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A Short History of Truth - Consolations for a Post-Truth World by Julian Baggini
$25.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
How did we find ourselves in a "post-truth" world of "alternative facts"? And can we get out of it? A Short History of Truth sets out to answer these questions by looking at the complex history of truth and falsehood. It identifies ten types of supposed truth and explains how easily each can become the ...Show more
Atheism: A Very Short Introduction by Julian Baggini
$22.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Very Short Introductions
Atheism is often considered to be a negative, dark, and pessimistic belief which is characterized by a rejection of values and purpose and a fierce opposition to religion. "Atheism: A Very Short Introduction" sets out to dispel the myths that surround atheism, and shows how a life without religious beli ...Show more
Babette's Feast by Julian Baggini
$29.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: BFI Film Classics Ser.
On the face of it, Gabriel Axel's Babette's Feast (1989) is a film in which the eyes o and mouths o of religious zealots are opened to the glories of the sensual world. It is a critique of what Nietzsche called life-denying religion in favour of life-affirming sensuality. But to view the film in that wa ...Show more
Complaint : From minor moans to principled protests by Julian Baggini
$28.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Big Ideas
Complaint can be a powerful political tool. Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King both used it to drive social change. So why do we moan about increasingly trivial things - like the weather or public transport? Do Brits complain less than Americans? Do men and women complain about different things? What ...Show more
Do They Think You're Stupid? 100 Ways of Spotting Spin and Nonsense From the Media, Celebrities and Politicians by Julian Baggini
$28.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
Originally published as "The Duck that Won the Lottery", this companion volume to "The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten" provides another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy. This time the focus is on the bad argumentative moves people use all the time, in politi ...Show more
Do You Think What You Think You Think? The ultimate philosophy quiz book by Julian Baggini & Jeremy Stangroom (illus Katharine Reeve)
$24.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion
Is your brain ready for a thorough philosophical health check? Really, it won't hurt a bit...Is what you believe coherent and consistent? Or is it a jumble of contradictions? If you could design yourself a God, what would He (or She, or It) be like? Can you spot the logical flaw in an argument (even if ...Show more
Freedom Regained: The Possibility of Free Will by Julian Baggini
$26.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion
Do we have free will? It's a question that has puzzled philosophers and theologians for centuries and feeds into numerous political, social, and personal concerns. Are we products of our culture, or free agents within it? How much responsibility should we take for our actions? Are our neural pathways fi ...Show more
How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy by Julian Baggini
$33.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
Julian Baggini's How the World Thinks is there to fill the Sapiens-size hole in your life' Observer's guide to Autumn in culture In this groundbreaking global overview of philosophy, Julian Baggini travels the world to provide a wide-ranging map of human thought. One of the great unexplained wonders of ...Show more
How the World Thinks: Global/Philosophy by Julian Baggini
$36.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion
The first ever global overview of philosophy: how it developed around the world and impacted the cultures in which it flourished.
Should You Judge The Book by Its Cover?: 100 fresh takes on familiar sayings and quotations by Julian Baggini
$28.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
This is another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy from the master of the genre. This time Baggini applies his philosophical scalpel to famous sayings, proverbs and pieces of homespun wisdom. Should you really do as the Romans do when in Rome and practice ...Show more
Should You Judge This Book by Its Cover?: 100 Fresh Takes on Familiar Sayings and Quotations by Julian Baggini
$35.00 NZD
Category: Languages & Reference
This is another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy from the master of the genre. This time Baggini applies his philosophical scalpel to famous sayings, proverbs and pieces of homespun wisdom. Should you really do as the Romans do when in Rome and practice ...Show more
The Big Questions: Ethics by Julian Baggini
$24.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion | Series: The Big Questions
'The Big Questions' series is designed to let renowned experts confront the 20 most fundamental and frequently asked questions of a major branch of science or philosophy. In 'The Big Questions: Ethics' Julian Baggini, one of Britain's best-known philosophers, condenses complex, contemporary issues of ri ...Show more