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Edinburgh University Press The Philosophical Foundations of the Late
Book SynopsisThis is the first major effort to systematically organise and evaluate Schelling's arguments for a Philosophy of Revelation and to demonstrate their importance for contemporary debates in speculative realism, new realism and post-secularism.Trade Review"... strikingly original and without peer in the English literature.The discussion of Hegel (and Schelling's non-dialectical personalism") stands to be among the very best that I have read."" -Jason Wirth, Seattle University
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Edinburgh University Press Hobbess Materialist Agenda
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Wildside Press Utilitarianism Liberty Representative Government
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Medieval Philosophy
Book SynopsisMedieval Philosophy: A Multicultural Reader comprises a comparative, multicultural reading of the four main traditions of the medieval period with extensive sections on Greek-Byzantine, Latin, Jewish, and Islamic traditions. The book also includes an initial 'Predecessors' section, presenting readings (with introductions) from figures of antiquity upon whom all four traditions have drawn. Representative readings from each of the four great traditions are presented chronologically in four different tracks, along with engaging and accessible introductions to the traditions themselves, as well as each individual thinkerâall selected and presented by noted scholars within each respective tradition. This groundbreaking collection:-Offers readings from early thinkers that contextualize the medieval traditions. -Presents, for the first time, extensive readings from the Byzantine Christian tradition that has wielded an important cultural influence from Russia and the Balkans to the MiddlTrade ReviewThat the title of this book clearly signals the multiculturalism and pluralism of medieval thought is to its credit. The book is organized in five sections: an opening section looks at Greco-Roman sources, and each of the remaining four sections treats a major linguistic or cultural grouping in medieval thought: Byzantine, Jewish, Latin, and Muslim. Each section offers translated selections of relevant major works of the tradition. This being the case, the volume could serve as a resource in survey courses … Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. * CHOICE *It's great to have alongside each other a large selection of the crucial texts of Western medieval philosophy, in its Christian (Greek and Latin), Jewish and Islamic branches. I know of no other anthology which would enable students to see the similarities and differences between the different ways in which ancient Greek philosophy developed in the Middle Ages, and the interactions between them. -- Richard Swinburne, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, UKThis large and comprehensive volume of primary source material provides the reader not only with key medieval philosophical texts from the Latin Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, and Jewish traditions, but also with a judicious selection of foundational texts from the ancient Greek philosophical period, both pagan and patristic. There is no other source book that matches this one in breadth and depth. -- Daniel Frank, Professor of Philosophy, Purdue University, USAThis brave new anthology opens up new ways of studying and understanding medieval philosophy, both by fully including the Arabic, Jewish and Greek, as well as the Latin traditions, and through its admirably broad conception of what texts count as philosophical. * John Marenbon, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, University of Cambridge, UK; Fellow of the British Academy *Table of ContentsForeward (Bernard McGinn, Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor Emeritus of Historical Theology and of the History of Christianity, University of Chicago, USA) List of Contributors Introduction (Bruce Foltz, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Eckerd College, USA) Part 1: Ancient Philosophy as a Spiritual Tradition: Predecessors of Medieval Philosophy (Editor: Eric Perl, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University,USA) 1. Plato: Selections from, Phaedrus, Timaeus, Symposium, Republic 2. Aristotle: Selections from Nicomachean Ethics, On the Soul, Metaphysics 3. Cicero: Selections from On the Nature of the Gods 4. Epictetus: Selections from Handbook 5. Plotinus: Selections from Enneads 6. Proclus: Selections from Elements of Theology and Commentary on Plato's “Parmenides” Part 2. The Greek Tradition (Editor: David Bradshaw, Professor of Philosophy, University of Kentucky, USA) 1. Justin Martyr: Selections from First Apology and Second Apology 2. Ireneaus, Selections from Against Heresies 3. Clement of Alexandria: Selections from Stromata 4. Origen: Selections from On First Principles 5. Athanasius: Selections from On the Incarnation and Against the Arians 6. Basil of Caesarea: Selections from The Long Rules, Hexaemeron, Epistle 234, On the Holy Spirit, That God Is Not the Cause of Evil 7. Gregory Nazianzen, Selections from Orations 8. Gregory of Nyssa: Selections from On Virginity, Life of Moses 9. Evagrius of Pontus, Selections from Praktikos, On Thoughts, On Prayer 10. John Chrysostom, Selections from Homilies 6, 3, 4, 45, 16, 8 11. Dionysius the Areopagite: Selections from Divine Names; Mystical Theology; Celestial Hierarchy 12. Philoponus: Selections from Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World 13. Maximus the Confessor: Selections from Centuries on Charity; Chapters on Theology and Economy; Mystagogy; Ambigua 14. John of Damascus: Selections from On the Orthodox Faith and Defense of the Holy Icons 15. Symeon the New Theologian: Selections from Catechetical Discourses and Hymns 16. Gregory Palamas: Selections from Triads Part 3. The Latin Christian Tradition (Editor: Peter Casarella, Associate Professor of Theology, Notre Dame University, USA) 1. Augustine: Selections from Confessions and De Civitate Dei 2. Boethius: Selections from The Consolation of Philosophy 3. John Scottus Eriugena: Selections from On the Division of Nature (Periphyseon) 4. Anselm: Selections from Proslogion 5. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio: Selections from Itinerarium mentis in Deum 6. Thomas Aquinas: Selections from On Being and Essence and Summa Theologiae 7. Marguerite Porete: Selections from The Mirror of Simple Souls 8. Meister Eckhart: Selections from German Sermons and Parisian Questions 9. John Duns Scotus: Selections from Ordinatio 10. William of Ockham: Selections from Summa Logicae 11. Nicholas of Cusa: Selections from On Learned Ignorance Part 4: The Jewish Tradition (Editor: Sarah Pessin, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Denver, USA) 1. Overview 2. Introduction to Rabbinic, Midrashic, and Early Mystical Writings 3. Selections from Babylonian Talmud 4. Selections from Sifre Numbers 5. Selections from Midrash Rabbah 6. Selections from Sefer Ye?irah (The Book of Creation) 7. Selections from Zohar 8. Philo: Selections from On the Creation and Allegorical Interpretations 9. Isaac Israeli: Selections from Book of Substances, Book of Spirit and Soul, Mantua Text 10. Saadya: Selections from The Book of Doctrines and Beliefs 11. Ibn Gabirol, Selections from Ahavtikha, Genesis Commentary, Fons Vitae, The Improvement of the Moral Qualities 12. Judah Halevi: Selections of Poetry and Selections from Kuzari 13. Bahya Ibn Pequda, Selections from Duties of the Heart 14. Moses Maimonides, Selections from Guide of the Perplexed and Commentary on the Mishnah 15. Gersonides, Selections from Wars of the Lord Part 5: The Islamic Tradition (Editor: Mohammad Azadpur, Professor of Philosophy, San Francisco State University, USA) 1. Selections from Theology of Aristotle 2. Razi: Selections from The Book of Philosophical Life and The Proofs of Prophecy 3. Alfarabi: Selections from Attainment of Happiness and On the Intellect 4. Avicenna, Selections from De Anima of the Book of Salvation and The Metaphysics of the Healing 5. Ghazzali: Selections from Deliverance from Evil 6. Ibn Tufayl: Selections from ?ayy Ibn Yaq?an, a Philosophical Tale 7. Averroes: Selections from Decisive Treatise Determining What the Connection is between Religion and Philosophy 8. Suhrawardi: Selections from The Philosophy of Illumination 9. Ibn Arabi: Selections from Meccan Revelations 10. Mulla Sadra: Selections from The Wisdom of the Throne Timeline Maps Suggestions for Further Reading Sources Index
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John Murray Press Marx A Complete Introduction Teach Yourself
Book SynopsisIs this the right book for me?Marx: A Complete Introduction will familiarize you with the revolutionary thinking of this significant man. It will take you through all the essential concepts - from class struggle to dialectical materialism. Expressing Marx''s sometimes complex ideas in simple terms, and backed up with references to his own texts, this book gives you everything you need to know. Marx: A Complete Introduction includes:Chapter 1: Marx''s early lifeEurope at the time of MarxThe early life of MarxUniversity lifeLife as a journalistThe Communist ManifestoExileChapter 2: Marx''s later lifeThe move to LondonFamily life in LondonMarx and EngelsWork in LondonDas KapitalThe InternationalThe later yearsChapter 3: Marx and philosophyA brief history of philosophyWhich philosophers influenced Marx?Ancient Greek philosophersEuropean philosophyUtopian Socialis
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John Murray Press Philosophy for Life Teach Yourself
Book Synopsis Philosophy For Life is the definitive introduction to the history of Western thought, but more than that, it is a toolkit for using philosophy in your daily life. As you read, you will develop your own critical and creative thinking, exploring the key ideas in Western Philosophy and the arguments that continue to shape our world. You will discover what philosophy is really about, learn to be a sceptic, meet Plato and Aristotle, explore the concept of mind, question free will, use philosophy to be happy, find out about Marx and materialism, see how philosophy relates to everything from comics to coffee in, and ask whether god exists. Philosophy is a life-tool, a set of skills for engaging with any subject, and in Philosphy For Life, you will discover a body of wisdom and a way to develop your own critical and creative thinking.ABOUT THE SERIESPeople have been learning with Teach Yourself since 1938. With a vast range of practi
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The German Idealism Reader
Book SynopsisThe German Idealism Reader is a comprehensive account of the key ideas and arguments central to German idealists and their immediate critics. Expanding the scope beyond the four best-known representatives - Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel - and including those thinkers often considered as secondary, but who are also crucial for understanding of this period, the Reader presents an influential era in all its philosophical complexity.Through its broad coverage of philosophers and their texts, it offers a complete dynamic picture of the intellectual period and features: - Selections from key texts by Kant, Fichte, Schelling and Hegel - Readings from Reinhold, Schiller, Maimon, Schulze, Jacobi, Hölderlin, and Novalis - Responses to and critiques of German idealist thought by late nineteenth century thinkers, such as Schopenhauer, Feuerbach, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche - Selections extending beyond the typical focus on epistemology and metaphysics to include ethics, Trade ReviewThis is a fine and very welcome collection of texts by the most important representatives and critics of German Idealism. It covers an impressive range of topics, including epistemology, metaphysics, ethics and aesthetics, and will enable both students and general readers to discover the extraordinary richness and profundity of German Idealist thought. * Stephen Houlgate, Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick, United Kingdom. *This an outstanding collection, with an unusually wide range of of well-chosen selections from Reinhold, Novalis, and Hölderlin as well as all the major systematicians. This is a very useful volume for anyone teaching or researching in the area of German Idealism * Karl Ameriks, McMahon-Hank Professor of Philosophy (emeritus), University of Notre Dame, USA *The German Idealism Reader provides an excellent pathway into this fascinating and vital philosophical tradition. The well-chosen selection of accessible translations from an unusually wide range of authors is accompanied by helpful introductions to guide the reader through the twists and turns of one of modernity’s defining cultural movements. * Paul Redding, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, The University of Sydney, Australia *Table of ContentsPreface: About the Reader Acknowledgements German Idealism: Surveying the Philosophical Landscape. Introduction Selected Bibliography on German Idealism for Further Reading Chronology of the Age of German Idealism PART I: Kant and First Receptions of the Critical Philosophy 1. IMMANUEL KANT (1724-1804) Introduction Chronology of Immanuel Kant’s Life and Works Selected Bibliography for Further Reading Selections (1) From Critique of Pure Reason (1781, 1787): Selections. (2) From Critique of Practical Reason (1788): Selections. (3) From Critique of the Power of Judgement (1790): Selections. 2. FRIEDRICH HEINRICH JACOBI (1743-1819) Introduction Chronology of Friedrich Jacobi’s Life and Works Selected Bibliography for Further Reading Selections (1) From Concerning the Doctrine of Spinoza in Letters to Herrn Moses Mendelssohn (1785): Selections. (2) From Jacobi to Fichte (1799): Selections. 3. KARL LEONHARD REINHOLD (1757-1823) Introduction Chronology of Karl Reinhold’s Life and Works Selected Bibliography for Further Reading Selections (1) From Letters on the Kantian Philosophy (1786-87): Selections. (2) From The Foundation of Philosophical Knowledge (1791): Selections. 4. FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER (1759-1805) Introduction Chronology of Friedrich Schiller’s Life and Works Selected Bibliography for Further Reading Selections (1) From “Kallias or Concerning Beauty: Letters to Gottfried Körner” (1793): Selections. (2) From On the Aesthetic Education of Man (1795-8): Selections. 5. GOTTLOB ERNST SCHULZE (1761-1833) Introduction Chronology of Gottlob’s Schulze’s Life and Works Selected Bibliography for Further Reading Selections (1) From Aenesidemus, or Concerning the Foundations of the Philosophy of Elements Issued by Professor Reinhold in Jena together with a Defense of Skepticism against the Pretentions of the Critique of Reason (1792): Selections. 6. SALOMON MAIMON (1753-1800) Introduction Chronology of Salomon Maimon’s Life and Works Selected Bibliography for Further Reading Selections (1) From Essay Towards a New Logic or Theory of Thought, Together with Letters of Philaletes to Aenesidemus (1794) (2) Letter from Maimon to Kant (1789) (3) From Maimon’s article from the Berlin Journal for Enlightenment (1790). PART II: Rise of German Idealism and Post-Kantian Idealist Thinkers 7. JOHANN GOTTLIEB FICHTE (1762-1814) Introduction Chronology of Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s Life and Works Selected Bibliography for Further Reading Selections (1) From Review of Aenesidemus (1794): Selections. (2) From Wissenschaftslehre, First & Second Introductions of 1797/98: Selections. 8. JOHANN CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH HOLDERLIN (1770-1843) Introduction Chronology of Friedrich Hölderlin’s Life and Works Selected Bibliography for Further Reading Selections (1) From On the Law of Freedom (1794) (2) From On the Concept of Punishment (1795) (3) From Judgment and Being (1795) (4) From Letter to Hegel (26 January 1795) (5) The Oldest Systematic Program of German Idealism (1796) 9. NOVALIS (GEORG FRIEDRICH PHILIPP VON HARDENBERG) (1772-1801) Introduction Chronology of Novalis’ Life and Works Selected Bibliography for Further Reading Selections (1) From Fichte Studies (1795-1796): Selections (2) From Logological Fragments I (1797-98): Selections 10. FRIEDRICH WILHELM JOSEPH VON SCHELLING (1775-1854) Introduction Chronology of Friedrich Schelling’s Life and Works Selected Bibliography for Further Reading Selections (1) From Presentation of My System of Philosophy (1801): Selections (2) From Further Presentations from the System of Philosophy (1802): Selections (3) From Philosophical Investigation into the Essence of Human Freedom and Related Matters (1809): Selections 11. GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL (1779-1831) Introduction Chronology of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s Life and Works Selected Bibliography for Further Reading Selections (1) From Phenomenology of Spirit (1807): Selections (2) From Elements of the Philosophy of Right Or Natural Law and Political Science in Outline (1821): Selections (3) From The Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Outline (the 3rd (1830) ed.): Selections PART III: Post-Hegelian Critics and Responses 12. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-1860) Introduction Chronology of Arthur Schopenhauer’s Life and Works Selected Bibliography for Further Reading Selections (1) From The World as Will and Representation (1819): Selections (2) From “On the Basis of Morals” (1840): Selections 13. LUDWIG ANDREAS FEUERBACH (1804-1872) Introduction Chronology of Ludwig Feuerbach’s Life and Works Selected Bibliography for Further Reading Selections (1) From Towards a Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy (1839): Selections (2) From The Essence of Christianity (1841): Selections (3) From Principles of the Philosophy of the Future (1843): Selections 14. KARL MARX (1818-1883) Introduction Chronology of Karl Marx’s Life and Works Selected Bibliography for Further Reading Selections (1) From Toward a Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right: Introduction (1843): Selections (2) From Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts (1844): Selections (3) Theses on Feuerbach (1845) 15. SØREN AABYE KIERKEGAARD (1813-1855) Introduction Chronology of Søren Kierkegaard’s Life and Works Selected Bibliography Further Reading Selections (1) From Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments (1846): Selections (2) From The Sickness Unto Death. A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening (1849): Selections 16. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (1844-1900) Introduction Chronology of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Life and Works Selected Bibliography for Further Reading Selections (1) From “Schopenhauer as Educator” (1874): Selections. (2) From Beyond Good and Evil. Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (1886): Selections INDEX
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Philosophy
Book SynopsisIn Philosophy: Principles and Problems Roger Scruton shares the ideas and arguments which initially attracted him to the subject and those which have engaged his attention throughout his career. Through discussions of major philosophers, Kant and Wittgenstein in particular, he attempts to show how philosophy is relevant to life in the modern world. The topics he discusses range from the nature of truth, to Music, History, sex, morality and God. Read this book, therefore, to share a profound philosopher''s thoughts about some of the major problems of our time. The Bloomsbury Revelations edition includes a new preface from the author.Trade ReviewScruton's forthrightness is exemplary. He is cogent without being coercive and his brevity does not wholly conceal his wit. * Sunday Times *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Why? 2. Truth 3. The Demon 4. Subject and Object 5. Persons 6. Time 7. God 8. Freedom 9. Morality 10. Sex 11. Music 12. History Further Reading Index
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Edinburgh University Press Spinoza Beyond Philosophy
Book SynopsisWhat did Spinoza ever do for us? This vtitle shows how Spinoza's theory of bodies transforms our understanding of music, and how it grounds 'collective subjectivity' in contemporary politics.It deals with Spinoza's connection to literature, politics, the environment and beyond.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Beth Lord; 1. 'Subjectivity Without the Subject': Thinking Beyond the; Subject with / through Spinoza; Caroline Williams; 2. Spinoza's Non Humanist Humanism; Michael Mack; 3. The Ethical Relation of Bodies: Thinking with Spinoza; Towards an Affective Ecology; Anthony Paul Smith; 4. Spinoza's Architectural Passages and Geometric; Comportments; Peg Rawes; 5. The Secret History of Musical Spinozism; Amy Cimini; Interlude: Lance Brewer, Christina Rawls, Shelley Campbell; 6. Thinking the Future: Spinoza's Political Ontology Today; Mateusz Janik; 7. Spinoza's Empty Law: The Possibility of Political Theology; Dimitris Vardoulakis; 8. Which Radical Enlightenment? Spinoza, Jacobinism and; Black Jacobinism; Nick Nesbitt; 9. George Eliot, Spinoza and the Ethics of Literature; Simon Calder; 10. Coleridge's Ecumenical Spinoza; Nicholas Halmi; Notes on Contributors; Index.
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Edinburgh University Press The Edinburgh Critical History of
Book SynopsisFrom the shadow of the Kantian critique it to the Oxford debates over Darwinism that shook the discipline to the core, and from the death of God to the rise of new Evangelical movements, 19th-century theology was fundamentally reshaped by both internal struggles and external developments.
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Edinburgh University Press On the Idea of Potency
Book SynopsisEmanuele Castrucci bridges the two seemingly unrelated worlds of classical Greek philosophy and Jewish biblical exegesis. He connects them through the historical nexus of Christianity, which has marked the destiny of Western philosophy across the political, philosophical and jurisprudential horizons.
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Edinburgh University Press Between Deleuze and Foucault
Book SynopsisThis collection combines 3 original essays by Deleuze and Foucault, in which they respond to each other's work, with 16 critical essays by key contemporary scholars working in the field.
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Edinburgh University Press The Refusal of Politics
Book SynopsisDubreuil provocatively proposes an extremist rethinking of the limits of politics toward a break from politics, the political and policies. He calls for a refusal of politics, suggesting a form of apolitics that would make our lives more liveable.
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Edinburgh University Press Thomas Reid and the Problem of Secondary
Book SynopsisWith a new reading of Thomas Reid on primary and secondary qualities, Christopher A. Shrock illuminates the Common Sense theory of perception. Shrock follow's Reid's lead in defending common sense philosophy against the problem of secondary qualities, which claims that our perceptions are only experiences in our brains, not of the world.Trade Review'Although the past years have seen the publication of monographs on almost every aspect of Thomas Reid's philosophy, his theory of primary and secondary qualities has not been treated in book length. Christopher Shrock closes this gap in the literature ... It is easily the most comprehensive treatment of Thomas Reid's theory of primary and secondary qualities currently available. The offered interpretation of Reid's view is convincing and, in my opinion, superior to those of Shrock's predecessors ... The book is intended as a historically adequate study of Reid's views on secondary qualities, but it also follows a genuinely systematic interest. I found the blend of these two tenets very convincing and a pleasure to read ... I wholeheartedly recommend it to every scholar interested in secondary qualities in the eighteenth century or Thomas Reid's theory of perception.' -- Hannes Ole Matthiessen, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Journal of Scottish Philosophy.
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Edinburgh University Press A Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy
Book SynopsisBrent Adkins traces the history of ethics and morality by examining six thinkers: Aristotle, Spinoza, Kant, Mill, Nietzsche and Levinas. You'll learn what the philosophers actually said about how to live the best kind of life and, more importantly, why.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Three Questions I: Ethics: Aristotle and Spinoza; 1. Aristotle: Happiness is the Good; 2. Aristotle: Virtue and the Highest Happiness; 3. Spinoza:The Universe and Power; 4. Spinoza: Emotions and Freedom II: Morality: Kant and Mill; 5. Kant: Happiness is not the Good; 6. Kant: The Categorical Imperative; 7. Mill: Happiness is Pleasure; 8. Mill: The Greatest Happiness for the Greatest Number III: Beyond: Nietzsche and Levinas; 9. Nietzsche: These are the Wrong Questions; 10. Nietzsche: Morality and Power; 11. Levinas: Philosophy and Appropriation 12. Levinas: Ethics and the Other Conclusion: Beyond Beyond Timeline; Suggestions for Further Reading; Glossary; Bibliography; Notes; Index.
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Edinburgh University Press The Edinburgh Companion to Political Realism
Book SynopsisThis substantial reference work examines political realism in terms of its history, its scientific methodology and its normative role in international affairs. Split into three sections, it covers the 2000-year canon of realism: the different schools of thought, the key thinkers and how it responds to foreign policy challenges.
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Edinburgh University Press Contaminations
Book SynopsisCombining theory with literary criticism, the book sheds light on how overlooked aspects of Henry James s, H. Melville s and H. G. Wells s novels question notions of natural order as well as an opposition between the subjective and the objective.
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Edinburgh University Press The Gothic and Theory
Book SynopsisThis collection provides a thorough representation of the early and ongoing conversation between Gothic and theory philosophical, aesthetic, psychological and cultural.
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Edinburgh University Press NietzscheS Unfashionable Observations
Book SynopsisA guide to the whole of Nietzsche's understudied early masterpiece
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Edinburgh University Press Nietzsches On the Genealogy of Morality
Book SynopsisOn the Genealogy of Morality has become the most common point of entry into Nietzsche?s thought. It offers relatively straightforward, sustained explanatory narratives addressing many of the main ideas of Nietzsche?s mature thought, such as will to power, nihilism, perspectivism, the value of truth and the critique of morality. At the same time, it is challenging to understand because Nietzsche intended it as an expansion and elaboration of his existing ideas. Robert Guay provides the interpretive and philosophical context to help new readers of Nietzsche understand both the book and Nietzsche''s thought more widely. He shows how Nietzsche?s narratives engage with philosophical issues about agency, self-knowledge, historical explanation and the critique of morality.
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Edinburgh University Press Affects Actions and Passions in Spinoza
Book SynopsisRevisiting the generally accepted notion of psycho-physical parallelism in Spinoza, Chantal Jaquet offers a new analysis of the relation between body and mind. Looking at a range of Spinoza's texts, and using an original methodology, she analyses their unity in action through affects, actions and passions.
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Edinburgh University Press Hobbes and Modern Political Thought
Book SynopsisDiscover how Hobbes established the framework for modern political thought: liberalism originates in the Hobbesian theory of negative liberty; Hobbesian interest and contract are essential to contemporary discussions of the comportment of economic actors; and state sovereignty returns anew in the servility of the state.
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Edinburgh University Press The Problem of Nature in Hegels Final System
Book SynopsisWes Furlotte critically evaluates Hegel's philosophy of human freedom in terms of his often-disregarded conception of nature. In doing so, he gives us a new portrait of Hegel's final system that is surprisingly relevant for our contemporary world, connecting it with recent work in speculative realism and new materialism.
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Edinburgh University Press The Problem of Nature in Hegels Final System
Book SynopsisWes Furlotte critically evaluates Hegel's philosophy of human freedom in terms of his often-disregarded conception of nature. In doing so, he gives us a new portrait of Hegel's final system that is surprisingly relevant for our contemporary world, connecting it with recent work in speculative realism and new materialism.
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Edinburgh University Press BecomingAnimal
Book SynopsisDrawing on a wide range of texts from philosophical ethology to classical texts, and from continental philosophy to literature Cimatti creates a dialogue with Flaubert, Derrida, Temple Grandin, Heidegger as well as Malaparte and Landolfi explores what human animality looks like, with a particular focus on the work of Gilles Deleuze.
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Edinburgh University Press Evil in the Western Philosophical Tradition
Book SynopsisGavin Rae analyses the history of Western conceptions of evil, showing it to be remarkably complex, differentiated and contested. He traces the problem of evil from early and Medieval Christian philosophy to modern philosophy, German Idealism, post-structuralism and contemporary analytic philosophy and secularisation.
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Edinburgh University Press Renaissance Personhood
Book SynopsisUnfolding as a series of materially oriented studies ranging from chairs, machines and doors to trees, animals and food, this book retells the story of Renaissance personhood as one of material relations and embodied experience, rather than of emergent notions of individuality and freedom.
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Edinburgh University Press HolderlinS Philosophy of Nature
Book SynopsisThis collection of 15 essays by distinguished international scholars reconsiders whatFriedrich Hlderlin's work reveals about the impulses toward form and formlessness in nature and the role that poetry plays in creating Holderlin's 'harmonious opposition'.
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Edinburgh University Press DeleuzeS Kantian Ethos
Book SynopsisCheri Lynne Carr explores the very real potential of Deleuze's clandestine use of Kantian critique for developing a new ethical practice. This new practice is built on an idea implicit in much of Deleuzian thought: the idea of critique as a way of life.
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Edinburgh University Press Deleuze a Stoic
Book SynopsisRyan Johnson reveals that Deleuze's provocative reading of ancient Stoicism produced many of his most singular and powerful ideas. Including previously untranslated French Stoic scholarship, Johnson unearths new possibilities for bridging contemporary and ancient philosophy.
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Edinburgh University Press The Political Theology of Kierkegaard
Book SynopsisSaitya Brata Das argues that in Kierkegaard's work we find a radical eschatological critique, not only of the liberal-humanist pathos of modernity but also the political theology of Carl Schmitt, that seeks to legitimise the sovereign power of the state by an appeal to a divine or theological foundation.
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Edinburgh University Press Collected Essays in Speculative Philosophy
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays by James Bradley (1947-2012) showcases his unique vision: a speculative cosmology of the Trinity, drawing on the vast history of Western philosophy.Trade Review"In the standard analytic historiography, philosophy was transformed in the 17th century from the handmaiden of theology into the handmaiden of the natural sciences. Bradley challenges this pervasive narrative by exploring the persisting theological dimension, especially the ontological trinitarian structures, of much modern metaphysics, and boldly defends the contemporary relevance of philosophical Idealism. These are learned, brilliant and provocative essays that illuminate the thought of an unjustly neglected British Canadian philosopher." -Douglas Hedley, University of Cambridge
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Edinburgh University Press Hazarding All
Book SynopsisDemonstrates how theatre and theatricalisation serve as the indispensable means for creating a kind of consciousness that exits as an unmediated encounter with actuality.Trade Review"In this brilliant pairing of plays, Sanford Budick demonstrates how Shakespeare achieves genuine intersubjectivity by negating the theatricalizing impulses of the ego. On every page of this profound and moving book, knowledge ripens into wisdom, which Budick has earned in a lifetime of serious dialogue with philosophy and literature." -Julia Reinhard Lupton, The University of California, Irvine
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Philosophy and the Puzzles of Hamlet
Book SynopsisShakespeare''s famous play, Hamlet, has been the subject of more scholarly analysis and criticism than any other work of literature in human history. For all of its generally acknowledged virtues, however, it has also been treated as problematic in a raft of ways. In Philosophy and the Puzzles of Hamlet, Leon Craig explains that the most oft-cited problems and criticisms are actually solvable puzzles. Through a close reading of the philosophical problems presented in Hamlet, Craig attempts to provide solutions to these puzzles. The posing of puzzles, some more conspicuous, others less so, is fundamental to Shakespeare''s philosophical method and purpose. That is, he has crafted his plays, and Hamlet in particular, so as to stimulate philosophical activity in the judicious (as distinct from the unskillful) readers. By virtue of showing what so many critics treat as faults or flaws are actually intended to be interpretive challenges, Craig aims to raise appreTrade ReviewThis book holds its own with other books on Shakespeare’s plays, especially other books devoted to Hamlet. Mr. Craig takes other scholars into account, from A.C. Bradley to Harold Bloom, and because of his conversancy with these many other scholars, without weighing his own thoughts down, the book fits well with the most significant scholarship on Shakespeare. It says some startling things, which I consider a strength; Craig’s claims call forth a response in the form of further conversation. The novel insights he has and the interpretations he gives do not simply have to be accepted or rejected: they provoke further thought and take the reader more deeply into the play. * Pamela Jensen, Professor of Political Science Emerita, Kenyon College, USA *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements PROLOGUE Chapter One: HORATIO AND THE PIRATES Chapter Two: WHICHEVER WAY THE WIND BLOWS Chapter Three: THE THEATRE OF REALITY Chapter Four: “WHY, WHAT A KING IS THIS!” Chapter Five: HAMLET’S ENGLISH MADNESS EPILOGUE Notes Bibliography
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Theory in the Post Era
Book SynopsisShortlisted for the AATSEEL 2022 Award for Best Edited Multi-Author Scholarly Volume (AATSEEL is The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages) Theory in the Post Era brings together the work and perspectives of a group of Romanian theorists who discuss the morphings of contemporary theory in what the editors call the post era. Since the Cold War''s end and especially in the third millennium, theorists have been exploring the aftermath - and sometimes just the after - of whole paradigms, the crisis or passing of anthropocentrism, the twilight of an entire ontological and cultural condition, as well as the corresponding rise of an antagonist model, of an anti, meta, or neo alternative, with examples ranging from posthumanism and post-postmodernism to post-aesthetics, postanalog interpretation or digicriticism, post-presentism, post-memory, post- or neo-critique, and so forth. It is no coincidence, the contributors to this volume argTrade ReviewTheory in the “Post” Era manages to assemble a heterogenous collection of interventions which capture the essential cultural gestures and ethical reflexes of “an era that seems at once epistemologically insurgent and blasé” (173). In doing so, it lays the lexical groundwork for its envisioned projects of communal futurity. * Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory *What Theory in the Post Era, as a collective manifesto – for a new age, a “post” age of literary theory – excels at is finding new and functional alternatives to an otherwise overused and exhausted set of working notion for the study of literary and critical phenomena in and from the margins and deliver them to the world. More than that, there are several concepts introduced for the very first time (at least in a similarly ambitious editorial project) that could feasibly form the basis for a new “communality” in Eastern European literary theory and that could rapidly enter the world theory system. * Philologica Jassyensia *Even readers annoyed by the proliferation of constructions in “post-“ will discover much to engage and provoke in this lively collection by a group of Romanian scholars. Writing from the periphery of Europe yet well-versed in contemporary Western critical thought, they offer original, estranging perspectives on issues of the moment, whether proposing an Easthetics, a Constructuralism, or literary criticism as diplomacy. * Jonathan Culler, Class of 1916 Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Emeritus, Cornell University, USA *Just as there is ‘World Literature,’ this book urges us to consider ‘World Theory.’ While we often tout the globalism of theory, its history typically focuses on Western Europe and the US. Reminding us that the story of theory is a travel narrative, this collection features work arising from Romania’s Critical Theory Institute, whose members have been investigating the various possibilities of theory in the new millennium. One way to think of theory is as the genre that allows us to speak critically across various national, disciplinary, and temporal borders, and Theory in the ‘Post’ Era works to create a contemporary intellectual commons. * Jeffrey Williams, Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, and co-editor of The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism *This group of inspired Romanian 'post' theorists decisively shows two things. First, theory is no thing. You cannot be for or against it. It is rather the ubiquitous fabric of our global conversation on politics, culture, science, and art. Second, theory is no longer (and never really was) an elite discourse promulgated in Paris, New York, New Haven, and Irvine. It is a radically decentered interrogation that is elaborated in both Cluj and Greensboro, in Walla Walla and Taipei. It is alive and well and living on the periphery! * Paul Allen Miller, Carolina Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina, USA *Boldly recasting theory as World Theory, this timely volume makes a compelling case for 'theory commons,' for what we as theorists translate and share as an open-ended, transnational community, a community—needed by theory and in need of theory—invested in thinking inventively and comparatively the plethora of “posts” endemic to our infinitely interconnected planetary condition. * Zahi Zalloua, Cushing Eells Professor of Philosophy and Literature, Whitman College, USA *‘Romania,’ amid the planetary turbulence of 2021, is every bit as a propos as the more customary ‘deconstruction’ or ‘Cultural Studies’ in denoting that interstitial zone (or lab) where new modalities of critical reception, theoretical investigation, and cultural mapping, prompted by turbulent developments, get generated. Romanian intellectuals have routinely coped with their country’s historical placement in a multicultural ‘outskirts’ of European culture, with its World War II suppression under Nazism, followed by the singularly cruel abuses and meltdown of its Communist regime. It is no accident that we turn to an ‘A-team’ of Romanian commentators assembled by the editors of Theory in the ‘Post’ Era in our own efforts to process distortion effects now entrenched but particularly rampant since 2016, with no end in sight. In treating the periphery as a theoretical phenomenon on a planetary scale in its own right; in registering the inroads made by such factors as science, systems theory, cybernetics, design, geography, and diplomacy into contemporary cultural deliberation, the collective authorship of Theory in the ‘Post’ Era casts luminous insight on present-day impasses, while crystallizing the vision necessary for addressing the future. * Henry Sussman, Professor Emeritus, Comparative Literature, University at Buffalo, USA *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Toward a “Post” Vocabulary-- A Lab Report Alexandru Matei, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania; Christian Moraru, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA; and Andrei Terian, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania Part I: Aesthetics 1. Constructualism: Literary Evolution as Multiscalar Design Teodora Dumitru, G. Calinescu Institute of Literary History and Theory of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania 2. Post-Aesthetics: Literature, Ontology, and Criticism as Diplomacy Alexandru Matei, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania 3. Eastethics: The Ideological Shift in Narratology Alex Goldis, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania 4. Metapolitics: Recommitting Literature in the Populist Aftermath Ioana Macrea-Toma, Central European University of Budapest, Hungary 5. Communality: Un-Disciplining Race, Class, and Sex in the Wake of Anti-“PC” Monomania Andrei Terian, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania 6. Anarchetype: Reading Aesthetic Form after “Structure” Corin Braga, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania Part II: Temporalities 7. Post-Synchronism: “Cultural Complex,” or Critical Theory’s Unfinished Business Carmen Musat, University of Bucharest, Romania 8. Post-Presentism: The Past, the Passed, and “Now” as Critical Operator Bogdan Cretu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania 9. Postfuturism: Contemporaneity, Truth, and the End of World Literature Christian Moraru, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA 10. Post-Memory: The Labor of Critical Remembrance after Communism Andreea Mironescu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania 11. Biofiction: Metamorphoses of Life-Writing across Criticism, Theory, and Literature Laura Cernat, Independent Scholar Part III: Critical Modes 12. Geocritique: Siting, Poverty, and the Global Southeast Stefan Baghiu, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania 13. Neocritique: Sherlock Holmes Investigates Literature Mihai Iovanel, G. Calinescu Institute of Literary History and Theory of the Romanian Academy, Romania 14. Digicriticism: Profession On(the)Line Adriana Stan, Sextil Puscariu Institute of Linguistics and Literary History of the Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 15. Somatography: Writing as Incorporated Cognition, or the Body Knows More Caius Dobrescu, University of Bucharest, Romania 16. Post-Canonicity: Curating World Literary Archives after Postmodernism Cosmin Borza, Sextil Puscariu Institute of Linguistics and Literary History of the Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Bibliography Contributors Index
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Rowman & Littlefield Gadamer's Truth and Method: A Polyphonic
Book SynopsisGadamer’s Truth and Method: A Polyphonic Commentary offers a fresh look at Gadamer’s magnum opus, Truth and Method, which was first published in German in 1960, translated into English in 1975, and is widely recognized as a ground-breaking text of philosophical hermeneutics. The volume features essays from fourteen scholars—both established and rising stars—each of which cover a portion of Truth and Method following the order of the text itself.The result is a robust, historically and thematically rich polyphonic reading of the text as a whole, valuable both for scholarship and teaching.Trade ReviewThere is no doubt this book will make a welcome contribution to the existing literature in the field, and it is distinct in important ways from many other books in the field. Anyone who has read Gadamer’s work will be interested in this book. -- Paul Fairfield
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Black Rose Books Anthropology and Dialectical Naturalism A
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Shambhala Publications Inc Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of
Book SynopsisHailed as ?one of the most significant books ever published,? this work of far-reaching vision is a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of human consciousness In this tour de force of scholarship and vision, Ken Wilber traces the course of evolution from matter to life to mind and describes the common patterns that evolution takes in all three of these domains. From the emergence of mind, he traces the evolution of human consciousness through its major stages of growth and development. Wilber particularly focuses on modernity and postmodernity: what they mean; how they impact gender issues, psychotherapy, ecological concerns, and various liberation movements; and how the modern and postmodern world conceive of Spirit. This second edition features forty pages of new material, new diagrams, and extensively revised notes.
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CRMEP Books Institution: Critical Histories of Law: 2023
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Orion Publishing Co The Brain is Wider Than the Sky: Why Simple
Book SynopsisA brand-new book from the award-winning SUNDAY TIMES journalist Brian Appleyard.Simplicity has become a brand and a cult. People want simple lives and simple solutions. And now our technology wants us to be simpler, to be 'machine readable'. From telephone call trees that simplify us into a series of 'options' to social networks that reduce us to our purchases and preferences, we are deluged with propaganda urging us to abandon our irreducibly complex selves. At the same time, scientists tell us we are 'simply' the products of evolution, nothing more than our genes. Brain scanners have inspired neuroscientists to claim they are close to cracking the problem of the human mind. 'Human equivalent' computers are being designed that, we are told, will do our thinking for us. Humans are being simplified out of existence. It is time, says Bryan Appleyard, to resist, and to reclaim the full depth of human experience. We are, he argues, naturally complex creatures, we are only ever at home in complexity. Through art and literature we see ourselves in ways that machines never can. He makes an impassioned plea for the voices of art to be heard before those of the technocrats. Part memoir, part reportage, part cultural analysis, THE BRAIN IS WIDER THAN THE SKY is a dire warning about what we may become and a lyrical evocation of what humans can be. For the brain is indeed wider than the sky.Trade ReviewAs readers have come to expect from Bryan Appleyard, his new book is another literate and sensitive reflection on how science is changing our self-understanding. -- Steve Fuller * THE LITERARY REVIEW *an acerbic expose of the empty promise of the computer age. -- James McConnachie * THE SUNDAY TIMES *Brian Appleyard's 'The Brain is Wider than the Sky' is a beautifully written defence of human complexity in the face of the corporate mechanisation of our lives. If you are frustrated by automated queuing, this is one for you. -- Michael Burleigh * THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SEVEN Magazine *Appleyard is scientifically literate, vigorous and intelligent...Appleyard's meditation is essential reading. -- Simon Ings * THE OBSERVER *Bryan Appleyard is our foremost guide to understanding contemporary culture. This exploration of what it means to be human today grips the reader from the first page. -- John GrayThere are great science writers and there are great arts writers - and then there's Bryan Appleyard. He's both -- John HumphrysBryan Appleyard is that rarest of rare birds, a journalist who can mine factual subjects for their poetic resonance right across the spectrum. He is our main man for this kind of writing -- Clive JamesOne of the most interesting, curious, cultured and trenchant writers on this planet -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black SwanAppleyard is a gifted writer, able to explain both the beauty of a Hockney drawing and the mathematical unit used to measure how many computations processors like our brains are capable of performing...it's always fascinating, and always clearly expressed. -- Helen Lewis-Hasteley * NEW STATESMAN *In an engaging style, drawing on personal meetings with key figures, cultural analysis and scientific evidence from a wide variety of areas, Appleyard explains how simplification, whereby technology provides simple solutions to complex problems, has been unable to capture the full depth and complexity of human experience...A fascinating and informative read. * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *An admirably sceptical guide, with a superb journalist's eye for detail, Appleyard makes an engaging prophet. * THE SUNDAY TIMES *A sagacious and timely riposte to contemporary thinking. * THE LADY *With a scientific and philosophical approach Appleyard's polemic - to listen to the voices of art rather than technocrats - is intelligent and convincing. * BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH *
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Integrating Philosophy in Yoga Teaching and
Book SynopsisProviding simple explanations of the various philosophical strands underpinning yoga as well as guidance on how to integrate them into teaching, this practical work from Wendy Teasdill concerns itself with values that are often lost in modern-day practice. It looks at balance, moderation, introspection, self-development and liberation, integrating these into asana practices in a way that deepens the experience. Each chapter covers a particular aspect of yoga philosophy in the key texts, with links to asana, pranayama, moral codes, as well as some contemporary issues such as orthorexia, the question of cultural appropriation, the role of the guru, misuse of power and recognition of authenticity in an ever-evolving scene. By presenting practical skills rooted in yoga's long history, Integrating Philosophy in Yoga Teaching and Practice makes the transition from physical to metaphysical easy for both yoga teachers and students.Trade ReviewThis book is a veritable cornucopia, horn of plenty, literally, of all things yoga, packed into a relatively small book of 300 pages. It is an easy read, and one which will be much appreciated by serious practitioners, student teachers, teachers and teacher trainers. Above all it is practical and Wendy links many asanas to the philosophy in such a way that it enhances and deepens the practice and adds light to the understanding of the text. There is a huge variety of practices, some of which will most probably be new to many, and thus gives the reader more new asana to explore with fresh eyes ... It was an absolute pleasure to read this book (which incidentally I did in two and a half days!) and I would highly recommend it to all. -- Wendy Haring, Chair of the British Wheel of Yoga Education committeeThis is a lovely, accessible book by the deeply knowledgeable and experienced Wendy Teasdill. The different philosophical traditions are brought to life through the author's insights and engaging turn of phrase with poses and how they relate to the discussion interspersed throughout. I shall definitely be referring back to this text frequently to inform and inspire my teaching and practice. * Sian O'Neill, Editor of Yoga Teaching Handbook and Yoga Student Handbook *Table of Contents1. In the Beginning. 2. All is One. 3. Asceticism and Buddhism. 4. The Horizontal path of Tantra. 5. The Puranas. 6. Patanjali. 7. The Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita. 8. Non-qualified dualism. 9. The Hatha Yoga Pradipika and the Gheranda Samita. 10. Modern Yoga.
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Imprint Academic Philosophy of War and Peace
Book SynopsisThis book considers historical and current events from the standpoint of moral philosophy. It describes: real wars and the ways in which they have or have not been fought according to principles of justice; terrorism, torture and the effects of scientific discoveries on the way war is conducted; peace movements and the influences of religion on the ideology surrounding warfare. The book criticises the ethical theories of analytical philosophers in the 20th and 21st centuries.
