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Entangled Empathy: An Alternative Ethic for Our Relationships with Animals by Lori Gruen 9781590564875
RRP: £18.99£11.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590564875Author Lori GruenFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USWeight(grams) 0g -
Government Paternalism: Nanny State or Helpful Friend? by Julian Le Grand
£24.63Should governments save people from themselves? Do governments have the right to influence citizens' behavior related to smoking tobacco, eating too much, not saving enough, drinking alcohol, or taking marijuana-or does this create a nanny state, leading... -
A Critique of the Idea of Progress: Ethics, Knowledge & Evolution by Robert Nicholls 9781907962233
RRP: £7.95£7.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907962233Author Robert NichollsFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint 123 BooksPublisher Cranmore PublicationsWeight(grams) 60gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm... -
The Rules of Sociological Method: And Selected Texts on Sociology and Its Method by Emile Durkheim 9781476749723
RRP: £20.00£12.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476749723Author Emile DurkheimFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm * 23mm -
The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontology by Slavoj Zizek
RRP: £28.99£28.08Slavoj Zizek, the maverick philosopher, author of over 30 books, acclaimed as the "Elvis of cultural theory", and today's most controversial public intellectual. His work traverses the fields of philosophy, psychoanalysis, theology, history and political... -
Slime Dynamics Ben Woodard 9781780992488
RRP: £9.99£8.59Despite humanity s gradual ascent from clustered pools of it, slime is more often than not relegated to a mere residue-the trail of a verminous life form, the trace of decomposition, or an entertaining synthetic material-thereby leaving its generative... -
The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, A Philosophy, A Warning by Justin E. H. Smith 9780691212326
RRP: £28.00£13.91An 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... -
The Tyranny of Algorithms by Miguel Benasayag
RRP: £9.99£6.70The impact of the digital world and its algorithms on human beings and societyWe read all sorts of things about AI, as the promise of a future happiness or as a threat capable of putting an end to humanity. While we cannot be "for" or "against" AI - it's... -
War and Cinema: The Logistics of Perception by Paul Virilio
£14.17Reveals the convergence of perception and destruction in the parallel technologies of warfare and cinema.A rich and suggestive analysis of military "ways of seeing"About the AuthorPaul Virilio trained as an artist in stained glass, working with Braque... -
The Age of Thrivability: Vital Perspectives and Practices for a Better World by Michelle Holliday 9780995275904
RRP: £19.95£16.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995275904Author Michelle HollidayFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Cambium PressPublisher Cambium PressWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm... -
Philosophy and Life: Exploring the Great Questions of How to Live by A. C. Grayling 9780241523803
RRP: £16.99£13.53'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... -
The “Russian Idea” in International Relations: Civilization and National Distinctiveness by Andrei P. Tsygankov 9781032455594
RRP: £37.99£33.38The "Russian Idea" in International Relations identifies different approaches within Russian Civilizational tradition - Russia's nationally distinctive way of thinking - by situating them within IR literature and connecting them to practices of the... -
We, Together: The Social Ontology of Us by Hans Bernhard Schmid
RRP: £54.00£48.83Who are we and what do we do as agents living together? In We, Together, Hans Bernhard Schmid argues, first, that our living together is a joint activity. Joint activities involve shared intentions, and shared intentions have plural intentional... -
The Friend by Alan Bray
RRP: £28.00£27.79In the chapel of Christ's College, Cambridge, some twenty years ago, historian Alan Bray made an astonishing discovery: a tomb shared by two men, John Finch and Thomas Baines. The monument featured eloquent imagery dedicated to their friendship:... -
Just Hierarchy: Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World by Daniel A. Bell
RRP: £17.99£14.38A trenchant defense of hierarchy in different spheres of our lives, from the personal to the politicalAll complex and large-scale societies are organized along certain hierarchies, but the concept of hierarchy has become almost taboo in the modern world... -
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... -
The Angela Y. Davis Reader Joy James (Brown University) 9780631203612
RRP: £23.95£20.97For three decades, Angela Y. Davis has written on liberation theory and democratic praxis. Challenging the foundations of mainstream discourse, her analyses of culture, gender, capital, and race have profoundly influenced democratic theory, antiracist... -
Habermas: A Critical Introduction by William Outhwaite 9780745643281
£18.09This new edition of a well-regarded book provides a concise and exceptionally clear introduction to Habermas's work, from his early writings on the public sphere, through his work on law and the state, to his more recent discussion of science, religion... -
My Meteorite: Or, Without The Random There Can Be No New Thing by Harry Dodge
RRP: £16.99£12.92'Where can the human animal seek its energy in this era of lockdowns and social distancing? Dodge may help us to find out' Guardian'If you're a fan of Maggie Nelson's work, you'll like this book. It's truly beautiful' DazedIs love a force akin to... -
To Be Born: Genesis of a New Human Being by Luce Irigaray 9783319392219
RRP: £24.99£23.97"According to the words of Phaedrus in the Symposium of Plato, Love, sometimes named Eros, has no parents, no age, no history, and its origin remains unknown to anyone. Love, whose destiny is said to be unique amongst the gods and humans, perhaps... -
Enlightenment against Empire by Sankar Muthu
