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The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths by John Gray
RRP: £10.99£7.77The 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... -
The Essential Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
RRP: £12.99£9.09Translated by Peter ConstantineEdited and with a new introduction by Leo Damrosch'Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains' is the dramatic opening line of The Social Contract, published in 1762. Quoted by politicians and philosophers alike, the... -
The Analects by Confucius
RRP: £10.99£7.51Formed in a time of great unrest in ancient China, The Analects is vital to an understanding of Chinese history and thought, and, 2,500 years on, it remains startlingly relevant to contemporary life.Complete and unabridged. Part of the Macmillan... -
The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics by Benjamin J.B. Lipscomb
RRP: £24.99£21.18The story of four remarkable women who shaped the intellectual history of the 20th century: Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch. On the cusp of the Second World War, four women went to Oxford to begin their studies: a... -
Retreat: The Risks and Rewards of Stepping Back from the World by Nat Segnit 9781529111309
RRP: £9.99£7.11Retreat takes us on a stunning journey through the many ways humans step back from daily life, both in today's world and in our past.'Open-minded, elegantly written and comprehensive' Daily TelegraphFrom mindfulness and meditation to yoga breaks and... -
A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy by Nancy L. Rosenblum
RRP: £12.99£8.95How the new conspiracists are undermining democracy-and what can be done about itConspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced something new-conspiracy without theory. And the new conspiracism has moved from the... -
Home in the World: A Memoir Amartya Sen, FBA 9781846144868
RRP: £25.00£18.02The extraordinary early life in India and England of one of the world's leading public intellectualsWhere is 'home'? For Amartya Sen home has been many places - Dhaka in modern Bangladesh where he grew up, the village of Santiniketan where he was raised... -
Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women by Kate Manne 9780141990743
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Kate Manne is the Simone de Beauvoir of the 21st century' - Amanda Marcotte'I want to press this book on every schoolgirl who thinks that feminism is uncool, any woman who thinks the most important gender battles are won, pretty much every man I know,... -
The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the College de France, 1978-1979 by Michel Foucault
RRP: £24.99£21.78Foucault 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... -
Hannah Arendt: A Very Short Introduction by Dana Villa 9780198806981
RRP: £8.99£6.45Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the major intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Born in Konigsberg to secular Jewish parents, she was a student of the two major exponents of Existenz... -
How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy by John J. Mearsheimer 9780300269307
£25.46A groundbreaking examination of a central question in international relations: Do states act rationally? To understand world politics, you need to understand how states think. Are states rational? Much of international relations theory assumes that... -
Epicureanism: A Very Short Introduction by Catherine Wilson
RRP: £8.99£6.45Epicureanism is commonly associated with a carefree view of life and the pursuit of pleasures, particularly the pleasures of the table. However it was a complex and distinctive system of philosophy that emphasized simplicity and moderation, and... -
Dylan at 80: It used to go like that, and now it goes like this by Gary Browning
RRP: £14.95£14.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788360456Author Gary BrowningFormat PaperbackImprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 135mm * 14mm -
Short Cuts: Philosophy: Navigate Your Way Through Big Ideas by Laura D’Olimpio 9781785789977
RRP: £14.99£9.80What is knowledge? What makes me, me? Do we have free will? People have been asking such fundamental questions about the nature of reality for centuries, but how can they help us make sense of our existence in a 21st-century world of social media, cyber... -
Peter L. Berger on Religion: The Social Reality of Religion by Titus Hjelm 9781032746241
RRP: £36.99£32.53Peter L. Berger on Religion provides an overview and critical assessment of the work of one of the most influential sociologists of the 20th century.Situating Berger’s writings on religion and secularisation in the broader framework of social... -
The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings by Alexander Pope
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings is a collection of Alexander Pope's greatest works, edited with an introduction by Leo Damrosch in Penguin Classics.Alexander Pope was the greatest English poet of his age, whose acerbic insights into human... -
Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright
RRP: £21.99£18.37Rising inequality of income and power, along with recent convulsions in the finance sector, have made the search for alternatives to unbridled capitalism more urgent than ever. Yet few are attempting this task-most analysts argue that any attempt to... -
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... -
Why Grow Up?: Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age by Susan Neiman
RRP: £10.99£7.77In Why Grow Up, the latest volume in the Philosophy in Transit series, world-renowned philosopher Susan Neiman looks at growing up as an ideal with urgent relevance todayBecoming an adult today can seem a grim prospect. As you grow up, you are told to... -
