelian-Marxist idea of alienation fell out of favor after the postmetaphysical rejection of humanism and essentialist views of human nature. In this book Rahel Jaeggi draws on the Hegelian philosophical tradition, phenomenological analyses grounded...

Is Democracy overrated? Does power corrupt? Or do corrupt people seek power? Do corporate puppet masters pull politicians strings? Why does Frank talk to the camera? Can politics deliver on the promise of justice? House of Cards depicts our worst fears...

In this comprehensive open access book, written for readers from any or no religious background, Leena El-Ali does something remarkable. Never before has anyone taken on every last claim relating to Islam and women and countered it not just with Qur'anic...

Hegel on Being provides an authoritative treatment of Hegel's entire logic of being. Stephen Houlgate presents the Science of Logic as an important and neglected text within Hegel's oeuvre that should hold a more significant place in the history of...

One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture's value Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing its role in our lives is not, however,...

'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...