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  • On Gaslighting

    by Kate Abramson ...
    Series series Insights: Philosophy in Focus
    A philosopher examines the complicated phenomenon of gaslighting“Gaslighting” is suddenly in everyone’s vocabulary. It’s written about, talked about, tweeted about, even sung about (in “Gaslighting” by The Chicks). It’s become shorthand for being manipulated by someone who insists that up is down, hot is cold, dark is light—someone who isn’t just lying about such things, but trying to drive you ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War over Slavery, and the Refounding of America

    How a band of antislavery leaders recovered the radical philosophical inspirations of the first American Revolution to defeat the slaveholders’ oligarchy in the Civil War.This is a story about a dangerous idea—one which ignited revolutions in America, France, and Haiti; burst across Europe in the revolutions of 1848; and returned to inflame a new generation of intellectuals to lead the abolition ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • What We Owe to Each Other

    by T. M. Scanlon ...
    “This magnificent book…opens up a novel, arresting position on matters that have been debated for thousands of years.” —Times Literary SupplementHow do we judge whether an action is morally right or wrong? If an action is wrong, what reason does that give us not to do it? Why should we give such reasons priority over our other concerns and values? In this book, T. M. Scanlon offers new answers to ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic

    Longlisted for the National Book Award. Where did the ideas come from that became the cornerstone of American democracy?America’s founders intended to liberate us not just from one king but from the ghostly tyranny of supernatural religion. Drawing deeply on the study of European philosophy, Matthew Stewart brilliantly tracks the ancient, pagan, and continental ideas from which America’s ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Hope in the Dark

    Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

    “[A] landmark book . . . Solnit illustrates how the uprisings that begin on the streets can upend the status quo and topple authoritarian regimes” (Vice).A book as powerful and influential as Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me, her Hope in the Dark was written to counter the despair of activists at a moment when they were focused on their losses and had turned their back to the victories ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • No Refuge

    Ethics and the Global Refugee Crisis

    by Serena Parekh ...
    Syrians crossing the Mediterranean in ramshackle boats bound for Europe; Sudanese refugees, their belongings on their backs, fleeing overland into neighboring countries; children separated from their parents at the US/Mexico border--these are the images that the Global Refugee Crisis conjures to many. In the news we often see photos of people in transit, suffering untold deprivations in desperate ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Money

    by Conor McCabe ...
    Series Book 4 - Sireacht
    Money is power. It shapes our world in ways that can leave the mind reeling. Indeed, the bank crisis and subsequent recession made clear the influence that it has over our lives. Yet despite this, money remains an opaque and abstract space, with its own language and gatekeepers to knowledge. As citizens we are required to support the profit-seeking strategies of banks and other financial ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pedophilia and Adult–Child Sex

    A Philosophical Analysis

    This book provides a philosophical analysis of adult–child sex and pedophilia. It looks at how the law should respond to such sex given the above analyses. ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • We're Still Here

    Pain and Politics in the Heart of America

    The economy has been brutal to American workers for several decades. The chance to give one's children a better life than one's own -- the promise at the heart of the American Dream -- is withering away. While onlookers assume those suffering in marginalized working-class communities will instinctively rise up, the 2016 election threw into sharp relief how little we know about how the working ... Read more

    $16.99 USD $14.99 USD

  • Think Like a Commoner

    A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons

    by David Bollier ...
    The commons is a parallel economic and social order that invites people to achieve their own bottom-up, DIY-style emancipation. It offers a practical alternative to market-driven economy and cultureThis is the first book to clearly, succinctly explain the many aspects of the commons, in a popular fashionBased on current trends, the commons is poised to take offThe author is an accomplished writer. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Why Liberalism Failed

    Series series Politics and Culture
    Has liberalism failed because it has succeeded?Of the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth century—fascism, communism, and liberalism—only the last remains. This has created a peculiar situation in which liberalism’s proponents tend to forget that it is an ideology and not the natural end-state of human political evolution. As Patrick Deneen argues in this provocative book, liberalism is ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Republic: Volume 1

    Series series Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Republic
    The commentary on Plato's Republic by Proclus (d. 485 CE), which takes the form of a series of essays, is the only sustained treatment of the dialogue to survive from antiquity. This three-volume edition presents the first complete English translation of Proclus' text, together with a general introduction that argues for the unity of Proclus' Commentary and orients the reader to the use that the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • A World after Liberalism

