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Book SynopsisThe Universal (In the realm of the sensible) proposes a radical, new philosophical system that moves from ontology to ethics.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 Philosophy and the Limits of Difference Chapter 2 'A Place of Love and Mystery' Chapter 3 'Love and Hatred' Chapter 4 'Under Western Eyes' Chapter 5 Passive Restraint Chapter 6 In the Realm of the Sensible Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume combines articles on the ethics, epistemology and ontology of Plato and the influence of his thinking on Aristotle and beyond.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. What is the Form of the Good the Form of?: A Question about the Plot of the Republic; Terry Penner; 2. Glaucon's Challenge, Rational Egoism and Ordinary Morality; Lesley Brown; 3. Thrasymachean Rulers, Altruistic Rulers and Socratic Rulers; Antonio Chu; 4. Neutralism in Book 1 of the Republic; George Rudebusch; 5. The Good, Advantage, Happiness, and the Form of the Good: How Continuous with Socratic Ethics is Platonic Ethics?; Terry Penner; 6. The Form of the Good and the Good in Plato's Republic; Christopher Rowe; 7. Flourishing: The Central Concept of Practical Thought; Richard Kraut; 8. Is Plato's Conception of the Form of the Good Contradictory?; Gerhard Seel; 9. The Good, Essences and Relations; Andrew Mason; 10. The Idea of the Good and the Other Forms in Plato's Republic; Fritz-Gregor Herrmann; 11. The Aporia in the Charmides about Reflexive Knowledge and the Contribution to its Solution in the Sun-Analogy of the Republic; Vasilis Politis; 12. The Good and Mathematics; Christopher Gill; 13. The Good and Order: Does the Republic Display an Analogy Between a Science of Ethics and Mathematics?; Rachana Kamtekar; 14. Inquiry and Justification in the Search for the Highest Good in Plato and Aristotle; Mariana Anagnostopoulos; 15. The Carpenter and the Good; Rachel Barney; 16. Conversion or Conversation?: A Note on Plato's Philosophical Methods; Timothy Chappell; Index.

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Book SynopsisBringing together a group of internationally renowned theorists, the volume asks: has there been an ethical turn in Judith Butlers work or is the increasing emphasis on ethics the culmination of ideas in her earlier work? How do ethics relate to politics in her work, and how do they connect to her increasing concern with violence, war and conflict?

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Book SynopsisBrings Deleuze and Guattari's work into conversation with the philosophy of nature. As the spatial orientation of the philosophy of nature is critiqued, this book shows that a philosophy of time is a more adequate guide to nature. It reformulates the philosophy of nature in terms of time and technology.

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Book SynopsisIllustrates and addresses the breadth of Deleuze's post Kantian influences and engagements. This volume explores under developed encounters in Deleuzian thought and advances novel readings of established problematics. It focuses on philosophical encounters in Deleuze's texts.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction - Deleuze and Post Kantian Thought: Method, Ideas and Aesthetics; Daniela Voss and Craig Lundy; Part I. Deleuze, Kant and Maimon; 1. Deleuze, Kant and the Transcendental Field Daniel W. Smith; 2. The Problematic Idea, Neo Kantianism and Maimon's Role in Deleuze's Thought Anne Sauvagnargues; 3. Maimon, Kant, Deleuze: The Concepts of Difference and Intensive Magnitude Daniela Voss; 4. Deleuze and Kant's Critique of Judgment Beth Lord; Part II. Deleuze, Romanticism and Idealism; 5. What is a Literature of War?: Kleist, Kant, and Nomadology Brent Adkins; 6. The Calculable Law of Tragic Representation and the Unthinkable: Rhythm, Caesura, and Time, from Holderlin to Deleuze Arkady Plotnitsky; 7. Ground, Transcendence, and Method in Deleuze's Fichte Joe Hughes; 8. 'The magic formula we all seek': Spinoza + Fichte = x Frederick Amrine; 9. State Philosophy and the War Machine Nathan Widder; 10. Tragedy and Agency in Hegel and Deleuze Sean Bowden; Part III. Deleuzian Lines of Post Kantian Thought; 11. Schopenhauer and Deleuze Alistair Welchman; 12. Feuerbach and the Image of Thought Henry Somers Hall; 13. Deleuze's 'Power of Decision', Kant's = X, and Husserl's Noema Jay Lampert; 14. Kant's Bastards: Deleuze and Lyotard Gregg Lambert; 15. Chronos is Sick: Deleuze, Antonioni, and the Kantian Lineage of Modern Cinema; Gregory Flaxman; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together a team of international specialists on Deleuze and Guattari to provide in-depth critical studies of each plateau of their major work, 'A Thousand Plateaus'. It combines an overview of the text with deep scholarship and brings a renewed focus on the philosophical significance of their project.

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Book SynopsisThis study examines in depth Gadamer's relation to Heidegger, looking at the ways in which Gadamer positively appropiates central elements of Heidegger's work, as well as the way he extends Heidegger's critique of Western metaphysics.Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 Note on Translation Part 3 Abbreviations Part 4 Introduction Part 5 The Modernist Left: Haberman's Critique of Gadamer I Chapter 6 Background to the Debate Chapter 7 Points of Agreement Chapter 8 Points of Disagreement Part 9 The Modernist Left: Haberman's Critique og Gadamer II Chapter 10 Haberman's Criticism of Gadamer: Tradition and Hermeneutical Reflection Chapter 11 Gadamer's Rehabilitation of the Concept of Tradition Chapter 12 A Defence Against the Charge of Subjectivism: Gadamer's Model of Dialogue Part 13 The Postmodern Critique: Vattimo's Reading of the Gadamer Chapter 14 Vattimo's Reading og Gadamer: The Soziales Einverstandnis Chapter 15 Soziales Eiverstandnis and the Linguisticality of Understanding Chapter 16 The Importance of Practical Judgement Part 17 Heidegger and the Cririque of the Traditional Concept of the Language Chapter 18 Metaphysics and the Question of Being: The Early Critique Chapter 19 The Turn to Language: The Position of Poetry Part 20 Gadamer's Appropriation of Heidegger: Languauge and the Achievement of Continuity Chapter 21 Language as Experience of the World Chapter 22 Language as Medium Chapter 23 Gadamer's Distance from Heidegger: Language as Self-Presentation and the Dialectical Concept of the Continuity Chapter 24 Against Languauge on the Model of Poetry: Language as Self-Presentation Chapter 25 Gadamer's Dialectical Conception of Continuity Part 26 Conclusion Part 27 Bibliography Part 28 Index Part 29 About the Author

