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Mario Vargas Llosa

Civilization of the Spectacle

Civilization of the Spectacle
Mario Vargas Llosa: "Civilization of the Spectacle" (La civilización del espectáculo) is an attempt to express a feeling of concern, an anguish of sorts, on seeing what we understood by "culture" when I was young, changing during ...read morå

Dalai Lama, Stéphane Hessel

Let’s Declare Peace!

Let’s Declare Peace!
As Hessel admits, this text differs from his essays, because through it he turned to the spirit for the first time. Conversely, what is striking in the words of the Dalai Lama, is his will to emphasize the importance of "secular ethics", the one ...read morå

Maria Kitova-Vassileva

The Love for Words. About the Theory of Language Origin

The Love for Words. About the Theory of Language Origin
If the experts could be trusted, it is the first time when here, in Bulgaria, and probably throughout the world, is founded a work as ambitious as this – it retraces, step by step, the manifestations of interest towards the language and theory ...read morå

Maria Kitova-Vassileva

The Love for Words. About the Theory of Language Origin

The Love for Words. About the Theory of Language Origin
If the experts could be trusted, it is the first time when here, in Bulgaria, and probably throughout the world, is founded a work as ambitious as this – it retraces, step by step, the manifestations of interest towards the language and theory ...read morå

André Comte-Sponville

Is Capitalism Moral?

Is Capitalism Moral?
Is capitalism moral? Nobody can escape that question because we are all subjects both of morality and capitalism. As we work, we save and consume, we participate in the economic system of capitalism that some of us justify and condemn others, led by ...read morå

Luc Ferry

Learning to Live

Learning to Live
A history of philosophy to inspire readers, young and old. Ferry was formerly the Minister for Youth and Education in France, and is the author of "Learning to Live", which sold over 300,000 copies. He shows how philosophy is essential to our ...read morå

Francesco Alberoni

I Love You

I Love You
A 400-page volume, it is the most complete and systematic of Alberoni's works on the love theme. The processes or mechanisms that create love bonds are of four types. The first is the pleasure principle. We bond with those who give us pleasure. It ...read morå

Pascal de Sutter

Ces fous qui nous gouvernent

Ces fous qui nous gouvernent
Should one be insane in order to aim power? Either megalomaniac at some extend to chase it, or paranoic to protect themselves from betrayals...? According to the media it is all clear: George Bush is an "autistic", Silvio Berlusconi - ...read morå

Jean Laplanche, Jean-Bertrand Pontalis

The Language of Psycho-Analysis

The Language of Psycho-Analysis
One of the best known psychology dictionaries in the world. First published in 1967 and translated into 17 ...read morå

André Comte-Sponville

The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality

The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality
"At first blush "atheist spirituality" may sound like a contradiction in terms, but French philosopher Comte-Sponville makes a compelling argument for a profound dimension of experience that is god-free. His idea of spirituality also bears no small ...read morå

Alexander Nikonov

The End of Feminism

The End of Feminism
Bright and unusual book about the tragic doom of the white heterosexual man in the world he created and civilized by himself. The publication of the book instigates a violent dispute and bitter attacks. Unbelievable practices are still widely spread ...read morå

Milan Kundera

The Art of the Novel

The Art of the Novel
Every novelist's work contains an implicit vision of the history of the novel, an idea of what the novel is. I have tried to express here the idea of the novel that is inherent in my own novels. -- Milan Kundera Kundera brilliantly examines the ...read morå

Francesco Alberoni

Erotism

Erotism
Erotism together with Falling in Love and Friendship, form part of a well-know trilogy on human feelings. Alberoni dwells on the mysterious world of erotic love will, an emphasies on the differences between male and female ...read morå

Roland Barthes

Writing Degree Zero. Mythologies

Writing Degree Zero. Mythologies
Mythologies is the title of a collection of essays examining the tendency of contemporary social value systems to create modern myths. Barthes also looks at the semiology of the process of myth creation, updating Ferdinand de Saussure's system of ...read morå

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