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Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes: Theorizing Coalition Against Multiple Oppressions by Maria Lugones 9780742514591
RRP: £47.00£41.20Mar'a Lugones, one of the premiere figures in feminist philosophy, has at last collected some of her most famous essays, as well as some lesser-known gems, into her first book, Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes. A deeply original essayist, Lugones writes from her... -
The Method of Equality: Interviews with Laurent Jeanpierre and Dork Zabunyan by Jacques Ranciere 9780745680637
RRP: £17.99£16.04The development of Ranciere's philosophical work, from his formative years through the political and methodological break with Louis Althusser and the lessons of May 68, is documented here, as are the confrontations with other thinkers, the controversies... -
Authority and the Individual by Bertrand Russell
RRP: £12.99£11.94From Ancient Greek philosophy to the French Revolution to the modern welfare state, in Authority and the Individual Bertrand Russell tackles the perennial questions about the balance between authority and human freedom. With characteristic clarity and... -
Measurement in Medicine: Philosophical Essays on Assessment and Evaluation by Leah McClimans 9781783488483
RRP: £41.00£37.85Measurement in Medicine brings together for the first time a range of philosophical essays on topics in the philosophy of epidemiology, epistemology of measurement, philosophy of health economics and health policy that address pressing questions of... -
Thinking about Social Thinking by Antony G. Flew 9780879759544
RRP: £18.99£14.32Rationalizing human behavior is our most compelling pastime. We are all disposed to offer and accept insufficient evidence and invalid arguments when these seem to support conclusions that we merely wish were true. We need to know how to think clearly... -
Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences: The State of the Art by David Byrne
RRP: £35.99£31.69This expanded and updated edition of Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences: The State of the Art revisits the use of complexity theory across the social sciences and demonstrates how complexity informs approaches to various contemporary issues in the... -
Escapism by Yi-fu Tuan
RRP: £27.50£24.12In prehistoric times, our ancestors began building shelters and planting crops in order to escape from nature's harsh realities. Today, we flee urban dangers for the safer, reconfigured world of suburban lawns and parks. According to geographer Yi-Fu... -
The Meaning of Life and Death: Ten Classic Thinkers on the Ultimate Question by Michael Hauskeller
RRP: £24.99£21.78What is the point of living? If we are all going to die anyway, if nothing will remain of whatever we achieve in this life, why should we bother trying to achieve anything in the first place? Can we be mortal and still live a meaningful life? Questions... -
Cooperation and Social Justice by Joseph Heath
RRP: £23.99£22.37In six new essays, philosopher and award-winning author Joseph Heath explores the connection between principles of justice and the institutional arrangements required to achieve them. Topics include the significance of status inequality, the question of... -
The Philosophy of Civilization by Albert Schweitzer 9780879754037
RRP: £25.00£18.54Albert Schweitzer's social and ethical philosophy is best expressed in The Philosophy of Civilization. Not widely available in recent years, this edition will give contemporary readers the opportunity to discover his prophetic thought. In Book I, The... -
Debating Religious Liberty and Discrimination by John Corvino 9780190603076
RRP: £22.99£16.66Virtually everyone supports religious liberty, and virtually everyone opposes discrimination. But how do we handle the hard questions that arise when exercises of religious liberty seem to discriminate unjustly? How do we promote the common good while... -
On Inequality by Harry G. Frankfurt 9780691167145
RRP: £13.99£11.27Economic 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... -
Philosophy for Passengers by Michael Marder
RRP: £14.99£9.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262543712Author Michael MarderFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Friendship by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £12.99£11.46An entertaining and provocative investigation of friendship in all its variety, from ancient times to the present day A central bond, a cherished value, a unique relationship, a profound human need, a type of love. What is the nature of friendship, and... -
Modern Social Theory: An Introduction by Austin Harrington
RRP: £56.99£53.61This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the core topics, theories and debates in modern social theory. Fourteen chapters have been written by leading specialists in the field, providing up-to-date guidance on the full sweep of the modern... -
As If: Idealization and Ideals by Kwame Anthony Appiah 9780674237711
RRP: £15.95£13.10"Appiah is a writer and thinker of remarkable range... [He] has packed into this short book an impressive amount of original reflection... A rich and illuminating book."-Thomas Nagel, New York Review of BooksIdealization is a fundamental feature of human... -
Revolutionary Routines: The Habits of Social Transformation by Carolyn Pedwell
RRP: £29.99£26.50Although we tend to associate social transformation with major events, historical turning points, or revolutionary upheaval, Revolutionary Routines argues that seemingly minor everyday habits are the key to meaningful change.Through its account of... -
Man and People by Jose Ortega y Gasset 9780393001235
RRP: £21.00£17.59"This last book, from the man whose The Revolt of the Masses is now in a 25th anniversary edition, newly designed and reset, is sure of attention from those who know that he will provide active mental gymnastics in his dissection to the roots of today's... -
Empiriomonism: Essays in Philosophy, Books 1–3 by Alexander Aleksandrovich Bogdanov 9781642593488
RRP: £35.00£26.68Empiriomonism is Alexander Bogdanov 's scientific-philosophical substantiation of Marxism. In Books One and Two, he combines Ernst Mach 's and Richard Avenarius 's neutral monist philosophy with the theory of psychophysical parallelism and systematically... -
Jalaluddin Rupur Kabita: Poems of Jalaluddin Rumi by Quazi Johirul Islam 9781726302968
RRP: £5.99£5.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781726302968Author Quazi Johirul IslamFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Philosophy of Childhood Today: Exploring the Boundaries by Brock Bahler 9781498542623
