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By Maggie Nelson. 2021
So often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation,…
the rhetoric of freedom both rouses and repels. Does it remain key to our autonomy, justice, and well-being, or is freedom's long star turn coming to a close? Does a continued obsession with the term enliven and emancipate, or reflect a deepening nihilism (or both)? On Freedom examines such questions by tracing the concept's complexities in four distinct realms: art, sex, drugs, and climate. Drawing on a vast range of material, from critical theory to pop culture to the intimacies and plain exchanges of daily life, Nelson explores how we might think, experience, or talk about freedom in ways responsive to the conditions of our day. Her abiding interest lies in ongoing "practices of freedom" by which we negotiate our interrelation with--indeed, our inseparability from--others, with all the care and constraint that relation entails, while accepting difference and conflict as integral to our communion. For Nelson, thinking publicly through the knots in our culture--from recent art world debates to the turbulent legacies of sexual liberation, from the painful paradoxes of addiction to the lure of despair in the face of the climate crisis--is itself a practice of freedom, a means of forging fortitude, courage, and company. On Freedom is an invigorating, essential book for challenging times.By Oliver Burkeman. 2021
"This is the most important book ever written about time management. Oliver Burkeman offers a searing indictment of productivity hacking…
and profound insights on how to make the best use of our scarcest, most precious resource. His writing will challenge you to rethink many of your beliefs about getting things done-and you’ll be wiser because of it." -Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of WorkLife Time is our biggest worry: there is too little of it. The award-winning, renowned Guardian columnist Oliver Burkeman offers a lively, entertaining philosophical guide to time and time management, setting aside superficial efficiency solutions in favour of reckoning with and finding joy in the finitude of human life.The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks.Nobody needs telling there isn't enough time. We're obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless struggle against distraction; and we're deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient, plus "lifehacks" to optimize our days. But such techniques often just end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks.Drawing on the insights of ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern obsession with "getting everything done," he introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life, showing how many of the unhelpful ways we've come to think about time aren't inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we've made, as individuals and as a society--and that we could do things differently.By Tim Crane. 2017
Philosopher examines what religion means to people of faith, and the intellectual, ethical, and practical considerations atheists should take when…
interacting with religion and its practitioners. Topics include religion and the atheist's point of view, the religious impulse, identification, religion and violence, and the meaning of tolerance. 2017By Carl Von Clausewitz, J. J. Graham. 1982
Treatise on the art of warfare as a part of a coherent system of political thought, written during a Napoleonic…
campaign by a Prussian soldier. Edited with an introduction by Anatol Rapoport. 1831By Errol Morris. 2018
Oscar-winning documentary director reflects on his relationship with his professor, philosopher Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996). Pays particular attention to Kuhn's seminal…
work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions--the central concept of which precipitated an argument where Kuhn threw an ashtray in the direction of Morris's head. 2018By Edward Rosenfeld. 2018
An expert on neural networks greatly expands on his original work from 1973 on ways to achieve altered consciousness. Includes…
more than two hundred drug-free techniques, divided into three sections: "Just Your Self," "Help from Others," and "Devices and Machines." Techniques range widely, from quiet meditation to skydiving to virtual reality simulations. Some descriptions of sex. 2018By Amy Newmark, Deborah Norville. 2016
Collection of essays by people sharing the ways gratitude has changed their lives. Sections include "Count Your Blessings," "Eye Openers,"…
"Practicing Gratitude," "A Change in Perspective," "Well Chosen Words," "Grateful for Life," "Simple Pleasures," "Silver Linings," "Paying It Forward," and "Never Too Late for a Thank You."2016By Hannah Arendt, Jerome Kohn. 2018
This collection of writings from renowned political theorist Arendt (1906-1975) includes essays, letters, speeches, and more. Topics include the assassination…
of JFK and its aftermath, the ramifications of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, and the role of a free press in democracy. 2018By William Irwin, Kevin S. Decker, Jason T. Eberl. 2005
A multi-author collection of essays looking at philosophical questions brought up by the Star Wars film franchise. Four sections cover…
philosophical messages in the films, ethics examples, alien technologies and the metaphysics of The Force, and truth and faith in the galactic societies of the films. 2005By Michael Ignatieff. 2021
Timely and profound philosophical meditations on how great figures in history, literature, music, and art searched for solace while facing…
