Philosophy : General

The Kolbrin Bible dates back 3,600 years and offers unique and enlightened insights from the past to both challenge and affirm our present day beliefs. This ......

Maurice Blanchot is perhaps best known as a literary critic. His texts on Kafka, Mallarme, Beckett and others make him one of the most influential critics of......

Foucault and Social Dialogue; Beyond Fragmentation is a compelling yet extremely clear investigation of these options and offers a new way forward. Christop......

Heidegger and ethics is a contentious conjunction of terms. Martin Heidegger himself rejected the notion of ethics, while his endorsement of Nazism is widely......

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is arguably the single most important work in western philosophy. The book introduces and assesses: * Kant's life and backgrou......

David Hume is widely recognised as the greatest philosopher to have written in the English language. His Treatise on Human Nature is one of the most importan......

Hume viewed religion as a way to relieve the anxiety caused by our fate, but as he saw it, the natural development of different monotheisms and religions oft......

The influence of Heidegger's on current thought has been pervasive. In reaction to Enlightenment ideas, he presents a view of the modern world as destructive......

Social reality is a key problem in the philosophy of social science. Outlining the major historical and contemporary issues raised by the social reality and ......

No one has the time or inclination to read a large book on Western philosophy. We are all busy. The problem with large books, as most books on Western...

Ricoeur's philosophy and the integrity of theology Author: Blundell, Boyd Publisher: Indiana University Press Illustration: N Language: ENG Title: Paul Rico......

"Bravo! I'll say nothing funny about it, for it is a superior piece of work." -P. J. O'Rourke "F. H. Buckley's The Morality of Laughter...

This book explores the figure of the snail in Shakespeare and in Renaissance painting. From the emergence of the gastropod object/subject in the text of King......

This book is an affirmation of faith in God and a warning of the dangers of a world guided by the religion of atheism. It warns against a religion based...

This book explores why Africa has not managed to achieve sustainable, self-regenerating development. The work situates problems in the practices employed by ......

In this book, Pletz explains that truth is more than mere affirmation. It also is the conclusion reached when we have effectively confirmed that an assertion......

A genuine user's guide to the meaning of life, the award-winning Manual For Living: Reality will change the way you see the world. Its straightforward guidan......

Handbook of Greek Philosophy is a real guide for anyone who wants to know about Ancient Greek philosophy, but he does not know how to start. Since there are ......

Caryntown is a true account of magic, intrigue and romance. It is based on a story about the modern day descendents of the Puritan Christian witches. This se......

The debate over King Arthur is one of the oldest on record. But up until now all attempts to settle the debate have centred on interpretations of the documen......