Philosophy

Aesthetics, the second volume of the complete collection of Michel Foucault's courses, articles and interviews, focuses on the philosophy, literatu...

In Freud's view we are driven by the desire for pleasure as well as by the desire to avoid pain. But the pursuit of pleasure has never been a simpl...

This new collection contains some of Camus' most brilliant political writing as he reflects on moral responsibility and the role of the artist in t...

The grisly spectacle of public executions and torture of centuries ago has been replaced by the penal system in western society - but has anything ...

The Essential Works of Michel Foucault offers the definitive collection of his articles, interviews and seminars from across thirty years of his ex...

Arguing that 'education is freedom', Paulo Freire's radical international classic contends that traditional teaching styles keep the poor powerless...

The third and final volume of the Essential Works of Foucault series, Power brings together his writings on the issues that he helped make the core...

Society Must Be Defended is Michel Foucault's devastating critique of the systems of power and control inherent in civilization. Taken from a serie...

edited by Paul Rabinow This is the ideal introduction to one of the most significant and radical philosophers of the past century. It includes deta...

Her first major literary success, Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead is an exalted view of her Objectivist philosophy, portraying a visionary artist strug...

translated by Richard Howard In The Trouble With Being Born, E. M. Cioran grapples with the major questions of human existence: birth, death, God, ...