Philosophy - Criticism

Komik und Humor: Eine Psychologische-Ästhetische UntersuchungVor jetzt zehn Jahren habe ich in den "Philosophischen Monatsheften" eine Reihe von Aufstzen ber die "Psychologie der Komik" zu verffentlichen begonnen. Teils eigenes Bedrfnis, teils der Wunsch anderer, hat mich zu einer Umarbeitung und Erweiterung dieser Aufstze veranlasst....

Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic This work, by Professor Bergson, has been revised in detail by the author himself, and the present translation is the only authorised one. For this ungrudging labour of revision, for the thoroughness with which it...

Stay vigilant and avoid being deceived. Apply logic and analysis to your daily life to detect hidden assumptions, spot inconsistencies, and recognize dishonesty.The quality of our lives is directly related to the quality of our thinking. Our thinking is shaped by the questions we...

This classic is the benchmark against which all modern books about Nietzsche are measured. When Walter Kaufmann wrote it in the immediate aftermath of World War II, most scholars outside Germany viewed Nietzsche as part madman, part proto-Nazi, and almost wholly unphilosophical. Kaufmann rehabilitated...

Of Vulgarity1. Two great errors, colouring, or rather discolouring, severally, the minds of the higher and lower classes, have sown wide dissension, and wider misfortune, through the society of modern days. These errors are in our modes of interpreting the word "gentleman." The so-called...

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A compelling philosophical exploration of the concept of universalism and its role--or lack thereof--in contemporary politics. This accessible study challenges the prioritization of identity politics over universal equality, using Kant as a lens through which to understand our present moment. Winner of the 2024...

In Read My Desire, Joan Copjec stages a confrontation between the theories of Jacques Lacan and those of Michel Foucault, protagonists of two powerful modern disciplines--psychoanalysis and historicism. Ordinarily, these modes of thinking only cross paths long enough for historicists to charge psychoanalysis with...

This accessible book is invaluable to anyone coming to social and political philosophy for the first time. It provides a broad survey of key social and political questions in modern society, as well as clear discussions of the philosophical issues central to those questions...

A dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of...

The Babees' Book: Medieval Manners for the Young: Done into Modern EnglishNEARLY forty years ago, Dr. Furnivall collected for the Early English Text Society divers treatises touching the Manners and Meals of Englishmen in former days. Some of these were published in 1868, under...

The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels - Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy GospelsIn the companion volume to this, the Traditional Text, that is, the Text of the Gospels which is the resultant...

This book takes you on a journey to solve mysteries, fight dragons, debate religion, and quarrel among politicians in the parliament.It will have you smiling at its witty sarcasm, tearing up over its nostalgic rhythm, and frowning in perplexion at its mind-twisting ideas!"Chesterton was...

In Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction outing, an examination of the meaning (or meaninglessness) of life through an insightful, unsparing argument that proves the greatest horrors are not the products of our imagination but instead are found in reality. "There is a signature motif discernible...

Why human nature is an aesthetic phenomenon--and why we need art and philosophy to understand ourselves In The Entanglement, philosopher Alva Noë explores the inseparability of life, art, and philosophy, arguing that we have greatly underestimated what this entangled reality means for understanding human...

The gift of friendshipWE have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. Maugre all the selfishness that chills like east winds the world, the whole human family is bathed with an element of love like a fine ether. How many persons we...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER In the seminal text on atheism in the twenty-first centuy, renowned scientist Richard Dawkins examines the irrationality of believing in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society. From the sex-obsessed tyrant in the Old Testament to...

The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark This volume is my contribution towards the better understanding of a subject which is destined, when it shall have grown into a Science, to vindicate for itself a mighty province, and to enjoy...

Life is full of contradictions-love and loss, creation and destruction, tradition and progress. We spend our days searching for meaning, for connection, for something that makes the struggle worthwhile. But in that search, we often overlook the very things that shape us: the quiet...

The Revision Revised - Three Articles Reprinted from the "Quarterly Review." I. The New Greek Text. II. The New English Version. III. Westcott and Hort's New Textual Theory. To Which is Added a Reply to Bishop Ellicott's Pamphlet in Defence of the Revisers and...