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We tend to think about bad feelings—feelings like anger, envy, spite, and contempt—as the weeds in life's garden. But this isn't quite right, according to philosopher Krista K. Thomason. Bad feelings are the worms, not the weeds. They're just below the surface, and we like to pretend they aren't there, but they serve an important purpose. Thomason draws on insights from the history of philosophy to show what we've gotten wrong about bad feelings and to show listeners how we can live better with them.

In this inspired talk recorded live in Europe, Thomas Moore – internationally known theologian and author of New York Times best seller Care of the Soul and A Life at Work, among other titles — shares the roots of his work and approach to philosophy and living. He goes on to explore how our sexually repressed society contributes to violence and dysfunction in the current age, revealing the connection between the repression of pleasure and an urge toward depression and violence.

Each year, 10 pioneering scholars are selected as New Generation Thinkers and given the unique opportunity to bring their groundbreaking work to life on radio. New Generation Thinkers have explored the arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond and continue to share ideas, bring people into their world and expand horizons everywhere. To mark 10 years of this incredible scheme, this collection brings together the 100 winners from the past decade. 

A bold manifesto arguing that the most complex challenges we face today—as individuals, businesses, and a society—require us to ask deeper questions, not seek easier answers “With this beautifully written book, Seth Goldenberg awakens the gifts we all possess: wonder, optimism, and the...

Using examples and analysis, Abramson gives an account of gaslighting and its immorality, and argues that such a discussion can help us understand other aspects of social life—from racism and sexism to the structure of interpersonal trust.

Gibt es das Gute im Menschen? Und wenn ja, wie oft? Richard David Precht präsentiert zusammen mit Caroline Mart in diesem Hörbuch Ideen und Anregungen darüber, warum es so schwierig ist, ein guter Mensch zu sein - und was das eigentlich bedeutet: "ein guter Mensch". Dabei erfährt der Hörer viel Neues und erhält Anregungen, sein eigenes Leben einmal gegen den Strich zu denken.

What does it mean to live in harmony with others? Is it possible to balance self-interest with compassion, individuality with community, freedom with responsibility? This book takes you on a journey through philosophy, science, history, and everyday life to explore one of humanity’s oldest questions: how can we live together without destroying each other?

This anthology takes the ever-controversial discussion of pornography out of solely academic circles; it expands the questions about porn that academics might tackle and opens the conversation to those who know it best - the creators and users of porn.

Judith Butler shows how COVID-19 and all its consequences-political, social, ecological, economic-have challenged us to reconsider the sense of the world that such disasters bring about. Drawing on the work of Max Scheler, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and critical feminist phenomenology, Butler illuminates the conditions in which we seek to make sense of our disorientation, precarity, and social bonds. What World Is This? offers a new account of interdependency in which touching and breathing challenge the boundaries of the body and selfhood.

A leading American philosopher brings the tools of his trade to contentious contemporary debates. How can we have meaningful debates with political opponents? How can we distinguish reliable science from over-hyped media reports? How can we talk sensibly about God? In What Philosophy Can Do, Gary Gutting takes a philosopher's scalpel to modern life's biggest questions and the most powerful forces in our society - politics, science, religion, education, and capitalism - to show how we can improve our discussions of contentious contemporary issues.

N’en déplaise aux adeptes du développement personnel, « être l’auteur de sa vie » n’est pas chose aisée car s’affranchir des déterminismes qui font notre histoire est un long - mais pas impossible ! - chemin vers la liberté. " Être l’auteur de sa vie " est un leitmotiv des ouvrages de développement personnel. La maxime de Pindare, " deviens qui tu es ", se décline partout : titres d’essais, slogans publicitaires, mantras sur les réseaux sociaux.

Sadhguru embarks us on a transformative journey as he delves deep into the core challenges that affect our world and presents innovative solutions to usher in a brighter future. In this thought-provoking exploration, we explore a range of pressing global issues, from poverty and population dynamics to education and leadership transformation.

Il nichilismo, la negazione di ogni valore, è anche quello che Nietzsche chiama "il più inquietante fra tutti gli ospiti". Si è nel mondo della tecnica e la tecnica non tende a uno scopo, non produce senso, non svela verità. Fa solo una cosa: funziona. Finiscono sullo sfondo, corrosi dal nichilismo, i concetti di individuo, identità, libertà, senso, ma anche quelli di natura, etica, politica, religione, storia, di cui si è nutrita l'età pretecnologica.

Este ensayo aporta luz a problemas políticos de la máxima actualidad en nuestra sociedad, en un momento en que la izquierda transformadora se encuentra en un estado de resaca, tanto por la tendencia al retroceso que está experimentando, como por su condición tras unos años de constante actividad. Escrito gracias a una profunda reflexión y un continuado estudio de la filosofía política, sobrepasa el aspecto teórico al alimentarse también de la experiencia política y la práctica institucional realizada durante muchos años.

Wonder and awe lie at the heart of life's most profound questions. Wonderstruck shows how these emotions respond to our fundamental need to make sense of ourselves and everything around us, and how they enable us to engage with the world as if we are experiencing it for the first time.

Viviamo nell'epoca che più di ogni altra celebra la libertà e la proclama un diritto assoluto. Eppure qualcosa non torna. Una nebbia sottile, silenziosa, si è insinuata nelle nostre vite: non vieta, non ordina, non punisce. Seduce. E mentre promette tranquillità e benessere ci spinge verso l'omologazione, spegnendo il pensiero critico, inibendo la creatività e il coraggio di essere diversi.

This paper proposes a parallel system of intelligent, non-monetary resource distribution modeled on biological metabolism, in which needs are met dynamically through feedback-driven regulation rather than symbolic exchange. Inspired by the way organisms distribute nutrients and resources without currency—using signaling, prioritization, and homeostasis—we outline a framework in which artificial intelligence performs a similar coordinating function at the societal level. Such a system would gradually render traditional money obsolete, not through ideological abolition, but through redundancy.

A disponibilidade para consumir, trabalhar, compartilhar, responder, 24 horas por dia, 7 dias por semana, parece ser a palavra de ordem da contemporaneidade. Jonathan Crary faz um panorama vertiginoso de um mundo cuja lógica não se prende mais a limites de tempo e espaço. 24/7 - Capitalismo tardio e os fins do sono é uma interessante e perturbadora análise da realidade contemporânea.

In this tour de force essay, Hans-Hermann Hoppe turns the standard account of historical governmental progress on its head. While the state is an evil in all its forms, monarchy is, in many ways, far less pernicious than democracy. Hoppe shows the evolution of government away from aristocracy, through monarchy, and toward the corruption and irresponsibility of democracy to have been identical with the growth of the leviathan state.

Ein Text von 1848, Utopie und Programm einer Bewegung, angetreten, die Welt zu verändern. Illusion und Hoffnung von Millionen...