Philosophy
Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece
Hardback
A rare biographical portrait of the philosopher Plato, showing how the ideas in his masterwork, Republic, were tested amidst a bloody civil war
An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War over Slavery, and the Refounding of America
Paperback
How a band of antislavery leaders recovered the radical philosophical inspirations of the first American Revolution to defeat the slaveholders’ oligarchy in the American Civil War
Fewer Rules, Better People: The Case for Discretion
Hardback
A philosopher argues that the proliferation of rules and mandates is making us more stupid, less moral, more deceptive and less able to govern important institutions
The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why
Hardback
A philosopher calls for a revolution in ethics, suggesting we expand our “moral circle” to include insects, AI systems and even microbes
What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt
Hardback
A landmark literary event, What Remains collects Arendt’s complete poetic oeuvre—never before published in English