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  • Joy and Laughter in Nietzsche’s Philosophy

    Alternative Liberatory Politics

    Edited by Paul E. Kirkland, Michael J. McNeal ...
    Analyzing the importance of joy, laughter, and cheerfulness in Nietzsche's thought, this volume addresses an under-examined topic in the secondary literature. By exploring disparate aspects of these interrelated emotions it provides new insights into his key ideas.The contributors-among them philosophers and political scientists-illustrate the significance of these feelings to reveal political ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Politics, Literature, and Film in Conversation

    Essays in Honor of Mary P. Nichols

    by Matthew D. Dinan, Natalie Taylor, Denise Schaeffer, Paul E. Kirkland, Stephen Block, Patrick Cain, Kenneth DeLuca0, Sara MacDonald1, Carl Eric Scott2, Stephen Sims3, Lisa Pace Vetter4, Germaine Paulo Walsh5, Ann Ward6, Lee Ward7, Daniel Mahoney, Assumption College8 ...
    Series series Politics, Literature, & Film
    This volume presents a series of essays in honor of noted scholar of political theory, Mary P. Nichols. The essays reflect Nichols’ pathbreaking work in ancient Greek political thought, as well as her influential treatments of works of literature and film in conversation with political theory. Part I: Conversations Concerning Love and Friendship features essays about the philosophical meaning of ... Read more

    $105.99 CAD

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  • Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael Tanner ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was almost wholly neglected during his sane life, which came to an abrupt end in 1889. Since then he has been appropriated as an icon by an astonishingly diverse spectrum of people, whose interpretations of his thought range from the highly irrational to the firmly analytical. Thus Spoke Zarathustra introduced the 'superman' and The Twilight of the ... Read more

    $7.59 CAD

  • A Philosophy of Boredom

    by Lars Svendsen ...
    Translated by John Irons ...
    It has been described as a "tame longing without any particular object" by Schopenhauer, "a bestial and indefinable affliction" by Dostoevsky, and "time's invasion of your world system" by Joseph Brodsky, but still very few of us today can explain precisely what boredom is. A Philosophy of Boredom investigates one of the central preoccupations of our age as it probes the nature of boredom, how it ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Dialectic of Enlightenment

    by Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno ...
    Translated by Edmund Jephcott ...
    Series series Cultural Memory in the Present
    Dialectic of Enlightenment is undoubtedly the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Written during the Second World War and circulated privately, it appeared in a printed edition in Amsterdam in 1947. "What we had set out to do," the authors write in the Preface, "was nothing less than to explain why humanity, instead of entering a truly human state, is sinking ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • What Nietzsche Really Said

    by Robert C. Solomon, Kathleen M. Higgins ...
    Series series What They Really Said
    What Nietzsche Really Said gives us a lucid overview -- both informative and entertaining -- of perhaps the most widely read and least understood philosopher in history.Friedrich Nietzsche's aggressive independence, flamboyance, sarcasm, and celebration of strength have struck responsive chords in contemporary culture. More people than ever are reading and discussing his writings. But Nietzsche's ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Existentialism For Beginners

    by David Cogswell ...
    Series series For Beginners
    Existentialism For Beginners is an entertaining romp through the history of a philosophical movement that has had a broad and enduring influence on Western culture. From the middle of the Nineteenth Century through the late Twentieth Century existentialism informed our politics and art and still exerts its influence today. Tracing the movement's beginnings with close-up views of seminal figures ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nietzsche - The Key Ideas: Teach Yourself

    by Dr Roy Jackson ...
    Nietzsche remains one of the most influential philosophers of our time and this book is the definite guide to his philosophy. Whether you're a philosophy student struggling with phrases like 'the superman' and 'the will to power', or whether you simply want to understand more about the life and work of this fascinating man, this easy-to-navigate guide will help you to demystify Nietzsche's ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Nietzsche

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Robert Wicks ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    Discover the truth about the much-misunderstood thinkerOften quoted yet highly divisive, Nietzsche remains an enigma long after his death. This clear primer moves deftly through the controversy to examine the philosopher's work in the context of his tumultuous childhood and Christian upbringing. Discussing his infamous declaration that God is dead, his posthumous association with Nazism, and his ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • On Being and Becoming

    An Existentialist Approach to Life

    by Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei ...
    Series series Guides to the Good Life
    While existentialism has long been associated with Parisian Left Bank philosophers sipping cocktails in smoke-filled cafés, or with a brooding, angst-filled outlook on life, Gosetti-Ferencei shows how vital and heterogeneous the movement really was. In this concise, accessible book, Gosetti-Ferencei offers a new vision of existentialism. As she lucidly demonstrates, existentialism is a rich and ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • Constellation

    Friedrich Nietzsche & Walter Benjamin in the Now-Time of History

    by James McFarland ...
    The first extended exploration of the relationship between the Weimar-era revolutionary cultural critic and the radical philosopher.In five chapters, Constellation presents the changing figure of Friedrich Nietzsche as Walter Benjamin encountered him: an inspiration to his student activism, an authority for his skeptical philology, a manifestation of his philosophical nihilism, a companion in his ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How To Read Nietzsche

    by Keith Ansell-Pearson ...
    'My humanity is a constant self-overcoming' Friedrich NietzscheNietzsche's thinking revolves around a new and striking concept of humanity - a humanity which has come to terms with the death of God and practises the art and science of living well, free of the need for metaphysical certainties and moral absolutes. How, then, are we to live? And what do we love?Keith Ansell-Pearson introduces the ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD