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Great Souls: Six Who Changed a Century by David Aikman 9780739104385
$68.89As a senior journalist with Time magazine, David Aikman witnessed some of the most important world events and interviewed many of the prominent global power figures of his time. In this moving volume, Aikman profiles six of these figures: Billy Graham,... -
The Double Life of Paul De Man by Evelyn Barish 9781631490057
$21.08Over thirty years after his death in 1983, Paul de Man, a hugely charismatic intellectual who created with deconstruction an ideology so pervasive that it threatened to topple the very foundations of literature, remains a haunting and still largely... -
The Triumph of Uncertainty: Science and Self in the Postmodern Age by Alfred I. Tauber 9789633865965
RRP: $99.33$91.95From quantum mechanics to complex biological systems, science's quest for explanatory certainty has ceded to probabilistic description. Uncertainty; thus, is constitutive of depictions of reality. This is an inevitable outcome of irreducible chance and... -
Gershom Scholem: An Intellectual Biography by Amir Engel 9780226428635
RRP: $45.15$43.74Gershom Scholem (1897 1982) was ostensibly a scholar of Jewish mysticism, yet he occupies a powerful role in today's intellectual imagination, having an influential contact with an extraordinary cast of thinkers, including Hans Jonas, Martin Buber,... -
A Journey to Point Omega: Autobiography from 1964 by Josef Pieper 9781587314056
RRP: $19.35$19.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587314056Author Josef PieperFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint St. Augustine's PressPublisher St. Augustine's Press -
The Life of William Robertson: Minister, Historian, and Principal by Jeffrey R. Smitten 9781474432283
RRP: $37.40$34.71The first modern biography of William Robertson, a key figure of the Scottish EnlightenmentA prominent figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, William Robertson differed from his contemporaries, such as Voltaire, Hume and Gibbon, because he used the... -
The Last Muslim Intellectual: The Life and Legacy of Jalal Al-e Ahmad by Hamid Dabashi 9781474479288
RRP: $116.10$105.74This book explores the life and legacy of Jalal Al-e Ahmad (1923-69) - arguably the most prominent Iranian public intellectual of his time - and contends that he was the last Muslim intellectual to have articulated a vision of Muslim worldly... -
Fact and Fiction by Bertrand Russell 9781138135550
RRP: $129.00$111.73First published in 1961, Fact and Fiction is a collection of Bertrand Russell's essays that reflect on the books and writings that influenced his life, including fiction, essays on politics and education, divertissements and parables. Also broaching on... -
John Rawls: Towards a Just World Order by Professor Patrick Hayden 9780708317280
RRP: $23.21$17.80'John Rawls: Towards a Just World Order' is a concise and detailed analysis of one of the foremost political philosophers of our time that demonstrates the importance of Rawls's work for contemporary debates regarding international relations, world... -
Socrates by Sean Sheehan 9781905791101
RRP: $16.76$11.60The ancient world of fifth century Greece, an astonishing period of cultural development that helps situate the originality of Socrates, and to the city-state of Athens in particular. The social, political and cultural currents flowing through Athens are... -
Mortals and Others by Bertrand Russell 9781138131484
RRP: $129.00$112.24Between 1931 and 1935, Bertrand Russell contributed some 156 essays to the literary pages of the American newspaper New York American. These were often fun, humorous observations on the very real issues of the day, such as the Depression, the rise of... -
Portraits from Memory: And Other Essays by Bertrand Russell 9780367547332
RRP: $167.70$144.62‘I have come to think that one of the main causes of trouble in the world is dogmatic and fanatical belief in some doctrine for which there is no adequate evidence.’ – Bertrand Russell, Portraits from MemoryPortraits from Memory is one of Bertrand... -
Alain L. Locke: The Biography of a Philosopher by Leonard Harris 9780226317762
RRP: $103.20$99.34Alain L. Locke, in his famous 1925 anthology "The New Negro", declared that 'the pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem'. The first biography of this extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, Alain L. Locke narrates the untold story of... -
Confucius: A Life of Thought and Politics by Annping Chin 9780300151183
RRP: $20.63$20.33For more than two thousand years, Confucius (551-479 B.C.) has been a fundamental part of China's history. His influence as a moral thinker remains powerful to this day. Yet despite his fame and the perennial interest in his life and teachings, Confucius... -
Not Yet the Twilight: An Autobiography 1945-1964 by Josef Pieper 9781587315756
RRP: $30.96$25.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587315756Author Josef PieperFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint St. Augustine's PressPublisher St. Augustine's PressWeight(grams) 499g -
Omar Khayyam: On the Value of Time by Nick M. Loghmani 9781032001456
RRP: $37.40$32.37This book explores the life and work of Omar Khayyam as a provocateur of peace. While Khayyam is known for his poetry, he was foremost a prominent mathematician who looked at the world from a unique perspective. Using the transformative power of... -
Omar Khayyam: On the Value of Time by Nick M. Loghmani 9780367640750
RRP: $174.15$151.29This book explores the life and work of Omar Khayyam as a provocateur of peace. While Khayyam is known for his poetry, he was foremost a prominent mathematician who looked at the world from a unique perspective. Using the transformative power of... -
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone De Beauvoir 9780060825195
RRP: $20.63$15.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060825195Author Simone De BeauvoirFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Rudolf Steiner, Life and Work: 1924-1925: The Anthroposophical Society and the School for Spiritual Science by Peter Selg 9781621482321
RRP: $45.15$37.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621482321Author Peter SelgFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint SteinerBooks, IncPublisher SteinerBooks, IncWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 226mm *... -
