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FOCI eBook Series

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  • Dreamtelling

    by Pierre Sorlin ...
    Series series FOCI
    We all know what it is to dream, but we also know how difficult it is to describe or interpret dreams, or explain what they actually are. To attempt to articulate a dream is to realize how inadequate our words are to describe the experience. Dreams are beyond words, consisting of much more than what we can say about them.In Dreamtelling, Pierre Sorlin does not deal with our nocturnal visions per ... Read more

    $14.75 USD

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  • Jung: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Anthony Stevens ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Though he was a prolific writer and an original thinker of vast erudition, Jung lacked a gift for clear exposition and his ideas are less widely appreciated than they deserve.In this concise introduction, Anthony Stevens explains clearly the basic concepts of Jungian psychology: the collective unconscious, complex, archetype, shadow, persona, anima, animus, and the individuation of the Self. He ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Irrational Man

    A Study in Existential Philosophy

    by William Barrett ...
    Widely recognized as one of the finest introductions to existentialist philosophy ever written, Irrational Man helped introduce existentialism to an American audience when it was first published in 1958.Barrett writes with eloquence and clarity about concerns that remain as relevant today as ever: the persistence of the irrational and absurd, the search for meaning in a fractured world, and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • The Sickness Unto Death

    A Christian Psychological Exposition of Edification and Awakening by Anti-Climacus

    Translated by Alastair Hannay ...
    by Alastair Hannay, Søren Kierkegaard ...
    One of the most remarkable philosophical works of the nineteenth century, The Sickness Unto Death is also famed for the depth and acuity of its modern psychological insights. Writing under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus, Kierkegaard explores the concept of 'despair', alerting readers to the diversity of ways in which they may be described as living in this state of bleak abandonment - including some ... Read more

    $9.62 USD

  • The Forgotten Language

    An Introduction to the Understanding of Dreams, Fairy Tales, and Myths

    by Erich Fromm ...
    The New York Times –bestselling author on the universal language of symbols, expressed through dream and myths, and how they illuminate our humanity.National Book Award Finalist"There has been a crying need for exactly this kind of book . . . to guide the layman in reaping some of the wisdom and insights from his dreams. . . . The remarkable value of this timely book lies in the fact that ... ... Read more

    $11.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Discovering Girard

    by Michael Kirwan ...
    The work of René Girard is hugely influential in literature and cultural studies. But it is in understanding the relationship between religion and violence that his theory has created the greatest impact. Girard’s understanding of mimetic rivalry and conflict and of scapegoating are seen by many to be the key to a completely new understanding of Christianity.Girard’s name evokes curiosity and – ... Read more

    $7.55 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Great Philosophers:Heidegger

    by Jonathan Rée ...
    'The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking' Heidegger'We should never allow our fears of the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny'Martin Heidegger was one of the most controversial philosophers of the 20th century, and still causes widespread division. Born in Germany, he was concerned with what makes beings intelligible ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Kierkegaard

    by Robert Ferguson ...
    Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, literary stylist and social critic. Born in 1813 in Copenhagen, his philosophical work addressed living as a single individual and the importance of personal choice. A famously fierce critic of the idealist thinkers of his time, including Hegel, Goethe, and Hans Christian Anderson, he is regarded as the first existentialist philosopher, and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Event of Literature

    by Terry Eagleton ...
    In this characteristically concise, witty, and lucid book, Terry Eagleton turns his attention to the questions we should ask about literature, but rarely do. What is literature? Can we even speak of "literature" at all? What do different literary theories tell us about what texts mean and do? In throwing new light on these and other questions he has raised in previous best-sellers, Eagleton offers ... Read more

    $16.91 USD

  • An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy

    by Roger Scruton ...
    "Philosophy's the 'love of wisdom', can be approached in two ways: by doing it, or by studying how it has been done," so writes the eminent philosopher Roger Scruton. In this user-friendly book, he chooses to introduce philosophy by doing it. Taking the discipline beyond theory and "intellectualism," he presents it in an empirical, accessible, and practical light. The result is not a history of ... Read more

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  • Kierkegaard

    An Essential Introduction

    by Michael Watts ...
    Series series Oneworld Philosophers
    'Best single source on Kierkegaard I've seen. Excellent short biography of his life and family. Fantastic explanation of how to approach Kierkegaard's ideas… I did spend a lot of time on the Danish philosopher's work as a graduate student (particularly Fear and Trembling) and I do wish that I had had this at the time' (Austin Cline, online review at atheism.about.com; full review at http://atheism ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sense of an Ending

    Studies in the Theory of Fiction with a New Epilogue

    by Frank Kermode ...
    Frank Kermode is one of our most distinguished critics of English literature. Here, he contributes a new epilogue to his collection of classic lectures on the relationship of fiction to age-old concepts of apocalyptic chaos and crisis. Prompted by the approach of the millennium, he revisits the book which brings his highly concentrated insights to bear on some of the most unyielding philosophical ... Read more

    $17.99 USD