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Confronting Leviathan: A History of Ideas by David Runciman
28.00 NZD
Category: History
A primer on political theory from bestselling author and host of Talking Politics David Runciman. 'Bracingly intelligent ... a wonderful read' - Guardian 'Incredibly timely ... presented [with] wonderful elegance and clarity' - Irish Times Based on the History Of Ideas podcast series by Talking Politics ...Show more
Confronting Leviathan - A History of Ideas by David Runciman
45.00 NZD
Category: History
Based on the History Of Ideas podcast series by Talking Politics host David Runciman, A History of Ideas explores some of the most important thinkers and prominent ideas lying behind modern politics - from Hobbes to Gandhi, from democracy to patriarchy, and from revolution to lock down. While explaining ...Show more
Politics by David Runciman
25.00 NZD
Category: Crime/Thriller | Series: Ideas in Profile
In the first title of an exciting new series one of the world's leading political scientists asks the big questions about politics: what is it, why we do we need it and where, in these turbulent times, is it heading? From the gap between rich and poor to the impact of social media, via Machiavelli, Hobb ...Show more
The Handover by David Runciman
40.00 NZD
Category: Current Events
Does it matter if we are ceding power to AI? Especially if we have been there before. 'The Singularity' is what Silicon Valley calls the idea that, eventually, we will be overrun by machines that are able to take decisions and act for themselves. What no one says is that it happened before. A few hundr ...Show more
The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution by David Runciman
40.00 NZD
Category: History
What is the history of ideas - and how has it shaped our world today? In this bold new follow-up to Confronting Leviathan, David Runciman unmasks modern politics and reveals the great men and women of ideas behind it. What can Samuel Butler's ideas teach us about the oddity of how we choose to organise ...Show more
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