RRP: £43.00£37.78Although philosophy of childhood has always played some part in philosophical discourse, its emergence as a field of postmodern theory follows the rise, in the late nineteenth century, of psychoanalysis, for which childhood is a key signifier. Then in... -
The Question Concerning Technology in China: An Essay in Cosmotechnics by Yuk Hui
RRP: £17.99£12.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995455009Author Yuk HuiFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Urbanomic Media LtdPublisher Urbanomic Media Ltd -
The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, A Philosophy, A Warning by Justin E. H. Smith 9780691212326
RRP: £28.00£15.14An original deep history of the internet that tells the story of the centuries-old utopian dreams behind it-and explains why they have died todayMany think of the internet as an unprecedented and overwhelmingly positive achievement of modern human... -
Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom: Words on Love, Life, Society and Literature by Andrea Kirk Assaf
RRP: £8.99£6.02Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 300 bite-size quotes of inspiration and wisdom from one of the greatest females writers in the English language. Jane Austen is one of the most celebrated female writers in history, best... -
How To Like Everything – A Utopia by Paul Shepheard 9781780998206
RRP: £9.99£8.59How To Like Everything is a utopia. 'Utopia' is a word invented five hundred years ago at the start of the modern age as a description of the ideal society. It's composed of Latin parts that taken together mean 'no place' or 'nowhere'. We now use the... -
Rhythmical Subjects: The Measures of the Modern by Laura Marcus 9780192883889
RRP: £30.00£28.00Tracing a developing fascination with rhythm's significance, its patterns, and its measures, across philosophy, psychology, science, and the whole range of arts, Rhythmical Subjects shows how and why attention to rhythm came to serve as connective tissue... -
13 Rules: To Not Be A F**king Cuck by Lisa Win 9781079042733
RRP: £14.20£11.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781079042733Author Lisa WinFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm)... -
Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind by Matthew M. Hurley 9780262518697
£35.64An evolutionary and cognitive account of the addictive mind candy that is humor. Some things are funny-jokes, puns, sitcoms, Charlie Chaplin, The Far Side, Malvolio with his yellow garters crossed-but why? Why does humor exist in the first place? Why do... -
Storming Heaven - Second Edition: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism by Steve Wright
RRP: £25.99£16.98Storming Heaven is the only book which looks at Italian workerist theory and practice, from its origins in the anti-Stalinist left of the 1950s to its heyday twenty years later. It focuses on the theme of workerism, or 'operaismo', which includes the... -
American Muckraker: Rethinking Journalism for the 21st Century by James O'Keefe 9781637580905
RRP: £28.00£17.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637580905Author James O'KeefeFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Post Hill PressPublisher Post Hill PressWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 157mm... -
Self-Confidence: 10 Lessons for Life in the Age of Anxiety by Charles Pepin 9780008324049 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.09An essential read for anyone who has encountered a crisis of confidence. Where does self-confidence come from? How does it work? Why are some people more confident than others? On the surface, these seem like simple... -
Self-Confidence: 10 Lessons for Life in the Age of Anxiety by Charles Pepin
RRP: £8.99£6.02An essential read for anyone who has encountered a crisis of confidence. Where does self-confidence come from? How does it work? Why are some people more confident than others? On the surface, these seem like simple... -
A Difference of Opinion: The Autobiography of Jim Sillars by Jim Sillars
RRP: £14.99£14.71Jim Sillars, among the last of his generation's working-class politicians, has had a prominent role in Scottish public life for more than six decades, during which he moved from being a Unionist Labour MP to becoming deputy leader of the SNP and now a... -
All Gall Is Divided: The Aphorisms of a Legendary Iconoclast by E M Cioran 9781948924238
RRP: £17.99£10.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948924238Author E M CioranFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Arcade PublishingWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 206mm *... -
Talking Cure: An Essay on the Civilizing Power of Conversation by Paula Marantz Cohen
RRP: £20.00£15.89An invigorating exploration of the pleasures and social benefits of conversationTalking Cure is a timely and enticing excursion into the art of good conversation. Paula Marantz Cohen reveals how conversation connects us in ways that social media never... -
Politics and the Other Scene by Etienne Balibar
£17.65As one of Louis Althusser's most brilliant students in the 1960s, Etienne Balibar contributed to the theoretical collective masterpiece of Reading Capital. Since then he has established himself among the most subtle philosophical and political thinkers... -
Philosophy and Life: Exploring the Great Questions of How to Live by A. C. Grayling 9780241523803
RRP: £16.99£13.46'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven Pinker'An enthusiastic thinker who embraces humour, common sense and lucidity' Independent_______________From the eminent philosopher, an authoritative exploration of the great questions of... -
How to Tell a Joke: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: £14.99£11.89Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audienceCan jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election? You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he knew what he was talking about. One of Rome's greatest politicians,... -
Philosophy as a Way of Life: From Antiquity to Modernity by Michael Ure
RRP: £24.99£21.78In this first ever introduction to philosophy as a way of life in the Western tradition, Matthew Sharpe and Michael Ure take us through the history of the idea from Socrates and Plato, via the medievals, Renaissance and Enlightenment thinkers, to... -
Rape and Resistance by Linda Martin Alcoff
RRP: £18.99£16.87Sexual violence has become a topic of intense media scrutiny, thanks to the bravery of survivors coming forward to tell their stories. But, unfortunately, mainstream public spheres too often echo reports in a way that inhibits proper understanding of its...