Out of this World: Gnostic Encounters in Modern French Literature and Thought
Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative. The 20th century is one of “great derangement.” The idea that History has any meaning or direction has been challenged by two world wars, totalitarianism, and genocides, and now by pandemics, artificial intelligence, and the environmental crisis. The experience of the absurd is tangible and widespread....Paperback$14900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksOur Metaphorical Bodies
This book offers a fresh examination of the significance of metaphorical thinking in comprehending human bodies and actions. It delves into numerous examples illustrating metaphor's role in conceptualising body parts, illnesses, and various mundane and artistic bodily performances, fostering a deeper appreciation for metaphor's impact on human life. One key objective is to challenge the implicit dualism prevalent in much...Hardback$35700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksOther Minds
Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness in Other Minds. Although mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above...Paperback$5400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksOn Being (And Becoming Again!) A Writer
You've heard all the quippy reasons, I'm sure. The glib, hyperbolic, hollow, or snarky answers that people give when they are asked why they write. Because I've got a story burning inside, they might say. Or because I might be good at it someday. Because I want to change the world. Because I can't not write. These things are all...Hardback$7200Unit price /UnavailableOutPre-orderNietzsche on Education
If one were asked to name Nietzsche's primary concepts (e.g. will to power, death of God, eternal recurrence), education would likely appear near the bottom of the list. Nevertheless, Nietzsche was intensely occupied with the topic. To see how Nietzsche formulates his basic questions about the nature and aim of education, I begin with his lectures On the Future of...Paperback$7700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksNietzsche on Education
If one were asked to name Nietzsche's primary concepts (e.g. will to power, death of God, eternal recurrence), education would likely appear near the bottom of the list. Nevertheless, Nietzsche was intensely occupied with the topic. To see how Nietzsche formulates his basic questions about the nature and aim of education, I begin with his lectures On the Future of...Hardback$21900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksNever Too Late To Dream
It's not too late. But it is time. You built your career. You showed up year after year for your family. You made many practical choices for the greater good. So why does it feel like something is missing? Never Too Late to Dream: How Men Over 40 Can Reinvent Their Career For a Second Act is a practical, grounded...Paperback$4400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksNegotiating Civic Life
Focused both thematically and methodologically on diverse aspects of civic life, this book elucidates the mentalities and forces involved in the way individuals and collectives negotiate ways of being in common. The chapters feature critical interventions into the civic lives of grief, of things, of Blackness, and of trans identity. With an emphasis on the historiographic contributions of literature, film,...Paperback$6999Unit price /UnavailableOut 8 Sep 2026Pre-orderMy Grandmother's Hands
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of body-centred psychology. He argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational...Paperback$4900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksModernity and philosophy in Max Horkheimer
Modernity and Philosophy in Max Horkheimer reveals how Max Horkheimer's programme of critical theory and his scholarly work as a university professor and thinker are deeply rooted in the cogency of philosophical questions. It also shows his in-depth knowledge of the historical development of philosophical problems, closely intertwined with the socio-economic framework that shaped 'bourgeois society' and the Modern Era....Hardback$41100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksMetaethics
This book maps the terrain of the part of ethics that reflects on the nature of ethics itself, a field known as metaethics. It helps upper-level undergraduates and other interested readers understand the main theoretical innovations as reactions to puzzles about moral disagreement, reference, moral epistemology, metaphysics, and moral psychology. The book provides the necessary background to grasp the puzzles...Hardback$17199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksMerleau-Ponty and the Essence of Nature
Taylor Knight reveals the way in which phenomenology initiates a return to ontology construed through a dialectical relationship between being and element. Within phenomenology's return to the elemental, Merleau-Ponty and the Essence of Nature is a key locus, opening critical paths forward into an ontology for the ecological age. With reference to his phenomenological forebears—Heidegger, Husserl, Levinas—his non-phenomenological influences—Bachelard, Schelling,...Paperback$8600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksMeditations for Mortals