RRP: £35.00£27.74In the late eighteenth century, an array of European political thinkers attacked the very foundations of imperialism, arguing passionately that empire-building was not only unworkable, costly, and dangerous, but manifestly unjust. Enlightenment against... -
Slow Philosophy: Reading against the Institution by Michelle Boulous Walker
RRP: £23.99£23.80In an age of internet scrolling and skimming, where concentration and attention are fast becoming endangered skills, it is timely to think about the act of reading and the many forms that it can take. Slow Philosophy: Reading Against the Institution... -
Myth and Meaning in Jordan Peterson by Ron Dart
RRP: £15.99£11.83Popular philosopher Jordan Peterson has captured the imagination of Western world. For some, Peterson represents all that is wrong with patriarchal culture; for others, he is the Canadian academic prophet who has come to save civilization from... -
Making the Social World: The Structure of Human Civilization by John Searle 9780199576913
£26.77The renowned philosopher John Searle reveals the fundamental nature of social reality. What kinds of things are money, property, governments, nations, marriages, cocktail parties, and football games? Searle explains the key role played by language in the... -
Political Memory and the Aesthetics of Care: The Art of Complicity and Resistance by Mihaela Mihai
RRP: £23.99£20.84With this nuanced and interdisciplinary work, political theorist Mihaela Mihai tackles several interrelated questions: How do societies remember histories of systemic violence? Who is excluded from such histories' cast of characters? And what are the... -
Philosophy for Girls: An Invitation to a Life of Thought by Melissa Shew
RRP: £30.99£22.85This revolutionary book empowers its readers by exploring enduring, challenging, and timely philosophical issues in new essays written by expert women philosophers. The book will inspire and entice these philosophers' younger counterparts, curious... -
Introducing Baudrillard: A Graphic Guide by Chris Horrocks
RRP: £8.99£6.08Illustrated guide to the controversial sociologist Jean Baudrillard, who died in 2007. Did the Gulf War take place? Is it possible to fake a bank robbery? Was sexual liberation a disaster? Jean Baudrillard has been hailed as one of France's most subtle... -
Rape and Resistance Linda Martin Alcoff (Syracuse University) 9780745691923
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... -
On the Pleasure Principle in Culture: Illusions without Owners by Robert Pfaller 9781781681749
£17.13In this fascinating work of cultural theory and philosophy, Robert Pfaller explores the hidden cost of our contemporary approach to pleasure, belief and illusion. Sports, design, eroticism, social intercourse and games-indeed, all those aspects of our... -
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This Beauty: A Philosophy of Being Alive by Nick Riggle
RRP: £22.00£16.67You didn't choose to live this life, in this body, in these conditions-this delicate and difficult life. Yet when you consider that your existence is fleeting, an inspired sense of urgency can spring forth. Say you often hike with a friend. One day, they... -
William Godwin: A Political Life Richard Gough Thomas 9780745338354
RRP: £16.99£11.54'Government by its very nature counteracts the improvement of original mind' - William Godwin William Godwin was the first major anarchist thinker in the Anglophone world, who rocked the establishment at the beginning of the nineteenth century... -
Philosophy of the Family: Ethics, Identity and Responsibility by Teresa Baron 9781350373631
RRP: £24.99£21.93Almost everyone grows up in a family, and family ties play an important role in daily life. But what exactly is a 'family'? What is a 'family tie'? We use the general concept of 'family' in many contexts - in fiction, in talk shows, in law, in politics -... -
On the Pragmatics of Social Interaction Jurgen Habermas (Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt) 9780745632193
RRP: £18.99£16.87The core of this book is a set of five lectures delivered by Habermas at Princeton in 1971 under the title 'Reflections on the Linguistic Foundation of Sociology'. These lectures offer a preliminary view of what would become The Theory of Communicative... -
What Kind of Creatures Are We? by Noam Chomsky
RRP: £12.99£10.17Noam Chomsky is widely known and deeply admired for being the founder of modern linguistics, one of the founders of the field of cognitive science, and perhaps the most avidly read political theorist and commentator of our time. In these lectures, he... -
Restoring Pride by Richard Taylor 9781573920247
RRP: £28.00£22.03The ideas put forth in Restoring Pride will seem, to many readers, elitist. That's because they are. Richard Taylor rejects the popular notion that all people are equal, embracing instead the idea that some people are simply better than others as human... -
On Mercy by Malcolm Bull 9780691217451
RRP: £16.99£13.65Is mercy more important than justice?Since antiquity, mercy has been regarded as a virtue. Yet by the end of the eighteenth century, mercy had been exiled from political life. In this book, Malcolm Bull analyses and challenges the Enlightenment's... -
Politics in Commercial Society: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith by Istvan Hont 9780674967700
RRP: £35.95£28.96Scholars normally emphasize the contrast between the two great eighteenth-century thinkers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith. Rousseau is seen as a critic of modernity, Smith as an apologist. Istvan Hont, however, finds significant commonalities in... -
Realism in Political Theory by Rahul Sagar 9780367530587
RRP: £39.99£35.46Over the past decade, an intellectual movement known as "realism" has challenged the reigning orthodoxy in political theory and political philosophy. Realists take issue with what they see as the excessive moralism and utopianism associated with... -
A Short History of Decay by E. M. Cioran 9781611457360
RRP: £19.99£12.01E. M. Cioran confronts the place of today's world in the context of human history-focusing on such major issues of the twentieth century as human progress, fanaticism, and science-in this nihilistic and witty collection of aphoristic essays concerning...