Philosophy

This book proposes a new and systematic interpretation of the mental nature, function and structure, and importance of the imagination in Book 1, '...

Those familiar with the work of Derrida will recognize the double term in the title as variations, in translation, of Derrida's untimely essay Surv...

In The New Philosophy of Universalism Nicholas Hagger outlined a new philosophy that restates the order within the universe, the oneness of humanki...

Once solely the province of ivory-tower professors and university classrooms, contemporary philosophy was finally emancipated from its academic clo...

Modern notions of empathy often celebrate its ability to bridge divides, to unite humankind. Yet how do we square this with the popular view that w...

It is hard to think of two philosophers less alike than St. Thomas Aquinas and Jean-Paul Sartre. Aquinas, a thirteenth-century Dominican friar, and...

Dare to think. Are you inside your body? Does yesterday still exist? Is it possible to have dignified sex? This book is filled with such questions,...

An original and provocative exploration of our capacity to ignore what is inconvenient or traumaticIgnorance, whether passive or active, conscious ...

A meditation on the ethics and politics of attentionTrue attention takes the unlivable, and makes it livable. So say the Friends of Attention in th...

Although Theodor W. Adorno is best known for his association with the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, he began his career as a composer and su...

The Art of Wandering is a history of that curious hybrid, the writer as walker. From the Ancient world to the modern day, the role of the walker co...

As read on BBC Radio 4's 'Book of the Week', a timely, moving and profound exploration of how writers, composers and artists have searched for sola...

An engaging new translation of a timeless masterpiece about coping with the death of a loved oneIn 45 BCE, the Roman statesman Cicero fell to piece...

The complete surviving works of Epictetus, the most influential Stoic philosopher from antiquity. Some things are up to us and some are not.   Epic...

'Powerful and profound' Deirdre Purcell'A beautiful book of great tenderness, love of life, and wisdom learned the tough way' Joseph O'ConnorFor al...

From civilisational frontier risks associated with new challenges like disruptive technologies, to the shifting nature of great-power conflicts and...

Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audienceCan jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election? You bet they...

A compelling exploration of how our pursuit of happiness makes us unhappyWe live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet everywhere we see signs...

Taking stock of our fragmented political landscape, Michael Patrick Lynch delivers a trenchant philosophical take on digital culture and its tenden...