Philosophy

The modern world is dominated by complex organizations. In this book Mark Bovens analyzes the questions associated with the search for responsiblity within ...

Zones Of Social Abandonment Are Emerging Everywhere In Brazil's Big Cities - Places Like Vita, Where The Unwanted, The Mentally Ill, The Sick, And The Homel...

This book traces the spiritual journey of Satish Kumar: child monk, peace pilgrim, ecological activist, and educator. In it he recounts the sources of inspi...

Fourteen centuries of Islamic thought have produced a legacy of interpretive readings of the Qu'ran written almost entirely by men. Now, with Qu'ran and Wom...

In the spirit of the mega-selling On Bullshit, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existen...

From the international bestselling author of The Architecture of Happiness and How Proust Can Change Your Life comes this lyrical, erudite look at our world...

Jan Zwicky ; With A New Afterword By The Author And A New Introduction By Sue Sinclair. Poems. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Politics &...

Explores A New Phase Of Human Evolution That Reflects A Growing Understanding About Authentic, Spiritual Power Based On Cooperative Beliefs And A Reverence ...

Detailed plates from the Bible: the Creation scenes, Adam and Eve, horrifying visions of the Flood, the battle sequences with their monumental crowds, depic...

Thomas Hobbes' timeless account of the human condition, first developed in The Elements of Law (1640), which comprises Human Nature and De Corpore Politico,...

Bestselling author Pedram Shojai, "The Urban Monk," presents a comprehensive guide on how Taoist alchemical practices can help you release stress, harness ...

Harry G. Frankfurt. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Philosophy MovementsHumanism

One of Canada's hippest, smartest cultural critics takes on the West's defining value.We live in a world increasingly dominated by the fake, the prepackage...

A five-alarm fire alert that could help save Canada's promise.The legal framework that supports our way of life is being deconstructed and rewritten before ...

Williamson Reveals How We Each Can Become A Miracle Worker By Accepting God And By The Expression Of Love In Our Daily Lives. Whether Psychic Pain Is In The...

Great philosophy meets powerful biography in this entertaining and immensely readable portrait of mid-20th century Paris and the fascinating characters of ...

A Preeminent Scientist Asserts The Irrationality Of Belief In God And The Grievous Harm Religion Has Inflicted On Society From The Crusades To 9/11. He Crit...

In Post-Truth? Facts and Faithfulness, Jeffrey Dudiak explores the fissures and fractures that vex our so-called “post-truth” era, searching for a deepe...

An integral part of Chinese thought for more than 2,000 years, the Tao Te Ching teaches individual peace and harmony through meditation. One of the most i...

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Strivers; 1. Recognizing The Ethical Costs Of Upward Mobility; 2. Situating Ethical Costs In Context; 3. Nav...

“Patocka’s contribution to philosophy and, in particular, to post-Heideggerian thought has shaped the European debate about the future of philosophy and...

"The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the essence of practi...

Jarvis Jay Masters Has Taken An Extraordinary Journey Of Faith. Strangely Enough, His Moment Of Enlightenment Came Behind The Bars Of San Quentin's Death Ro...

Stop curating! And think what curating is all about. This book starts from this simple premise: thinking the activity of curating. To do that, it distinguis...

[translated] By Brian Walker.Categories: Religion & Spirituality Other Eastern Religions & Sacred TextsTaoism

The teachings of Taoism, China's great wisdom tradition, apply to every aspect of life, from the physical to the spiritual—and include instruction on eve...

Arthur Ripstein's lectures focus on the two bodies of rules governing war: the jus ad bellum, which regulates resort to armed force, and the jus in bello, w...

The idea that prompted the conferenee for which many of these papers were written, and that inspired this book, is stated in the Editorial Introduction repr...

SimposioCategories: Politics & Social Sciences PhilosophyGeneral

Designed for courses in the history of philosophy, social and political theory, government, and Plato specifically, Plato's Republic: Critical Essays will e...

First published in 1967, The Art of the Soluble presents collection of essays giving the views of the author on creativity and originality in science and on...

from The Foremost Living Authority On Yoga Comes A Work Of Impeccable Scholarship. The Yoga Tradition. This Is A Complete Overview Of The Great Traditions ...

Gadfly, heretic, persuasive expositor, and illuminating teacher, Marjorie Grene has been writing about philosophical issues and influencing philosophical d...

A ‘Veiled Gazelle’, as the great mystic Ibn Arabi explains in his Interpreter of Desires, is a subtlety, an organ of higher perception.\Sufi experientia...

A religious diatribe written from within the Church against the established order of things in a presumably "Christian" land.Categories: Politics & Soci...

The defect, Sandel maintains, lies in the impoverished vision of citizenship and community shared by Democrats and Republicans alike. American politics has...

"This book is a virtual case study in the application of hermeneutical principles to illuminate philosophical texts. The book contains translations of eight...

As A Commentator, Citizen, And Advisor, Daniel Yankelovich Has Had A Long Career Reporting And Analyzing National Issues, Trends, And Opinions. Here, He Sha...

Few Concepts Are More Unshakable In Our Culture Than Free Will, The Idea That Individuals Are Fundamentally In Control Of The Decisions They Make, Good Or B...

This volume includes the complete texts of two of John Stuart Mill¹s most important works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty, and selections from his other wr...

Julien Benda's classic study of the European 1920s resonates today. La trahison des clercs is one of those phrases that bristle with hints and association...

The Emphasis On Duly In Kant's Ethics Is Widely Held To Constitute A Defect. Marcia W. Baron Develops And Assesses The Criticism, Which She Sees As Comprisi...

Martha C. Nussbaum. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 512-525.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences PhilosophyHistory & Schools of Thought

Presents articles debating the use of animals in scientific research. Library Journal These two titles fall under the sociology category; they focus on the...

A philosophical exploration of the nature, scope, and significance of ecofeminist theory and practice. This book presents the key issues, concepts, and ar...

Following on from Roy Bhaskar‘s first two books, A Realist Theory of Science and The Possibility of Naturalism , Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation...

This Philosophical Critique Of Psychoanalysis Takes Psychoanalysis Seriously But Not As Unchallengeable Dogma. Pt. 1. Under The Rule Of The Reality Principl...

Liam loves playing games. His favorite game is 'Woof Woof' which he loves to play with Daddy. When Liam collects all the bones and Daddy loses, he says 'Go...