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
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...
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...
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 ...
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
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.
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.
Art of Magic: The Gathering - War of the Spark
Magnificent hardcover art books featuring the incredible images and lore of Magic: The Gathering¿! "Even gods shall kneel." -Nicol Bolas Centuries of scheming have come to fruition at last. Meet Nicol Bolas: Elder dragon, Planeswalker, G...
Courtesans and Fishcakes
A brilliantly entertaining and innovative history of the ancient Athenians' consuming passions for food, wine and sex. Sex, shopping and fish-madness, Athenian style. This fascinating book reveals that the ancient Athenians were supreme hedonists....
Lords of Misrule
Mardi Gras remains one of the most distinctive features of New Orleans. Although the city has celebrated Carnival since its days as a French and Spanish colonial outpost, the rituals familiar today were largely established in the Civil War era by ...
Qualitative Research Methods
Qualitative Research Methods is a comprehensive, all-inclusive resource for the theory and practice of qualitative/ethnographic research methodology. Serves as a "how-to" guide for qualitative/ethnographic research, detailing how to desi...
Qualitative Research Methods
Step-by-step advice for constructing a qualitative project from beginning to end, covering both foundational theory and real-world application Qualitative Research Methods: Collecting Evidence, Crafting Analysis, Communicating Impact guides you th...
Pastors Manual
J.R. Hobbs offers this book as a distillation of what he has learned in twenty years of pastoring churches relating to the various tasks pastors are required to perform in the conduct of their office.
Alcoholism in America
Despite the lack of medical consensus regarding alcoholism as a disease, many people readily accept the concept of addiction as a clinical as well as a social disorder. An alcoholic is a victim of social circumstance and genetic destiny. Although ...
Leap into HR Consulting
A must-have for HR Consultants, this is a practical, step-by-step guide with tangible insider tips, knowledge, and the 5 C's methodology. It is designed to guide you in setting up, launching, and running your HR Consultancy business.
Emperor Charles V, Impresario of War
Emperor Charles V (1500-1558) asserted his princely authority by deciding at times to lead his own armies to war, despite the misgivings of advisers. Since Europe's wars were fought with money borrowed against future revenues, even an emperor had ...
The Political Economy of Merchant Empires
The Political Economy of Merchant Empires focuses on why European concerns eventually achieved dominance in global trade in the period between 1450 and 1750, at the expense, especially in Asia, of well-organised and well-financed rivals. The volum...
City Walls
The essays presented in this volume, first published in 2000, describe a phenomenon so widespread in human time and space that its importance is easily overlooked. City walls shaped the history of warfare; the mobilisation of manpower and resource...
