⚡ Nietzschean Thought

Engagements with Nietzsche's radical philosophy—the will to power, eternal recurrence, the death of God, and the revaluation of all values. These books wrestle with ideas that still unsettle and provoke.

Ecce Homo

by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1908

If you had to live your exact life again forever, could you say yes? Nietzsche's final book.

3.81

20k+

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🧭 Existentialism ⛪ Critique Of Christianity

Ecce Homo 93%

If you had to live your exact life again forever, could you say yes? Nietzsche's final book.

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1908

3.81

20k+ ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🧭 Existentialism ⛪ Critique Of Christianity

The Will to Power

by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1901

When morality crumbles, the only response is the harshest truth: life is the will to overpower.

4.07

11k+

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🕳️ Nihilism 👤 Existentialism

The Will to Power 93%

When morality crumbles, the only response is the harshest truth: life is the will to overpower.

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1901

4.07

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🕳️ Nihilism 👤 Existentialism

The Gay Science

by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1882

The old gods are dead. Nietzsche's joyful answer: laugh, create, and love life without them.

4.26

21k+

🧠 Existentialism 🕳️ Nihilism ⚖️ Moral Skepticism

The Gay Science 93%

The old gods are dead. Nietzsche's joyful answer: laugh, create, and love life without them.

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1882

4.26

21k+ ratings

🧠 Existentialism 🕳️ Nihilism ⚖️ Moral Skepticism

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1883

With God gone, a prophet calls humanity a bridge: cross it and become more than human.

4.07

179k+

🖤 Existentialism ✨ Value Creation 🌅 Life Affirmation

Thus Spoke Zarathustra 93%

With God gone, a prophet calls humanity a bridge: cross it and become more than human.

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1883

4.07

179k+ ratings

🖤 Existentialism ✨ Value Creation 🌅 Life Affirmation

Twilight of the Idols

by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1889

Reason, morality, and eternal truths are just symptoms of sickness. A concise, incendiary diagnosis.

3.95

15k+

🧠 Continental Philosophy ⚖️ Critique Of Morality ⚔️ Anti-Christian Polemic

Twilight of the Idols 93%

Reason, morality, and eternal truths are just symptoms of sickness. A concise, incendiary diagnosis.

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1889

3.95

15k+ ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy ⚖️ Critique Of Morality ⚔️ Anti-Christian Polemic

The Portable Nietzsche

by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1954

Morality was a slave revolt, pity is poison, and God's death is an open door.

4.21

9k+

📚 German Philosophy 🌀 Existentialism ✝️ Critique Of Religion

The Portable Nietzsche 93%

Morality was a slave revolt, pity is poison, and God's death is an open door.

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1954

4.21

9k+ ratings

📚 German Philosophy 🌀 Existentialism ✝️ Critique Of Religion

God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him.

by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1888

The old gods are dead. The task left: invent your own values and treat existence as an experiment.

3.85

1k+

✝️ Critique Of Christianity 🧠 Psychology Of Religion ⚖️ Moral Skepticism

God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him. Summary

God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him. 93%

The old gods are dead. The task left: invent your own values and treat existence as an experiment.

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1888

3.85

1k+ ratings

✝️ Critique Of Christianity 🧠 Psychology Of Religion ⚖️ Moral Skepticism

On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo

by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1887

The weak invented morality to control the strong. Your conscience may still be their weapon.

4.17

16k+

🧠 Moral Philosophy ⚡ Power And Morality 🔍 Philosophical Psychology

On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo Summary

On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo 92%

The weak invented morality to control the strong. Your conscience may still be their weapon.

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887

4.17

16k+ ratings

🧠 Moral Philosophy ⚡ Power And Morality 🔍 Philosophical Psychology

Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morals

by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1887

All philosophy is secret autobiography, and your morality is a confession of the drives ruling you.

4.16

452

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 🔍 Critique Of Morality

Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morals Summary

Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morals 92%

All philosophy is secret autobiography, and your morality is a confession of the drives ruling you.

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887

4.16

452 ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 🔍 Critique Of Morality

Beyond Good and Evil

by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1886

Morality is resentment in disguise, truth is perspective, and the real task is to outgrow yourself.

4.03

116k+

🌍 Continental Philosophy 🇩🇪 German Philosophy ❓ Moral Skepticism

Beyond Good and Evil 92%

Morality is resentment in disguise, truth is perspective, and the real task is to outgrow yourself.

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1886

4.03

116k+ ratings

🌍 Continental Philosophy 🇩🇪 German Philosophy ❓ Moral Skepticism

On the Genealogy of Morals

by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1887

Morality was born when the powerless turned resentment into a weapon and called it virtue.

4.12

36k+

🧠 Moral Philosophy 📚 Continental Philosophy 🔍 Moral Psychology

On the Genealogy of Morals 92%

Morality was born when the powerless turned resentment into a weapon and called it virtue.

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887

4.12

36k+ ratings

🧠 Moral Philosophy 📚 Continental Philosophy 🔍 Moral Psychology

El Anticristo

by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1888

Christianity inverted its founder's message. The religion we know was built by Paul, not Jesus.

3.88

33k+

🔨 Critique Of Religion 😤 Ressentiment ⛪ Philosophy Of Religion

El Anticristo 92%

Christianity inverted its founder's message. The religion we know was built by Paul, not Jesus.

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1888

3.88

33k+ ratings

🔨 Critique Of Religion 😤 Ressentiment ⛪ Philosophy Of Religion

I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche

by Sue Prideaux • 2018

The life Nietzsche lived, and the Nazi philosopher his sister built from his wreckage.

4.31

3k+

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 📖 Intellectual Biography 🌑 Nihilism And Meaning

I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche Summary

I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche 92%

The life Nietzsche lived, and the Nazi philosopher his sister built from his wreckage.

by Sue Prideaux 2018

4.31

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 📖 Intellectual Biography 🌑 Nihilism And Meaning

The Birth of Tragedy

by Friedrich Nietzsche • 1871

Greek tragedy died of rationalism, a suicide a culture is still paying for.

3.98

22k+

🎭 Aesthetic Theory 🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🌪️ Order And Ecstasy

The Birth of Tragedy 92%

Greek tragedy died of rationalism, a suicide a culture is still paying for.

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1871

3.98

22k+ ratings

🎭 Aesthetic Theory 🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🌪️ Order And Ecstasy

Cynicism

by Ansgar Allen • 2014

Cynicism once meant tearing everything down. Now it just means giving up.

3.71

146

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🗳️ Political Philosophy

Cynicism 91%

Cynicism once meant tearing everything down. Now it just means giving up.

by Ansgar Allen 2014

3.71

146 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🗳️ Political Philosophy

Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy

by Richard Greene • 2007

Tarantino's blowtorch-wielding criminals as moral philosophers: nihilism, karma, and revenge.

3.73

201

🎞️ Film And Philosophy 🍿 Pop Culture Philosophy ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy

Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy Summary

Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy 91%

Tarantino's blowtorch-wielding criminals as moral philosophers: nihilism, karma, and revenge.

by Richard Greene 2007

3.73

201 ratings

🎞️ Film And Philosophy 🍿 Pop Culture Philosophy ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy

The Art of Life

by Zygmunt Bauman • 2008

Getting richer made us shoppers, not happier, and forced endless self-reinvention without ethics.

3.76

872

🧠 Continental Philosophy 🌊 Late Modernity 😊 Happiness Studies

The Art of Life 91%

Getting richer made us shoppers, not happier, and forced endless self-reinvention without ethics.

by Zygmunt Bauman 2008

3.76

872 ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy 🌊 Late Modernity 😊 Happiness Studies

The Thirst for Annihilation

by Nick Land • 1992

A cosmos built on waste, not production. The sun burns without return; the human animal follows.

