Auteur: Matthew Sharpe

Philosophy in both Australia and New Zealand has been has been experiencing, for some time now, something of a ‘golden age’, exercising an influence in the global arena that is disproportionate to th …

It is said the champions of the ancient Olympic Games received a crown of olive leaves, symbolizing a divine blessing from Nike, the winged goddess of victory. While the mythology of the ancient game …

One of the most persistent, troubling, and divisive of the ideological divisions within modernity is the struggle over the Enlightenment and its legacy. Much of the difficulty is owed to a general fa …

A group of survivors arrive in Virginia from the demolished Manhattan, planning to establish an outpost, find oil, and exploit the Indians controlling the area. Plans go awry however in both violent …

This book is a collection of specifically commissioned articles on the key continental European philosophical movements since 1914. It shows how each of these bodies of thought has been shaped by the …

This volume explores timely topics in contemporary political and social debates, including: the new atheisms, the debate between Habermas and the Pope on the fate of modernity, and the impact of …

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This book provides students and experts alike with a new kind of introduction to Slavoj Zizek’s political theory. Going beyond recounting Zizek’s positions on ideology, capitalism, Leninism, Stalinis …

It is said the champions of the ancient Olympic Games received a crown of olive leaves, symbolizing a divine blessing from Nike, the winged goddess of victory. While the mythology of the ancient game …

‘Understanding Psychoanalysis’ presents a broad introduction to the key concepts and developments in psychoanalysis and its impact on modern thought. Charting pivotal moments in the theorization and …

‘Understanding Psychoanalysis’ presents a broad introduction to the key concepts and developments in psychoanalysis and its impact on modern thought. Charting pivotal moments in the theorization and …

Slavoj Zizek has emerged as the pre-eminent European cultural theorist of the last decade and has been described as the ultimate Marxist/Lacanian cultural studies scholar. His large and growing body …

Slavoj Zizek has emerged as the pre-eminent European cultural theorist of the last decade and has been described as the ultimate Marxist/Lacanian cultural studies scholar. His large and growing body …

In the age of the war on terror and what one critic has called ‘disaster capitalism’, the topic of trauma has assumed renewed cultural relevance. Trauma, Historicity, Philosophy is a collection of es …

This collection of writings from Pierre Hadot (1992-2010) presents, for the first time, previously unreleased and in some cases untranslated materials from one of the world”s most prominent classica …

John Howard said, The times will suit me, ‘ and they did. For over a decade John Howard took advantage of international crises and local anxieties to not only stay in government, but to radically res …

John Howard said, The times will suit me, ‘ and they did. For over a decade John Howard took advantage of international crises and local anxieties to not only stay in government, but to radically res …

This is the first book applying Stoic philosophy, and its extraordinary exercises in resilience and self-care, to the epidemic problem of bullying and ‘mobbing’. Aimed preeminently at targets, it off …

Challenging widespread misunderstandings, this book shows that central to key enlightenment texts was the practice of estranging taken-for-granted prejudices by adopting the perspective of Others.The …

In this first ever introduction to philosophy as a way of life in the Western tradition, Matthew Sharpe and Michael Ure take us through the history of the idea from Socrates and Plato, via the mediev …

In this first ever introduction to philosophy as a way of life in the Western tradition, Matthew Sharpe and Michael Ure take us through the history of the idea from Socrates and Plato, via the mediev …

This collection of writings from Pierre Hadot (1992-2010) presents, for the first time, previously unreleased and in some cases untranslated materials from one of the world”s most prominent classica …