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  • Taylor & Francis The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd The Romantics

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Marxism and Human Nature

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    Book SynopsisIs there such a thing as human nature? Here Sean Sayers defends the controversial theory that human nature is in fact an historical phenomenon. He gives an ambitious and wide ranging defence of the Marxist and Hegelian historical approach and engages with a wide range of work at the heart of the contemporary debate in social and moral philosophy.Trade Review'Sayer's book is an articulate, sophisticated and clear discussion of human nature as a historical phenomenon. It is beautifuly written and has insights into a rich range of topics from the role of work in contemporary society to the ambivalent nature of social progress. Anyone interested in sociology, politics and philosophy of our society will find this book thought-provoking and fruitful.' - Professor David McLellan, University of KentTable of ContentsPart 1 WORK AND HUMAN NATURE; 1 INTRODUCTION: HUMAN NATURE AS A HISTORICAL PHENOMENON; Chapter 2 CONCEPTS OF HUMAN FULFILMENT; Chapter 3 THE NEED TO WORK; Chapter 4 THE ROLE OF LEISURE; Chapter 5 ALIENATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; Part 2 VALUES AND PROGRESS; Chapter 6 THE ACTUAL AND THE RATIONAL; Chapter 7 ANALYTICAL MARXISM AND MORALITY; Chapter 8 MORAL VALUES AND PROGRESS; Chapter 9 MARXISM AND HUMAN NATURE; Appendix: GORZ ON WORK AND LIBERATION; Notes; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;

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  • Taylor & Francis Giorgio Agamben

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  • Taylor & Francis Giorgio Agamben

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    Book SynopsisGiorgio Agamben is one of the most important and controversial figures in contemporary continental philosophy and critical theory. His work covers a broad array of topics from biblical criticism to Guantanamo Bay and the war on terror'. Alex Murray explains Agamben's key ideas, including: an overview of his work from first publication to the present clear analysis of Agamben's philosophy of language and life theories of ethics and witnessing' the relationship between Agamben's political writing and his work on aesthetics and poetics. Investigating the relationship between politics, language, literature, aesthetics and ethics, this guide is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the complex nature of modern political and cultural formations.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Why Agamben? Key Ideas 1. Language and the Negativity of Being 2. Infancy and Archaeological Method 3. Potentiality and ‘the Task of the Coming Philosophy’ 4. Politics – Bare Life and Sovereign Power 5. The Homeland of Gesture – Art and Cinema 6. The Laboratory of Literature 7. Bearing Witness and Messianic Time After Agamben Further Reading Works Cited

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Derridas Legacies Literature and Philosophy

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  • Taylor & Francis The Value of Marx Political Economy for Contemporary Capitalism 41 Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Numbered

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Romanticism

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    Book SynopsisRomanticism was a revolutionary intellectual and artistic movement which generated some of the most popular and influential texts in British and American literary history. This clear and engaging guide introduces the history, major writers and critical issues of this crucial era. This fully updated second edition includes: Discussion of a broad range of writers including William Blake, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, John Keats, Ralph Waldo Emerson, H.D. Thoreau, Frederick Douglas A new chapter on American Romanticism Discussion of the romantic sublime or romantic imagination An engagement with critical debates such as postcolonialism, gender studies and ecocriticism. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Enlightenment or Romantic? 2. Constructions of the Term Romantic 3. Enlightenment and Romantic 4. American Romanticism

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  • Taylor & Francis Narrating PostCommunism

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  • Taylor & Francis On Deconstruction

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Modernism and Theory A Critical Debate

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Feminism and Contemporary Women Writers

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  • Taylor & Francis The Routledge Companion to Childrens Literature Routledge Companions

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  • Taylor & Francis Satire

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  • Taylor & Francis Satire

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    Book SynopsisWhat is satire? How can we define it? Is it a weapon for radical change or fundamentally conservative? Is satire funny or cruel? Does it always need a target or victim? Combining thematic, theoretical and historical approaches, John T. Gilmore introduces and investigates the tradition of satire from classical models through to the present day. In a lucid and engaging style, Gilmore explores: the moral politics of satire whether satire is universal, historically or geographically limited how satire translates across genres and media the boundaries of free speech and legitimacy. Using examples from ancient Egypt to Charlie Hebdo, from European traditions of formal verse satire to imaginary voyages and alternative universes, newspaper cartoons and YouTube clips, from the Caribbean to China, this comprehensive volume should be of interest to students and scholars of literature, media and cultural studies as well as polTable of ContentsSeries Editor Preface Preface 1. Introduction 2. Beast Fables from Aesop to Animal Farm 3. Early Satire, from the Bible to Ancient Rome 4. Verse Satire after Antiquity 5. The Heirs of Lucian 6. The "Character" as Satire 7. Satire and Gender 8. Satire and the Visual Arts 9. Conclusion Bibliography

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  • Taylor & Francis theoryaftertheory

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  • Taylor & Francis The Handbook to Literary Research

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  • Taylor & Francis Translation Studies

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    At a time when millions travel around the planet some by choice, some driven by economic or political exile translation of the written and spoken word is of ever increasing importance. This guide presents readers with an accessible and engaging introduction to the valuable position translation holds within literature and society. Leading translation theorist Susan Bassnett traces the history of translation, examining the ways translation is currently utilized as a burgeoning interdisciplinary activity and extending her analysis into developing areas such as developing technologies and new media forms.Translation Studies, fourth edition displays the importance of translation across disciplines, and is essential reading for students and scholars of translation, literary studies, globalisation studies and ancient and modern languages.

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  • Taylor & Francis The Politics and Poetics of Camp

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  • Taylor & Francis The Routledge Reader in Rhetorical Criticism

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Rewriting the Victorians Theory History and the Politics of Gender Routledge Library Editions Women Feminism and Literature

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Fifty Key Postmodern Thinkers Routledge Key Guides

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Edging Women Out Victorian Novelists Publishers and Social Change Routledge Library Editions Women Feminism and Literature

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Literary Studies

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Orality and Literacy 30th Anniversary Edition New Accents

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  • Taylor & Francis Locating Postcolonial Narrative Genres

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Editing Emily Dickinson The Production of an Author Studies in Major Literary Authors

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Literature and Development in North Africa The Modernizing Mission Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Politics and Aesthetics in The Diary of Virginia Woolf

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Travel Writing Form and Empire The Poetics and Politics of Mobility Routledge Research in Travel Writing

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Originality and Intellectual Property in the French and English Enlightenment

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