Philosophy

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Rob Tempio
Publisher, Philosophy, Political Theory, & the Ancient World -
Ben Tate
Senior Editor, Humanities, Europe
The philosopher Wilfrid Sellars characterized the aim of philosophy as the effort “to understand how things in the broadest possible sense of the term hang together in the broadest possible sense of the term.” Animated by a similar purpose, the philosophy list publishes widely across the field topically and historically, in order to provide the broadest possible understanding of the world and how to live wisely within it.
With strengths in the history of philosophy and moral and political philosophy, we publish books that reach into adjacent fields and we seek to engage general readers in search of the wisdom philosophy has to offer.
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Books for advancing the humanities and affirming our shared humanity
According to the recent World Humanities Report, the humanities are threatened for the very reasons they are powerful. Literature, the arts, philosophy, aesthetics, history: these disciplines—once considered vital to understanding what it means to be human—remain crucial in providing frameworks for understanding human experience, fostering ethical reasoning, countering authoritarianism, and addressing societal problems.
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Brian Bruya on A Cure for Chaos
C. C. Tsai is one of Asia’s most popular cartoonists, and his graphic editions of the Chinese classics have sold more than 40 million copies in over twenty languages. In A Cure for Chaos, he uses his virtuosic artistic skill and sly humor to create an entertaining and enlightening illustrated version of key selections from the Mencius, a profoundly influential work of Chinese philosophy.
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Raising the dead
My fascination, indeed, my love of, death began in my childhood when my mum took me to the British Museum to see the mummies.
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Consider the Turkey
A turkey is the centerpiece of countless Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. Yet most of us know almost nothing about today’s specially bred, commercially produced birds.
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Peter Singer on Consider the Turkey
In this Q&A, Peter Singer discusses a few things consumers may want to know about factory farmed turkey heading into the holiday season.
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