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Detour and Access: Strategies of Meaning in China and Greece (Zone Books)
1.  Detour and Access: Strategies of Meaning in China and Greece (Zone Books) by Francois Jullien
The list author says:
  "An excellent introduction to the divergence of western and eastern thought."
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The Propensity of Things: Towards a History of Efficacy in China
2.  The Propensity of Things: Towards a History of Efficacy in China by François Jullien
The list author says:
  "As good as it gets. Bathe in Chinese immanence."
£17.05   Used & New from: £4.32

Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers)
3.  Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers) by Gilles Deleuze
The list author says:
  "A mature Deleuze tackles the question of painting."
£47.50   Used & New from: £30.88
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Infinite Thought: Truth and the Return of Philosophy
4.  Infinite Thought: Truth and the Return of Philosophy by Alain Badiou
The list author says:
  "Badiou's project is perhaps the most interesting in contemporary philosophy. This is good introduction to his approach."
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Parables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensation (Post-Contemporary Interventions / Latin America in Translation)
5.  Parables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensation (Post-Contemporary Interventions / Latin America in Translation) by Brian Massumi
The list author says:
  "Fascinating! Anybody interested in affectivity should read this."
£15.19   Used & New from: £10.74

Pure Immanence: Essays on a Life
6.  Pure Immanence: Essays on a Life by Gilles Deleuze
The list author says:
  "The brief and pure final deployment of Deleuze's transcendental empiricism in this volume plus some complementary stuff. Stunning."
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The Invention of Modern Science (Theory out of bounds)
7.  The Invention of Modern Science (Theory out of bounds) by Isabelle Stengers
The list author says:
  "Keeping it real. This is how the philosophy of science should be done."
£17.10   Used & New from: £13.15

Two Sisters and Their Mother: The Anthropology of Incest
8.  Two Sisters and Their Mother: The Anthropology of Incest by Francoise Heritier
The list author says:
  "Discover the concepts that lie beneath your everyday understanding of family."
£24.65   Used & New from: £1.35

Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)
9.  Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) by Giorgio Agamben
The list author says:
  "Wow! A post-focauldian tour de force."
£18.52   Used & New from: £8.23
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A Society without Fathers or Husbands: The Na of China
10.  A Society without Fathers or Husbands: The Na of China by Cai Hua
The list author says:
  "Rethink the most basic structures of human life. The Na are the exception that proves the rule."
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The Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque
11.  The Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque by Gilles Deleuze
The list author says:
  "A simply extraordinary book."
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Arresting Language: From Leibniz to Benjamin (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)
12.  Arresting Language: From Leibniz to Benjamin (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) by Peter Fenves
The list author says:
  "A rewarding perspective on German literature and philosophy."
£22.33   Used & New from: £9.71

Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150-1750
13.  Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150-1750 by Lorraine Daston
The list author says:
  "A quite wonderful investigation into the history of wonder."
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Contributions to Philosophy: From Enowning (Studies in Continental Thought)
14.  Contributions to Philosophy: From Enowning (Studies in Continental Thought) by Martin Heidegger
The list author says:
  "Heidegger's uncompromising struggle to comprehend Being breaks into new ground in this work. One doubts if he really gets anywhere, but it is interesting to watch."
£28.49   Used & New from: £20.00

Deleuze: the Clamor of Being (Theory out of bounds)
15.  Deleuze: the Clamor of Being (Theory out of bounds) by Alain Badiou
The list author says:
  "Challenging and highly original reading of Deleuze."
£13.05   Used & New from: £10.24

Potentialities: Collected Essays in Philosophy (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)
16.  Potentialities: Collected Essays in Philosophy (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) by Giorgio Agamben
The list author says:
  "Some incredible stuff in this volume."
£23.70   Used & New from: £16.84
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Matter and Memory
17.  Matter and Memory by H Bergson
The list author says:
  "A very different take on the philosophy of mind from one of the great but often forgotten figures French intellectual history."
£15.61   Used & New from: £5.00

Process and Reality (Gifford lectures)
18.  Process and Reality (Gifford lectures) by Alfred North Whitehead
The list author says:
  "Dense, technical but with filled with a strange empirical playfulness. This guy should be remembered for more than "process theology"."
£13.95   Used & New from: £8.43
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A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History (Swerve Editions)
19.  A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History (Swerve Editions) by Manuel De Landa
The list author says:
  "A great way in to the kind of thinking that features on this list."
£13.59   Used & New from: £8.91
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Capital Times: Tales from the Conquest of Time (Theory Out of Bounds)
20.  Capital Times: Tales from the Conquest of Time (Theory Out of Bounds) by Gilles Deleuze
The list author says:
  "A poor translation (I'm told) but this unique study will help you realise just how rich and radical the world of medieval philosophy can be."
£22.50   Used & New from: £17.09

Pandora's Hope: An Essay on the Reality of Science Studies
21.  Pandora's Hope: An Essay on the Reality of Science Studies by Bruno Latour
The list author says:
  "A bit bitty but a good way in."
£19.31   Used & New from: £15.68
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A Vital Rationalist: Selected Writings from Georges Canguilhem
22.  A Vital Rationalist: Selected Writings from Georges Canguilhem by Georges Canguilhem
The list author says:
  "I could put some Foucault on this list but you've probably read him. For something a little more off the beaten track and an insight into his influences try this volume."
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Time for Revolution (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers)
23.  Time for Revolution (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers) by Antonio Negri
The list author says:
  "A very philosophical Negri here. Whatever you make of his politics (and I'm sympathetic) this guy occupies a facinating place in the history of ideas."
£17.88   Used & New from: £4.76
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Metamorphoses of the Body (Theory Out of Bounds)
24.  Metamorphoses of the Body (Theory Out of Bounds) by Jose Gil
The list author says:
  "A different approach to the origins of the state."
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The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine
25.  The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine by Shigehisa Kuriyama
The list author says:
  "Another investigation into the specificity of eastern and western thought."
£13.87   Used & New from: £7.69

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