Identity Philosophy

This classic work by psychologist and social philosopher Eric Fromm builds upon his previous popular book To Have or to Be? The Art of Being teaches us to avoid the tantalizing illusions of our consumer-driven world by learning to function as a whole person from a state of inner completeness or being. The transition from an identity of having to being creates a state of enlightened psychological and spiritual happiness.

In 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American institutions were in decay, as the state was progressively captured by powerful interest groups. Two years later, his predictions were borne out by the rise to power of a series of political outsiders whose economic nationalism and authoritarian tendencies threatened to destabilize the entire international order. These populist nationalists seek direct charismatic connection to “the people”, who are usually defined in narrow identity terms that offer an irresistible call to an in-group and exclude large parts of the population as a whole.

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Financial Times, Inc., Prospect Magazine, and The Conversation “The most comprehensive and reasonable story of this shift that has yet been attempted . . . Mounk has told the story of the Great Awokening better than any other writer who has...

Discover Simone Weil’s Profound Masterpiece: L’Enracinement Are you searching for a book that delves deeply into the human condition, community, and the essence of belonging? Simone Weil’s L’Enracinement (The Need for Roots) is a timeless classic that speaks directly to the challenges of modern life, offering a profound exploration of the human need for connection and rootedness in a fragmented world. Written during the turmoil of World War II, Weil’s work is a manifesto for rebuilding a society founded on justice, equality, and a true understanding of human dignity. With ...

In this eye-opening account of "metaphysical blindness" in the West, Watts accents the dense exploration of religious philosophy with wry wit that will engage inquiring minds in search of spiritual power and wisdom.

Discover the moving and hopeful novel from Sunday Times bestselling author of Water Moon, Samantha Sotto Yambao. The door never changes, but the rooms behind it do. Bonsai artist Shiori Ametsuchi never knows where the door will lead her next. All she knows is that whoever she finds in these...

How did the world arrive at its current, disorienting state of identity politics, and how should the church respond? Historian Carl R. Trueman discusses how influences ranging from traditional institutions to technology and pornography moved modern culture toward an era of "expressive individualism." Investigating philosophies from the Romantics, Nietzsche, Marx, Wilde, Freud, and the New Left, he outlines the history of Western thought to the distinctly sexual direction of present-day identity politics and explains the modern implications of these ideas.

As featured in the Ram Dass documentary film Becoming Nobody, five essential live teaching sessions on audio, presented here in their entirety The game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody. —Ram Dass If you’re a spiritual explorer of any age or tradition, chances are...

Philosophy Explained for Non-Philosophers: Clear Guides to the Ideas That Shape Human Thought Metaphysics Explained for Non-Philosophers: Reality, Existence, Identity, and the Deep Structure of Being is a clear, accessible guide to one of philosophy’s most foundational and challenging fields. Written specifically for curious readers with no formal background in philosophy, this book breaks down complex metaphysical ideas into understandable concepts using plain language, concrete examples, and careful explanations. Rather than relying on abstract jargon, it focuses on the core questions ...

Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Have you read that certain people shouldn't practice yoga? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only White people can be racist? Are you confused by these ideas, and do you wonder how they have managed to challenge the logic of Western society? In this probing volume, Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay document the evolution of the dogma that informs these ideas, from its coarse origins in French postmodernism to its refinement within activist academic fields.

The Book That Knows It’s a Book A Suspiciously Self-Aware Guide to Waking Up Most books about spiritual awakening promise transformation. A better self. A calmer mind. A final breakthrough that will definitely happen if you just keep reading. This book is not so sure. It doesn’t offer enlightenment as a product. It doesn’t hand you a new identity labeled Awake. It doesn’t pretend to be the ultimate authority on your journey of self-discovery. It knows it’s a book. Which makes things slightly awkward. Inside these pages, awareness is explored without performance. The ego is ...

The Philosophy of Time Travel: Paradoxes, Causality, Determinism, Multiverse Theory, and Science Fiction Thought Experiments examines time travel as a serious philosophical problem. Instead of treating it as a narrative trick, the book asks what follows if travel to the past or future were possible at all. Could a person change earlier events, or would any attempt already be part of a fixed history. Can an effect occur before its cause. What would count as evidence that someone had really traveled in time. These questions open onto larger issues in metaphysics, logic, freedom, and the ...

An audiobook about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order. Classical liberalism is in a state of crisis. Developed in the wake of Europe’s wars over religion and nationalism, liberalism is a system for governing...

Jorge Luis Borges Explained: Labyrinths, Time, Identity, Infinity, and the Nature of Reality introduces Borges as a writer who used fiction to test difficult ideas. His stories are brief, but they open onto large philosophical problems: whether time repeats or branches, whether the self remains stable, whether an infinite universe can ever be understood, and whether language reveals reality or distorts it. This guide focuses on the recurring patterns that give Borges’s work its force, including labyrinths, mirrors, libraries, doubles, dreams, paradoxes, and invented worlds that begin to ...

The definitive translation of Plato's Republic, the most influential text in the history of Western philosophy. “To read The Republic as Bloom means it to be read is to question everything we think we know about government, politics, the best human life, and the nature of truth.” —Adam...

This program includes a special bonus chapter with five actional practices for building a solid self. It’s not hard to find your tribe. The real challenge today is not losing yourself within one. We are surrounded by tribes: political, professional, online, ideological. Each offer belonging at...

Create or Consume is a human-centered research work examining one of the most overlooked drivers of modern dissatisfaction: the gradual removal of creation from daily life. We live in an age of unprecedented comfort, access, and consumption—yet anxiety, disengagement, and loss of meaning continue to rise. This contradiction is not accidental. It is structural. This book begins with a simple but uncomfortable truth: Every moment of human life is spent either creating or consuming. There is no neutral state. Drawing from neuroscience, behavioral psychology, education, workforce development,...

Brought to you by Penguin. Modern life encourages us to pursue the perfect identity. Whether we aspire to become the best lawyer or charity worker, life partner or celebrity influencer, we emulate exemplars that exist in the world – hoping it will bring us happiness. But this often leads to a...

According to an old joke, everyone knows that men and women are different... except social scientists. In A Billion Years of Sex Differences, evolutionary psychologist Steve Stewart-Williams tackles some of science's most controversial questions: How do men and women differ? Where do the...

What if every possible book already existed? What if truth, falsehood, wisdom, and nonsense were all hidden in an infinite library that stretched forever? Jorge Luis Borges’ short story The Library of Babel has fascinated readers for generations, offering one of the most haunting metaphors for infinity, language, and the search for meaning. In Infinite Meaning: Exploring the Philosophical Ideas Found in Borges’ Library of Babel, The Practical Atlas takes readers on a profound journey through the philosophical questions raised by this timeless vision. Across ten engaging chapters, this ...