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Power/Knowledge
Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977
Written by Michel Foucault
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 12, 1980
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-394-73954-0 (0-394-73954-X)
Edited and with an afterword by Colin Gordon. In this set of essays and interviews, Foucault interprets his writings on such themes as sexuality, politics, and punishment, stressing the contribution of each to the magnificent--and terrifying--portrait of society that he is compiling. As Foucault shows, what he has always been describing is the... Read more >
Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977
Written by Michel Foucault
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 12, 1980
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-394-73954-0 (0-394-73954-X)
Edited and with an afterword by Colin Gordon. In this set of essays and interviews, Foucault interprets his writings on such themes as sexuality, politics, and punishment, stressing the contribution of each to the magnificent--and terrifying--portrait of society that he is compiling. As Foucault shows, what he has always been describing is the... Read more >
When I Am Playing with My Cat, How Do I Know That She Is Not Playing with Me?
Montaigne and Being in Touch with Life
Written by Saul Frampton
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27865-4 (0-307-27865-4)
A celebration of Montaigne, the most enjoyable and yet profound of all Renaissance writers.
In the year 1570, at the age of thirty-seven, Michel de Montaigne gave up his job as a magistrate and retired to his château to brood on the deaths of his best friend, his father, his brother, and... Read more >
Montaigne and Being in Touch with Life
Written by Saul Frampton
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27865-4 (0-307-27865-4)
A celebration of Montaigne, the most enjoyable and yet profound of all Renaissance writers.
In the year 1570, at the age of thirty-seven, Michel de Montaigne gave up his job as a magistrate and retired to his château to brood on the deaths of his best friend, his father, his brother, and... Read more >
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On Truth
Written by Harry G. Frankfurt
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 31, 2006
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-26422-0 (0-307-26422-X)
Having outlined a theory of bullshit and falsehood, Harry G. Frankfurt turns to what lies beyond them: the truth, a concept not as obvious as some might expect.
Our culture's devotion to bullshit may seem much stronger than our apparently halfhearted attachment to truth. Some people (professional thinkers) won't even acknowledge "true"... Read more >
Written by Harry G. Frankfurt
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 31, 2006
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-26422-0 (0-307-26422-X)
Having outlined a theory of bullshit and falsehood, Harry G. Frankfurt turns to what lies beyond them: the truth, a concept not as obvious as some might expect.
Our culture's devotion to bullshit may seem much stronger than our apparently halfhearted attachment to truth. Some people (professional thinkers) won't even acknowledge "true"... Read more >
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Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers
Written by S.E. Frost
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: September 1, 1962
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-03007-6 (0-385-03007-X)
A complete summary of the views of some of the most important philosophers in Western civilization. Includes Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Dewey, Sartre and many others. Read more >
Written by S.E. Frost
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: September 1, 1962
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-03007-6 (0-385-03007-X)
A complete summary of the views of some of the most important philosophers in Western civilization. Includes Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Dewey, Sartre and many others. Read more >
Gone Boy
A Father's Search for the Truth in His Son's Murder
Written by Gregory Gibson
Format: Trade Paperback, 360 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: June 21, 2011
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-1-55643-959-9 (1-55643-959-8)
On December 14, 1992, Gregory Gibson’s eighteen-year-old son Galen was murdered, shot in the doorway of his college library by a fellow student gone berserk. The killer was jailed for life, but for Gibson the tragedy was still unfolding. The morning of the shooting, he learned, college officials had intercepted but... Read more >
A Father's Search for the Truth in His Son's Murder
Written by Gregory Gibson
Format: Trade Paperback, 360 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: June 21, 2011
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-1-55643-959-9 (1-55643-959-8)
On December 14, 1992, Gregory Gibson’s eighteen-year-old son Galen was murdered, shot in the doorway of his college library by a fellow student gone berserk. The killer was jailed for life, but for Gibson the tragedy was still unfolding. The morning of the shooting, he learned, college officials had intercepted but... Read more >
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Betraying Spinoza
The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity
Written by Rebecca Goldstein
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-8052-1159-7 (0-8052-1159-4)
