An explosive polemic revealing how the NHS was butchered by reform - & how we can revive this national treasure while we still have the chance
Another bumper collection of wit, wisdom and critique from one of our most stimulating thinkers.
This work subjects the fundamental ideas of Derrida, Lacan, Barthes and their followers to an examination and demonstrates the baselessness of post-Saussurean claims about the relations between language, reality and self.
Explores the astonishing range of activities that go on inside our heads, most of which are entirely beyond our control. Describing... Læs mere
The equation "Mind = Machine" is false. This pocket lexicon of "neuromythology" shows why.
Raymond Tallis's The Explicit Animal (1991) was a passionate attack on attempts to explain human consciousness in purely biological terms.
Written with Tallis's customary energy and vigor, these essays endeavour to elaborate a vision of humanity that rejects religious myths while not succumbing to scientism or other forms of naturalism.
Written with Tallis's customary energy and vigor, these essays endeavour to elaborate a vision of humanity that rejects religious myths while not succumbing to scientism or other forms of naturalism.
Brings together Tallis's most popular essays and journalism from the past decade, revised for publication in book form.
Understanding hunger is the key to understanding ourselves. While they seem the most obvious things about us, our hungers are also deeply mysterious, arising out of, and casting light on, the... Læs mere
Another bumper collection of wit, wisdom and critique from one of our most stimulating thinkers.
Brings together Tallis's most popular essays and journalism from the past decade, revised for publication in book form.