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Essays in Clarification 

Out Of The Labyrinth 

William J. Lederer

Eugene Burdick

Depicts the failures of the U.S. diplomatic corps in Southeast Asia. The book caused a sensation in diplomatic circles and had major political implications. The Peace Corps was established during the Kennedy administration partly as a result of the book. The bestseller has remained continuously in print and is one of the most influential American political novels. It has been called an "iconic Cold War text."

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Ugly American

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Robert L. Heilbroner

Future As History

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The Enchantment of Words

Verbal Man

John Stuart Mill

In "On Liberty," John Stuart Mill begins by writing, "The subject of this essay is not the so-called 'liberty of the will', so unfortunately opposed to the misnamed doctrine of philosophical necessity; but civil, or social liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual." It is this concept that is at the heart of this work. John Stuart Mill eloquently ponders the question of where the line should be drawn between the freedom of individuals and the authority of the state. As he puts it, "The struggle between liberty and authority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of history with which we are earliest familiar..."

On Liberty

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The Living Thoughts of Spinoza 

Paul Goodman

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Seeds of Liberation

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Harvey Cox

Secularization and Urbanization in Theological Perspective

This landmark work inspired heated controversy when MacMillan first published it in 1965, purportedly for adding fuel to the God is dead sentiment of the times. Actually, rather than signaling the decline of God's significance, Harvey COx--the Victor Thomas Professor of Religion at Harvard University--views secularization as an emancipation.

The Secular City

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Hadley Cantril

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A Study in the Psychology of Panic

On Halloween night 1938, Orson Welles broadcast a radio adaptation of the H. G. Wells fantasy, The War of the Worlds. What listeners heard sounded so realistic that at least a million were frightened by word that "strange creatures" from Mars had landed in central New Jersey and were "unleashing a deadly assault." Several thousand were so terrified they ran into the streets, drove away in their cars, or called the police for information about how to escape. Why did so many panic when the circumstances reported were so improbable? That is just the question Hadley Cantril, then a young social psychologist, set out to answer. Originally published in 1940, The Invasion from Mars remains a classic. The broadcast provided a unique real-life opportunity to explore why the relatively new medium of radio could have such an effect. Using a mix of research methods, Cantril shows that the impact of the broadcast had less to do with what went out over the air than with the "standards of judgment" people did or did not use in evaluating what they were hearing. This book is of continuing value to those interested in communications and mass behavior. "One of the most fascinating, illuminating and provocative social documents that have been brought to public attention for some time."--New York Times Book Review, April 28, 1940 "The dramatic account brings into sharp focus those factors in the situation and from the individuals conducive to critical appraisal or contagious panic behavior."--Muzafer Sherif, 1966 Hadley Cantril (1906-1969) was chairman of the Institute for International Social Research. Earlier he founded the Office of Public Opinion Research and was Stuart Professor of Psychology at Princeton University. He was author of nineteen books and monitored public opinion for the executive branch during World War II. Albert H. Cantril, son of Hadley Cantril, is an independent public opinion analyst. Among his books are Reading Mixed Signals: Ambivalence in American Public Opinion about Government (with Susan Davis Cantril). He also worked on the White House staff during the Johnson administration and later served in the Bureaus of East Asian and Pacific Affairs and Public Affairs of the Department of State.

The Invasion from Mars

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Henry M. Pachter

The Story of Paracelsus

Magic into Science

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Ernst Cassirer

Fritz C. A. Koelin

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The present book aims to be both more and less than a monograph on the philosophy of the Enlightenment. It is much less, for the primary task of such monograph would be to offer the reader a wealth of detail and to trace the genesis and development of all the special problems of this philosophy.

The Philosophy of the Enlightenment

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Edith Hamilton

The Echo of Greece

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Christopher Lasch

American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations

The Culture of Narcissism

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A Theological Essay on Festivity and Fantasy

In this fascinating interpretation of contemporary culture and theology, Harvey Cox examines both the loss and reemergence of festivity and fantasy in Western civilization. He evaluates both processes from a theological perspective, defining festivity as the capacity for genuine revelry and joyous celebration and defining fantasy as the faculty for envisioning radically alternative life situations. He asserts that both are absolutely vital to contemporary human life and faith; both are a precondition for genuine social transformation. In a success and money-oriented society we need a rebirth of unapologetically unproductive festivity and expressive celebration. In an age that has quarantined parody and separated politics from imagination, we need a renaissance of social fantasy. It has been said over and over again that affluent Western man has been gaining the whole world while losing his soul. In the face of this Mr. Cox affirms the possibility and necessity of a resurgence of hope, celebration, liberation, and experimentation. The medieval Feast of Fools, from which he has taken his title, symbolizes both the problem and the process. Centuries ago it provided an opportunity for the choirboy to play bishop and for serious townsfolk to mock the stately rituals of church and court. The eventual disappearance of the custom in the sixteenth century, unlamented if not welcomed by those in authority, illustrates the concerns of this provocative and controversial essay. Mr. Cox does not propose that a medieval practice should be revived, but he does argue for a rebirth in our own cultural idiom of what was right and good about the Feast of Fools. It is likely that this book will become significant in wide circles. It speaks directly to such contemporary movements as the theology of hope, the rapidly disappearing radical theology, and the theology of culture. For many it will provide a new perspective on the renewal of religious life and the secular search for religious experience. For others it will function as a window into the experimental laboratories of the so-called "underground church." For everyone it is a refreshing encounter with a wholly new set of perceptive observations about the problems that plague us.

The Feast of Fools

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Stephen Rowe

Essays on Discovery and Being in the World

Living Beyond Crisis

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Arnold Koslow

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The Physics of Space, Time and Motion

The Changeless Order

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Jack Mendelsohn

The Reluctant Radical

About the life of Channing, an important figure in the history of the Unitarian Church.

Channing

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Peter L. Gerger

The Noise of Solemn Assemblies Christian Commitment and the Religious Establishment in America

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William Ellery Channing

As Set Forth in the Writings of William Ellery Channing

The Liberal Gospel

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John McAleer

Days of Encounter

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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R. G. H. Siu

An Essay on Western Knowledge and Eastern Wisdom

Siu applies Oriental philosophy to the problems of Western executives and program directors.

The Tao of Science

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Philip Rieff

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Mind of the Moralist

Now a classic, this book was hailed upon its original publication in 1959 as "An event to be acclaimed . . . a book of genuine brilliance on Freud's cultural importance . . . a permanently valuable contribution to the human sciences."—Alastair MacIntyre, Manchester Guardian "This remarkably subtle and substantial book, with its nicely ordered sequences of skilled dissections and refined appraisals, is one of those rare products of profound analytic thought. . . . The author weighs each major article of the psychoanalytic canon in the scales of his sensitive understanding, then gives a superbly balanced judgement."—Henry A. Murray, American Sociological Review "Rieff's tremendous scholarship and rich reflections fill his pages with memorable treasures."—Robert W. White, Scientific American "Philip Rieff's book is a brilliant and beautifully reasoned example of what Freud's influence has really been: an increasing intellectual vigilance about human nature. . . . What the analyst does for the patient—present the terms for his new choices as a human being—Mr. Rieff does in respect to the cultural significance of Freudianism. His style has the same closeness, the same undertone of hypertense alertness. Again and again he makes brilliant points."—Alfred Kazin, The Reporter

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Erich Kahler

Out Of The Labyrinth

William J. Lederer; Eugene Burdick

Ugly American

Robert L. Heilbroner

Future As History

Wendell Johnson

Verbal Man

John Stuart Mill

On Liberty

Arnold Zweig

The Living Thoughts of Spinoza

Paul Goodman

Seeds of Liberation

Harvey Cox

The Secular City

Hadley Cantril

The Invasion from Mars

Henry M. Pachter

Magic into Science

Ernst Cassirer; Fritz C. A. Koelin

The Philosophy of the Enlightenment

Edith Hamilton

The Echo of Greece

Christopher Lasch

The Culture of Narcissism

Harvey Cox

The Feast of Fools

Stephen Rowe

Living Beyond Crisis

Arnold Koslow

The Changeless Order

Jack Mendelsohn

Channing

Peter L. Berger

The Noise of Solemn Assemblies Christian Commitment and the Religious Establishment in America

William Ellery Channing

The Liberal Gospel

John McAleer

Ralph Waldo Emerson

R. G. H. Siu

The Tao of Science

Philip Rieff

Freud

Sigmund Freud; John Rickman

General selection from the works of Sigmund Freud

William James

The Varieties of Religious Experience: a Study in Human Nature by William James

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