Self to Self brings together essays on personal identity, autonomy, and moral emotions by the distinguished philosopher J. David Velleman. Although each of the essays was written as an independent piece, they are unified by an overarching thesis, that there is no single entity denoted by 'the self', as well as by themes from Kantian ethics, psychoanalytic theory, social psychol...(展开全部)

Illuminates the experiences women are supposed to hide—from addiction, anger, sexual assault, and infertility to joy, sensuality, and love. In this debut, Emilie Pine speaks to the events that have marked her life—those emotional disruptions for which our society has no adequate language, at once bittersweet, clandestine, and ordinary. She writes with radical honesty on the uns...(展开全部)

In this dazzling debut, Emilie Pine speaks to the events that have marked her life—those emotional disruptions for which our society has no adequate language, at once bittersweet, clandestine, and ordinary. She writes with radical honesty on the unspeakable grief of infertility, on caring for an alcoholic parent, on taboos around female bodies and female pain, on sexual violenc...(展开全部)

In this vivid and powerful collection of essays, Emilie Pine writes about all the things she shouldn't say. Addressing addiction, fertility, feminism, sexual violence and depression, Notes to Self is raw, funny and honest. Unsentimental and brave, this startling debut breaks new ground in the field of personal essays.

Arguably the most celebrated and revered writer of our time now gives us a new nonfiction collection--a rich gathering of her essays, speeches, and meditations on society, culture, and art, spanning four decades. The Source of Self-Regard is brimming with all the elegance of mind and style, the literary prowess and moral compass that are Toni Morrison's inimitable hallmark. It ...(展开全部)

巴里·丹顿，是英国利物浦大学的哲学教授。他的研究领域包括形而上学和心智哲学，深受当前及预计的科技发展的影响。他还著有《现象自我》（The Phenomenal Self）、《意识之流》（Stream of Consciousness）、《时间与空间》（Time and Space）。

In the third in a new series of short, provoking books of original philosophy, acclaimed thinker Barry Dainton takes us through the nature of Self When you think 'What am I?', what's actually doing the thinking? Is it a soul, or some other kind of mental entity separate from your body, or are 'you' just a collection of nerve-endings and narratives? In the third in a new series ...(展开全部)