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As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests rationality, how can philosophy help us critically engage with the world?How to Think Like A Philosopher is a revelatory exploration of the methods, tenets and attitudes of thought that guide philosophy, and how they can be applied to our own lives.Drawing on decades of enquiry and a huge range of interviews, Julian Baggini identifies twelve key principles that promote incisive thinking. Pay attention; question everything; seek clarity, not certainty: these are just a few of philosophy's guiding maxims which can be applied to everything from understanding the impact of climate change to correctly appraising our own temperaments.Both a fresh introduction to philosophy covering canonical and contemporary philosophers, and an essential, practical guide to good thinking, How to Think Like a Philosopher shows us the way to a more humane, balanced and rational approach to thinking, to politics, and to life.

From Lower Saxony to Leipzig, the carwash to the planetarium, thespecial Deutschland issue of Granta comprises the most promisingdevelopments of contemporary German literature. In Leif Randt's "AllegroPastel," the smooth consciousness of a Merkel-era young professional's flightinto a lifestyle is examined with a clinical scalpel. The issue includesstories by Yoko Tawada, Judith Hermann, Shida Bayzar, and Clemens Meyer. The issue features bursts of fiction and reflection from AlexanderKluge, an essay by Fredric Jameson on Neo Rauch, Jürgen Habermas onthe future of Europe, Peter Richter on the murder that explains thehorror-architecture of Potsdamer Platz, Adrian Daub on the dark history ofGerman car culture, Ryan Ruby on Berlin's last utopian moment, Michael Hofmannon the Germany he never wished to return to, Nell Zink on the Germany shecannot quit, Peter Kuras on German humor, Lutz Seiler on serving in thePeople's Army, Lauren Oyler on the projections of generations of Americanswho have come to Germany with an idea of culture in their heads that they onlysubsequently learned had reached them like the light of a distant star thatlong ago collapsed, and a conversation about anti-anti-Semitism betweenGeorge Prochnik, Emily Dische-Becker and Eyal Weizman. Also included: Peter Handke's notebooks. Poetry from ElfriedeCzurda and Frederik Seidel. Photography by Martin Roemers (with an introduction by the poetDurs Grünbein); Ilyes Griyeb (with an introduction by Imogen West-Knights) andElena Helfrecht (with an introduction by Hanna Engelmeier). Cover by Muhammad Salah.

Two friends meet across three dinners. In the back room of a pet shop, they snack on dried shrimps and discuss fish-breeding. In a remote new home in the mountains, they look for a solution to a weasel infestation. During a dinner party in a blizzard, a mounting claustrophobia makes way for uneasy dreams. Their conversations often take them in surprising directions, but when one of the men becomes a father, more and more is left unsaid. With emotional acuity and a wry humour, Weasels in the Attic it is an uncanny and striking reflection on fertility, masculinity, and marriage in contemporary Japan.

The dazzling new novel from one of America's most significant contemporary writers. The Big Guy loves his family, money and democracy. Undone by the results of the 2008 Presidential election, he taps a group of like-minded men to reclaim their version of America. A dark, funny and prescient exploration of how we arrived in today's divided world.

A man's rare ageing disorder - he can age many years overnight - and his obsession with a 17th-Century apocalyptic prophet, threaten to disrupt his (mostly) happy marriage.