"I am out to present Marx's ideas as not perfect but plausible": this caution opens ten chapters which refute standard criti...

During our current economic crisis, a handful of prominent critics if far fewer politicians acclaim Marx's relevance. For example, Ter...

Critic and philosopher Slavoj Žižek gathers his thoughts about last year's resistance to capitalism and globalization. They comprise l...

Chuaigh mé go dhá iarsmalann faoi deireadh. Tá beirt i mbailte na h-iarnróid ann. Roinnte siad geimhreadh agus gaoth--agus carraig...

After reading Gethin's "The Foundations of Buddhism" I sought out this companion volume from the same press, Oxford. True t...

The need for a larger anthology of the earliest extant texts attributed to the Buddha has been met by this compilation. Bhikkhu Bodhi is a...

No gilded statues on pedestals, no gongs, bells, or chants. This Zen teacher relays "uncluttered, original insights and observations...

" Show me a good Buddhist novelist ." So challenges William Burroughs, in italics. In his Retreat Diaries, he prefaces this with...

As with his previous books for the "educated reader" looking for a light but worthwhile introduction to philosophical and mo...

Every reader of this book needs to constantly keep in mind Dennett's reminders about his authorial attitude. On pg. 103, speaking of ...

Profes sor Donald Lopez investigates the past century and a half of how the West invents a Buddha in its own image with typical incisi...