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Book SynopsisAn inquiry into the problematic of perjury, or lying, and forgiveness from one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. One only ever asks forgiveness for what is unforgivable. From this contradiction begins Perjury and Pardon, a two-year series of seminars given by Jacques Derrida at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris in the late 1990s. In these sessions, Derrida focuses on the philosophical, ethical, juridical, and political stakes of the concept of responsibility. His primary goal is to develop what he calls a problematic of lying by studying diverse forms of betrayal: infidelity, denial, false testimony, perjury, unkept promises, desecration, sacrilege, and blasphemy. Although forgiveness is a notion inherited from multiple traditions, the process of forgiveness eludes those traditions, disturbing the categories of knowledge, sense, history, and law that attempt to circumscribe it. Derrida insists on the unconditionality of forgivTrade Review“For those readers who are familiar with Derrida’s most famous work and are curious about his deconstructive ethics and have not read any of the essays drawn from this book, this is a good place to approach the topic. . . . Even if one has read one or more of the published portions, if one is unsure how they fit together, these lectures will allow one to see how they cohere. . . . The translation is superb and the editorial work is excellent.” * The Review of Metaphysics *"This volume is for strong humanities and philosophy collections." * Library Journal *"In the two decades since Perjury and Pardon was written, the questions raised by Derrida’s prescient probing of the puzzling paradoxes of forgiveness have become even more urgent. During a time of unrepentant rage and specious pardons, what does it mean to forgive? Does anyone deserve forgiveness? Should the unforgivable be forgiven? Is it possible to live together without forgiveness? As we struggle to answer these critical questions, Derrida’s guiding insight is important today more than ever." -- Mark C. Taylor, Columbia University"These rich stimulating lectures are classic Derrida and in David Wills's superb translation wonderfully accessible. This is a great example of Derrida the educator introducing his audience to some of the most difficult issues of our time." -- Robert Bernasconi, Penn State University“Perjury and Pardon presents an expansive vision of responsibility with the supreme clarity and profound rigor that mark Derrida’s style as a formidable teacher across geographical and academic boundaries. Wills's unique interpretative skills have resulted in yet another unsurpassed translation of Derrida's breathtaking thought and legacy.” -- Hent de Vries, New York UniversityTable of ContentsForeword to the English Edition General Introduction to the French Edition Editors’ Note Translator’s Note First Session Second Session Third Session Fourth Session Fifth Session Appendix, Fifth Session—Discussion Session Sixth Session Appendix 1, Sixth Session Appendix 2, Sixth Session Seventh Session Eighth Session Ninth Session Tenth Session Appendix, Tenth Session—Restricted Session Notes Index of Proper Names

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Book SynopsisA landmark study of Rousseau's theological and religious thought. John T. Scott offers a comprehensive interpretation of Rousseau's theological and religious thought, both in its own right and in relation to Rousseau's broader oeuvre. In chapters focused on different key writings, Scott reveals recurrent themes in Rousseau's views on the subject and traces their evolution over time. He shows that two conceptstruth and utilityare integral to Rousseau's writings on religion. Doing so helps to explain some of Rousseau's disagreements with his contemporaries: their different views on religion and theology stem from different understandings of human nature and the proper role of science in human life. Rousseau emphasizes not just what is true, but also what is usefulpsychologically, morally, and politicallyfor human beings. Comprehensive and nuanced, Rousseau's God is vital to understanding key categories of Rousseau's thought.Trade Review"There is much more that could be said on this subject, of course, as on the many other aspects of Rousseau’s philosophy upon which Scott advances deeply insightful and thought-provoking interpretations. One of the many successes of Rousseau’s God is that it shifts the burden of proof onto those who think that the Vicar does represent Rousseau’s own views. Anyone wishing to defend that interpretation henceforth should either respond to Scott’s forceful challenges or conclude that Rousseau was inconsistent on topics of central importance to his thought." * Review of Politics *"Rousseau’s God considers an important question in the manner it deserves: thoroughly. Scott succeeds in reconstructing the entire complex edifice of Rousseau’s theology and relating it to the broader and even more complex context of Rousseau’s thought as a whole. This is a remarkable achievement and a major contribution to understanding Rousseau." -- Clifford Orwin | University of Toronto"Rousseau’s God is an original and wide-ranging examination of Rousseau’s theological and religious writings. John Scott draws fertile connections to other key concepts in Rousseau’s broader project and pulls together multiple analytical threads into an exceptionally lucid and comprehensive interpretation that shows just how deeply the distinction between truth and utility permeates Rousseau’s treatment of religion (both doctrine and practice) throughout his works." -- Denise Schaeffer | College of the Holy CrossTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Truth and Utility Chapter 2: The Theodicy of the Discourse on Inequality Chapter 3: Pride and Providence in the Letter to Voltaire Chapter 4: Psychic Unity and Disunity and the Need for Religion Chapter 5: Introduction to the “Profession of Faith” Chapter 6: The Theological Teaching of the “Profession of Faith” Chapter 7: The Critique—and Revival—of Religion in the “Profession of Faith” Chapter 8: On Civil Religion Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe first book to map William James's preoccupation with medical ideas, concerns, and values across the breadth of his work. William James is known as a nineteenth-century philosopher, psychologist, and psychical researcher. Less well-known is how his interest in medicine influenced his life and work, driving his ambition to change the way American society conceived of itself in body, mind, and soul. William James, MD offers an account of the development and cultural significance of James's ideas and works, and establishes, for the first time, the relevance of medical themes to his major lines of thought. James lived at a time when old assumptions about faith and the moral and religious possibilities for human worth and redemption were increasingly displaced by a concern with the medically normal and the perfectibility of the body. Woven into treatises that warned against humanity's decline, these ideas were part of the eugenics movement and reflected a growing social stigma atTrade Review“By examining the ‘sick’ William James, Sutton reveals an intriguing relation between pain and philosophical outlook in his work. Her analysis not only gives us new understanding of the ‘adorable genius’; it reminds us that philosophy itself often springs from lived experience, and enduring ideas can find their beginnings even in the most inhospitable human circumstances.” * Book Post *“Fabulous . . . Changed everything that I thought I knew about Williams James.” * New Books Network *“Sutton has not provided the world with yet another biography of philosopher and psychologist, William James. Instead, she has used her impressive research and analytical skills to provide important insights regarding the relationship between James’s many physical and psychological challenges and his intellectual output. Sutton argues that James’s experiences of infirmity have direct effects on his philosophical arguments, not as intellectual irritants but as substantive catalysts for leading to deep insights. This book shows just how thoroughly embodied James’s philosophy truly is, and as such, makes an important contribution to Jamesian scholarship.” -- D. Micah Hester, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences“Sutton’s study offers a brilliant new reading of James. Her original approach not only brings new dimensions to issues around illness, pain, health, and medicine—though Sutton performs this with precision—but offers a rare scholarly analysis of his letters, reviews, notebooks, and diaries to provide a fuller picture of his personal life and his intellectual engagements. It shows the vital quality of James’s holistic integration of life and thought and the lived quality of his intellectual concerns around sickness and health. With this work, Sutton shows us that the margins of the archive are as important to Jamesian scholarship as his main works. It is a rich study that roots James’s thinking in the reality of his embodied life and shows that, with a sensitivity to his language, we can see the voice of the physician in his psychology, philosophy, and analysis of religion.” -- Jeremy Carrette, University of Edinburgh“This book changes our perception of James as a philosopher and intellectual. The best extended piece of scholarship on James in a long time.” -- Sarin Marchetti, Sapienza UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures Introduction: The Public Physician Diagnosing James A Philosophy of Everyday Life 1: Misery and Metaphysics A Dark Business The Problem of Evil Poisoned with Utilitarian Venom The Ethics of Self-Destruction Conscious Automata 2: Health and Hygiene The Laws of Health The Alcohol Question Habit Talks to Teachers Emotions and the Body 3: Religion and Regeneration The Science of Organic Life The Wonder-Mongers The Hidden Self A Wild World 4: Energy and Endurance Mortal Disease, Morality, and God The Divided Self Superhuman Life The Energies of Men 5: Politics and Pathology The Political James Defending the Degenerate Validating the Invalid The Voice of the Sick Therapeutic Campaigns Conclusion: Afterlife Fit to Live Moral Medicine Acknowledgments Notes Archival Sources Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive defense of an inferential conception of scientific representation with applications to art and epistemology. Mauricio Suárez develops a conception of representation that delivers a compelling account of modeling practice. He begins by discussing the history and methodology of model building, charting the emergence of what he calls the modeling attitude, a nineteenth-century and fin de siècle development. Prominent cases of models, both historical and contemporary, are used as benchmarks for the accounts of representation considered throughout the book. After arguing against reductive naturalist theories of scientific representation, Suárez sets out his own account: a case for pluralism regarding the means of representation and minimalism regarding its constituents. He shows that scientists employ a variety of modeling relations in their representational practicewhich helps them to assess the accuracy of their representationswhile demonstrating that there is Trade Review“Beautifully bringing together historical and contemporary research on representations in science with themes from aesthetics and the philosophy of art, Suárez’s book is an outstanding interdisciplinary contribution to the philosophy of science. It is essential reading for anyone interested in modeling practices, their connections with the arts, and what this insightful combination of science, art, and practice might bring to the epistemology of science.” -- Chiara Ambrosio, University College London“Suárez has been a leading voice in the philosophy of modeling for the last two decades. This book is a wonderfully clear and compelling presentation of his ‘inferentialist theory of representation.’ The book will be a central resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and required reading for every philosopher of science.” -- Martin Kusch, University of Vienna“Suárez has written a brilliant account of the inferential conception of scientific representation, its historical roots, and its application to contemporary scientific modeling. What stands out is his deflationist approach toward metaphysics, the streamlined account in terms of representational force and inferential capacity, and the connection to the phenomenology of artistic perception. A magnificent work.” -- Bas C. van Fraassen, Princeton University“Inference and Representation makes a strong case for an inferential conception of scientific modeling. It argues that the effectiveness of a model lies in its providing an orientation that facilitates fruitful scientific reasoning. It is a valuable contribution to the literature on modeling.” -- Catherine Z. Elgin, Harvard University“This much-anticipated book is the culmination of over twenty years of pioneering work by Suárez. It is a must-read for anyone wishing to think carefully about models and representations in science. Suárez gives a careful, insightful, and comprehensive exposition and defence of his inferential conception of representation, and he now develops it in an expressly pragmatist direction with a helpful focus on the uses of models. What emerges is a compelling deflationary account of ‘representation without metaphysics,’ engaging fully with the complex realities of inferential practices. Suárez argues that common notions of representation based on similarity or isomorphism are ill-fitting and inadequate, and shows how the activity of representation pervades all sorts of scientific practices. His discussion is clear and systematic throughout, and successfully combines philosophical acuity and historical awareness. In the course of presenting his own position he also gives a fair, critical summing-up and evaluation of the considerable existing literature on models and representation. This landmark work should appeal to philosophers, historians of science and practicing scientists alike.” -- Hasok Chang, University of Cambridge“During the past quarter-century, philosophers of science have come to appreciate the importance of models and modeling practices in the sciences. Suárez has been one of the pioneers in this work, specifically in investigating how models represent aspects of the world. The present book is the culmination of insights accumulated over more than two decades. It provides a convincing account of representation, one emphasizing the uses to which models are put and the inferences they allow. Suárez develops his views with welcome precision, focuses on an admirably wide range of types of models, and offers numerous insights about the historical development of modeling. His final two chapters explore the notion of representation more broadly, with a lucid and well-informed discussion of representation in visual art, and draw out the implications for several large issues in the philosophy of science. This book is an outstanding contribution to the field.” -- Philip Kitcher, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments 1 Introducing Scientific Representation Part I Modeling 2 The Modeling Attitude: A Genealogy 3 Models and Their Uses Part II Representation 4 Theories of Representation 5 Against Substance 6 Scientific Theories and Deflationary Representation 7 Representation as Inference Part III Implications 8 Lessons from the Philosophy of Art 9 Scientific Epistemology Transformed Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisOne of the most influential intellectuals of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, sociologist and philosopher Zygmunt Bauman (19252017) made reflection on culture a fundamental part of his academic work. He published a substantial number of papers on the topic, and many of his concepts would go on to significantly influence the social sciences and humanities. Bauman began his theoretical studies on culture when working at the University of Warsaw and continued them all his life. Inspired by the many intellectual currents he encountered over his more than six decades of work, Bauman wrote on culture in the contexts of such issues as Marxism and socialism, modernity and the Holocaust, postmodernity and liquid modernity, and contemporary nostalgia. In Zygmunt Bauman and the Theory of Culture Dariusz Brzezinski uses the evolution of Bauman's theory of culture as a prism through which to offer a comparative analysis, putting Bauman's work in conversation with the writinTrade Review"In this first comprehensive and critical assessment of Bauman’s lifelong work on culture, Brzeziński includes Bauman’s Polish-language papers and books, as well as his works discovered only posthumously, presenting them to an international audience." Polish Sociological Review“Brzezinski has produced a valuable and original text which provides new resources for scholars interested in Bauman’s work. It is true to Bauman’s overall goal in his sociology which always sought a critical perspective which, in defamiliarizing the familiar, encouraged his readers to think afresh about what is and what could be. … Brzezinski shows how this key trait of Bauman’s sociology, expressed in his hyperbolizing texts, can be traced back to his earliest consideration of culture in the 1960s and forward into his final pieces. In doing so, he shows how the Bauman pre-exile should count in our consideration of his sociology.” European Journal of Social Theory“Brzeziński skilfully guides the reader through much material not published in English, together with some unpublished and difficult-to-obtain material.” European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together leading scholars in social and political philosophy to develop new perspectives on recognition and its role in social life. It begins with a debate between Axel Honneth and Judith Butler, the first sustained engagement between these two major thinkers on this subject.Trade ReviewThis fascinating encounter between Judith Butler and Axel Honneth—accompanied by a terrific collection of critical essays—advances the theoretical conversation about the political valence of recognition, casts a clarifying eye on its past, and shows how much patient labor is required to achieve understanding across differences in philosophical approach and political perspective. Indispensable! -- Patchen Markell, Cornell UniversityThis book brings together a diverse array of scintillating essays from some of the most important proponents and critics of recognition theory today. One pervasive theme is the ambiguity of recognition—its dangers as well as its indispensability to human life. In this respect Recognition and Ambivalence implicitly makes Rousseau rather than Hegel into the true founder of recognition theory, while at the same time developing it in ways that illuminate such contemporary phenomena as racism, gender inequality, postcolonial domination, reification, and emancipatory social movements. -- Frederick Neuhouser, author of Rousseau's Critique of Inequality: Reconstructing the Second DiscourseRecognition and Ambivalence explores key issues regarding the merits and problems of considering the concept of recognition as a primary driver of critical social theory. By encouraging the contributors to think through the potential ambivalences, and negative impact, of such a focus, the editors have provided a uniquely valuable volume that facilitates a nuanced and qualified defense of critical recognition theory by taking us beyond the current debates that have engaged supporters and detractors. -- Shane O'Neill, coauthor of Recognition Theory as Social Research: Investigating the Dynamics of Social ConflictTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Heikki Ikäheimo, Kristina Lepold, and Titus Stahl1. Recognition Between Power and Normativity: A Hegelian Critique of Judith Butler, by Axel Honneth2. Recognition and the Social Bond: A Response to Axel Honneth, by Judith Butler3. Intelligibility and Authority in Recognition: A Reply, by Axel Honneth4. Recognition and Mediation: A Second Reply to Axel Honneth, by Judith Butler5. Historicizing Recognition: From Ontology to Teleology, by Lois McNay6. Recognizing Ambivalence: Honneth, Butler, and Philosophical Anthropology, by Amy Allen7. How Should We Understand the Ambivalence of Recognition? Revisiting the Link Between Recognition and Subjection in the Works of Althusser and Butler, by Kristina Lepold 8. Recognition, Constitutive Domination, and Emancipation, by Titus Stahl9. Return to Reification: An Attempt at Systematization, by Heikki Ikäheimo10. Negativity in Recognition: Post-Freudian Legacies in Contemporary Critical Theory, by Jean-Philippe Deranty11. Beyond Needs: Recognition, Conflict, and the Limits of Institutionalization, by Robin Celikates12. Freedom, Equality, and Struggles of Recognition: Tully, Rancière, and the Agonistic Re-Orientation, by David OwenContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisElliot R. Wolfson intervenes in the debate over Martin Heidegger and Nazism from a unique perspective, as a scholar of Jewish mysticism and philosophy who has been profoundly influenced by Heidegger’s work. He reveals crucial aspects of Heidegger’s thinking that betray an affinity with dimensions of Jewish thought.Trade ReviewIf Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe was right when stating that the ‘secret of Nazism is buried in Heidegger,’ we must face down this troubled legacy. Elliot Wolfson leads us to the uncomfortable zone of true thinking. Without condemnation but on the razor’s edge of incessant probing, the work calls up a recasting of political engagement. Mere condemnation or strategies of avoidance can no longer cut it. -- Avital Ronell, New York UniversityThe Duplicity of Philosophy's Shadow represents one of the most sustained and creative engagements with the legacy of Heidegger. Rather than marginalize Heidegger and ostracize those who engage his writings, Wolfson instead opts for critical engagement and intellectual honesty. His poetic wrestling is simultaneously exciting and timely. -- Aaron W. Hughes, University of RochesterIn The Duplicity of Philosophy’s Shadow, Wolfson gathers together immense amounts of documentation and compresses it into a lively, readable analysis that combines scope and comprehensiveness with incisive focus on the core issues. He has the talent and the patience to deliver the painstaking labor necessary to provide such syntheses. Wolfson’s scholarly expertise deeply impresses this work with his own signature. -- William Franke, Vanderbilt UniversityNeither apologetic nor denunciatory, Wolfson masterfully summons the lucidity of a philosopher, the erudition of a scholar, and the profoundness of a mystic to face one of modern thought’s most disturbing riddles: how could Heidegger bring so much philosophical light and evince so much political darkness? In this powerful, crepuscular display, Heideggerian and kabbalistic insights on the ambiguity of truth converge to elucidate the philosopher’s very darkness as the shadow of his philosophical radiance. -- Elad Lapidot, Free University of BerlinThis rich scholarly treatment of Heidegger's social, political, and philosophical life adds a voice to Heideggerian studies that should not be missed....Highly recommended. * Choice *Elliot Wolfson’s The Duplicity of Philosophy’s Shadow: Heidegger, Nazism, and the Jewish Other is, in my opinion, the most sophisticated engagement with the 'problem' of Martin Heidegger’s Nazism in the English language * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsPreface: Calculating Heidegger’s Miscalculation1. Barbaric Enchantment: From Existential Ontology to Abyssal Meontology2. Nomadism, Homelessness, and the Obfuscation of Being3. Jewish Time and the Historiographical Eclipse of Historical Destiny4. Being’s Tragedy: Heidegger’s Silence and the Ring of Solitude5. Political Disavowal: Truth and Concealing the Unconcealment6. Heidegger, Balaam, and the Duplicity of Philosophy’s ShadowAfterwordNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisMichael Jackson demonstrates the significance of a phenomenology of time through a multifaceted consideration of the gap between our cultural representations of temporality and our experience. Jackson juxtaposes philosophy, history, and ethnography in an attempt to do justice to the bewildering multiplicity of temporal experience.Trade ReviewThe Varieties of Temporal Experience is a gripping, challenging work that brings a unique voice to questions about how we experience time. To enable the reader to dwell in experiences of time in its variety and to experience firstness, providing gentle nudges but not overwhelming the reader with a heavy apparatus, is no small achievement. -- Veena Das, Johns Hopkins UniversityThis is a rich and highly important work of anthropological thought and creative writing. Through a deft combination of creative nonfiction, ethnographic fieldwork, and autobiographical reflections, Michael Jackson explores the ways that human beings engage with processes of time, history (both personal and collective), memory, and relationships in dynamic, multiple, and pragmatic ways. -- Robert Desjarlais, Sarah Lawrence CollegeIn his latest work, Michael Jackson explores enigmas of the past and how stories help us to make our lives easier to live. Jackson’s anthropology draws out the vivid particularities of human experience and spins them into webs of connectivity across time, space, and culture. Like everything else Jackson has written, The Varieties of Temporal Experience juxtaposes philosophy and everyday knowledge in precise and compassionate ways. And the writing is so good, it aches to put this book down. -- Dominic Boyer, Rice UniversityThis remarkable book traces how a complex tapestry of interlocking temporalities configures our experience. Taking us on a journey across a breathtaking range of moments as a story unfolds, and drawing on a diverse anthropological, literary, and philosophical archive, Jackson sheds light on what it means to live with stories of different times—from the historical to the mythological, the mundane to the fantastic. These stories remind us that life is often uncannily stitched across various temporalities and selves. The Varieties of Temporal Experience is an insightful contribution from one of the humanities’ most sophisticated and original voices. -- Andrew Brandel, Harvard UniversityThe Varieties of Temporal Experience is at once ethnographic and biographical. It is about story-telling as a way of repairing the past, but also about the burden of stories and the possibility to live from the present. * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceThe Blind ImpressPart OnePrologueThat Green EveningThe Blind ImpressThe Other Side of the TracksOf the Woe That Is in MarriageManawatuFires of No ReturnFugueShots in the DarkRecapturedNo QuarterEscapeStarting OverPart TwoBeyond the Call of DutyTalking to Jack HansenPassing StrangeStill Life with Lading ListsPart ThreeThe Remaining PiecesGuilt and ShameDeath’s SecretaryStories HappenTime and SpaceThe Enigma of AnteriorityFirst Things FirstBraided RiversAgainst the GrainNo Direction HomeCrossing Cook StraitMetaphor of the TableDestruction and HopeDistance Looks Our WayThe Illusion of CorsicaReturn to the ManawatuBurned PlacesRevenantTe Ãti AwaSymbolic LandscapeTwo WomenThe Road to Karuna FallsWhere Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?Taking a Line for a WalkAfterwordNotesAcknowledgmentsIndex

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Book SynopsisTerrence L. Johnson argues that the Black radical tradition derives its force from its unacknowledged ethical and religious dimensions. We Testify with Our Lives traces Black religion’s sustained influence from SNCC to the present, reconstructing a radical lived ethics of freedom and justice.Trade ReviewTerrence L. Johnson draws from the deep wells of African American thought to illuminate the religion of Black politics and the politics of Black religion. We Testify with Our Lives makes a vital contribution to the radical project of multiracial democracy. -- Lawrie Balfour, author of Democracy's Reconstruction: Thinking Politically with W. E. B. Du BoisJohnson provides an intriguing discussion of a profound ethical turn responsive to the dilemma outlined by Audre Lorde in the 1980s. In so doing, We Testify with Our Lives makes a compelling case for reexamining dynamics of Black religious life and thought, and from that exploration gathering creative and transformative approaches to well-being in all its sociopolitical manifestations. I highly recommend it. -- Anthony B. Pinn, author of Interplay of Things: Religion, Art, and Presence TogetherTerrence Johnson's sublime meditations on Black counter-publics take readers from Black women's literary imagination to the Black freedom movement's ethical turn during the rise of Black Power; from the Black Church to Black vernacular reasoning and spiritual intelligence, illustrating how, like Kongo minkisi, they hold and conceal antidotes to Black captivity yet to be discovered. This is a magnificent scholarly intervention—none other than a love letter to Black ancestors, artists, freedom dreamers, activists, homileticians, healers and ritual experts that constructs from their testimonies and creative works a compelling theory of 'sacred subjectivity.' To apprehend Johnson's theoretical arguments readers must be prepared to probe African American letters for narratives of 'sacred subjectivity' and enter the realm of Black interiority where he explores an ethics of 'saltiness' and an ethics of disclosure in Black radical political movements and cultural institutions that heal and provide pathways to wholeness. Black radical traditions of moral reasoning, Johnson argues, invite us to study the brokenness of Black captives and disclose 'sacred subjectivity' as the source of Black repudiation of America's terrifying and irredeemable legacies of liberal democracy. Diving deeper for answers within said movements and institutions, Johnson turns first to elaborating a political spirituality that indeed nurtures a range of political philosophies rooted in Black ethical frameworks rather than liberal democratic ideals that traffic in anti-Blackness. This text is also exemplary for its razor-sharp focus on indigenous Black thought. Through conversations with foundational Black thinkers and movement leaders—Lorde, Fanon, Gordon, Baker, Carmichael, X, Cone, Cannon and others—Johnson identifies overlooked conceptions of humanism in Black radicalism and argues that those who become the 'salt of the earth' have an ethical responsibility to keep company with the 'damned of the earth' and find sonic sanctuary in the cacophony of Black public cries for freedom, breath and wholeness. -- Dianne M. Stewart, author of Black Women, Black Love: America's War on African American MarriageIn this beautifully written book, Terrence L. Johnson masterfully reframes our understanding of Black political thought and moral virtue. Through a gripping narrative that brings us into the presence of ideas in action, Johnson challenges prevailing misconceptions about the Black Power movement and its legacies. This is a groundbreaking book that will command the attention of scholars and students for many years. Essential reading. -- Alex Zamalin, author of Black Utopia: The History of an Idea from Black Nationalism to AfrofuturismTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrologue 1. Politics of Healing2. Awakening to Black Power Consciousness3. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Religious Radicalism4. Malcolm X and the Spirit of Humanistic Activism5. Humanistic Nationalism and the Ethical Turn6. SNCC’s Palestinian Problem7. The Religion of Black PowerConclusionNotes BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisSharing insights from teaching John Stuart Mill for many years, the eminent philosopher Philip Kitcher makes a cogent case for why we should read this nineteenth-century thinker now. He reflects on Mill’s ideas in the context of contemporary ethical, social, and political issues.Trade ReviewThe astute examination of Mill’s attempts to balance conflicts between universal equality and individual agency offer much to ponder. * Publishers Weekly *Kitcher eloquently presents a flexible, pragmatic Mill, a Mill whose main concerns are each person's self-cultivation, both intellectual and emotional, and the bonds of public deliberation that link people to one another. Using down-to-earth examples, he then shows how this Mill can confront many of the key problems of our era. A deeply impressive achievement and a marvelous addition to the Core Knowledge series. -- Martha C. Nussbaum, University of ChicagoIn this provocative book, Philip Kitcher challenges the conventional views of Mill as a straightforward utilitarian or libertarian. His Mill is a conflicted humanist and progressive. He thereby exposes the tensions in Mill's thought and turns him from someone whose lessons we have already learned into someone who speaks to our current problems. -- Elizabeth Anderson, author of Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk About It)Written in a topical and lively style, this book relates Mill to the present through four central questions in ethical and political theory. Kitcher’s account gives Mill’s thought a new sense of urgency and relevance to today’s issues. -- Dean Moyar, author of Hegel’s Value: Justice as the Living GoodKitcher is one of the most interesting philosophers writing today. This remarkable book shows why. In lucid, jargon-free prose, it makes the case for reading Mill as a progressive, a humanist, and a philosophical pragmatist. It promises to delight philosophers and non-philosophers alike -- Charles Barzun, University of VirginiaAn excellent starting point for the eager and the intrepid who wish to plunge into the purpose driven yet ambivalent world of utilitarianism. * Blogternator *Making Mill clear, relevant, and vibrant for new readers and doing so in a way that connects with an enormous and controversial secondary literature. Philip Kitcher does a marvelous job of both. * H-Albion *Table of ContentsPreface1. The Making of a Conflicted Humanist2. Freedom for All?3. Democracy in Danger?4. Inevitable Inequality?5. When Do the Numbers Count?Coda: Progressive MillSuggestions for Further ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisCombining poetic observation with philosophical contemplation and scientific evidence, Adrian Parr offers a moving vision of a world in upheaval and a potent manifesto for survival. Earthlings is both a joyful celebration of the magnificence of the biosphere and an urgent call for action to save it.Trade ReviewA powerful new lens through which to examine our glorious and battered planet. -- Bill McKibben, author of The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell HappenedIn a narrative style that combines analytical rigour with lyrical empathy and proximity to her subject-matter, Adrian Parr designs a stunning pattern of interaction across entities, elements, ethnicities, generations and species without amalgamating them or flattening their differences. Poetic and speculative, engaged and concerned, but also polemical and investigative, this book is an ode to the affirmative force of relations and processes of becoming, and to the transformative force of the imagination. She emphasizes the joyful aspects of the interdependence of all living things and shows how they are steered by a constant energy exchange with one another. Parr's eco-ontology takes the shape of a trans-environmentalist journey, that challenges anthropocentrism, while appealing to what is best in humans, namely our shared concern for the future of our—and several trillion other—planetary species. -- Rosi Braidotti, Distinguished University Professor, Utrecht University, the NetherlandsThis highly original contribution on the impending climate catastrophe in the age of the Anthropocene is nothing short of a new bio-ecological philosophy for life. It confronts head-on the need for a new ethics for cohabitation with other life forms on this planet. In doing so, it asks profound questions on the basis of what it means to be human in the twenty-first century. -- Brad Evans, author of Ecce Humanitas: Beholding the Pain of HumanityInsisting that environmental degradation is a crime against the planet and against our own humanity, Parr concludes that late global capitalism has ravaged the earth and that as earthlings we must creatively and collectively produce—give birth—to a new earth: she thus urges new ways of dwelling on earth outside of capitalist expansion, exploitation, despoiling, and death. -- Jana Evans Braziel, author of "Riding with Death": Vodou Art and Urban Ecology in the Streets of Port-au-PrinceTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsCommencement1. Land2. Parasite3. Migrations4. Air5. Ocean6. Ice7. Animalia8. Eco-ontology9. Re-commencementNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book Synopsis Vilém Flusser was one of the most fascinating and original European thinkers of the late twentieth century. In this collection of his essays on emigration, nationalism, and information theory, he raises questions about the viability of ideas of national identity in a world whose borders are becoming increasingly arbitrary and permeable. Flusser argues that modern societies are in flux, with traditional linear and textual epistemologies being challenged by global circulatory networks and a growth in visual stimulation. Beyond globalization, Flusser''s ideas about communication and identity are rooted in the Judeo-Christian concept of self-determination and self-realization through recognition of the other. Trade Review"A smooth, fluid translation of an excellent collection of essays by this timely and necessary thinker."--Andreas Ströhl, editor of Vilém Flusser's Writings"Flusser emerges out of these writings as an engaging and playful thinker, one who moves deftly from deeply personal reflections to abstract theory often within the same paragraph. This is at once part of the charm and the difficulty of his writing; his simple observations gesture toward rich layers of meaning that lie beneath the surface awaiting excavation."--Canadian Literature

