Classics in Western Philosophy of Art
In this synthetic introduction to the history of the philosophy of art, Noel Carroll elucidates and analyses selected writings on art by Plato, Aristotle, Hutcheson, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Tolstoy, and Bell. Carroll's narrative tracks developments between major positions in the philosophy of art, ranging from the idea that art is unavoidably embedded in society to the evolution of the...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksClang
A new translation of Derrida's groundbreaking juxtaposition of Hegel and Genet, forcing two incompatible discourses into dialogue with each other Jacques Derrida's famously challenging book Glas puts the practice of philosophy and the very acts of writing and reading to the test. Formatted with parallel texts, its left column discusses G. W. F. Hegel and its right column engages Jean...Paperback$8999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksCinema II
Gilles Deleuze was one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century philosophy, whose master-works, Difference and Repetition and – with Felix Guattari – A Thousand Plateaus and Anti-Oedipus have become one of the most widely influential bodies of work in contemporary thought. Cinema II is Deleuze’s second work on cinema, completing the reassessment of the art form begun in Cinema...Paperback$5499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksCinema I
Gilles Deleuze was one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century philosophy, well known for his works on the philosophy of art and for his masterworks, Difference and Repetition and—with Felix Guattari—A Thousand Plateaus and Anti-Oedipus. Cinema I is the first volume of Deleuze’s revolutionary work on the theory of cinema (concluded in Cinema II, also available in the Bloomsbury...Paperback$5499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksChristian Atheism
If we want to be true atheists, do we have to begin with a religious edifice and undermine it from within? Slavoj Žižek has long been a commentator on, and critic of, Christian theology. His preoccupation with Badiou's concept of 'the event' alongside the Pauline thought of the New Testament has led to a decidedly theological turn in his thinking....Paperback$3899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksChauvo-Feminism
The 2017 #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and abuse felt like a flagship moment, a time at which women were empowered to share their stories in a spirit of empowerment and solidarity and demand change. But have some men simply changed tactics? The latest addition to The Indigo Press's Mood Indigo series sees Sam Mills, author of the acclaimed novel...Paperback$2299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksChanging Minds
Think about the last time you tried to change someone's mind about something important: a voter's political beliefs; a customer's favourite brand; a spouse's decorating taste. Chances are you weren't successful in shifting that person's beliefs in any way. In his book, Changing Minds, Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner explains what happens during the course of changing a mind and offers...Paperback$5499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksCatastrophe Ethics
Philosopher Travis Rieder outlines a new ethics for the age of humanmade catastrophe. We are all asking, in a hyperglobalised world hurtling towards environmental destruction: how do we determine the right actions? Do our individual efforts to avoid plastic or air travel, or to drive electric, make any real difference? We urgently need to expand our ethical toolkit. The mental...Paperback$3799Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksCase Against the New Censorship
In The Case Against the New Censorship: Protecting Free Speech from Big Tech, Progressives, and Universities, Alan Dershowitz—New York Times bestselling author and one of America's most respected legal scholars—analyses the current regressive war against freedom of speech being waged by well-meaning but dangerous censors and proposes steps that can be taken to defend, reclaim, and strengthen freedom of speech...Hardback$5499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksCancel This Book
Examining a phenomenon that is sweeping the country, Cancel This Book shines the spotlight on the suppression of open and candid debate. The public shaming of individuals for actual or perceived offences, often against emerging notions of proper racial and gender norms and relations, has become commonplace. In a number of cases, the shaming is accompanied by calls for the...Hardback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksCan't We Make Moral Judgements?
How many times do we hear the statement 'It’s not for me to judge'? It conveys one of the most popular ideas of our time: that to make judgements of others is essentially wrong. In this classic text, the renowned moral philosopher Mary Midgley turns a spotlight on the ever popular stance in society that we should not make moral...Paperback$2899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksCalming Your Child
It's time for school, and your child refuses to put on her clothes. You can sense her anxiety and the impending tantrum. This familiar scene can make parents feel powerless, unable to calm their child's fears or the resultant negative behaviour. Dame Sue Bagshaw, MD, and psychologist Michael Hempseed are here to tell you: there is hope! Tantrums and anger...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBurn It Down!
In this landmark collection spanning three centuries and four waves of feminist activism and writing, Burn It Down! is a testament to what is possible when women are driven to the edge. The manifesto—raging and wanting, quarreling and provocative—has always been central to feminism, and it’s the angry, brash feminism we need now. Collecting over 75 manifestos from around the...Hardback$4299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBullsh*t Comparisons
Life is complicated, comparisons are easy. We consume enormous quantities of information every day from sources that are reliable, and those less trustworthy, including journalists, politicians, friends and social media. One of the most common tools we use to communicate is comparison. Are we suffering a 'hurricane' of migrants? Do dogs look like their owners? Is Oxford better than Harvard?...Hardback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBuddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path
Santideva’s 8th century Mahayana Buddhist classic, the Guide to the Practices of Awakening (Bodhicaryavatara), has been a source of philosophical inspiration in the Indian and Tibetan traditions for over a thousand years. Stephen Harris guides us through a philosophical exploration of Santideva’s masterpiece, introducing us to his understanding of the compassionate bodhisattva, who vows to liberate the entire universe from...Paperback$4999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBritish Moralists: 1650-1800 (Volumes 1 and 2)
The volumes that comprise this set are also available for purchase individually: please see their separate listings for further information. A reprint of the 1969 Oxford University Press edition. British Moralists: 1650-1800 (Volumes 1 and 2) offers a comprehensive exploration of key philosophical figures from this period. Volume I: Hobbes-Gay includes works by Thomas Hobbes, Richard Cumberland, Ralph Cudworth, John...Paperback$6700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBranches
Despite being one of France’s most enduring and popular philosophers, Branches is the first English translation of what has been identified as Michel Serres’ key text on humanism. In attempting to reconcile humanity and nature, Serres examines how human history ‘branches’ off from its origin story. Using the metaphor of a branch springing from the stem and arguing that the...Paperback$4399Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBrainwashed
'A frankly brilliant book' - The Guardian 'An extraordinarily engrossing and wide-ranging analysis of a word and a concept. I fell under its spell immediately' - Simon Garfield In 1953, a group of prisoners of war who had fought against the communist invasion of South Korea were released. They chose - apparently freely - to move to Mao's China. Among...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBody, Community, Language, World
Patocka, like few others before or since, combined what was best in Husserl and Heidegger, but at the same time found for himself a distinct, original philosophical voice. Both his originality and his synthesis of the two dominant strands of classical phenomenology are evident here, as Patocka pursues the threefold theme of subject body, human community, and the phenomenological understanding...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBlindSpots
Examines 21 unquestioned assumptions that cloud our collective consciousness. BlindSpots reveals faulty thinking and conceptual blindspots that distort beliefs in science, philosophy, and spirituality—from “the universe exploded from nothing in a Big Bang” to “we create our own reality.” It explains how “thought viruses” spread as we use these clichéd assumptions in our daily communications. We live in a world...Paperback$4299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBlack and White Thinking
Black and White Thinking is a groundbreaking and timely exploration of how our binary thinking creates polarisation - and what we can do about it. Our brains are hardwired to sort, categorise, and draw lines. It's how we navigate the infinite kaleidoscope of everyday information. But imagine failing an exam by a mere 1 per cent. Or being caught speeding...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBig Mind
How collective intelligence can transform business, government, and our everyday lives. A new field of collective intelligence has emerged in recent years, prompted by digital technologies that make it possible to think at a large scale. This bigger mind—human and machine capabilities working together—could potentially solve the great challenges of our time. Gathering insights from the latest work on data,...Paperback$4999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBicycle
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. These days the bicycle often appears as an interloper in a world constructed for cars. An almost miraculous 19th-century contraption, the bicycle promises to transform our lives and the world we live in, yet its time seems always yet-to-come or long-gone-by. Bicycle by...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBeyond the Chains of Illusion
First published in 1962, Beyond the Chains of Illusion is Fromm’s landmark book about Marx and Freud. Here, he delivers original readings of these hugely influential thinkers and, in doing so, offers us new ways of understanding the individual and society. Perhaps even more revealing than these readings is the insight we get into Fromm’s own thought and the political...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBetween the Monster and the Saint: Reflections on the Human
Provocative, wide-ranging and full of wisdom, Between the Monster and the Saint is a brilliant book about our place in the world. Being human isn't easy. We might think that consciousness and freedom will give us control over our lives, but our minds are dangerous and unpredictable places. We are susceptible to forces we don't understand. We are capable of...Paperback$3100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBetraying Big Brother
On the eve of International Women’s Day in 2015, the Chinese government arrested five feminist activists and jailed them for 37 days. The Feminist Five became a global cause célèbre, with Hillary Clinton speaking out on their behalf, and activists inundating social media with #FreetheFive messages. But the Feminist Five are only symbols of a much larger feminist movement of...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBeing and Nothing
In this masterful work, leading German philosopher Lorenz B. Puntel answers the primordial question of philosophy: "Why is there Being at all and not absolutely nothing?" Considering the history of philosophy from Parmenides through to Heidegger and beyond, Puntel charges philosophy with persistently failing to adequately confront the question of Being. In response, Puntel sets out a systematic philosophy to...Hardback$26400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBeing and Event
Since the book’s first publication in 1988, Alain Badiou’s Being and Event has established itself as one of the most important and controversial works in contemporary philosophy, and its author as one of the most influential thinkers of our time. Being and Event is a comprehensive statement of Badiou’s philosophical project and sees him recast the European philosophical tradition from...Paperback$5499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBehind the Shock Machine: the untold story of the notorious Milgram psychology experiments
In the summer of 1961, a group of men and women volunteered for a memory experiment to be conducted by young, dynamic psychologist Stanley Milgram. None could have imagined that, once seated in the lab, they would be placed in front of a box known as a shock machine and asked to administer a series of electric shocks to a...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBehind the Geometrical Method
This book is the fruit of twenty-five years of study of Spinoza by the editor and translator of a new and widely acclaimed edition of Spinoza's collected works. Based on three lectures delivered at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1984, the work provides a useful focal point for continued discussion of the relationship between Descartes and Spinoza, while also...Paperback$14200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksBefore the Law
How to judge Jean-Francois Lyotard? It is from this initial question that one of France's most heralded philosophers of the twentieth century begins his essay on the origin of the law, of judgment, and the work of his colleague Jean-Francois Lyotard. If Jacques Derrida begins with the term prejuges, it is in part because of its impossibility to be rendered...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBecoming Beauvoir
PROSE Award for Excellence in Biography and Autobiography Finalist 2020 “One is not born a woman, but becomes one”, Simone de Beauvoir A symbol of liberated womanhood, Simone de Beauvoir’s unconventional relationships inspired and scandalised her generation. A philosopher, writer, and feminist icon, she won prestigious literary prizes and transformed the way we think about gender with The Second Sex....Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBeauty and the Gods
How ideas and experiences of beauty informed human relationships with the divine in ancient Greece Beginning with the earliest Greek literature, the epics of Homer and Hesiod, beauty was seen as having a special connection with the divine. The gods of ancient Greece were defined by their exceptional beauty; even today, 'to look like a Greek god' is proverbial for...Hardback$8999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBasic Equality
An innovative argument that vindicates our normative commitment to basic equality, synthesising philosophy, history, and psychology. What makes human beings one another's equals? That we are basic equals has become a bedrock assumption in Western moral and political philosophy. And yet establishing why we ought to believe this claim has proved fiendishly difficult, floundering in the face of the many...Hardback$6999Elsewhere:$7499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksBadiou Reframed
He has been regarded with suspicion by some, as an anti-postmodernist who dared to write about unfashionable concepts such as truth and meaning. But in recent years, the philosopher Alain Badiou has risen in prominence, pioneering new ways to produce, conceptualise and discover art. Badiou Reframed is an original book about an original thinker which applies—for the first time—Badiou's philosophy...Paperback$9700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksA Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women
Internationally acclaimed as a novelist, Siri Hustvedt is also highly regarded as a writer of non-fiction whose insights are drawn from her broad knowledge in the arts, humanities, and sciences. In this trilogy of works collected in a single volume, A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women, Hustvedt brings a feminist, interdisciplinary perspective to a range of subjects. Louise...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Composed in 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft’s seminal feminist tract A Vindication of the Rights of Woman broke new ground in its demand for women’s education. A Vindication remains one of history’s most important and elegant broadsides against sexual oppression. In her introduction, renowned socialist feminist Sheila Rowbotham casts Wollstonecraft’s life and work in a new light.Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAustralia in 100 Words
Bonzer. Arvo. Tucker. Sickie. Pash. Illywhacker. There are plenty of words to choose from to tell the story of Australia, from iconic Australianisms like mateship, fair dinkum, and bogan to drop bears, budgie smugglers, and bin chickens. And while you aren't likely to hear crikey, cobber, or wowser walking down the street, you will hear no worries, mate, and yeah...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAt the Vanishing Point in History
Putin’s war has prompted a deep analysis and reevaluation of the forces driving this deadly confrontation. At the Vanishing Point in History brings together renowned humanities scholars and prominent novelists to explore the roots and causes of the ongoing catastrophe in Eastern Europe. This distinguished group of Russian émigrés, well-versed in Russian culture, history, and philosophy, aims to examine the...Paperback$5199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
Kenneth Winkler's esteemed edition of Berkeley's Principles is based on the second edition (London, 1734), the last one published in Berkeley's lifetime. Like other members of Hackett's philosophical classics series, it features editorial elements found to be of particular value to students and their teachers: an analytical table of contents, a chronology of the author's life, a selected bibliography, a...Paperback$1699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Tough Mind and a Tender Heart
A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart states that 'far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, the command to love one's enemy is an absolute necessity for our survival.' Advocating love as strength and non-violence as the most powerful weapon there is, these sermons and writings from the heart of the civil rights movement exhibit Martin Luther...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Toolkit for Modern Life
'Emma has a unique way of cutting through to the heart of the issues we all face day-in-day-out. There isn't another book out there like this and it should be a mandatory read for anyone with a brain.' - Anna Whitehouse, founder of Mother Pukka In this warm, wise book, clinical psychologist Dr Emma Hepburn (Instagram's @thepsychologymum) introduces her proven...Hardback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Third Concept of Liberty
Taking the title of his book from Isaiah Berlin's famous essay distinguishing a negative concept of liberty connoting lack of interference by others from a positive concept involving participation in the political realm, Samuel Fleischacker explores a third definition of liberty that lies between the first two. In Fleischacker's view, Kant and Adam Smith think of liberty as a matter...Paperback$14200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Theory of Everyone
'Mind expanding - this book will change your view of the world forever' Matthew Syed A blueprint for a better future. Playing on the phrase "a theory of everything" in physics, Michael Muthukrishna offers a unified theory of human behaviour, culture, and society - a theory of everyone. Drawing on the most recent research across the sciences, humanities, and the...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAssemblage Theory and Method
What do we mean by assemblage in contemporary theory? The constant and seemingly limitless expansion of the concept’s range of applications begs the question, if any and every kind of collection of things is an assemblage, then what advantage is there in using this term and not some other term, or indeed no term at all? What makes an assemblage...Paperback$4899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Short History of Truth
How did we find ourselves in a "post-truth" world of "alternative facts"? And can we get out of it? A Short History of Truth sets out to answer these questions by looking at the complex history of truth and falsehood. It identifies ten types of supposed truth and explains how easily each can become the midwife of falsehood. There is...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAsclepius
The Asclepius is one of two philosophical books ascribed to the legendary sage of Ancient Egypt, Hermes Trismegistus, who was believed in classical and renaissance times to have lived shortly after Moses. The Greek original, lost since classical times, is thought to date from the 2nd or 3rd century AD. However, a Latin version survived, of which this volume is...Paperback$4795Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksArt of Listening
Although Erich Fromm intended to publish his work as a practising psychotherapist, these plans were never realised in his lifetime. This volume fulfils his wish. Not intended as a textbook about psychoanalytic therapy, these reflections provide welcome new information about Fromm the therapist and the way he dealt with the psychological suffering of his patients. As Fromm envisioned, each chapter...Paperback$6299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksArtificial You
Hailed by the Washington Post as "a sure-footed and witty guide to slippery ethical terrain," Artificial You by Susan Schneider offers a philosophical exploration of AI and the future of the mind. Praised by Astronomer Royal Martin Rees as "profound and entertaining," it delves into the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence. Humans may not remain Earth's most intelligent beings...Hardback$6999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksArtificial You
One of Forbes' Must-Read Brain Books of 2019 Finalist for the PROSE Award in Philosophy, Association of American Publishers We are at a monumental turning point in human history. AI is taking intelligence in new directions. The strongest human competitors in chess, go, and Jeopardy! have been beaten by AIs, and AI is getting more sophisticated by the day. Further,...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksArt and Fear' and 'Art as Far as the Eye Can See'
Paul Virilio is one of contemporary continental thought’s most original and provocative critical voices. His vision of the impact of modern technology on the contemporary global condition is powerful and disturbing, ranging over art, architecture, science, politics, visual culture, and warfare. In Art and Fear, Virilio traces the twin development of art and science over the 20th century. In his...Paperback$3899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAround the world with writers, scientists and philosophers
New work by world-renowned French thinker translated by Sydney-based Gazebo Books. In Around the world with writers, scientists and philosophers, world-renowned philosopher Michel Serres takes us on a voyage that unveils a different map than the geographical or political world maps we are accustomed to. Using the tools of the ethnologist, Serres examines our Western cultures to reveal that our...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Room of One's Own (Hero Classics)
