Philosophy

Mark C. Taylor's latest book is a philosophy of silence for our nervous, chattering age. How do we find silence--and more importantly, how do we un...

An exploration of cuteness and its immense hold on us, from emojis and fluffy puppies to its more uncanny, subversive expressionsCuteness has taken...

An investigation into the foundations of democratic societies and the ongoing struggle over the power of concentrated wealth Much of our politics t...

This book is an extension of the interactive installation Phenotypes/Limited Forms. The installation encourages visitors to pick their favorite sub...

Germaine Kiecke was a foundling, an orphan. Now she is a successful art academic who defines herself by her profession and prefers to experience th...

In the tradition of Roland Barthes' Mythologies and Walter Benjamin's aphoristic Theses on the Philosophy of History, Ed Simon's Furnace of this Wo...

Ernesto Laclau is best known for co-authoring Hegemony and Socialist Strategy, with Chantal Mouffe. Politically active in the social and student mo...

Georg Simmel is one of the most original German thinkers of the twentieth century and is considered a founding architect of the modern discipline o...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Hope, as Emily Dickinson famously wrot...

Offering a unique insight into human behaviour, this book explains why we behave the way we do and what happens when humans interact with the world...

Have you ever found yourself alone with your thoughts? Have you ever been asked if the glass is half full or half empty? Do you wonder what true ha...