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Title: the consolations of philosophytitle: the consolations of philosophybinding: paperbacklist price (msrp): 9authors: alain de bottoncondition: goodproduct category: books
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For more than years, the consolation of philosophy was the most popular book in europe next to the bible – a work of learning and beauty that bridged the classical and renaissance worldsthis beautifully illustrated folio edition in near mint condition comes complete with slip case
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Very good conditionpaperback copy of 'the consolation of philosophy' by alain de botton
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Plastic covering to book; english translation in by harry quelch see oxfam website for delivery information read more marx felt he must criticise the economic and philosophical views of proudhon, at the same time answering questions relating to the theory and tactics of the revolutionary proletarian movement as it was inoxfam bookshop st albans this book is karl marx's response to the 'philosophy of poverty' written by mproudhon, 'an ideologist of the petty bourgeoisie'
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Oxfam bookshop preston the routledge encyclopedia of philosophy is the most ambitious international philosophy project in many yearsit covers: - the core of most anglo-american philosophy - the metaphysical, epistemological and logical questions - the usual menu of ethics, political philosophy and the history of philosophy - the philosophy of other cultures - from chinese, arabic and jewish philosophy to the philosophy of africa and latin america the most impressive range of authors have been gathered together on this unique project: william alston, roderick chisolm, fred dretske, joel feinberg, sandra harding, larry laudan, martha nussbaum, richard popkin, richard rorty, alan ryan, gyatri chakravorty spivak, stephen stich, patrick suppes and bernard williams, to name just a fewedited by edward craig and assisted by thirty specialist subject editors, the rep consists of ten volumes of the world's most eminent philosophers writing for the needs of students and teachers of philosophy internationallysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe rep is a project on an unparalleled scale: - over entries ranging from 500 to words in length - thematic, biographical and national - 10 volumes consisting of over 5 million words of text plus considerable bibliographic material - a chief editor and thirty specialist subject editors from across the world - over authors from all over the world10 large volumes bound in blue cloth with red and silver stamping, with bookmark ribbonsthe entire set is in pristine, unread conditionthe importance of the rep is not to be found just in the sheer size of the project but also in its breadth of subject matter
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It is a dialogue of alternating prose and verse between the ailing prisoner and his 'nurse' philosophy the consolation was extremely popular throughout medieval europe and his ideas were influential on the thought of chaucer and dantesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in pavia, it was to the greek philosophers that he turnedthis folio edition is the vwatts translation, with a preface by brian kena the consolation was written in the period leading up to his brutal executionher instruction on the nature of fortune and happiness, good and evil, fate and free will, restore his health and bring him to enlightenmentoxfam bookshop carlisle boethius was an eminent public figure under the gothic emperor theodoric, and an exceptional greek scholarbook and slipcase are in excellent condition
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A day like today charts john's journey from the poverty of his post-war childhood in cardiff, leaving school at fifteen, to the summits of broadcastingoxfam bookshop knutsford for more than three decades, millions of britons have woken to the sound of john humphrys' voicesee oxfam website for delivery information read morejohn was also the first journalist to present the nine o'clock news on televisiona day like today is both a sharp, shrewd memoir and a backstage account of the great newsworthy moments in recent history - from the voice behind the country's most authoritative microphoneas presenter of radio 4's today, the nation's most popular news programme, he is famed for his tough interviewing, his deep misgivings about authority in its many forms and his passionatecommitment to a variety of causeshumphrys pulls no punches and now, freed from the restrictions of being a bbc journalist, he reflects on the politicians he has interrogated and the controversies he has reported on and been involved in, including the interview that forced the resignation of his own boss, the director generalin typically candid style, he also weighs in on the role the bbc itself has played in our national life - for good and ill - and the broader health of the political system today humphrys was the bbc's youngest foreign correspondent; he was the first reporter at the catastrophe of aberfan, an experience that marked him for ever; he was in the white house when richard nixon became the first american president to resign; in south africa during the dying years of apartheid; and in war zones around the globe throughout his career