    Five Thinkers Who Inspired the Radical Right

    by Matthew Rose ...
    A bracing account of liberalism’s most radical critics introducing one of the most controversial movements of the twentieth century“Powerful. . . . Bracing. . . . Part of the book’s eerie relevance comes from the role Russia plays throughout.”—Ezra Klein, New York Times“One of the best books I’ve read this year. . . . Its importance at this critical moment in our history cannot be overstated.”—Rod ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Plato’s Complete Philosophy Dialogues Anthologies (25 in 1)

    by Plato ...
    Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of natural philosophy, science, and Western philosophy. Plato was originally a student of Socrates, and was as much ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Why Does Inequality Matter?

    by T. M. Scanlon ...
    Inequality is widely regarded as morally objectionable: T. M. Scanlon investigates why it matters to us. Demands for greater equality can seem puzzling, because it can be unclear what reason people have for objecting to the difference between what they have and what others have, as opposed simply to wanting to be better off. This book examines six such reasons. Inequality can be objectionable ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Napoleon and de Gaulle

    Heroes and History

    Translated by Steven Rendall ...
    An Australian Book Review Best Book of the YearOne of France’s most famous historians compares two exemplars of political and military leadership to make the unfashionable case that individuals, for better and worse, matter in history.Historians have taught us that the past is not just a tale of heroes and wars. The anonymous millions matter and are active agents of change. But in democratizing ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • What Is Race?

    Four Philosophical Views

    Across public discourse, in the media, politics, many branches of academic inquiry, and ordinary daily interactions, we spend a lot time talking about race: race relations, racial violence, discrimination based on race, racial integration, racial progress. It is fair to say that questions about race have vexed our social life. But for all we speak about race, do we know what race is? Is it a ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • How to Be a Leader

    An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership

    by Plutarch ...
    Translated by Jeffrey Beneker ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any fieldThe ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous—and massive—Lives, including politicians and generals such as Pericles, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony. Luckily for us, Plutarch distilled what he learned about wise ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • On Thinking for Yourself

    Instinct, Education, Dissension

    Series series Atlantic Editions
    “A great addition to the ongoing discourse around the value of perspective-taking, perfect for those hoping to elevate the approach to conversations about difficult subjects.” —Shelf AwarenessSeven essays that make the compelling case for coming to your own informed conclusions in an age of extremes. An Atlantic Edition, featuring long-form journalism by Atlantic writers, drawn from contemporary ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Conservatism

    An Anthology of Social and Political Thought from David Hume to the Present

    At a time when the label "conservative" is indiscriminately applied to fundamentalists, populists, libertarians, fascists, and the advocates of one or another orthodoxy, this volume offers a nuanced and historically informed presentation of what is distinctive about conservative social and political thought. It is an anthology with an argument, locating the origins of modern conservatism within ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Marx in Motion

    A New Materialist Marxism

    by Thomas Nail ...
    Karl Marx is the most historically foundational and systematic critic of capitalism to date, and the years since the 2008 financial crisis have witnessed a rebirth of his popular appeal. In a world of rising income inequality, right-wing nationalisms, and global climate change, people are again looking to the father of modern socialism for answers. As this book argues, every era since Marx's death ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Fire Is upon Us

    James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America

    **"A great read."—Whoopi Goldberg, The ViewHow the clash between the civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism continues to illuminate America's racial divide**On February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic televised debate between James Baldwin, the leading literary voice of the civil rights movement, and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Courage of Truth

    by M. Foucault ...
    Translated by Kenneth A. Loparo ...
    Series series Michel Foucault, Lectures at the Collège de France
    The Courage of the Truth is the last course that Michel Foucault delivered at the College de France before his death in 1984. In this course, he continues the theme of the previous year's lectures in exploring the notion of "truth-telling" in politics to establish a number of ethically irreducible conditionsbased on courage and conviction. ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Jus Cogens

    International Law and Social Contract

    One of the most complex doctrines in contemporary international law, jus cogens is the immediate product of the socialization of the international community following the Second World War. However, the doctrine resonates in a centuries-old legal tradition which constrains the dynamics of voluntarism that characterize conventional international law. To reconcile this modern iteration of individual ... Read more

    $34.99 USD