Race Nation Class: Ambiguous Identities by Etienne Balibar
RRP: £11.99£9.70Forty years after the defeat of Nazism, and twenty years after the great wave of decolonization, how is it that racism remains a growing phenomenon? What are the special characteristics of contemporary racism? How can it be related to class divisions and... -
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World by Rene Girard
RRP: £25.99£23.25Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World presents a highly original global theory of culture. Here, in his greatest work, Rene Girard explores the function of violence, mimetic desire and the mechanism of the scapegoat, in the history of society... -
Bentham: A Guide for the Perplexed by Philip Schofield 9780826495891
RRP: £100.00£99.72This book provides a concise and coherent overview of Jeremy Bentham, the widely read and studied political philosopher - ideal for undergraduates who require more than just a simple introduction to his work and thought. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832),... -
Trouble in Paradise: From the End of History to the End of Capitalism by Prof. Slavoj Zizek
RRP: £10.99£8.92In Trouble in Paradise, Slavoj Zizek, one of our most famous, most combative philosophers, explains how by drawing on the ideas of communism, we can find a way out of the crisis of capitalism.There is obviously trouble in the global capitalist paradise... -
On Liberty by Shami Chakrabarti
RRP: £10.99£7.77On Liberty is the story of today's threats to our freedoms and a highly personal, impassioned plea in defence of fundamental rights, from Shami Chakrabarti, Britain's leading human rights campaignerOn 11 September 2001, our world changed. The West's... -
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... -
Technology is Not the Problem by Timandra Harkness 9780008503604
RRP: £20.00£13.34We already know how much of our data is collected and used to profile and target us. The real question is why, knowing all this, do we keep going back for more? “Great book” – Matt Ridley, author of How Innovation Works “Essential reading” – Pete... -
Heaven in Disorder by Slavoj Zizek
RRP: £12.99£8.63As we emerge (though perhaps only temporarily) from the pandemic, other crises move center stage: outrageous inequality, climate disaster, desperate refugees, mounting tensions of a new cold war. The abiding motif of our time is relentless chaos. ... -
Latin American Philosophy for the 21st Century: The Human Condition, Values, and the Search for Identity by Jorge J. E. Gracia
RRP: £25.00£18.94This excellent collection is the most complete anthology of Latin American philosophers in English available today. Leading philosophers from several different Latin American countries and from various periods in the history of Latin American thought are... -
About Behaviorism by B. F. Skinner
£8.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394716183Author B.F. SkinnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm)... -
Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Eric Bronner
RRP: £8.99£6.45Critical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose -- and, if at all possible, cure -- the ills of society, particularly fascism and capitalism. In this book, Stephen... -
Smoke Hole: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass by Martin Shaw 9781645020950
RRP: £14.99£10.23'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... -
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... -
Drinking Molotov Cocktails with Gandhi by Mark Boyle
RRP: £10.95£6.98More than ever, people across the planet want deep and meaningful change. From those campaigning for social justice and ecological sustainability, to those who want to protect animals, indigenous cultures and those in poverty, millions are realising that... -
Why I Am a Hindu by Shashi Tharoor
RRP: £20.00£13.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947534551Author Shashi TharoorFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Scribe USPublisher Scribe USWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 152mm * 25mm -
Citizens: How to Break Open Our World and Unleash the Power of Everyone by Jon Alexander
RRP: £20.00£14.29MCKINSEY 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... -
Violence and the Sacred by Rene Girard
RRP: £19.99£17.82Violence and the Sacred is Rene Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here Girard explores violence as it is represented and occurs throughout history, literature and myth. Girard's forceful and thought-provoking analyses of Biblical narrative, Greek... -
The Phenomenological Mind by Shaun Gallagher 9780367334246
RRP: £35.99£31.69The Phenomenological Mind, Third Edition introduces fundamental questions about the mind from the perspective of phenomenology. One of the outstanding books in the field, now translated into eight languages, this highly regarded exploration of... -
Green Philosophy: How to think seriously about the planet by Roger Scruton
RRP: £14.99£9.80The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which has seen the principal threats to the earth as issuing from international capitalism, consumerism and the over-exploitation of natural resources. In Green Philosophy,... -
Utopianism: A Very Short Introduction by Lyman Tower Sargent
RRP: £8.99£6.45There 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... -
How to Be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness by Katherine D. Van Schaik 9780691206271
RRP: £14.99£12.15Timeless wisdom about how to be healthy in body and mind from one of the greatest physicians of the ancient worldThe second-century Greek physician Galen-the most famous doctor in antiquity after Hippocrates-is a central figure in Western medicine. A...