Monday 17 November 2008

Oppression and Liberty
Simone Weil

The remarkable French thinker Simone Weil is one of the... read more

The Conquest of Happiness

The Conquest of Happiness
Bertrand Russell

The Conquest of Happiness is Bertrand Russell’s recipe for good... read more

Phenomenology of Perception

Phenomenology of Perception
Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Challenging and rewarding in equal measure, Phenomenology of Perception is... read more

The Jargon of Authenticity

The Jargon of Authenticity
Theodor Adorno

Theodor Adorno was no stranger to controversy. In The Jargon... read more

Power

Power
Bertrand Russell

The key to human nature that Marx found in wealth... read more

The Logic of Scientific Discovery

The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Karl Popper

Described by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of... read more

Purity and Danger

Purity and Danger
Professor Mary Douglas, Mary Douglas

In Purity and Danger Mary Douglas identifies the concern for... read more

The Moral Law

The Moral Law
Immanuel Kant

Few books have had as great an impact on intellectual... read more

Relativity

Relativity
Albert Einstein

Time's 'Man of the Century', Albert Einstein is the unquestioned... read more

The Open Society and its Enemies

The Open Society and its Enemies
Karl Popper

Written in political exile during the Second World War and... read more

Sceptical Essays

Sceptical Essays
Bertrand Russell

'These propositions may seem mild, yet, if accepted, they would... read more

The Open Society and its Enemies

The Open Society and its Enemies
Karl Popper

Written in political exile during the Second World War and... read more

Science and Poetry

Science and Poetry
Mary Midgley

Crude materialism, reduction of mind to body, extreme individualism. All... read more

The Order of Things

The Order of Things
Michel Foucault

When one defines "order" as a sorting of priorities, it... read more

Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions

Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions
Jean-Paul Sartre

Although written fairly early in his career, in 1939, Sketch... read more

The Poverty of Historicism

The Poverty of Historicism
Karl Popper

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Specters of Marx

Specters of Marx
Jacques Derrida

Prodigiously influential, Jacques Derrida gave rise to a comprehensive rethinking... read more

The Rule of Metaphor

The Rule of Metaphor
Paul Ricoeur

Paul Ricoeur is widely regarded as one of the most... read more

The Birth of the Clinic

The Birth of the Clinic
Michel Foucault

In this remarkable book Michel Foucault, one of the most... read more

The Sovereignty of Good

The Sovereignty of Good
Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch once observed: 'philosophy is often a matter of..

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