In 1656, Amsterdam’s Jewish community excommunicated Baruch Spinoza, and, at the age of twenty–three, he became the most famous heretic in Judaism. He was already germinating a secularist challenge to religion that would be as radical as it was original. He went on to produce one of the most ambitious systems... Read more >
The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity
Written by Rebecca Goldstein
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-8052-1159-7 (0-8052-1159-4)
In 1656, Amsterdam’s Jewish community excommunicated Baruch Spinoza, and, at the age of twenty–three, he became the most famous heretic in Judaism. He was already germinating a secularist challenge to religion that would be as radical as it was original. He went on to produce one of the most ambitious systems... Read more >
A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy
Written by Charlotte Greig
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Other Press
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-59051-317-0 (1-59051-317-7)
Susannah’s official boyfriend, Jason, is the perfect foil for her student lifestyle. He is ten years older, an antiques dealer, and owns a stylish apartment that prevents her from having to live in the seedy digs on campus. This way, she can take her philosophy major very seriously and dabble in... Read more >
Written by Charlotte Greig
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Other Press
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-59051-317-0 (1-59051-317-7)
Susannah’s official boyfriend, Jason, is the perfect foil for her student lifestyle. He is ten years older, an antiques dealer, and owns a stylish apartment that prevents her from having to live in the seedy digs on campus. This way, she can take her philosophy major very seriously and dabble in... Read more >
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Dark Pool of Light, Volume Two
Consciousness in Psychospiritual and Psychic Ranges
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by John Friedlander and Kenneth Warren
Format: Trade Paperback, 472 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: August 28, 2012
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-58394-484-4 (1-58394-484-2)
In books like Embyogenesis and Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings, author Richard Grossinger brought together the subjects of biological embryology and the esoteric process of human consciousness becoming embodied ("The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body"). In Dark Pool of Light, his three-volume series of books discussing... Read more >
Consciousness in Psychospiritual and Psychic Ranges
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by John Friedlander and Kenneth Warren
Format: Trade Paperback, 472 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: August 28, 2012
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-58394-484-4 (1-58394-484-2)
In books like Embyogenesis and Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings, author Richard Grossinger brought together the subjects of biological embryology and the esoteric process of human consciousness becoming embodied ("The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body"). In Dark Pool of Light, his three-volume series of books discussing... Read more >
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Dark Pool of Light, Volume Three
The Crisis and Future of Consciousness
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by Zia Inayat Khan and Curtis McCosco
Format: Trade Paperback, 584 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-58394-485-1 (1-58394-485-0)
In books like Embyogenesis and Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings, author Richard Grossinger brought together the subjects of biological embryology and the esoteric process of human consciousness becoming embodied (“The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body”). In Dark Pool of Light, his three-volume series of books discussing... Read more >
The Crisis and Future of Consciousness
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by Zia Inayat Khan and Curtis McCosco
Format: Trade Paperback, 584 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-58394-485-1 (1-58394-485-0)
In books like Embyogenesis and Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings, author Richard Grossinger brought together the subjects of biological embryology and the esoteric process of human consciousness becoming embodied (“The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body”). In Dark Pool of Light, his three-volume series of books discussing... Read more >
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Dark Pool of Light, Volume One
The Neuroscience, Evolution, and Ontology of Consciousness
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by Jeffrey J. Kripal and Nick Herbert
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-58394-434-9 (1-58394-434-6)
In books like Embryogenesis and Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings, author Richard Grossinger brought together the subjects of biological embryology and the esoteric process of human consciousness becoming embodied ("The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body"). In Dark Pool of Light, his latest creation, Grossinger weaves neuroscience-based... Read more >
The Neuroscience, Evolution, and Ontology of Consciousness
Written by Richard Grossinger
Foreword by Jeffrey J. Kripal and Nick Herbert
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-58394-434-9 (1-58394-434-6)
