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A Political History of the World: Three Thousand Years of War and Peace by Jonathan Holslag
$22.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: Pelican Bks.
A three-thousand year history of the world that examines the causes of war and the search for peace In three thousand years of history, China has spent at least eleven centuries at war. The Roman Empire was in conflict during at least 50 per cent of its lifetime. Since 1776, the United States has spent ...Show more
Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans by Melanie Mitchell
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Pelican Bks.
Melanie Mitchell separates science fact from science fiction in this sweeping examination of the current state of AI and how it is remaking our world No recent scientific enterprise has proved as alluring, terrifying, and filled with extravagant promise and frustrating setbacks as artificial intellige ...Show more
Being Ecological by Timothy Morton
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Category: No Category | Series: Pelican Bks.
Don't care about ecology? This book is for you. Morton sets out to show us that whether we know it or not, we already have the capacity and the will to change the way we understand the place of humans in the world, and our very understanding of the term 'ecology'. A cross-disciplinarian who has collabor ...Show more
Can We Be Happier?: Evidence and Ethics by Richard Layard
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Category: Psychology | Series: Pelican Bks.
Most people now realize that economic growth, however desirable, will not solve all our problems. Instead, we need a philosophy and a science which encompasses a much fuller range of human need and experience.This book argues that the goal for a society must be the greatest possible all-round happiness, ...Show more
Chinese Thought: From Confucius to Cook Ding by Roel Sterckx
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Pelican Bks.
How did the ancient Chinese think about the world? What does environmental consciousness stand for in the Chinese tradition? Where does China's obsession with education come from? We are often told that the twenty-first century is bound to become China's century. Never before has Chinese culture been so ...Show more
Feminisms: A Global History by Lucy Delap
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Category: Critical Thinking | Series: Pelican Bks.
Feminism's origins have often been framed around a limited cast of mostly white and educated foremothers, but the truth is that feminism has been and continues to be a global movement. For centuries, women from all walks of life have been mobilizing for gender justice. As the last decade has reminded ev ...Show more
Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth by Guy Standing
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Category: Business | Series: Pelican Bks.
We are losing the commons. Austerity and neoliberal policies have depleted our shared wealth; our national utilities have been sold off to foreign conglomerates, social housing is almost non-existent, our parks are cordoned off for private events and our national art galleries are sponsored by banks and ...Show more
The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism by Ruth Kinna
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Category: Politics | Series: Pelican Bks.
Often associated with chaos or disorder, anarchy defies definition and routinely gets a bad press. And yet from Occupy to Pussy Riot, Noam Chomsky to David Graeber, this philosophical and political movement is as relevant as ever. Contrary to popular perception, different strands of anarchism--from indi ...Show more
The Road to Conscious Machines by Michael Wooldridge
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Pelican Bks.
In this mythbusting guide to AI past and present, one of the world's leading researchers shows why our fears for the future are misplaced The ultimate dream of artificial intelligence is to build machines that are like us: conscious and self-aware. While this remains a remote possibility, rapid progres ...Show more
The Road to Conscious Machines - The Story of AI by Michael Wooldridge
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Category: Science | Series: Pelican Bks.
The ultimate dream of AI is to build machines that are conscious and self-aware. While this remains a remote possibility, rapid progress in AI is transforming our world. Yet the public debate is still largely centred on unlikely prospects, from sentient machines to dystopian robot takeovers.Michael Wool ...Show more
This is Shakespeare by Emma Smith
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Category: Plays | Series: Pelican Bks.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'An outstanding book ... lively, curious and passionate' Literary Review Why should you read a book about Shakespeare and his plays?Because he is a timeless genius whose work encapsulates the human condition?Or is it something more unexpected?
Traditionalism - The Radical Project for Restoring Sacred Order by Mark Sedgwick
$55.00 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: Pelican Bks.
The definitive guide to Traditionalism: the world's least-known major philosophy, but one that is essential for understanding our past, present and futureTraditionalism is founded on ancient teachings that, its followers argue, have been handed down from time immemorial, forming a basis of the sacred or ...Show more