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Heidegger's Atheism: The Refusal of a Theological Voice
Heidegger's Atheism explains what Heidegger meant when he said that all philosophy is atheistic. This unique book traces the development of his explanation of philosophy as a methodological atheism, and...
Making a Moral Society: Ethics and the State in Meiji Japan
This innovative study of ethics in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) explores the intense struggle to define a common morality for the emerging nation-state. In the Social Darwinist atmosphere of the time,...
Individual and Community in Nietzsche's Philosophy
According to Bertrand Russell, Nietzsche's only value is the flourishing of the exceptional individual. The well-being of ordinary people is, in itself, without value. Yet there are passages in Nietzsche...
Nietzsche and the Drama of Historiobiography
In this extraordinary contribution to Nietzsche studies, Robert Alejandro offers an original interpretation of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy viewed as a complete whole. Alejandro painstakingly traces the different ways in which...
Zarathustra's Secret: The Interior Life of Friedrich Nietzsche
More than a century after his death in 1900, Nietzsche remains a seminal figure in the history of European intellectual life. Celebrated as a liberator by some, maligned as a...
Philosophy and the Jewish Question: Mendelssohn, Rosenzweig, and
Drawing together two critical moments in the history of European Jewry-its entrance as a participant in the Enlightenment project of religious and political reform and its involvement in the traumatic...
The Destruction of Reason
A classic of Western Marxism, The Destruction of Reason is Georg Lukacs's trenchant criticism of German philosophy after Marx and the role it played in the rise of National Socialism....
Among the Dead Cities: Was the Allied Bombing of Civilians in WWII a
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In the course of WWII, the air forces of Britain and the United States of America carried out a massive bombing offensive against the cities of Germany and Japan, ending...
Within Reason: A Life of Spinoza
The first biography in a generation of one of the most influential thinkers in the history of philosophy. Written with impressive skill and confidence. . . . Insight and scholarship...
In Praise Of Love
A new century, new threats to love . . . Love without risks is like war without deaths - but, today, love is threatened by an alliance of liberalism and...
How to Deal With Idiots: (and stop being one yourself)
Idiocy is all around us, whether it's the uncle spouting conspiracy theories, the colleagues who repeat your point but louder, or the commuters who still don't know how to use...
Forms of Enchantment: Writings on Art & Artists
Art-writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity and passions of the objects of its enquiry, argues Marina Warner. In this new anthology of some of her most...
The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism
A philosophical meeting of minds, as John Gray reads Thomas Hobbes to understand our current predicament Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how...
Social Justice and the City
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Author: David HarveyBinding: SoftbackPublished: Edward Arnold, 1976, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerIn 'Social Justice and the City', David Harvey explores the relationship between social justice and...
Who Am I and If So How Many?: A Journey Through Your Mind
There are many books about philosophy, but Who Am I? And If So How Many? is different from the rest. Never before has anyone introduced readers so expertly and, at...
This Life: Why Mortality Makes Us Free
If this life is all there is, what should we do with it? Join Swedish philosopher Martin Hagglund on an original inquiry into the deepest questions of existence, beginning with...
Slow Down: How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024'ACCESSIBLE AND CONVINCING' - SALLY ROONEYCapitalism by its very nature puts us at odds with the environment. Therefore, argues award-winning Japanese philosopher Kohei Saito,...
Aesthetics and Marxism: Chinese Aesthetic Marxists and Their Western
Although Chinese Marxism - primarily represented by Maoism -is generally seen by Western intellectuals as monolithic, Liu Kang argues that its practices and projects are as diverse as those in...
Lukacs After Communism: Interviews with Contemporary Intellectuals
Since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the validity of Marxism and Marxist theory has undergone intense scrutiny both within and outside the academy. In Lukacs After Communism, Eva...
The Concept in Crisis: Reading Capital Today
The publication of Reading Capital-by Louis Althusser, Etienne Balibar, Roger Establet, Pierre Macherey, and Jacques Ranciere-in 1965 marked a key intervention in Marxist philosophy and critical theory, bringing forth a...
Althusser, The Infinite Farewell
In Althusser, The Infinite Farewell-originally published in Spanish and appearing here in English for the first time-Emilio de Ipola contends that Althusser's oeuvre is divided between two fundamentally different and...
The Hermetic Deleuze: Philosophy and Spiritual Ordeal
In his writing, Gilles Deleuze drew on a vast array of source material, from philosophy and psychoanalysis to science and art. Yet scholars have largely neglected one of the intellectual...
Lines of Thought: Discourse, Architectonics, and the Origin of Modern
It is considerably easier to say that modern philosophy began with Descartes than it is to define the modernity and philosophy to which Descartes gave rise. In Lines of Thought,...
