Orient si Occident

Identitatea virtuala. Cum si de ce ne transforma retelele de socializare

Autor: Mihnea Maruta

Realism capitalist. Nu exista nicio alternativa?

Autori: Mark Fisher, Paul-Teodor Cristescu

Despre neajunsul de a te fi nascut

Autor: Emil Cioran

The Private Life

Could it be that we're so intent on taking hold of the privacy of others, or keeping hold of our own only because we're powerless

Stoicism and the Art of Happiness

The stoics lived a long time ago, but they had some startling insights into the human condition-insights which endure to this day. The philosophical tradition,

Republic

The unabridged version of this definitive work is now available as a highly designed paperback with flaps with a new introduction by Odysseus Makridis. Part

The John Michell Reader Writings and Rants of a Radical Traditionalist

Deepest thoughts and musings of a 1960s countercultural icon • Includes 108 of Michell’s most insightful, erudite, witty, and occasionally scathing essays on diverse top...

Good Ally

'I invite you to be courageous and get comfortable with being uncomfortable, because any discomfort you feel is temporary and pales in comparison to what

Future Sacred

Morley begins by documenting how indigenous cultures lived in relative harmony with nature because they perceived themselves as part of the 'ordered whole' of all

Freedom is not for Free

In the videos, photographs and installations by the artist Elmar Hess, private conflicts are determined by the impact of technology or systemic structures. Individual ev...

The First of Everything

The First of Everything follows a context-setting introduction with seven stimulating sections: In the Beginning (The Big Bang to Homo Sapiens), At Home (the first

Thai Folk Wisdom: Proverbs and Sayings from Thailand

Această carte în două limbi dă viață la cincizeci de proverbe și ziceri din Thailanda, cu un mare fler creativ. Fiecare proverb este interpretat cu

Marx

Classic study of Marx by Japan's leading critical theorist Originally published in 1974, Kojin Karatani's Marx: Towards the Centre of Possibility has been amongst his

Sexy But Psycho

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Angry, opinionated, mouthy, aggressive, hysterical, mad, disordered, crazy, psycho, delusional, borderline, hormonal . . . Women have long bee...

Tales from the Tao: The Wisdom of the Taoist Masters

For thousands of years, students of the Tao have gleaned inspiration and illumination from its parables, and these thought-provoking examples discuss topics ranging from...

Secrets of Angels and Demons

From the team that brought you the bestselling SECRETS OF THE CODE: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries Behind the Da Vinci Code, comes the

Morality

We are living through a period of cultural climate change. We have outsourced morality to the markets on the one hand, and the state on

God's Philosophers, James Hannam

This is a powerful and a thrilling narrative history revealing the roots of modern science in the medieval world. The adjective 'medieval' has become a

THINK DIFFERENTLY

From philosophical `people skills' to ethical and moral questions about our lifestyle choices, philosophy teaches us to ask the right questions, even if it doesn't

Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains

Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World s Strangest Brains Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World s Strangest Brains Our brains are far ...

Vointa de putere

Autor: Friedrich Nietzsche

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the MASS MEDIA

Contrar imaginii obișnuite a presei care pare a fi în dezbatere, și ubicua în căutarea adevărului, Edward Herman și Noam Chomsky dezvoltă ideea că un

The Tipping Point

THE TIPPING POINT is the biography of an idea, and the idea is quite simple. It is that many of the problems we face -

Thinking in the World

Thinking creatively and responsibly about contemporary issues can sometimes become a very abstract activity. We can find ourselves talking in terms of theories and philos...

The Great Philosophers

From the Buddha and Confucius to Wittgenstein, Quine, Strawson and Kripke in the 20th century, Stephen Law outlines the biographies of 50 of the world's

A MODERN PLUTARCH

One of the most significant and enduring texts to have survived from Ancient Greece is Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, written by Plutarch

Paper Lanterns

AutoBioPhilosophy: An Intimate Story of What it Means to be Human

Robert Rowland Smith’s life story involves a love triangle, office politics, police raids, illegal drugs, the academic elite and a near-death experience. It sees him

More Than Happiness< Antonia Macaro

Budismul și stoicismul au multe de oferit cititorilor moderni care caută o viață mai bună. În 'More than Happiness', Antonia Macaro aprofundează ambele filozofii, concen...

