Western philosophy from c 1800

In a compelling chronicle of her search to understand Beauvoir's philosophy in The Second Sex, Margaret A.

In this book, distinguished French philosopher Pierre Manent addresses a wide range of subjects, including the Machiavellian origins of modernity, Tocqueville's analysis of democracy, the political role of Christianity, the nature of totalitarianism, and the future of the nation-state.

This book offers an ethical interpretation of the Critique of Pure Reason by establishing the historical connection between the problematic of Temporality in the philosophies of Heidegger and Levinas on the one hand, and the ground-laying of metaphysics in the schematism of Kant's critical philosophy on the other.

Content and Consciousness is an original and ground-breaking attempt to elucidate a problem integral to the history of Western philosophical thought: the relationship of the mind and body.

This book aims to restore Marx's original emancipatory idea of socialism, conceived as an association of free individuals centered on working people's self- emancipation after the demise of capitalism.

Philosophy of art is traditionally concerned with the definition, appreciation and value of art.

Philosophical Delusion and its Therapy provides new foundations and methods for the revolutionary project of philosophical therapy pioneered by Ludwig Wittgenstein.

There is considerable debate amongst philosophers as to the basic philosophical problem Wittgenstein is attempting to solve in Philosophical Investigations.

The twenty-five year period following the Second World War saw an enormous expansion of activity in the writing of the history of modern Britain, and with that expansion a major transformation of the state of knowledge in many parts of the area.

"e;Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character.

Communicology is Vilem Flusser's first thesis on his concepts of technical images and technical imagination.

In attempting to answer the question posed by this book's title, Giorgio Agamben does not address the idea of philosophy itself.

Reexamining the case of one of the most famous intellectuals to embrace fascism, this book argues that Martin Heidegger's politics and philosophy of language emerge from a deep affinity for the ethno-nationalist and anti-Semitic politics of the Nazi movement.

The fall of the Berlin Wall, symbol of the bipolar order that emerged after World War II, seemed to inaugurate an age of ever fewer borders.

With this profound final work, completed in the days leading up to his death, Michel Serres presents a vivid picture of his thinking about religion-a constant preoccupation since childhood-thereby completing Le Grand Recit, the comprehensive explanation of the world and of humanity to which he devoted the last twenty years of his life.

Impossible Modernism reads the writings of German philosopher and critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) and Anglo-American poet and critic T.

A lively examination of the life and work of one of the great Enlightenment intellectualsPhilosopher, translator, novelist, art critic, and editor of the Encyclopedie, Denis Diderot was one of the liveliest figures of the Enlightenment.

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An internationally famous philosopher and best-selling author during his lifetime, Georg Simmel has been marginalized in contemporary intellectual and cultural history.

An accessible introduction to cultural theory and an original polemic about the purpose of criticism.

Anyone who has ever experienced a sporting event in a large stadium knows the energy that emanates from stands full of fans cheering on their teams.

We need a new philosophy of the earth.

In recent years, the American fiction writer David Foster Wallace has been treated as a symbol, as an icon, and even a film character.

Enter the world of Modern History and meet the people who braved the open seas in search of new lands and adventures.

A guide to meaningful life choices for living an ethical life without theology or religious faith.

Do you know who Barry Obama is?

History is interesting and so is geography.

In the following pages, we will get to know about the 50 Famous People in Modern History.

The 20th century pertains to the years from 1900 to 1999.

Have you ever been to Europe?

How did the United States of America become a powerful nation?

If your child can learn about the world before the smartphones, it would lead to a better understanding of how technology has helped reshape the world.

Love in the Post (2013) is inspired by Jacques Derrida's book The Post Card.

Public toilets are places where individual identity is put to the test through experiences of fear, anxiety, shame, and embarrassment, yet also places where we shore up, confirm, and check the status of our gendered identities.

For over fifty years the concept of memory has played a crucial role in a large number of academic and societal debates.

The title of this timely and thought-provoking book, a French bestseller, refers to schoolgirls sending text messages to their friends on their smart phones.

The writings of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari offer the most enduring and controversial contributions to the theory and practice of art in post-war Continental thought.

How can a people overthrow 500 years of colonial oppression?

Making Sense of Heidegger presents a radically new reading of Heidegger's notoriously difficult oeuvre.

We are used to seeing the everyday as an ordinary aspect of life, something that we need to overcome; whereas it actually plays a crucial role in any event of our lives.

Over the past one and a half decades, the scope of experimental philosophy (x-phi) has expanded significantly.

In this important new book, Richard Polt takes a fresh approach to Heidegger's thought during his most politicized period, and works toward a philosophical appropriation of his most valuable ideas.

For courses in 20th-century Philosophy, recent Continental Philosophy, Anglo-American Philosophy; as part of courses in Contemporary Philosophy; or courses on Epistemology or Metaphysics that take a historical approach.

This book introduces and explores the relation between race and phenomenology through varied African American, Latina, Asian American, and White American perspectives.

This unique volume collects more than 30 new essays by prominent scholars on what remains philosophically provocative in Heidegger's thought.

In Constituent Power, Violence, and the State, Dimitri Vouros examines the question of political violence by placing the thought of Georges Sorel, Walter Benjamin, and Hannah Arendt in conversation with contemporary theories of sovereignty and constituent power.

This book is the first comprehensive intellectual biography of Johannes Linschoten, whose work has been credited with helping to bring down the Utrecht School of phenomenological psychology.

This book offers the first comprehensive assessment of Heidegger's account of affective phenomena.

This book affords a neopragmatic theory of animal ethics, taking its lead from American Pragmatism to place language at the centre of philosophical analysis.

Drawing on insights into the philosophies of Dewey and Heidegger, this book moves forward the greater philosophical discourse surrounding education.