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Ibn Arabi and the Contemporary West: Beshara and
Book SynopsisThe influence of Ibn 'Arabi, the 12th century Andalusian mystic philosopher extended beyond the Muslim world from Spain, to China, to Indonesia. Interest in Ibn 'Arabi in the west has grown over the last century. "Ibn Arabi and the Contemporary West" examines 'Arabi's teachings through the work of the Beshara Trust and the Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society. The study investigates how the Beshara School has used Ibn 'Arabi's teachings in assisting a range of students from around the world towards personal, spiritual development and how the Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society has evolved into an international organisation with increasing influence in both the West and the Muslim world.Trade Review'Ibn Arabi and the Contemporary West tells several remarkable and intertwined stories. In the context of Islamic Studies, it recounts the recent transmission of universal spiritual teachings that were once central to the spread of Islam as a world religion and civilization, but then were lost and often rejected in the aftermath of colonialism, to the UK and the wider English-speaking world; and it concludes with the unexpected ways that spiritual heritage is now being rediscovered by new generations across the Muslim world. In that new, global setting, this study also sketches the background of the multi-faceted, increasingly global adaptation of Ibn 'Arabi's teachings - which for centuries had helped integrate and inspire the burgeoning creative expressions of the Islamic humanities and spirituality across Asia and Africa - by contemporary artists and thinkers working in many of those same fields today: including philosophy, ecology, architecture, psychology, spirituality, and religious thought. And on a more human, immediate level, this is the story of the lasting inspiration and personal influences of a single quiet spiritual teacher and those he inspired, detailing the formation, teachings, and expanding development and outreach of the Beshara movement.' Professor J. W. Morris, Boston CollegeTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Bulent Rauf 2. The Beshara Trust: Early Years 3. Chisholme and Sherborne: The Introduction of Structured Residential Courses 4. An Introduction to the Texts and Teachings of Ibn 'Arabi Used for Study by the Beshara School 5. Recent Beshara Education: The Curses and their Aims 6. Student experiences During and Following the Courses 7. The Pilgrimage through Turkey 8. Outreach 9. The Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society Conclusion
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Ibn Arabi and the Contemporary West: Beshara and
Book SynopsisThe influence of Ibn 'Arabi, the 12th century Andalusian mystic philosopher extended beyond the Muslim world from Spain, to China, to Indonesia. Interest in Ibn 'Arabi in the west has grown over the last century. "Ibn Arabi and the Contemporary West" examines 'Arabi's teachings through the work of the Beshara Trust and the Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society. The study investigates how the Beshara School has used Ibn 'Arabi's teachings in assisting a range of students from around the world towards personal, spiritual development and how the Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society has evolved into an international organisation with increasing influence in both the West and the Muslim world.Trade Review'Ibn Arabi and the Contemporary West tells several remarkable and intertwined stories. In the context of Islamic Studies, it recounts the recent transmission of universal spiritual teachings that were once central to the spread of Islam as a world religion and civilization, but then were lost and often rejected in the aftermath of colonialism, to the UK and the wider English-speaking world; and it concludes with the unexpected ways that spiritual heritage is now being rediscovered by new generations across the Muslim world. In that new, global setting, this study also sketches the background of the multi-faceted, increasingly global adaptation of Ibn 'Arabi's teachings - which for centuries had helped integrate and inspire the burgeoning creative expressions of the Islamic humanities and spirituality across Asia and Africa - by contemporary artists and thinkers working in many of those same fields today: including philosophy, ecology, architecture, psychology, spirituality, and religious thought. And on a more human, immediate level, this is the story of the lasting inspiration and personal influences of a single quiet spiritual teacher and those he inspired, detailing the formation, teachings, and expanding development and outreach of the Beshara movement.' Professor J. W. Morris, Boston CollegeTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Bulent Rauf 2. The Beshara Trust: Early Years 3. Chisholme and Sherborne: The Introduction of Structured Residential Courses 4. An Introduction to the Texts and Teachings of Ibn 'Arabi Used for Study by the Beshara School 5. Recent Beshara Education: The Curses and their Aims 6. Student experiences During and Following the Courses 7. The Pilgrimage through Turkey 8. Outreach 9. The Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society Conclusion
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century British
Book SynopsisThis dictionary of 17th-century British philosophers construes "philosophy" as wide in scope including not just logic, metaphysics, ethics and epistemology, but those many aspects of religion, politics, mathematics and science that are of philosophical importance. There are entries for over 400 figures: Bacon, Hobbes and Locke, as well asd Digby, Cudworth and Glanvill. But there are also entries on John Lilburne the leveller, Robert Ferguson "the potter" and Thomas Tyron, an early vegetarian. The broad scope also allows inclusion of many figures well known to historians of other disciplines. The "Dictionary" has entries on mathematicians such as Napier and Oughtred, Barrow and Wallis; natural scientists like Hooker and Chillingworth, Baxter and Stillingfleet; writers like Milton and Marvell, Dryden and Defoe. All these figures are of philosophical importance and interest.
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Verso Books In a Materialist Way: Selected Essays
Book SynopsisBest known for his work in literary criticism, Pierre Macherey has, over the past two decades, produced a series of original philosophical works. This first collection of his philosophical writings to be published in English discloses the full range of Macherey's interventions, testifying to his signal status as one of France's leading philosophers. In a Materialist Way ranges over Macherey's writings on philosophy and theory, critiques of the work of major figures in contemporary French thought such as Lacan, Foucoult and Canguilhem, and analyses of the work of Spinoza. It reveals to English-speaking audiences what has long been common knowlege in France: that Pierre Macherey is among the most fertile, imaginative and subtle of contemporary philosophers.Trade ReviewThree decades ago, the work of Pierre Macherey helped to change the face of literary studies. In this volume, he reappears in his more customary persona of philosopher rather than literary theorist, retaining all of his materialist rigour but widening his intellectual range. This fascinating set of encounters with Hegel, Lacan, Foucault, Spinoza and others is the record of a subtle, independent, powerfully demystifying mind, as well as an historic document in the after-life of so-called Althusserian Marxism. -- Terry Eagleton
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Clinamen Press Ltd Kant after Derrida
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Medical World of Margaret Cavendish: A Critical Edition
Book SynopsisThis book is the first transcription and extensive commentary on a fascinating but almost entirely overlooked manuscript compilation of medical recipes and letters, which is held in the University of Nottingham. Collected by the Marquess and Marchioness of Newcastle, William and Margaret Cavendish, during the 1640s and 1650s, this manuscript features letters of advice, recipes, and sundry philosophical and medical reflections by some of the most formidable and influential physicians, philosophers, and courtly scholars of the early seventeenth century. These include “Europe’s physician” Theodore de Mayerne, the adventurer and courtier Kenelm Digby, and the natural philosopher, poet, and playwright Margaret Cavendish. While the transcription and accompanying annotations will allow a diverse array of readers to appreciate the manuscript for the first time, the introduction situates the Cavendishes’ recipe collecting habits, medical preoccupations, natural philosophical views, and politics within their social, cultural, and philosophical contexts, and draws out some of the most significant implications of this important document.Table of Contents Introduction Composition and Manuscript History Content Context Ingredients Notable Recipes The Transcription Appendices
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