Why Read Hannah Arendt Now by J. Richard Bernstein
$21.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
Recently there has been an extraordinary international revival of interest in Hannah Arendt. She was extremely perceptive about the dark tendencies in contemporary life that continue to plague us. She developed a concept of politics and public freedom that serves as a critical standard for judging what ...Show more
Why Vegan? by Peter Singer
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Category: Philosophy / Psychology | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'So the only question is: do animals other than man suffer?' One of the great moral philosophers of the modern age, Peter Singer asks unflinching questions about how we should live our lives. The ideas collected in these writings, arguing that human tyranny over animals is a wrong comparable to racism a ...Show more
Why We Can't Sleep: Generation X Women's New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
When Ada Calhoun found herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, she thought that she had no right to complain. She was married with children and a good career. So why did she feel miserable? And why did it seem that the women around her were miserable, too? Calhoun decided to find some answers. She lo ...Show more
Why We Meditate: 7 Simple Practices for a Calmer Mind by Daniel Goleman, Tsoknyi Rinpoche
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
In this modern digital age, many of us feel overwhelmed, panicked and exhausted. The practice of meditation is an antidote to that frenzied feeling.Using scientific research to explain the benefits of ancient practices, this book gives readers an empirically sound and time-proven set of mental exercises ...Show more
Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
A fascinating exploration into the human relationship to swimming and our innate connection to water.'A jewel of a book, a paean to the wonders of water and our place within it' James Nestor, bestselling of author of Breath 'Glorious' The New York Times Take a dive into the deep and discover what it is ...Show more
Why We're Polarized - The International Bestseller from the Founder of Vox. com by Ezra Klein
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Category: Philosophy / Psychology
Polarisation is often invoked as proof that our societies are broken but what if it's really the system working as intended?
Why Young Men: The Dangerous Allure of Violent Movements and What We Can Do About Them by Jamil Jivani
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology | Reading Level: Adult
Using his own story as a jumping off point, Jivani discusses why it's so often young men who fall into patterns of violence and extremism, and how we can bring change to this ever increasing global problem. Why Young Men is not just a powerful and beautifully written non-fiction narrative book, it's a b ...Show more
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death by Caitlin Doughty
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Category: Philosophy / Psychology
Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. What would happen to an astronaut's body if it were pushed out of a space shuttle? Do people poop when they die? Can Grandma have a Viking funeral? In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, Doughty blends her mortician's knowle ...Show more
Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English by Jonathan Rée
$26.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
In Witcraft Jonathan Rée offers compelling intellectual portraits of celebrated British and American philosophers such as Locke, Hume, Emerson, Mill and James. But he also does much more. He draws attention to the philosophical work of literary authors like William Hazlitt and George Eliot, and dozens o ...Show more
Wittgenstein (The Great Philosophers) by Peter Hacker
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Category: Philosophy / Psychology | Series: Great Philosophers Ser.
'Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself' WittgensteinWittgenstein overturned centuries of philosophical reflection on the nature of 'the inner', of our subjective experience and of our knowledge of self and others. Traditional conceptions of 'the outer', of human behaviour, were equally distor ...Show more
Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum 2/e: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age by Sarah Hendrickx
$44.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
The difference that being female makes to the diagnosis, life and experiences of an autistic person is hugely significant. In this widely expanded second edition, Sarah Hendrickx combines the latest research with personal stories from girls and women on the autism spectrum to present a picture of their ...Show more