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1	Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism more books like this by Chogyam Trungpa, Sakyong Mipham (Foreword by) On numerous lists of the 'Most Influential Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century,' "Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism" presents the universal truths of the Buddhist path so clearly and succinctly that it has become a favourite even for people of other faiths. In this book, the Tibetan meditation master Chogyam Trungpa highlights the most ... see all copies from $3.59! new only from $9.21! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The German Ideology more books like this by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels This edition makes easily accessible the most important parts of Marx's and Engels's major early philosophical work, "The German Ideology", a text of key importance for students. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
3	The High Price of Materialism more books like this by Tim Kasser In this volume, Tim Kasser offers a scientific explanation of how our contemporary culture of consumerism and materialism affects our everyday happiness and psychological health. Other writers have shown that once we have sufficient food, shelter, and clothing, further material gains do little to improve our well-being. Kasser goes beyond these ... see all copies from $6.58! new only from $6.58! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Communication and the evolution of society more books like this by Jurgen Habermas In this important volume Habermas outlines the views which form the basis of his critical theory of modern societies. The volume comprises five interlocking essays, which together define the contours of his theory of communication and of his substantive account of social change.'What is Universal Pragmatics?' is the best available statement of ... see all copies from $10.98! new only from $26.40! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World more books like this by Owen Flanagan A noted philosopher proposes a naturalistic (rather than supernaturalistic) way to solve the "really hard problem": how to live in a meaningful way - how to live a life that really matters - even as a finite material being living in a material world.If consciousness is "the hard problem" in mind science - explaining how the amazing private world ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for a Science of Culture more books like this by Marvin Harris Cultural Materialism, published in 1979, was Marvin Harris's first full-length explication of the theory with which his work has been associated. While Harris has developed and modified some of his ideas over the past two decades, generations of professors have looked to this volume as the essential starting point for explaining the science of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.32! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Dematerializing: Taming the Power of Possessions more books like this by Jane Hammerslough An insightful look at the misplaced faith we place in things, and meaningful advice on achieving material and emotional well-being. Can the perfect new couch in your family room make for great times with your family? Does a diamond that costs two months' salary mean that love will last forever? In this era of high expectations and "low monthly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Lead Us Into Temptation: The Triumph of American Materialism more books like this by Professor James B Twitchell Coke adds life. Just do it. Yo quiero Taco Bell. We live in a commercial age, awash in a sea of brand names, logos, and advertising jingles - not to mention commodities themselves. Are shoppers merely the unwitting stooges of the greedy producers who will stop at nothing to sell their wares? Are the producers' powers of persuasion so great that ... see all copies from $2.56! new only from $13.45! \| first editions
9	The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity more books like this by Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj A1/2ia3/4ek In this volume Slavoj Zizek offers a close reading of today's religious constellation from the viewpoint of Lacanian psychoanalysis. He critically confronts both predominant versions of today's spirituality - New Age gnosticism and deconstructionist-Levinasian Judaism - and then tries to redeem the "materialist" kernel of Christianity. His reading ... see all copies from $9.49! new only from $13.74! \| SVS
10	Late Marxism: Adorno or the Persistence of the Dialectic more books like this by Professor Fredric Jameson Theodor Adorno is widely recognized as one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century, as a foremost cultural critic and philosopher, and one of the most important figures in the Frankfurt School and Western Marxism more generally. And yet, Adorno's reputation has suffered from accusations about his alleged pessimism and, even worse, from ... see all copies from $5.40! new only from $7.80! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The development of the monist view of history more books like this by Georgii Valetinovich Plekhanov The "father of Russian Marxism, " George Plekhanov (1857-1918) directed most of his writings against the Russian "populist" movement to which he once belonged. He insisted that although, in principle, in semi-feudal societies such as the Russian, the first revolution would of necessity have to be a "capitalist" one. However, he noted that ... see all copies from $6.80! new only from $41.40! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Marxism and Modernism; An Historical Study of Lukacs, Brecht, Benjamin and Adorno more books like this by Eugene Lunn Explores the debate concerning realism and modernism in art and examines the efforts of four influential critics to develop Marxist theories of modern art. see all copies from $13.00! new only from $31.23! \| SVS
