Stephen Gaukroger 
Soft Underbelly of Reason [PDF ebook] 
The Passions in the Seventeenth Century

The Principles of Secularism by George Jacob Holyoake is a foundational text advocating for the separation of church and state and promoting secularism as a guiding principle for public policy and so …

Social media is full of dead people. Nobody knows precisely how many Facebook profiles belong to dead users but in 2012 the figure was estimated at 30 million. What do we do with all these digital so …

Buddhas, gods, prophets and oracles are often depicted as asking questions. But what are we to understand when Jesus asks “Who do you say that I am?”, or Mazu, the Classical Zen master asks, “Why do …

Can we reach the psychotic subject in their delusion? Psychopathological theorists often try to find a way to characterise this subject”s inner predicament so that their opaque utterances and action …

The Salvaging of Civilization by H. G. Wells is a visionary exploration of the future of humanity, emphasizing the need for global governance and international cooperation in the post-war world. Writ …

This book is available either individually, or as part of the specially-priced Arguments of the Philosphers Collection. …

The rhetoric of ”needs” has been used to legitimate all major turns in UK health policy since 1936. This study identifies the ethical, policy and technical issues arising from the concept of needs. …

What do blue things have in common? Or electrons? Or planets? Distinct things appear to share properties; but what are properties and what is the best philosophical account of them? A Critical Introd …

This volume breaks new ground by approaching Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) as an explicitly ethical practice in financial markets. The work explains the philosophical and practical shortcomin …

While the governance of human existence is organised ever-increasingly around life and its potential to proliferate beyond all limits, much critical reflection on the phenomenon is underpinned by con …