What is the meaning of life? In the post-modern, post-religious scientific world, this question is becoming a preoccupation. But it also has a long history: many major figures in philosophy had something to say on the subject, as Julian Young so vividly illustrates in this thought-provoking book. Pa[...]

What is the meaning of life? In today's secular, post-religious scientific world, this question has become a serious preoccupation. But it also has a long history: many major philosophers have thought deeply about it, as Julian Young so vividly illustrates in this thought-provoking second edition of[...]

Since 1945, and particularly since the facts of the ?Heidegger case? became widely known in 1987, an enormous number of words have been devoted to establishing not only Heidegger?s involvement with Nazism, but also that his philosophy is irredeemably discredited thereby. This book, while in no way d[...]

In this beautifully written account, Julian Young provides the most comprehensive biography available today of the life and philosophy of the nineteenth-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Young deals with the many puzzles created by the conjunction of Nietzsche's personal history and hi[...]

This book, written in an accessible style, is an exhaustive survey of the philosophy of tragedy from antiquity to the present.[...]

The perfect core textbook for students studying the new CACHE Level 3 Children and Young People's Workforce Diploma[...]

Packed with information, advice and learning activities, this book tells you what you need to know about drugs, young people's drug use, and how you can help them stay safe. It covers everything from what the effects are and why young people take drugs, to how to negotiate drug rules and ways to pre[...]

Widely regarded as the leading authority on voyage charters, this book is the most comprehensive and intellectually-rigorous analysis of the area, is regularly cited in court and by arbitrators, and is the go-to guide for drafting and disputing charterparty contracts. Voyage Charters provides the re[...]