Western philosophy from c 1800

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

The present era of economic devastation, legacies of colonization and imperialism, climate change and habitat loss, calls for a new understanding of ethics.

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

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.

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.

"e;A perceptive, engaging, and clever set of meditations on .

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.

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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.

Do you know who Barry Obama is?

History is interesting and so is geography.

Henry David Thoreau is beloved as Americas bard of Walden Woods.

Examines Transcendentalism as a distinct rhetorical genre concerned primarily and self-consciously with questions of powerNathan Crick has crafted a new critical rhetorical history of American Transcendentalists that interprets a selection of their major works between the years 1821 and 1852 as political and ethical responses to the growing crises of their times.

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.

Bringing together leading international and interdisciplinary scholars, this ground-breaking volume examines the theory and practice of philosophical health in contemporary contexts of care broadly understood, care for the self, care for the other, and care for 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.

The focus of this book centers on the importance and continued relevance of proven concepts regarding war and societies, provided by minds with advanced foresight into the subject.

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.

This concise biography tells the story of John Dewey, a pioneer of pragmatism and the first original school of philosophy created in America.

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.

Adopting the role of tour guide, award-winning writer Kevin Hart leads the reader through the pitfalls, conundrums and complexities that characterize postmodernism, while providing an overview of the many different approaches (philosophical, cultural, literary) to the subject.

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

A systematic and thorough interpretation of the philosophy of Daniel Dennett, this book is a tantalizing entre into the philosophy of mind.

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.

Depression is the most common mental health struggle on earth, but before we treat it, it helps to determine if it is the illness or the symptom.

This book presents a historically informed, theoretically systematic, and critically articulated theory of respect that challenges many of the presuppositions of the current debate in ethics and politics.

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.

German Idealism was one of the most fertile and important movements in the history of Western philosophy.

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.