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        Rabelais and His World

        Rabelais and His World, a new translation

        Rabelais and His World

        by Mikhail Bakhtin

        Foreword by Caryl Emerson

        Translated by Sergeiy Sandler

        ISBN: 9780262553131

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 14, 2025

        A new and improved translation of Mikhail Bakhtin’s classic and celebrated study of carnival.
        Tech Agnostic

        Tech Agnostic

        Tech Agnostic

        How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation

        by Greg Epstein

        ISBN: 9780262049207

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 29, 2024

        An urgently needed exploration of global technology worship, and a measured case for skepticism and agnosticism as a way of life, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Good without God.
        Things We Could Design

        Things We Could Design

        Things We Could Design

        For More Than Human-Centered Worlds

        by Ron Wakkary

        ISBN: 9780262542999

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 24, 2021

        How posthumanist design enables a world in which humans share center stage with nonhumans, with whom we are entangled.
        Humanity’s End

        Humanity's End

        Humanity's End

        Why We Should Reject Radical Enhancement

        by Nicholas Agar

        ISBN: 9780262525176

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 16, 2013

        An argument that achieving millennial life spans or monumental intellects will destroy values that give meaning to human lives.
        Modes of Creativity

        Modes of Creativity

        Modes of Creativity

        Philosophical Perspectives

        by Irving Singer

        Afterword by Moreland Perkins

        ISBN: 9780262518758

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 8, 2013

        Philosophical reflections on creativity in science, humanities, and human experience as a whole.
        Inventing the Medium

        Inventing the Medium

        Inventing the Medium

        Principles of Interaction Design as a Cultural Practice

        by Janet H. Murray

        ISBN: 9780262016148

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 23, 2011

        A foundational text offering a unified design vocabulary and a common methodology for maximizing the expressive power of digital artifacts.
        Philosophy of Love

        Philosophy of Love

        Philosophy of Love

        A Partial Summing-Up

        by Irving Singer

        Foreword by Alan Soble

        ISBN: 9780262516174

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: January 7, 2011

        The author of the classic philosophical treatment of love reflects on the trajectory, over decades, of his thoughts on love and other topics.
        Meaning in Life

        Meaning in Life

        Meaning in Life

        The Pursuit of Love

        by Irving Singer

        ISBN: 9780262513579

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 30, 2009

        An acclaimed philosopher offers a systematic mapping of the various facets of love.
        Meaning in Life

        Meaning in Life

        Meaning in Life

        The Harmony of Nature and Spirit

        by Irving Singer

        ISBN: 9780262513586

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 30, 2009

        An acclaimed philosopher suggests that the art of living well employs the same principles as those that exist in all artistic creativity.
        Meaning in Life

        Meaning in Life

        Meaning in Life

        The Creation of Value

        by Irving Singer

        ISBN: 9780262513562

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 30, 2009

        An acclaimed philosopher views the search for meaning in life as the search for a mode of creativity that will make our lives meaningful.
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