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      <title>The Essential Writings of Rousseau by Leo Damrosch</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679645399&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780679645399&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679645399&quot;&gt;The Essential Writings of Rousseau&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=52786&quot;&gt;Jean-Jacques Rousseau&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Edited by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=95093&quot;&gt;Leo Damrosch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Translated by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=43994&quot;&gt;Peter Constantine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 560 pages | Modern Library | Philosophy - Modern; Political Science - History &amp; Theory; Education - Philosophy &amp; Social Aspects | &lt;b&gt;$13.99&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-679-64539-9 (0-679-64539-X)&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Newly translated by Peter Constantine&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &lt;i&gt;The Essential Writings of Rousseau&lt;/i&gt; collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world&amp;rsquo;s most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement&amp;rsquo;s most passionate and persuasive critics. His extraordinarily original observations on politics, education, and human nature were provocative in their day and remain resonant more than two hundred years after his death. Rousseau&amp;rsquo;s 1762 treatise &lt;i&gt;The Social Contract&lt;/i&gt; laid intellectual groundwork for both the American and French Revolutions, influencing such figures as Thomas Jefferson. An eloquent writer with profound insight into human psychology, Rousseau also penned one of the most compelling autobiographies ever written&amp;mdash;the magisterial &lt;i&gt;Confessions&lt;/i&gt;. The entirety of the first three books of that masterpiece along with the complete &lt;i&gt;Social Contract&lt;/i&gt; are included in this indispensable volume.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <title>The Essential Writings of Rousseau by Peter Constantine</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812980387&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780812980387&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812980387&quot;&gt;The Essential Writings of Rousseau&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=52786&quot;&gt;Jean-Jacques Rousseau&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Edited by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=95093&quot;&gt;Leo Damrosch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Translated by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=43994&quot;&gt;Peter Constantine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 560 pages | Modern Library | Philosophy - Modern; Political Science - History &amp; Theory; Education - Philosophy &amp; Social Aspects | &lt;b&gt;$18.00&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-8129-8038-7 (0-8129-8038-7)&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Newly translated by Peter Constantine&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &lt;i&gt;The Essential Writings of Rousseau&lt;/i&gt; collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world&amp;rsquo;s most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement&amp;rsquo;s most passionate and persuasive critics. His extraordinarily original observations on politics, education, and human nature were provocative in their day and remain resonant more than two hundred years after his death. Rousseau&amp;rsquo;s 1762 treatise &lt;i&gt;The Social Contract&lt;/i&gt; laid intellectual groundwork for both the American and French Revolutions, influencing such figures as Thomas Jefferson. An eloquent writer with profound insight into human psychology, Rousseau also penned one of the most compelling autobiographies ever written&amp;mdash;the magisterial &lt;i&gt;Confessions&lt;/i&gt;. The entirety of the first three books of that masterpiece along with the complete &lt;i&gt;Social Contract&lt;/i&gt; are included in this indispensable volume.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2013-03-26T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>What Nietzsche Really Said by Kathleen M. Higgins</title>
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      <updated>2012-11-07T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>One-Dimensional Man by Herbert Marcuse</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780807095362&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780807095362&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780807095362&quot;&gt;One-Dimensional Man&lt;/a&gt; Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=120088&quot;&gt;Herbert Marcuse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt; | Beacon Press | Political Science - Communism &amp; Socialism; Philosophy - Modern; Social Science | &lt;b&gt;$21.00&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-8070-9536-2 (0-8070-9536-2)&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;From the Trade Paperback edition.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2012-09-11T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>The Archaeology of Knowledge by Michel Foucault</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307819253&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307819253&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307819253&quot;&gt;The Archaeology of Knowledge&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=9082&quot;&gt;Michel Foucault&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 256 pages | Vintage | Philosophy - Modern | &lt;b&gt;$11.99&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-307-81925-3 (0-307-81925-6)&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2012-07-11T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>Nonduality by David Loy</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781616140571&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781616140571&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781616140571&quot;&gt;Nonduality&lt;/a&gt; A Study in Comparative Philosophy&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=179405&quot;&gt;David Loy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt; | Humanity Books | Philosophy - Modern | &lt;b&gt;$12.99&lt;/b&gt; | 978-1-61614-057-1 (1-61614-057-7)&lt;p&gt;Many Western philosophers are poorly informed about the issues involved in nonduality, since this topic is usually associated with various kinds of absolute idealism in the West, or mystical traditions in the East. Increasingly, however, this topic is finding its way into Western philosophical debates. In this &quot;scholarly but leisurely and very readable&quot; (Spectrum Review) analysis of the philosophies of nondualism of (Hindu) Vedanta, Mahayana Buddhism, and Taoism, Loy extracts what he calls &quot;a core doctrine&quot; of nonduality of seer and seen from these three worldviews and then applies the doctrine in various ways, including a critique of Derrida's deconstructionism.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2012-06-29T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>Theology for the Third Millennium by Hans Kung</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307805881&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307805881&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307805881&quot;&gt;Theology for the Third Millennium&lt;/a&gt; An Ecumenical View&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=16360&quot;&gt;Hans Kung&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 336 pages | Anchor | Philosophy - Modern | &lt;b&gt;$14.99&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-307-80588-1 (0-307-80588-3)&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2011-09-21T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>Lying by Sissela Bok</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307789112&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307789112&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307789112&quot;&gt;Lying&lt;/a&gt; Moral Choice in Public and Private Life&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=2698&quot;&gt;Sissela Bok&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 368 pages | Vintage | Philosophy - Modern | &lt;b&gt;$13.99&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-307-78911-2 (0-307-78911-X)&lt;p&gt;A thoughtful addition to the growing debate over public and private morality. Looks at lying and deception in law, family, medicine, government.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;From the Trade Paperback edition.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2011-04-27T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>Public Enemies by Miriam Rachel Frendo</title>
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      <content type="text/html">&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812980783&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780812980783&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812980783&quot;&gt;Public Enemies&lt;/a&gt; Dueling Writers Take On Each Other and the World&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=62190&quot;&gt;Bernard-Henri Levy&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=13580&quot;&gt;Michel Houellebecq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Translated by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=165868&quot;&gt;Miriam Rachel Frendo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 320 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Philosophy - Modern; Biography &amp; Autobiography; Literary Criticism &amp; Collections - Letters | &lt;b&gt;$17.00&lt;/b&gt; | 978-0-8129-8078-3 (0-8129-8078-6)&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The international publishing sensation is now available in the United States&amp;mdash;two brilliant, controversial authors confront each other and their enemies in an unforgettable exchange of letters.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;In one corner, Bernard-Henri L&amp;eacute;vy, creator of the classic &lt;i&gt;Barbarism with a Human Face,&lt;/i&gt; dismissed by the media as a wealthy, self-promoting, arrogant do-gooder. In the other, Michel Houellebecq, bestselling author of &lt;i&gt;The Elementary Particles,&lt;/i&gt; widely derided as a sex-obsessed racist and misogynist. What began as a secret correspondence between bitter enemies evolved into a remarkable joint personal meditation by France&amp;rsquo;s premier literary and political live wires.&amp;nbsp; An instant international bestseller, &lt;i&gt;Public Enemies&lt;/i&gt; has now been translated into English for all lovers of superb insights, scandalous opinions, and iconoclastic ideas.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In wicked, wide-ranging, and freewheeling letters, the two self-described &amp;ldquo;whipping boys&amp;rdquo; debate whether they crave disgrace or secretly have an insane desire to please. L&amp;eacute;vy extols heroism in the face of tyranny; Houellebecq sees himself as one who would &amp;ldquo;fight little and badly.&amp;rdquo; L&amp;eacute;vy says &amp;ldquo;life does not &amp;lsquo;live&amp;rsquo;&amp;rdquo; unless he can write; Houellebecq bemoans work as leaving him in such &amp;ldquo;a state of nervous exhaustion that it takes several bottles of alcohol to get out.&amp;rdquo; There are also touching and intimate exchanges on the existence of God and about their own families.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Dazzling, delightful, and provocative, &lt;i&gt;Public Enemies&lt;/i&gt; is a death match between literary lions, remarkable men who find common ground, confident that, in the end (as L&amp;eacute;vy puts it), &amp;ldquo;it is we who will come out on top.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</content>
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      <updated>2011-01-11T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>Public Enemies by Miriam Rachel Frendo</title>
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      <updated>2009-06-02T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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      <title>The Hacker Ethic by Linus Torvalds</title>
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      <updated>2009-03-12T00:30:00-05:00</updated>
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