Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
The world-famous #1 bestselling economist explains how capitalism has been usurped by a technologically enhanced form of feudalism. No one noticed when capitalism died. Perhaps we were too distracted by the implosion of global finance, or the rise of populism, or the demise of the planet - or all of th ...Show more
Future Metaphysics by Armen Avanessian; James Wagner (Translator)
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Theory Redux Ser.
The triumph of technological rationality and of the sciences as a whole has by no means provided answers to humanity's great questions. Instead, it has raised new and old questions and problems. To orient ourselves in the twenty-first century, we must take a new look at the central categories of philoso ...Show more
In Defence of Witches: Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
What remains of the witch hunts? A stubborn misogyny, which still tints the way our societies look at single women, childless women, aging women, or quite simply, free women . . . Today more than ever, witches tell us about our world and lead the way.' - Telerama A source of terror, a misogynistic image ...Show more
The Disappearance of Rituals - A Topology of the Present by Byung-Chul Han; Daniel Steuer (Translator)
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Untrammelled neoliberalism and the inexorable force of production have produced a 21st century crisis of community: a narcissistic cult of authenticity and mass turning-inward are among the pathologies engendered by it. We are individuals afloat in an atomised society, where the loss of the symbolic str ...Show more
Who Owns the Moon? : In Defence of Humanity's Common Interests in Space by A. C. Grayling
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth's supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise that the world's superpowers and wealthiest corporations have turned their eyes to the stars. As this new Space Ra ...Show more
Too Late to Awaken - What Lies Ahead When There Is No Future? by Slavoj Zizek
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
The most provocative philosopher of our times returns with a rousing and counterintuitive analysis of our global predicamentWe hear all the time that it's five minutes to global doomsday, so now is our last chance to avert disaster. But what if the only way to prevent a catastrophe is to assume that it ...Show more
The Future of Geography: How power and politics in space will change our world by Tim Marshall
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Tim Marshall on Geopolitics Ser.
Spy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes. This isn’t science fiction. It’s astropolitics. We’re entering a new space race – and it could revolutionise life on Earth. Space: the new frontier, a wild and lawless place. It is already central to com ...Show more
Fevered Planet: How Diseases Emerge When We Harm Nature by John Vidal
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
A timely and urgent investigation from John Vidal, Environment Editor of the Guardian for nearly thirty years, into how the destruction of nature is releasing disease into our societies 'Urgent, fascinating and essential' GEORGE MONBIOT 'A searing, vital work' BETTANY HUGHES Covid-19, mpox, bird flu, ...Show more
What Do Men Want?: Masculinity and Its Discontents by Nina Power
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
A philosopher asks, what exactly do men get out of being men in the twenty-first century?Something is definitely up with men. From millions online who engage with the manosphere to the #metoo backlash, from Men's Rights activists and incels to spiralling suicide rates, it's easy to see that, while men s ...Show more
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
The summation of the existentialist philosophy threaded throughout all his writing, Albert Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus" is translated by Justin O'Brien with an introduction by James Wood in "Penguin Classics". In this profound and moving philosophical statement, Camus poses the fundamental question: is ...Show more
Orientalism by Edward W. Said
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Penguin Modern Classics | Reading Level: very good
ORIENTALISM is one of the greatest and most influential of books of ideas to be published since the end of the European empires. For generations now it has defined our understanding of colonialism and empire and with each passing year its influence becomes if anything even greater. Edward Said, the not ...Show more
Four Archetypes: Mother, Rebirth, Spirit, Trickster by C.G. Jung
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Routledge Classics Ser.
Extracted from Volume 9, Part I. Includes "Psychological Aspects of the Mother Archetype," "Concerning Rebirth," "The Phenomenology of the Spirit in Fairytales," and "On the Psychology of the Trickster-Figure."