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Irrationality - A History of the Dark Side of Reason by Justin E. H. Smith
$34.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
From sex and music to religion and politics, a history of irrationality and the ways in which it has always been with us--and always will be In this sweeping account of irrationality from antiquity to the rise of Twitter mobs and the election of Donald Trump, Justin Smith argues that irrationality m ...Show more
Nature, Human Nature, and Human Difference: Race in Early Modern Philosophy by Justin E. H. Smith
$49.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
People have always been xenophobic, but an explicit philosophical and scientific view of human racial difference only began to emerge during the modern period. Why and how did this happen? Surveying a range of philosophical and natural-scientific texts, dating from the Spanish Renaissance to the German ...Show more
The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, A Philosophy, A Warning by Justin E. H. Smith
$38.52 NZD
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Category: Popular Science | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
An original deep history of the internet that tells the story of the centuries-old utopian dreams behind it — and explains why they have died today.Many think of the internet as an unprecedented and overwhelmingly positive achievement of modern human technology. But is it? In The Internet Is Not What Yo ...Show more
The Philosopher: A History in Six Types by Justin E. H. Smith
$49.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
What would the global history of philosophy look like if it were told not as a story of ideas but as a series of job descriptions--ones that might have been used to fill the position of philosopher at different times and places over the past 2,500 years? The Philosopher does just that, providing a new w ...Show more
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