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by Melissa M. Shew (Editor), Kimberly K. Garchar (Editor)This revolutionary book empowers its readers by exploring enduring, challenging, and timely philosophical issues in new essays written by expert women philosophers. The book will inspire and entice these philosophers' younger counterparts, curious readers of all genders, and all who support equity in philosophy. If asked to envision a philosopher, people might imagine a bearded man, probably Greek, perhaps in a toga, pontificating about...

The Book of Five Rings: Including the Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War by Yagyu Munenori

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Report copyright infringementby Miyamoto Musashi (Author), Thomas Cleary (Translator)The Book of Five Rings is one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture. Written not only for martial artists but for anyone who wants to apply the timeless principles of this text to their life, the book analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level of human interaction. The Book of Five Rings was compo...

Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Pennington (Author)This highly original and innovative book is the first to comprehensively engage the ideas of the French social theorist and philosopher Michel Foucault from within the tradition of liberal political economy. Divided into two parts the book commences by demonstrating important commonalities between Foucault's ideas and those of a neglected 'post-modern' stream in liberal political and economic thought. These ideas draw on a social theory ...

The Oxford Handbook of Dewey - Paperback

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by Steven Fesmire (Editor)John Dewey was the foremost philosophical figure and public intellectual in early to mid-twentieth century America. He is still the most academically cited Anglophone philosopher of the past century, and is among the most cited Americans of any century. In this comprehensive volume spanning thirty-five chapters, leading scholars help researchers access particular aspects of Dewey's thought, navigate the enormous and rapidly developing literature, and participate in c...

The Experience Society: Life Beyond Subjectivity

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Report copyright infringementby Svend Brinkmann (Author), Tam McTurk (Translator)An enlightening look at how our elevation of the sensorial and the subjective has impaired our ability to connect--and how we might build that connection back. In today's so-called experience society, everything is judged by personal experience, from online shopping to funerals. Value is measured by how satisfying an individual finds their experience, and the experience economy thrives on this desire for enterta...

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Report copyright infringementby Alan Woods (Author), Rob Sewell (Author)"Socialism, since it has become a science, demands that it be pursued as a science, that is, that it be studied" - Friedrich EngelsIn this epoch of instability, crisis, war and ever-growing inequality, Marxism is becoming an increasingly attractive proposition to millions of workers and young people around the world. The old mole of revolution, to use Karl Marx's own phrase, is burrowing deep into the foundations of socie...

Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius - Hardcover

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by Ryan Holiday (Author), Stephen Hanselman (Author)Instant New York Times Advice & Business Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, and Wall Street Journal #1 Bestseller! A New York Times Noteworthy Pick and a "stellar work" by Publishers Weekly From the bestselling authors of The Daily Stoic comes an inspiring guide to the lives of the Stoics, and what the ancients can teach us about happiness, success, resilience and virtue. Nearly 2,300 years after a ruined merchant named Zeno first establi...

The Race Illusion: On the Reality of Racialization and the Myth of Race

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Report copyright infringementby Adam Hochman (Author)In The Race Illusion, Adam Hochman argues that there are no human races, only racialized groups-groups mistakenly believed to be races. He meticulously critiques all of the major defenses of the view that races exist, beginning with biological accounts. While there is some human biological diversity, it is not distributed in a way that would justify racial classification. Hochman shows how modern attempts to revive race as a biological cate...

Moses Maimonides: A Very Short Introduction

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Report copyright infringementby Ross Brann (Author)Moses Maimonides, a scientist, physician, philosopher, rabbinic scholar, and communal leader, was perhaps the most imposing Jewish figure of the pre-modern age. Yet, more than eight centuries after his death, the meaning of his life and his work remains contested. This Very Short Introduction to Moses Maimonides surveys Maimonides' many intellectual, literary, and professional ventures. Born in Islamic Cordoba, he ultimately settled in Cairo,...

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Report copyright infringementby Editors of Canterbury Classics (Author), Ken Mondschein (Introduction by)Trace the origins of modern philosophy back to ancient Greece with the likes of Plato, Aristotle, and other famous thinkers. Have you ever wondered about the development of civilization? What topics were discussed in the days of ancient Greece? This collection of thoughts from Plato, Aristotle, and other masters of philosophy will lead your mind on a journey of enlightened exploration into...

Africana Philosophy from Ancient Egypt to the Nineteenth Century: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 7

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Adamson (Author), Chike Jeffers (Author)In this latest instalment of the series A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Peter Adamson and Chike Jeffers delve into the fascinating world of Africana Philosophy. Africana Philosophy from Ancient Egypt to the Nineteenth Century is the first of two volumes in the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps series to bring readers the story of Africana philosophy. This diverse topic is defined as philosophy emergin...

