Primitive Man as Philosopher (Radin Paul)(Paperback)

Primitive Man as Philosopher (Radin Paul)(Paperback)

Anthropology is a science whose most significant discoveries have come when it has taken its bearings from literature, and what makes Paul Radin's Primitive Man as Philosopher a seminal piece of anthropological inquiry is that it is also a book of enduring wonder. Writing in the 1920s, when

Tuff (Beatty Paul)(Paperback)

From Paul Beatty, the author of the Man Booker Prize winner The Sellout, comes Tuff, a novel as fast-paced and hard-edged as the Harlem streets it portrays. Age nineteen and weighing in at 320 pounds, Winston 'Tuffy' Foshay is an East Harlem denizen who breaks jaws and shoots dogs and dreams of

Dear Sal (Radin Jeremy)(Paperback)

Jeremy Radin has captivated poetry audiences throughout the world with his captivating oration and sublime poetics. His long awaited second full-length collection 'guides you through the marvelous and bizarre interiors of longing.' Dear Sal takes readers through perspectives of diaspora,

Mýtus o Šibalovi - Paul Radin

Indiánský mýtus v kontextu světových mytologií. Mytologická postava Šibala dosud slouží jako úrodné pole pro ta nejnestoudnější a nejsvobodomyslnější satirická vyjádření rebelie proti tíživým společenským, náboženským i výchovným pořádkům

A Philosopher Looks at Architecture (Guyer Paul)(Paperback)

In this book, Paul Guyer argues that the fundamental goals of architecture identified by the Roman architect Marcus Pollio Vitruvius in the first century BCE - good construction, functionality, and aesthetic appeal - remain valid despite constant changes in human activities, building materials and

How To Read Hume (Blackburn Simon)(Paperback / softback)

David Hume is generally recognized as the United Kingdom's greatest philosopher, as well as a notable historian and essayist and a central figure of the Enlightenment. This book describes how Hume can be considered one of the earliest, and most successful, evolutionary

An Analysis of Immanuel Kant's Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason (Jackson Ian)(Paperback)

The eighteenth-century philosopher Immanuel Kant is as daunting as he is influential: widely considered to be not only one of the most challenging thinkers of all time, but also one of the most important. His Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason takes on two of his central preoccupations -

In Defense of Anarchism (Wolff Robert Paul)(Paperback)

In Defense of Anarchism is a 1970 book by the philosopher Robert Paul Wolff, in which the author defends individualist anarchism. He argues that individual autonomy and state authority are mutually exclusive and that, as individual autonomy is inalienable, the moral legitimacy of the state

A Search in Secret Egypt (Brunton Paul)(Paperback)

In this book, philosopher Paul Brunton (1898-1981) encounters the mysteries and magic of Egypt in the 1930s, including an eerie yet illuminating night spent alone inside the Great Pyramid. Alongside his explorations of ancient Egypt's monuments and gods, Brunton encounters a variety of occultists,

Steps to an Ecology of Mind (Bateson Gregory)(Paperback)

Gregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. With a new foreword by his daughter Mary Katherine Bateson, this classic anthology of his major work will continue to delight and inform generations of

Turbulent Wake (Hardisty Paul E.)(Paperback)

As a young man comes to terms with his father's death, he is forced to face his own demons, and confront the possibility of change... A stark, eye-opening and exquisitely poignant novel spanning the globe and probing the issues that define our times, by the author of the critically acclaimed

As a Man Thinketh (Allen James)(Paperback)

Reproduction of the original: As a Man Thinketh by James

Popper (Magee Bryan)(Paperback / softback)

Karl Popper has been hailed as the greatest philosopher of all time and as a thinker whose influence is ackowledged by a variety of scholars. This work demonstrates Popper's importance across the whole range of philosophy and provides an introduction to the main themes of philosophy

Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography (Safranski Rudiger)(Paperback)

No other modern philosopher has proved as influential as Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) and none is as poorly understood. In the first new biography in decades, Rudiger Safranski, one of the foremost living Nietzsche scholars, re-creates the anguished life of Nietzsche while simultaneously

World as Will & Idea (Schopenhauer Arthur)(Paperback)

The nineteenth-century idealist philosopher and precursor of Freud The World as Will and Idea (1819) holds that all nature, including man, is the expression of an insatiable will to life; that the truest understanding of the world comes through art and the only lasting good through ascetic

Oneself as Another (Ricoeur Paul)(Paperback)

Paul Ricoeur has been hailed as one of the most important thinkers of the century. Oneself as Another, the clearest account of his 'philosophical ethics,' substantiates this position and lays the groundwork for a metaphysics of morals. Focusing on the concept of personal identity, Ricoeur

Paul Czanne (Kear Jon)(Paperback)

Few artists have exerted as much influence on modern art as Paul Cezanne. Picasso, Braque, and Matisse all acknowledged a profound debt to his painting, and many historians regard him as the father of modernism. This new biography reexamines Cezanne's life and art, discussing the key events and

Dead Man to Iron Man: A Ten Month Journey from Dead Meat to Athlete (Smith Paul)(Paperback)

Selected Writings (Hazlitt William)(Paperback)

William Hazlitt (1778-1830) developed a variety of identities as a writer: essayist, philosopher, critic of literature, drama and art, biographer, political commentator, and polemicist. Praised for his eloquence, he was also reviled by conservatives for his radical politics. This edition,

Bedlam: London's Hospital for the Mad (Chambers Paul)(Paperback)

Bethlem Hospital is the oldest mental institution in the world, but to many it is famous only as 'Bedlam', a chaotic madhouse that brutalised its patients. This book explores the 800-year history of Bethlem and reveals fascinating details of its ambivalent relationship with London and Londoners,

How to Be a Conservative (Scruton Roger)(Paperback)

Renowned philosopher Roger Scruton draws on his own experience as a counter-culture presence in public life to explain conservatism in a skeptical age. With soft left-liberalism as the dominant force in Western politics, what can conservatives now contribute to public debate that will not be

The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam (Khayyam Omar)(Paperback)

Philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, Khayyam as a poet possesses a singular originality. His poetry is richly charged with evocative power and offers a view of life characteristic of his stormy times, with striking relevance to the present day. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been

Dark Deleuze (Culp Andrew)(Paperback)

French philosopher Gilles Deleuze is known as a thinker of creation, joyous affirmation, and rhizomatic assemblages. In this short book, Andrew Culp polemically argues that this once-radical canon of joy has lost its resistance to the present. Concepts created to defeat capitalism have been

Ludwig Wittgenstein (Kanterian Edward)(Paperback)

Ludwig Wittgenstein is generally considered as the greatest philosopher since Immanuel Kant, and his personal life, work, and his historical moment intertwined in a fascinating, complex web. Noted scholar Edward Kanterian explores these intersections in Ludwig Wittgenstein, the newest title in the