Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis by KASS, LEON
$46.50 AUD
Category: Philosophy
As ardent debates over creationism fill the front pages of newspapers, Genesis has never been more timely. And as Leon R. Kass shows in The Beginning of Wisdom, it's also timeless. Examining Genesis in a philosophical light, Kass presents it not as a story of what happened long ago, but as the enduring ...Show more
Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism by David Harvey
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
You thought capitalism was permanent? Think again. David Harvey unravels the contradictions at the heart of capitalism - its drive, for example, to accumulate capital beyond the means of investing it, its imperative to use the cheapest methods of production that leads to consumers with no means of consu ...Show more
Religion for Atheists - A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion by Alain de Botton
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
The boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved on by Alain de Botton's inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are of course entirely false - and yet that religions still have important things to teach the secular world. Rat ...Show more
Faith: Embracing Life in All its Uncertainty, Beauty and Mystery by Tim Costello
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Faith is an important message of hope and reconciliation -- as well as an invitation to think about the many soul-searching events that challenge belief. Tim Costello, who is a respected speaker on social justice issues, points us to an inclusive faith, bringing people from across the spectrum of societ ...Show more
Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics by Kenan Malik
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In this remarkable and groundbreaking book, Kenan Malik explores the history of moral thought as it has developed over three millennia, from Homer's Greece to Mao's China, from ancient India to modern America. It tells the stories of the great philosophers, and breathes life into their ideas, while also ...Show more
Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt
$9.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Sparking a flurry of heated debate, Hannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi SS leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in The New Yorker in 1963. This revised edition includes material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's pos ...Show more
Seven Types of Atheism by John Gray
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
When you explore older atheisms, you will find some of your firmest convictions - secular or religious - are highly questionable. If this prospect disturbs you, what you are looking for may be freedom from thought.'For a generation now, public debate has been corroded by a shrill, narrow derision of rel ...Show more
The Black Mirror - Fragments of an Obituary for Life by Raymond Tallis
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
"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 external viewpoint from which we may see our lives more clearly. Raymond Tallis looks back on his world from the standpoint of his future corpse. He reflects on the senses th ...Show more
Short History of Christianity by Geoffrey Blainey
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
For 2000 years, Christianity has had a varying but immense influence on world history. Who better, then, than Geoffrey Blainey, author of the best-selling Short History of the World and one of Australia's most accomplished historians, to bring us a history of this world-changing religion. A Short Hist ...Show more
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics | Reading Level: very good
Originally written only for his personal consumption, Marcus Aurelius' Meditations has become a key text in the understanding of Roman Stoic philosophy. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with notes by Martin Hammond and an introduction by Diskin Clay. Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman ...Show more
Discontent and Its Civilisations by Mohsin Hamid
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
From the author of the novels Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, here is an essential series of dispatches from the East, the West and the In Between. Divided into sections called 'Life', 'Politics' and 'Art', Discontents and its Civilizations collects th ...Show more
Dream of Enlightenment .. Rise of Modern by Anthony Gottlieb
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In a short period - from the early 1640s to the eve of the French Revolution - Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Hume all made their mark on Western thought. The Dream of Enlightenment tells their story and that of the birth of modern philosophy. What does the advance of science entail for ...Show more