Based on two talks given by the author and first published in September 1929, Virginia Woolf's seminal essay revolves around the central claim that a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. Outlining the importance of education and financial independence, Woolf draws up a history of women writers and demonstrates how...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAristotle's Theology
Aristotle's Theology brings together discussions of theological topics found across many of Aristotle's works, a fact that may surprise even those already familiar with his philosophy. Reeve's innovative idea of packaging these texts sequentially, along with insightful commentary and notes, proves to be a brilliant approach. This comprehensive volume will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in Aristotle's...Hardback$13000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAristotle's De Motu Animalium
The aim of this book is to ask, through a study of one of his most complicated treatises on explanation, how far, and in what sense, the demands of the 'scientific person' are Aristotle's. In Aristotle's De Motu Animalium, Martha C. Nussbaum delves into these complex themes and explores Aristotle's perspectives on scientific inquiry and explanation.Paperback$21200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksAristotle's Chemistry
This new translation of On Coming to Be and Passing Away and Meteorology 1 and 4 fits seamlessly with the other volumes in the New Hackett Aristotle Series, enabling Anglophone readers to study these works in a way previously not possible. The Introduction describes the book that lies ahead, explaining what it is about, what it is trying to do,...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAristotle
Why has Aristotle had such an astounding influence on the world? What are his key ideas? What can he still teach us today? There is in Athens a rather plain ruin; a simple courtyard lined with fragments of wall. Yet, this little patch of land has a claim to be the most significant place in human history. It is the...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAre U Ok?
Everyone struggles with mental health issues from time to time, but the greatest level of misunderstanding comes from knowing the difference between mental health and mental illness, figuring out whether we need professional help and, if so, how to find it. Are U Ok? walks readers through the most commonly asked questions about mental health and the process of getting...Hardback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAquinas: Basic Works
Drawn from a wide range of writings and featuring state-of-the-art translations, Basic Works offers convenient access to Thomas Aquinas' most important discussions of nature, being and essence, divine and human nature, and ethics and human action. The translations all capture Aquinas's sharp, transparent style and display terminological consistency. Many were originally published in the acclaimed translation-cum-commentary series The Hackett Aquinas,...Paperback$6999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAporophobia
Why 'aporophobia' - rejection of the poor - is one of the most serious problems facing the world today, and how we can fight it. In this revelatory book, acclaimed political philosopher Adela Cortina makes an unprecedented assertion: the biggest problem facing the world today is the rejection of poor people. Because we can't recognise something we can't name, she...Hardback$5799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksApocalyptic Political Theology
Hegel’s philosophy of religion contains an implicit political theology. When viewed in connection with his wider work on subjectivity, history, and politics, this political theology is a resource for apocalyptic thinking. In a world of climate change, inequality, oppressive gender roles, and racism, Hegel can be used to theorise the hope found in the end of that world. Histories of...Paperback$6599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Philosophy of Hope
In this book, Lars Svendsen embarks on a profound exploration of the nature of hope, asking what exactly hope is and how it differs from related phenomena such as wishful thinking. He argues that hope is rooted in the ability to shape one's future, crucial for a society built on freedom instead of fear. Svendsen highlights hope's vital role in...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Philosophy of Fashion Through Film
The question of whether movies can deliver philosophical content is a leading topic in the cognitive and analytic debate on film. But instead of turning to the well-trodden terrain of narrative and emotional engagement, this is the first time fashion and costume choices are analysed to demonstrate how movies can be said to be doing philosophy. Considering how fashion and...Paperback$13900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksAnxiety
How philosophy can teach us to be less anxious about being anxious by understanding that it's an essential part of being human. Today, anxiety is usually thought of as a pathology, the most diagnosed and medicated of all psychological disorders. But anxiety isn't always or only a medical condition. Indeed, many philosophers argue that anxiety is a normal, even essential,...Hardback$5799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAnti-Systemic Movements
Building on an analysis of the dissenting movements to have emerged since the rise of modern capitalism, Anti-Systemic Movements uncovers an international groundswell of resistance still vitally active at the end of the twentieth century. The authors suggest that the new assertiveness of the South, the development of class struggle in the East, and the emergence of rainbow coalitions in...Paperback$5600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksAnthropocene Feminism