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Report copyright infringementby Pere Lacordaire (Author)God And Man: Conference Delivered At Notre Dame In Paris (1872) is a book written by Pere Lacordaire. It is a collection of lectures that were delivered at Notre Dame in Paris in 1872. The book explores the relationship between God and man and the role of religion in human life. It discusses the nature of God and the ways in which human beings can come to know Him. The book also examines the importance of faith and the role of the Church...

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Report copyright infringementby Miriam Leonard (Editor), Tim Whitmarsh (Editor)What is classical culture for? Thinking with Classical Matter brings together leading experts from across the humanities, and as a whole celebrates the career of Simon Goldhill, in order to consider the place of the Ancient Greco-Roman world in the formation and formulation of different orders of knowledge. Since at least the eighteenth century, the study of Greece and Rome has played a pivotal role in both the ins...

The Hatata Inquiries: Two Texts of Seventeenth-Century African Philosophy from Ethiopia about Reason, the Creator, and Our Ethical Responsibilities

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Report copyright infringementby Zara Yaqob (Author), Walda Heywat (Author), Ralph Lee (Editor)The Hatata Inquiries are two extraordinary texts of African philosophy composed in Ethiopia in the 1600s. Written in the ancient African language of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), these explorations of meaning and reason are deeply considered works of rhetoric. They advocate for women's rights and rail against slavery. They offer ontological proofs for God and question biblical commands while delighting...

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Report copyright infringementby Yoram Hazony (Author)In this "tour de force" (National Review), the leader of the National Conservatism movement argues that nationalism is the only realistic safeguard of liberty in the world today Nationalism is the issue of our age. From Donald Trump's "America First" politics to Brexit to the rise of the right in Europe, events have forced a crucial debate: Is international government the path to human flourishing? Or will humankind be freer and happier in...

The Cambridge Companion to Marcus Aurelius' Meditations

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Report copyright infringementby John Sellars (Editor)The Meditations of the second-century Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius is consistently one of the best-selling philosophy books among the general public. Over the years it has also attracted famous admirers, from the Prussian king Frederick the Great to US President Bill Clinton. It continues to attract large numbers of new readers, drawn to its reflections on life and death. Despite this, it is not the sort of text read much by professional p...

Democracy and Beauty: The Political Aesthetics of W. E. B. Du Bois

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Gooding-Williams (Author)What is beauty, and what is its political function? In what ways might it help undermine white supremacy and cultivate a more democratic political culture? Democracy and Beauty shines a light on W. E. B. Du Bois's attempts to answer these questions during the decade surrounding the First World War and, in so doing, offers a groundbreaking account of the philosopher's aesthetics. Robert Gooding-Williams reconstructs Du Bois's defe...

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph Goebbels (Author) Number of Pages: 134 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: April 26, 2025

Beyond Proportionality: Israel's Just War in Gaza

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Report copyright infringementby Thane Rosenbaum (Author) Number of Pages: 304 Dimensions: 0.64 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: May 07, 2025

Ordinary People Don't Carry Machine Guns: Thoughts on War

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Report copyright infringementby Artem Chapeye (Author)A reporter and novelist who is also a soldier in the Ukrainian army reconsiders his pacifism and the choices one makes when war is waged against you. "Chapeye represents a modern-day Ukrainian counterpart to classic American writers like Mark Twain or O. Henry, capturing the dignity and respect his characters might not get but nonetheless long for and deserve." --Kate Tsurkan, Los Angeles Review of Books In Ordinary People Don't Carry Mach...

The Emotions of Nonviolence: Revisiting Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail

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Report copyright infringementby Meena Krishnamurthy (Author)Author BiographyMeena Krishnamurthy is an Associate Professor at Queen's University in Canada. She is a political philosopher interested in race, democracy, social movements, and political psychology. Her current research centers around the role that political emotions play in both self and structural transformation. She explores how civil rights activists - especially Martin Luther King, Jr. - used protest, images, letters, and orat...

In Defense Of Sanity: The Best Essays of G.K. Chesterton

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Report copyright infringementby G. K. Chesterton (Author)Essayist G.K. Chesterton was a master. However, reading his essays is more than just an exercise in studying literature at its best; it is also a chance to come across universal truths that still ring true today.Chesterton's essays are only problematic in that there are much too many of them. five thousand plus! For the majority of GKC readers, it is impossible to even begin to approach them or know where to start.Therefore, the "best" ...

