Philosophy & Ideas
In our Philosophy & Ideas list, multimillion-selling author Ryan Holiday (The Daily Stoic) makes Stoic philosophy accessible and actionable, while Robert Greene distils ancient wisdom into life lessons in The Law of the Sublime and the Venerable Bokyeong Sunim explores Zen wisdom in One Day a Cat Came to Me. Essential reading for anyone interested in Stoicism, ethics, existentialism and life’s big questions.
Risk Wise
Polly Morland
A thoughtful and thought-provoking journey into the everyday world of risk, exploring what it means to be 'risk wise'.
Political Order and Political Decay
Francis Fukuyama
The most important book about the history and future of politics since The End of History
Politics: Ideas in Profile
David Runciman
An accessible introduction to politics from David Runciman, Professor of Politics at Cambridge University. The first title in the IDEAS IN PROFILE ser…
Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism
David Harvey
Following on from The Enigma of Capital, the world's leading Marxist thinker explores the hidden workings of capital and reveals the forces that…
The Measure of Civilisation
Ian Morris
A unique insight into the index of social development that measures change in East and West – and that forms the core of the international bestseller.
Why Does the World Exist?
Jim Holt
An irreverent sleuth tackles the riddle of existence that has puzzled man since the dawn of time
I Ching in Plain English
George Hulskramer
The I Ching in a new translation and made more accessible to a contemporary reader.
Human Nature: Justice Versus Power
Michel Foucault
The legendary debate between Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault on the question of human nature
Tao: The Watercourse Way
Alan Watts
The last work by Alan Watts, Tao is the culmination of a lifetime’s study and thought
You Talkin' To Me?
Sam Leith
A witty, elegant enquiry into the art of persuasion, updated for the witless, inelegant Trump era
A Meditator's Diary
Jane Hamilton-Merritt
An account of an American journalist's meditation journey in a Buddhist temple in Thailand.
The Tyranny of Choice
Renata Salecl
A brilliant study on the nature of choice, and how limitless freedom can lead to despair
Paraphernalia
Steven Connor
A unique and quirky exploration of the stories and meanings behind the everyday objects that shape our lives.
Democracy
Paul Ginsborg
Despite the global expansion of democracy, a looming threat has appeared in the countries that claim to love it most: declining electoral turnout, dim…
Intellectual Impostures
Jean Bricmont
When Intellectual Impostures was published in France, it sent shock waves through the Left Bank establishment. When it was published in Britain, it pr…
Moral Relativism
Steven Lukes
Everyone holds beliefs. So what gives us the right to judge the behaviour of other people in a world where moralities are diverse and conflicting?
Runaway World
Anthony Giddens
'Before the current global era it is impossible to imagine that comparable events [like September 11] could have occurred, reflecting as they do…
The Origins of Political Order
Francis Fukuyama
Francis Fukuyama's most important book since the pathbreaking End of History