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Cambridge University Press Goodness and Justice
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Cambridge University Press Ayn Rands Normative Ethics
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Cambridge University Press Heine
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Cambridge University Press Morality in the Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Feng Shui
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Cambridge University Press Rethinking the Ontological Argument
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Derrida
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Cambridge University Press Freud An Intellectual Biography
Book SynopsisFreud's enduring appeal, as a thinker and as an individual, extends to both general readers and professionals. This highly readable biography, the first in English since 1998, addresses current issues in psychoanalysis, philosophy, gender studies, and social theory from a Freudian perspective, and illuminates the life of the man himself.Trade Review'This is a brilliant book that combines psychoanalytic thinking and intellectual history to demonstrate that Freud remains central to current debates not only in psychoanalysis, but also in cultural theory, philosophy and gender studies. With his expertise in psychoanalytic theory, Joel Whitebook elucidates the development of Freud's thinking and presents a radically new way of reading him. He appropriates insights from feminism, pre-Oedipal theory, and clinical experience with non-neurotic patients to transform our picture of the founder of the field. When one focuses on early development, the maternal presence and the repudiation of femininity, Freud no longer appears as another dead white male, but as a vital thinker whose ideas have important consequences for the contemporary world.' Christine Anzieu-Premmereur, Director of the Columbia University Psychoanalytic Center's Parent-Infant Program, and member of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute and of the Société Psychanalytique de Paris'Whitebook has written a distinctive kind of intellectual biography, with a rich and complex agenda, which is far from reproducing those already available. He offers a perspective on Freud that incorporates new developments in psychoanalytic thinking and integrates psychoanalysis with broader philosophical trajectories. The result is outstanding: a biography with intellectual force that captivates its reader.' Sebastian Gardner, University College London'Despite all attempts to bury him, Freud remains the ultimate revenant, haunting the twenty-first century at a time when all the best efforts to outgrow our self-incurred immaturity have come to naught. Drawing on his sustained experience as a practicing psychoanalyst and deep immersion in contemporary theory, Joel Whitebook shows how relevant many of Freud's ideas remain. By linking critical elements of Freud's thought with crucial aspects of his life - his vexed relationship with his mother, troubled friendships with Fliess and Jung, ambivalent response to war, and ruminations on mortality - he offers a fresh and insightful reading, neither excessively pious nor reductively dismissive, of a thinker we are only beginning to understand and from whom much is still to be learned.' Martin Jay, Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley'With the clinical acumen of an analyst and the intellectual rigor of a philosopher, Joel Whitebook gives us a Freud for our disenchanted but perhaps a bit wiser times. Never minimizing the greatness of the thinker or the magnitude of his achievement, Whitebook makes extensive and judicious use of the recent scholarly critiques of the man and his work, as well as of the expanded scope of psychoanalysis that has deepened, augmented, and where necessary corrected Freud's own inaugural discoveries and formulations, pursuing his inquiry with Freud's own ideal of the relentless pursuit of the truth. In the resulting brilliant study of the intertwining of the life and the work, we recognize a very human Freud with outsized gifts and equally outsized flaws and limitations, neither idealized nor condemned for his very real but comprehensible weaknesses and blind spots, but understood in the light of analytic neutrality in the best sense.' Robert Paul, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Emory University, Atlanta'The distinguished psychoanalytic scholar and analyst Joel Whitebook's lively new intellectual biography of Freud gives us a strikingly plausible view of its subject. With special attention to Freud's tangled family circumstances in childhood, Whitebook evokes a figure of the 'dark enlightenment,' committed to the ideal of scientific inquiry yet fully aware of the irrationalities, even the pre-oedipal ones, to which the enquiring mind is subject. Whitebook reads this attitude in relation to Freud's personal and professional 'break with tradition.' He also engages with the feminist critique of Freud by pursuing the theme of 'the missing mother,' the absence of women as protagonists in any of Freud's key dramas being, in his view, a submerged but haunting presence occasioned by the disappearance or 'psychological death' of his earliest caregivers. This book is well worth promoting to the top of the queue on anyone's Freud reading list.' Paul Fry, William Lampson Professor of English, Yale University'Joel Whitebook presents to us an extraordinary new biography of Freud. In contrast to the classical biographies he is in a position to use our current psychoanalytic knowledge on the early development of the child and the early mother-child relationship to show the development of Freud's personality and his theoretical work in a new light. The missing of the maternal dimension in the unfolding of his ideas was one of the most important consequences of Freud's early traumatic experiences for his thinking. With his profound psychoanalytic and philosophical knowledge, great empathy and integrative strength Whitebook brilliantly describes the central motifs, the creative ways and also the wrong tracks in the development of Freud's theoretical thinking, confronting it with critical issues in contemporary psychoanalysis and philosophy … His book is a masterpiece.' Werner Bohleber, author of Destructiveness, Intersubjectivity, and Trauma: The Identity Crisis of Modern Psychoanalysis and editor of Psyche'Whitebook is fascinating on the historical theme of 'the break with tradition' both in 19th century intellectual life and in Jewish history.' Jane O'Grady, Daily Telegraph'An elegant foray into the man and his mind … rich and illuminating.' Lisa Appignanesi, The Guardian'At almost 500 pages and supported with extensive footnotes, the book is a treasure trove for readers who want to better understand one of the most significant and prolific minds of the last 150 years.' Mike Phelps, Simply Charly (www.simplycharly.com)'… it should be mandatory reading for graduate students in the field of psychiatry.' C. D. Quyn, San Francisco Book Review (www.sanfranciscobookreview.com)'… strongly argued, well-informed … a sensitive account.' Stephen Frosh, Jewish Chronicle'The book is a readable, enjoyable and well-documented biography of Freud that summarizes current scholarship, and makes good use of recently published archival materials.' Metapsychology'This book is more than merely a descriptive path through Freud's life. More accurately, it is a case study of Freud's life using the ideas that Freud pioneered. Many sources are traditional and historical, but Whitebook also expertly incorporates recent publications in the area of Freud studies - whose emergence shows no sign of abating.' Choice'Professor Whitebook is an insightful scholar and a remarkably readable writer and he has skillfully steered his way between the hagiographers and the 'Freud bashers'. He always has an eye for the telling detail.' The Quarterly Review''Does the world need another biography of Sigmund Freud?' Perhaps no longer, for Whitebook has covered an extraordinary amount of territory. What one is left with upon closing the covers of this 'intellectual biography', it should be further noted, is something more than an identification of the sociocultural milieu in question, something more than a drawing out of the interrelation of the life and work of the subject, and something more than a comprehensive investigation into the historical implications of each: one is left, whether or not it was the author's intention, with an ever deepening sense of compassion for one of the greatest thinkers, founders even, of the modern era.' Lois Oppenheim, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic AssociationTable of Contents1. Wandering Jews - from Galicia to Vienna; 2. Freud's Bildung; 3. Science as vocation; 4. Starting out in Vienna; 5. A theoretical excursus; 6. 'Dear magician'; 7. Becoming the first psychoanalyst; 8. Jung and the Counter-Enlightenment; 9. Exorcising the 'Odium Jungian'; 10. 'What is painful may none the less be real' - loss, mourning, and Ananke; 11. Making sense of the death instinct; 12. Leaving heaven to the angels and the sparrows - Freud's critique of religion; 13. Late Freud and the early mother.
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Cambridge University Press Schopenhauer
Book SynopsisA new translation of Schopenhauer's collection of popular philosophical essays, featuring a substantial introduction explaining the context of the essays, and extensive editorial notes on the different published versions of the work. Essential for those studying Schopenhauer, the history of philosophy, and nineteenth-century German philosophy.Table of ContentsGeneral editor's preface; Editorial notes and references; Introduction; Notes on text and translation; Chronology; Bibliography; Parerga and Paralipomena: Volume 1; Preface; Sketch of a history of the doctrine of the Ideal and the Real; Fragments for the history of philosophy; On university philosophy; Transcendent speculation on the apparent deliberateness in the fate of the individual; Essay on spirit-seeing and related issues; Aphorisms on the wisdom of life; Versions of Schopenhauer's text; Glossary of names.
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Cambridge University Press Schopenhauer
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Cambridge University Press Taming the Leviathan The Reception of the Political and Religious Ideas of Thomas Hobbes in England 16401700 82 Ideas in Context Series Number 82
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Cambridge University Press Nirvana Concept Imagery Narrative
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Cambridge University Press Kierkegaard Concluding Unscientific Postscript Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Kant Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime and Other Writings Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Wittgensteins Philosophical Investigations A Critical Guide Cambridge Critical Guides
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Cambridge University Press Hobbes and Republican Liberty
Book SynopsisQuentin Skinner is one of the foremost historians in the world, and in Hobbes and Republican Liberty he offers a dazzling comparison of two rival theories about the nature of human liberty. This book complements Professor Skinner's Liberty before Liberalism, and is a work of similar breadth and power.Trade Review'… Skinner breathes new life into historical Republican thinking… Skinner's explanation of the exposition gives logical shape to Hobbes - Skinner gets down the polemical force of 'Leviathan' and sets it free. … Skinner's circumspection reconstructs Hobbes' arguments, and proves that James Harrington was right in his criticism of Hobbes - his won evidence puts his 'freedom theory' to blame. A definition is not a demonstration.' Frankfurther Allgemeine Zeitung' … characteristically lucid, elegant and, on its own terms, persuasive.' London Review of Books'It is not necessary to share Skinner's preoccupations or enthusiasms to recognise the virtues of this book. It is elegant and erudite.' The Times Literary Supplement'… when the Regius Professor of Modern History of Cambridge purports to offer a brand new reading of arguable the earliest significant work of English political philosophy, the mere possibility of centuries of conventional reading being set aside will prompt controversy and much deserved attention. … Skinner's new book offers us a concept of actual or practical human possibilities in our liberty or freedom that better identifies our natural and inalienable human rights than does a pure or absolute definition of liberty or freedom.' Supreme Court of Queensland Library Review of Books'… surely a valuable contribution to the existing body of Hobbes scholarship. Rich in well-documented references to figures of slight repute, but whose influence on Hobbes's thought can hardly be disregarded, this work doubtlessly constitutes one of the most important accounts of the Hobbesian idea of freedom … this excellent book does itself contribute significantly to our understanding of Hobbes's notion of 'liberty' in the framework of his oeuvre and as such ought to take an important place in the existing body of Hobbes literature.' CEU Political Science JournalTable of ContentsIllustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on the text; Preface; 1. Introductory: Hobbes's humanist beginnings; 2. The Elements of Law: liberty described; 3. The Elements of Law: liberty circumscribed; 4. De cive: liberty defined; 5. Leviathan: liberty redefined; 6. Liberty and political obligation; Bibliographies; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Karl Popper The Formative Years 19021945 Politics and Philosophy in Interwar Vienna
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Cambridge University Press Space and the Self in Humes Treatise
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Cambridge University Press Human Nature and Historical Knowledge
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Cambridge University Press James Fitzjames Stephen
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Cambridge University Press The Social and Political Thought of R. G. Collingwood
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Cambridge University Press Gramsci and the History of Dialectical Thought
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Cambridge University Press Morals Motivation and Convention
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Cambridge University Press Fichtes Transcendental Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Hegel Nietzsche and the Criticism of Metaphysics
Book SynopsisThis study of Hegel and Nietzsche evaluates and compares their work through their common criticism of the metaphysics for operating with conceptual oppositions such as being/becoming and egoism/altruism.Table of ContentsPreface; Abbreviations and translations; 1. The Hegel–Nietzsche debate; 2. Nietzsche's view of Hegel; 3. Nietzsche and metaphysics; 4. Hegel and metaphysics; 5. Speculative thought and language in Hegel's philosophy; 6. Hegel's conception of the judgement; 7. Context and the immanence of rationality in Hegel's Phenomenology; 8. Hegel and Nietzsche on tragedy; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Nietzsches Dangerous Game
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Cambridge University Press Essays on Henry Sidgwick
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Cambridge University Press The Rehabilitation of Myth
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Cambridge University Press Husserls Crisis of the European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology An Introduction Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts
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Cambridge University Press Kierkegaards Concluding Unscientific Postscript A Critical Guide Cambridge Critical Guides
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Cambridge University Press Kants Moral and Legal Philosophy The German Philosophical Tradition
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Cambridge University Press History and Historiography in Classical Utilitarianism 18001865
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Cambridge University Press Olympe de Gouges
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Cambridge University Press Mary Shepherd
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Cambridge University Press The Politics Of Beauty
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Cambridge University Press Kants Late Philosophy of Nature
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Cambridge University Press Hegels Phenomenology of Spirit
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to the Philosophy of Spinoza
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Cambridge University Press Nísia Floresta
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Cambridge University Press Frances Power Cobbe
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Cambridge University Press Modern Jewish Philosophy and the Politics of
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Cambridge University Press Philosophical Connections
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Cambridge University Press Aquinas on Efficient Causation and Causal Powers
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Cambridge University Press Heideggers Interpretation of Kant
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Cambridge University Press The Making of the Doric Temple
Book SynopsisIn this volume, Gabriel Zuchtriegel revisits the idea of Doric architecture as the paradigm of architectural and artistic evolutionism. Bringing together old and new archaeological data, some for the first time, he posits that Doric architecture has little to do with a wood-to-stone evolution. Rather, he argues, it originated in tandem with a disruptive shift in urbanism, land use, and colonization in Archaic Greece. Zuchtriegel presents momentous architectural change as part of a broader transformation that involved religion, politics, economics, and philosophy. As Greek elites colonized, explored, and mapped the Mediterranean, they sought a new home for the gods in the changing landscapes of the sixth-century BC Greek world. Doric architecture provided an answer to this challenge, as becomes evident from parallel developments in architecture, art, land division, urban planning, athletics, warfare, and cosmology. Building on recent developments in geography, gender, and postcolonial studies, this volume offers a radically new interpretation of architecture and society in Archaic Greece.Table of Contents1. Introduction: explaining architectural change; 2. Korkyra: contextualizing early Doric architecture; 3. Foce del Sele: mythical and colonial landscapes; 4. Selinous: urbanizations and temple building; 5. Delphi: architecture and panhellenism.
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Cambridge University Press Interpreting Adam Smith
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Cambridge University Press Hegel and the Representative Constitution
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