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Liberalism of Care Community, Philosophy, and Ethics
ISBN: PB: 9780226745350, ISBN: HB: 9780226745213, University of Chicago Press, March 2021
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Attention to care in modern society has fallen out of view as an ethos of personal responsibility, free markets, and individualism has taken hold. The Liberalism of Care argues that contemporary liberalism is suffering from a crisis of care, manifest...
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£28,00
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£84,00
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Glance of the Medusa The Physiognomy of Mysticism
ISBN: HB: 9780857426086, Seagull Books, March 2021
296 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 8 halftones
In "The Glance of the Medusa", Laszo F. Foldenyi offers a mesmerizing examination of the rich history of European culture through the lens of mythology and philosophy. Embracing the best traditions of essay writing, this volume invites readers on a s...
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£21,99
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Art and Faith A Theology of Making
ISBN: HB: 9780300254143, Yale University Press, February 2021
184 pp., 19x14 cm
Written over thirty years of painting and creating in his studio, this book is Makoto Fujimura's broad and deep exploration of creativity and the spiritual aspects of "making". What he does in the studio, he asserts, is theological work as much as it...
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£20,00
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Nietzsche's Enlightenment The Free-Spirit Trilogy of the Middle Period
ISBN: PB: 9780226709062, ISBN: HB: 9780226259819, University of Chicago Press, November 2020
280 pp., 23x15 cm
While much attention has been lavished on Friedrich Nietzsche's earlier and later works, those of his so-called middle period have been generally neglected, perhaps because of their aphoristic style or perhaps because they are perceived to be inconsi...
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£32,00
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£42,00
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On Order St. Augustine's Cassiciacum Dialogues, Volume 3
ISBN: HB: 9780300238532, Yale University Press, October 2020
352 pp., 21x14 cm
The first four works written by St. Augustine of Hippo after his conversion to Christianity are dialogues that have influenced prominent thinkers from Boethius to Bernard Lonergan. Usually called the "Cassiciacum dialogues", these four works are of a...
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Soliloquies St. Augustine's Cassiciacum Dialogues, Volume 4
ISBN: HB: 9780300238549, Yale University Press, October 2020
408 pp., 21x14 cm
The first four works written by St. Augustine of Hippo after his conversion to Christianity are dialogues that have influenced prominent thinkers from Boethius to Bernard Lonergan. Usually called the Cassiciacum dialogues, these four works are of a h...
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Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling The Function of Avowal in Justice
ISBN: PB: 9780226708904, ISBN: HB: 9780226257709, University of Chicago Press, March 2020
360 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Three years before his death, Michel Foucault delivered a series of lectures at the Catholic University of Louvain that until recently remained almost unknown. These lectures – which focus on the role of avowal, or confession, in the determination of...
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£26,50
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Challenge of Nietzsche How to Approach His Thought
ISBN: HB: 9780226679396, University of Chicago Press, February 2020
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the most widely read authors in the world, from the time of his death to the present – as well as one of the most controversial. He has been celebrated as a theorist of individual creativity and self-care but also condem...
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£32,00
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Being Me Being You Adam Smith and Empathy
ISBN: PB: 9780226661896, ISBN: HB: 9780226661759, University of Chicago Press, November 2019
248 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Modern notions of empathy often celebrate its ability to bridge divides, to unite humankind. But how do we square this with the popular view that we can never truly comprehend the experience of being someone else? In this book, Samuel Fleischacker de...
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£28,00
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£79,00
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Answer from the Silence A Story from the Mountains
ISBN: PB: 9780857427106, ISBN: HB: 9781906497927, Seagull Books, September 2019
136 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
This novel by esteemed Swiss writer Max Frisch is an exploration of the question: "Why don't we live when we know we're here just this one time, just one single, unrepeatable time in this unutterably magnificent world?!" This outcry against the empti...
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£9,99
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