Get Over Yourself – Nietzsche for our Times
As the subtitle indicates, this book is not just another introduction to Nietzsche, but rather a thought experiment in how he would respond to our…… Read More »
Category: Philosophy
THE HUMAN SITUATION
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), brother of Sir Julian Huxley and grandson of TH Huxley, was one of the most brilliant intellectuals of his generation and author…… Read More »
AN UNCOMMON COLLABORATION
The author is surely correct in describing the collaboration between Krishnamurti (1895-1986) and David Bohm (1917-1992) as uncommon, since, as he points out, most collaborations…… Read More »
Ultimate Questions
Bryan Magee has had a long and distinguished career as a philosopher, music and theatre critic and BBC broadcaster, where he hosted a series on…… Read More »
Stress and Freedom
I reviewed Peter Sloterdijk's book on self-formation in the last issue, and here he takes a historical view of the concept of freedom from ancient…… Read More »
Heretics!
Set out in a highly original cartoon strip form, this book tells the story of the birth of modern philosophy and political freedom in the…… Read More »
YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR LIFE
I doubt that many readers will have heard of Peter Sloterdijk (b. 1947), who is professor of philosophy and aesthetics at Karlsruhe's School of Design.…… Read More »
Recent Advances in the Creation of a Process-Based Worldview
This volume demonstrates the interdisciplinary reach of Whitehead's thought across society and politics, education and language, theology and God - all concerned with creating a…… Read More »
On Human Nature
This book is based on a series of lectures at Princeton, and, some of the same themes as his earlier book The Soul of the…… Read More »
How Biology Shapes Philosophy
Subtitled 'new foundations for naturalism', this volume elaborates what the editor calls biophilosophy as distinct from the philosophy of biology and is similar in intent…… Read More »