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Book SynopsisRafael Winkler is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.Trade ReviewThrough a compelling and illuminating study, Rafael Winkler asks whether “uniqueness” is a possible experience and how it should be thought. He deals with this concept in a variety of ways: the uniqueness of being, the self, the other human being, death, and responsibility for the other. By situating itself at the limits of thought, the book presents new facets of the philosophy of absolute difference. Readers will find much to ponder as the book also calls for an engaged reflection on a highly contentious problem: finitude. * Gabriel Riera, Associate Professor of Literary Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA *A unique, original, and very welcome contribution to philosophical and literary studies of the self, experience, and singularity. Written with an admirable rigour in explication and analysis, a lucidity in expression, and an always cogent line of reasoning, Philosophy of Finitude explores the limit experiences of the ‘I’ through the focus on Heidegger, Levinas, and Nietzsche, that produces exciting fascinating new readings both of selfhood and identity. * Julian Wolfreys, Professor of English, University of Portsmouth, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Death, the Impossible 1. Introduction 2. Perishing and demise 3. Is dying possible? 4. Singularization 5. Schizophrenia 6. Mourning Chapter 2. Self and Other 1. Introduction 2. Vanquishing death 3. Alterity 4. The call 5. Guilt 6. Responsibility Chapter 3. Figurations 1. Introduction 2. Proximities 3. The feminine welcome 4. The absolute arrivant Chapter 4. Dwelling 1. Introduction 2. The earth 3. The gods 4. Antigone 5. Holy mourning 6. The proper and the foreign 7. Guestfriendship Chapter 5. Beyond Truth 1. Introduction 2. Truth and error 3. Justice 4. Naturalism 5. The end of metaphysics 6. The will to truth 7. Self-discipline 8. Schein Chapter 6. Substance 1. Introduction 2. The standard hypothesis 3. Essence 4. Substance 5. Rhetoric 6. Metaphor Bibliography

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Book SynopsisVladislav Zubok is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He has previously taught at Stanford University, University of Michigan, Amherst College, Temple University and Ohio University and has served as a fellow at the National Security Archive, a non-government organization at the University of George Washington. His publications include A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev and Zhivago's Children: The Last Russian Intelligentsia.Table of ContentsPreface. A Russian Fox 1. Vanishing Russia, 1906-1921 2. Patriotism of Pity, 1921-1928 3. Through the Gulag and Great Terror, 1928-41 4. The Great Fatherland War, 1941-1945 5. Patriotism Defiled, 1945-1955 6. Advocate of Cultural Legacy, 1956-1965 7. The Making of a Wise Man, 1966-1976 8. Recognition, 1976-1988 9. Preparing for Collapse, 1988-1991 10. The Smoke of the Homeland, 1991-1999 Conclusion. Death and Beyond

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Book SynopsisShaj Mohan is a philosopher based in the subcontinent.Divya Dwivedi is a philosopher based in the subcontinent. She is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.Trade ReviewThis book of philosophy from the subcontinent is a new beginning for philosophy everywhere, because it liberates philosophy from metaphysical and theological thinking. It also frees philosophy from the geo-political and ethnocentric divisions of east and west. * The Wire *A unique book that endeavours to go beyond the usual study of the Mahatma, his role in the freedom struggle and his ideology of non-violence ... Gives new meanings to concepts such as resistance, power, truth and force. * Frontline Magazine *Gandhi and Philosophy: On Theological Anti-Politics is something that has been crying out to be done, but that no-one before Shaj Mohan and Divya Dwivedi seem to have thought seriously of doing. It adds a new approach and addition to the study of Gandhian thought. It is a most valuable and original contribution. * Sushil Mittal, Professor of Hindu Studies and Gandhi Studies, James Madison University. USA *Shaj Mohan and Divya Dwivedi’s Gandhi and Philosophy is a profound and at crucial points critical re-examination of Gandhi’s thought. But their book does much more than give us a radically new Gandhi. It is a sophisticated reflection on modernity in its own right. Drawing on a wide range of philosophical resources, Gandhi and Philosophy succeeds in expanding our horizons and in opening up new lines of thought. * Robert Bernasconi, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy and African American Studies, Penn State University, USA *A figure of spiritual resistance to modernity, today Gandhi draws the limits of geopolitics as we can test them in the planetary regression characteristic of the beginning of this century. Mohan and Dwivedi reveal the main lines of his thought circumscribing the limits of the East-West division as well as the ambiguities of a politics of resistance whose project would have been, ultimately, to create a Hindu nation invested with a global eschatological mission – the old schema. By reaffirming the need of critique for what they call ana-stasis, they give us to reconsider the history of nihilism in the eschatological contemporaneity and shows its ultimate limits. * Bernard Stiegler, Centre Georges-Pompidou, France *This is how this book comes to our attention and contributes to orient us, if I may say so, toward a thought, and even a world, neither humanist nor reduced to suffering in the name of Truth. In the terms of this work: neither metaphysics nor hypophysics. * Jean-Luc Nancy *Gandhi and Philosophy reclaims Gandhi as one of the great Enlightenment thinkers of “system”, a philosophical identification of nature with law, morality and the good that positions him in the line of Spinoza, Newton, Wordsworth and contemporary deep ecology. With unerring tact and remorseless precision, Mohan and Dwivedi unpick the interlocking sets of principles that enabled Gandhi’s controversial remediation of political, cultural, and social modernity as transgressions of humanity’s maximum limits and destructions of futurity—a critique derived from the logics of a philosophical position that Mohan and Dwivedi resituate as a formidable force for our times. * Robert J. C. Young, Julius Silver Professor of English and Comparative Literature, New York University, USA *Table of ContentsDedication Acknowledgements Preface 1. Hypophysics 2. Scalology 3. The Faculties 1: Body 4. The Faculties 2: Mind and Soul 5. Dynamics: Active and Passive 6. The Law of the Maker 7. Truth and Will 8. Violence and Resistance 9. Critical Nation 10. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA provocative account of the philosophical problem of difference' in art history, Tintoretto's Difference offers a new reading of this pioneering 16th century painter, drawing upon the work of the 20th century philosopher Gilles Deleuze. Bringing together philosophical, art historical, art theoretical and art historiographical analysis, it is the first book-length study in English of Tintoretto for nearly two decades and the first in-depth exploration of the implications of Gilles Deleuze's philosophy for the understanding of early modern art and for the discipline of art history. With a focus on Deleuze's important concept of the diagram, Tintoretto's Difference positions the artist's work within a critical study of both art history's methods, concepts and modes of thought, and some of the fundamental dimensions of its scholarly practice: context, tradition, influence, and fact. Indicating potentials of the diagrammatic for art historical thinking across the registers ofTrade ReviewAn ambitious and well-orchestrated monograph that seeks to address emerging problems in diverse but contiguous domains ... [A] complex but gratifying inquiry. * Pli: The Warwick Journal of Philosophy *An important contribution to a genuinely philosophical study of a painter. This book is both a brilliantly argued and highly original study of Tintoretto. It is one of the first to attempt to interconnect the art historical and the philosophical and needs to be viewed as integral to the creation of a new field of study. * Andrew Benjamin, Professor of Philosophy and the Humanities, Kingston University, UK *Even the most reflective contemporary art history continues to imagine artistic practices as puzzles posed to the discourse of their time. From T.J. Clark's reading of Manet to Georges Didi-Huberman's interpretation of Fra Angelico, the move is to reveal how critical discourse is stalled or ruined by the apparently inassimilable artwork. This strategy is supported by art history's sense of theories and theorists. As an alternative Vellodi suggests Deleuze, for whom such arguments subordinate "difference to the identical." This is an exemplary book: Vellodi reads historical sources together with the recent past of art history, in order to present a "diagram" of Tintoretto in which the present is fully implicated. It is a model of thoughtful writing on art. * James Elkins, Professor of Art History, Theory and Criticism, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA *Vellodi’s book is destined to become one of the classic studies of Tintoretto, not because it offers a new interpretation of his work, but because it sees Tintoretto’s paintings as an “ongoing affront” to the discipline of art history. As such, Vellodi winds up proposing a radically new approach to the history of art that is inspired by Deleuze, one that focuses less on Tintoretto’s historical context than his “difference” from that context. A ground-breaking and revolutionary book. * Daniel W. Smith, Professor of Philosophy, Purdue University, USA *With assured thought and lucid prose, as well as a masterful pacing that allows her initially to broach but also to revisit and further develop complex ideas, Vellodi presents not only an original thesis about Tintoretto’s ‘stage-method’ and a masterful understanding of the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, but a work that traverses each as a method of demonstrating art-historical thought at work. * Art History *Table of ContentsList of Figures Preface Prologue 1.Tintoretto: A Problem for Art History? - Tradition and Contextualism - Representational Thought - Theory, Philosophy - Towards Deleuze - Deleuze and Art History - The Diagram 2. Tintoretto and his Time? - Christ Among the Doctors - Annibale’s hesitation - Aretino’s U-Turn - Miracle of the Slave - Historia - The Stage-Method - Painting and Theatre - Tintoretto: From Theatre to Drama - Genealogy of the Stage-Method in Tintoretto’s Works - Ridolfi’s Motto - Art History’s Recycling of Ridolfi’s Motto - Deleuze and Diagrams of Art History - Deleuze’s Tintoretto 3. Diagrammatic Constructivism - Thought as Difference - Deleuze’s Diagram and Kant’s Schema - Kant’s Constructivism - Pierce’s Diagram: An empiricist’s Constructivism - Pure Icons - Diagrammatic Subversion of Iconography in Tintoretto’s Works - Tintoretto’s Ghostly Figures - The Genetic method: Maimon and Deleuze - Deleuze’s Transcendental Empiricism - Tintoretto’s Constructivism. Stage Method as Diagram? 4. Diagrammatic Aesthetic - Deleuze after Kant: Sensation and Genesis - Genetic Method in the Third Critique - Material Aesthetic and the Work of Art - Aesthetic Paradigm - Diagrammatic Aesthetic - Diagrammatic Art - Tintoretto’s Material Constructivism - Constructivism Beyond Venetian Empiricism - Tintoretto’s Imagination - Boschini’s Experience - The Scuola Grande di San Rocco 5. Diagrammatic Time - Time of Difference - Anachronism in Contemporary Art History - Constructivism, Time and Art - Deleuze’s Syntheses of Time - The Third Synthesis of Time and Nietzsche’s Eternal Return - The Diagram, Genealogy and History - Tintoretto’s Time - Tintoretto’s Return in the 2011 Venice Biennale Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWillow Verkerk is a Lecturer in Continental Philosophy and Social Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, Canada and a researcher with the Gendered Mimesis Project at KU Leuven, Belgium.Trade ReviewNietzsche valued friendship, and this pioneering study shows how Nietzsche’s own discussion of friendship is absolutely crucial for understanding his philosophy. Through a very careful and perceptive reading of Nietzsche’s texts, Verkerk argues that Nietzsche’s ideas about friendship are empowering – and in this way she makes a strong case for the relevance of Nietzsche’s thought in contemporary debates concerning friendship, gender relations, and love. * Richard White, Professor of Philosophy, Creighton University, USA *“We were friends and have become estranged. (…) We are two ships each of which has its goal and course. (…) Perhaps we shall meet again but fail to recognize each other: our exposure to different seas and suns has changed us!”, says Nietzsche in The Gay Science. Attentive to all possible meanings of such a change, Verkerk explores with remarkable scrutiny the singular destiny of friendship, which reveals its metamorphic power only after it has died — posthumous birth of new identities. -- Catherine Malabou, Professor of Philosophy, Kingston University, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Nietzsche’s Literary Gift of Friendship: Reading Nietzsche as a Joyful, Agonistic, and Bestowing Friend Chapter 2: Nietzsche’s Re-evaluation of Friendship Chapter 3: On Becoming What One Is: Nietzsche’s Therapeutic Concept of the Self Chapter 4: Nietzsche and Aristotle on Character, Virtue, and the Limits of Friendship Chapter 5: Women, Love, and the Gendered Troubles of Friendship in Nietzsche and Irigaray Chapter 6: Abducting Woman? An Agonistic Reception of Nietzsche’s (and Derrida’s) Gifts Conclusion: Further Re-evaluations Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisJonathan Head is Lecturer in Philosophy at Keele University, UK. He is co-editor of Schopenhauer's Fourfold Root (2016), and has published papers on Anne Conway, Kant and Schopenhauer.Trade ReviewScholars have long regarded Anne Conway’s Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy (1690) as a work of great metaphysical subtlety and sophistication. Jonathan Head’s wonderfully lucid study will improve our understanding of Conway’s text, enhance our appreciation of its origins, and enrich future scholarship on this remarkable philosopher. * Jacqueline Broad, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Monash University, Australia *Jonathan Head’s study of Anne Conway’s philosophy is welcome as the first to be written with non-specialists in mind. With a distinctive emphasis on Conway’s Quaker context, he provides an accessible introduction to Conway’s philosophy, which both elucidates important aspects of her philosophy and furnishes material for debate and discussion. * Sarah Hutton, Honorary Visiting Professor of Philosophy, University of York, UK *Jonathan Head’s The Philosophy of Anne Conway is a thoughtful introduction to the complicated philosophical system of this understudied philosopher, which will be a great help to those eager to teach her thought. * Christia Mercer, Gustave M. Berne Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Anne Conway's Life and Letters 1. The Inner Light 2. God, Spirit and Body 3. Creation and the Infinity of Time 4. God, Christ and Creature 5. Time and Salvation 6. Freedom 7. The Constitution of Creatures Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisKurt Lampe is Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, University of Bristol, UK and the author of The Birth of Hedonism: The Cyrenaic Philosophers and Pleasure as a Way of Life (2015). He is also the co-editor of German Stoicisms (forthcoming, Bloomsbury).Janae Sholtz is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Coordinator of Women's and Gender Studies at Alvernia University, USA. She is the author of The Invention of a People: Heidegger and Deleuze on Art and the Political (2015) and co-editor of Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Feminism (Bloomsbury, 2019).Trade Review‘Lampe and Sholtz have put together a uniquely informative collection showing the extensive and sometimes surprising influence of Stoic ideas on recent French and Italian thinkers including such luminaries as Sartre, Deleuze, Badiou, Kristeva, Foucault and Agamben, as well as thinkers who should be better known in the English-speaking world (and perhaps now will be) like Barbara Cassin and Pierre Hadot.’ * Alistair Welchman, Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA *'French and Italian Stoicisms presents a valuable overview of the often subtle and surprisingly diverse ways in which ancient Stoic philosophy has influenced modern thinkers such as Sartre, Deleuze, Kristeva, Foucault, Agamben, and Hadot. The contributors to this book are themselves revitalizing Stoicism by drawing our attention to unfamiliar perspectives on a tradition, which deserves to be explored and evaluated by us now more than ever before.' * Donald Robertson, author of Stoicism and the Art of Happiness and How to Think Like a Roman Emperor. *This volume breaks new ground in its close examination of French and Italian twentieth-century responses to Stoicism, especially on the topics of language and freedom. A series of thoughtful and perceptive essays open up a complex intellectual terrain that will be of interest both to students of modern Continental philosophy and Stoicism. * Christopher Gill, Emeritus Professor of Ancient Thought, University of Exeter, UK *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Stoicism, Language, and Freedom, Kurt Lampe, University of Bristol, UK 2. Sartre, Stoicism, and the Problem of Moral Responsibility (from 1939 to 1948), Olivier D’Jeranian, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France 3. Sartrian Ontology and the Stoic Theory of Incorporeals, Suzanne Husson, Université Paris-Sorbonne, and Laurent Husson, Université de Lorraine, France 4. Deleuzean Exercises and the Inversion of Stoicism, Janae Sholtz, Alvernia University, USA 5. How and why did Badiou beat Deleuze with a Stoic stick (and was he right?), Thomas Bénatouïl, University of Lille, France 6. Kristeva, Stoicism, and the “True Life of Interpretations”, Kurt Lampe, University of Bristol, UK 7. Indifference and Affirmation: Michel Foucault on Stoic Fate and Providence, John Sellars, Royal Holoway, University of London, UK 8. Veridiction and Parrhesia: the Complex Case of Foucault’s Reading of Stoicism, Valery Laurand, Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3, France 9. Stoicism: Political Resistance or Retreat? Foucault and Arendt, Michael Ure, Monash University, Australia 10. Stoicism, Ambiguity, and the Decision of Sense, Barbara Cassin, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France 11. Stoic Philosophy of Language in Giorgio Agamben’s Thought, Nicoletta Di Vita, Università degli studi di Padova, Italy 12. Making Use of Agamben’s “Stoic Providence-Fate Apparatus”: A Reading of Seneca’s Consolation to Polybius, Clifford Robinson, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, USA 13. Pierre Hadot: Stoicism as a Way of Life, Matthew Sharpe, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia Index

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Book SynopsisVictoria Fareld is Associate Professor of Intellectual History at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics at Stockholm University, Sweden.Hannes Kuch is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Philosophy, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany.Trade ReviewA source of knowledge about contemporary critical theory. * Marx and Philosophy Review of Books *The legacy of Hegel’s concepts and method within Marx’s thinking is one of the most decisive and most contested issues in contemporary critical theory. In the last two decades, new interpretations of Hegel and a renewed interest in the diagnostic power of Marx’s writings have challenged many of the established assumptions and made a full reassessment of that key theoretical nexus necessary. This volume, which brings together up-and-coming scholars and some of the best experts in the field, is a major contribution towards that goal. * Jean-Philippe Deranty, Associate Professor, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia *These vital and necessary essays argue for the renewal and refashioning of the radical tradition of Hegelian-Marxism. Collectively, the seek to install a materialist Hegel; an always Hegelian Marx; a formation of critical theory driven by the force of the negative and struggles for recognition; and, above all, for tomorrow's socialism in which social freedom and democratic self-determination might come to be. Urgent and important. * J.M. Bernstein, University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, New School for Social Research, U.S.A. *Table of ContentsFrom Marx to Hegel and Back: Toward a Helical Approach, Victoria Fareld (Stockholm University, Sweden) and Hannes Kuch(Hanover Institute of Philosophical Research, Germany) I. Reassessing the Legacy of Hegel and Marx Hegel and Marx: A Reassessment after One Century, Axel Honneth (University of Frankfurt, Germany and Columbia University, USA) Hegel, Marx, and Presentism, Emmanuel Renault (Paris West University Nanterre La Défense, France) Property and Freedom in Kant, Hegel, and Marx, Jacob Blumenfeld (New School for Social Research, USA) I, the Revolution, Speak: Lenin’s Speculative (Hegelian) Style, Frank Ruda (University of Frankfurt, Germany) II. Capitalism and Critique Critique in Hegel and Marx, Rocío Zambrana (University of Oregon, USA) Hegel and Marx on ‘Spiritual Life’ as a Criterion for Social Critique, Frederick Neuhouser (Columbia University, USA) Abstract Labor and Recognition, Sven Ellmers(Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany) Love Will Tear Us Apart: Marx and Hegel on the Materiality of Erotic Bonds, Federica Gregoratto(University of St. Gallen, Switzerland) III. Postcapitalism and Utopia Marx’s ‘Hegelian’ Critique of Utopia, David Leopold (University of Oxford, UK) Where Are We Developing the Requirements for a New Society? The Dialectic of Today’s Capitalism from a Hegelian Marxist Perspective, Eva Bockenheimer (University of Siegen, Germany) Social Freedom beyond Capitalism: Three Alternatives, Hannes Kuch (Hanover Institute of Philosophical Research, Germany) Honneth’s Democratic ‘Sittlichkeit’ and Market Socialism, Michael Nance (University of Maryland, USA) Contributors Sources Index

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Book SynopsisRobert M. Wallace is a philosopher and translator who as translated Hans Blumenberg, Hans-Georg Gadamer and Odo Marquard. He is author of Hegel's Philosophy of Reality, Freedom and God (2005).Trade Review[It] will be most beneficial for scholars and graduate students in theology and the philosophy of religion. * Reading Religion *Robert Wallace has written a wonderful book and explained some extremely difficult philosophical and theological concepts in straightforward language. * Journal of Consciousness Studies *This is a major contribution to philosophical discussions of mysticism. Wallace offers a compelling and accessible defence of Plato’s idea that we know a higher reality, explains how science can be part of this reality, and draws some important implications for an understanding of the fact/value distinction. He draws upon an impressive range of thinkers, writes with confidence and flair, and offers a decisive challenge to the reductive naturalist paradigm that drives so much contemporary philosophy. * Fiona Ellis, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, University of Roehampton, UK *At a time when big picture Philosophy is “out”, Wallace boldly attempts to restore the perceived unity of scientific philosophical and religious endeavor. Primarily based on Plato’s and Hegel’s notions of “the God within” as also the Transcendent, he cuts “the Gordian knot” of Platonism through learned discussions of ancient & modern thought, including neglected mystical thinkers; e.g., J.N. Findlay. Wallace is indeed a contemporary American Transcendentalist! * Jay Bregman, Board of directors, International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, USA *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. “A Worm! A God!” 2. “That Which Shows God in Me, Fortifies Me” 3. Freedom and Full Reality 4. Full Reality Is God 5. Plato’s Progress 6. Plato, Freedom, and Us 7. Plato on Reason, Love, and Inspiration 8. Plato on “Becoming Like God” 9. Ordinary and Extraordinary Experiences of God Appendix: Comparisons Between the Plato/Hegel Argument for a God Within Us, and Several Well-Known Arguments for God Bibliography Notes Index

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Book SynopsisVeena R. Howard is Professor of Asian Religious Traditions in the Department of Philosophy at California State University, Fresno, USA. She holds the Endowed Chair in Jain and Hindu Dharma, and currently serves as the Director of M. K. Gandhi Center: Inner Peace and Sarvodaya.Trade ReviewThis important collection provides a guide to how gender and sexuality appear sometimes as mere binaries, other times as fluid mysteries and rich multiplicities, in Indian thought. Drawing on a wide range of ancient and modern texts, the essays offer an exciting lens for exploring the classic questions of how to live, what is the self, and where transcendence might be found. * Cynthia Willett, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Philosophy, Emory University, USA *Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Editor’s Note 1. Introduction: Gender Conceptions in Indian Thought: Identity, Hybridity, Fluidity, Androgyny, and Transcendence, Veena R. Howard Part I. Gender Essentialism 2. The Unbearability of the Male Gaze: A Phenomenological Exposition of Sa?khyan Philosophy of the Body Through Feminine Eyes, Ana Laura Funes Maderey 3. Women’s Liberation in Jainism: Understanding Philosophical Debates and Cultural Dialectics, Veena R. Howard 4. Woman as Maya: Gendered Narrative in the Bhagavata Purana, Gopal K. Gupta Part II. Gender Negotiation 5. The Gendering of Voice in Medieval Hindu Literature, Nancy M. Martin 6. Given, Taken, Performed: Gender in Tamil Theopoetics, Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad 7. Gender in the Tradition of Shri Ramakrishna, Jeffrey D. Long Part III. Androgyny, Gender Hybridity, and Fluidity 8. Divine Androgyny and the Play of Self-Recognition: Revisiting Some Issues in Gender Theory through an Un-Orthodox Interpretation of Ardhanarisvara, Geoff Ashton 9. Gender in Pali Buddhist Traditions, Carol S. Anderson 10. Narrative of Amba in the Mahabharata: Female Body, Gender, and the Namesake of the Divine Feminine, Veena R. Howard Part IV. Gender and the Feminine Divine 11. God the Mother and Her Sacred Text: A Hindu Vision of Divine Immanence, Rita D. Sherma 12. The Story of Sa?jña, Mother of Manu: Shadow and Light in the Markandeya Purana, Raj Balkaran Part V. Gender Transcendence 13. Male-Female Dialogues on Gender, Sexuality, and Dharma in the Hindu Epics, Ruth Vanita 14. The Vision of the Transcendent One: Feminist Hermeneutics and Feminine Symbolism in the Sikh Scripture, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh Index

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Book SynopsisIntroduction; Don Garrett Preface to the First Edition Bibliography Abbreviations PART I: THE ORIGINS OF HUME'S PHILOSOPHY Introductory: The Distinctive Principles and Ethical Origins of Hume's Philosophy Hutcheson's Teaching and its Influence on Hume The Influence of Newton and of Locke PART II: PRELIMINARY SIMPLIFIED STATEMENT OF HUME'S CENTRAL DOCTRINES, TAKEN MAINLY IN THE ORDER OF THEIR EXPOSITION IN THE TREATISE AND ENQUIRIES Current Misunderstandings of Hume's Teachings Preliminary Outline Statement of Hume's Teaching as Expounded in Parts i, iii and iv of Book I of the Treatise Preliminary Outline Statement of Hume's Theory of Morals, as Expounded in Books II and III of the Treatise PART III: DETAILED CONSIDERATION OF THE CENTRAL DOCTRINES, TAKEN IN WHAT MAY BE PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN THE ORDER OF THEIR FIRST DISCOVERY Doctrine of the Passions and of Sympathy in its Bearing on Hume's Theory of Morals The Indirect Passions of Pride and Humility, Love and Hatred; And in Connection Trade Review'the re-issue of this work is wholly welcomed and Garrett's introduction is a very helpful addition to it.' - Sylvana Tomaselli, Journal of Liberal HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction; Don Garrett Preface to the First Edition Bibliography Abbreviations PART I: THE ORIGINS OF HUME'S PHILOSOPHY Introductory: The Distinctive Principles and Ethical Origins of Hume's Philosophy Hutcheson's Teaching and its Influence on Hume The Influence of Newton and of Locke PART II: PRELIMINARY SIMPLIFIED STATEMENT OF HUME'S CENTRAL DOCTRINES, TAKEN MAINLY IN THE ORDER OF THEIR EXPOSITION IN THE TREATISE AND ENQUIRIES Current Misunderstandings of Hume's Teachings Preliminary Outline Statement of Hume's Teaching as Expounded in Parts i, iii and iv of Book I of the Treatise Preliminary Outline Statement of Hume's Theory of Morals, as Expounded in Books II and III of the Treatise PART III: DETAILED CONSIDERATION OF THE CENTRAL DOCTRINES, TAKEN IN WHAT MAY BE PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN THE ORDER OF THEIR FIRST DISCOVERY Doctrine of the Passions and of Sympathy in its Bearing on Hume's Theory of Morals The Indirect Passions of Pride and Humility, Love and Hatred; And in Connection Therewith Hume's First Statement and Application of the Principles of Association The Function of Reason in the Moral Sphere The Opening Sections fo the Treatise , as Predetermined by Hume's Early Doctrine of Belief Memory The Association of Ideas, and its Products Abstract Ideas Hume's Version of Hutcheson's Teaching that Space and Time are Non-Sensational 'Knowledge' in the Strict Sense of the Term Belief in Causality: The Nature of Causal 'Inference' Belief in Causality: The Origin of the Idea of Necessity The Causal Maxim Neither Self-Evident nor Demonstrable: Its Sanctions Solely Those of Natural Belief Probability of Chances and Probability of Causes Liberty and Necessity The Sceptical and the Positive Aspects of Hume's Doctrine of Natural Belief Belief as it Enters into Sense-Perception 'Identity' and 'Substance' in their Bearing on the Nature of the Self PART IV: THE FINAL OUTCOME The Relation of the Treatise to the Enquiries Concluding Comments Index of Proper Names

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Book SynopsisIyer argues for the transformative potential for philosophy and political practice of the thought of Maurice Blanchot. The book traces Blanchot's complex negotiations of the thought of Hegel, Heidegger, Bataille and Levinas, which allowed him to develop his distinctive account of the work of art and his account of the opening to the Other.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: The Claim of Communism The Beast in Me The Temple of Night The Sphinx's Gaze Weary Truth Philosophy Unbound Mortal Substitution We Take Their Place Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn the first of his annual series of lectures at the Collège de France, Foucault develops a vigorous Nietzschean history of the will to know through an analysis of changing procedures of truth, legal forms, and class struggles in ancient Greece.Trade Review"Foucault is quite central to our sense of where we are." - The Nation "Ideas spark off nearly every page . . . The words may have been spoken in [the 1970s], but they seem as alive and relevant as if they had been written yesterday." - BookforumTable of ContentsForeword: François Ewald and Alessandro Fontana Translator's Note 1. 9 December 1970 2. 16 December 1970 3. 6 January 1971 4. 13 January 1971 5. 27 January 1971 6. 3 February 1971 7. 10 February 1971 8. 17 February 1971 9. 24 February 1971 10. 3 March 1971 11. 10 March 1971 12. 17 March 1971 13. Lecture On Nietzsche Course summary Oedipal Knowledge Course context Index of notions Index of names

