Philosophical books from Netherlands
Recommended philosophical books (5)
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If you are into philosophical here are some philosophical books from Netherlands for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Fragile Identities : Towards a Theology of Interreligious Hospitality by Marianne Moyaert EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Interreligious dialogue is one of the major challenges confronting contemporary theology. In particular, the so-called “dialogical tension” between openness and identity has been a central issue: Can one maintain one's religious identity without closing oneself off from the other? In general, Christian reflection on interreligious dialogue begins with a theological reflection on religious plurality that assumes that one cannot engage seriously in interreligious dialogue without a sound theology of religions. In this book Marianne Moyaert critically assesses the various models for a Christian t... continue
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Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
A satire on the pretensions of Erasmus's contemporaries in the Church and philosophy
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Utopia for Realists : How We Can Build the Ideal World by Rutger Bregman EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today. "A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell." --New York Times After working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, reminds us it needn't be this way-and in some places it isn't. Rutger Bregman's TED Talk about universal basic income seemed impossibly radical when he delivered it in 2014. A quarter of a million views later, the subject of that video is being se... continue
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Walking : A Novella by Thomas Bernhard EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
"Walking records the conversations of the unnamed narrator and his friend Oehler while they walk, discussing anything that comes to mind but always circling back to their mutual friend Karrer, who has gone irrevocably mad."--Amazon.com.
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When we cease to understand the world by Benjamin Labatut EN
Country: Europe / Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
SELECTED FOR BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 'A monstrous and brilliant book' Philip Pullman'Wholly mesmerising and revelatory... Completely fascinating' William Boyd Sometimes discovery brings destruction When We Cease to Understand the World shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger: these are among the luminaries into whose troubled lives we are thrust as they grapple with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, they alienate friends and lovers,... continue