The Wisdom of Israel Regardie: Volume III by Israel Regardie 9781561845620
RRP: $39.98$25.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561845620Author Dr Israel RegardieFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint New Falcon Publications,U.S.Publisher New Falcon Publications,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
The Pope and the Heretic: The True Story of Giordano Bruno, the Man Who Dared to Defy the Roman Inquisition by Michael White 9780060933883
RRP: $21.92$15.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060933883Author Michael WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Maurice Blondel: A Philosophical Life by Oliva Blanchette 9780802863652
$54.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802863652Author Oliva BlanchetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 820Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing... -
How to Think Like Sigmund Freud by Daniel Smith 9781782437024
$17.12The work of Sigmund Freud, one of the most important thinkers of the past two hundred years, redefined the fields of neurology and psychotherapy and the way we view the human mind. Most strands of the psychoanalytic discipline can even today be traced... -
Hope in a Scattering Time: A Life of Christopher Lasch by Eric Miller 9780802879141
RRP: $37.40$26.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802879141Author Eric MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 414Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing CoWeight(grams)... -
Rudolf Steiner, Life and Work: 1919-1922: Social Threefolding and the Waldorf School by Peter Selg 9781621481935
RRP: $45.15$37.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621481935Author Peter SelgFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Rudolf Steiner PressPublisher Rudolf Steiner PressWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 226mm... -
Niccolo's Smile: A Biography of Machiavelli by Professor of Politics Maurizio Viroli
RRP: $25.80$15.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374528003Author Professor of Politics Maurizio ViroliFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Hill & WangPublisher Hill & WangWeight(grams)... -
Stranger In A Strange Land: Searching for Gershom Scholem and Jerusalem by George Prochnik
RRP: $32.24$24.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590517765Author George ProchnikFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint Other Press LLCPublisher Other Press LLC -
Rudolf Steiner: An Illustrated Biography by Johannes Hemleben
RRP: $15.42$12.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781855840935Author Johannes HemlebenFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Rudolf Steiner PressPublisher Rudolf Steiner Press -
The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville by Olivier Zunz 9780691254142
RRP: $28.38$22.39A definitive biography of the French aristocrat who became one of democracy's greatest championsIn 1831, at the age of twenty-five, Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America, where he observed the thrilling reality of a functioning... -
The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon by Adam Shatz
RRP: $41.28$24.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374176426Author Adam ShatzFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams) 454g -
Adventures in Philosophy at Notre Dame by Kenneth M Sayre
RRP: $159.96$138.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780268204037Author Kenneth M SayreFormat HardbackPage Count 404Imprint University of Notre Dame PressPublisher University of Notre Dame Press -
Philosophies of Difference: Nature, Racism, and Sexuate Difference by Ryan S. Gustafsson
RRP: $51.59$45.23Philosophies of Difference engages with the concept of difference in relation to a number of fundamental philosophical and political problems. Insisting on the inseparability of ontology, ethics and politics, the essays and interview in this volume offer... -
Come to the X by Julia Wendell
RRP: $33.53$21.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780913123379Author Julia WendellFormat PaperbackPage Count 345Imprint Galileo PressPublisher Galileo PressWeight(grams) 448g -
African Meditations by Felwine Sarr
RRP: $20.63$18.37An influential thinker's fascinating reflections and meditations on reacclimating to his native Senegal as a young academic after years of study abroad The call to morning prayer. A group run at daybreak along the Corniche in Dakar. A young woman... -
The Political Philosophy of Jawaharlal Nehru by M.N. Das
RRP: $135.45$117.21First published in 1961, The Political Philosophy of Jawaharlal Nehru is an attempt to coordinate Jawaharlal Nehru's ideas which, in essence, reflect his political philosophy. Nehru distinguished himself as a philosopher-politician, thinking somewhat as... -
Gershom Scholem: An Intellectual Biography by Amir Engel
RRP: $33.54$32.06Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) was ostensibly a scholar of Jewish mysticism, yet he occupies a powerful role in today's intellectual imagination, having an influential contact with an extraordinary cast of thinkers, including Hans Jonas, Martin Buber,... -
Alain L. Locke: The Biography of a Philosopher by Leonard Harris
RRP: $36.12$35.85Alain L. Locke, in his famous 1925 anthology "The New Negro", declared that 'the pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem'. The first biography of this extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, Alain L. Locke narrates the... -
Intimacy in Postmodern Times: A Friendship with Zygmunt Bauman by Peter Beilharz
RRP: $38.70$27.49Zygmunt Bauman was one of the most important social theorists of recent decades. He did major work on the Holocaust, the postmodern and much else, up to fifty-eight books in English on almost as many topics. In this book, Australian sociologist Peter... -
Reading Sri Aurobindo by Gautam Chikermane
$25.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670097036Author Gautam ChikermaneFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaWeight(grams) 500gDimensions(mm) 222mm *... -
Karl Marx (Library of World Biography Series) by William A. Pelz
RRP: $63.69$57.02Karl Marx, part of the Library of World Biography Series, explores the Industrial Revolution by detailing the life and work of Karl Marx. The text is aimed primarily at undergraduates with little or no background knowledge of Marx or his theories. This...