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Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
Sarah Bakewell - Penguin Press Format: Hardcover
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The bestselling author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Café explores seven hundred years of writers, thinkers, scientists, and artists, all trying to understand what it means to be truly human. Humanism is an expansive tradition of thought that places shared humanity, cultural... |
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Hopeful Healing: Essays on Managing Recovery and Surviving Addiction
Mackenzie Phillips - Atria Books/Beyond Words Format: Print book
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Actress and author of the courageous New York Times bestselling memoir High on Arrival, Mackenzie Phillips - Hollywood's go-to person on substance abuse and a visible and outspoken advocate for addiction awareness and education - brings her knowledge and voice on the subject of recovery... |
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Freud's Thinking
Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen - Cambridge University Press Format: Paperback
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In this brief but comprehensive introduction to Freud's theories, Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen provides a step-by-step overview of his ideas regarding the unconscious, the cure, sexuality, drives, and culture, highlighting their indebtedness to contemporary neurophysiological and biological... |
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All the Things They Said We Couldn't Have: Stories of Trans Joy
Tash Oakes-Monger - Jessica Kingsley Pub Format: Paperback
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'Transition has not been something linear for me, my joy has come in seasons.'. Now, more than ever, trans people deserve to hear stories of joy and hope, where being trans doesn't have to be defined by fear and dysphoria, but can be experienced through courage, freedom, and the love... |
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The Myth of Sisyphus
Albert Camus - Vintage Format: Paperback
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One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus - featured here in a stand-alone edition - is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide - the question... |
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Women and Liberty, 1600-1800: Philosophical Essays
Jacqueline Broad - Oxford University Press Format: Hardcover
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There have been many different historical-intellectual accounts of the shaping and development of concepts of liberty in pre-Enlightenment Europe. This volume is unique for addressing the subject of liberty principally as it is discussed in the writings of women philosophers, and as it is theorized... |
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How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
JASON STANLEY - Random House Format: Hardcover
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Nations don't have to be fascist to suffer from fascist politics. A Yale philosopher identifies the ten pillars of fascist politics, and charts their horrifying rise and deep history in the United States and around the world, to conclude that fascism is alive in America today.Fascism means... |
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