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The Philosophy of Gadamer Jean Grondin 9781902683652
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69The ideas of the German philosopher, Hans-Georg Gadamer have had considerable influence both in their own right as the leading modern exposition of philosophical hermeneutics and interpreting the... -
Bernard Williams Mark Jenkins 9781902683966
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69From his earliest work on personal identity to his last on the value of truthfulness, the ideas and arguments of Bernard Williams - in the metaphysics of personhood, in the history of philosophy, but... -
Defining Shinto: A Reader Mark W. MacWilliams 9781844658381
RRP: £51.99Booksplease Price: £49.34This book provides key official documents alongside political, religious-philosophical, and historical essays, illustrating how the term "Shinto" has metamorphosed terminologically from Japan's... -
Keith Joseph Andrew Denham 9781902683706
RRP: £36.99Booksplease Price: £35.74Hailed by Margaret Thatcher as the founder of modern conservatism, Keith Joseph is commonly ranked among the most influential politicians of the late-20th century. A complex and enigmatic figure... -
Modality Joseph Melia 9781902683485
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69This introduction to modality places the emphasis on the metaphysics of modality rather than on the formal semetics of quantified modal logic. The text begins by introducing students to the "de re/de... -
The Bible and the Environment: Towards a Critical Ecological Biblical Theology David G. Horrell 9781844657469
RRP: £48.99Booksplease Price: £45.63Environmental issues have in recent years come to the centre stage of political and ethical debate. This is a crucial topic to engage in this series. Moreover, there has long been the charge,... -
The Philosophy of Merleau-Ponty Eric Matthews 9781902683522
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69In this introduction to the life and thought of one of the most important French thinkers of the twentieth-century Eric Matthews shows how Merleau-Ponty has contributed to current debates in... -
The Musical Structure of Plato's Dialogues by J. B. Kennedy 9781844652679
RRP: £47.99Booksplease Price: £44.79J. B. Kennedy argues that Plato's dialogues have an unsuspected musical structure and use symbols to encode Pythagorean doctrines. The followers of Pythagoras famously thought that the cosmos had a... -
Free Will by Graham McFee 9781902683058
RRP: £39.99Booksplease Price: £37.99The question whether human choices and actions are causally determined or are in a way free, and the implications of this for our moral, personal and social lives continues to challenge philosophers... -
Wittgenstein: Key Concepts by Kelly Dean Jolley
Booksplease Price: £128.38Wittgenstein's complex and demanding work challenges much that is taken for granted in philosophical thinking as well as in the theorizing of art, theology, science and culture. Each essay in this... -
White Ink: Interviews on Sex, Text and Politics by Helene Cixous 9781844651375
RRP: £39.99Booksplease Price: £37.99Helene Cixous is widely regarded as one of the world's most influential feminist writers and thinkers. "White Ink" brings together her most revealing interviews, available in English for the first... -
Gilles Deleuze: Key Concepts Charles J. Stivale 9781844652884
RRP: £36.99Booksplease Price: £35.44Gilles Deleuze is now regarded as one of the most radical philosophers of the twentieth century. His work is hugely influential across a range of subjects, from philosophy to literature, to art,... -
The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy: Volume 10 by Burt Hopkins
RRP: £83.99Booksplease Price: £77.39The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy provides an annual international forum for phenomenological research in the spirit of Husserl's groundbreaking work and the... -
Ethics for a Broken World: Imagining Philosophy After Catastrophe Tim Mulgan 9781844654888
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69Imagine living in the future in a world already damaged by humankind, a world where resources are insufficient to meet everyone's basic needs and where a chaotic climate makes life precarious. Then... -
Epicureanism Tim O'Keefe 9781844651702
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69The Epicurean school of philosophy was one of the dominant philosophies of the Hellenistic period. Founded by Epicurus of Samos (century 341-270 BCE), it was characterized by an empiricist... -
A Plato Primer J.D.G. Evans 9781844652280
Booksplease Price: £50.71"A Plato Primer" introduces beginning students and the general reader to the main theses, concepts and arguments in Plato's philosophy. Subtle, versatile and multi-faceted though Plato's thought... -
Philosophy and Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy John Shand 9781902683638
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69This revised and updated edition of a standard work provides a clear and authoritative survey of the Western tradition in metaphysics and epistemology from the Presocratics to the present day. Aimed... -
Jean-Luc Nancy and the Future of Philosophy B.C. Hutchens 9781844650279
Booksplease Price: £49.60The work of the contemporary French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy has impacted across a range of disciplines. His writings on psychoanalysis, theology, art, culture and, of course, philosophy are now... -
Albert Camus: From the Absurd to Revolt John Foley 9781844651412
RRP: £36.99Booksplease Price: £35.44Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, encompassing philosophy, literature, politics and history, John Foley examines the full breadth of Camus' ideas to provide a comprehensive and rigorous study... -
Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality David Owen 9781844651047
Booksplease Price: £50.71A landmark work of western philosophy, "On the Genealogy of Morality" is a dazzling and brilliantly incisive attack on European "morality". Combining philosophical acuity with psychological insight... -
