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Critical Thinkingby Tracy Bowell; Gary Kemp
Taylor & Francis 2009; US$ 35.95Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide is essential reading for anyone, student or professional, at work or in the classroom, seeking to improve their reasoning and arguing skills more...
Rousseauby Robert Wokler
Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 8.95Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a central figure of the European Enlightenment and responsible for the notion of the "noble savage". This study of his life and works aims to show how his thinking was inspired by visionary ideals of mankind's self-realization in a condition of unfettered freedom. more...
Beyond Good and Evilby Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche; Helen Zimmern
The Floating Press 1886; US$ 5.99Beyong Good and Evil expands on the ideas Nietzsche first published in Thus Spake Zarathustra . Darker in its philosophy, this text questions Christianity as a basis for moral thinking. In its place, Nietzsche calls for the use of bold critical thinking and individualism. more...
The Gay Scienceby Walter Kaufmann; Friedrich Nietzsche
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 9.99Nietzsche called The Gay Science "the most personal of all my books." It was here that he first proclaimed the death of God -- to which a large part of the book is devoted -- and his doctrine of the eternal recurrence. Walter Kaufmann's commentary, with its many quotations from previously untranslated letters, brings to life Nietzsche as a human being and illuminates his philosophy. The book contains some of Nietzsche's most sustained discussions of art and morality, knowledge and truth, the intellectual conscience and the origin of logic. Most of the book was written just before Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the last part five years later, after Beyond Good and Evil. We encounter Zarathustra in these pages as well as many of Nietzsche's... more...
The Anti-Christby Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche; H. L. Mencken
The Floating Press 1918; US$ 5.99Tangle with one of the most astoundingly vexing minds that the Western philosophical canon has ever produced. In The Anti-Christ, Nietzsche first defined his concept of the will to power, the animating force that he sees as the motivation behind most human behavior. Whether you are a non-believer or a committed Christian, Nietzsche's detailed critique of the Christian ethos is a masterwork of rigorous discourse. more...
Utilitarianismby John Stuart Mill
Electric Book Company 1998; US$ 4.95In spite of the numerous ethical discussions in his other writings, Mill's sole contribution to the fundamental problem of the ethical theory was his small volume Utilitarianism . It first appeared in Fraser's Magazine in 1861 and was reprinted in book form in 1863. It remains one of the most important, controversial, and suggestive works of moral philosophy. In it he puts forward the view that everything we desire becomes a part of happiness. Happiness, then, is a complex phenomenon composed of many parts, including virtue, love of money, power, and fame. more...
Metaphor and the Dynamics of Knowledgeby Sabine Maasen; Peter Weingart
Routledge 2000; US$ 193.00This book opens up a new route to the study of knowledge dynamics and the sociology of knowledge. The focus is on the role of metaphors as powerful catalysts. more...
Up Against Foucaultby Caroline Ramazanoglu
Routledge 1993; US$ 59.95Questions of sexuality and power were central to Foucault's writing - yet Foucault largely ignored feminism. This book considers the implications of his work for feminism - and of feminism for his work. more...
Troubles With Postmodernismby Zygmunt Bauman; Stefan Morawski
Routledge 1996; US$ 178.00In this original and eye-opening study, Stefan Morawski sheds light on the often confused debate about postmodernism, postmodernity and human values. It is an indispensable guide to our understanding of contemporary literature. more...
Soft Underbelly of Reasonby Stephen Gaukroger
Routledge 1998; US$ 151.00Each of the essays in this collection, written by the most respected academics in their fields, provides both an insightful and valuable understanding on the different views of the passions in the Seventeenth Century. more...