A National Bestseller Addressing the fundamental questions about how to live, Meditations for Mortals offers a powerful new way to take action on what counts: a guiding philosophy of life Oliver Burkeman calls "imperfectionism." It helps us tackle challenges as they crop up in our daily lives: our finite time, the lure of distraction, the impossibility of doing anything perfectly,...Paperback$5300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksMaybe This is Happening For You, Not to You
The viral story of hope and recovery that has inspired over 50 million people; as featured in Men's Health, The Proof, and ChainlessLife. This book will change the way you look at 'problems' forever. When life serves us with challenges, it's all too easy to feel like a victim. But are we destined to live in the shadow of our...Paperback$5400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksMaterial Selves
What do Persian robes of honour, 20th-century still-life painting, fur garments, and 18th-century porcelain all have in common? Prized, possessed and modelled, they highlight the deep connections we share with cultural objects. Establishing new connections between people and things via artistic media and material culture, this highly interdisciplinary volume brings together both established and emerging scholars in the fields of...Paperback$6599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksMarxism and the Status of Philosophy
What is the relation of Marxism to philosophy? Is Historical Materialism the supersession of philosophy as idealist speculation? Is there still some space left for it? Is philosophy a particular form of what we call ideology? Is philosophy destined to disappear? By returning to Marx and Engels’s theoretical and political trajectory and in particular their insistence on a radical way...Hardback$42400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksMaking Psychologist Training Meaningful in Higher Education
Making Training Meaningful in Higher Education: Future Challenges of Psychology invites us to reflect on the education and professional development of future psychologists. Their preparation demands a solid theoretical foundation, enriched by supervised practice and the strengthening of personal and professional competencies. The central purpose of this book is to share with society the psychological knowledge that students acquire and...Paperback$14200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksMaking Psychologist Training Meaningful in Higher Education
Making Training Meaningful in Higher Education: Future Challenges of Psychology invites us to reflect on the education and professional development of future psychologists. Their preparation demands a solid theoretical foundation, enriched by supervised practice and the strengthening of personal and professional competencies. The central purpose of this book is to share with society the psychological knowledge that students acquire and...Hardback$38000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksMachiavellian Ontology
The twentieth century was the century of the deconstruction of all absolutes: of liberation understood as a critique of every meaningful structure. In this sense, conflict was understood as an instrument of the rupture of every form, institution and community. Niccolò Machiavelli is the first in our tradition to think about the productivity of political conflict—its capacity, on the model...Paperback$8900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksLyric Logic
Between the Civil War and the Cold War, American literary modernism and philosophy both grappled with the challenge of novelty and the chance to make it new. Bringing together modern poetry's aesthetic experimentation and modern philosophy's attention to the problem of induction, Lyric Logic argues that poems use logical form as literary form. The modern poem can be characterised by...Hardback$39900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksLife Course of Trauma and Resilience
Life Course of Trauma and Resilience offers a profound exploration into the cultural psychology of resilience throughout the human life course. Drawing from the publicly available autobiography of Danish author Lisbeth Zornig, this book delves into the resilience that emerges from a series of psychologically dramatic and traumatic life events. By analysing full life courses through idiographic science, this work...Hardback$37600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksLife Course of Trauma and Resilience
Life Course of Trauma and Resilience offers a profound exploration into the cultural psychology of resilience throughout the human life course. Drawing from the publicly available autobiography of Danish author Lisbeth Zornig, this book delves into the resilience that emerges from a series of psychologically dramatic and traumatic life events. By analyzing full life courses through idiographic science, this work...Paperback$12000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksLanguage and Theory of Mind
Theory of mind is the capacity for understanding how thoughts and feelings underlie what people say and do. It is the interpretive key that helps people make sense of the social world. Children's language acquisition is the pathway for their participation in the social world. With language, children share thoughts, feelings, and meaning with others. Together, theory of mind and...Hardback$49100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksKilling Rage
