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The Power of Words by Simone Weil
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good' The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the most courageous thinkers of the twentieth century. Here she writes, with honesty and moral clarity, about the manipul ...Show more
The Revelation of St John the Divine and the Book of Job
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Category: Mythology, Spirituality & Religion | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: very good
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you t ...Show more
The Sickness Unto Death by Soren Kierkegaard
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: very good
Influencing philosophers such as Sartre and Camus, and still strikingly modern in its psychological insights, Kierkegaard's "The Sickness Unto Death" explores the concept of 'despair' as a symptom of the human condition and describes man's struggle to fill the spiritual void. Throughout history, some bo ...Show more
The Significance of the Frontier in American History (Penguin "Great Ideas" Series) by Frederick Jackson Turner
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Category: History | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: very good
This hugely influential work marked a turning point in US history and culture, arguing that the nation's expansion into the Great West was directly linked to its unique spirit: a rugged individualism forged at the juncture between civilization and wilderness, which - for better or worse - lies at the he ...Show more
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: near fine
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the w ...Show more
The Spectacle of the Scaffold by Michel Foucault
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: very good
Foucault's writings on power and control in social institutions have made him one of the modern era's most influential thinkers. Here he argues that punishment has gone from being mere spectacle to becoming an instrument of systematic domination over individuals in society - not just of our bodies, but ...Show more
The State as a Work of Art by Jacob Burckhardt
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Pioneering art historian Jacob Burckhardt saw the Italian Renaissance as no less than the beginning of the modern world. In this hugely influential work, he argues that the Renaissance's creativity, competitiveness, dynasties, great city-states and even its vicious rulers sowed the seeds of a new era. " ...Show more
The Symposium by Plato
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: very good
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you t ...Show more
The Tao of Nature by Chuang Tzu
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Chuang Tzu examines the nature of existence in these dialogues and essays, from the battle to grasp the purpose of life to the search for knowledge. A collection of some of the most absorbing and charming philosophy ever written, "The Tao of Nature" is also about perfection, perception, the value of ski ...Show more
The 'Wolfman' by Sigmund Freud
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
This is Freud's groundbreaking study of a wealthy young Russian man, subject to psychotic episodes and neuroses. Through the patient's dream of childhood wolves, Freud was able to determine his real problem - that of infantile neurosis brought about by a sexual complex and an Oedipal fixation. "Great Id ...Show more
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: very good
One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly - and what the troubling social and political implications of this are. Throughout history, some books ...Show more
Travels in the Land of Kubilai Khan by Marco Polo
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: very good
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you t ...Show more