In books like Embryogenesis and Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings, author Richard Grossinger brought together the subjects of biological embryology and the esoteric process of human consciousness becoming embodied ("The embryo is the universe writing itself on its own body"). In Dark Pool of Light, his latest creation, Grossinger weaves neuroscience-based... Read more >
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The Theory of Communicative Action: Volume 1
Reason and the Rationalization of Society
Written by Juergen Habermas
Translated by Thomas Mccarthy
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: March 1, 1985
Price: $36.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1507-0 (0-8070-1507-5)
“A major contribution to contemporary social theory. Not only does it provide a compelling critique of some of the main perspectives in 20th century philosophy and social science, but it also presents a systematic synthesis of the many themes which have preoccupied Habermas for thirty years.” -Times Literary Supplement Read more >
Reason and the Rationalization of Society
Written by Juergen Habermas
Translated by Thomas Mccarthy
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: March 1, 1985
Price: $36.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1507-0 (0-8070-1507-5)
“A major contribution to contemporary social theory. Not only does it provide a compelling critique of some of the main perspectives in 20th century philosophy and social science, but it also presents a systematic synthesis of the many themes which have preoccupied Habermas for thirty years.” -Times Literary Supplement Read more >
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The Theory of Communicative Action: Volume 2
Lifeword and System: A Critique of Functionalist Reason
Written by Juergen Habermas
Translated by Thomas Mccarthy
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: March 1, 1985
Price: $36.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1401-1 (0-8070-1401-X)
“One of the broadest, most comprehensive, elaborate and intensely theoretical works in social theory. Social theory and philosophy may never be the same again.” -Philosophy and Social Criticism
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Lifeword and System: A Critique of Functionalist Reason
Written by Juergen Habermas
Translated by Thomas Mccarthy
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: March 1, 1985
Price: $36.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1401-1 (0-8070-1401-X)
“One of the broadest, most comprehensive, elaborate and intensely theoretical works in social theory. Social theory and philosophy may never be the same again.” -Philosophy and Social Criticism
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Life Work
Written by Donald Hall
Format: Trade Paperback, 136 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: April 15, 2003
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-7133-5 (0-8070-7133-1)
Distinguished poet Donald Hall reflects on the meaning of work, solitude, and love.
“The best new book I have read this year, of extraordinary nobility and wisdom. It will remain with me always.”–Louis Begley, The New York Times
“A sustained meditation on work as the key to personal happiness. . . . Life... Read more >
Written by Donald Hall
Format: Trade Paperback, 136 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: April 15, 2003
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-7133-5 (0-8070-7133-1)
Distinguished poet Donald Hall reflects on the meaning of work, solitude, and love.
“The best new book I have read this year, of extraordinary nobility and wisdom. It will remain with me always.”–Louis Begley, The New York Times
“A sustained meditation on work as the key to personal happiness. . . . Life... Read more >
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Ayn Rand and the World She Made
Written by Anne Conover Heller
Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7893-6 (1-4000-7893-8)
A New York Times Notable Book
A Chicago Tribune Favorite Book of the Year
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year
Ayn Rand’s books have attracted three generations of readers, shaped the Libertarian movement, influenced White House economic policies throughout the Reagan years and beyond, and inspired the Tea Party... Read more >
Written by Anne Conover Heller
Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7893-6 (1-4000-7893-8)
A New York Times Notable Book
A Chicago Tribune Favorite Book of the Year
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year
Ayn Rand’s books have attracted three generations of readers, shaped the Libertarian movement, influenced White House economic policies throughout the Reagan years and beyond, and inspired the Tea Party... Read more >
Assholes
A Theory
Written by Aaron James
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $23.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-53565-6 (0-385-53565-1)
In the spirit of the mega-selling On Bullshit, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existentially necessary.
What does it mean for someone to be an asshole? The answer is not obvious, despite the fact that we are often personally stuck dealing with people... Read more >
A Theory
Written by Aaron James
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $23.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-53565-6 (0-385-53565-1)
In the spirit of the mega-selling On Bullshit, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existentially necessary.
