Social Philosophy Books


Waking the Global Heart: Humanity's Rite of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of LoveWaking the Global Heart: Humanity's Rite of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love
Best Price: $7.50
Feeling a little down on our times? Can't seem to see the forest for all the little trees...
The Philosophy of Civilization: Part I, the Decay and the Restoration of Civilization : Part Ii, Civilization and EthicsThe Philosophy of Civilization: Part I, the Decay and the Restoration of Civilization : Part Ii, Civilization and Ethics
Best Price: $18.18
This was a good introduction to western philosophy, and an exceptional diagnosis of the problems...
A Jacques Barzun Reader: Selections from His Works (Perennial Classics)A Jacques Barzun Reader: Selections from His Works (Perennial Classics)
Best Price: $6.94
The breadth of subject matter, and the consistent intelligence with which it's handled, is just...
The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human WorldThe Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
Best Price: $13.99
An interesting discussion regarding the egocentric modern world. Abram makes reference to a...
The Velvet Monkey WrenchThe Velvet Monkey Wrench
Best Price: $13.53
I used this book in teaching social philosophy for a number of years. The author applies an...


The New Science of Giambattista Vico (Cornell Paperbacks)The New Science of Giambattista Vico (Cornell Paperbacks)
Best Price: $8.91
Vico's immense view and creativity is expressed at the outset with his Tableau of Civil...
Finite and Infinite GamesFinite and Infinite Games
Best Price: $6.90
I enjoyed the first chapter of this book. His explanation of what he calls finite games is...
CunningCunning
Best Price: $17.13
Here is the dilemma addressed by Herzog: We do not want to be chumps, and we do not want to be...
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Great Books in Philosophy)The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Great Books in Philosophy)
Best Price: $6.94
The Theory of Moral Sentiments gets far too little attention. Smith's other book, The Wealth of...
The Principles of Morals and Legislation (Great Books in Philosophy)The Principles of Morals and Legislation (Great Books in Philosophy)
Best Price: $6.86
Jeremy Bentham's ideology on human pursuit of pleasure contains many strengths and weaknesses. ...


The Quest for Cosmic JusticeThe Quest for Cosmic Justice
Best Price: $5.89
Dr. Sowell examines the concept of "social justice" (or, on a larger scale,...
Revolt, She Said (Foreign Agents)Revolt, She Said (Foreign Agents)
Best Price: $6.61
May '68 in France expressed a fundamental version of freedom: not freedom to succeed, but...
Waiting for the Mountain to Move: Reflections on Work and LifeWaiting for the Mountain to Move: Reflections on Work and Life
Best Price: $4.00
'Waiting For The Mountain To Move' is full of interesting and thought provoking. It is written...
On Equilibrium: Six Qualities of the New HumanismOn Equilibrium: Six Qualities of the New Humanism
Best Price: $1.56
I stopped reading this book after the chapter on 'Common Sense'.. in it Saul argues that there...
Freedom, Fame, Lying And Betrayal: Essays On Everyday LifeFreedom, Fame, Lying And Betrayal: Essays On Everyday Life
Best Price: $7.99
I have always been skeptical of philosophy books, having been scarred at school and university...

Pedagogia del OprimidoPedagogia del Oprimido
Best Price: $21.95
Esta edicion definitiva de la obra mas notable de Paulo Freire pone al alcance de nuevos...
The Analysis of IdeologyThe Analysis of Ideology
Best Price: $49.97
Distinguished French sociologist Raymond Boudon presents here a critical theory history of the...
Masses, Classes and the Public SphereMasses, Classes and the Public Sphere
Best Price: $4.98
Jurgen Habermas's introduction of the term "public sphere" today provides a...
Philosophical Perspectives on Sex and LovePhilosophical Perspectives on Sex and Love
Best Price: $15.50
Despite the centrality of sexuality and love to human life, western history's great philosophers...
The Fall of Interpretation: Philosophical Foundations for a Creational HermeneuticThe Fall of Interpretation: Philosophical Foundations for a Creational Hermeneutic
Best Price: $12.00
This is a wonderful little book. Smith's criticism of positivism and Hegelianism (i.e. the...

Why Can't We Be Good?Why Can't We Be Good?
Best Price: $1.89
Needleman does a tremendous job of exposing the stark reality of what is inside all of us - a...
Everyday Life in the Modern World (Classics in Communication and Mass Culture)Everyday Life in the Modern World (Classics in Communication and Mass Culture)
Best Price: $24.95
Cicero's Social and Political ThoughtCicero's Social and Political Thought
Best Price: $18.00
In this work, Neal Wood presents a compelling overview of the writings of Roman lawyer,...
Social and Political PhilosophySocial and Political Philosophy
Best Price: $35.75
Vision of the FutureVision of the Future
Best Price: $74.99

Temptress: From the Original Bad Girls to Women on TopTemptress: From the Original Bad Girls to Women on Top
Best Price: $3.95
Beautiful coffee table book, but the historical inaccuracies were pretty annoying. For instance:...
Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to AnotherCritical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another
Best Price: $81.18
About a month ago I read "Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another" by Doctor...
Social Ethics: Morality and Social PolicySocial Ethics: Morality and Social Policy
Best Price: $8.99
I was very disappointed with this purchase. Since several pages were missing and there has been...
The Longing for Home (Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion)The Longing for Home (Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion)
Best Price: $26.99
Think No Evil: Korean Values in the Age of GlobalizationThink No Evil: Korean Values in the Age of Globalization
Best Price: $42.33
I found this book in a bookstore near Myong-dong in Seoul, South Korea. I was attracted by the...

