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An exceptional history of ideas and a contemporary critique on the story of self-making: from the Renaissance to the present day

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The extraordinary historical consequences of errors and fictional inventions.

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Redefining history of anti-Black racist ideas that changes our understanding of the causes and extent of racist thinking, this book chronicles the journey of racist ideas and shows how these ideas were developed and eventually enshrined in American society. It also includes answers to some of the troubling questions of our time.

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How the idea of the West drove twentieth-century US foreign policy, how it fell from favor, and why it is worth saving

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A thrilling compendium of our deepest fears and obsessions by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher.

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A captivating A-Z compendium of our fixations by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

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A wonderfully written and entertaining book which places Britain under the microscope and asks who we are today and how weve changed as a nation.

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Publicly greeted as the definitive answer to recent attacks on the university, Lawrence W. Levine's book is a brilliantly argued positive vision of American education and culture.

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The Passion of the Western Mind is a complete guide to Western civilisation and the philosophical ideas that have shaped our world view.

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Two explorers set out on a journey from which only one of them will return. Their unknown land is that often fearsome continent we call the 20th Century. Their route is through their own minds and memories. Thinking the Twentieth Century is about the life of the mind - and the mindful life.

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This introductory material, comprising excerpts from a favoured medium, talks, is considered by the author to be the "core" of his teachings. Truth and impediments to our discovering it, innovative use of language and practical ways of clarifying our understanding of life are addressed.

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Explores the many aspects and levels of the dream-state, distinguishing ordinary dreaming from "dreaming awake," a condition of heightened awareness through which the active dreamer ascends to the Dream of Transcendence. This work also describes the energy body, its modes of perception, and how it produces dreaming.

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A funny, warm and accessible work of popular philosophy based on the works of a great Renaissance writer.

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The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of Reviving Ophelia--a guide to wisdom, authenticity, and bliss for women as they age--now with a new foreword by the author.

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Words & Pictures by Jenny Uglow is a beautifully illustrated little book exploring the relationships between British writers and artists.

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A beautifully illustrated little book exploring the relationships between British writers and artists.

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A bold articulation of Louis Althussers abiding commitment to the political practice of philosophy.

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What is eternity Is it anything other than a purely abstract concept, totally unrelated to our lives A mere hope A frightfully uncertain horizon Or is it a certainty, shared by priest and scientist alike, and an essential element in all human relations This title presents a history of eternity in Western culture.

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Despite his enduring influence, Georg Lukcs has come under attack in his native Hungary. This collection aims to defend his ideas and legacy.

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Fear is ubiquitous but slippery. This title focuses on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the past.

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Fear is ubiquitous but slippery. This title focuses on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the past.

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This beautifully illustrated book provides a historical and materialist account of Chinese garden culture, and a picture of the garden's role in social life.

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This engaging book spans three centuries to provide the first full account of the long and diverse history of genius in France. Exploring a wide range of examples from literature, philosophy, and history, as well as medicine, psychology, and journalism, Ann Jefferson examines the ways in which the idea of genius has been ceaselessly reflected on an

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Many today do not recognize the word, but "philology" was for centuries nearly synonymous with humanistic intellectual life, encompassing not only the study of Greek and Roman literature and the Bible but also all other studies of language and literature, as well as history, culture, art, and more. In short, philology was the queen of the human sci