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Oxfam bookshop preston key concepts in philosophy is a series of concise, accessible and engaging introductions to the core ideas and topics encountered in the study of philosophythe series builds to give a solid grounding in philosophy and each book is also ideal as a companion to further studyepistemology - inquiry into the nature, possibility and scope of human knowledge - has been at the heart of the philosophy from ancient greek times to the presentphilosophy undergraduates will find this an invaluable aid to study, one that goes beyond simple definitions and summaries to open up a new and stimulating range of ideasthe text highlights continuities and contrasts between early and contemporary approaches, and between the sorts of thinking that have typified the mainstream analytic and the modern 'continental' lines of descentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morechristopher norris provides a lucid survey and analysis of the issues that have shaped that enterprise and continue to dominate present-day discussionspecially written to meet the needs of students and those with little prior knowledge of the subject, these books open up a whole range of important, yet often difficult ideashe also brings out with exceptional clarity the ways in which certain 'technical' issues in epistemology can have a decisive bearing on matters of practical concernnorris introduces the main topics of debate, among them arguments for and against adopting a realist position with regard to various fields of knowledge, from mathematics to the physical sciences and history
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These thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their criticsin the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the vietnam war, rawls's a theory of justice made a particular kind of liberalism essential to political philosophy"-michael eric dyson, new york times a history of how political philosophy was recast by the rise of postwar liberalism and irrevocably changed by john rawls's a theory of justicein the shadow of justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of john rawlsfine unclipped dust-wrapperrecasting the history of late twentieth-century political thought and providing novel interpretations and fresh perspectives on major political philosophers, in the shadow of justice offers a rigorous look at liberalism's ambitions and limitssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein these years, political philosophers extended, developed, and reshaped this liberalism as they responded to challenges and alternatives on the left and right-from the new international economic order to the rise of the new rightusing archival sources, forrester explores the ascent and legacy of this form of liberalism by examining its origins in midcentury debates among american antistatists and british egalitariansshe traces the roots of contemporary theories of justice and inequality, civil disobedience, just war, global and intergenerational justice, and population ethics in the s and '70s and beyondoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenpages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nicksin this first-ever history of contemporary liberal theory, katrina forrester shows how liberal egalitarianism-a set of ideas about justice, equality, obligation, and the state-became dominant, and traces its emergence from the political and ideological context of the postwar united states and britain "a forceful, encyclopedic study
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Oxford university press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mindthe oxford handbook of philosophy of mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing fieldthe fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotionthe fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other mindsan outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mindthe volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agencysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousnessthe third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionalityoxfam bookshop preston the study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neuroscience
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He realized that his grand plan for welfare reform, the family assistance plan, threatened to undermine wages in the south and alienate the republican party's new constituency-white, southern democrats-and therefore dropped itat the same time, affirmative action clashed openly with organized labor, and equal housing raised protests from the white suburban middle-class, who didn't want their neighborhoods integratedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom reconstruction to lyndon johnson and beyond, quadagno reveals how american social policy has continually foundered on issues of raceturning to lyndon johnson's "unconditional war on poverty," she contends that though anti-poverty programs for job training, community action, health care, housing, and education have accomplished much, they have not been fully realized because they became inextricably intertwined with the civil rights movement of the s, which triggered a white backlashquadagno shows that nixon, who initially supported many of johnson's programs, eventually caught on that the white middle class was disenchantedit is racism that has undermined the war on poverty, and america must come to terms with this history if there is to be any hope of addressing welfare reform todayoxfam bookshop hove thirty years after lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty, the united states still lags behind most western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care supportin the color of welfare, jill quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the centre of the "american dilemma," as swedish economist gunnar myrdal did half a century agodrawing on extensive primary research, quadagno shows, for instance, how roosevelt, in need of support from southern congressmen, excluded african americans from the core programs of the social security actin the s, the united states embarked on a journey to resolve the "american dilemmajob training programs, for instance, became affirmative action programs, programs to improve housing became programs to integrate housing, programs that began as community action to upgrade the quality of life in the cities were taken over by local civil rights groupsthis shift of emphasis eventually alienated white, working-class americans, who had some of the same needs-for health care, subsidized housing, and job training opportunities-but who got very little from these programs" yet instead of finally instituting full democratic rights for all its citizens, the policies enacted in that turbulent decade failed dismallythe "american creed" of liberty, justice, and equality clashed with a history of active racial discrimination, says quadagnothe color of welfare reveals the root cause of this failure-the inability to address racial inequalitysome critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working class
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It is published alongside a volume of essays on williams's work, world, mind, and ethics: essays on the ethical philosophy of bernard williams, edited by jlike the two earlier volumes of williams's papers published by cambridge university press, problems of the self and moral luck, this volume will be welcomed by all readers with a serious interest in philosophythis new volume of philosophical papers by bernard williams is divided into three sections: the first action, freedom, responsibility, the second philosophy, evolution and the human sciences; in which appears the essay which gives the collection its title; and the third ethics, which contains essays closely related to his book ethics and the limits of philosophysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal paperbackaltham and ross harrison, which provides a reappraisal of his work by other distinguished thinkers in the fieldcorners of front cover very slightly worn and curled, otherwise like new
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Chapter 4 includes a discussion of lessons learned from a rich set of "good practice" evaluations of poverty projects which have been reviewed for this handbookbut for a specific program or project in a given country, is the intervention producing the intended benefits and what was the overall impact on the population? could the program or project be better designed to achieve the intended outcomes? are resources being spent efficiently? these are the types of questions that can only be answered through an impact evaluation, an approach which measures the outcomes of a program intervention in isolation of other possible factorschapter 2 discusses key steps and related issues to consider in implementationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morechapter 3 illustrates various analytical techniques through a case studythere is broad evidence on the benefits of economic growth, investments in human capital, and the provision of safety nets for the poorfor some of the more in-depth statistical methods discussed, the reader is referred to the technical literature on the topicoxfam bookshop victoria despite the billions of dollars spent on development assistance each year, there is still very little known about the actual impact of projects on the poorit is aimed at readers with a general knowledge of statisticsthis handbook seeks to provide project managers and policy analysts with the tools needed for evaluating project impactchapter 1 presents an overview of concepts and methods
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Anyone interested in the philosophy of emotion, and its wide-ranging implications in other related fields such as morality and aesthetics, will want to consult this booksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit will be a vital resource not only for scholars and graduate students but also for undergraduates who are finding their way into this fascinating topicthe volume addresses all the central philosophical issues in current emotion research, including: the nature of emotion and of emotional life; the history of emotion from plato to sartre; emotion and practical reason; emotion and the self; emotion, value, and morality; and emotion, art and aestheticsoxfam bookshop preston this volume contains thirty-one state-of-the-art contributions from leading figures in the study of emotion today
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Please note that due to the weight of this item, an additional postage charge of ÂŁ9oxfam bookshop preston a compact yet unabridged version of the original 8-volume encyclopedia of philosophy, presented in four hardcover volumes, bound in navy blue clothsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe corners of the hard covers are bumped, but the books are otherwise in excellent condition, with clean, white pages throughout
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen fifty years on from its original publication, hla hart's the concept of law is widely recognized as the most important work of legal philosophy published in the twentieth century, and remains the starting point for most students coming to the subject for the first timepublished in see oxfam website for delivery information read morein this third edition, leslie green provides a new introduction that sets the book in the context of subsequent developments in social and political philosophy, clarifying misunderstandings of hart's project and highlighting central tensions and problems in the work
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For corbin, engaging the soul of the world through the mediating power of the imaginal is an act of love, a theme cheetham expands through his analysis of such concepts as mystical poverty, contemplative knowledge, the luminosity of the earth, the theophanic vision, the christ angel, incarnation, the divine sensorium, alchemical transformation, the spiritual humanism of ivan illich, western iconoclasm, and the centrality of gnosisit speaks to believers and non-believers alikesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop kingsbridge very good clean copythis book explores the status of religion in the post-prophetic age, especially as seen through the eyes of the french islamic scholar henry corbinthis book offers a visionary alternative to the confusions of contemporary lifein lucid and simple prose, cheetham explores the creative role of the imagination in the formative ground of the three great abrahamic religions: judaism, christianity, and islam