Republica (Platon)

Autor: Platon

Peripetiile lui Nastratin Hogea

The Complete Tao Te Ching with the Four Canons of the Yellow Emperor

In 1973, in Mawangdui, China, a large number of silk manuscripts were discovered at an early Han burial place. Among these were two versions of

Advice for the Dying (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death

From the sublime (the faint sound of Mozart as you take your last breath) to the ridiculous (lessons on how to close the sagging jaw

Together

A gentle and philosophical look at the events of 2020, and how we can deal with the challenges that life throws us in general. A

Thus Spake Zarathustra

Zarathustra - an ancient Persian prophet - is used by Nietzsche as a mouthpiece for his own philosophical views on a range of ideas. Beginning

The Science of Being Human

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

Philosophy Hacks

Discover the simple way to understand and remember the most groundbreaking concepts in 3,000 years of philosophical thought. Each idea is broken down into three

The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali

A classic work of Indian philosophy that succinctly spells out how the mind works and what is needed to attain liberation Compiled in the second

Oceanul sufletului

Autor: Rumi

How to Teach Philosophy to Your Dog

And they don't stop at ethics. Taking his cue from Monty's canine antics, McGowan leads us on an enlightening jaunt through the world of philosophy.

Introducing: Philosophy (Graphic Guide)

Filosofilor le-a plăcut întotdeauna să pună întrebări provocatoare și bizare. Câteva dintre acestea sunt: care este natura realității? Ce este particular minții umane și...

How to Deal with Idiots : (and Stop Being One Yourself)

Idiocy is all around us: whether it's the uncle spouting conspiracy theories, the colleagues who repeat your point but louder, or the commuters who still

The Heart of the Buddha's Path

In The Heart of the Buddha's Path, the Dalai Lama describes in clear and simple terms how to bring wisdom and compassion into our daily

Kierkegaard

Father of existentialism or the Eeyore of philosophy? Known as the first modern theologian, SørenKierkegaard was a prolific writer of the Danish ‘golden age’. A

The Soul of the Marionette

Everyone thinks they want to be free - or do they? John Gray's thought-stirring new book on freedom draws together insights from Gnosticism, science fiction,

Introducing: Critical Theory (Graphic Guide)

Cum ar putea suna teoria care conciliază toate teoriile? Este știința o ideologie? Cine au fost Adorno, Horkheimer sau Școala de la Frankfurt? Din 1960

Behind the News

Go behind the headlines to explore the wider background of news stories that are making a major impact across the world. In Race and Crime,

The Art of War

Written in China more than 2,000 years ago, Sun Tzu's classic The Art of War is the first known study of the planning and conduct

The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture

In the tradition of the instant bestsellers The Intellectual Devotional and The Intellectual Devotional: American History comes the third installment in this indispensab...

Introducing: Logic (Graphic Guide)

Logica este coloana vertebrală a civilizației occidentale, principiul care ține laolaltă sistemele filozofice, cele științifice și dreptul. Cu toate acestea, în ciuda im...

Momma Zen

A Zen teacher and mother explains how the daily challenges of mothering can lead one to discover greater equanimity, fearlessness, and compassion--a work of uncommon

Paths and Goals of the Spiritual Human Being

Speaking to audiences in Denmark, Germany and France, Rudolf Steiner discusses a wide range of topics: from positive and negative human soul capacities, true self-k...

The Black Mirror

Inspired by E. M. Forster's thought that 'Death destroys a man but the idea of it saves him', The Black Mirror takes death as an

TELL ME ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD

Why are coral reefs protected? Who was Charles Darwin? When did weather forecasting begin? This book provides the answers to these questions and hundreds more,

Violence Against Women

This important title examines exploitation and acts of violence against women and girls, from trafficking and murder to sexual and domestic abuse. Readers will study

Knowledge is power

Francis Bacon - a leading figure in the history of science - never made a major discovery, provided a lasting explanation of any physical phenomena

The Village Against The World

Explores the realities behind the three-decade effort to establish the communist utopia village of Marinaleda, explaining how its residents work together to maintain the ...

The Prophet

Gibran's protagonist, called 'the Prophet', delivers spiritual, yet practical, homilies on a wide variety of topics central to daily life: love, marriage and children wo...

Philosophy, How the world works

In the Apology Plato quotes Socrates as saying, at his trial for impiety, an unexamined life is not worth living. For those new to philosophy,

The New Way of the World

A far-reaching deconstruction of neoliberalism’s economic agenda, political imposition and mystifying techniques Exploring the genesis of neoliberalism, and the political...