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There is an astonishing line of creative inspiration that connects the philosophy of Sufism, the Middle Eastern art of m......more
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This Element, written for researchers and students in philosophy and the behavioral sciences, reviews and critically ass......more
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"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu is an ancient and enduring masterpiece of military strategy and philosophy. Written over two......more
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Human, All Too Human marks the point where Nietzsche abandons German romanticism for the French Enlightenment. At a mome......more
This book articulates international political theory in dialogue with economics on several questions. It asks: how has m......more
In an Age of American Empire What Real Hope is There for Black People? On Cultural Islam: A Godbody Sociology of 1990s B......more
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Socrates’ fundamental question about the nature of the good life and the best way for humans to live has been the subjec......more
Plato’s Republic shows how the constitution of a being can occur from its understanding of the Universe. Man sees himsel......more
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How do you survive a horrendous head-on collision between a truck, carrying a load of cement blocks, and a Beetle Bug co......more
Since the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with mass media and social media playing a key role, anti-vax protest......more
This book argues for the necessity of a re-evaluation of our thinking about responsibly relating to future generations i......more
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This is the first volume devoted to the sections of the Aristotelian Mirabilia on natural science, filling a significant......more
The first of its kind, this project is a collection of critical and interpretive essays on George Santayana’s seminal wo......more
With fasting at an all-time high in popularity, here is the first deep exploration into the surprising history and scien......more
Divine Disorder and the Rescue of God is based on the idea that a kenotic approach is essential to a viable theology. It......more
Evald Ilyenkov is our contemporary. Thinking culture in general is set both by the state and level of development of phi......more
This book brings together scientific articles and reviews that have already been published and which try, in some way, t......more
What can we say about the word in philosophy? It’s a thorny question likely to provoke the intelligence of any philosoph......more
"The World’s Greatest Books (Religion and Philosophy)" takes you on an exciting journey across the fields of religion an......more
"The World’s Greatest Books (Religion and Philosophy)" takes you on an exciting journey across the fields of religion an......more
"We live in [a time when] human beings must become independent. But on what does this depend? It depends on people’s abi......more
This collection provides a panoramic view of practical philosophical insight, ranging across a spectrum of humanistic th......more
This open access book is a superb collection of some fifteen chapters inspired by Schroeder-Heister’s groundbreaking wor......more
This open access book is a superb collection of some fifteen chapters inspired by Schroeder-Heister’s groundbreaking wor......more
A spirited defense of the Enlightenment against assaults from both the left and the right that explains its urgent impli......more
French philosopher Simone Weil’s best known work that promotes mindful living and instructs readers how they can once ag......more
50th anniversary edition - With a new foreword by Matthew B. Crawford, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft The bestselling......more
A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy "Spare, elegant......more
Essays on the question on how art--and contemporary art practices in particular--embodies an intelligence capable of ser......more
"A firehose of falsehood: the story of disinformation breaks down disinformation tactics and offers tools for defending ......more
Konrad Wojnowski argues that the probabilistic revolution, while recognized and investigated by historians of science, h......more
This is the first collection that highlights the strengths and contributions of the Humanities, in the European region. ......more
Since the 1780s, Western philosophy has been largely under the spell of Immanuel Kant’s transcendental philosophy. In th......more
The Tirukkural is a celebrated literary and philosophical work written in classical Tamil by the poet Tiruvaḷḷuvar, know......more
Probabilities: An Aid To Faith is a philosophical and theological treatise written by British author Martin Farquhar Tup......more
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This book provides a thorough interdisciplinary analysis of the ways in which artists have engaged with political and fe......more
Memoirs of a Black Philosopher is a history of both anti-Black racism and the author’s indefatigable struggle to transce......more
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There were two reasons why I decided to write this book, both of which were personal in nature. Firstly, I was hesitant ......more
This book tells the story of how the Platonic vision of Michael Polanyi - the Hungarian-British chemist and philosopher ......more
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Observe social distancing. Tip your waiter. Give priority to the elderly. Stop at the red light. Pay your taxes. Do not ......more
This book focuses on Edmund Husserl’s philosophical collaboration with Eugen Fink which took place in the early 1930s, a......more
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Known as the founder of the phenomenological movement, this book examines Husserl’s various phases of phenomenology duri......more
A response to our fractured political discourse, Hobbit Virtues speaks to the importance of "virtue ethics" by examining......more
This book presents itself as a new transformative-emancipatory path: it attempts to reconcile the sphere of humanity, an......more
It is often claimed that Einstein’s magnum opus---his 1915 theory of General Relativity---is distinguished from other th......more
The Upaniṣads are rich and complex Sanskrit Hindu scriptures dating back to the 8th century BCE and are a staple of worl......more
PhilonoUS is a biannual undergraduate academic journal of Philosophy, produced and run by students at the University of ......more
"Explores the surprising social, cultural, historical, and environmental significance of air conditioning and of our eff......more
Rethinking the philosophical grounds of police power, Melayna Lamb argues that traditional ideas of sovereignty and the ......more
Temporalities, Texts, Ideologies provides a new analysis of the significance of time in Classical and early modern liter......more
"What I love, and those whom I love, you, that is to say us in so far as we are capable of forming a we, all this I love......more
Film Figures develops a figural account of the memory structure of films. Employing theoretical concepts drawn from a ra......more
There is in certain circles a widely held belief that the only proper kind of knowledge is scientific knowledge. This be......more
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. As a former w......more
Pinpoints how "dogwhistles" and "figleaves," two kinds of linguistic trick, distort political discourse and normalize ra......more
The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science are required reading for anyone wishing to understand and control the power of ......more
In 2008 an Iraqi artist was waterboarded as performance art. In 2010 artists upturned police cars in Russia. But what ex......more
What is environmental virtue? Is developing good habits enough? What does climate justice require? Is ecological restora......more
Does human nature constrain social and political change, or do social and political changes transform human nature? Why ......more
In the first English language translation of this classic late 20th-century text within French Catholic thought, Poetics......more
Troward was a divisional judge in Punjab in British-administered India. His hobby was the study of comparative religion.......more
This is the nineteenth volume of spiritual awareness classes that were given through the mediumship of Mr. Richard P. Go......more
Thinking about gesture immediately leads us to refer to a series of codes (theatrical, sporting or political, etc.) in w......more
The aim of these studies is to put Nietzsche’s understanding of language into perspective by analysing the expression "T......more
"Probabilities: An Aid to Faith" by Martin Farquhar Tupper is a thought-provoking work that explores the relationship be......more
;Kali and Her Yoginis" is a comprehensive guide that not only unravels the mystique of the fierce goddess Kali but also ......more
Thoughtful and original, this book is the first examination of István Szabó’s contribution to contemporary thought, enga......more
Saul Kripke’s Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language is one of the most celebrated and important books in philosophy......more
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