“hooks's books help us not only to decolonize our minds, souls, and bodies; on a deeper level, they touch our lives.” --Cornel West More than two decades before Black Lives Matter and the #MeToo movement roiled America, bell hooks was declaring that abolishing racism and eradicating sexism must go hand in hand. In Killing Rage, one of our premier cultural...Book$5300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksKant's Modern Debates
Resituating Kant's work within the Western modern historical tradition provides insight into the originality of his views against the background of pervasive intellectual discussions in the 18th century. Catalina González embeds essential aspects of Kant's epistemology, metaphysics, morals, and aesthetics into philosophical debates and discussions that, although central to modernity, have not been sufficiently explored by Kantian scholarship. These contexts...Hardback$35800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksKant on Property Rights and International Law
This Element argues that property rights and the territorial rights of states in Kant's legal theory provide a strong justification for the expansion of international law. Central to the argument is Kant's theory of legal obligation, according to which a right to external things is only possible if it can genuinely bind all those on whom it must impose an...Hardback$23100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksJürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas is Germany's most important postwar philosopher, the leading figure of the Frankfurt School in this period. He is best known for the concept of the public sphere, which forms the basis of his communicative understanding of democratic politics. Habermas has not only theorized the public sphere—he has also taken part in it through frequent commentary on current social,...Hardback$48800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksIrish Political Thought and the Union
Moving beyond binary nationalist and unionist narratives of nineteenth-century Irish history, this study instead explores political thought through ideological battles over government. Drawing on neglected pamphlets, political tracts, and polemic newspapers, Colin Reid reveals how Irish protagonists—unionists and anti-unionists, Catholic Emancipationists, Repealers, Tories, Fenians, and federalists—clashed over the meaning of representation, sovereignty, and the British connection. Reid traces how competing...Paperback$13100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksIrish Political Thought and the Union
Moving beyond binary nationalist and unionist narratives of nineteenth-century Irish history, this study instead explores political thought through ideological battles over government. Drawing on neglected pamphlets, political tracts and polemic newspapers, Colin Reid reveals how Irish protagonists—unionists and anti-unionists, Catholic Emancipationists, Repealers, Tories, Fenians, and federalists—clashed over the meaning of representation, sovereignty and the British connection. Reid traces how competing...Hardback$33900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksInsecurity Politics
The everyday realities of financial and work insecurity that drive right- and left-wing populism In Insecurity Politics, Lorenza Antonucci examines the lived, everyday experiences that underpin political disaffection. Countering the reductive portrayals of populist voters as left-behind outsiders, Antonucci focuses on the ordinary, yet increasingly precarious, realities of work and financial instability as key to understanding the surge in populist...Hardback$31700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksInsecurity Politics
The everyday realities of financial and work insecurity that drive right- and left-wing populism In Insecurity Politics, Lorenza Antonucci examines the lived, everyday experiences that underpin political disaffection. Countering the reductive portrayals of populist voters as left-behind outsiders, Antonucci focuses on the ordinary, yet increasingly precarious, realities of work and financial instability as key to understanding the surge in populist...Paperback$8300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksIndirectness
We are said to live in a post-truth era, yet our time is equally marked by an obsession with reality. From new realism in philosophy to the cult of authenticity in culture and the hyper-technological tracking of bodies and minds, countless efforts seek ever more direct access to what is supposedly most real. This volume challenges the crisis-ridden formula of...Hardback$63000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksInappropriable Force
In the aftermath of the global mass protests of the 2010s, democratic theorists have shown renewed interest in conceptualising popular mobilisation and "the people." A series of provocative works have theorised assembled crowds in the streets as sources of democratic authority, legitimacy, and sovereignty. These insightful accounts nevertheless often remain detached from the full range of the situated experiences of...Paperback$8780Unit price /UnavailableOut 10 Aug 2026Pre-orderIdeal and Non-Ideal Theory
