Western philosophy from c 1800

Platons Höhlengleichnis ist weit mehr als nur eine philosophische Allegorie – es ist ein zeitloser Schlüssel zum Verständnis der menschlichen Wahrnehmung und der Suche nach Wahrheit.

Slavoj Zizek is one of the most provocative and important thinkers writing in contemporary philosophy.

Rethinking Joseph Conrad's Concepts of Community uses Conrad's phrase 'strange fraternity' from The Rover as a starting point for an exploration of the concept of community in his writing, including his neglected vignettes and later stories.

In a crisp, original style the author approaches the crucial question of moral theory, the `is--ought' problem via communicative argumentation.

Essays on Aesthetic Genesis is a collection of essays written on Jeff Mitscherling's work in realist phenomenology, Aesthetic Genesis: The Origin of Consciousness in the Intentional Being of Nature.

George Smith argues that modern humanity suffers from a late-stage, pre-fatal addiction to scientific-technological thinking.

This book offers a phenomenological conception of experiential justification that seeks to clarify why certain experiences are a source of immediate justification and what role experiences play in gaining (scientific) knowledge.

Though Heidegger's Being and Time is often cited as one of the most important philosophical works of the last hundred years, its Division Two has received relatively little attention.

This book reassesses Gadamer's hermeneutics by bringing it into a dialogue with John McDowell's minimal empiricism.

Heidegger's Being and Time: Critical Essays provides a variety of recent studies of Heidegger's most important work.

Jacques Derrida is one of the most influential and controversial philosophers of the last fifty years.

Whilst he broaches the theme of the difference between the sexes, Hegel does not go deep enough into the question of their mutual desire as a crucial stage in our becoming truly human.

This edited volume brings together leading international researchers from across the social sciences to examine the theoretical premises, methodological options and critical potentials of the Essex School of discourse analysis, founded on the work of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe.

A new translation of Concluding Unscientific Postscript, with an introduction that sets the work in its philosophical and historical contexts.

This book pairs close readings of some of the classic writings of existentialist philosophers with interpretations of films that reveal striking parallels to each of those texts, demonstrating their respective philosophies in action.

In seinen Vorlesungen über Geschichte der Philosophie behandelte Brentano die griechische Philosophie am ausführlichsten.

In recent decades, widespread rejection of positivism's notorious hostility toward the philosophical tradition has led to renewed debate about the real relationship of philosophy to its history.

In this provocatively compelling new book, Michael Luntley offers a revolutionary reading of the opening section of Wittgenstein s Philosophical Investigations Critically engages with the most recent exegetical literature on Wittgenstein and other state-of-the-art philosophical work Encourages the re-incorporation of Wittgenstein studies into the mainstream philosophical conversation Has profound consequences for how we go on to read the rest of Wittgenstein s major work Makes a significant contribution not only to the literature on Wittgenstein, but also to studies in philosophy of language

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Zur Politik, Moral und Philosophie der Geschichte" verfügbar.

This study provides an illuminating assessment of both the merits and the limitations of Hans-Georg Gadamer''s philosophical thought.

The concept of sin permeates Soren Kierkegaard's writing.

In this new book, Slavoj i ek and Glyn Daly engage in a series of entertaining conversations which illustrate the originality of i ek s thinking on psychoanalysis, philosophy, multiculturalism, popular/cyber culture, totalitarianism, ethics and politics.

Athena to Barbie explores the vexed nature of being a woman.

This book shows how Hegel''s concepts of alienation and recognition constituted the central motifs of philosophy in the 19th century.

Gunther Anders's prolific philosophy of technology is undergoing a major revival but has never been translated into English.

This volume explores and critically examines how disability is communicated to and comprehended by individuals and societies, focussing on the shaping of these narratives within diverse disciplinary environments, and their interrelation with institutions like academia.

A comprehensive and accessible reference guide to all the key ideas and terminology of Rawls'' political and moral philosophy.

Zygmunt Bauman is one of the leading figures in contemporary social thought.

This book aims to address in a novel way some of the fundamental philosophical questions concerning suicide.

The long tradition of Kierkegaard studies has made it impossible for individual scholars to have a complete overview of the vast field of Kierkegaard research.

Along with Why I Am Not a Christian, this essay must rank as the most articulate example of Russell's famed atheism.

The question of the relation between human and non-human animals in theoretical, ethical and political regards has become a prominent topic within the philosophical debates of the last two decades.

Was leicht übersehen, gerne unterschätzt oder gemeinhin übergangen wird, ist deswegen nicht gleich marginal.

In this book William G.

First published in France in 1936 as a journal article, The Transcendence of the Ego was one of Jean-Paul Sartre's earliest philosophical publications.

This book is a critical reflection on the life and career of the late legendary Zimbabwean music icon, Oliver "e;Tuku"e; Mtukudzi, and his contribution towards the reconstruction of Zimbabwe, Africa and the globe at large.

Philosophy means 'love of wisdom,' but author Edmond Holmes fears the encroaching dominance of intellect over feeling.

Husserl war ursprünglich davon ausgegangen, dass die Logik die Aufklärung ihrer eigenen Grundlagen aus der Psychologie zu erwarten habe.

A candid and personal insight into the life and work of the philosopher and writer Roger Scruton, by his intellectual biographer Mark Dooley.

First published in 1938, these lectures argue that liberality is the foundation of civilization.