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  • Understanding Badiou, Understanding Modernism

    Edited by Arka Chattopadhyay, Dr Arthur Rose ...
    Series series Understanding Philosophy, Understanding Modernism
    In his philosophical project, aesthetic orientation and political leanings, Alain Badiou is a product of, and a leading advocate for, European modernism.From the milieu of May 1968 to the contemporary 'postmodern' ethos, Badiou returns, time and again, to avant-garde modernist texts – aesthetic, political, philosophical and scientific – as inspiration for his response to present situations. ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Literary Cynics

    Borges, Beckett, Coetzee

    by Dr Arthur Rose ...
    Focusing on work by Jorge Luis Borges, Samuel Beckett and J.M. Coetzee, Literary Cynics explores the relationship between literature and cynicism to consider what happens when authors write themselves into their art, against the rhetoric of authority.Rose takes as his starting point three moments of aesthetic crisis in the careers of these literary cynics: Borges's parables of the 1950s, Beckett's ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

  • Reading Breath in Literature

    by Arthur Rose, Stefanie Heine, Naya Tsentourou, Corinne Saunders, Peter Garratt ...
    Series series Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
    This open access book presents five different approaches to reading breath in literature, in response to texts from a range of historical, geographical and cultural environments. Breath, for all its ubiquity in literary texts, has received little attention as a transhistorical literary device. Drawing together scholars of Medieval Romance, Early Modern Drama, Fin de Siècle Aesthetics, American ... Read more

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  • Existentialism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Thomas Flynn ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Existentialism was one of the leading philosophical movements of the twentieth century. Focusing on its seven leading figures, Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, de Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty and Camus, this Very Short Introduction provides a clear account of the key themes of the movement which emphasized individuality, free will, and personal responsibility in the modern world. Drawing in ... Read more

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  • Less Than Nothing

    Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism

    by Slavoj Zizek ...
    Discover a 1,000-page resurrection of Hegel, a giant of Western philosophy—from “one of the world’s best-known public intellectuals” (New York Review of Books).For the last two centuries, Western philosophy has developed in the shadow of Hegel, an influence each new thinker struggles to escape. As a consequence, Hegel’s absolute idealism has become the bogeyman of philosophy, obscuring the fact ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Real Presences

    by George Steiner ...
    Renowned scholar George Steiner explores the power and presence of the unseen in art. "It takes someone of [his] stature to tackle this theme head-on" ( The New York Times).There is a philosophical school of thought that believes the presence of God in art, literature, and music—in creativity in general—is a vacant metaphor, an eroded figure of speech, a ghost in humanity's common parlance. ... Read more

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  • Understand Existentialism: Teach Yourself

    by Mel Thompson, Nigel Rodgers ...
    Understand Existentialism breaks down a complex mode of thought into more manageable sections, enabling you to get to grips with the key concepts within the movement. Chart the origins and development of existentialism in a variety of disciplines and learn about significant thinkers from Sartre and De Beauvoir to Beckett and Camus. Whether you are a newcomer or more experienced student, this book ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • An Event, Perhaps

    A Biography of Jacques Derrida

    by Peter Salmon ...
    Philosopher, film star, father of “post truth”—the real story of Jacques DerridaWho is Jacques Derrida? For some, he is the originator of a relativist philosophy responsible for the contemporary crisis of truth. For the far right, he is one of the architects of Cultural Marxism. To his academic critics, he reduced French philosophy to “little more than an object of ridicule.” For his fans, he is ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers

    From Structuralism to Post-Humanism

    by John Lechte ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    This revised second edition from our bestselling Key Guides includes brand new entries on some of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth- and twenty-first century: Zizek, Bergson, Husserl, Heidegger, Butler and Haraway.With a new introduction by the author, sections on phenomenology and the post-human, full cross-referencing and up-to-date guides to major primary and secondary texts, this ... Read more

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  • Julia Kristeva

    by Noelle McAfee ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Thinkers
    One of the most original thinkers of the twentieth century, Julia Kristeva has been driving forward the fields of literary and cultural studies since the 1960s. This volume is an accessible, introductory guide to the main themes of Kristeva's work, including her ideas on:*semiotics and symbolism*abjection*melancholia*feminism*revolt.McAfee provides clear explanations of the more difficult aspects ... Read more

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  • Philosophy and Poetry

    Continental Perspectives

    by Ranjan Ghosh, Lutz Koepnick, Cecilia Sjöholm, Jean-Michel Rabaté, François Noudelmann, Daniel O'Hara, Raoul Moati, Claire Colebrook, Bruno Bosteels, Jean-Philippe Deranty, Dean of School of Humanities Georges Van Den Abbeele, Professor of English Roland Vegso, Professor of Philosophy James Risser, Lecturer Thomas H. Ford, Ph.D. Daniel Rosenberg Nutters, Professor of Philosophy Galen Johnson, Professor of French & Gender Studies Anne Emmanuelle Berger, Professor Emeritus of Literature Leslie Hill, Head of French Department Ian James, Senior Lecturer in English Carol M. Bove, Justin Clemens ...
    Ever since Plato’s Socrates exiled the poets from the ideal city in The Republic, Western thought has insisted on a strict demarcation between philosophy and poetry. Yet might their long-standing quarrel hide deeper affinities? This book explores the distinctive ways in which twentieth-century and contemporary continental thinkers have engaged with poetry and its contribution to philosophical ... Read more

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  • Why I am so very unFrench, and other essays

    by Jacques Bouveresse ...
    Series series Philosophie de la connaissance
    For those like myself, who found the politico-philosophical terrorism beginning its reign at the beginning of the 1960s intolerable, analytic philosophy in contrast could not but offer the comforting image of what a democratic philosophical community should be: civilized and tolerant, where all citizens equally must offer arguments and be willing to listen to and discuss possible objections. This ... Read more

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