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  • Anxiety

    A Philosophical Guide

    by Samir Chopra ...
    How philosophy can teach us to be less anxious about being anxious by understanding that it’s an essential part of being humanToday, anxiety is usually thought of as a pathology, the most diagnosed and medicated of all psychological disorders. But anxiety isn’t always or only a medical condition. Indeed, many philosophers argue that anxiety is a normal, even essential, part of being human, and ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Anxiety

    A Philosophical Guide

    by Samir Chopra ...
    Narrated by Asa Siegel ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 16 min

    Today, anxiety is usually thought of as a pathology, the most diagnosed and medicated of all psychological disorders. But anxiety isn't always or only a medical condition. Indeed, many philosophers argue that anxiety is a normal, even essential, part of being human, and that coming to terms with this fact is potentially transformative. In Anxiety, Samir Chopra explores valuable insights about ... Read more

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  • Brave New Pitch

    by Samir Chopra ...
    Cricket as we know it may soon be no more. Thanks to Twenty20, technology, media, and the sheer financial power of Indian cricket, the gentleman's game is on the brink of radical changes. Nation-based cups might give way to T20 professional leagues; umpires might be replaced by technology; and professional franchises, not national boards, might call the shots. Could cricket go the way of ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Eye on Cricket

    Reflections on the Great Game

    by Samir Chopra ...
    In Eye on Cricket, Samir Chopra, a professor of philosophy and a long-time blogger at ESPNcricinfo, offers us a deeply personal take on a game that has entranced him his entire life in the several lands he has called home.In these essays, Chopra reflects on a childhood centred on cricket, the many obsessions of fandom, the intersection of the personal and the political, expatriate experiences of ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Evolution of a Cricket Fan

    My Shapeshifting Journey

    by Samir Chopra ...
    Series series Sporting
    Samir Chopra is an immigrant, a “voluntary exile,” who discovers he can tell the story of his life through cricket, a game that has long been an influence—really, an obsession—for him. In so doing, he reveals how his changing views on the sport mirror his journey of self-discovery. In The Evolution of a Cricket Fan, Chopra is thus able to reflect on his changing perceptions of self, and of the ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Bollywood Does Battle

    The War Movie and the Indian Popular Imagination

    by Samir Chopra ...
    How do Indians look at themselves and their nation through cinematic representations of war?War is part of the story of the Indian nation; its presence in India's past continues to shape the Indian present and future. The 1962 China war, the 1971 Bangladesh war and the 1999 Kargil conflict all play outsized roles in the Indian popular imagination. The Indian film industry's war movies play an ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Shyam Benegal

    Filmmaker and Philosopher

    by Samir Chopra ...
    Series series Philosophical Filmmakers
    For over forty years, Shyam Benegal has been one the leading forces in Indian cinema. Informed by a rich political and philosophical sensibility and a mastery of the art and craft of filmmaking, Benegal is both of, and not of, Bollywood.As a philosophical filmmaker Benegal brings to life the existential crisis of the downtrodden Indian, the 'subaltern' if you will-the serf, the peasant, the woman ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Decoding Liberation

    The Promise of Free and Open Source Software

    Series series Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture
    Software is more than a set of instructions for computers: it enables (and disables) political imperatives and policies. Nowhere is the potential for radical social and political change more apparent than in the practice and movement known as "free software." Free software makes the knowledge and innovation of its creators publicly available. This liberation of code—celebrated in free software’s ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • A Legal Theory for Autonomous Artificial Agents

    “An extraordinarily good synthesis from an amazing range of philosophical, legal, and technological sources . . . the book will appeal to legal academics and students, lawyers involved in e-commerce and cyberspace legal issues, technologists, moral philosophers, and intelligent lay readers interested in high tech issues, privacy, [and] robotics.”—Kevin Ashley, University of Pittsburgh School of ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Moral Psychology of Anxiety

    Series series Moral Psychology of the Emotions
    Edited by David Rondel and Samir Chopra, The Moral Psychology of Anxiety presents new work on the causes, consequences, and value of anxiety. Straddling philosophy, psychology, clinical medicine, history, and other disciplines, the chapters in this volume explore anxiety from an impressively wide range of perspectives. The first part is more historical, exploring the meaning of anxiety in ... Read more

    $120.99 CAD

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