This book is a daring and provocative response to the masculinist and techno-normative approach to the Anthropocene so often taken by technoscientists, artists, humanists, and social scientists. By coining and, for the first time, fully exploring the concept of anthropocene feminism, it highlights the alternatives feminism and queer theory can offer for thinking about the Anthropocene.Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAn Introduction to Philosophy
Designed for students in Christian colleges and seminaries, An Introduction to Philosophy surveys the four main areas of philosophy—logic, metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics—in an accessible and engaging manner. Yet, it also covers important topics sometimes left unaddressed in introductions, including: Why philosophy matters in our day Critical thinking and intellectual virtue A brief history of philosophy Philosophical hermeneutics The relationship...Hardback$6500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAnimal Dignity
How do we understand the dignity and value of non-human animals? Leading philosophers, ethnologists, and writers contribute to this interdisciplinary and wide-ranging account of animal dignity. With a foreword by world-leading primatologist, Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, the essays collected in Animal Dignity make the case for applying the concept of dignity beyond its usual humanist framework. They introduce readers to...Paperback$4999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA New Stoicism
What would stoic ethics be like today if stoicism had survived as a systematic approach to ethical theory, and if it had coped successfully with the challenges of modern philosophy and experimental science? A New Stoicism proposes an answer to that question, offered from within the stoic tradition but without the metaphysical and psychological assumptions that modern philosophy and science...Paperback$8900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeksA New Philosophy of Society
In A New Philosophy of Society, Manuel DeLanda offers a fascinating look at how the contemporary world is characterised by an extraordinary social complexity. Since most social entities, from small communities to large nation-states, would disappear altogether if our cognitive abilities ceased to exist, DeLanda proposes a novel approach to social ontology that asserts the autonomy of social entities from...Paperback$4399Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA New Philosophy of Society
Manuel DeLanda is a distinguished writer, artist, and philosopher. In his new book, A New Philosophy of Society, he offers a fascinating look at how the contemporary world is characterised by an extraordinary social complexity. Since most social entities, from small communities to large nation-states, would disappear altogether if human minds ceased to exist, DeLanda proposes a novel approach to...Paperback$6899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAnd the Flowers Showered
Using eleven Zen stories as a starting point and diving deep into their mysterious world, he then weaves his magical clarity on many diverse contemporary topics. From the true meaning of happiness to an understanding of the process of death, it’s all here. To begin reading this book is to commence a journey into the world of wonder. Buddha’s disciple...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAn Apothecary of Art
An Apothecary of Art is the beautiful debut collection from Ravenous Butterflies, featuring 80 exquisite works of art from the likes of John William Waterhouse, Henri Rousseau, and Rockwell Kent with accompanying quotes from voices including Sappho, Pablo Neruda, and Harriet Tubman. Ravenous Butterflies is a hugely popular and unique art and literature blog curated by Lisa Azarmi. With over...Hardback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAnalyzed by Lacan
Analyzed by Lacan brings together the first English translations of Why Lacan, Betty Milan's memoir of her analysis with Lacan in the 1970s, and her play, Goodbye Doctor, inspired by her experience. Why Lacan offers a unique and valuable perspective on how Lacan worked as a psychoanalyst, as well as his approach to psychoanalytic theory. Milan's testimony illustrates that Lacan's...Paperback$4099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAlthusser's Lesson
Jacques Rancière's first major work, Althusser's Lesson, appeared in 1974, just as the energies of May '68 were losing ground to the calls for a return to order. Rancière's analysis of Althusserian Marxism unfolds against this background: what is the relationship between the return to order and the enthusiasm which greeted the publication of Althusser's Reply to John Lewis in...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAll the Rage
Anger is all around us, from divisive social media arguments and heightened political divides to road rage and personal spats; from Black Lives Matter and climate justice movements to Trump, incels and white supremacists. When it materialises, it seems to cry out for recognition and response. It affects our bodies and can transition into violence. It can be inherited through...Hardback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksA Little Book of Self-Care for Those Who Grieve
Weep. Scream. Hate. Disbelieve. Go numb. Breathe. This beautiful book offers a gentle and honest guide for surviving the early days of grief—shock, trauma, disbelief—and beyond. In simple, easy-to-absorb pages composed of short, poetic text and spot illustrations, readers will begin to find the path they need to move through their grief, step by step. From grieving a sudden death...Hardback$3499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAlienation and Freedom
Since the publication of The Wretched of the Earth in 1961, Fanon’s work has been deeply significant for generations of intellectuals and activists from the 60s to the present day. Alienation and Freedom collects together unpublished works comprising around half of his entire output – which were previously inaccessible or thought to be lost. This book introduces audiences to a...Hardback$11099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksAlgorithms for the People
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