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How To Be an Antiracist: THE GLOBAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER by Ibram X. Kendi
RRP: $18.85$13.33Not being racist is not enough. We have to be antiracist. *THE GLOBAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER - NOW REVISED AND UPDATED*In HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST Ibram X. Kendi, one of the world's most influential scholars on racism, demolishes the idea of a... -
A Lover's Discourse: Fragments by Roland Barthes
RRP: $17.14$12.20'May be the most detailed, painstaking anatomy of desire that we are ever likely to see or need again... An ecstatic celebration of love and language' Washington PostThe language we use when we are in love is not a language we speak. It is a language... -
Ideology: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Freeden
RRP: $15.42$11.06Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book examines the reasons for those views, and explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking. It... -
One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society by Douglas Kellner 9780415289771
RRP: $29.14$26.11One of the most important texts of modern times, Herbert Marcuse's analysis and image of a one-dimensional man in a one-dimensional society has shaped many young radicals' way of seeing and experiencing life. Published in 1964, it fast became an... -
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson 9780241407622
RRP: $42.88$30.91A #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestsellerThe long-awaited sequel to 12 RULES FOR LIFE, which has sold over 5 million copies around the worldIn 12 Rules for Life, acclaimed public thinker and clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson offered an... -
The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle 9780140449495
RRP: $18.85$13.33A profound examination of the nature of happiness by one of the giants of ancient Greek philosophyIn The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle argues that happiness consists in 'activity of the soul in accordance with virtue' - for example, with moral virtues,... -
Philosophy in Minutes by Marcus Weeks
RRP: $18.85$12.69Philosophy in Minutes distils 200 of the most important philosophical ideas into easily digestible, bite-sized sections. The core information for every topic - including debates such as the role of philosophy in science and religion, key thinkers from... -
The Prophets of Doom by Neema Parvini 9781788361118
RRP: $25.64$24.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788361118Author Neema ParviniFormat PaperbackImprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 2100mm * 135mm * 13mm -
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Colour by Derek H. Brown 9781032569703
RRP: $75.46$66.62From David Hume's famous puzzle about "the missing shade of blue," to current research into the science of colour, the topic of colour is an incredibly fertile region of study and debate, cutting across philosophy of mind, epistemology, metaphysics, and... -
Utopia by Saint Thomas More 9780141442327
RRP: $15.42$11.06'It remains astonishingly radical ... one of Utopia's most striking aspects is its contemporaniety' Terry EagletonIn Utopia, Thomas More gives us a traveller's account of a newly-discovered island where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on... -
What We Owe to Each Other by T. M. Scanlon
RRP: $49.66$38.49"This magnificent book...opens up a novel, arresting position on matters that have been debated for thousands of years." -Times Literary Supplement How do we judge whether an action is morally right or wrong? If an action is wrong, what reason does that... -
The Essential Keynes by John Maynard Keynes
RRP: $22.28$15.59Edited with an introduction by ROBERT SKIDELSKY'Many of the greatest economic evils of our time are the fruits of risk, uncertainty, and ignorance'John Maynard Keynes was the most influential economist, and one of the most influential thinkers, of the... -
Uncivilised: Ten Lies that Made the West by Subhadra Das 9781399704359
RRP: $34.31$22.90Knowledge is power. Time in money. Justice is blind.Western civilisation is a powerful brand, and full of accepted wisdoms like these that we rarely question. Taking cues from Greek philosophy and honed in the Enlightenment, certain notions about... -
Citizens by Jon Alexander
RRP: $22.28$14.03MCKINSEY TOP 5 RECOMMENDED READ 'An underground hit' - Best Politics Books, Financial Times 'Jon has one of the few big ideas that's easily applied' - Sam Conniff, Be More Pirate 'A wonderful guide to how to be human in the 21st Century' - Ece... -
Matter and Motion by Thomas Nail 9781399525435
RRP: $25.71$21.53Tells a new history of materialism from prehistory to the present that resists stasis, heirarchy and domination Traces a lineage of thinkers who have philosophically integrated ideas of matter, motion, indeterminacy, relationality and process ... -
Utopia by Saint Thomas More 9780241382684
RRP: $25.71$18.78In Utopia, Thomas More gives us a traveller's account of a newly discovered island where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on natural reason and justice, and human fulfilment is open to all. As the traveller, Raphael, describes the island to... -
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
RRP: $22.28$15.59THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLEROne of the most influential voices in modern philosophy - the author of The Course of Love, Religion for Atheists, The Art of Travel and The School of LifeAlain de Botton presents a one-stop shop for solving the... -
Free For All: Why The NHS Is Worth Saving by Gavin Francis 9781800819252
RRP: $13.71$9.93'Needle-sharp analysis from the front line' Ian Rankin 'Utterly compelling' Henry Marsh 'Wonderful ... A heartbreaking chronicle of the NHS's near-demise, and a call to action' Leah Hazard 'A reminder of what is important, what we hold dear, and... -
Anti-Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze
RRP: $42.87$38.30The collaboration of the philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the psychoanalyst Felix Guattari has been one of the most profoundly influential partnerships in contemporary thought. Anti-Oedipus is the first part of their masterpiece, Capitalism and... -
How To Be A Stoic: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Living by Massimo Pigliucci
RRP: $29.14$20.72A philosophy still relevant in the modern world, Pigliucci, one of the top philosophers on Twitter and a regular contributor to the New York Times, Newsweek, Washington and Huffington Posts, shows how you can apply stoicism to your everyday life and make... -
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 9781857150865
RRP: $22.28$15.59Writing just after the French and American revolutions, Mary Wollstonecraft firmly established the demand for women's emancipation in the context of the ever-widening urge for human rights and individual freedom that followed in the wake of these two... -
The Republic: The Influential Classic by Plato
RRP: $20.57$13.72The newest deluxe edition in the bestselling Capstone Classics Series This ancient classic has had a make-over. In recent years these Capstone Classic deluxe editions have caught the book buying public's imagination. The volumes of international... -
The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths by John Gray
RRP: $18.85$13.33The powerful, beautiful and chilling sequel to the bestselling Straw Dogs'By nature volatile and discordant, the human animal looks to silence for relief from being itself while other creatures enjoy silence as their birthright'Why do humans seek meaning... -
Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by David Miller
RRP: $15.42$11.06This book introduces readers to the concepts of political philosophy. It starts by explaining why the subject is important and how it tackles basic ethical questions such as 'how should we live together in society?' It looks at political authority, the... -
The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton
RRP: $22.28$15.59THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER'Honest, funny and dripping with witty aphorisms. Extremely entertaining and enlightening [...] all the way to journey's end' Herald One of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The... -
Focusing by Eugene T. Gendlin
RRP: $22.28$15.59'Focusing' is a technique first developed 25 years ago by American psychologist and philosopher Eugene Gendlin. Hugely influential, it offers six specific steps you can take to open up your inner world of deeper feelings and intuition - and shows you... -
The Big No by Kennan Ferguson
RRP: $37.72$32.23What it means to celebrate the potential and the power of no What does it mean to refuse? To not participate, to not build a better world, to not come up with a plan? To just say "no"? Against the ubiquitous demands for positive solutions,... -
Why We Drive: On Freedom, Risk and Taking Back Control by Matthew Crawford
RRP: $17.14$12.20Why We Drive is a rebellious and daring celebration of the human spirit and the competence of ordinary people by the bestselling author of The Case for Working with Your Hands.Once we were drivers on the open road.Today we are more often in the back seat... -
Identity Politics and Tribalism: The New Culture Wars by Nikos Sotirakopoulos
RRP: $25.64$24.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788360623Author Nikos SotirakopoulosFormat PaperbackImprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 135mm *... -
How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion by Marcus Tullius Cicero 9780691164335
RRP: $25.71$20.36All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument with a friend or convince our coworkers about an important decision. Instead of relying on untrained instinct--and often... -
Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse
RRP: $17.14$11.00"There are at least two kinds of games," states James P. Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. "One could be called finite; the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the... -
Smoke Hole: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass by Martin Shaw
RRP: $25.71$17.55'With potent, lyrical language and a profound knowledge of storytelling, Shaw encourages and illuminates the mythic in our own lives. He is a modern-day bard.' Madeline Miller, author of Circe and The Song of Achilles 'Through feral tales and poetic... -
Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life by Zena Hitz 9780691229195
RRP: $24.00$19.33An 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... -
Memory Makers: The Politics of the Past in Putin's Russia by Jade McGlynn
RRP: $34.31$25.70Why aren't ordinary Russians more outraged by Putin's invasion of Ukraine? Inside the Kremlin's own historical propaganda narratives, Russia's invasion of Ukraine makes complete sense. From its World War II cult to anti-Western conspiracy theories, the... -
Utopianism: A Very Short Introduction by Lyman Tower Sargent
RRP: $15.42$11.06There are many debates about utopia - What constitutes a utopia? Are utopias benign or dangerous? Is the idea of utopianism essential to Christianity or heretical? What is the relationship between utopia and ideology? This Very Short Introduction... -
The Capitalist Unconscious: Marx and Lacan by Samo Tomsic
RRP: $30.86$26.24The book discusses the importance of Marx's critique of political economy in Lacan's attempt to rethink the political and philosophical legacy of Freudian psychoanalysis. By situating Marx in the broader context of Lacan's teaching it highlights the... -
Beyond Bourdieu by Will Atkinson 9781509507498
RRP: $25.71$23.29Pierre Bourdieu is arguably the most influential sociologist of the twentieth century, especially since the once common criticisms of his determinism and reproductionism have receded. Now, however, his intellectual enterprise faces a new set of... -
All Art Is Ecological by Timothy Morton
RRP: $11.99$9.83In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.Provocative and playful, All Art is Ecological explores the strangeness of living in an age of mass extinction, and shows us that emotions and experience are the basis... -
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science by Harold Kincaid
RRP: $184.39$183.71The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science contains twenty-seven freshly written chapters to give the reader a panoramic introduction to philosophical issues in the practice of political science. Simultaneously, it advances the field of... -
The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance by Anthony Gottlieb
RRP: $22.28$15.59Already a classic, this landmark account of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. The Dream of Reason takes a fresh look at the writings of the great thinkers of classic philosophy and questions...