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The Ethics of Capitalism
An Introduction
2020 || Paperback || Daniel Halliday e.a. || Oxford University Press
Can capitalism have moral foundations? Though this question may seem strange in today's world of vast economic disparities and widespread poverty, discussions originating with the birth of capitalism add a critical perspective to the current debate on the efficacy and morality of capitalist economies. Authors Daniel Halliday and John Thrasher use this question to introduce classical political philosophy as a framework by which to evaluate the ethics of capitalism today. They revisit and recon...
Ethics: A Very Short Introduction / 2nd edition
2021 || Paperback || Simon Blackburn || Oxford University Press
Simon Blackburn tackles the major moral questions surrounding birth, death, happiness, desire, and freedom, and considers how we should think about the meaning of life. This new edition highlights the importance of an understanding of approaches to ethics and its foundations, and how this relates to our modern world of eroding trust.
History of Western Philosophy
2004 || Paperback || Bertrand Russell || Taylor & Francis
First published in 1946, History of Western Philosophy went on to become the best-selling philosophy book of the twentieth century. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy. Providing a sophisticated overview of the ideas that have perplexed people from time immemorial, it is 'long on wit, intelligence and curmudgeonly scepticism', as the New York Times noted, and it is this, coupled with the sheer brilliance of its...
The Dream of Enlightenment
The Rise of Modern Philosophy
2017 || Paperback || Anthony Gottlieb || Penguin Books
'This is a blast of fresh air' Jonathan Clark, TLS'Thank goodness for Gottlieb' Daily Telegraph'A joy to read' EconomistThe author of the celebrated The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to RousseauIn a short period - from the early 1640s to the eve of the French Revolution - Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Hume all made their mark on Western thought. The Dream of Enlightenment tells their story and that of the birth of modern philosoph...
Narratology / 4th edition
Introduction to the Theory of Narrative
2017 || Paperback || Mieke Bal || University of Toronto Press
Since its first publication in English in 1985, Mieke Bal's Narratology has become an international classic and the comprehensive introduction to the theory of narrative texts, both literary and non-literary. Providing insights into how readers interpret narrative text, the fourth edition of Narratology is a guide for students and scholars seeking to analyze narratives of any language, period, and region with clear, systematic, and reliable concepts. With the addition of in-depth analysis of ...
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Embedding Technopolis - Turning Modernity into a Home
turning Modernity into a Home
Paperback || Haroon Sheikh || Boom
The global village is under pressure. In order to protect local communities and their traditions, walls, real and symbolical, are erected across the globe. In Turkey, Russia and China cosmopolitanism seems to be giving way to rediscoveries of tradition like Ottomanism, Eurasianism and Confucianism.
In Embedding Technopolis, Sheikh rethinks modernity and tradition and gives insight into their complex relationship. From state-led capitalism in East Asia to democracy in India and German industry,...
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The sexual system
Hardcover || Dik Brummel || NVSH
This is not just another book about sex and sexuality, but a description of the sexual system, in which sex difference, sexual desire, reproduction and the family form a coherent whole.
The sexual system is the foundation of our lives and of society as a whole. It provides an explanation for such diverse problems as the inadequacy of human relationships, injustice, hunger and war. Religion, language, politics and culture also appear in a new light if they are regarded as embodiments of the se...
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Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotion
Volume 1
2024 || Paperback || Alfred Archer || Open Press Tilburg University
Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotion is the bi-annual journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotion (EPSSE). It aims to bring together thoughts and ideas about affect and emotion from all areas of philosophy, such as the metaphysics, phenomenology, sociology, ethics, politics, and (cognitive) science of emotion. Passion is not limited to representing one tradition of philosophical thought. We welcome papers from all philosoph...
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Simply Positive Affirmations
Daily affirmations to enhance the quality of your life
2022 || Paperback || Ruba A || Brave New Books
The words you speak determine the life you live. People who have achieved genuinely effective accomplishments in their lives, may have done so by stretching themselves and producing constructive results. Being able to come to such a state of mind requires you to become less concerned with trivial matters in order to be able to work at another level of thinking. The way in which you see yourself and other makes all the difference. This little booklet of affirmations can help harmonize your int...