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Philosophy

War An Enquiry

Grayling A. C.

ISBN: PB: 9780300234459, Yale University Press, May 2018
288 pp., 21x14 cm

A renowned philosopher challenges long-held views on just wars, ethical conduct during war, why wars occur, how they alter people and societies, and more. For residents of the twenty-first century, a vision of a future without warfare is almost inco...

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Anthropology

Philosophy

Everyday Mysticism A Contemplative Community at Work in the Desert

Glucklich Ariel

ISBN: HB: 9780300212099, Yale University Press, February 2018
280 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 18 black&white illus.

In this thoughtful and enlightening work, world renowned religion scholar Ariel Glucklich recounts his experiences at Neot Smadar, an ecological and spiritual oasis that has been thriving in the arid Southern Israeli desert for a quarter century. An...

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Philosophy

Literary Criticism

Deep Refrains Music, Philosophy, and the Ineffable

Gallope Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780226483696, ISBN: HB: 9780226483559, University of Chicago Press, November 2017
336 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 10 halftones, 20 line drawings

We often say that music is ineffable, that it does not refer to anything outside of itself. But if music, in all its sensuous flux, does not mean anything in particular, might it still have a special kind of philosophical significance? In "Deep Ref...

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Philosophy

Pain, Pleasure, and the Greater Good From the Panopticon to the Skinner Box and Beyond

Gere Cathy

ISBN: HB: 9780226501857, University of Chicago Press, October 2017
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 15 halftones

How should we weigh the costs and benefits of scientific research on humans? Is it right that a small group of people should suffer in order that a larger number can live better, healthier lives? Or is an individual truly sovereign, unable to be plot...

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Philosophy

Hegel, Heidegger, and the Ground of History

Gillespie Michael Allen

ISBN: PB: 9780226293776, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
240 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm

In this wide-ranging and thoughtful study, Michael Allen Gillespie explores the philosophical foundation, or ground, of the concept of history. Analyzing the historical conflict between human nature and freedom, he centers his discussion on Hegel and...

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Public Health

Philosophy

Politics of Pain Medicine A Rhetorical-Ontological Inquiry

Graham S. Scott

ISBN: HB: 9780226264059, University of Chicago Press, October 2015
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 halftone, 15 line drawings, 2 tables

Chronic pain is a medical mystery, debilitating to patients and a source of frustration for practitioners. It often eludes both cause and cure and serves as a reminder of how much further we have to go in unlocking the secrets of the body. A new fiel...

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Philosophy

What Fanon Said A Philosophical Introduction to His Life and Thought

Gordon Levis R.

ISBN: PB: 9781849045506, Hurst Publishers, August 2015
216 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Antiblack racism avows reason is white while emotion, and thus supposedly unreason, is black. Challenging academic adherence to this notion, Lewis R. Gordon offers a portrait of Martinican-turned-Algerian revolutionary psychiat...

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Philosophy

Confronting Aristotle's Ethics Ancient and Modern Morality

Garver Eugene

ISBN: PB: 9780226270197, ISBN: HB: 9780226283982, University of Chicago Press, May 2015
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

What is the good life? Posing this question today would likely elicit very different answers. Some might say that the good life means doing good – improving one's community and the lives of others. Others might respond that it means doing well – cult...

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Philosophy

Friendship

Grayling A. C.

ISBN: PB: 9780300205367, ISBN: HB: 9780300175356, Yale University Press, August 2014
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

A central bond, a cherished value, a unique relationship, a profound human need, a type of love. What is the nature of friendship, and what is its significance in our lives? How has friendship changed since the ancient Greeks began to analyze it, and...

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Philosophy

Political Science

Aristotle's Politics Living Well and Living Together

Garver Eugene

ISBN: PB: 9780226154985, ISBN: HB: 9780226284026, University of Chicago Press, April 2014
312 pp., 23x15 cm

"Man is a political animal", Aristotle asserts near the beginning of the "Politics". In this novel reading of one of the foundational texts of political philosophy, Eugene Garver traces the surprising implications of Aristotle's claim and explores th...

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