Philosophy

This is the original book of rhetoric that has influenced world culture for over 2500 years. From politicians to…

In this meditative and beautiful volume, explorer, mountaineer, author, and publisher Erling Kagge takes the reader…

From ancient Greece to modern day philosophy departments, the discipline of philosophy has consistently posed questions…

Many thinkers who attempt to disrupt the status quo are met with ignorance, hostility and persecution. Return of the…

The Undercover Economist provides readers with a fresh look at principles that structure our contemporary economy.…

This book is a testament on what it means not to suck, on not being an asshole or a killjoy. In short, it's on being…

In this anthology of essays and writings from activist educators from around the world, learn how teachers in different…

"All grown ups were once children... but only a few of them remember it." This memorable line from Antoine St.…

This timely and incisive book revists Francis Fukuyama's proposition that liberal democracy is necessarily the final…

In this entertainingly meaningless book, author Wendy Syfret sets out to argue the positive case for nihilism. All too…

Language can be deceptive and carry multiple meanings. Sometimes people are oblivious to these multivalent meanings, and…

Manual labor is about more than just doing things, it's about teamwork and a relationship between skilled workers and…

A rigorous, but fun-to-read philosophical primer that unpacks over two hundred years of feminist thought. Professor…

Bracingly intellectual, this book by a philosophy professor makes the argument that all higher meaning and purpose…

In this classic and groundbreaking work of philosophy, Simone de Beauvoir outlines the historical and philosophical…

The mind-body problem is a philosophical problem dating back millennia. Are we our bodies or our minds? Is the mind…

In this latest addition to the "Edge Question Series" author John Brockman has compiled a fascinating collection of…

Kahlil Gibran's own experience as an immigrant provides inspiration to anyone feeling adrift in a world in flux.…

While reeling from one of the most creative—but at times self-destructive—outpourings of his life, Tao Lin…

Trace the garden as a source of inspiration and metaphor back through centuries of history. A wide variety of artists,…

In this comprehensive guide to your subconscious and the weird things it cooks up while you're asleep, artist and author…

In Sanskrit, yoga means to 'yoke.' In English, 'yoke' refers either to a piece of farming equipment that tethers working…

Get through your next existential crisis with this brilliant illustrated introduction to one of the best known…

If someone spent their entire life chained inside cave, only seeing images cast by shadows on the cave wall, how might…

An iconoclastic feminist philosopher takes up yoga and produces a series of interconnected ideas, captured here, about…

Step aside Socrates and put your pen down Plato, Aristotle has taken the agora and there's a new teacher in town.…

William Edmundson argues that there are compelling reasons for individualists to embrace socialism. Political equality…

In this work of political philosophy, author Laurent De Sutter undertakes an analysis of the ways in which the concept…

Get your Zen on with this small but wise book of Eastern and Western sayings, haiku, poetry, and inspiring quotations.…