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Book SynopsisCovers the field of semiotics from Aesthetics to Zoosemiotics. This work contains sixty-five encyclopedic articles, a consolidated bibliography of almost 3,000 titles, an index of names, and an index of terms. It is intended for those who desire a comprehensive survey of this diverse field.Table of ContentsHistory and Classics of Modern SemioticsSign and MeaningSign — Meaning, Sense, and Reference — Semantics and Semiotics — Topology of Signs: Sign, Signal, Index — Symbol — Icon and Iconicity — Metaphor — InformationSemiosis, Code, and the Semiotic FieldZoosemiotics, Ethology, and Semiogenesis — Communication and Semiosis — Function — Magic — Structure — System — Code — TeachingLanguage and Language-Based CodesVerbal Communication: Introduction — Language in a Semiotic Frame — Arbitrariness and Motivation: The Language Sign — Paralanguage — Writing — Universal Language — Sign Language — Language SubstitutesFrom Structuralism to Text Semiotics: Schools and Major FiguresIntroduction — Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and Neostructuralism — Russian Formalism, Prague School, Soviet Semiotics — Barthes's Text Semiotics — Greimas"s Structural Semantics and Text Semiotic Project — Kristeva's Semanalysis — EcoText Semiotics: The FieldText Semiotics: Introduction — Hermeneutics and Exegesis — Rhetoric and Stylistics — Literature — Poetry and Poeticalness — Theater and Drama — Narrative — Myth — Ideology — TheologyNonverbal CommunicationNonverbal Communication: Introduction — Gesture, "Body Language," and Kinesics — Facial Signs — Gaze — Tactile Communication — Proxemics: The Semiotics of Space — Chronemics: The Semiotics of TimeAesthetics and Visual CommunicationAesthetics — Music — Architecture — Objects — Image — Painting — Photography — Film — Comics — Advertising

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Book SynopsisPresents an account of the religious dimension of Jacques Derrida's thought.Trade Review"... the most thorough and illuminating study to date of the decisive role played by the religious within Jacques Derrida's writings." Journal of Religion "The question of the relation between Derrida and religion has gradually been attracting attention. Caputo ... offers us here what may be the definitive study of this issue... Highly recommended." Choice "The book is a feast of wordplay, but it is wordplay the mind can feed on... a landmark publication." --Journal of the American Academy of Religion "Caputo's book is riveting... A singular achievement of stylistic brio and impeccable scholarship, it breaks new ground in making a powerful case for treating Derrida as homo religiosis... There can be no mistaking the importance of Caputo's work." -- Edith Wyschogrod "No one interested in Derrida, in Caputo, or in the larger question of postmodernism and religion can afford to ignore this pathbreaking study. Taking full advantage of the most recent and least discussed writings of Derrida, it offers a careful and comprehensive account of the religious dimension of Derrida's thought." -- Merold WestphalTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: A Passion for the ImpossibleA Map for the PerplexedI. The Apophatic1. God Is Not différance2. Dreaming the Impossible Dream: Derrida and Levinas on the Impossible3. Affirmation at the Limits: How Not to Speak4. Save the Name: Wholly Other Towards a General Apophatics Edifying Divertissement No. 1. Bedeviling FaithII. The Apocalyptic5. Viens!6. Messianic Time: Derrida and Blanchot7. An Apocalypse sans Apocalypse, To Jacques of El Biar8. The Secret Edifying Divertissement No. 2. From Elea to Elohim: God of the Same, God of the OtherIII. The messianic9. Of Marx and the Messiah10. Messianic Passion and the Religion of Saint Jacques11. Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone (Almost)IV. The Gift12. The Time of Giving and Forgiving Edifying Divertissement No. 3. Traditions and the World-Play13. Abraham's Gift14. Abraham and the Pharisees Edifying Divertissement No. 4. Deconstruction and the Kingdom of GodV. Circumcision15. Hegel and the Jews Edifying Divertissement No. 5. Deferring Incarnation—and Jesus the Jew16. Circumcision17. Is Deconstruction Really a Jewish science?VI. Confession18. The Son of These Tears: The Confession of Jacques de la Rue-Augustin Edifying Divertissement No. 6. A Prayer19. These Weeping Eyes, Those Seeing Tears: The Faith of Jacques DerridaConclusion: A Passion for GodBibliography on Derrida and Religion

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Book SynopsisFirst published in German in 1810, this detailed volume was translated from the German by Charles Lock Eastlake and, in six parts, examines every aspect of Goetheâs theory of colours, including psychological colours, chemical colours, the moral effect of colour, minerals, plants, insects, mammals and a multitude of further subjects.Table of ContentsPart I. Physiological Colours. 1. Effects of Light and Darkness on the Eye. 2. Effects of Black and White Objects on the Eye. 3. Grey Surfaces and Objects. 4. Dazzling Colourless Objects. 5. Coloured Objects. 6. Coloured Shadows. 7. Faint Lights. 8. Subjective Halos. Part II. Physical Colours. 9. Dioptrical Colours. 10. Dioptrical Colours of the First Class. 11. Dioptrical Colours of the Second Class – Refraction. 12. Refraction without the Appearance of Colour. 13. Conditions of the Appearance of Colour. 14. Conditions under which the Appearance of Colour Increases. 15. Explanation of the Foregoing Phenomena. 16. Decrease of the Appearance of Colour. 17. Grey Objects Displaced by Refraction. 18. Coloured Objects Displaced by Refraction. 19. Achromatism and Hyperchromatism. 20. Advantages of Subjective Experiments – Transition to the Objective. 21. Refraction without the Appearance of Colour. 22. Conditions of the Appearance of Colour. 23. Conditions of the Increase of Colour. 24. Explanation of the Foregoing Phenomena. 25. Decrease of the Appearance of Colour. 26. Grey Objects. 27. Coloured Objects. 28. Achromatism and Hyperchromatism. 29. Combination of Subjective and Objective Experiments. 30. Transition. 31. Catoptrical Colours. 32. Paroptical Colours. 33. Epoptical Colours. Part III. Chemical Colours. 34. Chemical Contrast. 35. White. 36. Black. 37. First Excitation of Colour. 38. Augmentation of Colour. 39. Culmination. 40. Fluctuation. 41. Passage through the Whole Scale. 42. Inversion. 43. Fixation. 44. Intermixture, Real. 45. Intermixture, Apparent. 46. Communication, Actual. 47. Communication, Apparent. 48. Extraction. 49. Nomenclature. 50. Minerals. 51. Plants. 52. Worms, Insects, Fishes. 53. Birds. 54. Mammalia and Human Beings. 55. Physical and Chemical Effects of the Transmission of Light through Coloured Mediums. 56. Chemical Effect in Dioptrical Achromatism. Part IV. General Characteristics. Part V. Relation to Other Pursuits. Part VI. Effect of Colour with Reference to Moral Associations.

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Book SynopsisA broadly liberal politics requires political compassion, not simply in the sense of compassion for the victims of injustice but also for opponents confronted through political protest and (more broadly) dissent. There are times when, out of a sense of compassion, a just cause should not be pressed.There are times when we need to accommodate the dreadfulness of loss for opponents, even when the cause for which they fight is unjust. We may also have to come to terms with the irreversibility of historic injustice and reconcile. Political compassion of this sort carries risks. Pushed too far, it may weaken our commitment to justice through too great a sympathy for those on the other side. It would be convenient if such compassion could be constrained by a clear set of political principles. But principles run the quite different risk of promoting an ossified dissent,' unable to respond to change.In this book, Tony Milligan argues that principles are only a limited guide toTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One - The Fable of the Colonial EthicistsChapter Two - The Very Idea of DissentChapter Three - Skepticism about Political EthicsChapter Four - Assumptions about Moral SuperiorityChapter Five - Gaining Concepts: Appeals to AhimsaChapter Six - Political Grief and the Removal of StatuesChapter Seven - Between Politics and LoveConclusion

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Book SynopsisIt is now widely acknowledged that play is central to our lives. As a phenomenon, play poses important questions of reality, subjectivity, competition, inclusion and exclusion. This international collection is the third in a series of books (including The Philosophy of Play and Philosophical Perspectives on Play) that aims to build paradigmatic bridges between scholars of philosophy and scholars of play. Divided into four sections (Play as Life, Play as Games, Play as Art and Play as Politics), this book sheds new light on the significance of play for both children and adults in a variety of cultural settings. Its chapters encompass a range of philosophical areas of enquiry such as metaphysics, aesthetics and ethics, and the spectrum of topics explored includes games, jokes, sport and our social relationship with the Internet. With contributions from established and emerging scholars from around the world, The Philosophy of Play as Life is fascinating reading for all those with an interest in playwork, the ethics and philosophy of sport, childhood studies or the philosophy of education. Trade Review"I am sure that many other scholars and practitioners of play may be enchanted by reading here and there in this much welcome and highly commendable, and recommendable, work of play and play of work. The Philosophy at Play conference organizers and book editors, Emily Ryall, Wendy Russell, and Malcolm Maclean deserve high praise in deed for their great efforts in reviving play." – Ejgil Jespersen, Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education, idrottsforum.orgTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Play as Life 1. Bringing Play to Life and Life to Play: A Vitalist Line of Enquiry 2. Play as Portal to Awakening in the Blithesome Wanderings of Chuang Tzu 3. Life-as-play from East to West: A Comparative Analysis of Play in Aurobindo and Schlick 4. Playing in the Web: New Babylon and the Internet Part 2: Play as Games 5. Five Millennia of Player Practices 6. On the Relationship Between Philosophy and Game-Playing 7. Gags and Games: Wittgenstein and His Relation to Jokes Part 3: Play as Art 8. Staying with the In-Between: Arts Practice as a Form of Thinking about Play and Everyday Encounters in a Public Square 9. The Role of Competition in Musical Play 10. The Ambiguity of Reality: Towards an Awareness of the Significant Role of Play in Higher Arts 11. Art as Play: A Philosophical Comparison of Adults’ and Children’s Art 12. The Artwork as a Perpetual Re-enactment Part 4: Play as Politics 13. The Flow of Play Among Toddlers in Kindergarten 14. Between Utopia and Arcadia: How the Playground Epitomizes Visions of Play, Childhood and Societal Longings 15. Play Against Alienation? 16. Playing Your Self: Modern Rhetorics of Play and Subjectivity

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Book SynopsisAfrican Philosophy and Environmental Conservation is about the unconcern for, and marginalisation of, the environment in African philosophy. The issue of the environment is still very much neglected by governments, corporate bodies, academics and specifically, philosophers in the sub-Saharan Africa. The entrenched traditional world-views which give a place of privilege to one thing over the other, as for example men over women, is the same attitude that privileges humans over the environment. This culturally embedded orientation makes it difficult for stake holders in Africa to identify and confront the modern day challenges posed by the neglect of the environment. In a continent where deep-rooted cultural and religious practices, as well as widespread ignorance, determine human conduct towards the environment, it becomes difficult to curtail much less overcome the threats to our environment. It shows that to a large extent, the African cultural privileging of men over women and of humans over the environment somewhat exacerbates and makes the environmental crisis on the continent intractable. For example, it raises the challenging puzzle as to why women in Africa are the ones to plant the trees and men are the ones to fell them.Contributors address these salient issues from both theoretical and practical perspectives, demonstrating what African philosophy could do to ameliorate the marginalisation which the theme of environment suffers on the continent. Philosophy is supposed to teach us how to lead the good life in all its forms; why is it failing in this duty in Africa specifically where the issue of environment is concerned?This book which trail-blazes the field of African Philosophy and Environmental Ethics will be of great interest to students and scholars of Philosophy, African philosophy, Environmental Ethics and Gender Studies.Table of Contents Introduction Prof. Bruce B. Janz (University of Central Florida, USA), "Peripherality and Non-Philosophy in African Philosophy: Womanist Philosophy, Environmental Philosophy and Other Provocations." Prof. Alexander Animalu & Mr. Jeff Unegbu (University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria), "Gaia Hypothesis from an African Perspective." Prof. Thaddeus Metz (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), "How to Ground Animal Rights on African Values: A Constructive Approach." Dr. Kevin Behrens (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), "An African Account of the Moral Obligation to Preserve Biodiversity." Prof. Olatunji Oyeshile (University of Ibadan, Nigeria), "Transformation of Urban Space in South-West of Nigeria, 2011 to Present: Ethical Issues in Development and Aesthetics" Prof. Ebunoluwa Oduwole & Dr. Fayemi Kazeem (Olabisi Onabanjo University & University of Lagos, Nigeria), "Animal Rights vs. Animal Care Ethics: Interrogating the Relationship to Non-Human Animals in Yorùbá Culture." Prof. Workineh Kelbassa (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia), "Women and the Environment in Africa." Prof. Oladele Balogun & Dr. Fayemi Kazeem (Olabisi Onabanjo University & University of Lagos, Nigeria), "Women Identities in African Environmental Ethics: A Conversational Engagement." Dr. Jonathan Chimakonam (University of Calabar, Nigeria), "Ohanife: An Account of the Ecosystem based on the African notion of Relationship." Dr. Angela Roothaan (Free University Amsterdam, Netherlands), "Hermeneutics of Trees in an African Context: Enriching the Understanding of the Environment ‘for the Common Heritage of Mankind.’" Victor Nweke (University of Calabar, Nigeria), Global Warming as an Ontological Boomerang Effect: Towards a Philosophical Rescue from the African Place." Dr. Ralph Madu (Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria), "Laudato Si and the Ecological Crisis." Dr. Ada Agada (University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria) "Catalyzing Climate Change Action in Nigeria: Moderate Anthropocentrism and the African Perspective of the Cosmos". Prof. Fainos Mangena (University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe) "Zimbabwe’s Environmental Crisis: Questioning Ubuntu?" Francis Diawuo and Abdul Karim Issifu (University for Development Studies, Ghana and University of Cape Coast, Ghana) "Exploring the African Traditional Belief Systems (Totems and Taboos) in Natural Resources Conservation and Management in Ghana"

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Book SynopsisThe Ecological Brain is the first book of its kind, using complexity science to integrate the seemingly disparate fields of ecological psychology and neuroscience. The book develops a unique framework for unifying investigations and explanations of mind that span brain, body, and environment: the NeuroEcological Nexus Theory (NExT).Beginning with an introduction to the history of the fields, the author provides an assessment of why ecological psychology and neuroscience are commonly viewed as irreconcilable methods for investigating and explaining cognition, intelligent behavior, and the systems that realize them. The book then progresses to its central aim: presenting a unified investigative and explanatory framework offering concepts, methods, and theories applicable across neural and ecological scales of investigation. By combining the core principles of ecological psychology, neural population dynamics, and synergetics under a unified complexity science approach, NExT offers a compressive investigative framework to explain and understand neural, bodily, and environmental contributions to perception-action and other forms of intelligent behavior and thought.The book progresses the conversation around the role of brains in ecological psychology, as well as bodies and environments in neuroscience. It is essential reading for all students of ecological psychology, perception, cognitive sciences, and neuroscience, as well as anyone interested in the history and philosophy of the brain/mind sciences and their state-of-the-art methods and theories.Trade Review"The brain is just a brain. It has no function without the body and the environmental niche it occupies. The Ecological Brain is an attempt to explain this trivial yet often neglected embeddedness, integrating recent knowledge from psychology and neuroscience research." György Buzsáki, M.D., Ph.D., Biggs Professor of Neural Sciences, NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York University, USA"After decades of asking what your head’s inside of, ecological psychologists are beginning to ask, “what's inside your head?” In The Ecological Brain, Luis Favela takes seriously the claim that mind is low-dimensional dynamics in a brain-body-environment system. By synthesizing complexity theory, nonlinear dynamics, and recent work on neural manifolds, he points a way forward for understanding perception and action at neural, organism, and ecological scales." William H. Warren, Chancellor’s Professor of Cognitive Science, Brown University, USATable of Contents1. Making everybody upset 2. Why “ecological” psychology? 3. The sins of cognitivism visited upon neuroscience 4. The varieties of ecological neuroscience 5. Foundations of complexity science for the mind sciences 6. What is NExT? NeuroEcological Nexus Theory 7. Putting the NeuroEcological Nexus Theory to work 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisPhenomenology was one of the twentieth centuryâs major philosophical movements, and it continues to be a vibrant and widely studied subject today with relevance beyond philosophy in areas such as medicine and cognitive sciences.The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy is an outstanding guide to this important and fascinating topic. Its focus on phenomenologyâs historical and systematic dimensions makes it a unique and valuable reference source. Moreover, its innovative approach includes entries that donât simply reflect the state-of-the-art but in many cases advance it.Comprising seventy-five chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook offers unparalleled coverage and discussion of the subject, and is divided into five clear parts:â Phenomenology and the history of philosophyâ Issues and concepts in phenomenologyâ Major figures in phenomenologyâ Intersectionsâ Phenomenology in the world.Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy studying phenomenology, The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy is also suitable for those in related disciplines such as psychology, religion, literature, sociology and anthropology.Trade Review"This volume arguably represents the most ambitious and complete attempt until today to collect in a uniform form a series of highly qualified contributions on the entire spectrum of phenomenological philosophy. Given the peculiar character of each entry of this Handbook, it will be no surprise if the text will be taken as a useful guide by students entering for the first time in the difficult terrain of phenomenology as well as by experienced scholars." - Gabriele Baratelli, Phenomenological ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction D. De Santis, B. Hopkins and C. Majolino Part 1: Phenomenology and the History of Philosophy 1. The History of the Phenomenological Movement P.-J. Renaudie 2. Phenomenology and Greek Philosophy B. Hopkins 3. Phenomenology and Medieval Philosophy F. V. Tommasi 4. Phenomenology and the Cartesian Tradition E. Mehl 5. Phenomenology and British Empiricism V. De Palma 6. Phenomenology and German Idealism Th. Seebohm 7. Phenomenology and Austrian Philosophy C. Ierna Part 2: Issues and Concepts in Phenomenology 8. Aesthetics and Art F. Vassiliou 9. Body M. Doyon, M. Wehrle 10. Consciousness W. Hopp 11. Crisis E. Trizio 12. Dasein D. Dahlstrom 13. Ego M. Shim 14. Eidetic Method D. De Santis 15. Ethics J. Drummond 16. Existence E. Mariani 17. Genesis P. Alves 18. Horizon S. Geniusas 19. Imagination and Fantasy J. Jansen 20. Instinct Nam-In Lee 21. Intentionality B. Hopkins 22. Intersubjectivity and Sociality J. Čapek, T. Matějčková 23. Life-World L. Perreau 24. Mathematics V. Gérard 25. Monad A. Altobrando 26. Mood and Emotions O. Švec 27. Nothingness K.-Y. Lau 28. Ontology, Metaphysics, First Philosophy V. Gérard 29. Perception W. Hopp 30. Phenomenon A. Dijan and C. Majolino 31. Reduction A. Staiti 32. Synthesis J. Rump 33. Transcendental J. Dodd 34. Theory of Knowledge E. Trizio 35. Time N. De Warren 36. Truth and Evidence G. Heffernan 37. Variation D. De Santis 38. World K. Novotný Part 3: Major Figures in Phenomenology 39. Hannah Arendt S. Loidolt 40. Simone de Beauvoir Ch. Daigle 41. Franz Brentano A. Chrudzimski 42. Eugen Fink R. Lazzari 43. Aron Gurwitsch M. Barber and O. Wiegand 44. Martin Heidegger D. Dahlstrom 45. Michel Henry P. Lorelle 46. Edmund Husserl B. Hopkins 47. Roman Ingarden G. Bacigalupo 48. Jacob Klein B. Hopkins 49. Ludwig Landgrebe I. Quepons 50. Emmanuel LevinasR. Moati 51. Maurice Merleau-Ponty P. Burke 52. Enzo Paci M. Ferri 53. Jan Patočka R. Paparusso 54. Adolf Reinach M. Tedeschini 55. Jean-Paul Sartre N. Masselot 56. Max Scheler P. Theodorou 57. Alfred Schutz M. Barber 58. Edith Stein A. Calcagno 59. Trân Duc Thao J. Melançon Part 4: Intersections 60. Phenomenology and Analytic Philosophy G. Fréchette 61. Phenomenology and Cognitive Sciences J. Yoshimi 62. Phenomenology and Critical Theory A. Procyshyn 63. Phenomenology and Deconstruction M. Senatore 64. Phenomenology and Hermeneutics J. Risser 65. Phenomenology and Medicine V. Bizzarri 66. Phenomenology and Philosophy of Science E. Trizio 67. Phenomenology and Political Theory E. Jolly 68. Phenomenology and Psychoanalysis P. Giampieri-Deutsch 69. Phenomenology and Religion S. Bancalari 70. Phenomenology and Structuralism K.-Y. Lau Part 5: Phenomenology in the World 71. Africa B. Ndoye 72. Australia and New Zealand E. Copelj and J. Reynolds 73. Eastern Asia S. Ebersolt, T.-h. Kim and C.-s. Han 74. Latin America R. Rizo-Patron 75. North America S. Crowell and R. Parker Appendix 76. Family Tree C. Ierna. Index

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Rupert Read outlines the first resolute reading, following the highly influential New Wittgenstein school, of the Philosophical Investigations. He argues that the key to understanding Wittgenstein’s later philosophy is to understand its liberatory purport.Trade Review"Highly engaging and thought-provoking. Read’s central claim that it is time to cash in the worn-out metaphor of Wittgenstein’s later philosophy as therapy in exchange for a liberatory understanding of his work, together with the detailed readings of the Philosophical Investigations that support it, is likely to provoke much debate." – Edmund Dain, Providence College, co-editor, Wittgenstein’s moral thought."This timely, provocative and original reading of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations argues that the point of his later philosophy is fundamentally ethical and political: to free us from our preconceptions. In pursuing this goal, Read has the courage of his convictions, criticising not only Wittgenstein's previous interpreters, but even Wittgenstein himself. A reader comes away from this book with a new appreciation of Wittgenstein's relevance to our current global and environmental challenges." – David Stern, author, Univ. of Iowa, Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations."Rupert Read’s book is a seminal contribution to the conversations that Wittgenstein’s daring approach to the practice of philosophy initiated. It contends that if liberation constitutes the ethical heart of philosophy, and is one of the ultimate justifications of philosophical activity, then philosophy must be conducted in a dialogical, social spirit. Philosophy comes, and must come inevitably, with an ethical attitude. Read presents a radically relational interpretation of Wittgenstein, as distinct from an individualistic one. Wittgenstein is wise when he observes that language cannot be private. Language only has its being in a living cultural context that necessarily transcends the individual. What is less obvious is that if this is true, nor can freedom be a private affair. This is the burden of the courageous book the reader holds in his hands. Read cautions against a passive reliance on an ethical system, as though that exempts us from the active responsibility to be good, something Read quotes Gandhi on. As successive chapters throw light on a wide range of questions pertaining to language, freedom, and the good life, the book serves as an insightful guide to Wittgenstein’s master-work Philosophical Investigations." – Aseem Shrivastava, Ashoka University, author, Churning the Earth: The making of global India."Rupert Read has long been one of the most passionate and prolific contributors to contemporary attempts to get Wittgenstein’s way of doing philosophy properly into focus. This systematic engagement with the Philosophical Investigations pulls together his previous work in a way which highlights the unity of its underlying concerns, and clarifies the internal relation between its content and its very distinctive form. For this book presents Read’s eagerness to engage so widely with the work of other commentators, and to make startling connections with writers in other disciplines, all in prose of ummistakable idiosyncrasy, as a sustained expression of his belief that Wittgenstein’s work is meant to attract us to the task of liberating ourselves from compulsions and prohibitions that inhibit our capacity to achieve individuality in community. And if that task requires dispensing with stances central to his earlier writing, or even reformulating Wittgenstein’s own signature concepts and claims – what one might call liberating himself from his philosophical exemplar, and from himself – then Read doesn’t hesitate. It’s a radical embodiment of an ethics and politics of thinking." – Stephen Mulhall, Oxford Univ., author, Inheritance and originality."In this bold and precise book Rupert Read provides a careful reading of Wittgenstein's posthumously published Philosophical Investigations. The book will obviously be of interest to all Wittgenstein specialists. One hopes it will reach many more readers as well, because Read's work presents nothing less than a full-scale portrait of the formidable resources Wittgenstein offers for political philosophy. The key to Read's success is his resolute overcoming of the influential notion that there are two Wittgensteins: One, who was a great philosopher of language, meaning, logic and other topics familiar to professional philosophers, and another, who was a conservative, Viennese critic of progressive modernity. The persistence of this schizophrenic image of Wittgenstein is one of the great scandals of philosophy in our times. Read's work invites us to read Wittgenstein as a philosopher whose work is indispensable for all who are engaged in the theory and practice of justice, dignity and freedom in the age of ecological crisis and authoritarian capitalism." – Thomas Wallgren, Univ. of Helsinki, author, ‘Transformative philosophy’"An impassioned and exciting call to see the philosophy of Wittgenstein (and beyond) in a radically new light: as second-person in perspective, transcending the merely subjective or objective, fundamentally ethical in nature, and yet avoiding the pitfalls of ‘philosophy as therapy’. An inspiring work." – Iain McGilchrist, All Soul’s, author, The master and his emissary.Rupert Read’s "liberatory" account of Wittgenstein opens up an exhilarating new way of looking at this philosopher. In his detailed and sympathetic analysis of key sections of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations Read seeks to show how the idea of liberation from ideologies, ideas, and assumptions that we have adopted unthinkingly is crucial to that text and how Wittgenstein conceives of liberation as an interactive and interpersonal process. In highlighting this aspect of Wittgenstein’s thought, Read seeks to bring out its deep ethical and political significance. We can be sure that the book will stimulate a whole new line of thinking about Wittgenstein’s work. – Prof. Hans Sluga, Berkeley, author, Wittgenstein."The phrase ‘philosophy as therapy’, especially as a way of looking at Wittgenstein’s philosophical procedure, now tends to elicit either a shrug or a snarl. Rupert Read, like the late Gordon Baker, sees that what is central to Wittgenstein’s analogy with therapy is liberation. On the one hand, those who are genuinely gripped by a picture that they cannot see beyond, or whose craving for generality is so insatiable that they gloss over vital differences, may be freed from such tyranny by ‘the liberating word’; on the other, such freeing is entirely non-coercive: in Waismann’s famous words, ‘There is to be no bullying with the stick of logic or the stick of grammar’. Read, moreover, sees something that Baker never quite did: clinging to Baker’s later work were, in Read’s words, ‘the eggshells of our civilisation’s "individualism" and concomitantly … its reluctance to take the 1st-person- and 2nd-person- plurals seriously’. And, wonderfully, Read does something which Baker almost never did: apart from his work on the disastrously misnamed ‘private language argument’, most of Baker’s later writing was programmatic. In this magnificent book, Read shows in detail how this vision of Wittgenstein’s philosophical procedure sheds new light on all the familiar passages and ‘topics’ in Philosophical Investigations. This is the Wittgenstein book I have been waiting for." – Dr. Katherine Morris, Oxford Univ., co-author with Baker of Descartes’s Dualism and editor of Baker’s posthumous Wittgenstein’s method.Table of Contents0 Introduction: Thinking through Wittgenstein 11 The Philosopher and Temptation: Wittgenstein’s Augustinian Opening Move 422 “It Is as You Please”: PI 16 as an Icon oWittgenstein’s Philosophy of Freedom 783 What Is (Wittgenstein’s Own Account of) Meaning?: PI 43 and Its Critics 1084 When Wittgenstein Speaks of ‘Everyday’ Language, He Means Simply Language: A Liberatory Reading of PI 95–124 1435 Objects of Comparison to the Real (Philosophical?)Discovery: PI 130–133 1886 Wittgenstein Dissolves the Know-How vs Knowledge- that Debate: PI 149–151 2067 Logical Existentialism?: An Approach to PI 186 2268 The Faux- Freedom of Nonsense: Kripke’s Wittgenstein and Wittgenstein’s Wittgenstein at PI 198–201 2609 Overcoming Over- Reliance on ‘The Bedrock’?: On PI 217 27910 The Anti-‘Private-Language’Considerations as a Fraternal and Freeing Ethic: Towards a Re-Reading of PI 284–309 29711 Conclusion: (A)Liberating Philosophy 327Bibliography 363Index 382

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Book SynopsisAs society becomes more concerned with the future of our planet, the study of apocalypse and eschatology become increasingly pertinent. Whether religious or not, peoples' views on this topic can have a profound effect on their attitudes to issues such as climate change and social justice and so it cannot be ignored. This book investigates how different approaches in historical and contemporary Christian theology make sense in reflecting about the final things, or the eschata, and why it is so important to consider their multi-faceted impact on our lives. A team of Nordic scholars analyse historical and contemporary eschatological thinking in a broad range of sources from theology and other related disciplines, such as moral philosophy, art history and literature. Specific social and environmental challenges, such as the Norwegian Breivik massacre in 2011, climatic change narratives and the ambiguity of discourses about euthanasia are investigTrade Review"This well-written volume showcases the creativity and excellence of Nordic scholarship. The serious treatment of the last things will make this book interesting for scholars specializing in eschatology, practical theology, religious studies, as well as philosophy of religion. Seminary-trained pastors will turn an ear to the highly accessible content and see ways in which they can craft socially relevant eschatologies in their ministry contexts."- Brandon F. Babcock, Reading Religion"The new theological-philosophical reflection on the relevance of Christian eschatology to contemporary soci-ety, which is undertaken in this work, remains certainly to be commended."- Raymond R. Hausoul, Evangelische Theologische Faculteit Leuven, NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of ReligionTable of Contents1 What Images of the Last Things Do to Us: Introductory Remarks on Why Eschatology Matters 2 Fear of the Future and Theology of Hope 3 The Revelations of Global Climate Change: A Petro-Eschatology 4 Euthanasia: Does Eschatology Matter? 5 Time Turned into Space – At Home on Earth: Wanderings in Eschatological Spatiality 6 Looking For a Miracle: On the Point of Eschatology 7 Beyond the Limit of Time: A New Quest for Hope 8 Back to the Future 9 Enlightened to Eternity

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Book SynopsisFor many decades, race and racism have been common areas of study in departments of sociology, history, political science, English, and anthropology. Much more recently, as the historical concept of race and racial categories have faced significant scientific and political challenges, philosophers have become more interested in these areas. This changing understanding of the ontology of race has invited inquiry from researchers in moral philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of language, and aesthetics.The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Race offers in one comprehensive volume newly written articles on race from the worldâs leading analytic and continental philosophers. It is, however, accessible to a readership beyond philosophy as well, providing a cohesive reference for a wide student and academic readership. The Companion synthesizes current philosophical understandings of race, providing 37 chapters on the history of philosophy and race as well as how race might be investigated in the usual frameworks of contemporary philosophy. The volume concludes with a section on philosophical approaches to some topics with broad interest outside of philosophy, like colonialism, affirmative action, eugenics, immigration, race and disability, and post-racialism.By clearly explaining and carefully organizing the leading current philosophical thinking on race, this timely collection will help define the subject and bring renewed understanding of race to students and researchers in the humanities, social science, and sciences.Trade Review"This important and timely volume addresses foundational questions concerning the impact of racial ideologies and practices on the development of Western philosophy. These interventions, profound in their ontological, epistemological and political implications, will be of keen interest to philosophers and other scholars working to better grasp the enduring legacies of racism."--Steven Gregory, Columbia University"A timely and telling collection on the philosophy of race in the critical tradition. The volume grapples in the terms of both the European and counter-European philosophical traditions concerning the driving questions of race and racism today. This is a critically valuable study of philosophical canons and disciplinary practices regarding race. A volume that is as productive to think about as it is to teach."--David Theo Goldberg, University of California, Irvine