3.97

616

🧠 Continental Philosophy 💸 Libidinal Economy 💀 Death Drive

The Thirst for Annihilation 91%

A cosmos built on waste, not production. The sun burns without return; the human animal follows.

by Nick Land 1992

3.97

616 ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy 💸 Libidinal Economy 💀 Death Drive

Life Lessons From Nietzsche

by John Armstrong • 2013

Your critics are right, suffering is useful: Nietzsche's nine rules for a harder life.

3.40

573

🏛️ Philosophy As Self-Help ⚔️ Inner Conflict 🔄 Moral Revaluation

Life Lessons From Nietzsche 90%

Your critics are right, suffering is useful: Nietzsche's nine rules for a harder life.

by John Armstrong 2013

3.40

573 ratings

🏛️ Philosophy As Self-Help ⚔️ Inner Conflict 🔄 Moral Revaluation

Very Little...Almost Nothing

by Simon Critchley • 2004

Nihilism is the norm after God. Creative resistance through literature is how meaning gets remade.

3.89

132

🌍 Continental Philosophy 💀 Death Of God Theology 📖 Literary Modernism

Very Little...Almost Nothing 90%

Nihilism is the norm after God. Creative resistance through literature is how meaning gets remade.

by Simon Critchley 2004

3.89

132 ratings

🌍 Continental Philosophy 💀 Death Of God Theology 📖 Literary Modernism

Less Than Nothing

by Slavoj Žižek • 2012

Reality is a hole in nothingness, propped up by fictions, and Hegel's dialectic is the map.

4.17

650

🧠 Continental Philosophy 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚛️ Philosophy Of Science

Less Than Nothing 90%

Reality is a hole in nothingness, propped up by fictions, and Hegel's dialectic is the map.

by Slavoj Žižek 2012

4.17

650 ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚛️ Philosophy Of Science

The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

by Arthur Schopenhauer • 1818

Reality's hidden engine is a blind, striving will. Your desires obey it; art briefly escapes it.

4.22

11k+

🧠 German Idealism 🏴 Philosophical Pessimism 💫 Metaphysics Of Will

The World as Will and Representation, Volume I Summary

The World as Will and Representation, Volume I 90%

Reality's hidden engine is a blind, striving will. Your desires obey it; art briefly escapes it.

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1818

4.22

11k+ ratings

🧠 German Idealism 🏴 Philosophical Pessimism 💫 Metaphysics Of Will

Philosophy of Existence

by Karl Jaspers • 1938

Objects aren't real. The real is a horizon you inhabit, never grasp, and awaken to.

3.79

323

🧠 Existential Philosophy 🇩🇪 German Existentialism 🪞 Authentic Selfhood

Philosophy of Existence 90%

Objects aren't real. The real is a horizon you inhabit, never grasp, and awaken to.

by Karl Jaspers 1938

3.79

323 ratings

🧠 Existential Philosophy 🇩🇪 German Existentialism 🪞 Authentic Selfhood

Anxiety

by Samir Chopra • 2024

What if your anxiety isn't a disorder, but the feeling of freedom itself?

3.91

522

🧠 Existential Philosophy 🗣️ Philosophical Therapy 🌊 Living With Anxiety

Anxiety 90%

What if your anxiety isn't a disorder, but the feeling of freedom itself?

by Samir Chopra 2024

3.91

522 ratings

🧠 Existential Philosophy 🗣️ Philosophical Therapy 🌊 Living With Anxiety

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

by Thomas Ligotti • 2011

Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.

4.01

10k+

🖤 Philosophical Pessimism 🚫 Antinatalism 🧠 Consciousness Studies

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race Summary

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race 90%

Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.

by Thomas Ligotti 2011

4.01

10k+ ratings

🖤 Philosophical Pessimism 🚫 Antinatalism 🧠 Consciousness Studies

The Philosophy of Redemption

by Philipp Mainländer • 1876

Schopenhauer stopped halfway. The will to live isn't denied. It's exhausted until nothing remains.

4.19

295

⚫ Philosophical Pessimism 🏛️ German Idealism 🔥 Metaphysics Of The Will

The Philosophy of Redemption 90%

Schopenhauer stopped halfway. The will to live isn't denied. It's exhausted until nothing remains.

by Philipp Mainländer 1876

4.19

295 ratings

⚫ Philosophical Pessimism 🏛️ German Idealism 🔥 Metaphysics Of The Will

The World as Will and Representation, Volume II

by Arthur Schopenhauer • 1844

Intellect serves a master it cannot command: a blind force that is what you actually are.

4.26

5k+

🧠 German Philosophy 🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🧩 Philosophy Of Mind

The World as Will and Representation, Volume II Summary

The World as Will and Representation, Volume II 90%

Intellect serves a master it cannot command: a blind force that is what you actually are.

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1844

4.26

5k+ ratings

🧠 German Philosophy 🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🧩 Philosophy Of Mind

Studies in Pessimism

by Arthur Schopenhauer • 1890

Beneath all striving is a blind will: pleasure is pain's absence, and boredom fills every gap.

3.88

2k+

🖤 Philosophical Pessimism 🇩🇪 German Philosophy 😣 Desire And Suffering

Studies in Pessimism 90%

Beneath all striving is a blind will: pleasure is pain's absence, and boredom fills every gap.

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1890

3.88

2k+ ratings

🖤 Philosophical Pessimism 🇩🇪 German Philosophy 😣 Desire And Suffering

Introduction to Metaphysics

by Martin Heidegger • 1929

Before any science, one question: what does it mean to exist? Philosophy forgot, and reality shrank.

4.03

4k+

🌊 Phenomenology 🌑 Existentialism 🧱 Ontology

Introduction to Metaphysics 90%

Before any science, one question: what does it mean to exist? Philosophy forgot, and reality shrank.

by Martin Heidegger 1929

4.03

4k+ ratings

🌊 Phenomenology 🌑 Existentialism 🧱 Ontology

Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us

by Simon Critchley • 2019

Greek tragedy's darkest insight: we are not victims of fate. We are its willing accomplices.

3.89

388

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🎭 Tragedy And Philosophy 📜 Dramatic Theory

Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us 90%

Greek tragedy's darkest insight: we are not victims of fate. We are its willing accomplices.

by Simon Critchley 2019

3.89

388 ratings

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🎭 Tragedy And Philosophy 📜 Dramatic Theory

Religion and the Rebel

by Colin Wilson • 1957

The rebel craving spiritual intensity is not broken: he is civilization's healthy warning symptom.

4.08

249

📚 Cultural Criticism 📜 Existentialist Thought 🧠 Consciousness Expansion

Religion and the Rebel 90%

The rebel craving spiritual intensity is not broken: he is civilization's healthy warning symptom.

by Colin Wilson 1957

4.08

249 ratings

📚 Cultural Criticism 📜 Existentialist Thought 🧠 Consciousness Expansion

The Art of Always Being Right

by Arthur Schopenhauer • 1831

A philosopher's 38 tricks for winning arguments you have no business winning.

3.50

19k+

⚔️ Intellectual Combat 🏆 Winning Arguments 🗣️ Rhetoric And Dialectic

The Art of Always Being Right 90%

A philosopher's 38 tricks for winning arguments you have no business winning.

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1831

3.50

19k+ ratings

⚔️ Intellectual Combat 🏆 Winning Arguments 🗣️ Rhetoric And Dialectic

Slavoj Zizek

by Tony Myers • 2003

Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.

3.82

266

🧠 Continental Philosophy 📖 Critical Theory 🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis

Slavoj Zizek 90%

Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.

by Tony Myers 2003

3.82

266 ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy 📖 Critical Theory 🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis

The Stillborn God

by Mark Lilla • 2007

Politics broke from God only recently, and Weimar nearly put them back together.

3.60

289

⛪ Political Theology 🏛️ Secularization 🇩🇪 German Philosophy

The Stillborn God 90%

Politics broke from God only recently, and Weimar nearly put them back together.

by Mark Lilla 2007

3.60

289 ratings

⛪ Political Theology 🏛️ Secularization 🇩🇪 German Philosophy

The Rise and Fall of Rational Control

by Harvey Claflin Mansfield • 2026

Reason promised to liberate us. It delivered a chain of necessity we forged ourselves.

4.10

🏛️ Western Political Thought 📜 Modern Political Theory 📚 Intellectual History

The Rise and Fall of Rational Control Summary

The Rise and Fall of Rational Control 90%

Reason promised to liberate us. It delivered a chain of necessity we forged ourselves.

by Harvey Claflin Mansfield 2026

4.10

29 ratings

🏛️ Western Political Thought 📜 Modern Political Theory 📚 Intellectual History

The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness

by Gary Cox • 2011

You are free in a way you never asked for. This is what that actually costs.

4.12

121

🌍 Continental Philosophy 🚶 Existentialism 🔍 Phenomenology

The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness Summary

The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness 90%

You are free in a way you never asked for. This is what that actually costs.

by Gary Cox 2011

4.12

121 ratings

🌍 Continental Philosophy 🚶 Existentialism 🔍 Phenomenology

Essays and Aphorisms

by Arthur Schopenhauer • 1851

A blind relentless impulse drives all life. The result is suffering and the escape is extreme.

4.16

9k+

📚 German Idealism 🖤 Philosophical Pessimism ✒️ Aphoristic Philosophy

Essays and Aphorisms 90%

A blind relentless impulse drives all life. The result is suffering and the escape is extreme.

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851

4.16

9k+ ratings

📚 German Idealism 🖤 Philosophical Pessimism ✒️ Aphoristic Philosophy

Flatline Constructs

by Mark Fisher • 2018

Reality flatlined into the undead where cybernetics, gothic horror, and theory-as-fiction converge.

4.13

345

📖 Critical Theory 🧠 Continental Philosophy 🤖 Cybernetic Systems

Flatline Constructs 90%

Reality flatlined into the undead where cybernetics, gothic horror, and theory-as-fiction converge.

by Mark Fisher 2018

4.13

345 ratings

📖 Critical Theory 🧠 Continental Philosophy 🤖 Cybernetic Systems

On the Suffering of the World

by Arthur Schopenhauer • 1850

Happiness is only the temporary absence of pain; suffering, not joy, is life's actual engine.

3.86

3k+

🌑 Philosophical Pessimism 🧠 Continental Philosophy ⚡ Metaphysics Of Will

On the Suffering of the World 90%

Happiness is only the temporary absence of pain; suffering, not joy, is life's actual engine.

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1850

3.86

3k+ ratings

🌑 Philosophical Pessimism 🧠 Continental Philosophy ⚡ Metaphysics Of Will

The Age of Defeat

by Colin Wilson • 1959

Why the hero vanished: affluence, conformity, and philosophy all taught us we don't matter.

4.00

🧠 Existentialism 📰 Cultural Criticism ⚔️ The Heroic Ideal

The Age of Defeat 90%

Why the hero vanished: affluence, conformity, and philosophy all taught us we don't matter.

by Colin Wilson 1959

4.00

59 ratings

🧠 Existentialism 📰 Cultural Criticism ⚔️ The Heroic Ideal

The Crisis of Narration

by Byung-Chul Han • 2023

We drown in information but starve for stories. A philosophy of what happens when narration dies.

3.91

3k+

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 📰 Cultural Criticism 🔍 Critical Theory

The Crisis of Narration 90%

We drown in information but starve for stories. A philosophy of what happens when narration dies.

by Byung-Chul Han 2023

3.91

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 📰 Cultural Criticism 🔍 Critical Theory

Heidegger

by Michael Watts • 2014

Heidegger demystified: the freedom found in facing death, and the worldview technology imposes.

4.40

143

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Phenomenology 📖 Introductory Philosophy

Heidegger 90%

Heidegger demystified: the freedom found in facing death, and the worldview technology imposes.

by Michael Watts 2014

4.40

143 ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Phenomenology 📖 Introductory Philosophy

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited

by Aldous Huxley • 1932

Nietzsche needed a doctor for his body. The doctor needed Nietzsche for his soul.

4.16

172k+

🛋️ Existential Therapy 🧠 Nietzschean Philosophy 📜 Psychoanalytic Origins

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited Summary

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited 89%

Nietzsche needed a doctor for his body. The doctor needed Nietzsche for his soul.

by Aldous Huxley 1932

4.16

172k+ ratings

🛋️ Existential Therapy 🧠 Nietzschean Philosophy 📜 Psychoanalytic Origins

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar

by Thomas Cathcart • 2007

Jokes and philosophy work the same way: both ambush your assumptions. Here's how.

3.76

18k+

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar Summary

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar 89%

Jokes and philosophy work the same way: both ambush your assumptions. Here's how.

by Thomas Cathcart 2007

3.76

18k+ ratings

All Things are Possible

by Lev Shestov • 1905

Reason is a trap, morality is vengeance, and the outcast knows what philosophy will not say.

4.09

314

🧠 Existential Thought 🇷🇺 Russian Philosophy 🔍 Critique Of Reason

All Things are Possible 89%

Reason is a trap, morality is vengeance, and the outcast knows what philosophy will not say.

by Lev Shestov 1905

4.09

314 ratings

🧠 Existential Thought 🇷🇺 Russian Philosophy 🔍 Critique Of Reason

In the Dust of This Planet

by Eugene Thacker • 2011

The world is indifferent to us. Only horror and black metal can think that thought.

3.68

3k+

📚 Critical Theory 🎥 Philosophy Of Horror 🌑 Cosmic Pessimism

In the Dust of This Planet 89%

The world is indifferent to us. Only horror and black metal can think that thought.

by Eugene Thacker 2011

3.68

3k+ ratings

📚 Critical Theory 🎥 Philosophy Of Horror 🌑 Cosmic Pessimism

The Posthuman

by Rosi Braidotti • 2013

Humanism promised progress but delivered exclusion. A theory of what we become next.

3.82

949

📚 Critical Theory 🤖 Posthumanism 🐾 Animal Studies

The Posthuman 89%

Humanism promised progress but delivered exclusion. A theory of what we become next.

by Rosi Braidotti 2013

3.82

949 ratings

📚 Critical Theory 🤖 Posthumanism 🐾 Animal Studies

How to Read Lacan

by Slavoj Žižek • 2006

Canned laughter, borrowed desire, and the hidden logic that links sitcoms to totalitarianism.

3.94

4k+

🧠 Continental Thought 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📉 Critical Theory

How to Read Lacan 89%

Canned laughter, borrowed desire, and the hidden logic that links sitcoms to totalitarianism.

by Slavoj Žižek 2006

3.94

4k+ ratings

🧠 Continental Thought 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📉 Critical Theory

Neil Gaiman and Philosophy

by Tracy L. Bealer • 2012

What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.

3.55

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Comics Studies 📖 Philosophy Of Fiction

Neil Gaiman and Philosophy 89%

What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.

by Tracy L. Bealer 2012

3.55

92 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Comics Studies 📖 Philosophy Of Fiction

Counsels and Maxims

by Arthur Schopenhauer • 1851

Chasing pleasure is a trap. The real art of living is dodging pain and needing less.

4.20

424

🏛️ Practical Philosophy 🌑 Philosophical Pessimism 🧠 Negativity Bias

Counsels and Maxims 89%

Chasing pleasure is a trap. The real art of living is dodging pain and needing less.

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851

4.20

424 ratings

🏛️ Practical Philosophy 🌑 Philosophical Pessimism 🧠 Negativity Bias

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