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Book SynopsisThese thirteen lectures on the 'punitive society,' delivered at the Collège de France in the first three months of 1973, examine the way in which the relations between justice and truth that govern modern penal law were forged, and question what links them to the emergence of a new punitive regime that still dominates contemporary society.Trade ReviewSelected by Choice magazine as an "Outstanding Academic Title" for 2016“Delivered shortly after the dissolution of Group d’Information sur les Prisons, Foucault’s third lecture course at the Collège de France coincided with a significant change in his thinking about prisons, as he began to reflect on the disciplinary power at work in prisons and in society more generally. … Summing Up: Essential. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers.” (A. D. Schrift, Choice, Vol. 53 (9), May, 2016)“Bernard Harcourt … has done a fantastic job establishing the text of the lectures … . He provides us with countless erudite references to Foucault’s unacknowledged as well as acknowledged sources and supplies a clear, fair-minded and modest commentary. The editors of the series and Harcourt’s research assistants also need our thanks as well. But in the end, it is Graham Burchell’s superb translation and Harcourt’s absolutely rigorous editing work … that ought to receive our everlasting thanks.” (Mariana Valverdem, British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 57 (1), January, 2017)“[Foucault] must be reckoned with.” (The New York Times Book Review) “Ideas spark off nearly every page of this book, as Foucault manages to reinvigorate questions of power and violence that might have seemed well-worn. The words may have been spoken in 1976, but they seem as alive and relevant as if they had been written yesterday.” (Bookforum) “Foucault is quite central to our sense of where we are.” (The Nation) “[Foucault] has an alert and sensitive mind that can ignore the familiar surfaces of established intellectual coded and ask new questions [He] gives dramatic quality to the movement of culture.” (The New York Review of Books) “These lectures offer important insights into the evolution of the primary focus of Foucault's later work the relationship between power and knowledge.” (Library Journal)Table of ContentsForeword: François Ewald And Alessandro FontanaIntroduction: Arnold I. DavidsonTranslator's Note1. 3 January 19732. 10 January 1973 3. 17 January 1973 4. 24 January 1973 5. 31 January 1973 6. 7 February 1973 7. 14 February 1973 8. 21 February 1973 9. 28 February 1973 10. 7 March 1973 11. 14 March 1973 12. 21 March 1973 13. 28 March 1973 Course SummaryCourse ContextIndex Of NotionsIndex Of Names

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Book SynopsisAn exciting and highly original examination of the practices of truth-telling and speaking out freely (parr?sia) in ancient Greek tragedy and philosophy. Foucault discusses the difficult and changing practices of truth-telling in ancient democracies and tyrannies and offers a new perspective on the specific relationship of philosophy to politics.Trade Review"The publications of Foucault's lectures at the Collège de France have given us an incredible view of the development of his thinking. This new volume, The Government of Self and Others, shows us how Foucault was conceiving the relation between the self and the others who make up the political, how fearless speech (parr?sia) is at the center of both, and how parr?sia defines, for Foucault, philosophical action itself. Thanks to these lectures, we see Foucault as the great thinker he is." - Leonard Lawlor, Sparks Professor of Philosophy, Penn State University, USA. "The publication of Foucault's lectures is momentous not only because they deepen our understanding of his books and essays, but because they dramatically change the way we read him. This study of the ancient practice of parresia philosophical truth-telling forces us to abandon the view that his late thought was a turn away from politics. The key question in these lectures is the relationship between philosophy and politics: their necessary dependence, but impossible coincidence. The political significance of philosophy was an acute problem for Foucault throughout his life. It remains a definitive question today for anyone concerned with the future of Western political thought and practice." - Johanna Oksala, University of Dundee, UK. "The Government of Self and Others is a fascinating analysis of a notion which is at the center of the philosophical and political enterprise and is highly recommended for specialist and non-specialist scholars alike." - Christopher Forlini, Free University Berlin, Germany.Table of ContentsForeword: François Ewald and Alessandro Fontana Introduction: Arnold I. Davidson Translator's Note 5 January 1983: First Hour 5 January 1983: Second Hour 12 January 1983: First Hour 12 January 1983: Second Hour 19 January 1983: First Hour 19 January 1983: Second Hour 26 January 1983: First Hour 26 January 1983: Second Hour 2 February 1983: First Hour 2 February 1983: Second Hour 9 February 1983: First Hour 9 February 1983: Second Hour 16 February 1983: First Hour 16 February 1983: Second Hour 23 February 1983: First Hour 23 February 1983: Second Hour 2 March 1983: First Hour 2 March 1983: Second Hour 9 March 1983: First Hour 9 March 1983: Second Hour Course Context Index of Notions Index of Names

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Book SynopsisRobert Wicks is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Trade ReviewRobert Wicks' Reader's Guide is impressive in very many ways. It demonstrates a mastery of the Schopenhauer corpus and an ability to explain complex arguments in a clear, insightful and accessible fashion, without oversimplification. I believe that it will become essential reading for students wanting to grasp the rich thought of Schopenhauer's masterwork. -- Prof. dr. Bart Vandenabeele, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Universiteit GentWicks has done a really excellent job in pressing his deep scholarly knowledge of Schopenhauer into a form that is original, entertaining, and teacherly. -- Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsReviewed in Tijdschrift voor Filosofie 73 (2011), 4.I enjoyed reading Wicks’s text overall and heartily recommend it. -- Jason M. Costanzo, St. John's University * Philosophy in Review *Table of Contents1. Context; 2. Overview of Themes; 3. Reading the Text; 4. Reception and Influence; 5. Further Reading; Notes; Index.

