Aaron James is a philosophy professor who writes, and teaches in ethics and political philosophy.
Aaron James' 2012 nonfiction Kindle title, Assholes, garnered 5 stars from an Amazon reviewer, who wrote:
"While this book is provocative in it's thinking, it is still rather funny. It is a catalog of personality traits of figures you and I should both know in history in life and society. Whether your pet peeve is censorship, or even a heartless methodical character like Nicollo Machiavelli's mystical prince this book will provide you not only the details to spot the behavior, but strategies to defeat it or avoid it."
Assholes: A Theory
by Aaron James
In the spirit of the mega-selling On Bullshit, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existentially necessary.What does it mean for someone to be an asshole? The answer is not obvious, despite the fact that we are often personally stuck dealing with people for whom there is no...
Make America Great Again? Donald Trump is an asshole is a fact widely agreed upon—even by his supporters, who actually like that about him. But his startling political rise makes the question of just what sort of asshole he is, and how his assholedom may help to explain his success, one not just of philosophical interest but of almost...
Surfing with Sartre: An Aquatic Inquiry into a Life of Meaning
by Aaron James
From the bestselling author of Assholes: A Theory, a book that—in the tradition of Shopclass as Soulcraft, Barbarian Days and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance—uses the experience and the ethos of surfing to explore key concepts in philosophy. The existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once declared "the ideal limit of...
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