How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy (Baggini Julian)(Paperback)

How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy (Baggini Julian)(Paperback)

*SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*'There to fill the Sapiens-size hole in your life' ObserverIn this groundbreaking global overview of philosophy, Julian Baggini travels the world to provide a wide-ranging map of human thought.One of the great unexplained wonders of human history is that written philosophy

The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods (Baggini Julian)(Paperback)

A new edition of the bestselling guide to the study of philosophy: the ideal intellectual 'toolkit' for sharpening analytical skills and building philosophical acuity Whether used as a guide to basic principles or a resource for key concepts and methods, The Philosopher's Toolkit equips readers

The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century (Osterhammel Jrgen)(Paperback)

A panoramic global history of the nineteenth centuryA monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. J rgen Osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the Braudel of the nineteenth

The Cambridge History of Communism (Frst Juliane)(Paperback)

Volume Three of The Cambridge History of Communism charts the global Cold War in its last two decades, the collapse of Soviet socialism, the resurgence of China as a global power, and the transformation of the geopolitics and political economy of Cold War

Beneath Another Sky - A Global Journey into History (Davies Norman)(Paperback / softback)

'He writes history like nobody else. He thinks like nobody else ... He sees the world as a whole, with its limitless fund of stories' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times Where have the people in any particular place actually come from? What are the historical complexities in any particular place? This

Sophie's World (Gaarder Jostein)(Paperback / softback)

A rollercoaster ride through the history of philosophy - and a huge

A Little History of Philosophy (Warburton Nigel)(Paperback)

For readers of E. H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, an equally irresistible volume that brings history's greatest philosophers to life Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the

Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nio Famines and the Making of the Third World (Davis Mike)(Paperback)

Bestselling, magisterial melding of global environmental history and global political history. Winner of the World History Association Book Award. Examining a series of El Nino-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis

A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II (Weinberg Gerhard L.)(Paperback)

In a new edition featuring a new preface, A World of Arms remains a classic of global history. Widely hailed as a masterpiece, this volume remains the first history of World War II to provide a truly global account of the war that encompassed six continents. Starting with the changes that

Gnostic Philosophy: From Ancient Persia to Modern Times (Churton Tobias)(Paperback)

An extensive examination of the history of gnosticism and how its philosophy has influenced the Western esoteric tradition - Explains how the Gnostic understanding of self-realization is embodied in the esoteric traditions of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons - Explores how gnosticism continues to

Medieval Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 2 (Kenny Anthony)(Paperback)

Presenting the history of Western philosophy, this book charts the story of philosophy from the founders of Christian and Islamic thought through to the Renaissance. It is intended for those interested in the people and ideas that shaped the course of Western

France in the World - A New Global History(Paperback / softback)

Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction (Reiss Julian)(Paperback)

Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction is the first systematic textbook in the philosophy of economics. It introduces the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical problems that arise in economics, and presents detailed discussions of the solutions that have been offered.Throughout,

Philosophy: All That Matters (Baggini Julian)(Paperback / softback)

Julian Baggini's brilliant new book is ideal for students or general readers who want to know all that matters about

The Philosophy of Tragedy (Young Julian)(Paperback)

This book is an exhaustive survey of the philosophy of tragedy from antiquity to the present. From Aristotle to Zizek the focal question has been: why, in spite of its distressing content, do we value tragic drama? What is the nature of the 'tragic effect'? Some philosophers point to a certain kind

Dressing Global Bodies: The Political Power of Dress in World History (Lemire Beverly)(Paperback)

Dressing Global Bodies addresses the complex politics of dress and fashion from a global perspective spanning four centuries, tying the early global to more contemporary times, to reveal clothing practice as a key cultural phenomenon and mechanism of defining one's identity.This collection of

Written World - How Literature Shapes History (Puchner Martin)(Paperback / softback)

The true story of literature -- of how writing changed civilizations, cultures and the history of the

History of Western Philosophy (Russell Bertrand)(Paperback)

First published in 1946, History of Western Philosophy went on to become the best-selling philosophy book of the twentieth century. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy. Providing a sophisticated overview of the ideas

The History of Animals: A Philosophy (Timofeeva Oxana)(Paperback)

Oxana Timofeeva's The History of Animals: A Philosophy is an original and ambitious treatment of the 'animal question'. While philosophers have always made distinctions between human beings and animals, Timofeeva imagines a world free of such walls and borders. Timofeeva shows the way towards the

The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity (Wilken Robert Louis)(Paperback)

An authoritative and poignant account of the first millennium of Christian history How did a community that was largely invisible in the first two centuries of its existence go on to remake the civilizations it inhabited, culturally, politically, and intellectually? Beginning with the life of

The Philosophy of History (Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich)(Paperback)

Hegel wrote this classic as an introduction to a series of lectures on the 'philosophy of history' -- a novel concept in the early nineteenth century. With this work, he created the history of philosophy as a scientific study. He reveals philosophical theory as neither an accident nor an artificial

Philosophy in the Islamic World: A Very Short Introduction (Adamson Peter)(Paperback)

In the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosophy in the Islamic world. Yet, this remains one of the lesser-known philosophical traditions. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Adamson explores the history of philosophy among

How Literatures Begin: A Global History (Lande Joel B.)(Paperback)

A comparative history of the practices, technologies, institutions, and people that created distinct literary traditions around the world, from ancient to modern times Literature is such a familiar and widespread form of imaginative expression today that its existence can seem inevitable. But in

Zen and Shinto: A History of Japanese Philosophy (Fujisawa Chikao)(Paperback)

How do the Japanese about their native philosophy, Shinto, a decade and a half after its abolishment as a state religion by the Western Allies? // What is its relationship to Buddhism, and particularly to Zen? // How modern can this very ancient creed ever be? // These are some of the questions