This Element provides an opinionated survey of the ideal and non-ideal theory debate in political philosophy. It adopts a minimal conception of ideal theory as "theorizing that aims to characterise ideal or perfect justice" and then investigates four major questions. First, does ideal theory provide a benchmark for evaluating what is more just than what? Second, does it provide a...Hardback$21100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksHuman Flourishing Across Cultures and Disciplines
What does it mean to flourish? This open access book serves as a call to action to reimagine and work towards a world where flourishing is a reality for all. An international team of scholars, practitioners, wisdom keepers, and policymakers come together to construct alternative visions of what a flourishing life could encompass. Their inclusive approach integrates indigenous wisdom, happiness,...Hardback$27800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksHuman-Engaged Computing
This book introduces Human-Engaged Computing (HEC), a pioneering thought that reimagines the relationship between humans and computers. Unlike traditional Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), HEC offers a philosophical and practical foundation for designing technologies that prioritise human survival, flourishing, and spiritual growth. HEC represents a paradigm shift, positioning technology as a medium to enhance human capacities rather than simply as a tool....Hardback$17199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksHow to Live
Not quite non-fiction, not quite self-help. It's a work of art about conflicting philosophies. Many books believe they know how you should live. But each book disagrees with the next. In How to Live, each chapter believes it knows how you should live. And each chapter disagrees with the next. One chapter makes a compelling argument for why you should...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksHow Not to Be Human
How Not to Be Human argues that the writings of twentieth-century poet Robinson Jeffers offer twenty-first-century readers a number of crucial insights concerning such questions as how not to be human. Current debates in the environmental humanities, animal studies, and related fields increasingly revolve around the question: What to do with 'the human'? Is the human a category worth preserving?...Paperback$11500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksHope in the Anthropocene
New modes of Hope have emerged in the Anthropocene, increasingly grounded in an ethics of attentiveness and responsibility. Through incorporating contemporary approaches to both theory and policy practice, including critical, feminist, black and indigenous perspectives, this book analyses how Hope works with the uncertainties and interdependencies of human agency and interaction. It draws out the problems of integrating Hope into...Paperback$10200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksHomeless to Homerun
Homeless to Homerun is my story. My story is about struggle, grit, and the power of never giving up. It's about starting from rock bottom and finding your way to success one setback, one lesson, and one small victory at a time. This book is for anyone who has been counted out or knocked down. It's about seeing life through...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksHellenistic Astrology
Hellenistic astrology is a tradition of horoscopic astrology that was practised in the Mediterranean region from approximately the first century BCE until the seventh century CE. It is the source of many of the modern traditions of astrology that still flourish around the world today, although it is only recently that many of the surviving texts of this tradition have...Paperback$9800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksHegel on the Family Form
Hegel famously argues that the patriarchal, bourgeois nuclear family is a rational institution worth defending. Scholars have asked what exactly to do with this seemingly outdated part of his social and political philosophy. In particular, they have wondered whether Hegel's concept of the family can accommodate changes to our understanding of what counts as a family and what constitutes family...Hardback$21400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksHegel on the Family Form
Hegel famously argues that the patriarchal, bourgeois nuclear family is a rational institution worth defending. Scholars have asked what exactly to do with this seemingly outdated part of his social and political philosophy. In particular, they have wondered whether Hegel's concept of the family can accommodate changes to our understanding of what counts as a family and what constitutes family...Paperback$7400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksHegel and Spinoza
This Element concerns Hegel's engagement with Spinoza's metaphysics and divides into three main parts. The first enlists help from Hegel's interpretation to introduce and defend philosophical strengths in Spinoza's defence of metaphysical monism. The second defends Hegel's criticism of Spinoza, concluding that Spinoza's philosophy must eliminate all finitude and determinacy, leaving only a shapeless abyss. The third employs these defences...Paperback$7500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksHegel and Spinoza
