The Essays by Francis Bacon
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Classics Ser.
One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court of Elizabeth I and ultimately became Lord Chancellor under James I in 1617. A scholar, wit, lawyer and statesman, he wrote widely on politics, philosophy and science - declaring early in his career that 'I ...Show more
The Essays, A selection by Michel Montaigne
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write, and in the highly original essays that resulted he discussed themes such as fathers and children, conscience and cowardice, coaches and cannibals, and, above all, himself. "On ...Show more
The Essential Keynes by JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy
The essential writings of the 20th century's most influential economist, collected in one volumeToday, John Maynard Keynes is best remembered for his pioneering development of macroeconomics, and for his advocacy of active fiscal and monetary government policy. This uniquely comprehensive selection of h ...Show more
The Force of Nonviolence - The Ethical in the Political by Judith Butler
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy
"Judith Butler is the most creative and courageous social theorist writing today." - Cornel West "Judith Butler is quite simply one of the most probing, challenging and influential thinkers of our time." - J. M. Bernstein. Judith Butler's new book shows how an ethic of nonviolence must be connected t ...Show more
The Foucault Reader by Foucault, Michel
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
The Foucault Reader is the ideal introduction to one the most stimulating and influential writers of the past century. It includes detailed excerpts from all his richly textured historical studies - including Discipline and Punish and The History of Sexuality - as well as many of his best interviews. ...Show more
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind by A. C. Grayling
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy
In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5 per cent of the universe; pre-history is still be ...Show more
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind by A C Grayling
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy
What do we know, and how do we know it? What do we now know that we don't know? And what have we learnt about the obstacles to knowing more? In a time of deepening battles over what knowledge and truth mean, these questions matter more than ever. Bestselling polymath and philosopher A. C. Grayling seeks ...Show more
The Future of the Image by Jacques Ranciere
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy
Lauded by major contemporary artists and philosophers, Jacques Ranciere's work returns politics to its central place in understanding art. In The Future of the Image, Jacques Ranciere develops a fascinating new concept of the image in contemporary art, showing how art and politics have always been intri ...Show more
The Godless Gospel: Was Jesus A Great Moral Teacher? by Julian Baggini
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy
Do Jesus's teachings add up to a coherent moral system, still relevant today? From the Sunday Times bestselling author of How the World Thinks.
The History of Sexuality Volume 1 by Michel Foucault
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Popular Penguins
Michel Foucault's The Will to Knowledgeis the first part of his influential trilogy of books on the history of sexuality. He argues that the recent explosion of discussion about sex in the West means that, far from being liberated, we are in the process of making a science of sexuality that is devoted t ...Show more
The Human Condition: Second Edition by Hannah Arendt
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy
The past year has seen a resurgence of interest in the political thinker Hannah Arendt, "the theorist of beginnings," whose work probes the logics underlying unexpected transformations--from totalitarianism to revolution.A work of striking originality, The Human Condition is in many respects more releva ...Show more
The Intervals of Cinema by Jacques Ranciere
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy
Cinema, like language, can be said to exist as a system of differences. In his latest book, acclaimed philosopher Jacques Ranci re looks at cinematic art in comparison to its corollary forms in literature and theatre. From literature, he argues, cinema takes its narrative conventions, while at the same ...Show more