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  • Stanley Cavell

    Philosophy's Recounting of the Ordinary

    by Stephen Mulhall ...
    Stephen Mulhall presents the first full-length philosophical study of the work of Stanley Cavell, best known for his highly influential contributions to the fields of film studies, Shakespearian literary criticism, and the confluence of psychoanalysis and literary theory. It is not properly appreciated that Cavell's project originated in his interpretation of Austin's and Wittgenstein's ... Read more

    $57.59 USD

  • Philosophical Myths of the Fall

    by Stephen Mulhall ...
    Series series Princeton Monographs in Philosophy
    Did post-Enlightenment philosophers reject the idea of original sin and hence the view that life is a quest for redemption from it? In Philosophical Myths of the Fall, Stephen Mulhall identifies and evaluates a surprising ethical-religious dimension in the work of three highly influential philosophers--Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein. He asks: Is the Christian idea of humanity as ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In Other Words

    Transpositions of Philosophy in J.M. Coetzee's 'Jesus' Trilogy

    by Stephen Mulhall ...
    J. M. Coetzee's 'Jesus' Trilogy extends and intensifies his long-term interest in engaging with a wide range of texts, themes and assumptions that help constitute the history of Western European philosophy. In this commentary, Stephen Mulhall extends his own earlier work on Coetzee's previous stagings of the ancient quarrel between philosophy and literature by identifying and following out various ... Read more

    $61.19 USD

  • On Film

    by Stephen Mulhall ...
    Series series Thinking in Action
    First published in 2002. Few movies have captured our imagination as deeply and enduringly as those of the 'Alien' quartet, which follow the odyssey of Sigourney Weaver's Flight Lieutenant Ellen Ripley. In this gripping and limpidly written book, Stephen Mulhall shows why these films fascinate us, by showing that they are compelling examples of philosophy in action. Bringing a philosopher's eye to ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • The Ascetic Ideal

    Genealogies of Life-Denial in Religion, Morality, Art, Science, and Philosophy

    by Stephen Mulhall ...
    In The Ascetic Ideal, Stephen Mulhall shows how areas of cultural life that seem to be either essentially unconnected to evaluative commitments (science and philosophy) or to involve non-moral values (aesthetics) are in fact deeply informed by ethico-religious commitments, for better and for worse. The book develops a reading of Nietzsche's concept of 'the ascetic ideal', which he used to track ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • The Wounded Animal

    J. M. Coetzee and the Difficulty of Reality in Literature and Philosophy

    by Stephen Mulhall ...
    In 1997, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist J. M. Coetzee, invited to Princeton University to lecture on the moral status of animals, read a work of fiction about an eminent novelist, Elizabeth Costello, invited to lecture on the moral status of animals at an American college. Coetzee's lectures were published in 1999 as The Lives of Animals, and reappeared in 2003 as part of his novel Elizabeth ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Martin Heidegger

    Edited by Stephen Mulhall ...
    Series series International Library of Essays in the History of Social and Political Thought
    Although Heidegger's writings are not extensively concerned with the analysis of political concepts or with advocating particular arrangements of political institutions, his basic way of understanding the human relation to the world accords a constitutive significance to its social, cultural and historical dimensions. There is thus a political aspect to his thinking about every philosophical ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • On Film

    by Stephen Mulhall ...
    The first edition of Stephen Mulhall's acclaimed On Film was a study of the four Alien films, and made the highly original and controversial argument that films themselves can philosophise. In its second edition, On Film increased its breadth and vision considerably to encompass films such as the Mission: Impossible series and Steven Spielberg's Minority Report.In this significantly expanded third ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Great Riddle

    Wittgenstein and Nonsense, Theology and Philosophy

    by Stephen Mulhall ...
    Can we talk meaningfully about God? The theological movement known as Grammatical Thomism affirms that religious language is nonsensical, because the reality of God is beyond our capacity for expression. Stephen Mulhall critically evaluates the claims of this movement (as exemplified in the work of Herbert McCabe and David Burrell) to be a legitimate inheritor of Wittgenstein's philosophical ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • On Being in the World (Routledge Revivals)

    Wittgenstein and Heidegger on Seeing Aspects

    by Stephen Mulhall ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    On Being in the World, first published in 1990, illumines a neglected but important area of Wittgenstein’s philosophy, revealing its pertinence to the central concerns of contemporary analytic philosophy.The starting point is the idea of ‘continuous aspect perception’, which connects Wittgenstein’s treatment of certain issues relating to aesthetics with fundamental questions in the philosophy of ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Heidegger and Being and Time

    by Stephen Mulhall ...
    Series series Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks
    Heidegger is one of the most controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. A difficult and powerful philosopher, his work requires careful reading. Being and Time was his first major book and remains his most influential work.Heidegger and Being and Time introduces and assesses: Heidegger's life and the background of Being and Time; the ideas and text of Being and Time; Heidegger's importance ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • The Routledge Guidebook to Heidegger's Being and Time

    by Stephen Mulhall ...
    Series series The Routledge Guides to the Great Books
    The Routledge Guidebook to Heidegger’s Being and Time examines the work of one of the most controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. Heidegger’s writings are notoriously difficult, requiring careful reading. This book analyses his first major publication, Being and Time, which to this day remains his most influential work.The Routledge Guidebook to Heidegger’s Being and Time explores:The ... Read more

    $34.99 USD