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Every day we're bombarded with methods, mantras and life-hacks that promise us mindfulness, prosperity and wellness. We read countless self-help books to unlock the seven habits, twelve rules or one big secret to living a long and happy life, while time and talent remain some of our most squandered resources. The average full-time worker will spend 80,000 hours at their job: are you making the most of them? Do you truly believe in what you do, day in day out? Maybe you want to do something else with your limited time on the planet. Maybe your own happiness isn't your only life goal, or you don't want to get to your deathbed with the gnawing feeling you had much more in you. In that case, you'll need a different kind of book. Internationally bestselling author Rutger Bregman shows us that with moral ambition – the will to make the world a wildly better place – it is possible to be both idealistic and successful, and to change the world along the way. Looking to the great change-makers of history, he uncovers the qualities that made them so persuasive, influential and effective, and shows how we, too, can lend our talents to the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to gross inequality to the next pandemic. With moral ambition, we can do more than be on the right side of history: we can make history itself. This is not a self-help book. It won't make your life easier – but it should make it more meaningful. The question is: what will you do with it?

Ivar Segelberg (19141987), between 1951 and 1979 professor of philosophy in Gothenburg, is an important figure in Swedish philosophy but still only known within a rather narrow circle. Trained in both phenomenology and analytical philosophy, Segelberg developed highly original theories about time con­sciousness, the unity of consciousness, and general ontology. He published his three main works in Swedish, and only in 1999 were they (collectively) made available in English. The present volume will hopefully help make Segelbergs work more widely known. It is partly based on a 2008 symposium in Gothenburg, also called Philosophy and Botany, but contains several independent contributions including a newly written biography.

Meditations [Bok / Inbunden]

The Prince [Bok / Inbunden]

"A COMPLETE MANUAL OF THE SECRET YOGIC BREATH!"<br/><br/> Yogi Ramacharaka was an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. In this work, he hopes to awaken the minds of the Western world to the value of the Yogi "Science of Breath."<br/><br/> "For thousands of years, yogis have believed that breath is the essential link between body and mind, energizing a subtle body which connects the physical and mental aspects of our being. In this book, Yogi Ramacharaka explore the secret science of breath as the missing key to both physical health and the attainment of higher states of consciousness. Pranayamas - yogic breathing techniques are explained so that one can immediately begin working with the ancient science of breath."<br/><br/> Based on the book The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath by Yogi Ramacharaka, 1904.

This book is a reflection upon the anarchist turn. It takes three newish anarchists and interprets their work following the method of exegesis. Two questions guide the work. What can the anarchist turn tell us about revolution and nonviolence and what can it tell us about contemporary religion? The protagonists are David Graeber, Timothy Morton and Simon Critchley. This book is of interest to anarchists, activists, and philosophers. Indeed anyone doing and interested in interdisciplinary approaches to important cultural questions and the building of nonviolent cultures should find at least parts of this book interesting.

År 1950, vid 27 års ålder, skrev Henry Kissinger The Meaning of History som sin avhandling vid Harvard University. Nu, mer än 70 år senare, publiceras den för första gången.<br/><br/>Avhandlingen utforskar idéer hos tre viktiga tänkare ur den filosofiska och historiska västerländska tanketraditionen, på ett sätt som även speglar Kissingers egen förflyttning från den europeiska kontinenten över Atlanten: Oswald Spengler (18801936), en tysk historiker och filosof; Arnold Toynbee (18891975), en brittisk historiker och filosof; samt Immanuel Kant (17241804), en preussare från den europeiska upplysningstiden och en av sin tids viktigaste filosofer.<br/><br/>Texten brottas med några av den västerländska politiska, filosofiska och moraliska tanketraditionens mest grundläggande dilemman. Den tar sin början vid upplysningstiden och fortsätter fram till mitten av 1900-talet en period som präglades av två världskrig och atomålderns början. Den ger också stor insyn i författarens konceptuella perspektiv, innan han blev en av efterkrigstidens mest inflytelserika amerikanska statsmän. Boken utkommer enbart på engelska.