NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER • An “outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes [that moves] swiftly along ......more
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On her seventy-fifth birthday, the author’s mother confessed to an affair more than three decades past. His father’s res......more
On her seventy-fifth birthday, the author’s mother confessed to an affair more than three decades past. His father’s res......more
Vincent Gerber is the author of several articles and two books in French on social ecology, including Murray Bookchin et......more
In this social and intellectual biography, Hamid Dabashi contends that Jalal Al-e Ahmad was the last Muslim intellectual......more
The Perennial Alternative is the ripe fruit of a long, lively, in-depth exploration of Goethe’s scientific work. Anyone ......more
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Throughout his life, prophetic American philosopher Murray Bookchin created social ecology as a comprehensive social pro......more
"Ram Dass lived a full life and then some. His final statement is thorough and, yes, enlightening." --Kirkus Reviews Per......more
"Underlying all of Sergei O. Prokofieff’s many and diverse publications was a basic research theme to which he wanted to......more
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Mongameli Anthony Mabona (1929) is a singular South African scholar with an exceptional life path. Yet, he is a wrongly ......more
"Ram Dass lived a full life and then some. His final statement is thorough and, yes, enlightening." --Kirkus Reviews Per......more
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In an utterly unique approach to biography, On Love and Tyranny traces the life and work of the iconic German Jewish int......more
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’I have come to think that one of the main causes of trouble in the world is dogmatic and fanatical belief in some doctr......more
’I have come to think that one of the main causes of trouble in the world is dogmatic and fanatical belief in some doctr......more
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From Descartes to Spinoza, Western philosophers have attempted to propose an axiomatic systemization of ethics. However,......more
An accessible, expert introduction to one of the greatest minds of nineteenth century. Whether you’re completely new to ......more
A spirited biography of the prophetic and sympathetic philosopher who helped build the foundations of the modern world. ......more
Philosopher, film star, father of "post truth"--the real story of Jacques Derrida Who is Jacques Derrida? For some, he i......more
Everyone wants to live a meaningful life. Long before our own day of self-help books offering twelve-step programs and o......more
A tiny, fastidiously dressed man emerged from Black Philadelphia around the turn of the century to mentor a generation o......more
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This book says farewell to Zygmunt Bauman by reflecting on the author’s thirty-year collaboration with him. Using his ow......more
A historical biography of the Italian philosopher/politician Antonio Gramsci (1891-1973), considered one of the most imp......more
A historical biography of the Italian philosopher/politician Antonio Gramsci (1891-1973), considered one of the most imp......more
One is not born a woman, but becomes one , Simone de Beauvoir A symbol of liberated womanhood, Simone de Beauvoir s unco......more
A grand narrative of the intertwining lives of Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Ernst Cassire......more
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A moving account of survival and faith from Israel Meir Lau, a Holocaust survivor and former Chief Rabbi of Israel, with......more
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