What does it mean for someone to be an asshole? The answer is not obvious, despite the fact that we are often personally stuck dealing with people... Read more >
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The Varieties of Religious Experience
A Study in Human Nature
Written by William James
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: May 11, 1999
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-64011-0 (0-679-64011-8)
"The Varieties of Religious Experience is certainly the most notable of all books in the field of the psychology of religion and probably destined to be the most influential [one] written on religion in the twentieth century," said Walter Houston Clark in Psychology Today. The book was an immediate bestseller upon... Read more >
A Study in Human Nature
Written by William James
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: May 11, 1999
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-64011-0 (0-679-64011-8)
"The Varieties of Religious Experience is certainly the most notable of all books in the field of the psychology of religion and probably destined to be the most influential [one] written on religion in the twentieth century," said Walter Houston Clark in Psychology Today. The book was an immediate bestseller upon... Read more >
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Masscult and Midcult
Essays Against the American Grain
Written by Dwight Macdonald
Edited by John Summers
Introduction by Louis Menand
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: NYRB Classics
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-59017-447-0 (1-59017-447-X)
Political radical, trenchant essayist, and impresario of the New York intellectuals, Dwight Macdonald was one of the towering figures of twentieth-century American letters. In his most famous and controversial essay, “Masscult and Midcult”, MacDonald turns his formidable critical attention to what he sees as a new, and potentially catastrophic, development in... Read more >
Essays Against the American Grain
Written by Dwight Macdonald
Edited by John Summers
Introduction by Louis Menand
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: NYRB Classics
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-59017-447-0 (1-59017-447-X)
Political radical, trenchant essayist, and impresario of the New York intellectuals, Dwight Macdonald was one of the towering figures of twentieth-century American letters. In his most famous and controversial essay, “Masscult and Midcult”, MacDonald turns his formidable critical attention to what he sees as a new, and potentially catastrophic, development in... Read more >
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The Essential Writings of Machiavelli
Written by Niccolo Machiavelli
Translated by Peter Constantine
Introduction by Albert Russell Ascoli
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: April 3, 2007
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7423-2 (0-8129-7423-9)
Finalist for the 2008 Pen Translation Award
“Essential is right. This compact and brilliantly edited volume enfolds not just The Prince, but also a splendidly translated assortment of political works, essays, and treatises, as well as a fine selection of literary gems and letters. Of particular value is the careful footnoting and... Read more >
Written by Niccolo Machiavelli
Translated by Peter Constantine
Introduction by Albert Russell Ascoli
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: April 3, 2007
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7423-2 (0-8129-7423-9)
Finalist for the 2008 Pen Translation Award
“Essential is right. This compact and brilliantly edited volume enfolds not just The Prince, but also a splendidly translated assortment of political works, essays, and treatises, as well as a fine selection of literary gems and letters. Of particular value is the careful footnoting and... Read more >
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The Happy Life
The Search for Contentment in the Modern World
Written by David Malouf
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-90771-4 (0-307-90771-6)
By Australia’s greatest contemporary author, an elegant, succinct meditation on what makes for a happy life.
“Happiness surely is among the simplest of human emotions and the most spontaneous,” says David Malouf. But what exactly are we looking for when we chase happiness? At this particular moment in history, privileged, industrialized... Read more >
The Search for Contentment in the Modern World
Written by David Malouf
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-90771-4 (0-307-90771-6)
By Australia’s greatest contemporary author, an elegant, succinct meditation on what makes for a happy life.
