Alain De Botton 
Consolations of Philosophy 

For anyone looking to understand Chinese philosophy, here is the place to start. Introducing this vast and far-reaching tradition, Ronnie L. Littlejohn tells you everything you need to know about the …

This book provides a rich synthesis of research and theory of nascent and emergent critically engaged work examining changing welfare structures, regimes and technologies and the social suffering tha …

Italian philosophy constitutes one of the most vibrant and fruitful areas in contemporary thought, bringing extraordinary novelty to some of the oldest tropes, from human nature to the relation …

Kant »s Critique of Pure Reason has had, and continues to have, an enormous impact on modern philosophy. In this short, stimulating introduction, Michael Pendlebury explains Kant »s major claims in …

This is a new guide to reading the Confessions, Augustine »s most important work, and what is widely known as the first Western Christian autobiography ever written. The Confessions consists of …

What do psychedelics reveal about consciousness? What impact have psychedelics had on philosophy? In this rapidly growing area of study, this is the first volume to explore the philosophy of …

Exploring the connections between Walter Benjamin »s philosophy of history and a Marxian Critique of Political Economy, Duy Lap Nguyen analyses Benjamin »s early writings and their development into a …

C. D. Broad (1887–1971) was a British philosopher who taught for many years at Trinity College, Cambridge. Possessing extremely wide-ranging interests, Broad made significant contributions to the min …

Martin Heidegger »s (1889-1976) criticism of Friedrich Nietzsche »s nihilism represented a  »turn » in his thought. In this new and perceptive book, Dominic Kelly explores nihilism through the work …

Can we reach the psychotic subject in their delusion? Psychopathological theorists often try to find a way to characterise this subject »s inner predicament so that their opaque utterances and …