This Element concerns Hegel's engagement with Spinoza's metaphysics, and divides into three main parts. The first enlists help from Hegel's interpretation to introduce and defend philosophical strengths in Spinoza's defense of metaphysical monism. The second defends Hegel's criticism of Spinoza, concluding that Spinoza's philosophy must eliminate all finitude and determinacy, leaving only a shapeless abyss. The third employs these defenses...Hardback$21400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksHegel and Republicanism
This Element is about the relationship between the political thought of the German philosopher G. W. F. Hegel (1770–1831) and a tradition of political thinking known as republicanism that traces its roots at least to 15th century Florence and perhaps further back to Aristotle. Throughout, we will be investigating this relationship along two dimensions. First, we will be asking whether...Paperback$7400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksHegel and Republicanism
This Element is about the relationship between the political thought of the German philosopher G. W. F. Hegel (1770–1831) and a tradition of political thinking known as republicanism that traces its roots at least to 15th century Florence and perhaps further back to Aristotle. Throughout, we will be investigating this relationship along two dimensions. First, we will be asking whether...Hardback$21100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksGo Together
2025 NYC Big Book Awards Winner in Nonfiction Cover Design2025 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medalist in Non-Fiction Book Series In Go Together, workplace positivity expert Shola Richards suggests replacing divisiveness and incivility with a commitment to living, working, and leading together to positively change the world. Go Together begins with the story of an impactful keynote speech Richards gave...Hardback$6700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksGod Won't Leave You There
God Won't Leave You There: Joseph's Story, an incredible testimony of jaw-dropping faith and patient perseverance in the face of devastating trials, will leave you in awe at what God can do in and through one person. It is a powerful reminder that wherever you find yourself, God is at work putting the pieces of your life together to bring...Hardback$7200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksGod Is With You Every Day, Deluxe Leathersoft over Board
Find hope and comfort on your hard days (and the good ones too) when you realise that God Is With You Every Day. Do you sometimes wonder where God is in the midst of your daily battles with loneliness, grief, change, and doubts? New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado uses his signature reassuring and encouraging voice, paired with practical,...Leather / fine binding$7100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksGod and Truth
Is God a necessary being? Infinite yet simple? Creator of a world that seems equally able to explain itself? In this volume, prize-winning philosopher Lenn Goodman probes key religious questions against the backdrop of sacred texts and philosophical classics. In dialogue with a range of philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to Philo, Maimonides, Spinoza, Hume, and Kant, he examines the...Paperback$10300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksGod and Truth
Is God a necessary being? Infinite yet simple? Creator of a world that seems equally able to explain itself? In this volume, prize-winning philosopher Lenn Goodman probes key religious questions against the backdrop of sacred texts and philosophical classics. In dialogue with a range of philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to Philo, Maimonides, Spinoza, Hume, and Kant, he examines the...Hardback$27400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksGlobal Perspectives on Gender
Global Perspectives on Gender offers a multidisciplinary exploration of gender as a global, dynamic, and deeply embedded social construct. Coming 30 years after the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, this book examines the construction of gender roles and related influences, including culture, history, religion, and structural inequality. The first section introduces key theoretical frameworks, using the biopsychosocial model,...Paperback$14500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksGillian Rose
Makes the case for the rediscovery of British philosopher Gillian Rose's unique but neglected voice Kate Schick explains the core themes of Gillian Rose's work. She engages with the work of Benjamin, Honig, Zizek and Butler and locates Rose's ideas within central debates in contemporary social theory: trauma and memory, exclusion and difference, tragedy and messianic utopia. She shows how...Paperback$4999Unit price /UnavailableOut 8 Sep 2026Pre-orderGender, Science and Sociability in the Diary of Jane Ewbank of York (1778-1824)
