Big ideas sometimes come from the strangest places. In this wide
ranging introduction, James M Russell takes the fear out of
philosophy and selects seventy-six works - from Plato, Descartes
and Wittgenstein to Philip K Dick and the Moomins as well as
contemporary thinkers such as Peter Singer and John Rawls. Dividing
into accessible sections - history, contemplation, happiness, and
-isms, Russell gives us the lives as well as the lessons of the
great thinkers, including a digest of their key ideas. A perfect
antidote to the complex life. The topics and books covered include:
Traditional Philosophy: The Republic, Plato; The Confessions, St
Augustine; The Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes; On Liberty, John Stuart
Mill; Philisophical Investigations, Ludwig Wittgenstein; Critique
of Pure Reason, Immanuel Kant. Outsiders: Fear and Trembling, Soren
Kierkegaard; Beyond Good and Evil, Frederick Nietzsche; The
Outsider, Albert Camus; Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley.
Contemplation as Philosophy: The Prophet, Kahil Gibran; Jonathan
Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach; Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance, Robert Pirsig; The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff. The
Continental Tradition: The Prison Notebooks, Antonio Gramsci; The
History of Sexuality, Michel Foucault; Symbolic Exchange and Death,
Jean Baudrillard. How to Live Your Life: The Art of War, Sun Tzu;
Maxims, La Rouchefoucauld; Memories, Dreams, Reflections, Carl
Jung; On Sexuality, Sigmund Freud; On Becoming a Person, Carl
Rogers. Political and Personal Issues: Das Kapital, Karl Marx;
Being and Nothingness, Jean Paul Sartre; Gaia, James Lovelock.
Modern Philosophy: A Theory of Justice, John Rawls; Darwin's
Dangerous Idea, Daniel Dennett; After the Terror, Ted Honderich.
General
Imprint: |
Robinson
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Brief Histories |
Release date: |
March 2015 |
Authors: |
James M Russell
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Dimensions: |
197 x 127 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84901-001-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
|
LSN: |
1-84901-001-3 |
Barcode: |
9781849010016 |
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