This Is It: And Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience - Paperback

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by Alan Watts (Author)Six revolutionary essays from "the perfect guide for a course correction in life, away from materialism and its empty promise" (Deepak Chopra), exploring the relationship between spiritual experience and ordinary life--and the need for them to coexist within each of us. With essays on "cosmic consciousness" (including Alan Watts' account of his own ventures into this inward realm); the paradoxes of self-consciousness; LSD and consciousness; and the false opposition of s...

Buddhist Meditation: Classic Teachings from Tibet - Paperback

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by Kurtis R. Schaeffer (Translator), Kurtis R. Schaeffer (Introduction by)A Tibetan Buddhist anthology of accessible and authentic contemplative exercises to help cultivate innate yet undeveloped powers of mind, emotion, and body. A Penguin Classic Drawn from Tibet's rich contemplative literature, Buddhist Meditation offers classic exercises focused on the opportunities and challenges of life; cultivating inner calm; fostering a wider perspective on oneself in relationship to others; working...

Japanese Proverbs: 200 Gems of Traditional Wit and Wisdom

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Report copyright infringementby David Galef (Author), Jun Hashimoto (Illustrator), Edward G. Seidensticker (Foreword by)"Destroy a nation, but its mountains and rivers remain." -- Japanese Proverb This is a collection of 200 Japanese proverbs with illustrations and explanations for each saying. Japanese Proverbs: 200 Gems of Traditional Wit and Wisdom is a delightfully illustrated compilation of traditional Japanese sayings and maxims. Some of the classic Japanese quotes and quotations, like ...

Plato's Epistemology: Being and Seeming - Hardcover

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by Jessica Moss (Author)Plato's Epistemology: Being and Seeming presents an original interpretation of one of the central topics in Plato's work: epistemology. Jessica Moss argues that Plato's epistemology is radically different from our own. Going against the grain of recent scholarship, and drawing on ancient interpretations of Plato, Jessica Moss argues that Plato is not best understood as studying what we now call knowledge and belief. Instead, Moss proposes that the central players in hi...

The Critical Thinking Toolkit - Paperback

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by Galen A. Foresman (Author), Peter S. Fosl (Author), Jamie C. Watson (Author)The Critical Thinking Toolkit is a comprehensive compendium that equips readers with the essential knowledge and methods for clear, analytical, logical thinking and critique in a range of scholarly contexts and everyday situations. Takes an expansive approach to critical thinking by exploring concepts from other disciplines, including evidence and justification from philosophy, cognitive biases and errors from psy...

Habermas: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Gordon Finlayson (Author)Jürgen Habermas is the most renowned living German philosopher. This book aims to give a clear and readable overview of his philosophical work. It analyzes both the theoretical underpinnings of Habermas's social theory, and its more concrete applications in the fields of ethics, politics, and law. Finally, it examines how Habermas's social and political theory informs his writing on real, current political and social problems. The author explores Habermas's influen...

Liberty: Incorporating Four Essays on Liberty - Paperback

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by Isaiah Berlin (Author), Henry Hardy (Editor)Liberty is a revised and expanded edition of the book that Isaiah Berlin regarded as his most important--Four Essays on Liberty, a standard text of liberalism, constantly in demand and constantly discussed since it was first published in 1969. Writing in Harper's, Irving Howe described it as "an exhilarating performance--this, one tells oneself, is what the life of the mind can be." Berlin's editor Henry Hardy has revised the text, incorporating ...

Happiness: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Daniel M. Haybron (Author)Happiness is an everyday term in our lives, and most of us strive to be happy. But defining happiness can be difficult. In this Very Short Introduction, Dan Haybron considers the true nature of happiness. By examining what it is, assessing its subjective values, its importance in our lives, and how we can (and should) pursue it, he considers the current thinking on happiness, from psychology to philosophy. Illustrating the diverse routes to happiness, Haybron refl...

For Black Men Who Need Therapy and Never Got It

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Report copyright infringementby Samuel Wright (Author), Brittany Windom (Editor) Number of Pages: 130 Dimensions: 0.28 x 8 x 5.25 IN Publication Date: June 09, 2025

Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability

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Report copyright infringementby David Holmgren (Author)Essential reading for permaculture designers and accessible to a wide range of critical thinkers. This revised edition is more accessible than the original, with redrawn graphics, corrected and amended text, new references and a newly designed layout that invites the reader into the world of whole systems thinking that is permaculture.When it was originally published in 2002, Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability exp...