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Book SynopsisSalomon Maimon was one of the most important and influential Jewish intellectuals of the Enlightenment. This translation of his principal work, "Essay on Transcendental Philosophy", expresses Maimon's response to the revolution in philosophy wrought by Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason".Trade Review[T]his is a remarkable accomplishment which will hopefully set standards for future work on Maimon, both in quality and ... also in the all too rare cooperation between scholars to which this edition testifies. * Kant studien *Table of ContentsTranslator's Introduction; Letter from Maimon to Kant; Letter in reply from Kant to Maimon; Letter from Maimon to Berlin Journal for Enlightenment; Essay on Transcendental Philosophy; Dedication; Introduction; 1. Matter, Form of Cognition, Form of Sensibility, Form of Understanding, Tim and Space; 2. Sensibility, Imagination, Understanding, Pure A Priori Concepts of the Understanding or Categories, Schemata, Answering the Question Quid Juris, Answering the Question Quid Facti, Doubts about the Latter; 3. Ideas of the Understanding, Ideas of Reason; 4. Subject and Predicate, The Determinable and the Determination; 5. Think, Possible, Necessary, Ground, Consequence; 6. Identity, Difference, Opposition, Reality, Logical and Transcendental Negation; 7. Magnitude; 8. Alteration, Change; 9. Truth, Subjective, Objective, Logical, Metaphysical; 10. On the I, Materialism, Idealism, Dualism; Short Overview of the Whole Work; My Ontology; On Symbolic Cognition and Philosophical Language; Notes and Clarifications; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisEric Mack is Professor of Philosophy at Tulane University, USA, and the author of numerous articles in scholarly journals on libertarian philosophy.Trade Review"The volumes in this timely series comprise the most comprehensive body of material on conservative and libertarian thought yet published in a single project devoted to the subject. The series will prove an indispensable tool not only for those concerned with the history of political thought but also for those who confront the challenging task of constructing a viable contemporary conservative identity. Professor Meadowcroft had a difficult editorial task, to which he has responded with a judicious choice of thinkers and topics." --Noel O'Sullivan, Professor of Political Philosophy, the University of Hull, UK.John Locke is without a question the book I would put in the hands of anyone looking for an overview of Locke's political philosophy, especially someone looking for an overview of that shows how and why Locke is indeed a proto-libertarian or proto-Objectivist rights theorist. - Reason Papers, Fall 2010Table of ContentsPart I. Intellectual Biography \ 1. The Historical and Ideological Context of Locke's Political Philosophy \ Part II. Critical Exposition \ 2. Natural Freedom, Natural Law, and Natural Rights \ 3. More State of Nature Rights \ 4. From the State of Nature to the State \ 5. Conquest, Resistance, and Dissolution \ 6. Locke on Toleration \ Part III. Reception and Contemporary RElevance \ 7. The Reception and Philosophical Legacy of Locke's Political Philosophy \ Bibliography \ Index

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Book SynopsisOriginally published as the Continuum Companion to Continental Philosophy, this book offers the definitive guide to contemporary Continental thought. It covers all the most pressing and important themes and categories in the field - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Twelve specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts reveal where important work continues to be done in the field and, valuably, how the various topics intersect. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and concepts, a chronology, and a guide to practical research in the field, this is the essential reference tool for anyone working in and studying Continental Philosophy.Trade ReviewRefreshingly, [essays in The Bloomsbury Companion to Continental Philosophy] treat continental philosophy not in the usual way, as self-enclosed, but as an ongoing enterprise, integrated with naturalism and Anglo-American analytic philosophy . . . A glossary summarises topics and thinkers, and a timeline charts philosophical, political, scientific and artistic events from 1750 to 2000. -- Jane O'Grady, London School of Philosophy * Times Higher Education *This book teaches us that there is a good deal going on today under the banner of 'continental philosophy' that neither starts with Kant nor ends with post-structuralism. Without looking over its shoulder at every turn, it provides an overview of the thematic areas that belong to 'continental philosophy' as it is actually conceived and practiced today, highlighting especially that it is no longer a matter of applying philosophical 'theory' to other disciplines, but more and more a distinctive way of engaging in those other disciplines themselves. -- Simon Glendinning, Reader in European Philosophy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKMullarkey and Lord have done a great service to students and researchers with the publication of The Continuum Companion to Continental Philosophy. While the historical appendixes alone make the book supremely useful for students and teachers, the true brilliance of the book is its focus not on the leading figures of the field but on the practices of Continental philosophy as well as the problems that concern it. With this focus the editors and contributors show us not who Continental philosophy has been, but what Continental philosophy does and can do. -- Anthony Paul Smith, Humanities Research Fellow, Institute for Nature and Culture, DePaul University (Chicago, USA)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors 1. Introduction, Beth Lord (University of Dundee, UK) 2. Research Problems and Methodology: Three Paradigms and a Thousand Exceptions, James Burton (Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK) 3. The Continental Tradition: Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Gary Banham (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) Part I: Contemporary Continental Philosophy 4. Metaphysics and Ontology, Daniel W. Smith (Purdue University, USA) 5. Philosophies of Consciousness and the Body, John Protevi (Louisiana State University, USA) 6. Philosophies of Difference, Todd May (Clemson University, USA) 7. Politics and Ethics, Caroline Williams (Queen Mary, University of London, UK) 8. Continental Marxist Thought, Bill Martin (DePaul University, USA) 9. Psychoanalysis and Philosophy, Hector Kollias (King's College London, UK) 10. Feminist Philosophy, Rosi Braidotti (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) 11. Philosophies of Life, Dorothea Olkowski (University of Colorado, USA) 12. Philosophies of Science, Andrew Aitken (Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK) 13. Philosophies of Art, Jonathan Lahey Dronsfield (University of Reading, UK) 14. Philosophy, Literature and Interpretation, Douglas Burnham and Melanie Ebdon (both Staffordshire University, UK) 15. The Future of Continental Philosophy, John Mullarkey (University of Dundee, UK) Part II: Resources 16. A-Z of Key Terms and Thinkers 17. Chronology, James Burton (Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK) 18. Research Resources Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisKant's central task in the "First Critique" is to tie his metaphysical analysis to the very possibility of nature itself. This title presents a commentary on Kant's aims and arguments in his celebrated "First Critique", within the context of the dominant schools of philosophy of his time.Trade ReviewIn this insightful, lucid, and open-minded account, Daniel Robinson puts Kant's project into its intellectual and scientific context, engagingly bringing out the ambitious aims Kant set for himself and how he sought to achieve them. This is a highly instructive and valuable introduction to the First Critique. -- Professor Roger Crisp, Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, St Anne's College, University of Oxford, UKAuthor Daniel Robinson received the 2011 Joseph B. Gittler Award from the American Psychological Association. The award 'recognizes the most scholarly contributions to the philosophical foundations of psychological knowledge' and carries an honorarium of $10,000. Previous recipients include Jerome Bruner and Daniel Kahneman.How is Nature Possible? Kant's Project in the First Critique is a well-researched, introductory-level commentary on one of the more difficult books in the history of philosophy. -- Stiles Alexander, Emory University, USA * Metapsychology *In his distinguished career, [Robinson] has contributed to the history of ideas, science and modern philosophy, has undertaken extensive research in experimental psychology and has been an avid supporter of Thomas Reid’s philosophy…This peculiar combination of interests informs this book’s aim to read the Critique as accounting for the possibility of scientific knowledge and safeguarding it against the destructive tendencies of scepticism and the over-confident proofs of the rationalists... He goes a long way toward justifying Kant’s metaphysics of science as a viable and coherent project against Kant’s predecessors, especially Descartes, Locke and Hume, and against some of his recent critics, be they Quine, Strawson or Stroud... The book will be most useful to new, but also experienced students of Kant -- Edward Kanterian, University of Kent * The Review of Metaphysics *Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Preliminaries; 2. The Larger Context; 3. The Possibility of Metaphysics; 4. The Pure Intuitions and the Analogies of Experience; 5. Idealisms and their Refutation; 6. Concepts; 7. Judgment; 8. Whose Experience? The Self and Outer Sense; 9. The Discipline of Reason: Paralogisms, Antinomies and Freedom; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisSalomon Maimon was one of the most important and influential Jewish intellectuals of the Enlightenment. This translation of his principal work, "Essay on Transcendental Philosophy", expresses Maimon's response to the revolution in philosophy wrought by Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason".Table of ContentsTranslator's Introduction; Letter from Maimon to Kant; Letter in reply from Kant to Maimon; Letter from Maimon to Berlin Journal for Enlightenment; Essay on Transcendental Philosophy; Dedication; Introduction; 1. Matter, Form of Cognition, Form of Sensibility, Form of Understanding, Tim and Space; 2. Sensibility, Imagination, Understanding, Pure A Priori Concepts of the Understanding or Categories, Schemata, Answering the Question Quid Juris, Answering the Question Quid Facti, Doubts about the Latter; 3. Ideas of the Understanding, Ideas of Reason; 4. Subject and Predicate, The Determinable and the Determination; 5. Think, Possible, Necessary, Ground, Consequence; 6. Identity, Difference, Opposition, Reality, Logical and Transcendental Negation; 7. Magnitude; 8. Alteration, Change; 9. Truth, Subjective, Objective, Logical, Metaphysical; 10. On the I, Materialism, Idealism, Dualism; Short Overview of the Whole Work; My Ontology; On Symbolic Cognition and Philosophical Language; Notes and Clarifications; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisRousseau and Radical Democracy presents the first comprehensive examination of Rousseau''s founding role in, and continuing relevance for, recent and influential theories of democracy. Kevin Inston demonstrates the actuality of Rousseau''s thinking through an analysis of his deep connection with the groundbreaking work of contemporary European thinkers, including Lefort, Laclau and Mouffe. The book affirms Rousseau''s centrality for current debates in democratic thought by showing how, contrary to common assumptions, his writings emphasise the openness and difference necessary for a dynamic mode of democracy committed to extending the principles of freedom and equality. By connecting Rousseau''s philosophy with present-day thinking, Inston stresses the theoretical consistency of his political thought against those influential deconstructive readings of his work by thinkers such as Derrida and De Man. This book argues that the ambiguities and tensions in Rousseau actually form part ofTrade Review"In Rousseau and Radical Democracy, Kevin Inston shows an important, and to this point overlooked, connection between contemporary understandings of democracy and Jean Jacque Rousseau's. Thoughtfully written and clearly argued, Inston helps to show us the continuing relevance of Rousseau's political thought more than two hundred years later." (James J. Delaney, Associate Professor, Niagara University, USA)"Table of ContentsIntroduction; I. Rethinking the Political: the Discourse on Inequality; 1. The Negativity of Nature; 2. Perfectible Man as the Subject of Lack; 3. Constructing Political Identities; 4. The Ethics of Democracy; II. The Social Contract: Towards a Radical Democracy; 5. Rethinking the Universal; 6. Constructing the General Will; 7. The Democratic Paradox: the Legislator; 8. Rousseau's Radical Democracy; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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