Philosophy + Religion
PRESENTATION OF SELF IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Written by Goffman, Erving
Based upon detailed research and observation of social customs in many regions, here is a notable contribution to our understanding of ourselves, using theatrical performance as a framework.
SCHOOL OF LIFE: ON MENTAL ILLNESS: WHAT CAN CALM, REASSURE AND CONSOLE
Written by The School of Life
A compassionate guide to normalizing mental illness and achieving emotional wellbeing.This is a guide to coping with a wide variety of mental unwellness, from the very mild to the severe.
HOW MODERN MEDIA DESTROYS OUR MINDS: CALMING THE CHAOS
Written by The School of Life
A guide to navigating modern media and staying sane in a world that does not turn off.
MORE LOVING WORLD: HOW TO INCREASE COMPASSION, KINDNESS AND JOY
Written by The School of Life
An empowering guide to creating a kinder, more loving world.The modern world is richer, safer and more connected than ever. But it is also a far less loving world than we need or want: impatience, self-righteousness, moralism and viciousness run rampant, while forgiveness, tolerance and empathy seem in short supply.This book reminds us how much humans long for, and depend on, love.
SCHOOL OF LIFE: ON FAILURE: HOW TO SUCCEED AT DEFEAT
Written by The School of Life
A guide to the art of failing well--with actionable tips and a gentle approachThis is a hopeful, consoling, gentle book about failure. Our societies talk a lot about success, but the reality is that no one gets through life without failing - in small and usually also in large ways. Sometimes our failures are very obvious, at other times, we feel we have to conceal them out of shame.
SCHOOL OF LIFE: CALM: THE HARMONY AND SERENITY WE CRAVE
Written by The School of Life
Think your way to serenity. Calmness isn't just a state of mind. It's an essential life skill that, when practiced, can dramatically improve our everyday lives. This fascinating and pragmatic book argues that we can educate ourselves in the art of keeping calm not through slow breathing or special teas but through thinking.
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN'S TRACTATUS ODYSSEY: THE GREAT WAR AND THE WRITING OF THE TRACTATUS-LOGICO-PHILOSOPHICUS
Charts Wittgenstein's intellectual development, personal struggles, and movements from Vienna to Cambridge and Norway, and to the battlegrounds of WWI, where he completed what was destined to become the most influential philosophy book of the 20th century.Ludwig Wittgenstein's way to the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, one of the ground-breaking works in the history of philosophy, ca
CULT OF THE DEAD: A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
Written by Smith, Kyle
A cultural history of how Christianity was born from its martyrs. Though it promises eternal life, Christianity was forged in death. Christianity is built upon the legacies of the apostles and martyrs who chose to die rather than renounce the name of their lord.
THEORY OF THE GIMMICK: AESTHETIC JUDGMENT AND CAPITALIST FORM
Written by Ngai, Sianne
Christian Gauss Award ShortlistWinner of the ASAP Book PrizeA Literary Hub Book of the Year "Makes the case that the gimmick...is of tremendous critical value...Lies somewhere between critical theory and Sontag's best work."
HAPPINESS IN ACTION: A PHILOSOPHER'S GUIDE TO THE GOOD LIFE
Written by Sandel, Adam Adatto
"Here, at last, is a book about what happiness really means, and why it often eludes us in our stressed-out, always-on lives."
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