tragedies and crises, from the internationally renowned historian of ideas and Booker Prize-finalist Michael Ignatieff.When someone we love dies, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes--war, famine, pandemic--we go in search of consolation. Once the province of priests and philosophers, the language of consolation has largely vanished from our modern vocabulary, and the places where it was offered, houses of religion, are often empty. Rejecting the solace of ancient religious texts, humanity since the sixteenth century has increasingly placed its faith in science, ideology, and the therapeutic.How do we console each other and ourselves in an age of unbelief? In a series of lapidary meditations on writers, artists, musicians, and their works--from the books of Job and Psalms to Albert Camus, Anna Akhmatova, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and Primo Levi--esteemed writer and historian Michael Ignatieff shows how men and women in extremity have looked to each other across time to recover hope and resilience. Recreating the moments when great figures found the courage to confront their fate and the determination to continue unafraid, On Consolation takes those stories into the present, movingly contending that we can revive these traditions of consolation to meet the anguish and uncertainties of our precarious twenty-first century.By John O'Donohue. 2004
A theologian and poet urges readers to open their eyes, hearts, and minds to beauty. Focusing on the classical, medieval,…
and Celtic ideas of beauty, the author believes that embracing beauty leads to greater serenity, passion, and creativity. 2004By Walter Sinnott-Armstrong. 2018
An ethics professor addresses the increasingly argumentative and divisive nature of our personal and political lives. He believes that learning…
how to argue reasonably and effectively can create mutual understanding and respect. With examples from politics, popular culture, and everyday life, he shows what makes a good argument. 2018By Andrew S. Curran. 2019
Biography of the philosopher Denis Diderot (1713-1784), a central figure of the French Enlightenment. Examines the society of his time…
and looks at his writings, including the long effort to create the multivolume Encyclopédie and the huge cache of essays he left behind after his death. Some descriptions of sex. 2019By Jim Holt. 2018
From Jim Holt, New York Times bestselling author of Why Does the World Exist? , comes When Einstein Walked with…
Gödel : Excursions to the Edge of Thought, an entertaining and accessible audiobook guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuries Does time exist? What is infinity? Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down? In this scintillating collection, Holt explores the human mind, the cosmos, and the thinkers who've tried to encompass the latter with the former. With his trademark clarity and humor, Holt probes the mysteries of quantum mechanics, the quest for the foundations of mathematics, and the nature of logic and truth. Along the way, he offers intimate biographical sketches of celebrated and neglected thinkers, from the physicist Emmy Noether to the computing pioneer Alan Turing and the discoverer of fractals, Benoit Mandelbrot. In this audiobook, Holt offers a painless and playful introduction to many of our most beautiful but least understood ideas, from Einsteinian relativity to string theory, and also invites listeners to consider why the greatest logician of the twentieth century believed the U.S. Constitution contained a terrible contradiction—and whether the universe truly has a futureBy David Seidman. 2015
Guide to atheism and other forms of doubt and nonbelief. Explores the challenges of questioning the views of one's upbringing,…
establishing beliefs about religion and spirituality, and addressing the practical aspects of managing religious occasions. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2015By Paul Mendes-Flohr, Paul R Mendes-Flohr. 2019
Biography of philosopher and theologian Martin Buber (1878-1965). Describes his mother's abandonment and the impact of growing up in the…
Austro-Hungarian empire, intellectual influences, and experiences as an immigrant. Examines the complexity and layers of his thoughts, particularly as he frequently revised his works without notification. 2019By Jeffrey C. Stewart. 2018
Biography of the man lauded as the father of the Harlem Renaissance. Describes his education, career as a Howard University…
professor, extensive travels, role in culture, and identity as a gay man. Draws on primary sources and interviews with those who knew him. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. National Book Award. 2018By Tom McLeish. 2019
Theoretical physicist argues that the study of science requires as much creativity as the arts. Draws on his cross-disciplinary work…
to explore the history of creative inspiration in science. Discusses visual imagination, the construction of science experiments, the use of mathematics in music, and more. 2019By Joseph Michael Reagle. 2019
Technologist chronicles the phenomenon of life hacking--finding ways to systemize and streamline everyday tasks and events--from the days of Benjamin…
Franklin to the digital age. Focuses on the topics of time, motivation, stuff, health, relationships, and meaning. Some strong language. 2019By Stephen Macedo, Josiah Ober, Franz De Waal, F. B. M. de Waal. 2016
Based on a lecture from 2004, a renowned primatologist and professor of psychology examines the biological foundations of morality. Questions…
whether virtuous behavior can be explained by nature rather than by human rational choice. Also includes responses from other philosophers and scientists. 2006