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NYRB Classics eBook Series

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  • Primitive Man as Philosopher

    by Paul Radin, Neni Panourgiá ...
    Series series NYRB Classics
    Anthropology is a science whose most significant discoveries have come when it has taken its bearings from literature, and what makes Paul Radin’s Primitive Man as Philosopher a seminal piece of anthropological inquiry is that it is also a book of enduring wonder. Writing in the 1920s, when anthropology was still young, Radin set out to show that “primitive” cultures are as intellectually ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • How to be a conservative

    by Sir Roger Scruton ...
    What does it mean to be a conservative in an age so sceptical of conservatism? How can we live in the presence of our 'canonized forefathers' at a time when their cultural, religious and political bequest is so routinely rejected? With soft left-liberalism as the dominant force in Western politics, what can conservatives now contribute to public debate that will not be dismissed as pure nostalgia? ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • The Seekers

    The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World

    by Daniel J. Boorstin ...
    Series Book 3 - Knowledge Series
    Throughout history, from the time of Socrates to our own modern age, the human race has sought the answers to fundamental questions of life: Who are we? Why are we here?In his previous national bestsellers, The Discoverers and The Creators , Daniel J. Boorstin first told brilliantly how e discovered the reality of our world, and then he celebrated man's achievements in the arts. He now turns to ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Pot Planet

    Adventures in Global Marijuana Culture

    by Brian Preston ...
    "A gimlet-eyed and often hilarious account of the author's round-the-world reefer safari . . . A surprisingly clear-headed view of potheads worldwide" ( The New Yorker ).In Pot Planet, journalist Brian Preston sets out on a global ganja safari to explore strange new cannabis cultures, to seek out new growers, activists, and other reefer revolutionaries . . . and to boldly get baked with each of ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Animals and African Ethics

    by Kai Horsthemke ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    The claim is frequently made on behalf of African moral beliefs and practices that they do not objectify and exploit nature and natural existents like Western ethics does. This book investigates whether this is correct and what kind of status is reserved for other-than-human animals in African ethics. ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • The Book of I

    An Illustrious Collection of Self Reflections

    by Joan Konner ...
    I think, therefore I am.René Descartes. "I am out with lanterns, looking for myself."Emily Dickinson. "It is as hard to see one's self as to look backwards without turning round."Henry David Thoreau. "I am I because my little dog knows me."Gertrude Stein. "I'm glad I'm not me."Bob Dylan. "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."Kurt Vonnegut. Are there many ... Read more

    $12.67 CAD

  • The Decision Trap

    Genetic Education and Its Social Consequences

    by Silja Samerski ...
    The Decision Trap questions a dogma of our time: the assumption that genetic education empowers citizens and increases their autonomy. It argues that professional instructions about genes, genetic risks, and genetic test options convey a genetic worldview which destroys self-confidence and makes clients dependent on genetic experts and technologies. Part one of the book introduces the reader to ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Moral Brains

    The Neuroscience of Morality

    by S. Matthew Liao ...
    In the last fifteen years, there has been significant interest in studying the brain structures involved in moral judgments using novel techniques from neuroscience such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Many people, including a number of philosophers, believe that results from neuroscience have the potential to settle seemingly intractable debates concerning the nature, practice, ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Alienation

    by Richard Schacht ...
    Series series Psychology Library Editions: Social Psychology
    First published in 1970, original blurb:‘Alienation’ is the catchword of our time. It has been applied to everything from the new politics to the anti-heroes of today’s films. But what does it mean to say that someone is alienated? Is alienation a state of mind, or a relationship? If modern man is indeed alienated, is it from his work, his government, his society, or himself – or from all of these ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Conversations About Reflexivity

    Edited by Margaret S. Archer ...
    Series series Ontological Explorations (Routledge Critical Realism)
    " Reflexivity" is defined as the regular exercise of the mental ability, shared by all normal people, to consider themselves in relation to their (social) contexts and vice versa. In addition to this sociological interest, it allows us to hold idle or trivial internal conversations. Focussing fully on this phenomenon, this book discusses the three main questions associated with this subject in ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • Feelings

    by Stephen Frosh ...
    Series series Shortcuts
    Everyone talks about their feelings, but what exactly are they? What are the distinguishing features of feelings, and how do they differ from emotions and affects? How do our feelings influence the kinds of people we are, and the sorts of communities and societies in which we live?In this wonderful short book, acclaimed author Stephen Frosh interrogates the terrain of feelings and asks how this ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Complicity

    Criticism Between Collaboration and Commitment

    by Thomas Docherty ...
    Series series Off the Fence: Morality, Politics and Society
    Complicity argues that all existing modes of cultural critique are regarded as legitimate and productive if and only if they are complicit with the very ideologies and values that the criticism sets out to undermine. Through philosophical, literary and theoretical analysis, Thomas Docherty shows how easy it has been for criticism to become essentially an act of political collaboration with ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD