Titoli in Società

Imagine: You are designing a society, but you don't know who you'll be within it—rich or poor, man or woman, gay or straight. What would you want that society to look like? This is the revolutionary thought experiment proposed by the twentieth century's greatest political philosopher, John...

A leading philosopher shows that if the pursuit of happiness is the question, Epicureanism is the answer Epicureanism has a reputation problem, bringing to mind gluttons with gout or an admonition to eat, drink, and be merry. In How to Be an Epicurean, philosopher Catherine Wilson shows that...

Richard David Prechts Beitrag zur Bildungsdebatte Unsere Kinder, die heute eingeschult werden, gehen im Jahr 2070 in Rente. Doch wir überfrachten sie mit Wissensstoff, den sie für ihr Leben kaum brauchen werden. Statt ihnen dabei zu helfen, Neugier, Kreativität, Originalität, Orientierung...

Das unordentliche Gefühl, das wir Liebe nennen, beleuchtet Richard David Precht auf bewährt kluge und anschauliche Weise. Er unternimmt einen ebenso lehrreichen wie amüsanten Streifzug durch Philosophie und Psychologie, durch Soziologie und Hirnforschung, um dem komplexen Gefüge unserer...

Warum wir uns so schwer tun, gut zu sein Ist der Mensch gut oder schlecht? Ist er in der Tiefe seines Herzens ein Egoist oder hilfsbereit? Und wie kommt es eigentlich, dass sich fast alle Menschen mehr oder weniger für die »Guten« halten und es trotzdem so viel Unheil in der Welt gibt? Das...

Qu'est-ce qui nous touche ? Qu'est-ce qui nous émeut, nous bouleverse ? Dans « Nos vies écorchées », Claire Marin interroge la place du toucher, des contacts physiques et des relations incarnées, dans une époque qui s'enivre de virtualité. La peau, organe total, profondément ramifié et réactif, nous conduit à repenser notre rapport au monde, aux autres et à nous-mêmes.

As mulheres já conquistaram um grande espaço na sociedade e a cada dia vão conquistando mais e mais. Mulheres de palavras vem para ressaltar a atitude de mulheres que marcaram a história da humanidade: Hannah Arendt e Simone Weil, filósofas Cecília Meireles e Adélia Prado, poetizas e...

Neste volume, Alfredo Culleton e Fernanda Bragatto refletem sobre as relações entre Justiça e Direito. Exploram dilemas como 'deve-se ou não obedecer a uma lei que contraria nossa consciência?' e visitam teorias clássicas e contemporâneas sobre o justo e o legal...

Neste volume, Marilena Chaui aborda filosoficamente um tema que parece familiar e natural: a vida em sociedade. O ser humano é ou não um ser social, gregário? Poderia ele viver isoladamente, sem a interdependência de seus semelhantes? Este livro é mais do que uma tentativa de resposta; é...

Master modern life's complex dilemmas using the practical tools of transformative pragmatism and civic ethics. Whether you are navigating workplace conflicts, searching for personal purpose, or seeking an intellectually stimulating listen during your daily commute, these living traditions...

Every modern Illuminati theory descends from three books. Here they are — complete, unabridged, and undiluted by commentary. 1797: Edinburgh professor John Robison — no pamphleteer, but secretary of Scotland's Royal Society — publishes Proofs of a Conspiracy, charging that the Bavarian...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the search for justice led not to a courtroom, but into the deepest chambers of the soul? In *The Republic*, Plato creates one of the foundational works of Western philosophy: a dramatic dialogue on justice, power, education, truth, the ideal...

Research has found that honesty is the single most important characteristic a person can possess when it comes to liking them, respecting them, and understanding them. But honesty is eroding at a frightening rate in many areas of society today, as we are confronted with a number of honesty crises. The frequency of deepfakes has skyrocketed, now that they are simple to make and untraceable.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Et si votre manière de penser, de réagir et de décider était dirigée par des scripts que vous n'avez jamais choisis ? Dans les années 1970, une psychologue de Harvard a prouvé qu'un seul mot vide pouvait ouvrir 93 pour cent des portes. La plupart...

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is one of the most extraordinary - and important - texts in Western philosophy. It was written by Friedrich Nietzsche between 1883 and 1885. He cast it in the form of a novel in the hope that his urgent message of the 'death of God' and the rise of the superman...

The Antichrist and Ecce Homo were two of the last works written by Friedrich Nietzsche just before his mental collapse in 1889. Though both written in 1888, they are very different in content and style. In The Antichrist, Nietzsche expands on his view that the submissive nature of Christianity...

The highly anticipated sequel to the global bestseller 12 Rules for Life. In 12 Rules for Life, acclaimed public thinker and clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson offered an antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to modern anxieties. His insights have helped millions of...

Nos llega desde Colombia una nueva propuesta para pensar los resortes y alcances del poder. Bruno Maduro empezó a darle vueltas al asunto ya a principios de los '90, mientras trabajaba como docente en las comunidades indígenas que sufrían y resistían a la violencia político-militar. Luego fue trenzando con esa experiencia la lectura de un sinfín de fuentes, traídas desde la antropología política, la filosofía y el psicoanálisis.

Opposites and borders are never as clear as we think. With a novelist's eye for the unexpected, author Hari Kunzru takes listeners into the gray zone between life and death, public and private, black and white, and more. Along the way he meets philosophers and punk musicians, New Age gurus and space explorers, and together they investigate liminal spaces around the world. Into the Zone: Audio Essays includes a new foreword and afterword providing bookends to a series of brilliantly crafted intersections on history and the evolution of identity.

Your intellectual freedom is at stake, threatened by everything from academia and Big Tech to the media and government. Fortunately, you have a way to take back personal control, and it’s a solution founded upon ancient philosophy. In Restoring Reason, philosopher Dr. Travis Corcoran demonstrates how the liberal arts provide us with a skillset to evaluate knowledge and draw our own conclusions for clarity, confidence, and freedom.