Martin Versfeld (1909-1995) is one of South Africa’s greatest philosophers, appreciated by academics and activists, poet......more
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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
Philosopher, film star, father of "post truth"--the real story of Jacques Derrida Who is Jacques Derrida? For some, he i......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
A grand narrative of the intertwining lives of Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Ernst Cassire......more
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In his first published work for the public, former monk, Rajan Shankara, offers the reader a dynamic how-to for becoming......more
A brilliant and defiant celebration of driving as a unique pathway of human freedom, by "one of the most influential thi......more
Each Sunday evening, during the term time at Buckswood School, all the junior families, staff and associates, receive a ......more
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A "wildly entertaining" and "masterly" memoir (Times Literary Supplement) now in paperback In The Lives of Michel Foucau......more
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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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
Matt Potter tells the story of the resignation letter, and its relationship to key moments in history. It’s a story full......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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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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