Phenomenology and Marxism
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Author: Waldenfels, Bernhard et al.Binding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the intersections of phenomenology and Marxist theory,...
The Thought of Karl Marx
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Author: D. MclellanBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1980, Second EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the ideas and contributions of Karl Marx, emphasizing his theories on capitalism,...
Change in View: Principles of Reasoning
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Author: Gilbert HarmanBinding: SoftbackPublished: Bradford Books - MIT Press, 1986Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the principles underlying reasoning and the changes in...
Karl Marx: Early Writings
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Author: T.B. Bottomore (trans/ed)Binding: HardbackPublished: C.A. Watts, 1963, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis compilation presents the early writings of Karl Marx, translated and...
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State: In the Light of the Researches of Lewis H. Morgan
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Author: Frederick EngelsBinding: SoftbackPublished: Current Book Distributors, 1942, First Australian EditionCondition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the origins of family structures, property ownership, and the...
On Quality: An Inquiry into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected
Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig's unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an original collection illuminating the central theme of Pirsig's thought:...
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient
'A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter' New York Times'An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and...
Out of the Woods: A tale of positivity, kindness and courage
A little optimism goes a long way.'Wise, wonderful Betsy ... I am blown away by her courage and wisdom.'Fearne Cotton'Betsy is the most gloriously wonderful, positive, cute, inspiring girl ......
How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARWhat is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should...
Monsters: What Do We Do with Great Art by Bad People?
'Funny, lively and convivial... how rare and nourishing this sort of roaming thought is and what a joy to read' MEGAN NOLAN, SUNDAY TIMES'An exhilarating, shape-shifting exploration of the perilous...
Feeling and Knowing: Making Minds Conscious
'A truly awe-inspiring piece of writing' David Robson, author of The Intelligence TrapIn recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists have declared the question of consciousness unsolvable, but Antonio Damasio...
Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty
A teacher to Jacques Lacan, Andre Breton, and Albert Camus, Kojeve defined art as the act of extracting the beautiful from objective reality. His poetic text, "The Concrete Paintings of...
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment: The Christian Burgess and the Enlightenment
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Author: Henry Maas (translated by), Lucien GoldmannBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, Limited, 1973Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the philosophical underpinnings of the Enlightenment,...
Roland Barthes
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Author: Roland Barthes, R. HowardBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1977, First English EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book offers an insightful exploration of the works and ideas of...
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge
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Author: A. J. AyerBinding: SoftbackPublished: Macmillan, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the nature of empirical knowledge and its foundations, delving into the philosophical implications...
Neoplatonism (Classical Life and Letters)
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Author: Richard T. WallisBinding: HardbackPublished: Duckworth, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive overview of Neoplatonism, a philosophical system that emerged in the 3rd...
Scepticism (New Studies in the Philosophy of Religion)
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Author: Kai NielsenBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan/St Martin's Press, 1973Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores various aspects of skepticism in the context of religious philosophy. Kai Nielsen...
Friedrich Nietzsche: Philosopher of Culture
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Author: Copleston, Frederick C.Binding: HardbackPublished: Search Press/Barnes and Noble, 1975, Second EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the life and philosophical contributions of Friedrich...
The Pleasures of Leisure
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Author: Robert DessaixBinding: HardbackPublished: Knopf Penguin, 2017Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn 'The Pleasures of Leisure', Robert Dessaix explores the concept of leisure in contemporary life, reflecting...
The Republic and Other Dialogues
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Author: PlatoBinding: HardbackPublished: Barnes & Noble Inc, 2013Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection features Plato's most influential dialogues, including 'The Republic,' which explores justice, the...
Proceedings of the Calvinistic Congress Edinburgh 1938
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Author: Various AuthorsBinding: HardbackPublished: Calvinistic Congress Committee, 1938Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book contains the proceedings from the Calvinistic Congress held in Edinburgh in 1938, featuring...
Sufi Message: Volume 10. Sufi Mysticism, The Path of Initiation and Discipleship, Sufi Poetry, Art: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, The Problem of the Day
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Author: Hazrat Inayat KhanBinding: HardbackPublished: Barrie and Jenkins, 1973, Second Impression Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis volume is part of a series that explores...
Hume Studies Volume XXVI Number 1
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Author: Various AuthorsBinding: SoftbackPublished: The Hume Society, April 2000Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume of Hume Studies features a collection of scholarly articles focused on...
Introducing Critical Theory
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Author: Stuart Sim, Borin Van LoonBinding: SoftbackPublished: Icon Books, Totem Books, 2005Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a clear and accessible introduction to the...
Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence
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Author: Gregory Cajete, Leroy Little BearBinding: SoftbackPublished: Clear Light Publishers, 2000Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsIn 'Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence', Gregory Cajete explores...