Philosophy & Psychology

Can jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election? You bet...

Modernity has been defined by humanity's capacity for self-destruction. Over the last century, the means...

When it comes to innovation and creative thinking, we are still catching up with the...

A vibrant new translation of Seneca's 'On the Shortness of Life', a pointed reminder to...

Idiocy is all around us, whether it's the uncle spouting conspiracy theories, the colleagues who...

'The present groundwork is nothing more than the identification and vindication of the supreme principle...

Sociologist, historian and political economist, Max Weber is one of the most important thinkers of...

A playful yet profound examination of what cats can teach us about life and how...

An extended argument that cognitive phenomena-perceiving, imagining, remembering-can be best explained in terms of an...

Philosopher, sociologist and urban theorist, Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991) was one of the great social theorists...

An influential exploration of sex and its surrounding taboos A philosopher, essayist, novelist, pornographer and...

Hailed as the 'Guru of the New Left' and a leading figure of 1960s counterculture...

One of the world's greatest thinkers tells the heroic story of human progress - and...

A passionate expose that serves up the truth about the meat on our plate -...

The legendary author of Behave shows that free will can not exist and explores the...

New translation for the greatest masterpiece of the man many regard as the most important...

Introducing the 7 principles for practicing critical hope--because hope isn't something you have; it's something...

Major big idea book based on breakthrough research- the natural successor to Quiet, Thinking Fast...

Stoicism, the most influential philosophy of the Roman Empire, offers refreshingly modern ways to strengthen...

When we stand alone, we find ourselves. This is a book about true belonging, not...

'It is impossible to live the pleasant life without also living sensibly, nobly and justly'...

Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 ce in the eastern outreaches of the Roman...

The collaboration of the philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the psychoanalyst Felix Guattari has been one...

Hilarious, honest and helpful. Dr Alex George, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mind Manual...

'I must apply my self to Experience; as far as that reaches, I may have...

This is the first volume of a ground-breaking new work by Jurgen Habermas on the...

Inspiring and transformational stories from the forefront of brain science -- from the popular ABC...

'Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, the command to love one's...