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HEATHER EATON; LAUREN LEVESQUE EDS October, hb/pb, £60/£19.99, 9781781794715/22 Considers non-violence in relationship to specific social, political, ecological and spiritual issues. E
FABER & FABER
DOING GOOD BETTER: EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM AND A RADICAL NEW WAY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WILLIAM MACASKILL July, pb, £8.99, 9781783350513 A radical reassessment of how we can most effectively help others. E
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS
CELEBRICITIES: MEDIA CULTURE AND THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF GADGET COMMODITY LIFE ANTHONY CURTIS ADLER July, pb, £21.99, 9780823270804 Adler reveals how the disarticulation of life via the commodity fetish demands.
I B TAURIS
SENECA: UNDERSTANDING CLASSICS SERIES CHRISTOPHER STAR October, tpb, £12.99, 9781848858909 A new survey of Seneca’s key contributions to politics, philosophy, literature and drama. E
BADIOU REFRAMED: CONTEMPORARY THINKERS REFRAMED SERIES: INTERPRETING KEY THINKERS FOR THE ARTS ALEX LING December, tpb, £12.99, 9781780762609
A new application of Badiou’s ideas to the visual arts. E
ICON BOOKS
LOVE VOLTAIRE US APART: A PHILOSOPHER’S GUIDE TO RELATIONSHIPS JULIA EDELMAN; HALLIE BATEMAN ILLUS October, hb, £9.99, 9781785780998 Expanding her New Yorker article, Edelman imagines relationship advice from history’s greatest minds. E
THE PERSUADERS: THE HIDDEN INDUSTRY THAT WANTS TO CHANGE YOUR MIND
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JAMES GARVEY December, pb, £8.99, 9781785781001 “A boisterous dissection of the forces jellyfying our minds.”— Sunday Times. E
LITTLE TOLLER BOOKS
HAVERGEY JOHN BURNSIDE September, hb, £15, 9781908213464 The poet and novelist visits the remote island of Havergey on a Utopian quest.
LITTMAN LIBRARY OF JEWISH CIVILIZATION
SA’ADYAH GAON ROBERT BRODY July, pb, £16.95, 9781906764906
A study of an outstanding 10th-century Jewish thinker, examining his life and intellectual achievements.
MIT PRESS
THE MIT PRESS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE SERIES THE MIND—BODY PROBLEM JONATHAN WESTPHAL October, pb, £11.95, 9780262529563 Accessible guides to important topics, written by experts. E
NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS CLASSICS
EXISTENTIAL MONDAY: ESSAYS ANDREW RUBENS; BENJAMIN FONDANE; BRUCE BAUGH July, pb, £9.99, 9781590178980 One of the great 20th-century philosophers, Fondane’s first selection of philosophical work in English. E
NOTTING HILL EDITIONS
THE MYSTERY OF BEING HUMAN: GOD, FREEDOM AND THE NHS RAYMOND TALLIS September, hb, £14.99, 9781910749142 Raymond Tallis meditates on the complexity of human consciousness, free will, mathematics, God and eternity. E
THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA: A BOOK FOR ALL AND NONE FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, JOANNA KAVENNA, MICHAEL HULSE
November, hb, £25, 9781910749258
A new translation of this seminal work by the prize-winning translator of W G Sebald. E
ONEWORLD
PLATO AND A PLATYPUS WALK INTO A BAR: UNDERSTANDING PHILOSOPHY THROUGH JOKES DANIEL KLEIN; THOMAS CATHCART October, pbo, £8.99, 9781786070180 A New York Times bestseller with over 300,000 copies sold worldwide. E
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES: UNDERSTANDING OUR VISIONS OF THE AFTERLIFE JOHN MARTIN FISCHER; BENJAMIN MITCHELL- YELLIN
July, hb, £16.99, 9780190466602 Discusses the profound meaning and transformative effects that near-death experiences engender. E
VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS SERIES LEIBNIZ: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION MARIA ROSA ANTOGNAZZA September, pb, £7.99, 9780198718642 Combines authoritative analysis, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make challenging topics highly readable. E
