Slavoj ¿i¿ek is a Hegelian philosopher, Lacanian psychoanalyst, and political activist. He is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities and Eminent Scholar at Kyung-Hee University, Seoul. His previous books include Living in the End Times, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, Trouble in Paradise and, most recently, The Courage of Hopelessness.

An inspired gathering of religious writings that reveals the "divine reality" common to all faiths, collected by Aldous Huxley

"The Perennial Philosophy," Aldous Huxley writes, "may be found among the traditional lore of peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully developed forms it has a place in every one of the higher religions."

With great wit and stunning intellect--drawing on a diverse array of faiths, including Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christian mysticism, and Islam-...

Widely hailed as a tour de force and one of Butler’s most important books, which in light of current debates on freedom of speech, ‘no platform’ and cancel culture, remains more relevant now than ever. Includes a new Preface by the author.

Hailed on publication in 1957 as 'probably the only book published this year that will outlive the century', this is a devastating criticism of the idea that there are fixed laws in history and that human beings are able to predict them.

An important contribution written by one of the most important living philosophers. Ideal for all philosophy students interested in ethics and morality.

A selection of Jung's writings on the anima/animus concept. Provocative and controversial, it offers readers the opportunity to discover at first hand just how radical Jung's arguments are.

As relevant today as it was on first publication, the ABC of Relativity is a masterwork of scientific popularisation and an accessible introduction to Einstein’s theory of relativity.

Controversial and remarkably forward thinking, this book explores the changing role of marriage and codes of sexual ethics, and daringly sets out a new morality shaped by the dramatic societal changes which took place in the early parts of twentieth century.

The Transcendence of the Ego was one of Jean-Paul Sartre's earliest philosophical publications. This translation includes a thorough and illuminating introduction by Sarah Richmond, placing Sartre's essay in its philosophical and historical context.