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  • Paranoia

    The madness that makes history

    by Luigi Zoja ...
    Luigi Zoja presents an insightful analysis of the use and misuse of paranoia throughout history and in contemporary society. Zoja combines history with depth psychology, contemporary politics and tragic literature, resulting in a clear and balanced analysis presented with rare clarity. The devastating impact of paranoia on societies is explored in detail.Focusing on the contagious aspects of ... Read more

    $121.99 CAD

  • Growth and Guilt

    Psychology and the Limits of Development

    by Luigi Zoja ...
    The relentless exploitation of the earth's resources and technologys boundless growth are a matter of urgent concern. When did this race towards the limitless begin? The Greeks, who shaped the basis of Western thinking, lived in mortal fear of humanity's hidden hunger for the infinite and referred to it as hubris, the one true sin in their moral code. Whoever desired or possessed too much was ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Drugs, Addiction and Initiation: The Modern Search for Ritual

    by Luigi Zoja ...
    Luigi Zoja argues that the pervasive abuse of drugs in our society can in large part be ascribed to a resurgence of the collective need for initiation and initiatory structures: a longing for something sacred underlies our culture’s manic drive toward excessive consumption. In a society without ritual, the drug addict seeks not so much the thrill of a high as the satisfaction of an inner need for ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Father

    Historical, Psychological and Cultural Perspectives

    by Luigi Zoja ...
    Countless children throughout the world grow up without fathers. In this revised and updated edition of The Father, accompanied by a new preface, Luigi Zoja studies the reasons for this and assesses the contribution of this phenomenon to social and psychological problems.Using examples from classical antiquity to the present day, Zoja views the origins and evolution of the father from a Jungian ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD

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  • The History of Philosophy

    by A. C. Grayling ...
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  • Between Past and Future

    by Hannah Arendt ...
    From the author of Eichmann in Jerusalem and The Origins of Totalitarianism, “a book to think with through the political impasses and cultural confusions of our day” (Harper’s Magazine)Hannah Arendt’s insightful observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute an impassioned contribution to political philosophy. In Between Past and Future Arendt describes the ... Read more

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  • The Story of Philosophy

    by Will Durant, GP Editors ...
    Originally published in 1926, ‘The Story of Philosophy’ profiles several prominent Western philosophers and their ideas, written by Will Durant, an American writer, historian, philosopher, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.In this enlightening and eminently readable book, Will Durant accounts the lives, ideas and views of various critical philosophical thinkers throughout history. Starting with ... Read more

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  • The Promise of Politics

    by Hannah Arendt ...
    After the publication of The Origins of Totalitarianism in 1951, Hannah Arendt undertook an investigation of Marxism, a subject that she had deliberately left out of her earlier work. Her inquiry into Marx’s philosophy led her to a critical examination of the entire tradition of Western political thought, from its origins in Plato and Aristotle to its culmination and conclusion in Marx. The ... Read more

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  • The New Science of Politics

    An Introduction

    by Eric Voegelin ...
    Series series Walgreen Foundation Lectures
    "Must be considered one of the most enlightening essays on the character of European politics that has appeared in half a century… powerful and vivid."— Times Literary Supplement"Thirty-five years ago few could have predicted that The New Science of Politics would be a best-seller by political theory standards. Compressed within the Draconian economy of the six Walgreen lectures is a complete ... Read more

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  • The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion

    by Arthur Schopenhauer ...
    Series series Penguin Great Ideas
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  • What is Good?

    The Search for the Best Way to Live

    by Prof A.C. Grayling ...
    A.C. Grayling answers the most important question - How do we live a good life?One of the most fundamental questions in our life is to find out what we value - what principles we want to live by and which codes we will use to guide our behaviour. Most of us want to live a good life. But what, in today's secular society, does 'good' actually mean?To classical Greeks, the acquisition of knowledge, ... Read more

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