Paradox Doris Olin 9781902683829
Booksplease Price: £50.71Paradoxes are more than just intellectual puzzles - they raise substantive philosophical issues and offer the promise of increased philosophical knowledge. In this introduction to paradox and... -
How to be a Green Liberal: Nature, Value and Liberal Philosophy Simon A. Hailwood 9781902683843
Booksplease Price: £50.71It is often claimed by environmental philosophers and green political theorists that liberalism, the dominant tradition of western political philosophy, is too focused on the interests of human... -
The Philosophy of Husserl Burt Hopkins 9781844650118
Booksplease Price: £50.71As the founder of phenomenology, Edmund Husserl has been hugely influential in the development of contemporary continental philosophy. In The Philosophy of Husserl, Burt Hopkins shows that the unity... -
Models and Theories: A Philosophical Inquiry Roman Frigg 9781844654918
RRP: £40.99Booksplease Price: £36.99Models and theories are of central importance in science, and scientists spend substantial amounts of time building, testing, comparing and revising models and theories. It is therefore not... -
The Zizek Dictionary Rex Butler 9781844655823
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69Slavoj Zizek is the most popular and discussed philosopher in the world today. His prolific writings - across philosophy, psychoanalysis, political and social theory, film, music and religion -... -
Understanding Virtue Ethics Stan van Hooft 9781844650453
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69More and more philosophers have advocated varieties of virtue-based ethics that challenge moral theory traditionally founded on moral obligation and the delineation of what is right or wrong in given... -
Understanding Postcolonialism Jane Hiddleston 9781844651610
Booksplease Price: £45.30Postcolonialism offers challenging and provocative ways of thinking about colonial and neocolonial power, about self and other, and about the discourses that perpetuate postcolonial inequality and... -
Money Eric Lonergan 9781844658237
RRP: £40.99Booksplease Price: £39.13Eric Lonergan explores our complex relationship with money. In a provocative and insightful analysis, he argues that few things seem to matter more to us, but few things are as poorly understood... -
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Reading Nietzsche: An Analysis of "Beyond Good and Evil" by Douglas Burnham 9781844650750
Booksplease Price: £40.38"Beyond Good and Evil" is a concise and comprehensive statement of Nietzsche's mature philosophy and is an ideal entry point into Nietzsche's work as a whole. Pithy, lyrical and densely complex,... -
Rights and Reason: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Rights Jonathan Gorman 9781902683744
Booksplease Price: £49.60In "Rights and Reason", Jonathan Gorman sets discussion of the 'rights debate' within a wide-ranging philosophical and historical framework. Drawing on positions in epistemology, metaphysics and the... -
Lacan and Religion Aron Dunlap 9781844657049
RRP: £40.99Booksplease Price: £38.83The French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan is one of the most influential intellectuals of the past century. His work is invoked by philosophers, film critics and feminist theorists, but religious... -
Middle Age Christopher Hamilton 9781844651658
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69Middle age, for many, marks a key period for a radical reappraisal of one's life and way of living. The sense of time running out, both from the perspective that one's life has ground to a halt, and... -
Central Works of Philosophy v1: Ancient and Medieval John Shand 9781844650132
Booksplease Price: £49.60This collection of essays showcases the most important and influential philosophical works of the ancient and medieval period, roughly from 600 BC to AD 1600. Each chapter takes a particular work of... -
Reinventing Religious Studies: Key Writings in the History of a Discipline by Scott S. Elliott
RRP: £47.99Booksplease Price: £44.79"Reinventing Religious Studies" offers readers an opportunity to trace the important trends and developments in Religious Studies over the last forty years. Over this time the study of religion has... -
Reflections of a Metaphysical Flaneur: and Other Essays Raymond Tallis 9781844656660
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69These essays from one of our most stimulating thinkers showcase Tallis's infectious fascination, indeed intoxication, with the infinite complexity of human lives and the human condition. In the... -
Love Tony Milligan 9781844655069
RRP: £40.99Booksplease Price: £38.83What is love? What is it to be loved? Can we trust love? Is it overrated? These are just some of the questions Tony Milligan pursues in his novel exploration of a subject that has occupied... -
Neoplatonism Pauliina Remes 9781844651252
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69Although Neoplatonism has long been studied by classicists, until recently most philosophers saw the ideas of Plotinus et al as a lot of religious/magical mumbo-jumbo. Recent work however has... -
Jacques Ranciere: Key Concepts by Jean-Philippe Deranty
Booksplease Price: £128.38Although relatively unknown a decade ago, the work of Jacques Ranciere is fast becoming a central reference in the humanities and social sciences. His thinking brings a fresh, innovative approach to... -
Distraction Damon Young 9781844652549
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69Most of us struggle with distraction every day: the familiar feeling that our attention is not quite where it should be. We feel it at work and at home and it can be frustrating and uncomfortable... -
Jacques Ranciere: Key Concepts Jean-Philippe Deranty 9781844652334
RRP: £36.99Booksplease Price: £35.44Although relatively unknown a decade ago, the work of Jacques Ranciere is fast becoming a central reference in the humanities and social sciences. His thinking brings a fresh, innovative approach to...