Social and political philosophy

Michel Foucault's The Archaeology of Knowledge was published in March 1969; Discipline and Punish in February 1975.

What do the invention of anaesthetics in the middle of the nineteenth century, the Nazis' use of cocaine, and the development of Prozac have in common?

This is the first English-language introduction to Peter Sloterdijk, the distinguished German philosopher and controversial public intellectual.

The fall of the Berlin wall was seen by many as the final triumph of liberal democracy over communism.

This the first of a new three-part series in which Antonio Negri, a leading political thinker of our time, explores key ideas that have animated radical thought and examines some of the social and economic forces that are shaping our world today.

This second volume of a new three-part series of Antonio Negri's work is focussed on the consequences of the rapid process of deindustrialisation that has occurred across the West in recent years.

What unites Google and Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, Siemens and GE, Uber and Airbnb?

America in Italy examines the influence of the American political experience on the imagination of Italian political thinkers between the late eighteenth century and the unification of Italy in the 1860s.

How a hybrid Confucian-engendered form of governance might solve today's political problemsWhat might a viable political alternative to liberal democracy look like?

Motivational self-help advice from President Donald Trump, covering everything from leadership and self-confidence to how to succeed in business.

Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan (1651) is a foundational work of political philosophy, arguing that peace and civil order require an undivided sovereign power established by covenant among fearful, rational individuals.

Plato's most famous work and the bedrock of Western philosophyWritten in the form of a Socratic dialogue, The Republic is an investigation into the nature of an ideal society.

Aus Überzeugung für Freiheit und Würde des Menschen!

Este ebook presenta "Obras Completas de Platón (Tomos 1 y 2) (Anotado y con índice activo) (Traducción de Patricio de Azcárate)", con un indice dinámico y detallado.

An updated edition of David Boaz's timeless primer on libertarianism, with a new preface by the author.

Ob Naturkatastrophen in Folge des Klimawandels, die Corona-Pandemie oder der Überfall Russlands auf die Ukraine – in den letzten Jahren schien die Demokratie oft unfähig, sich angesichts unvorhersehbarer Krisen zu bewähren und zukunftsfähige Entscheidungen zu treffen.

Dieses eBook: "Das Recht auf Faulheit (Widerlegung des "Rechts auf Arbeit" von 1848)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

When future generations come to ask themselves when England lost it and what it lost, they will pick up The Paper Lantern' Michael Hofmann, TLS'A remarkable achievement in a book that feels at once timely and deeply considered' Irish Times'A book that speaks powerfully about what it is to be English and about the impact of coronavirus on our national psyche' Observer'Will Burns is the new Defoe' Adelle StripeSet in a shuttered pub - The Paper Lantern - in a village in the very middle of the country adjacent to the Prime Minister's Chequers Estate, an unnamed narrator embarks on a series of walks in the Chiltern Hills.

Philosophy For Life is the definitive introduction to the history of Western thought, but more than that, it is a toolkit for using philosophy in your daily life.

*A WATERSTONES 'BEST POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR'**A TIMES 'BEST PHILOSOPHY AND IDEAS' BOOK OF 2021**A GUARDIAN 'BEST POLITICS BOOKS OF THE YEAR'*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BUSINESS BOOK AWARD'A brilliant manifesto explaining why women are still so underestimated and overlooked in today's world, but how we can also be hopeful for change' - Philippa Perry'An impassioned, meticulously argued and optimistic call to arms for anyone who cares about creating a fairer society' - Observer__________Imagine living in a world in which you were routinely patronised by women.

A lively, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to understanding cold, clinical data and harnessing it to tell a persuasive story.

'Bold Ventures resembles a pop version of Iain Sinclair's psychogeography or Out of Sheer Rage, Geoff Dyer's anti-biography of DH Lawrence' Olivia Laing, GUARDIAN'A marvel: a monument to human beings continuing to reach for the skies, even after their plans dissolve in dust' NEW YORK TIMESIn thirteen chapters, Belgian poet Charlotte Van den Broeck goes in search of buildings that were fatal for their architects - architects who either killed themselves or are rumoured to have done so.

How do we rein in the power of Big Tech?

THE PERFECT READ FOR TROUBLED TIMESFrom the bestselling author of The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places comes this inspiring and beautifully written meditation on the wisdom inherited from our ancestors.

Shortlisted for the British Academy Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2018.

Charles Handy is one of the giants of contemporary thought.

Not being racist is not enough.

'A sensual and intellectual pleasure from start to finish' - Deborah Levy, author of The Cost of LivingWe are all dressed.

A dazzlingly original analysis of how emotions shape the times we are living in by one of Britain s most exciting thinkers A masterpiece New York Times Insightful and well-written Yuval Noah Harari, author of SapiensHow have feelings come to shape the world around us?

Where do you stand on the junior doctors' strike?

Our world as it once was In August 2014, Farida was, like any ordinary teenager, enjoying the last days of summer before her final year at school.

Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NATALIE HAYNESWhen this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage and scandal.

Discover Wollstonecraft s classic feminist text in an abridged, digestible form.

Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOREvery day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma how to look.

In Reappraisals award-winning historian Tony Judt argues that we have entered an 'age of forgetting', where we have set aside our immediate past before we could even begin to make sense of it.

Peter France looks at the various stages of his own spiritual odyssey and talks intimately of his long search for knowledge and enlightenment.

In a divided world, empathy is not the solution, it is the problem.

In the summer of 1964, the turmoil of the civil rights movement reached its peak in Mississippi, with activists across the political spectrum claiming that God was on their side in the struggle over racial justice.

Seize the day in the name of art.

'Gaiman is god in the universe of story' Stephen Fry 'A perfect antidote to cynicism and a paean to the power of reading' Observer--- 'Literature does not occur in a vacuum.

From the bestselling author of the acclaimed novel AMERICAN GODS and the prize-winning THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE.

What does it mean to be a man in the twenty-first century?

Dieses eBook: "Die Gottespest" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

Rosi Braidotti, en este original ensayo, plantea una alternativa superadora a un Humanismo que se ha vuelto omnipresente y que históricamente ha escapado con astucia a los esfuerzos delimitadores de la teoría crítica.

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is a foundational inquiry into the nature of human flourishing, or eudaimonia, and the disciplined cultivation of virtue.

Las iniciativas de lenguaje claro aspiran a servir como instrumento para garantizar principios de gobierno abierto y transparencia; para promover la confianza en las instituciones; para garantizar un acceso real a la Justicia y a las decisiones judiciales; para incentivar la participación a partir del acceso y el entendimiento de información pública veraz; para impulsar comportamientos o para facilitar el cumplimiento de obligaciones y procedimientos de la Administración Pública.

Bajo la influencia del legado de Don Francisco Giner de los Ríos, y transcurridos cien años después de su muerte, encontramos su inspiración en casi toda la literatura jurídica y política en lengua castellana, tal y como se muestra expresamente en el aprecio que por su pensamiento procesaron algunos de los más destacados renovadores de la educación y el derecho a finales del siglo XIX y a comienzos del XX; un influjo general sin el cual no se comprendería el progreso de la ciencia educativa y del Derecho en España, ni acaso se explicarían no pocas esenciales manifestaciones de nuestra política positiva.

Pessimism claims an impressive following--from Rousseau, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche, to Freud, Camus, and Foucault.