Mark Rowlands

Vivant, drôle, intelligent, insolite, un essai inspiré de la relation entre un professeur de philosophie et son loup. À travers la parabole de l'amitié entre l'homme et l'animal, jalonnée des lectures d'Épicure ou de Kundera, une bouleversante... Lire la suite

On les chasse, on ignore leur souffrance, on les maltraite sous prétexte d’une intelligence inférieure à la nôtre… Pour Mark Rowlands, c’est assez : il est temps de passer un nouveau contrat social avec les animaux. L’élevage industriel, la chasse,... Lire la suite

Le philosophe Mark Rowlands rend un hommage vibrant au loup qui a partagé sa vie pendant dix ans. Il évoque combien cette relation fut une aventure unique qui a changé sa conception de l'humanité. Qu'est-ce qu'être un humain ? Les loups sont-ils... Lire la suite

'Most of the serious thinking I have done over the past twenty years has been done while running.' Mark Rowlands has run for most of his life. He has also been a professional philosopher. And for him the two - running and philosophising - are... Lire la suite

From eye-witness accounts of elephants apparently mourning the death of family members to an experiment that showed that hungry rhesus monkeys would not take food if doing so gave another monkey an electric shock, there is much evidence of animals... Lire la suite

Everything I Know I Learned From TV uses characters we all know and love and their TV worlds to explain the great questions of philosophy. The only qualifications you need to join in are ownership of a sofa, a remote control, a sense of humour and... Lire la suite

'It's Schopenhauer and the will. It's Plato, it's Hume, Baudrillard and the concept of the Nietzschean superman!' Keanu Reeves on The Matrix The Philosopher at the End of the Universe allows anyone to understand basic philosophical concepts from the... Lire la suite

Are humans really different at all?
Animal Rights is a big deal. From animal testing to vegetarianism, and hunting to preservation of fish stocks, it's a topic that's always in the news. Mark Rowlands, author of The Philosopher and the Wolf, is... Lire la suite

Can animals be persons? To this question, scientific and philosophical consensus has taken the form of a resounding, 'No!' In this book, Mark Rowlands disagrees. Not only can animals be persons, many of them probably are. Taking, as his starting... Lire la suite

Mark Rowlands ha corso e si è allenato per gran parte della sua vita: per lui, filosofia e corsa sono strettamente legate. Alla soglia dei cinquant'anni, alle prese con una crisi di mezz'età e con una maratona imminente per cui non si è praticamente... Lire la suite

One of the most distinctive cultural phenomena of recent years has been the rise and rise of fame. In this book, Mark Rowlands argues that our obsession with fame has transformed it. Fame was once associated with excellence or achievement in some or... Lire la suite

Si bien el interés por la consideración moral que corresponde a los animales es tan antiguo como la especulación filosófica en Occidente, a partir de los años sesenta y setenta del siglo pasado el mismo ha crecido exponencialmente. Este libro... Lire la suite

Mark Rowlands, giovane e inquieto docente di filosofia in un'università americana, legge per caso su un giornale una singolare inserzione, si incuriosisce e risponde. Qualche ora dopo è il padrone felice di un cucciolo di lupo, a cui dà nome Brenin... Lire la suite