Theoretical Research Programs: Studies in the Growth of TheoryTheoretical Research Programs: Studies in the Growth of Theory
Best Price: $85.00
Analyzing the structure and growth of major theoretical research programs in the sociological...
Purpose and Necessity in Social TheoryPurpose and Necessity in Social Theory
Best Price: $11.99
The Non-Suicidal SocietyThe Non-Suicidal Society
Best Price: $18.95
The General Will Before Rousseau: The Transformation of the Divine into the Civic (Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy)The General Will Before Rousseau: The Transformation of the Divine into the Civic (Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy)First ThingsFirst Things
Best Price: $25.00
There is no doubt that Prof. Arkes is a legal scholar. However, his grasp of the philosophical...

The Imaginary Institution of SocietyThe Imaginary Institution of Society
Best Price: $182.42
Castoriadis was born in 1922 in cosmopolitan Constantinople (now Istanbul)from Greek parents. He...
Critical Heuristics of Social Planning: A New Approach to Practical PhilosophyCritical Heuristics of Social Planning: A New Approach to Practical Philosophy
Best Price: $184.99
Critical Heuristics of Social Planning has been recognised as the seminal work on critical...
The Invisible Player: Consciousness as the Soul of Economic, Social, and Political LifeThe Invisible Player: Consciousness as the Soul of Economic, Social, and Political Life
Best Price: $0.24
Stimulating reading about humankind's future. Kamenetzky, former Science and Technology...
Critical Hermeneutics: A Study in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur and J?rgen HabermasCritical Hermeneutics: A Study in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur and J?rgen Habermas
Best Price: $44.52
This is a study in the philosophy of social science. It takes the form of a comparative critique...
Philosophy of Social Science (Prentice-Hall Foundations of Philosophy Series)Philosophy of Social Science (Prentice-Hall Foundations of Philosophy Series)

Creative Peace Through Encounter of World CulturesCreative Peace Through Encounter of World Cultures
Best Price: $14.39
ESTABLISHES AN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF DIFFERENT FIELDS AND WORLD RELIGIONS.
The American Replacement of NatureThe American Replacement of Nature
Best Price: $5.01
Ever felt vaguely creeped out by the utter ubiquity of all things Disney in American life? The...
Postmodernism, Religion and the Future of Social WorkPostmodernism, Religion and the Future of Social Work
Best Price: $42.00
La Jaula De La Melancolia/ the Cage of the Melancholy: Identidad Y Metamorfosis Del Mexicano/ Identity and Metamorphosis in the Mexican Character (Ensayo-Filosofia)La Jaula De La Melancolia/ the Cage of the Melancholy: Identidad Y Metamorfosis Del Mexicano/ Identity and Metamorphosis in the Mexican Character (Ensayo-Filosofia)
Best Price: $12.65
Men and Citizens: A Study of Rousseau's Social Theory (Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics)Men and Citizens: A Study of Rousseau's Social Theory (Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics)
This book, first published in 1969 and now made available in paperback with a new foreword by...

The Normative Basis of Culture: A Philosophical InquiryThe Normative Basis of Culture: A Philosophical Inquiry
Best Price: $10.90
Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged LifeMinima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life
Though largely unknown outside of certain obscure academic circles, Theodore W. Adorno was,...
Judaism, Human Rights, and Human ValuesJudaism, Human Rights, and Human Values
Best Price: $79.35
Following on the heels of his critically acclaimed God of Abraham (Oxford, 1996), Lenn E....
Readings in Social and Political PhilosophyReadings in Social and Political Philosophy
Best Price: $27.95
This updated edition of a well-established anthology of social and political philosophy combines...
Towards a Transformation of Philosophy (Marquette Studies in Philosophy, No 20)Towards a Transformation of Philosophy (Marquette Studies in Philosophy, No 20)
Best Price: $35.00

On Disobedience and Other EssaysOn Disobedience and Other Essays
Best Price: $17.95
The Philosophy of HumanismThe Philosophy of Humanism
Best Price: $3.19
The author's approach of explaining what is humanism is to contrast it against other schools of...
Hayek on Liberty: 3rd EditionHayek on Liberty: 3rd Edition
Best Price: $47.92
The shear volume of work completed by Hayek over a publishing career that marked more than fifty...
Crisis and Repetition: Essays on Art and CultureCrisis and Repetition: Essays on Art and Culture
Best Price: $16.94
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
See also for Social Philosophy Books
Book store. Illustrated catalog of books on different categories
Social Philosophy Books: