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Kant's Lectures on Anthropology: A Critical Guide
Alix Cohen · Cambridge University Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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Kant's lectures on anthropology, which formed the basis of his Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1798) , contain many observations on human nature, culture and psychology and illuminate his distinctive approach to the human sciences. The essays in the present volume, written... |
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Henry David Thoreau: A Life
Laura Dassow Walls · University Of Chicago Press
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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"Walden. Yesterday I came here to live." That entry from the journal of Henry David Thoreau, and the intellectual journey it began, would by themselves be enough to place Thoreau in the American pantheon. His attempt to "live deliberately" in a small woods at the edge... |
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How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life
Marcus Tullius Cicero · Princeton University Press
Pages: 196
Format: Print book
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Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly your marbles too? Well, Cicero has some good news for you. In How to Grow Old, the great Roman orator and statesman eloquently describes how you can make the second half of life the best part of all--and... |
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Sex and Secularism
Joan Wallach Scott · Princeton University Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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How secularism has been used to justify the subordination of womenJoan Wallach Scott's acclaimed and controversial writings have been foundational for the field of gender history. With Sex and Secularism, Scott challenges one of the central claims of the "clash of civilizations"... |
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Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
Reshma Saujani · Currency
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author and Girls Who Code founder/CEO inspires us to discover the power of female bravery.
Do you run yourself ragged trying to not just do it all, but do it all flawlessly? Do you lose sleep ruminating over small mistakes or worrying that something... |
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Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal
Eugene Soltes · PublicAffairs
Pages: 464
Format: Print book
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Rarely does a week go by without a well-known executive being indicted for engaging in a white-collar crime. Perplexed as to what drives successful, wealthy people to risk it all, Harvard Business School professor Eugene Soltes took a remarkable journey deep into the minds of these white-collar... |
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The Challenge of Things: Thinking Through Troubled Times
A. C. Grayling · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A. C. Grayling's lucid and stimulating books, based on the idea that philosophy should engage with the world and make itself useful, invariably cause discussion. The Challenge of Things joins earlier collections such as The Reason of Things and Thinking of Answers, collecting Grayling's... |
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White Self-Criticality beyond Anti-racism: How Does It Feel to Be a White Problem?
George Yancy · Lexington Books
Pages: 253
Format: Paperback
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White Self-Criticality beyond Anti-racism powerfully emphasizes the significance of humility, vulnerability, anxiety, questions of complicity, and how being a "good white" is implicated in racial injustice. This collection sets a new precedent for critical race scholarship and critical... |
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The Essence of Socrates
Hunter Lewis · Axios Press
Pages: 118
Format: Paperback
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Socrates is important to us for many reasons. First, he recognized the value of logic and showed us how to use it to discover truth. Second, he led an exemplary and courageous life which cannot fail to inspire anyone who reads about it. His calm and eloquent defense of himself during the final... |
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Sorry About That: The Language of Public Apology
Edwin L. Battistella · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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People do bad things. They misspeak, mislead, and misbehave. They lie, cheat, steal, and kill. Often, afterward, they apologize. But what makes a successful apology? Why does Joe Biden's 2007 apology for referring to Barack Obama as "articulate and bright" succeed, whereas... |
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Conformity: The Power of Social Influences
Cass R. Sunstein · NYU Press
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling author Cass R. Sunstein reveals the appeal and the danger of conformity
We live in an era of tribalism, polarization, and intense social division - separating people along lines of religion, political conviction, race, ethnicity, and sometimes gender. How did this happen?... |
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The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
Meghan Cox Gurdon · Harper
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A Wall Street Journal writer's conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the other direction.
A miraculous alchemy occurs when one person reads to another,... |
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