PHILOSOPHERS TAKE ON THE WORLD DAVID EDMONDS ED September, hb, £12.99, 9780198753728 A team of philosophers discuss a variety of these controversial issues. E
THE CONSTRUCTION OF HUMAN KINDS RON MALLON August, hb, £30, 9780198755678
Mallon explores how talking about kinds of person can bring those kinds into being. E
PHILOSOPHY BITES AGAIN DAVID EDMONDS; NIGEL WARBURTON October, pb, £9.99, 9780198776710 Leading philosophers explore some of the philosophical questions that affect us all. E
COSMOPOLITAN PEACE CECILE FABRE August, hb, £40, 9780198786245 Fabre presents the first major key moral principles which should be followed when ending wars. E
ANGER AND FORGIVENESS: RESENTMENT, GENEROSITY, AND JUSTICE MARTHA C NUSSBAUM July, hb, £16.99, 9780199335879 Nussbaum provides a new view that strips forgiveness down to its Judeo-Christian roots. E
A HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY SERIES PHILOSOPHY IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD VOLUME 3: A HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT ANY GAPS PETER ADAMSON
July, hb, £25, 9780199577491 This series aims to present a complete history of
philosophy more thoroughly than ever before. E
DOES ANYTHING REALLY MATTER? ESSAYS ON PARFIT ON OBJECTIVITY PETER SINGER ED September, hb, £30, 9780199653836 Leading philosophers present a fascinating set of responses to Parfit. E
PENGUIN BOOKS
GRAY’S ANATOMY: SELECTED WRITINGS JOHN GRAY November, pb, £10.99, 9780141981116 A new edition with two new sections and updated foreword.
THE DREAM OF REASON: A HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY FROM THE GREEKS TO THE RENAISSANCE ANTHONY GOTTLIEB August, pb, £9.99, 9780141983844 A fully revised and updated edition of the definitve introduction to the beginnings of philosophy.
UNFORBIDDEN PLEASURES ADAM PHILLIPS November, pb, £9.99, 9780241964088
ETHICS IN THE REAL WORLD: 82 BRIEF ESSAYS ON THINGS THAT MATTER PETER SINGER October, hb, £18.95, 9780691172477 Provocative essays on real-world ethical questions from the world’s most influential philosopher. E
HOW TO WIN AN ARGUMENT: AN ANCIENT GUIDE TO THE ART OF PERSUASION MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO; JAMES M MAY ED/TR October, hb, £12.95, 9780691164335
Timeless techniques of public speaking from ancient Rome’s greatest orator. E
A SHORT HISTORY OF GERMAN PHILOSOPHY VITTORIO, HOESLE;
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ON WHAT MATTERS VOL.3 DEREK PARFIT September, hb, £25, 9780198778608 Parfit develops his influential treatment of reasons and the status of morality. E
Much has been written of the forbidden pleasures. But what of the “unforbidden” pleasures?
PENGUIN CLASSICS
THE AGE OF REASON JEAN-PAUL SARTRE November, pb, £7.99, 9780241259696 A collection of the philosopher’s reflections and theories taken from his unpublished notes.
TREATISE ON TOLERATION VOLTAIRE August, pb, £8.99, 9780241236628
One of the most important essays on religious tolerance and freedom of thought.
LEVIATHAN THOMAS HOBBES September, pb, £12.99, 9780141395098 A masterpiece of 17th- century English prose, thoroughly corrected and with a major new introduction.
ON THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF MAN FRIEDRICH SCHILLER September, pb, £9.99, 9780141396965 Schiller’s famous treatise on art, politics and society.
THE WILL TO POWER FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE December, pb, £9.99, 9780141195353 New to Penguin Classics, Nietzsche’s magnum opus before his death.
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
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