Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
""This is a book about humanists, but even humanists cannot agree on what a humanist is," declares Sarah Bakewell. Indeed, for centuries now, thinkers, writers, scholars, politicians, activists, artists, and countless ot...
Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
The New York Times bestseller - One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2023 - A New York Times Notable Book 'A book of big and bold ideas, Humanly Possible is humane in approach and, more important, readable and worth reading. . . Bakewell is wide-ranging, witty and compassionate.' -Wall Street Journal 'Sweeping . . . linking philosophical reflections with vibrant anecdotes.' -- The New York Times The bestselling author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Caf explores seven hundred years of writers, thinkers, scientists, and artists, all seeking to understand what it means to be truly human Humanism is an expansive tradition of thought that places shared humanity, cultural vibrancy, and moral responsibility at the center of our lives. For centuries, this worldview has inspired people to make their choices by principles of freethinking, intellectual inquiry, fellow feeling, and optimism. In this sweeping new history, Sarah Bakewell, herself a lifelong humanist, illuminates the
At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice M
Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2016 by the New York Times, a spirited account of a major intellectual movement of the twentieth century and the revolutionary thinkers who came to shape it, by the best-selling author of How to Live and Humanly Possible Sarah Bakewell. Paris, 1933: three contemporaries meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are the young Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and longtime friend Raymond Aron, a fellow philosopher who raves to them about a new conceptual framework from Berlin called Phenomenology. 'You see,' he says, 'if you are a phenomenologist you can talk about this cocktail and make philosophy out of it ' It was this simple phrase that would ignite a movement, inspiring Sartre to integrate Phenomenology into his own French, humanistic sensibility, thereby creating an entirely new philosophical approach inspired by themes of radical freedom, authentic being, and political activism. This movement would sweep
How to Live: Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, from the author of Humanly Possible How to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love--such questions arise in most people's lives. They are all versions of a bigger question: How do you live? This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none more than Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, considered by many to be the first truly modern individual. He wrote free-roaming explorations of his thoughts and experience, unlike anything written before. More than four hundred years later, Montaigne's honesty and charm still draw people to him. Readers come to him in search of companionship, wisdom, and entertainment --and in search of themselves. Just as they will to this spirited and singular biography.
History of Latin America to 1825
The updated and enhanced third edition of A History of Latin America to 1825 presents a comprehensive narrative survey of Latin American history from the region's first human presence until the majority of Iberian colonies in America emerged as so...
At The Existentialist Café
Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Paris, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aro...
Flowerheart
*Now including a brand-new bonus scene in the paperback edition!¿ "Flowerheart is like a garden in full bloom: vibrant and sweet, whimsical and wondrous." -Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic Perfect for...
Where Shadows Bloom
"A magical blend of romance and whimsy, equal parts devastating and hopeful." -Ava Reid, #1¿New York Times¿bestselling author of¿A Study in Drowning Fans of Allison Saft and Margaret Rogerson will be swept away into this lush and beguili...
How to Live
How to get on well with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live? This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought ...
Humanisterna - Sjuhundra År Av Fritänkande, Nyfikenhet Och Hopp
Älskar du litteratur och konst? Har du en stark moralisk kompass trots att du inte vare sig tillhör eller praktiserar någon religion? Anser du att enskilda människoliv är viktigare än storslagna politiska visioner? I så fall är du antagligen humanist.I den kritikerrosade Humanisterna undersöker Sarah Bakewell vad humanism egentligen är, och visar hur de värderingar som från 1300-talet och framåt har hjälpt människan att navigera är precis lika användbara i modern tid.
Flowerheart
*Now including a brand-new bonus scene in the paperback edition!¿ " Flowerheart is like a garden in full bloom: vibrant and sweet, whimsical and wondrous." -Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic <b&...
The Centre of the Bed: An Autobiography
'Honest and intriguing ... beautifully written.' Observer 'Joan Bakewell was everywhere at every stage: reporting on the Cuban missile crisis, interviewing Allen Ginsberg and Vaclav Havel, taking chunks out of the Berlin...
Humanly Possible
The bestselling, prizewinning author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Café explores the great tradition of humanist writers, thinkers, scientists and artists, all trying to understand what it means to be truly human. *** THE NEW YORK TIMES...
