The Person and the Common Good (Maritain Jacques)(Paperback)

The Person and the Common Good (Maritain Jacques)(Paperback)

Presenting with moving insight the relations between man, as a person and as an individual, and the society of which he is a part, Maritain's treatment of a lasting topic speaks to this generation as well as those to come. Maritain employs the personalism rooted in Aquinas's doctrine to distinguish

Poetry, Beauty, and Contemplation The Complete Aesthetics of Jacques Maritain (Trapani John G. Jr.)(Paperback)

Twentieth-century French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain is arguably one of the most significant contemporary disciples of St. Thomas Aquinas. Maritain's philosophy is rooted in and logically consistent with the thought of his mentor, yet his philosophy is profoundly original. Taken together,

Christianity and Democracy, the Rights of Man and Natural Law (Maritain Jacques)(Paperback)

Few political philosophers have laid such stress upon the organic and dynamic characters of human rights, rooted as they are in natural law, as did the great 20th century philosopher, Jacques Maritain. As this important work reveals, the philosophy of Maritain on natural law and human rights is

Degrees of Knowledge (Maritain Jacques)(Paperback)

Maritain argues that there are different 'kinds' and 'orders' of knowledge and, within them, different 'degrees' determined by the nature of the thing to be known and the 'degree of abstraction' involved. The book is divided into two parts: Part one discusses the degrees of knowledge for science

Finance and the Good Society (Shiller Robert J.)(Paperback)

Nobel Prize-winning economist explains why we need to reclaim finance for the common good The reputation of the financial industry could hardly be worse than it is today in the painful aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. New York Times best-selling economist Robert Shiller is no apologist for

O filosofii dějin - Jacques Maritain

Titul knihy 'O filosofii dějin' (anglicky On the Philosophy of History, francouzsky Pour une philosophie de l'histoire) naznačuje, že Maritain nechtěl napsat ani soustavné pojednání o filosofii dějin, ani ve vlastním slova smyslu úvod do této disciplíny, který by mapoval veškerou

Jacques the Fatalist and the Master (Diderot Denis)(Paperback)

Jacques the Fatalist is a provocative exploration of the problems of human existence, destiny, and free will. In the introduction to this brilliant translation, David Coward explains the philosophical basis of Diderot's fascination with fate and examines the experimental and influential literary

The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume II (Derrida Jacques)(Paperback)

Following on from The Beast and the Sovereign, Volume I, this book extends Jacques Derrida's exploration of the connections between animality and sovereignty. In this second year of the seminar, originally presented in 2002-2003 as the last course he would give before his death, Derrida focuses on

The Common Good (Reich Robert B.)(Paperback)

From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Work of Nations, a passionate, clear-eyed manifesto on why we must restore the idea of the common good to the center of our economics and politics. With the warmth and lucidity that have made him one of our most important public voices,

A Poetry Handbook (Oliver Mary)(Paperback)

With passion, wit, and good common sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver tells of the basic ways a poem is built--meter and rhyme, form and diction, sound and sense. She talks of iambs and trochees, couplets and sonnets, and how and why this should matter to anyone writing or reading poetry

Anxiety: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan (Miller Jacques-Alain)(Paperback)

Jacques Lacan is widely recognized as a key figure in the history of psychoanalysis and one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th Century. In Anxiety, now available for the first time in English, he explores the nature of anxiety, suggesting that it is not nostalgia for the object that

Staging the People: The Proletarian and His Double (Ranciere Jacques)(Paperback)

We Resist: Defending the Common Good in Hostile Times (Levine-Rasky Cynthia)(Paperback)

The 2016 US presidential election exposed rising xenophobic and nationalist sentiment within the United States and other democratic countries. As populist movements grow, democratic freedoms erode. We Resist demonstrates that the things we often take for granted - safety, family, employment,

Morality - Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times (Sacks Jonathan)(Paperback / softback)

The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: The Other Side of Psychoanalysis (Lacan Jacques)(Paperback)

This new translation of Jacques Lacan's deliberation on psychoanalysis and contemporary social order offers welcome, readable access to the brilliant author's seminal thinking on Freud, Marx, and Hegel; patterns of social and sexual behavior; and the nature and function of science and knowledge in

Feminine Sexuality: Jacques Lacan and the Ecole Freudienne (Lacan Jacques)(Paperback)

The question of feminine sexuality has divided the psychoanalytic movement since the 1920s. Despite their opposition to each other, contemporary psychoanalysis and feminism both reject Freud's phallocentrism. This book forcefully reasserts the importance of the castration complex in Freud's work

A Derrida Reader: Between the Blinds (Derrida Jacques)(Paperback)

Jacques Derrida is one of the most prolific and influential contemporary French intellectuals. Twenty-two essays and excerpts from Derrida's writings over the last twenty-five years are gathered in this accessible introduction, A Derrida Reader. The book's five sections are carefully introduced by

Hypnotherapy: Methods, Techniques and Philosophies of Freddy Jacquin (Jacquin B. Sc Freddy H.)(Paperback)

Freddy Jacquin is the Founder of the UK Hypnotherapy Training College. This book 'Hypnotherapy' describes his methods, techniques that he has personally developed and his own beliefs and philosophies on how and why hypnosis works. His goal in writing this book is to enable anyone to learn how to

Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good (Garber Steven)(Paperback)

Foreword Review's 17th Annual INDIEFAB Book of the Year Finalist (Religion) 12th Annual Outreach Resource of the Year (Culture) 2015 Christianity Today Award of Merit (Christian Living) 2014 Leadership Journal Best Books for Church Leaders (The Leader's Outer Life) 2014 Book of the Year from

Jacques and His Master a play - Milan Kundera

Jacques and His Master is a deliciously witty and entertaining play by Milan Kundera, the acclaimed Franco-Czech author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Book of Laughter and Forgetting. A highly original variation on Enlightenment philosopher Denis Diderot's novel Jacques le Fataliste,

The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: Freud's Papers on Technique (Alain-Miller Jacques)(Paperback)

The French text was prepared by Jacques-Alain Miller in consultation with Jacques Lacan, from the transcriptions of the

The Person Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy Handbook (Lago)(Paperback)

From the origins of Carl Rogers' person-centred approach to the cutting-edge developments of therapy today, The Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy Handbook charts the journey of an ambitious vision to its successful reality. In this book, Lago and Charura bring together history, theory,

Ecrits: The First Complete Edition in English (Lacan Jacques)(Paperback)

Brilliant and innovative, Jacques Lacan's work lies at the epicenter of modern thought about otherness, subjectivity, sexual difference, the drives, the law, and enjoyment. This new translation of his complete works offers welcome, readable access to Lacan's seminal thinking on diverse subjects

The Good Person Of Szechwan (Brecht Bertolt)(Paperback)

'Brecht's dark, dazzling world-view...makes an absolutely devastating impact. The play is fuelled by the brilliant perception that everyone requires such a dual or split personality to survive.' Evening Standard Three gods come to earth hoping to discover one really good person. No one can be found