Examines the newly-discovered diary of Jane Ewbank as a vital site of knowledge-making, illuminating women's intellectual lives in Enlightenment York, where science, cultural criticism and sociability intersected. Between 1803 and 1805, Jane Ewbank of York kept a fascinating diary which chronicled her place within the lively Enlightenment world of northern England. Written in engaging prose, the diary offers a rare,...Hardback$49500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksGender-Critical Feminism
The expectation used to be that men would be masculine and women would be feminine, and this was assumed to come naturally to them in virtue of their biology. That orthodoxy persists today in many parts of society. On this view, sex is gender and gender is sex. A new view of gender has emerged in recent years, a view...Hardback$16900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksGender and Enlightenment Culture in Eighteenth-Century Scotland
Presents major new research on gender in the Scottish Enlightenment What role did gender play in the Scottish Enlightenment? Combining intellectual and cultural history, Gender and Enlightenment Culture in Eighteenth-Century Scotland explores how men and women experienced the Scottish Enlightenment. It examines Scotland in a European context, investigating ideologies of gender and cultural practices among the urban elites of Scotland...Paperback$4999Unit price /UnavailableOut 7 Aug 2026Pre-orderGalen's Remedies in the Early Modern Period
Surviving the demise of his humoral pathology and anatomy, Galen’s works on simple and compound remedies (the so-called ‘galenicals’) formed the backbone of Western pharmacology up until the Industrial Revolution. Over its long and multicultural tradition—spanning the Roman Empire and Byzantium, through Islamicate societies, India, and China, to the New World and even Japan—Galenic pharmacopoeia evolved to incorporate new remedies,...Hardback$46300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksFrom Scientific Philosophy to Myth: An Unquiet Philosophical Journey
Philosophy was always outstretched between mythos and logos. In different historical periods, the proportions between these two constituents of philosophical thought were shaped differently. Papers gathered in this book examine these two poles of philosophical thinking treated not in oppositional, but in supplementary way. This volume explores the dynamic interplay between rational inquiry and mythical imagination in the philosophical thought...Hardback$52400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksFriendship: Philosophical Explorations
Friendship: Philosophical Explorations has been a central topic for philosophical reflection ever since philosophy itself was born in the circle of friends who gathered around Socrates to follow his probing examinations of how we should live. In this outstanding collection, which takes its lead from the work of Alexander Nehamas, a distinguished roster of contributors examines the many dimensions of...Hardback$17199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksFoucault and the History of Philosophical Transcendence
In an original approach to Foucault’s philosophy, Christopher Falzon argues for a reading of Foucault as a philosopher of finite transcendence, and explores its implications for ethics. In order to distinguish Foucault’s position, Falzon charts the historical trajectory of transcendence as a philosophical concept, starting with the radical notion of transcendence that was introduced by Plato, and which reappears in...Paperback$13500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksForget Normal - I Want Magic
Lead with courage, clarity and results that stick. Forget Normal - I Want Magic shows you how to turn mindset, awakening, gumption, intuition and charisma into everyday leadership habits for today's fast, people-first workplaces. Written by Claire Brumby, this bold, practical guide uses real-world strategies, bite-size exercises and journaling prompts to help you trust yourself, make confident decisions and bring...Hardback$7300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksFor F*ck's Sake
Why do we love to swear so much? Why do we get so offended when others do it? With wit and insight, philosopher Rebecca Roache seeks answers to these and other puzzling questions about bad language. When someone swears at you, it can sting. Likewise, sometimes there is no better way to make the point you're making—emphasise, insult, or just...Hardback$6000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksFinding Philosophers in Global Fiction
A cross-cultural study that explores and redefines what philosophy, philosophising, and philosophers are through the lens of literature. The academic discipline of philosophy may tell us, too rigidly, what a philosopher is or should be; but fictional narration often upholds the core conundrums of humankind in which philosophy germinates. This collection of essays explores whether a study of 'philosophers' at...Paperback$13500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksFail Until You Don't
#1 New York Times Bestseller The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bare Bones, host of the marquee morning programme "The Bobby Bones Show," comedian and dedicated philanthropist delivers an inspirational and humorous collection of stories about his biggest misses in life and how he turned them into lessons and wins. Bobby Bones is the youngest inductee ever into...Paperback$5200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksExistential Theory and Therapy
This text provides students with an accessible entry point into the complex themes of existential theory, exploring significant questions of existence, freedom, meaning, and the human condition. Through an extensive collection of real-world case studies, the book also demonstrates the power of existential therapy and how it can be used in clinical settings. Structured in two distinct parts, the book...Paperback$12700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksEverything All at Once
New York Times Bestseller An intimate and evocative memoir about one woman’s experience with the universality of grief and the redemptive power of love as she endures her husband’s 84-day battle with lung cancer. When Steph Catudal met her husband Rivs, she thought that the love, stability, and warmth she shared with her husband had finally dispelled her pent-up anger...Paperback$3699Unit price /UnavailableOut 14 Aug 2026Pre-orderErotics of Deconstruction
Erotics of Deconstruction takes advantage of over a decade of publications from Derrida's seminars to creatively demonstrate the deep material range of deconstruction and emphasise its under-recognised erotic nature. It activates psychoanalysis without the long-embedded philosophical trajectory that forged the human, psychic life and sexuality as categorically distinct from 'the animal' (inherent to dialectics and psychoanalysis). It generates new conversations...Paperback$7699Unit price /UnavailableOut 8 Sep 2026Pre-orderEquality and Freedom in Rancière and Foucault
Equality and Freedom in Rancière and Foucault by Dr Stuart Blaney responds to the increasing need for new and peaceful forms of emancipation. Blaney offers a unique solution in the synergy between two pioneering strands of continental philosophy: Michael Foucault’s ideas on freedom and Jacques Rancière’s ideas on equality. Building a dialogue between these two thinkers, Blaney presents new perspectives...Paperback$13900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksEmpathy and Deliberation: The Case for a Phenomenological Approach
Empathy is often seen as a window into others’ minds, effectively guiding our decisions and moral judgments about them. But what if this assumption is dangerously wrong? This book challenges the popular view of empathy as a desirable ally in our deliberative processes, revealing the pitfalls of this phenomenon. Drawing on insights from moral philosophy, philosophy of mind, epistemology, and...Hardback$41900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksDigital Modernity
This is the first systematic theorization of digital modernity, arguing that the digital age cannot be understood apart from the long historical arc of modernity. Bridging digital humanities, critical theory, sociology, philosophy, and global history, Digital Modernity demonstrates that contemporary digital systems are continuations rather than ruptures of the modern project. It offers a robust conceptual framework for examining how...Hardback$17199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksDemocratisation and De-democratisation in Multi-level Democracy in Poland
This book analyses and reveals evidence of changing patterns and processes of democratic or autocratic direction at subnational levels (provinces and cities) along with their relationship to those at the central level. With Poland as a case study, Democratisation and De-democratisation in Multi-level Democracy in Poland examines the interrelationship between national and lower territorial levels and identifies and explains reasons...Hardback$5599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksDemocracy and Competition
Democracy and Competition sets out to reframe the role of competition in democratic theory. Competition is the defining feature of modern democratic politics. On the dominant account of competitive democracy, competition is framed as electoral competition. This framing is shared by both defenders and critics of the dominant model, who then argue whether democracy needs more or less of this...Hardback$36500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksDeleuze, Philosophy and the Creation of Concepts
One feature of Gilles Deleuze's philosophy is its effort to establish connections with other disciplines and to appeal to non-philosophers. However, Deleuze never establishes these connections without a constant and unconditional reaffirmation of the uniqueness of philosophy. How does he conceive of philosophy? What are its elements? What are its methods? How is philosophy connected to other fields of knowledge...Paperback$6999Unit price /UnavailableOut 8 Sep 2026Pre-orderDeleuze, Mathematics, Metaphysics
Deleuze, Mathematics, Metaphysics provides new solutions to the central problems of the philosophy of mathematics by reconstructing Deleuze's metaphysics. It engages directly with both analytic and continental philosophy, as well as the formal and natural sciences. These new Deleuzian solutions reject other-worldly accounts of mathematics, such as Platonism, and avoid treating mathematics as a mere useful fiction or an empty...Paperback$8700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksDeleuze and Cosmology
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