Philosophy

From Andy Warhol's Brillo boxes to provocative dung-splattered madonnas, in today's art world many strange, even shocking, things are put on display. This...

This gem, the sequel to The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Inner Peace, contains the essence of the Dalai Lama's teachings on life and death. Think of this as ...

Anger plagues all of us on a personal, national, and international level. Yet we see people, such as the Dalai Lama, who have faced circumstances far worse...

It's a fact of life: birds flock, fish school, people "tribe." Every company, indeed every organization, is a tribe, or if it's large enough, a network of ...

Why, during the Holocaust, did some ordinary people risk their lives and the lives of their families to help others--even total strangers--while others sto...

Immanuel Kant's Critique Of Pure Reason Is One Of The Most Rewarding And Difficult Of All Philosophical Works. Norman Kemp Smith's Translation Is Immensely ...

Celebrated yoga teacher and activist Seane Corn shares pivotal accounts of her life with raw honesty―enriched with in-depth spiritual teachings―to help...

A Metaphorical Fugue On Minds And Machines In The Manner Of Lewis Carroll--cover Subtitle. Words Of Thanks -- Geb -- Introduction: A Musico-logical Offering...

Readings in the Philosophy of Law brings together central texts on such topics as legal reasoning, the limits of individual liberty, responsibility and puni...

A Chronicle Of The Author's Seven-month Motorcycle Journey Throughout South America Reveals The Beginning Of His Transformation Into A Dedicated Revolutiona...

acclaimed As One Of The Most Exciting Books In The History Of American Letters, This Modern Epic Became An Instant Bestseller Upon Publication In 1974, Tr...

Following Clifford Geertz and other cultural anthropologists, the New Historicist critics have evolved a method for describing culture in action. Their "thi...

This historically organized introductory text, which begins with Hesiod and goes up to Derrida and Quine, presents philosophy as an ongoing conversation a...

Ideal for introductory ethics courses, The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature, Fifth Edition, brings together an extensive and vari...

A Leading Authority In Gender Studies Profiles American Males Between The Ages Of Sixteen And Twenty-six, Offering Insight Into Their Belief Systems, Relati...

The Author Collects Letters And Published Work From Young Intellectuals, Artists, Provocateurs, Filmmakers, Cyberpunks, Visionaries, Fashion Designers, Tren...

From the bestselling author of A History of God and The Great Transformation comes a balanced, nuanced understanding of the role religion plays in human lif...

Presents a readable and appealing introduction to what otherwise might seem an inaccessible religion of late antiquity.Categories: Politics & Social Sci...

Discusses Dimensions Of Space, Early Twentieth-century Advances, The Physics Of Elementary Particles, String Theory And Branes, And Proposals For Extra-dime...

this Collection Includes Essays By; William T. Bluhm, Lou Massa, Thomas Payel, John F. Post, Stephen Toulmin And David Weissman. booknews contains English ...

In Animacies, Mel Y. Chen Draws On Recent Debates About Sexuality, Race, And Affect To Examine How Matter That Is Considered Insensate, Immobile, Or Deathly...

Kwong Kuen Shan has gathered together forty beautiful paintings of the animal many people hold dear to their hearts and accompanied these with Chinese prove...

Guilt -- Regrets -- Love Versus Fear -- The Blame Game -- Forgive And Forget -- Karma -- Overcoming Obstacles -- Taking The High Road -- Clarity Of Consciou...

This book is intended as an introductory survey of the philosophy of the social sciences. It is essentially a work of exposition that offers a tool box of m...

In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author ...

Essays by a provocative Italian philosopher on memory and oblivion, on what is lost and what remains. The Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben has always be...

Epoch-making political events are often remembered for their spatial markers: the fall of the Berlin Wall, the storming of the Bastille, the occupation of T...

Joseph Heath. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 362-391) And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences PhilosophyGeneral

Millions of Americans know yoga as a superb form of exercise and as a potent source of calm in our stress-filled lives. Far fewer are aware of the full pr...

Since 9/11, citizens of all nations have been searching for a democratic public philosophy that provides practical and inspiring answers to the problems of...

This Is An Introduction To The Major Classical Arabic Philosophers Through Substantial Selections From The Key Works In Each Of The Fields - Including Logic...

Your conceptual toolkit for the study of political thoughtPraise for the first edition'This seems really to have been written with the first-year student in...

Pt. 1. A Serpent In Paradise -- A Summary Of The Promised Future -- What They Said It Would Do -- What Somebody Forgot To Mention -- A Short History Of Econ...

Bestselling author Alain de Botton considers how our private homes and public edifices influence how we feel, and how we could build dwellings in which we w...

“It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth.” —Nietzsche In A Philosophy of Walking, a bestseller in France, leading thinker Frédéric...

What Happened To The Public Intellectuals That Used To Challenge And Inform Us? Who Is The Sartre Or De Beauvoir Of The Internet Age? General Intellects Arg...

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The Classic Book On A Major Modern TheoryCategories: Politics & Social Sciences PhilosophyGeneral

With an Introduction by Anthony Storr. E.A. Bennet introduces us to the thought of Jung in the context of his life and his life's work. In this classic over...

Huston Smith, The Author Of The Classic Bestseller The World's Religions, Delivers A Passionate, Timely Message: The Human Spirit Is Being Suffocated By The...

With This Spectacularly Illustrated Gift Edition, A New Generation Of Readers Can Walk Beside One Of America's Most Respected Naturalists As He Conveys The ...

Building on the themes in his wildly popular book GodWinks, SQuire Rushnell shows how ordinary peoples’ lives have been profoundly changed by extraordina...

New York Times Bestseller • This Inspiring Meditation On Kindness From The Author Of Lincoln In The Bardo Is Based On His Popular Commencement Address. Th...

Politics, Philosophy, Culture contains a rich selection of interviews and other writings by the late Michel Foucault. Drawing upon his revolutionary conce...

accounts Of Thoreau's Daily Life On The Shores Of Walden Pond Outside Concord, Massachusetts, Are Interwoven With Musings On The Virtues Of Self-reliance ...

George Grant—philosopher, conservative, Canadian nationalist, Christian—was one of Canada's most significant thinkers, and the author of Lament for a Na...

in the Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz Reveals The Source Of Self-limiting Beliefs That Rob Us Of Joy And Create Needless Suffering. Based On Ancient Tolt...

A Master Class On How To Develop Productive Thinking And Decision-making Skills Draws On The Expertise Of Leading Psychologists And Thinkers, Including Dani...