Philosophy
Explore our collection of philosophy books at our online bookstore, featuring the best books on philosophy, philosophical novels, and famous works on stoicism and political philosophy. Discover must-read and best-selling titles that offer deep insights into the world of philosophy.
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On Addiction: Insights from History, Ethnography, and Critical TheoryMainstream addiction science sees addiction either as a biomedical disease that renders one incapable of self-control or as a voluntary practice engaged in freely. In On Addiction, Darin Weinberg shows how this dynamic is deeply influenced by a series of binaries (free will/determinism, mind/body,...
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Nightmare Remains: The Politics of Mourning and Epistemologies of DisappearanceOffering a political epistemology of collective mourning Focusing on forms of improper burial in Turkey and Latin America, Ege Selin Islekel argues that a political technology of mourning is fundamental to contemporary politics. This technology of necrosovereignty shapes not only individuals' and populations' lives...
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Nietzsche's PosthumanismA timely and trenchant commentary on the centrality of Nietzsche's thought for our time While many posthumanists claim Nietzsche as one of their own, rarely do they engage his philosophy in any real depth. Nietzsche's Posthumanism addresses this need by exploring the continuities and...
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Nietzsche on Truth and PhilosophyFriedrich Nietzsche haunts the modern world. His elusive writings with their characteristic combination of trenchant analysis of the modern predicament and suggestive but ambiguous proposals for dealing with it have fascinated generations of artists, scholars, critics, philosophers, and ordinary readers. Maudemarie Clark's highly original...
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Mythogenesis, Interdiscursivity, Ritual: Studies Presented to Demetrios YatromanolakisThe studies included in Mythogenesis, Interdiscursivity, Ritual --offered to Professor Demetrios Yatromanolakis, a pioneering scholar-- shed new light on a variety of areas: the encounters of ancient Greece with other societies and cultures in antiquity; the interplay between art (vase-painting and sculpture) and broader...
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MysticismA probing, inspiring exploration of mysticism not as religious practice but as a mode of experience and way of life by one of the most provocative philosophical thinkers of our time. Why mysticism? It has been called "experience in its most intense form," and...
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My Big TOE - Inner Workings H: Book 3 of a Trilogy Unifying Philosophy, Physics, and MetaphysicsBook 3 of the MY Big TOE trilogy. My Big TOE, written by a nuclear physicist in the language contemporary culture, unifies science and philosophy, physics and metaphysics, mind and matter, purpose and meaning, the normal and the paranormal. The entirety of human experience...
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Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of MindHow is life related to the mind? The question has long confounded philosophers and scientists, and it is this so-called explanatory gap between biological life and consciousness that Evan Thompson explores in Mind in Life. Thompson draws upon sources as diverse as molecular biology,...
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Method in Theology: Volume 14Method in Theology stands with Insight as Bernard Lonergan's most important work. It is Lonergan's answer to those who would argue that in this time of cultural change and dissolution, the believer is afloat on a sea of multiplying theologies, without rudder or compass....
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MetaphysicsThis extraordinary text totally paved the way for the rest of Western metaphysics. Metaphysics is a lucid text, though still difficult because of the complexity of the ideas. In it, Aristotle posits his famous causes of being, material, formal, efficient, final. And he conceptualizes...
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Man's Highest PurposeMan's Highest Purpose is a philosophical book written by Karel Weinfurter. The book explores the meaning and purpose of human existence, and the role that spirituality and religion play in our lives. Weinfurter argues that the highest purpose of man is to seek a...
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Manipulated ManPittsburgh Theological Monograph Series General Editor - Dikran Y. HadidianAuthor: Charles RobertPublisher: Pickwick PublicationsPublished: 01/01/1977Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.02h x 6.08w x 0.56dISBN: 9780915138210
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Making a Change for Good: A Guide to Compassionate Self-Discipline, Revised EditionMaking a Change for Good will assist anyone to make a change of any kind, whatever the area-- diet, fitness, stress, addictions, unskillful behaviors, anxiety, finances, spiritual practice... . Kind, compassionate encouragement for confronting personal issues head on and supportive tools for addressing the...
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Make Life Good: A Soul-Stirring Parable about What Really MattersMake Life Good is an engaging parable that goes on an inward journey, exploring the true basis of meaning and fulfillment in life. Set against the backdrop of a chance encounter with a homeless man, the story invites individuals to explore topics such as...
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Life is Fair: A New Framework to Accept Your Realities and Leverage them for Success and HappinessMost people think that circumstances create or forge the path or trajectory of their life. What if, instead of the circumstances themselves, it's our response to them that determines our success and happiness?Life is Fair looks at the intersections of metaphysics, science, quantum mechanics,...
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Leo Strauss on Political Philosophy: Responding to the Challenge of Positivism and HistoricismLeo Strauss is known primarily for reviving classical political philosophy through careful analyses of works by ancient thinkers. As with his published writings, Strauss's seminars devoted to specific philosophers were notoriously dense, accessible only to graduate students and scholars with a good command of...
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Kindness Is AllKindness is All is what it purports to be - a presentation that suggests and says kindness is a terribly important, and, today, a too often missing factor in this culture's manifestation of the better values of its members' hearts, minds, and souls. In...
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Is Harpo Free?: And Other Questions of the Metaphysical ScreenIs Harpo Free? is a lively appreciation of film and television's ability to artistically explore concepts typical of philosophical metaphysics, such as free will, causality, and personal identity. Rather than using films and television programs as vehicles for philosophical arguments, the book instead celebrates...
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Integralism: A Manual of Political PhilosophyIntegralism is the application to the temporal, political order of the full implications of the revelation of man's supernatural end in Christ and of the divinely established means by which it is to be attained. These implications are identified by means of the philosophia...
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Ignorance: Everything You Need to Know about Not KnowingSums up the many fields of study where ignorance can undermine our understanding, while showing how an awareness of ignorance can lead to exploration and the discovery of new knowledge.The flip side of knowledge is ignorance. This book explores the vast scope of ignorance,...
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