“Happiness surely is among the simplest of human emotions and the most spontaneous,” says David Malouf. But what exactly are we looking for when we chase happiness? At this particular moment in history, privileged, industrialized... Read more >
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The Aesthetic Dimension
Toward A Critique of Marxist Aesthetics
Written by Herbert Marcuse
Format: Trade Paperback, 108 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: June 15, 1979
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1519-3 (0-8070-1519-9)
Developing a concept briefly introduced in Counterrevolution and Revolt, Marcuse here addresses the shortcomings of a Marxist aesthetic theory and explores a dialectical aesthetic in which art functions as the conscience of society. Marcuse argues that art is the only form of expression that can take up where religion and philosophy... Read more >
Toward A Critique of Marxist Aesthetics
Written by Herbert Marcuse
Format: Trade Paperback, 108 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: June 15, 1979
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1519-3 (0-8070-1519-9)
Developing a concept briefly introduced in Counterrevolution and Revolt, Marcuse here addresses the shortcomings of a Marxist aesthetic theory and explores a dialectical aesthetic in which art functions as the conscience of society. Marcuse argues that art is the only form of expression that can take up where religion and philosophy... Read more >
An Essay on Liberation
Written by Herbert Marcuse
Format: Trade Paperback, 104 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: June 1, 1971
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0595-8 (0-8070-0595-9)
Marcuse, the author of One-Dimensional Man, argues that the traditional conceptions of human freedom have been rendered obsolete by the development of advanced industrial society. An Essay on Liberation outlines the new possibilities for contemporary human liberation. Read more >
Written by Herbert Marcuse
Format: Trade Paperback, 104 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: June 1, 1971
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-0595-8 (0-8070-0595-9)
Marcuse, the author of One-Dimensional Man, argues that the traditional conceptions of human freedom have been rendered obsolete by the development of advanced industrial society. An Essay on Liberation outlines the new possibilities for contemporary human liberation. Read more >
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Eros and Civilization
A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud
Written by Herbert Marcuse
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: September 15, 1974
Price: $24.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1555-1 (0-8070-1555-5)
In this classic work, Herbert Marcuse takes as his starting point Freud’s statement that civilization is based on the permanent subjugation of the human instincts, his reconstruction of the prehistory of mankind - to an interpretation of the basic trends of western civilization, stressing the philosophical and sociological implications.
“A philosophical critique... Read more >
A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud
Written by Herbert Marcuse
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: September 15, 1974
Price: $24.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1555-1 (0-8070-1555-5)
In this classic work, Herbert Marcuse takes as his starting point Freud’s statement that civilization is based on the permanent subjugation of the human instincts, his reconstruction of the prehistory of mankind - to an interpretation of the basic trends of western civilization, stressing the philosophical and sociological implications.
“A philosophical critique... Read more >
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One-Dimensional Man
Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
Written by Herbert Marcuse
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: October 1, 1991
Price: $22.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1417-2 (0-8070-1417-6)
Originally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in the ensuing decade of radical political change. This second edition, newly introduced by Marcuse scholar Douglas Kellner, presents Marcuse’s best-selling work to another generation of readers in the context of contemporary events.
“Marcuse shows himself to be... Read more >
Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
Written by Herbert Marcuse
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: October 1, 1991
Price: $22.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-1417-2 (0-8070-1417-6)
Originally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in the ensuing decade of radical political change. This second edition, newly introduced by Marcuse scholar Douglas Kellner, presents Marcuse’s best-selling work to another generation of readers in the context of contemporary events.
“Marcuse shows himself to be... Read more >
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eBook.
The Power of Movies
How Screen and Mind Interact
Written by Colin McGinn
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7720-5 (1-4000-7720-6)
How is watching a movie similar to dreaming? What goes on in our minds when we become absorbed in a movie? How does looking “into” a movie screen allow us to experience the thoughts and feelings of a movie’s characters? These and related questions are at the heart of The Power... Read more >
How Screen and Mind Interact
Written by Colin McGinn
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7720-5 (1-4000-7720-6)
How is watching a movie similar to dreaming? What goes on in our minds when we become absorbed in a movie? How does looking “into” a movie screen allow us to experience the thoughts and feelings of a movie’s characters? These and related questions are at the heart of The Power... Read more >
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Pragmatism
A Reader
Written by Louis Menand
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 7, 1997
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-77544-7 (0-679-77544-7)
Pragmatism has been called America's only major contribution to philosophy. Since its birth was announced a century ago in 1898 by William James, pragmatism has played a vital role in almost every area of American intellectual and cultural life, inspiring judges, educators, politicians, poets, and social prophets.
Now the major texts of... Read more >
A Reader
Written by Louis Menand
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 7, 1997
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-77544-7 (0-679-77544-7)
Pragmatism has been called America's only major contribution to philosophy. Since its birth was announced a century ago in 1898 by William James, pragmatism has played a vital role in almost every area of American intellectual and cultural life, inspiring judges, educators, politicians, poets, and social prophets.
Now the major texts of... Read more >
