Disenchanted Wanderer is the first comprehensive English-language study in over half a century of the life and ideas of ......more
Martin Versfeld (1909-1995) is one of South Africa’s greatest philosophers, appreciated by academics and activists, poet......more
In The Lives of Michel Foucault, David Macey quotes the iconic French philosopher as speaking "nostalgically...of ’an un......more
In his last days, Mussolini, the tyrant, was in the grip of anger, shame, and depression. The German armed forces that h......more
What does it mean to be fully present in the moment? What does it mean to grieve? What does it mean to confront your fai......more
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Mark Twain’s literary works have intrigued and inspired readers from the late 1860s to the present. His varied experienc......more
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Perhaps no philosopher is more of a conundrum than Nietzsche, the solitary rebel, poet, wayfarer, anti-revolutionary Auf......more
Alexandre Kojève (1902-1968) was an important and provocative thinker. Born in Russia, he spent most of his life in Fran......more
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Each Sunday evening, during the term time at Buckswood School, all the junior families, staff and associates, receive a ......more
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Such Silver Currents is the first biography of a mathematical genius and his literary wife, their wide circle of well-kn......more
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Vincent Gerber is the author of several articles and two books in French on social ecology, including Murray Bookchin et......more
On her seventy-fifth birthday, the author’s mother confessed to an affair more than three decades past. His father’s res......more
In this social and intellectual biography, Hamid Dabashi contends that Jalal Al-e Ahmad was the last Muslim intellectual......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. The history of Briti......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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’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
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