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Book SynopsisIndigenous Education and the Metaphysics of Presence: A worlded philosophy explores a notion of education called worldedness' that sits at the core of indigenous philosophy. This is the idea that any one thing is constituted by all others and is, therefore, educational to the extent that it is formational. A suggested opposite of this indigenous philosophy is the metaphysics of presence, which describes the tendency in dominant Western philosophy to privilege presence over absence. This book compares these competing philosophies and argues that, even though the metaphysics of presence and the formational notion of education are at odds with each other, they also constitute each other from an indigenous worlded philosophical viewpoint.Drawing on both Maori and Western philosophies, this book demonstrates how the metaphysics of presence is both related and opposed to the indigenous notion of worldedness. Mika explains that presence seeks to fragment things in thTrade Review'Indigenous Education and the Metaphysics of Presence articulates a fundamental challenge to western thought, namely, the deep implicancy (entanglement), which is the core of Indigenous Metaphysics. By collapsing the distinctions between the self, the idea, and the things of the world, Carl Mika beautifully and powerfully exposes the poverty of the mode of thinking that cannot but hold everything hostage to its deadly yearn for (self-)determination. This book is a mandatory reading for anyone interested in what becomes of thought and existence when contemplated beyond the limits of modern western philosophy.' - Denise Ferreira da Silva, Director, The Social Justice Institute (GRSJ), University of British Columbia, Canada'In centring Maori thought encompassing holism and the metaphysical, Mika clearly demonstrates that Indigenous ways of knowing and being are interconnected and relational, which fundamentally counters the colonial project of homogenization, assimilation, and genocide. In having a dual conversation between philosophy and education, he clearly articulates why the dominant Western perception of an object fundamentally continues to fail Indigenous students due to the inherent contradictions between Indigenous and Western thought, philosophy, and language. And, finally, in centring his Maori voice within Indigenous philosophy, Mika provides a counter-narrative to colonization. This book demonstrates the unique philosophical relationships as a Maori and the relationality and interconnectedness to other Indigenous voices and nations. It is a text that will engage, enlighten, and empower Indigenous thought and transform educational systems.' - Michelle Pidgeon, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, CanadaTable of Contents1. Introduction2. An Indigenous Philosophy of Worldedness3. Ako: A Maori Example of Worldedness4. An Indigenous Dialogue with Heidegger: The Consequences of Presence5. Presence, the Maori Student and Writer/Critic, and Ako: Novalis and Derrida6. Cause for Optimism?

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Book SynopsisThis is the first English-language anthology to provide a compendium of primary source material on the sublime. The book takes a chronological approach, covering the earliest ancient traditions up through the early and late modern periods and into contemporary theory. It takes an inclusive, interdisciplinary approach to this key concept in aesthetics and criticism, representing voices and traditions that have often been excluded. As such, it will be of use and interest across the humanities and allied disciplines, from art criticism and literary theory, to gender and cultural studies and environmental philosophy. The anthology includes brief introductions to each selection, reading or discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, a bibliography and index making it an ideal text for building a course around or for further study. The book's apparatus provides valuable context for exploring the history and contemporary views of the sublime.Trade ReviewRobert Clewis has done heroic work in collecting the full range of important materials about the sublime from philosophy, art history, poetry, and criticism and in ably introducing them. This collection makes it possible for the first time to think systematically about special experiences of excitation, threat, and accession to power in a time when, for better and for worse, disruption looms large in many cultural and political agendas. * Richard Eldridge, Charles and Harriett Cox McDowell Professor of Philosophy, Swarthmore College, USA *The Sublime Reader is a much needed first comprehensive anthology dedicated to the aesthetic sublime. The texts are masterfully selected with a view to covering a long history, from ancient to contemporary works in Western and Eastern aesthetic traditions, and to presenting a wide range of accounts of the experience and judgment of natural and artistic sublimity. This is an invaluable resource for students, instructors, the general audience seeking depth and breadth in the fascinating subject of the sublime. * Uygar Abaci, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, The Pennsylvania State University, USA *The Sublime Reader fills a long-standing gap in the available resources for teaching and thinking about aesthetics. It is the first collection of extracts that sets ancient treatments of beauty, awe or wonder into dialogue with the more familiar eighteenth-century European discussion of the sublime and our own contemporary debates about the effects and value of aesthetic form and objects. This collection will expand the field as its deft and thoughtful juxtapositions stimulate further explorations in our understanding of what it means to be struck by wonder. * Peter de Bolla, Professor of Cultural History and Aesthetics, University of Cambridge, UK *The Sublime Reader is a unique collection of readings from the entire breadth of historical and contemporary philosophical traditions on one of the most exciting topics in aesthetics. It is also unique in its coverage of contributions by writers from literature and the arts. The editor's clear introductions and stimulating study questions make this an ideal teaching tool. This book could be the text for an entire course in aesthetics or an invaluable resource for other courses in the field. * Paul Guyer, Jonathan Nelson Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, Brown University, USA *The Sublime Reader is a much-needed compendium of both classic and underappreciated texts that, together, depict the origins and genealogy of this compelling idea. Robert Clewis has spent many years thinking and writing about the sublime, and this thoughtful and inclusive selection of cross-disciplinary primary materials is the best I’ve seen. * Andrew Chignell, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor in Religion, Philosophy, and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University, USA *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments: Sources Acknowledgments Note on the Texts Editor’s Introduction Part I. Ancient 1.Longinus, from On Sublimity 2.Bharata-Muni, from Na?yasastra Part II. Postclassical 3.Guo Xi, from The Interest of Lofty Forests and Springs 4.Zeami Motokiyo, “Notes on the Nine Levels” 5.Francesco Petrarca, “The Ascent of Mont Ventoux” Part III. Modern 6.Nicolas Boileau Despréaux, from “Preface to his Translation of Longinus On the Sublime” 7.John Dennis, from The Grounds of Criticism in Poetry 8.Giambattista Vico, “On the Heroic Mind” 9.Edmund Burke, from A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful 10.Moses Mendelssohn, from “On the Sublime and Naive in the Fine Sciences” 11.Elizabeth Carter, from Letters from Mrs. Elizabeth Carter to Mrs. Montagu 12.Immanuel Kant, from Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime 13.Anna Aiken (Anna Letitia Barbauld), “On the Pleasure Derived from Objects of Terror” 14.Mary Wollstonecraft, from A Vindication of the Rights of Men 15.Immanuel Kant, from Critique of the Power of Judgment and Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View 16.Friedrich Schiller, “Of the Sublime (Toward the Further Development of Some Kantian Ideas)” 17.Anna Seward, Letter to Rev. Dr. Gregory 18.Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance 19.Helen Maria Williams, from A Tour in Switzerland Part IV. Late Modern 20.William Wordsworth, “The Sublime and the Beautiful” 21.Mary Shelley, from Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus 22.Arthur Schopenhauer, from The World as Will and Representation 23.Georg W. F. Hegel, “Symbolism of the Sublime” 24.Richard Wagner, from “Beethoven” 25.Friedrich Nietzsche, from The Birth of Tragedy, Joyful Wisdom, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra 26.Rudolf Otto, from The Idea of the Holy Part V. Contemporary 27.Barnett Newman, “The Sublime is Now” 28.Julia Kristeva, from Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection 29.Fredric Jameson, from “Postmodernism, or the Logic of Late Capitalism” 30.Jean-François Lyotard, “The Sublime and the Avant-Garde” 31.Meg Armstrong, from “‘The Effects of Blackness’: Gender, Race, and the Sublime in Aesthetic Theories of Burke and Kant” 32.Cynthia A. Freeland, “The Sublime in Cinema” 33.Arthur Danto, “Beauty and Sublimity” 34.Vladimir J. Konecni, “The Aesthetic Trinity: Awe, Being Moved, Thrills” 35.Jane Forsey, “Is a Theory of the Sublime Possible?” 36.Sandra Shapshay, “Commentary on Jane Forsey’s ‘Is a Theory of the Sublime Possible?’” 37.Robert R. Clewis, “Towards A Theory of the Sublime and Aesthetic Awe” 38.Emily Brady, “The Environmental Sublime” Chapter Summaries Bibliography Index Illustrations 1.Guo Xi, Early Spring, 1072 2.Barnett Newman, Onement I, 1948 3.Barnett Newman, Vir Heroicus Sublimis, 1950-1951 4.Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, c. 1817

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Book SynopsisItalian philosophy constitutes one of the most vibrant and fruitful areas in contemporary thought, bringing extraordinary novelty to some of the oldest tropes, from human nature to the relation between political power and life, the thinking of actuality and potential, and the nature of work and labour. This reader includes texts by the most renowned thinkers, from Dante and Machiavelli to Giorgio Agamben, Antonio Negri, and Roberto Esposito, all of which are introduced by an expert on the particular thinker, and situated within the context of their work as a whole.The Bloomsbury Italian Philosophy Reader provides a unique resource for students and scholars alike, covering the history of Italian thought to the present day.Trade ReviewThis welcome volume cohesively brings together some of the major thinkers of the history of Italian philosophy, from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance to the contemporary period. Readings are introduced by brief informative essays written by specialists that act as useful philosophical mind-maps for readers. The excerpts from primary writings capture central positions and ideas that have come to shape and influence readers and thinkers from around the world. The book helps provide an important survey of the rich and varied schools that have come to form Italian philosophy. * Antonio Calcagno, Professor and Chair of Philosophy, King’s University College at Western University, Canada *This volume brings welcome attention to an important tradition in Continental Philosophy which has too often remained in the shadows of its French and German neighbours. Italian philosophy appears here as political, practical, and transformative; intimately close to the concerns of life. * Ashley Woodward, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Dundee, Scotland *Table of ContentsIntroduction, Michael Lewis and David Rose (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) Part I: The Historical Context 1. Dante 2. Pico della Mirandola 3. Niccolò Machiavelli 4. Giordano Bruno 5. Giambattista Vico 6. Benedetto Croce 7. Giovanni Gentile 8. Antonio Gramsci 9. Phenomenology and Marxism in Milan 10. Luigi Pareyson Part II: Contemporary thinkers 11. Giorgio Agamben 12. Massimo Cacciari 13. Adriana Cavarero 14. Roberto Esposito 15. Silvia Federici 16. Maurizio Ferraris 17. Simona Forti 18. Maurizio Lazzarato 19. Christian Marazzi 20. Luisa Muraro 21. Antonio Negri 22. Massimo Recalcati 23. Emanuele Severino 24. Davide Tarizzo 25. Mario Tronti 26. Gianni Vattimo 27. Paolo Virno Timeline Index

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Book SynopsisSami Pihlström is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His previous publications include Pragmatic Pluralism and the Problem of God (2013) and Taking Evil Seriously (2014). He is a board member of the Central European Pragmatist Forum and the Nordic Pragmatism Network.Trade ReviewSolipsism, the idea that my self is the only thing that exists while everything else is a product of my mind, belongs among the most radical and most curious philosophical positions. Nonetheless, Sami Pihlström lucidly and convincingly argues that solipsism is in fact extraordinarily relevant to our ethical choices. His superb book compels us to seriously rethink fundamental existential issues. * Leszek Koczanowicz, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, SWPS University, Poland *Why Solipsism Matters is an intellectual joy/ Sami Pihlström demonstrates that Solipsism is no mere philosophical curiosity but is so intertwined with modern and contemporary modes of philosophy that direct refutation is not possible. His application of Wittgensteinean insights is breathtaking. The book challenges our common sense beliefs about self and reality and leads us to a self-critical vantage. * Kirill O. Thompson, Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University, Taiwan *Table of Contentsprelims 1. Introduction 1.1. Why Solipsism? 1.2. Some Varieties of Solipsism 2. Metaphysical and Skeptical Solipsism 2.1. Historical Preliminaries and Contemporary Issues 2.2. Classical Metaphysical and Epistemological Solipsism: The Cartesian Legacy 2.3. Methodological Solipsism 3. Transcendental Solipsism 3.1. Kantian Idealism: The Rise of the Transcendental Ego 3.2. Phenomenology and Intersubjectivity 3.3. Transcendental Solipsism in Wittgenstein 4. Refuting Solipsism 4.1. Arguing against Solipsism 4.2. Solipsism vs. Realism 5. The Relevance of Solipsism 5.1. Facing Otherness 5.2. Solipsism and Death bibliography index

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Book SynopsisJavier Cardoza-Kon is Lecturer in philosophy and communications at San Jose State University and California State University Monterey Bay, USA.Trade ReviewUnlike many scholars who have written on Heidegger, Cardoza-Kon brings to his discussion a deep knowledge of the intricate and subtle connections between Heidegger’s philosophy and his politics. This book will put to rest any doubts that Heidegger’s critique of western metaphysics is related to his far-right politics. -- Grant Havers, Professor of Philosophy and Political Studies, Trinity Western University, CanadaIn Heidegger’s Politics of Enframing: Technology and Responsibility Javier Cardoza-Kon examines the political and ethical dimensions of Martin Heidegger’s late period. Utilizing an unorthodox approach, Cardoza-Kon articulates a two-tiered political structure that underlies the late Heidegger's thoughts on technology and constitutes the possibility of ethical life in the face of technological saturation. -- Carlos A. Sanchez, Professor of Philosophy, San Jose State University, USAJavier Cardoza-Kon offers a clear, patient, and insightful account of the relation between Heidegger's politics and his philosophy. Cardoza-Kon's explanation of how concrete political action is shaped by certain metaphysical assumptions is particularly illuminating, and his lucid overview of Heidegger’s thought from Being and Time to The Question Concerning Technology will be helpful to readers who are approaching Heidegger’s overtly political writings (and Heidegger’s decision to join the Nazis) for the first time. Finally, Cardoza-Kon's application of Heidegger's philosophy to our current use of internet technology indicates the importance of Heidegger's thought in an increasingly digitized world. -- Aaron James Wendland, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, RussiaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Cultural Identity and Two Politics Chapter 2: Polemos, Auseinandersetzung, and Unconcealment Chapter 3: Auseiandersetzung, Nietzsche, and the Politics of Nihilism Chapter 4: Technology and We Late-Moderns Chapter 5: Self Irony and Emancipation: Concluding Perspectives on Technology and Politics Afterword

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Book SynopsisExploring issues ranging from the metaphysical to the moral and legal, a team of esteemed contributors bring together some of the most important and cutting-edge findings in experimental philosophy of the self to address longstanding philosophical questions about personal identity, such as: What makes us today the same person as our childhood and future selves? Can certain changes transform us into a different person? Do our everyday moral practices presuppose a false account of who we are? Chapters offer a survey of recent empirical work and foster dialogue between experimental and traditional philosophical approaches to identity, covering the moral self, dual character concepts, true self, transformative experience and the identity conditions collective entities. With novel experiments and thought-provoking applications to practical concerns including law, immigration, bioethics and politics, this collection highlights the value and implications of empirical work on personal identityTrade ReviewTheories of personal identity are unavoidably based, in part, on intuitions about what changes we could and could not survive. But discovering what our intuitions really are and understanding what they show are difficult. The essays in this brilliant collection constitute the best work to date on these important issues. * Jeff McMahan, Sekyra and White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK *The last decade has seen an explosion of work on how people think about the self. Tobia’s outstanding collection provides an ideal introduction to the state-of-the-art and an impressive set of articles by leaders in the field. It will be essential reading for anyone working on the nature of self and personal identity. * Shaun Nichols, Professor of Philosophy, Cornell University, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction, Kevin Tobia (Georgetown University, USA) 1. For Who Do Moral Changes Matter? The Influence of Change Type, Direction, and Target on Judgments of Identity Persistence, Jim Everett (University of Kent, UK), Joshua Skorburg (Duke University, USA), Jordan Livingstone (University of Toronto, Canada), Vlad Chituc (Yale University, USA), and Molly Crockett (Yale University, USA) 2. Identity Crisis, Christina Starmans (University of Toronto, Canada) 3. Personal Identity and Dual Character Concepts, Josh Knobe (Yale University, USA) 4. What’s Left of Me? The Role of Self-Continuity in Decision Making and Judgments about Identity Persistence, Stephanie Chen (London Business School, UK) and Oleg Urminsky (University of Chicago, USA) 5. Personal Identity and Morality, Harold Noonan (University of Nottingham, UK) 6. The Whole Story: Identity and Narrative, Marya Schechtman (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) 7. What Matters in Psychological Continuity? Using Meditative Traditions to Identify Biases in Intuitions about Personal Persistence, Megan Sullivan (University of Notre Dame, USA) and Preston Greene (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) 8. Memory as Evidence of Personal Identity. A Study on Reincarnation Beliefs, Vilius Dranseika (Jagiellonian University, Poland) 9. The Importance of Morality for One’s Self-Concept Predicts Perceptions of Personal Change after Remembering Wrongdoings, Matthew Stanley (Duke University, USA) and Felipe de Brigard (Duke University, USA) 10. Uncomfortable Decisions, Paul Bloom (Yale University, USA) and Laurie Paul (Yale University, USA) 11. Experimental Philosophical Bioethics of Personal Identity, Brian Earp (University of Oxford, UK), Ivar Hannikainen (University of Granada, Spain), Joshua Skorburg (Duke University, USA), and Jim Everett (University of Kent, UK) 12. Authenticity as a Pathway to Coherence, Purpose, and Significance, Rebecca Schlegel (Texas A&M University, USA), Joshua Hicks (Texas A&M University, USA), Patricia N. Holte (Texas A&M University, USA), Joe Maffly-Kipp (Texas A&M University, USA), Devin Guthrie (Texas A&M University, USA) 13. Corporate Identity, Mihailis Diamantis (University of Iowa, USA) 14. The Essence of an Immigrant Identity: Children’s Pro-social Responses to Others Based on Perceived Ability and Desire to Change, James Dunlea (Columbia University, USA), Redeate Wolle (Columbia University, USA). and Larisa Heiphetz (Columbia University, USA) 15.“Human” Is an Essentially Political Category, David Livingstone Smith (University of New England, USA) Index

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Book SynopsisKant's Critique of Pure Reason has had, and continues to have, an enormous impact on modern philosophy. In this short, stimulating introduction, Michael Pendlebury explains Kant's major claims in the Critique, how they hang together, and how Kant supports them, clarifying the way in which his reasoning unfolds over the course of this groundbreaking work. Making Sense of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason concentrates on key parts of the Critique that are essential to a basic understanding of Kant's project and provides a sympathetic account of Kant's reasoning about perception, space, time, judgment, substance, causation, objectivity, synthetic a priori knowledge, and the illusions of transcendent metaphysics.The guiding assumptions of the book are that Kant is a humanist; that his reasoning in the Critique is driven by an interest in human knowledge and the cognitive capacities that underlie it; and that he is not a skeptic, but accepts that humanTrade ReviewI have finally found the book I need for my undergraduate classes on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. This clearly written, lively, engaging book explains and motivates central ideas in Kant’s famous, difficult work in a way that will be invaluable for anyone new to the Critique. * Lucy Allais, jointly appointed as Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University and the University of the Witwatersrand *A reliable and user-friendly introduction to Kant’s daunting masterpiece. Pendlebury treats the main topics of the first Critique in an order specifically chosen to aid comprehension. This book will be ideal for leisure readers and for teachers seeking a compact guide for undergraduate courses. But graduate students and seasoned scholars will also find much value in this rich and intelligent work. * Ian Proops, Professor in Early Modern Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, USA *This is a very impressive introduction to one of the most challenging works in the history of philosophy. Pendlebury writes fluidly and vividly, and gives the reader an opinionated view of the text that functions to reveal Kant’s insights in a clear and accessible way. Core arguments and central themes are handled with a confidence that will aid both the student approaching this text for the first time and those looking to deepen their understanding. * John Callanan, Reader in the Department of Philosophy, King's College London, UK *Table of ContentsPreface How to Use This Book Note on Citations of and Quotations from Kant’s Works 1. Background 1.1 The Basic Structure of Our World 1.2 Knowledge and Reality 1.3 The Critique of Pure Reason 2 The Preface and the Introduction: Two Types of Metaphysics 2.1 A Science of Metaphysics? (Bvii–xxxi) 2.2 A Priori Cognition (B1–10) 2.3 The Analytic/Synthetic Distinction (B10–12) 2.4 Synthetic a Priori Judgments and Knowledge (B12–24) 2.5 Transcendental Philosophy (B24–7) 3 The Transcendental Aesthetic: Sensibility, Space, and Time 3.1 Intuitions, Appearances, and the Forms of Sensibility (B33–7) 3.2 The Presentation of Space (B37–41) 3.3 The Reality of Space (B42–5) 3.4 The Presentation and Reality of Time (B46–58) 4 The Metaphysical Deduction: Judgments, Concepts, and Categories 4.1 Sensibility and Understanding (B74–6) 4.2 Concepts and Judgments (B91–4) 4.3 Forms of Judgment and Categories (B95–101 and 106–13) 4.4 Synthesis (B102–5) 5 The Analogies and the Postulates: Fundamental Principles about Substance, Causation, Community, and Modality 5.1 The System of Principles (B187–9, 193–203, and 207–8) 5.2 Experience and Objectivity (B218–24) 5.3 The First Analogy: Substance (B224–32) 5.4 The Second Analogy: Causation (B232–56) 5.5 The Third Analogy: Community (B256–62) 5.6 The Postulates: Possibility, Actuality, and Necessity (B265–74 and 279–82) 5.7 The Unity of Nature (B263–5) 6 The Transcendental Deduction: Why Intuitions Fall Under Categories 6.1 The Challenge (B116–29) 6.2 Apperception and Judgment: Why Intuitions Must Fall Under Categories (B129–43) 6.3 Interlude (B144–9 and 152–9) 6.4 Figurative Synthesis: Why Intuitions Can Fall Under Categories (B150–2 and 159–69) 6.5 Dreams, Hallucinations, and Seemings 7 The Schematism: How Intuitions Fall Under Categories (B176–87) 7.1 Transcendental Schemata as Criteria 7.2 Sensible and Empirical Schemata and the Synthesis of Imagination 7.3 Transcendental Schemata as Forms of Imaginative Synthesis 7.4 An Overview of Kant’s Account of Synthetic a Priori Knowledge 8 The Dialectic: The Limits of Speculative Reason 8.1 Ideas and Illusions (B368–75 and 390–3) 8.2 The Paralogisms: The Soul (B399–415 and 421–8) 8.3 The Antinomy: Nature (B432–48, 525–35, and 556–60) 8.4 The First Antinomy: The Limits of Nature (B454–7 and 545–51) 8.5 The Second Antinomy: The Divisibility of Substance (B462–5 and 551–5) 8.6 The Third Antinomy: Freedom and the Laws of Nature (B472–5 and 560–86) 8.7 The Fourth Antinomy: The Necessity of Nature (B480–3 and 587–95) 8.8 The Ideal: God (B595–619, 624–9, 632–4, 637–8, and 653–6) 8.9 The Regulative Function of Ideas (B670–9, 536–7, 644–8, and 708–16) 9 Taking Stock 9.1 Transcendental Idealism and Things in Themselves (B274–9 and 288–94) 9.2 Kant’s Achievement Notes Bibliography Index of Citations of Passages in the Critique of Pure Reason Index of Subjects and Names

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Book SynopsisPhilosophers approach the problem of possibility in two markedly different ways: with reference to worlds, whereby an event is possible if there is a world in which it occurs, and with reference to modal properties, whereby an event is a possible manifestation of a property of some substance or object.Showing how the world-account cannot properly explain the nature of possibilities within worlds, Ferenc Huoranszki argues that the latter approach is more plausible. He develops a theory of contingent possibilities grounded in a distinction between abilities and dispositions as real, first-order modal properties of objects, with fundamentally distinct ontological roles. By understanding abilities as first-order modal properties, and by linking such modal properties to counterfactual conditionals, Huoranszki argues we can distinguish between variably generic or specific abilities and identify more or less abstract possibilities in a world. In doing so, he furthers our understandingTrade ReviewThis book makes a worthwhile contribution to a serious ongoing debate in metaphysics. At times brilliant, The Metaphysics of Contingency has novel and challenging wisdom to offer on the nature and role of dispositions and powers that will interest both the Aristotelian and the Humean alike. Huoranszki’s account provides a worthy addition to a growing contemporary literature. * Stephen Mumford, Professor of Philosophy, Durham University, UK *Your coffee mug could have gotten broken when you accidentally dropped it on the floor this morning. Thank goodness it didn’t! But what makes it the case that there was such a contingent possibility? Ferenc Huoranszki’s book offers a fresh, engaging and valiantly defended contribution to the current debate on this topic. * Anna Marmodoro, Professor of Philosophy at Durham University and Associate Member of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, UK *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Contingency, Worlds and Properties 2. Abilities and Dispositions 3. Specificity and Intrinsicness 4. Abilities, Dispositions and Conditionals 5. Reasoning with Possibilities 6. Manifestations and Events 7. Concluding Remarks: Abilities, Qualities and the Priority of the Actual References Index

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Book SynopsisDr. Andrew Spira is Course Leader, Christie's Education London and a curator. He is author of Avant-Garde Icon: Russian Avant-garde Art and the Icon Painting Tradition (2008).Trade ReviewIn this radically new history of the self from the Middle Ages through the romantic period, Andrew Spira takes us on a grand tour of the evolving self-consciousness of the artist. Throughout he attends to the entire range of the material and cultural conditions that enabled particular notions of personal creativity to emerge in different historical periods. The Invention of the Self makes it clear that the very notion of the autonomous self, along with our treasured notions of personal identity, are in fact the products of a long historical process. Crossing disciplinary boundaries in stunning ways, this book will be stimulating not only to historians and historians of art but also to students of anthropology, literature, philosophy, and psychology. * John Jeffries Martin, Professor of History, Duke University, USA *‘Through its innovative approach, grand scope and interdisiplinarity, this book offers a rich and exciting discourse that presents the idea of a cultural understanding of the self through the careful study of artefacts. This is a truly fascinating topic approached in a novel way.’ * Marya Schechtman, Professor of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA *In The Invention of the Self, Andrew Spira traces the evolution of the self and personal identity, which he sees as having physical, psychological, and social dimensions. His account is beautifully written and extremely erudite. Throughout it, Spira’s sensitivity, attention to detail, and understanding of psychological nuance are outstanding. This book deserves to be widely read. * Raymond Martin, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland College Park, USA *‘This is a magnificent, provocative, and daring book, depicting the changing developments of the sense of Self and its functions, over several millennia. Spira presents a continuous flow of new arguments in which the sense of Self is seen adapting to the ever-changing circumstances of each century. It is an astonishing achievement, marked by range, intelligence and wit. This is a brilliant discursive collection of essays never tangled. Its arguments, discourse and its sentences remain clear and elegant at every point.’ * John Milner, Professor of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, UK *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements 1. The Concept Of The Self 2. The Emergence Of The Self: The Structure Of The Medieval Church And Popular, Heretical And Visionary Dissensions From It 3. The Resurrection Of Theoretical Self: Imaginative Empathy With The Suffering And Death Of Christ 4. The Localisation Of The Self: The Origins Of Perspective And The Accommodation Of The Self In Pictorial Space 5. The Necessitation Of The Self: The Ennoblement Of The Artist And The Invention Of An Archetype 6. The Abstraction Of The Self: The Secularisation Of Subject-Matter And The Commodification Of Art 7. The Imaginary Environments Of The Self: Its Physical And Intellectual Frames Of Mind 8. The Privatisation Of The Self: Fireplaces, Beds And Mirrors 9. The Automation Of The Self: The Material Culture Of Time-Keeping 10. The Sensibilities Of The Self: Courtesy, Conversation, Letter-Writing And Novel-Reading 11. The Behaviour Of The Self: The Codification Of Sensibility In Domestic Life 12. The Portrayal Of The Self: Facial Expression And The Language Of Personal Emotion 13. The Enjoyment Of The Self: Sexuality And The Valorisation Of Meaningless Pleasure 14. The Embodiment Of The Self: The Awakening To Sensation 15. The Autonomy Of The Self: The Invention Of Taste And Aesthetics 16. The Naturalness Of The Self: The Picturesque Transformation Of Nature Into A Mirror Of Personal Sublimity 17. The Consummation Of The Self: The Sanctification Of Art 18. The Seamless Garment Of The Self Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHeidegger's Being and Time is one of the most influential and controversial philosophical treatises of the 20th century. But what exactly are the ideas that so profoundly impacted Sartre's existentialism, influenced Gadamer's hermeneutics, and paved the way for the emergence of deconstruction? And what or who is Dasein'? Answering these questions and more, this guide is an essential resource for anyone wanting to get to grips with Heidegger''s magnum opus. Updated with the latest scholarship, the new 2nd edition features: Updated and increased engagement with the secondary literature on the treatise. Expanded coverage to guide readers through both Division I and Division II, elucidating Heidegger's thinking on time, history, and space References throughout to the leading English translations by Macquarrie and Robinson Updated study questions linking complex philosophical concepts to everyday life and an extended glossary of key termsTrade ReviewWhether one is an instructor looking to assign a companion volume to Being and Time on a syllabus, or a student approaching this text for the first time [...] Blattner's introduction will serve you well. * Brett Buchanan, Philosophy in Review (2009) [Review of 1st edition] *A most welcome expansion that now guides readers through the entirety of Being and Time. Students of Heidegger at all levels will profit from Blattner’s expert guidance for making sense of the previously omitted – and notoriously difficult – late chapters on time and temporality. * David R. Cerbone, Professor of Philosophy, West Virginia University, USA *This second edition of Heidegger’s Being and Time retains the features that made the first edition an indispensable resource: astute presentations of the main concepts, lively examples, and telling comparisons with other philosophical approaches. A completely new section on temporality and historicality, with reflections on Heidegger’s controversial relation to National Socialism, make this a perfect first choice for readers who want a clear path through Heidegger’s most important work. * Steven Crowell, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Rice University, USA *This second edition improves upon what was already the best compact but thorough introduction to Heidegger’s Being and Time in English. Blattner’s critical interpretation is required reading for anyone who wants to understand what remains one of the most important philosophical works of the twentieth century. * Taylor Carman, Professor of Philosophy, Barnard College, USA *This is the best introductory guide to Being and Time on the market today. Blattner succeeds in setting out Heidegger’s thought with remarkable clarity and precision. Beginning students and scholars alike will find this to be an essential resource for exploring Heidegger’s seminal work. * Mark Wrathall, Professor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Context 2. Overview of Themes 3. Reading Division I 3.1 Ontology 3.2 Phenomenology 3.3 Existence 3.4 Being-in-the-World 3.5 The World 3.6 Significance & Worldhood 3.7 The Self & the Anyone 3.8 Disclosedness & the There 3.9 Disposedness 3.10 Understanding & Interpretation 3.11 Language 3.12 Realism and Idealism in Being and Time 3.13 Truth 4. Reading Division II 4.1 Everyday, Owned, and Disowned Life 4.2 Falling 4.3 Anxiety 4.4 Death, Guilt, & Conscience 4.5 Resoluteness & Self-Ownership 4.6 Existential Temporality 4.7 History 5. Reception and Influence Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisHegel on Being provides an authoritative treatment of Hegel's entire logic of being. Stephen Houlgate presents the Science of Logic as an important and neglected text within Hegel's oeuvre that should hold a more significant place in the history of philosophy. In the Science of Logic, Hegel set forth a distinctive conception of the most fundamental forms of being through ideas on quality, quantity and measure. Exploring the full trajectory of Hegel's logic of being from quality to measure, this two-volume work by a preeminent Hegel scholar situates Hegel's text in relation to the work of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, and Frege.Volume I: Quality and the Birth of Quantity in Hegel''s ''Science of Logic'' covers all material on the purpose and method of Hegel's dialectical logic and charts the crucial transition from the concept of quality to that of quantity, as well as providing an original account of Hegel's critique of Kant's antino

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Book SynopsisHighlights the continued flourishing of Scottish philosophy after the Enlightenment by exploring the work of underappreciated figures (such as Alexander Bain, J. F. Ferrier, Thomas Carlyle and John Macmurray) and debates (such as realism vs idealism; metaphysics vs psychology; evolution vs religion; and theism vs agnosticism).

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Book SynopsisCrimes of Reason brings together expanded and updated versions of some of Braude's best previously published essays, along with new essays written specifically for this book. Although the essays deal with a variety of topics, they all hover around a set of interrelated general themes. These are: the poverty of mechanistic theories in the behavioral and life sciences, the nature of psychological explanation and (at least within the halls of the Academy) the unappreciated strategies required to understand behavior, the nature of dissociation, and the nature and limits of human abilities. Braude's targets include memory trace theory, inner-cause theories of human behavior generally, Sheldrake's theory of morphogenetic fields, widespread but simplistic views on the nature of human abilities, multiple personality and moral responsibility, the efficacy of prayer, and the shoddy tactics often used to discredit research on dissociation and parapsychology. Although the topics are often abstractTrade ReviewCrimes of Reason is another excellent philosophical contribution to psychical research. The book consists of a collection of 'expanded and updated versions of previously published essays', and the resulting volume is well worth reading. . . .Braude’s book is excellent. . . .I highly recommend this book for all people interested in psi phenomena. * Journal of the Society for Psychical Research *Braude writes with a clarity and subtlety . . . His examples are great (and copious and often funny), and he’s not one to hold punches. He is subtle in his analysis but blunt in his views. Braude’s conclusions often don’t conform to those of many in parapsychology, but he offers his arguments and conclusions straightforwardly and, like any good academic, urges us all to engage in the discussion . . . This book offers a nice overview of some of his important work over the past several decades; it’s a fitting dessert for a grand meal. Now we’ll wait and see if he offers us sherry and cigars. * Journal Of Parapsychology *Each essay is a unique contribution in itself. . . .Braude’s commentaries are at a high level of professional philosophical analysis. . . .Braude writes with an eye toward clarity, gives many examples which increase understandability, and at times provides delightful humor based on his own life experiences. . . .I hope that I have shown the depth of the waters which Braude has stirred up by his penetrating analyses, and encouraged others to follow yet other paths through the essays in this book. * Journal of Scientific Exploration *Braude covers diverse ground in this collection. . . .This is a collection of previously published essays . . . that deserve to be read by a broader audience of paranormal enthusiasts and researchers. . . .The book comprises useful ideas to advance the work of parapsychologists as well as humanities scholars looking to collaborate with the sciences. * Fortean Times *Without a doubt, Braude remains one of the most serious and knowledgeable philosophers in this area. His approach to the evidence is one of even-handedness in an otherwise hostile sea of shouting denouncement (from so-called skeptics) or insufficiently critical theorizing (by proponents of psi phenomena). Braude's latest is a compilation of expanded and updated earlier essays along with some new entries spanning various topics which are unified by the fact that they all have some bearing upon or relevance to research in parapsychology. . . .This book is of great value not only because it provides several impressive challenges to dominant models of mind but also because Braude is self-critical with respect to his major field of interest. It will be a rewarding read for anyone with a sincere interest in the topics covered. * Metapsychology Online *Stephen Braude is a professional philosopher and well-established author both of books and articles who is particularly noted for two things. One is for his work in certain Borderland areas in which topics within philosophy, psychology, parapsychology and psychiatry meet, overlap and interact (or should interact). Some of these are topics at which high-and-dry practitioners in the areas concerned are prone to sniff and turn up their noses. But equally it must be said that if Braude’s views are correct – and they are certainly cogently argued – these topics are potentially of considerable and wide-ranging importance, and the sniffers are narrow-minded and misguided. The other is for the clarity and pithiness of expression with which he handles abstruse and difficult issues. He has a gift for analogies, often amusing ones, which cut through layers of nonsense (often pretentious nonsense loaded with jargon) and expose the nub of a question. -- Alan Gauld, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsPreface 1 Memory Without a Trace 2 Radical Provincialism in the Life Sciences: A Review of Rupert Sheldrake's A New Science of Life 3 In Defense of Folk Psychology: Inner Causes vs Action Spaces 4 The Creativity of Dissociation 5 Multiple Personality and Moral Responsibility 6 Parapsychology and the Nature of Abilities 7 Some Thoughts on Parapsychology and Religion 8 Credibility Under Fire: Advice to the Academically Marginalized Index

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Book SynopsisAlfred North Whitehead presented a regular course of 85 lectures which extended from September of 1924 to May 1925. These represent the first ever philosophy lectures he gave and capture him working out the philosophical implications of the remarkable turns that physics had taken in his lifetime.

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Book SynopsisPierfrancesco Basile looks at myths: where they came from and why Whitehead rejects them. In doing so, Basile makes it possible to grasp the main concepts of Whitehead's process metaphysics - especially the crucial notion that being and power are one and the same - and how it is rooted in the modern philosophical tradition.

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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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Book SynopsisThis critical introduction and guide to Gilles Deleuze's 1988 book 'Bergsonism' gives readers of both Deleuze and Bergson an opportunity to discover and fully connect with the philosophical encounter between these two great thinkers.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Method of Intuition; Duration and Multiplicity; Memory and the Virtual; Dualism or Monism?; The Elan Vital and Differentiation; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe publication of Form and Object: A Treatise on Things by Tristan Garcia, is a genuine event in the history of philosophy. Situating this event within classical, modern and contemporary dialectical space, Jon Cogburn evaluates Garcia's metaphysics, differential ontology and militant anti-reductionism through a series of incompatible oppositions.

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Book SynopsisScholarship has ignored one of the more formative influences on Deleuze: Lucretian atomism. Filling a significant gap in Deleuze Studies, Ryan J. Johnson tells the story of the Deleuze-Lucretius encounter that begins and ends with a powerful claim: Lucretian atomism produced Deleuzianism.

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Book SynopsisThis second volume in the critical edition reproduces more than 170 lectures delivered by Alfred North Whitehead at Harvard during his second and third years.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on a career-long exploration of 1960s French philosophy, Leonard Lawlor seeks a solution to 'the problem of the worst violence'. Lawlor argues all violence must itself be reduced to its lowest level. He engages with Foucault, Derrida and Deleuze and Guattari to create new ways of speaking to best achieve the least violence.

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Book SynopsisThese essays explore the surprisingly varied dimensions of this unacknowledged keystone of Spinoza's thought. They take you from Spinoza's geometrical diagrams to his concepts of mind, body, the emotions and the cosmos.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on Woolf's novels, essays, reviews, letters, diary entries, short stories, and memoirs, the book explores the political and the ontological, as the individual's connection to the world comes to be defined by an involvement and engagement that is always already situated within a particular physical, societal, and historical context.

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together a range of prominent and emerging voices within American and European Islamic studies to share the latest developments on Muhammad Iqbal thought's. They re-examine the ideas that lie at the heart of Iqbal's own thought: religion, science, metaphysics, nationalism and religious identity.

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Book SynopsisMarco Altamirano critiques the modern concept of nature to chart a new trajectory for the philosophy of nature. He goes on to deploy conceptual resources excavated from Deleuze, Guattari, Foucault and Leroi-Gourhan to show how technology, which bypasses the nature-artifice distinction, is an essential dimension of the philosophy of nature.

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Book SynopsisJonathan Boulter offers the reader a way of understanding Beckett's presentation of the human, more precisely, posthuman, subject in his short prose.

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Book SynopsisHelen Palmer examines the Russian formalist concept of defamiliarisation from a contemporary critical perspective, bringing together new materialist feminisms, experimental linguistic formalism and queer theory.

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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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