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  • Cynicism

    de Ansgar Allen ...
    Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
    A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present.Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today's cynics excuse themselves half-heartedly—“I hate to be a cynic, but..."—before making their pronouncements. Narrowly opportunistic, always on the take, contemporary cynicism has nothing positive to contribute. The Cynicism of the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Wake and the Manuscript

    de Ansgar Allen ...
    In this brooding and obsessive novel, Ansgar Allen recounts the story of a nameless man who attends a funerary wake with no other distraction than papers that once belonged to the body on display. The deceased considered the papers to be his magnum opus, a text that unraveled everything he had been educated to accept, beginning with the spectre of religion—namely The Church of Christ, Scientist ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • The Sick List

    de Ansgar Allen ...
    Series series Beyond Criticism Editions
    "The Sick List is about menace, about a menace (Gordon), and is written in the voice of a menace. It reads like one of the pen-portraits of surreal ultra-violence in Bernhard's Gargoyles, where education turns out to be the most deceitful panacea of all."-- Katharine CraikIn this novel, an unnamed academic in an unnamed contemporary university, relates his obsession with his tutor, Gordon. He ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Education and Philosophy

    An Introduction

    de Ansgar Allen, Roy Goddard ...
    Philosophy is vital to the study of education, and a sound knowledge of different philosophical perspectives leads to a deeper engagement with the choices and commitments you make within your educational practice.This introductory text provides a core understanding of key moments in the history of Western philosophy. By introducing key transition points in that history, it investigates the plight ... Leer más

    $56.69 USD

  • Benign Violence: Education in and beyond the Age of Reason

    de Ansgar Allen ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Education is a violent act, yet this violence is concealed by its good intent. Education presents itself as a distinctly improving, enabling practice. Even its most radical critics assume that education is, at core, an incontestable social good.Setting education in its political context, this book, now in paperback, offers a history of good intentions, ranging from the birth of modern schooling ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

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    Cynicism

    de Ansgar Allen ...
    Narrado por Nigel Patterson ...
    Series series MIT Press Essential Knowledge

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    Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today's cynics excuse themselves half-heartedly—"I hate to be a cynic, but . . ."—before making their pronouncements. Narrowly opportunistic, always on the take, contemporary cynicism has nothing positive to contribute. The Cynicism of the ancient Greeks, however, was very different. Bold and shameless, it was committed to transforming the values on which ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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  • The Social Construction of Reality

    A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge

    de Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann ...
    A watershed event in the field of sociology, this text introduced "a major breakthrough in the sociology of knowledge and sociological theory generally" (George Simpson, American Sociological Review ).In this seminal book, Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann examine how knowledge forms and how it is preserved and altered within a society. Unlike earlier theorists and philosophers, Berger and ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Hegel

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Peter Singer ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Many people regard Hegel's work as obscure and extremely difficult, yet his importance and influence are universally acknowledged. Professor Singer eliminates any excuse for remaining ignorant of the outlines of Hegel's philosophy by providing a broad discussion of his ideas and an account of his major works. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Cruel Parenting

    The Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting

    de Alice Miller ...
    Traducido por Andrew Jenkins ...
    An examination of childhood trauma and its surreptitious, debilitating effects by one of the world's leading psychoanalysts.Never before has world-renowned psychoanalyst Alice Miller examined so persuasively the long-range consequences of childhood abuse on the body. Using the experiences of her patients along with the biographical stories of literary giants such as Virginia Woolf, Franz Kafka, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Freedom Paradox

    Towards a post-secular ethics

    de Clive Hamilton ...
    Why is it so many of us lack contentment, despite all the wealth and freedoms we enjoy?The past two centuries delivered individual and political freedoms that promised unprecedented opportunities for personal fulfilment. Yet citizens of affluent countries are encouraged to pursue lives of consumerism, endless choice and the pleasures of the body.Clive Hamilton argues that the paradox of modern ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • The Course of Love

    A Novel

    de Alain de Botton ...
    “An engrossing tale [that] provides plenty of food for thought” (People, Best New Books pick), this playful, wise, and profoundly moving second novel from the internationally bestselling author of How Proust Can Change Your Life tracks the beautifully complicated arc of a romantic partnership.**We all know the headiness and excitement of the early days of love. But what comes after? In Edinburgh, ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Eclipse of Reason

    de Max Horkheimer ...
    In Eclipse of Reason, Horkheimer discusses how the Nazis were able to project their agenda as "reasonable", but also identifies the Pragmatism of John Dewey as problematic, due to his emphasis on the instrumental dimension of reasoning. It is broken into five sections: Means and Ends, Conflicting Panaceas, The Revolt of Nature, The Rise and Decline of the Individual and On the Concept of ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus