Arts, Literature and Humanities

Paul Ricoeur was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this short and accessible book, he turns to a topic at the hea...

The media often talk about public opinion, the 'American' or 'British' public, or the movie-going public. A public can hold an opinion and be divid...

Can the internet solve the problem of mass education, and bring human beings to a level of community? This title agues that there is much in common...

On the Human Condition is an invigorating and fascinating exploration of where the idea of the human stands today.

Stories offer us some of the richest and most enduring insights into the human condition and have preoccupied philosophy since Aristotle. On Storie...

Examines the emotion of shame psychologically and philosophically, in order to show how it can be a galvanizing force for moral action against the ...

Can science explain everything? Brian Ridley, a physicist himself, explores this question and more in this compelling exploration of both the scope...

John D. Caputo explores the very roots of religious thinking in this thought-provoking book. Compelling questions come up along the way: 'What do I...

Drawing on examples from a wide range of landscapes from around the world and throughout history, this title considers the ways landscapes can affe...

Does humour make us human, or do the cats and dogs laugh along with us? On Humour is a fascinating, beautifully written and funny book on what humo...

What is courage and why is it one of the oldest and most admired virtues? Is courage characteristic of all cultures, or only some, and why is it so...

One of the world's most famous philosophers, Jacques Derrida, explores difficult questions in this important and engaging book. Is it still possibl...

What is the basis of belief in an era when globalization, multiculturalism and big business are the new religion? Slavoj Zizek, renowned philosophe...

Thought-provoking and with an astonishing range of references, On Being Authentic is a gripping journey into the self. Beginning with Socrates and ...

One of the most important works of modern anthropology. Written against the backdrop of the student uprisings of the late 1960s, the book took seri...

If the Western world knows anything about Zen Buddhism, it is down to the efforts of one remarkable man, D.T. Suzuki. The twenty-seven year-old Jap...

Between 1931 and 1935, Bertrand Russell contributed some 156 essays to the literary pages of the American newspaper New York American. These were o...

This book presents general readers and specialists alike with a broad survey of Islamic political thought in the six centuries from the rise of Isl...

No single introductory book has until now captured the range of thought appropriate for scrutinizing the idea of leisure. Beginning with a discussi...

* The author is one of foremost political philosophers in Europe. * This book brilliantly confronts the theory of justice in a new and challenging ...

Are human rights part of the problem or part of the solution in the current 'clash of civilizations'? Drawing on a hitherto neglected body of work ...

How do we know what we "know"? How did we –as individuals and as a society – come to accept certain knowledge as fact? In Human Knowledge, Bertrand...

This superlative introduction introduces Hobbes' main doctrines and arguments, covering all of Hobbes' philosophy.

Although happiness is based upon individuals’ subjective perception of their own situation, understanding the concept of happiness is important for...

'Nagel and Newman accomplish the wondrous task of clarifying the argumentative outline of Kurt Godel's celebrated logic bomb.' – The GuardianIn 193...

Gender Equality in Rural India focuses on son preference and the extent to which economic development has resulted in positive changes in women's e...

Written by one of the twentieth century’s most significant thinkers, Freedom and Organization, is considered to be Bertrand Russell’s major work on...

Social life is in a constant process of change, and sociology cannot afford to stand still. Sociology today is theoretically diverse, covers a huge...

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) is best known as a biologist and natural historian rather than a philosopher. However, in this invaluable book, Tim Lewe...

In post-independence India, a stated governmental ideal of 'Education For All' has been promoted. This book examines the extent to which this has b...

This book, updated throughout and with new sections on visual culture, urban culture and subcultures, argues that to understand the culture concept...

The increasing individualism of modern Western society has been accompanied by an enduring nostalgia for the idea of community as a source of secur...

Written at the height of the Cold War in 1959, Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare was published in an effort 'to prevent the catastrophe which would ...

This book presents a clear and comprehensive overview of citizenship, which has become one of the most important political ideas of our time. The a...

Being and Nothingness is without doubt one of the most significant books of the twentieth century. The central work by one of the world's most infl...

Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midgley, o...

An Outline of Philosophy, is concerned with the universe as a whole. Humanity demands consideration solely as the instrument by which we acquire kn...

In this long-awaited volume, Jeremy Shearmur and Piers Norris Turner bring to light Popper's most important unpublished and uncollected writings fr...

First written by Marcel Mauss and Henri Humbert in 1902, A General Theory of Magic gained a wide new readership when republished by Mauss in 1950. ...

This Book Outlines Islamic History Beginning With The Life Of Muhammad And The Birth Of Islamic Ideals, Through Islam`S Phenomenal Geographical Exp...

Why this small book on Sikhism when there is abundant literature already available in the market? Obviously, the objective of this work is to highl...