The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics
By: Benjamin J.B. Lipscomb
4.26
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
The story of four remarkable women who shaped the intellectual history of the 20th century: Elizabe…
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1. A Severed Head
By: Iris Murdoch
3.74
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
As macabre as a Jacobean tragedy, as frivolous as a Restoration comedy, Iris Murdoch's fifth novel … read more
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"I could not see other human beings at present."-Iris Murdoch, A Severed Head
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"I feel half faded away like some figure in the background of an old picture."-Iris Murdoch, A Severed Head
2. Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair
By: Sarah Schulman
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
From intimate relationships to global politics, Sarah Schulman observes a continuum: that inflated … read more
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3. Natural Goodness
By: Philippa Foot
4.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Philippa Foot has for many years been one of the most distinctive and influential thinkers in moral… read more
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4. The Sea, the Sea
By: Iris Murdoch , Mary Kinzie
3.66
Format: 341 pages, Paperback
Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an is… read more
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5. Under the Net
By: Iris Murdoch
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Belfounder, silent philosopher. Jake, hack writer and s… read more
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6. The Hired Girl
By: Laura Amy Schlitz
4.80
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Today Miss Chandler gave me this beautiful book. I vow that I will never forget her kindness to me,… read more
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7. Introduction to Christianity
By: Pope Benedict XVI
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of Cardinal Ratzinger's most important and widely read books, this volume is a revised second e… read more
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8. The Bell
By: Iris Murdoch , A.S. Byatt
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed … read more
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9. Interior Castle
By: Teresa de Ávila
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A cornerstone book on mystical theology, Interior Castledescribes the seven stages of union with Go… read more
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10. The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization
By: Vishal Mangalwadi , None
4.34
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Understand where we came from. Whether you're an avid student of the Bible or a skeptic of its rele… read more
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11. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
By: Yascha Mounk
4.08
Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition
One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more
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12. Social Justice Fallacies
By: Thomas Sowell
4.45
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this instant New York Times bestseller, renowned economist Thomas Sowell demolishes the myths th… read more
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13. Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality
By: David Edmonds
4.26
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein’s Poker , an entertaining and illuminating biography … read more
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14. The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory
By: Abigail Rine Favale
4.59
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
The question of gender—who we are as men and women—has never been more pressing, or more misunderst… read more
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15. Who's Afraid of Gender?
By: Judith Butler
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more
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"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?
16. Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life
By: Clare Mac Cumhaill
3.95
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A vibrant portrait of four college friends--Ir… read more
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17. The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics
By: Benjamin J.B. Lipscomb
4.26
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
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18. Foucault in California [A True Story—Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death]
By: Simeon Wade
3.45
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
In The Lives of Michel Foucault, David Macey quotes the iconic French philosopher as speaking “nost… read more
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"Actually, Deleuze wouldn't strike you as being all that unusual,' Foucault replied. 'He appears completely conventional. He is married and has two children."-Simeon Wade, Foucault in California [A True Story—Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death]
"Another book out of Mexico which interests me is Ivan Illich's Deschooling Society. Do you know it?' I inquired. 'Yes, and I too have a high opinion of the thesis of the book. Illich is a man with on…"-Simeon Wade, Foucault in California [A True Story—Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death]
"You have to be lost as a young man,' Michel replied, 'You are not really trying unless you are lost. That is a good sign. I was lost as a young man too.' 'Should I take chances with my life?' Jake co…"-Simeon Wade, Foucault in California [A True Story—Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death]
"What was it like for you before the gay movement?' the young gay student asked. 'You might not believe this.' Foucault replied, 'but I actually liked the scene before the gay liberation, when everyth…"-Simeon Wade, Foucault in California [A True Story—Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death]
19. The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential of Getting in the Way
By: Sara Ahmed
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A renowned feminist thinker argues we need to get in the way of happiness, our own and other people… read more
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"Iris Marion Young discusses how some girls learn to “throw like girls"-Sara Ahmed, The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential of Getting in the Way
20. The Atonement: An Introduction (Short Studies in Systematic Theology)
By: Jeremy Treat
4.62
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A Concise Introduction to the Doctrine of the Atonement The atonement is central to Christian theol… read more
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21. Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty ― and What to Do About It
By: Sohrab Ahmari
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The inside story of how our political class enabled an era of unaccountable corporate might that le… read more
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