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We count exam results rather than intelligence, benefit claimants instead of povertythey won't inspire, and they won't tell you precisely what causes whatwe are in a world in which everything designed only to be measuredwe count people, but not individualssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut the big problem is what numbers don't tell youif it can't be measured it can be ignoredhe reminds us of the danger of taking numbers so seriously at the expense of what is non-measurable, non-calculable: intuition, creativity, imagination, happinessthe government has set itself new targetsin this passionately argued and thought-provoking book, david boyle examines our obsession with numberscounting is a vital human skillthey won't interpretyardsticks are a vital toolwhy are we so obsessed with numbers? what can they really tell us?too often we try to quantify what can't actually be measuredoxfam bookshop cheltenham never before have we attempted to measure as much as we do todaypoliticians pack their speeches with skewed statistics: crime rates are either rising or falling depending on who is doing the countingas long as we remember how limiting they are if we cling to them too closely
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Kusama describes the decade she spent in new york, first as a poverty stricken artist and later as the doyenne of an alternative counter-cultural scenei fluctuate between feelings of reality and unrealityi, myself, delight in my obsessions
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British romanticism and the critique of political reason, hardcover by michael, timothy, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk author timothy michael gives readers an in-depth examination of the political philosophy that dominated britain and france in the romantic periodhe examines the works of kant, burke, wollstonecraft, coleridge, wordsworth, shelley, and many other writers and philosophers of the periodannotation © ringgold, incportland, or ()he argues over the book's eight chapters that a great deal of the period’s literary output takes the form of a critique of reason, its political value, and the types of knowledge attainable through itthe author is a faculty member of lincoln college and university of oxford in the uk
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The edges along the bottom and sides are a faint red this is an unusual book which is still valuable to students and scholars today, as it is still being reprintedthe book contains some passages from 'famous poets and orators' with 'critical remarks on theminside, there is also some discolouration to the edges of the first few pages' this is a hardbound book with some discolouration on the outer boards and spine, and the front board is beginning to come away from the spine at the bottomit also states that it has been 'designed for students in the universities'there is some foxing to the back pages and the top of the page edges are also discolouredthere are also several inscriptions on the front page, seemingly the names of previous ownersthe title page is coming away from the binding, however the rest of the pages are in relatively good conditionthis copy would appeal to those who value old books, and collectors see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lincoln published in , this is the fifth edition of the third volume of 'the method of teaching and studying the belles lettres'there are no pencil, pen, or highlighter marksthe book is subtitled as 'an introduction of languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physics, etc'
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store\t this work consists of six main parts with their own separate pagination, three of which have their own title-page with the datefor henry herringman, pp: [xviii]end-papers appear to have been replaced more recentlyotherwise leaves are clean and clear with generous marginsspine a little more worn with wear to spine-ends, remnants of spine label, and rear outer hinge is split - despite this the rear board is still firmly attached and block is very sturdycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available\t\t\t condition: binding copy - front board detached yet present and both boards show bumps to fore-corners and moderate wearplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteleaves show light age-goldening, the occasional isolated spot here and there, and there are some 25 leaves with what appears to be a printing flaw [in the same position], which is a central patch of diluted ink[?] of varying intensity throughout [see photos] - from these a small number of words are affected with varying degrees of obliterationconsisting of those which were formerly printed: and those which he design'd for the press, now published out of the authors original copies \t\t first edition published in london and printed by j\t as the block is very decent, this copy should prove highly rewarding after the attention of a competent binder who could easily perform the board re-attachmentplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis copy includes the 24pp life of crowley by thomas sprat and thereare errata notes on last page in volumethe last section includes a proposition for the advancement of experimental philosophy, a discourse by way of vision, concerning the government of oliver cromwell, and several discourses by way of essays in verse and proseweight (with sturdy packaging): g approxthe remaining five main parts with sepatate pagination are: miscellanies, the mistress (with t-p), pindarique odes (with t-p), davideis (with t-p), and verses written on several occasionsengraved frontis portrait, head-pieces, and ornate initial lettersthe works of mr\t a folio sized (304mm x 192mm) volume in contemporary full leather that is partially disbound with the front board detached, yet presentboards have tooled border and corner pieces, five raised bands, and red spine label with gilt lettering
