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After Utopia: The Decline of Political Faith by Judith N. Shklar
RRP: £22.00£17.39A political philosophy classic from one of the foremost political thinkers of the twentieth centuryAfter Utopia was Judith Shklar's first book, a harbinger of her renowned career in political philosophy. Throughout the many changes in political thought... -
Believing Bullshit: How Not to Get Sucked into an Intellectual Black Hole by Stephen Law 9781616144111
RRP: £14.99£11.26This 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... -
Democracy: A Very Short Introduction by Naomi Zack 9780192845061
RRP: £8.99£6.45Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Democracy refers to both ideal and real forms of government. The concept of democracy means that those governed - the demos - have a say in government. But different conceptions of democracy have... -
The Revolutions of 1848: Pt. 1 by Karl Marx 9781844676033
RRP: £22.99£19.29Karl Marx was not only the great theorist of capitalism; he was above all else a revolutionary. In Paris in 1844 he made the connection between radical philosophy and the proletariat that would guide his future work, first with the Communist League and... -
Caste Matters by Suraj Yengde 9780670091225
RRP: £43.95£15.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670091225Author Suraj Milind YengdeFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin VikingPublisher Penguin Random House India -
The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama
RRP: £14.99£10.95A LANDMARK WORK OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. A GLOBAL BESTSELLER. STILL AS RELEVANT TODAY. With the fall of Berlin Wall in 1989 the threat of the Cold War which had dominated the second half of the twentieth century vanished. And with it the West looked to... -
Philosophy and Life: Exploring the Great Questions of How to Live by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £25.00£18.02'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... -
Frames of War: When is Life Grievable? by Judith Butler
RRP: £10.99£7.25In this urgent response to violence, racism and increasingly aggressive methods of coercion, Judith Butler explores the media's portrayal of armed conflict, a process integral to how the West prosecutes its wars. In doing so, she calls for a... -
Love's Work by Gillian Rose
£11.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590173657Author Gillian RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress by Christopher Ryan 9781451659115
RRP: £8.99£5.82The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Sex at Dawn explores the ways in which "progress" has perverted the way we live-how we eat, learn, feel, mate, parent, communicate, work, and die-in this "engaging, extensively documented, well-organized, and... -
The Fateful Triangle: Race, Ethnicity, Nation by Stuart Hall 9780674248342
RRP: £15.95£12.80"Given the current political conditions, these lectures on race, ethnicity, and nation, delivered by Stuart Hall almost a quarter of a century ago, may be even more timely today."-Angela Y. DavisIn this defining statement one of the founding figures of... -
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Vintage Feminism Short Edition) by Mary Wollstonecraft
RRP: £5.99£4.46Discover Wollstonecraft's classic feminist text in an abridged, digestible form.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZOE WILLIAMS The term feminism did not yet exist when Mary Wollstonecraft wrote this book, but it was the first great piece of feminist writing. In... -
Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the College De France, 1977 - 78 by Michel Foucault
RRP: £54.99£49.36This book derives from Foucault's lectures at the College de France between January and April 1978, which can be seen as a radical turning point in his thought. Focusing on 'bio-power', he studies the foundations of this new technology of power over... -
Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World by Michael Harris
RRP: £10.99£7.77'An elegant, thoughtful book . . . beautifully expresses the importance and experience of liberation from the battery-hen life of constant connection and crowds.' Daily Mail'A compelling study of the subtle ways in which modern life and technologies have... -
The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence by Baltasar Gracian
RRP: £9.99£7.11A unique collection of advice for life, Baltasar Gracian's The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence is a philosophical gem, and perhaps the first 'self-help' book ever written. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Spanish with an... -
Avatar – The Last Airbender and Philosophy – Wisdom from Aang to Zuko by H De Cruz
RRP: £16.95£11.51Would our world be a better place if some of us were benders? Can Katara repair the world through care? Is Toph a disability pride icon? What does it mean for Zuko to be bad at being good? Can we tell whether uncle Iroh is a fool or a sage? The world is... -
Heritage and War: Ethical Issues by William Bülow
RRP: £60.00£54.13The world responded with horror to ISIS's campaign of destruction of cultural heritage across the Middle East, including with calls for an international response to prevent such damage. At the same time, newspapers and screens were filled with images of... -
Justice for Hedgehogs by Ronald Dworkin
RRP: £23.95£19.14The fox knows many things, the Greeks said, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. In his most comprehensive work, Ronald Dworkin argues that value in all its forms is one big thing: that what truth is, life means, morality requires, and justice demands... -
The Fear of Freedom by Erich Fromm
RRP: £14.99£13.58Erich Fromm sees right to the heart of our contradictory needs for community and for freedom like no other writer before or since. In Fear of Freedom, Fromm warns that the price of community is indeed high, and it is the individual who pays. Fascism and... -
The Case for Working with Your Hands: Or Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good by Matthew Crawford
RRP: £10.99£7.77It's time to rethink our attitudes to work.For too long we have convinced ourselves that the only jobs worth doing involve sitting at a desk. Generations of school-leavers head for university lacking the skills to fix or even understand the most basic... -
Against the New Politics of Identity: How the Left’s Dogmas on Race and Equity Harm Liberal Democracy—and Invigorate Christian Nationalism by Ronald A. Lindsay 9781634312448