13 view cover	The German Ideology Including Theses on Feuerbach and Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy more books like this by Karl Marx, Robert M Baird (Editor), Stuart E Rosenbaum (Editor) Nearly two years before his powerful Communist Manifesto, Marx (1818-1883) co-wrote "The German Ideology" in 1845 with friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels expounding a new political worldview, including positions on materialism, labour, production, alienation, the expansion of capitalism, class conflict, revolution, and eventually communism. ... see all copies from $7.48! new only from $11.00! \| SVS
14 view cover	Marxism and Form: 20th-Century Dialectical Theories of Literature more books like this by Professor Fredric Jameson, Frederic Jameson For more than thirty years, Fredric Jameson has been one of the most productive, wide-ranging, and distinctive literary theorists in the United States and the Anglophone world. "Marxism and Form" provided a pioneering account of the work of the major European Marxist theorists - T. W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse, Ernst Bloch, Georg ... see all copies from $15.45! new only from $29.95! \| first editions
15	Political Shakespeare: New Essays in Cultural Materialism more books like this by Jonathan Dollimore see all copies from $4.91! first editions
16	Escaping Materialism: Living a Life That's Rich Toward God more books like this by George Caywood see all copies from $1.99! signed copies
17 view cover	Fundamental problems of marxism more books like this by Georgii Valentinovich Plekhanov A defense of Marxism as an integral world outlook, against those who would vulgarize and/or distort it. Appendix includes "The Materialist Conception of History, " and "The Role of the Individual in History." see all copies from $5.00! new only from $21.00! \| first editions
18 view cover	Culture and practical reason more books like this by Marshall David Sahlins "The main thrust of this book is to deliver a major critique of materialist and rationalist explanations of social and cultural forms, but the in the process Sahlins has given us a much stronger statement of the centrality of symbols in human affairs than have many of our 'practicing' symbolic anthropologists. He demonstrates that symbols enter ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $14.70! \| first editions
19 view cover	The New Inquisition: Irrational Rationalism and the Citadel of Science more books like this by Robert Anton Wilson The New Inquisition dares to confront the disease of our time; Fundamentalist Materialism. Wilson explains, "I am opposing the Fundamentalism, not the Materialism. This book...is deliberately shocking because I do not want its ideas to seem any less stark or startling than they are". see all copies from $9.00! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
20 view cover	Materialism more books like this by Jorie Graham In Materialism, her fifth collection, Jorie Graham undertakes a daring book-length meditation on the nature of our restless relationship with matter. With her trade-mark sagacity and vision, Graham unites the complex principles of science and philosophy with a startling array of tangible forms: a man praying in a downtown bakeshop; a crowd at an ... see all copies from $3.88! new only from $3.88! \| first editions
21 view cover	British Marxist Historians more books like this by Harvey J Kaye "The British Marxist Historians" remains the first and most complete study of the founders of one of the most important contemporary academic traditions in history and social theory. Kaye analyzes the work of Maurice Dobb, Rodney Hilton, Eric Hobsbawm, Christopher Hill, and E. P. Thompson. see all copies from $12.90! new only from $53.51! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Death by Suburb: How to Keep the Suburbs from Killing Your Soul more books like this by David L Goetz A great number of seekers find themselves in the seemingly unreal world of the suburbs. They read spirituality books but find themselves in carpools and coaching soccer, not in monasteries. Dave Goetz, a former pastor, shows that the suburbs are a real world, but a spiritually corrosive one. The land of SUVs and soccer leagues can truly be toxic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Rolling Away the Stone: Mary Baker Eddy's Challenge to Materialism more books like this by Stephen Gottschalk "Rolling Away the Stone" is a richly detailed account of the last two decades of the life of Mary Baker Eddy, a major religious thinker whose character and achievement are just beginning to be understood. This is the first book-length discussion of Eddy to make full use of the resources of the Mary Baker Eddy Collection in Boston. It focuses on ... see all copies from $22.47! new only from $24.81! \| SVS
24	Subject to History: Ideology, Class, Gender more books like this by David Simpson see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Making Histories: Studies in History-Writing and Politics more books like this by Richard Johnson see all copies from $1.99! new only from $94.86! \| first editions

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