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His life was also extraordinary: from the poverty of rural dorset he went on to become the grand old man of english life and letters, his last resting place in westminster abbey thomas hardy is one of the sacred figures in english writing, a great poet and a novelist with a world reputationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis seminal biography, by our leading literary biographer, covers hardy's illegitimate birth, his rural upbringing, his escape to london in the s, his marriages, his status as a bestselling novelist, and in later life, his supreme achievements as a poetoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback penguin - viking
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The fiscalization of social policy how taxpayers trumped children in the fight against child poverty by joshua tmccabe (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Whether a newcomer to the philosophy holmes founded or a veteran reader, you will find great power and practicality in the words that render holmes one of the most celebrated and beloved mystical teachers of the past hundred yearsoxfam bookshop hexham the inspiration of ernest holmes has reached hundreds of thousands of readers through his classic works, many of which are just now becoming available in paperbacksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoverall in good condition, some minor marks/'stains on the back cover and some slight rubbing to the cornersoriginally published in the first half of the twentieth century, these meditative, concise volumes have never previously appeared in paperback
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He refashioned psychoanalysis in the name of philosophy and linguistics at the time when it underwent a certain intellectual declineall essays in this companion focus on key terms in lacan's often difficult and idiosyncratic developments of psychoanalysisadvocating a 'return to freud', by which he meant a close reading in the original of freud's works, he stressed the idea that the unconscious functions 'like a language'these essays, supported by a useful chronology and guide to further reading will prove invaluable to students and teachers alikesee oxfam website for delivery information read morelacan is renowned as a theoretician of psychoanalysis whose work is still influential in many countriesthis volume will bring fresh, accessible perspectives to the work of this formidable and influential thinkeroxfam bookshop chelmsford this collection of specially commissioned essays by academics and practising psychoanalysts, first published in , explores key dimensions of jacques lacan's life and works
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In every case, however, the philosophy that is the foundation of his work has always been the same, but has always been unspoken, until noworiginally treated with scepticism, many of his ideas are now widely accepted and gaining increasing impact and influenceoxfam shop colne road a practical guide to what we have lost in the modern world, why we have lost it and how easily it is to rediscoverfor more than 30 years his royal highness prince charles the prince of wales has been at the forefront of a growing ecological movementsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreharmony is a blueprint for a more balanced, sustainable world that the human race must create to survivehis work has sought to meet a huge range of modern challenges, from urbanisation to deforestation
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He draws out the distinctions between what is said, the saying of it, the words used to say it, and the role it playsoxfam bookshop preston this book is an examination of the notion of truth and of various philosophical theories about ithe then investigates whether truth and falsity are properly applicable to what is said about what does not exist, about the future, and in answer to moral problems see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe author begins by examining truth as an assessment of what is said
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Joining disciplinary worlds, this book aims to explore this ambitious claim, invoking viewpoints as diverse as evolutionary culture theory, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, ethology, and philosophythe contributors provide major evidence in favor of girard's hypothesissee oxfam website for delivery information read more" he posits that archaic religion (or "the sacred"), particularly in its dynamics of sacrifice and ritual, is a neglected and major key to unlocking the enigma of "how we became human" this major claim has, however, remained underscrutinized by scholars working on girard's theory, and it is mostly overlooked within the natural and social sciencesoxfam books & music lancaster from his groundbreaking violence and the sacred and things hidden since the foundation of the world, rené girard's mimetic theory is presented as elucidating "the origins of cultureequally, girard's theory is presented as having the potential to become for the human and social sciences something akin to the integrating framework that present-day biological science owes to darwin-something compatible with it and complementary to it in accounting for the still remarkably little understood phenomenon of human emergence" french philosopher of science michel serres states that girard's theory provides a darwinian theory of culture because it "proposes a dynamic, shows an evolution and gives a universal explanation
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham using the untimely death of the poet and friend, sylvia plath, as a point of departure, al alvarez confronts the controversial and often taboo area of human behaviour: suicideentwined within this sensitive study is the author's deeply personal account of his own unsuccessful suicide attempt, and together they form the most fascinating and compelling meditation on the savage god at the heart of human existencethe savage god explores the cultural attitudes, theories, truths and fallacies surrounding suicide and refracts them through the windows of philosophy, art and literature: following the black thread leading from dante, through donne, chatterton and the romantic agony, to dada and pavesesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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