RRP: £17.95£13.24In Against the New Politics of Identity, philosopher Ronald A. Lindsay offers a sustained criticism of the far-reaching cultural transformation occurring across much of the West by which individuals are defined primarily by their group identity, such as... -
The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung by Roger Scruton
RRP: £10.99£7.77'The ideal interpreter of the Ring ... a fascinating and valuable study ... absorbing and convincing' Sunday TimesThe Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art created in modern times. Roger Scruton's brilliant and passionate exploration... -
Love: A New Understanding of an Ancient Emotion by Simon May
RRP: £14.99£13.90What is love's real intent? Why can love be so ruthlessly selective? How is it related to sex, beauty, and goodness? And is the child now the supreme object of love? In addressing these questions, Simon May develops a radically new understanding of... -
Late Fascism: Race, Capitalism and the Politics of Crisis by Alberto Toscano 9781839760204
RRP: £17.99£12.09The rich archive of twentieth-century debates on fascism can steer a path through an increasingly authoritarian present. Developing anti-fascist theory is an urgent and vital task. From the 'Great Replacement' to campaigns against critical race theory... -
Conversations from Calais: Sharing Refugee Stories by Mathilda Della Torre
RRP: £14.99£10.25'A beautiful, deeply affecting and powerful marriage between art and activism' - KHALED HOSSEINI, bestselling author of The Kite Runner'These are vital conversations. Everyone should eavesdrop on them'- KAMILA SHAMSIE, author of award-winning bestseller... -
The Undiscovered Dewey: Religion, Morality, and the Ethos of Democracy by Professor Melvin L. Rogers 9780231144865
RRP: £88.00£67.97The Undiscovered Dewey explores the profound influence of evolution and its corresponding ideas of contingency and uncertainty on John Dewey's philosophy of action, particularly its argument that inquiry proceeds from the uncertainty of human activity... -
Liberalism: A Counter-History by Domenico Losurdo
£15.60In this definitive historical investigation, Italian author and philosopher Domenico Losurdo argues that from the outset liberalism, as a philosophical position and ideology, has been bound up with the most illiberal of policies: slavery, colonialism,... -
Justice as Fairness: A Restatement by John Rawls 9780674005112
RRP: £28.95£22.44This book originated as lectures for a course on political philosophy that Rawls taught regularly at Harvard in the 1980s. In time the lectures became a restatement of his theory of justice as fairness, revised in light of his more recent papers and his... -
The Power of Words by Simone Weil
RRP: £7.99£5.79'There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good'The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the most courageous thinkers of the twentieth century. Here she writes,... -
Introducing Machiavelli: A Graphic Guide by Patrick Curry
RRP: £8.99£4.04Illustrated guide to the crucial Italian philosopher and author of The Prince. 'Machiavellian' is a popular byword for treachery and opportunism. Machiavelli's classic book on statecraft, The Prince, published over 400 years ago, remains controversial to... -
Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference by William MacAskill
RRP: £10.99£7.32A radical reassessment of how we can most effectively help others by a rising star of philosophy and leading social entrepreneur.'A surprising and often counterintuitive look at the best ways to make a difference . . . MacAskill is that rarest of beasts:... -
Shame: The Politics and Power of an Emotion by David Keen 9780691183756
RRP: £30.00£22.82The uses of shame (and shamelessness) in spheres that range from social media and consumerism to polarized politics and mass violenceToday, we are caught in a shame spiral-a vortex of mutual shaming that pervades everything from politics to social media... -
The Expulsion of the Other: Society, Perception and Communication Today by Byung-Chul Han 9781509523061
RRP: £12.99£11.94The days of the Other are over in this age of excessive communication, information and consumption. What used to be the Other, be it as friend, as Eros or as hell, is now indistinguishable from the self in our narcissistic desire to assimilate everything... -
The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Obligations towards the Human Being by Simone Weil 9780241467978
RRP: £12.99£9.09A new translation of Simone Weil's best-known work: a political, philosophical and spiritual treatise on what human life could beWhat do humans require to be truly nourished? Simone Weil, one of the foremost philosophers of the last century, envisaged us... -
Mad World: War, Movies, Sex by Slavoj Žižek 9781682194492
RRP: £12.99£8.63In a characteristically explosive barrage, Ljubljana's most famous philosopher takes a passionate stance on the war in Ukraine, surveys the latest Hollywood blockbusters, and delivers detonations into a range of contemporary issues, from sexual politics... -
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Everyone should read Down Girl. It should be distributed in schools and every board room, athletic department and legislative space' - Soraya ChemalyA transformative book on how misogyny works from a hugely influential thinkerMisogyny is a hot topic,... -
The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the College de France, 1978-1979 by Michel Foucault
RRP: £24.99£22.37Foucault continues on the theme of his 1978 course by focusing on the study of liberal and neo-liberal forms of government and concentrating in particular on two forms of neo-liberalism: German post-war liberalism and the liberalism of the Chicago School... -
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer
RRP: £10.99£9.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060505912Author Eric HofferFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 148gDimensions(mm)... -
Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime by Bruno Latour 9780745684345
RRP: £18.99£16.87The emergence of modern sciences in the seventeenth century profoundly renewed our understanding of nature. For the last three centuries new ideas of nature have been continually developed by theology, politics, economics, and science, especially the... -
Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biography by Christopher Hitchens
RRP: £9.99£6.70Thomas Paine is one of the greatest political advocates in history. Declaration of the Rights of Man, first published in 1791, is the key to his reputation. Inspired by his outrage at Edmund Burke's attack on the uprising of the French people, Paine's...