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Book SynopsisEngineering has always been a part of human life but has only recently become the subject matter of systematic philosophical inquiry. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering presents the state-of-the-art of this field and lays a foundation for shaping future conversations within it. With a broad scholarly scope and 55 chapters contributed by both established experts and fresh voices in the field, the Handbook provides valuable insights into this dynamic and fast-growing field. The volume focuses on central issues and debates, established themes, and new developments in: Foundational perspectives Engineering reasoning Ontology Engineering design processes Engineering activities and methods Values in engineering Responsibilities in engineering practice Reimagining engineering Trade Review"This is an amazing collection! Not only is it the first book of its kind, defining the territory of the new and rapidly developing field of philosophy of engineering, it contains chapters by a truly international and multidisciplinary group of scholars. The compilation is rich and exciting, and very timely."Deborah G. Johnson, Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics Emeritus, University of Virginia"Neelke Doorn and Diane Michelfelder have curated an impressive body of works that turn the clarifying and critical lens of philosophy upon engineering. This volume begins to reveal the depths of an essential human enterprise, one that philosophers for too long treated as a superficial craft rather than what it is: a creative endeavor of social imagination in action."Shannon Vallor, Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh"Traditional philosophy of technology largely ignores engineers and engineering, but The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering takes engineers, their methods, their responsibilities, and their future seriously with a world-class collection of spot-on papers sure to stimulate your reflection. Beg, borrow, or steal this volume and start treating the humans and human activity of engineering in a philosophically serious way, today."David E. Goldberg, Professor Emeritus, University of IllinoisTable of ContentsIntroduction I: Foundational Perspectives 1. What Is Engineering? 2. A Brief History of Engineering 3. Western Philosophical Approaches and Engineering 4. Eastern Philosophical Approaches and Engineering 5. What Is Engineering Science? 6. Scientific Methodology in the Engineering Sciences II: Engineering Reasoning 7. Engineering Design and the Quest for Optimality 8. Prescriptive Engineering Knowledge 9. Engineering as Art and the Art of Engineering 10. Creativity and Discovery in Engineering 11. Uncertainty 12. Scenarios 13. Systems Engineering as Engineering Philosophy 14. Assessing Provenance and Bias in Big Data III: Ontology 15. Artifacts 16. Engineering Objects 17. Use Plans 18. Function in Engineering 19. Emergence in Engineering 20. Towards an Ontology of Innovation: On the New, the Political-Economic Dimension and the Intrinsic Risks Involved in Innovation Processes IV: Engineering Design Processes 21. Engineering Design 22. Values and Design 23. Design Methods and Validation 24. Human-Centred Design and its Inherent Ethical Qualities 25. Sustainable Design 26. Maintenance V: Engineering Activities and Methods 27. Measurement 28. Models in Engineering and Design 29. Scale Modeling 30. Computer Simulations 31. Experimentation 32. On Verification and Validation in Engineering VI: Values in Engineering 33. Values in Risk and Safety Assessment 34. Engineering and Sustainability: Control and Care in Unfoldings of Modernity 35. The Role of Resilience in Engineering 36. Trust in Engineering 37. Aesthetics 38. Health 39. Philosophy of Security Engineering VII: Responsibilities in Engineering Practice 40. Ethical Considerations in Engineering 41. Autonomy in Engineering 42. Standards in Engineering 43. Professional Codes of Ethics 44. Responsibilities to the Public—Professional Engineering Societies 45. Engineering as a Political Practice 46. Global Engineering Ethics 47. Engineering Practice and Engineering Policy: The Narrative Form of Engineering Policy Advice VIII: Reimagining Engineering 48. Feminist Engineering and Gender 49. Socially Responsible Engineering 50. Engineering and Social Justice 51. Engineering and Environmental Justice 52. Beyond Traditional Engineering: Green, Humanitarian, Social Justice, and Omnium Approaches 53. Engineering and Contemporary Continental Philosophy of Technology 54. Engineering Practice from the Perspective of Methodical Constructivism and Culturalism 55. Reimagining the Future of Engineering

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Book SynopsisThis volume is initial reflections on the meaning and the implications of Yuk Hui's notion of cosmotechnics, which opens up an anti-universalist and pluralist perspective on technology beyond the West.Martin Heidegger's famous analysis of the essence of technology as enframing and as rooted in ancient Greek techne has had a crucial influence on the understanding and critique of technological society and culture in the twentieth century. However, it is still unclear to what extent his analysis can also be applied to the development of technology outside of the West', e.g. in China, Africa, and Latin America, particularly against the backdrop of receding Western domination and impending global ecological disaster. Acknowledging the planetary expansion of Western technology already observed by Heidegger, yet also recognizing the existence of non-Western origins of technical relationships to the cosmos, Yuk Hui's notion of cosmotechnics calls for a rethinking in diTable of ContentsPreface: CosmotechnicsYuk HuiIntroduction: Cosmotechnics and the ontological turn in the age of the AnthropocenePieter Lemmens1. Other turnings. Yuk Hui’s pluralist cosmotechnics in between heidegger’s ontological and stiegler’s organological understanding of technology Pieter Lemmens2. Cosmotechnics from an anthropotechnological perspective Marco Pavanini3. Neosubstantivism as Cosmotechnics: Gilbert Simondon versus the Transhumanist SynthesisAndrés Vaccari4. Machine and ecologyYuk Hui5. Noodiversty, technodiversity. Elements of a new economic foundation based on a new foundation for theoretical computer scienceBernard Stiegler and translated by Daniel Ross6. Technics and agency. The pluralism and diversity of technē Jason Tuckwell7. Philosophy in the light of AI. Hegel or LeibnizSjoerd van Tuinen8. Towards a fifth ontology for the AnthropoceneClive Hamilton9. The black angel of history. Afrofuturism’s cosmic techniques Frédéric Neyrat and translated by Daniel Ross10. Equivocations of the body and cosmic arts. An experiment in polyrealism Peter Skafish

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Book SynopsisWhat makes for good societies and good lives in a global world? In this landmark work of political and ethical philosophy, Omedi Ochieng offers a radical reassessment of a millennia-old question. He does so by offering a stringent critique of both North Atlantic and African philosophical traditions, which he argues unfold visions of the good life that are characterized by idealism, moralism, and parochialism. But rather than simply opposing these flawed visions of the good life with his own set of alternative prescriptions, Ochieng argues that it is critically important to step back and understand the stakes of the question. Those stakes, he suggests, are to be found only through a social ontology â a comprehensive and in-depth account of the political, economic, and cultural structures that mark the boundaries and limits of life in the twenty-first century. It is only in light of this social ontology that Ochieng then proffers an alternative normative account of the good socTable of ContentsIntroduction: Groundwork for the Infraphysics of Practice: The Good Society and the Good Life in North Atlantic and African PhilosophyPart I: "Think Relationally, Act Structurally": A Social Ontology of the Good Society1. Introduction2. Mapping Social Ontology2.1. Social Structure2.1.1. Politics2.1.2. Economics2.1.3. Culture2.2 Subjectivity and Relationality2.3 Power, Legitimation and Ideology2.3.1. Power2.3.2. Representation2.3.3. Relationships2.3.4. Consciousness2.4. Agency 2.5. Normativity3. Dimensions and Vectors of The Good Society3.1. Interanimated Historiography3.2. Chronotopian Political Imagination3.3. Secular/Naturalistic Structures3.4. Restructurative Justice4. ConclusionPart II: Chronotopes: Archaeologies and Landscapes of the Good Society1. Introduction2. Contextualizing African Identity3. African Political Structures 3.1. Auto-politics3.2. Inter-politics3.3. Pneuma/Theo-politics3.4. Meta-politics3.5. Anti-politics3.6. Dia-politics3.7. Ethno-politics3.8. A-politics/Post-politics3.9. Endo-politics3.10. Poly-politics4. ConclusionPart III: Creaturely Value: A Meta-Ethics of the Good Life1. Introduction 2. The Epistemology of Ethics3. Mapping an Ontology of Ethics3.1. Contextual Creatureliness3.2. Toward a Critique of Dominant Ethical Theories4. ConclusionPart IV: Emergent Normativity: The Good Life as the Articulation of Ground Projects1. Introduction2.1 Ground Projects as World-Articulations2.2. Ground Projects as Self-Articulations2.3. G

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Book SynopsisSince the Middle Ages, literature has portrayed the economic world in poetry, drama, stories and novels. The complexity of human realities highlights crucial aspects of the economy. The nexus linking characters to their economic environment is central in a new genre, the economic novel, that puts forth economic choices and events to narrate social behavior, individual desires, and even non-economic decisions. For many authors, literary narration also offers a means to express critical viewpoints about economic development, for example in regards to its ecological or social ramifications.Conflicts of economic interest have social, political and moral causes and consequences. This book shows how economic and literary texts deal with similar subjects, and explores the ways in which economic ideas and metaphors shape literary texts, focusing on the analogies between economic theories and narrative structure in literature and drama. This volume also suggests that connectingTable of Contents1 Introduction and OverviewÇINLA AKDERE AND CHRISTINE BARON AND BRUNA INGRAOPart IPassions and Interest: A Comparative Study of Economic Texts and Literary Masterpieces2 Narratives of passions and finance in the 19th centuryBRUNA INGRAO3 The passions and the interests: the Sentimental Education of Gustave FlaubertALPHONSO SANCHEZ4 Literature and Political Economy: Saint-Simon and Jean-Baptiste Say’s writingsGILLES JACOUD5 Which Economic Agent Does Robinson Crusoe Represent? CLAIRE PIGNOL6 Political Economy and utilitarianism in Dickens' Hard TimesNATHALIE SIGOT AND ÇINLA AKDEREPART II Economic Ideas and Metaphors in Literature: An Interdisciplinary Approach7 Concordances and dissidences between economy and literature JEAN-JOSEPH GOUX8 Economics and monetary imagination in André Gide's The Counterfeiters ÇINLA AKDERE AND CHRISTINE BARON9 ‘I Always Wanted to Have Earned My First Dollar but I Never Had’: Gertrude Stein and Money LAURA E. B. KEY10 Georges Perec’s Les Choses as the Privileged Domain of Contemporary Hunter-GatherersEYÜP ÖZVERENPART IIIFacing change: reflections of economic development and crises in historical and literary texts 11 Transforming Economic and Social Relations: Modern Economy in Novels of UşaklıgilREYHAN TUTUMLU SERDAR AND ALI SERDAR12 Mechanization Experience in Agriculture in Turkey: The Pomegranate on the KnollSELİN SEÇİL AKIN AND IŞIL ŞİRİN SELÇUK13 An Intertextual Analysis of the Village Novels by Village Institute Graduates: Socio-economic Scenes of the Turkish Village between 1950 and 1980ESRA ELİF NARTOK14 Theatre in Crisis, Theatre of Crisis: Economics and Contemporary Dram

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Book SynopsisIn Complexity and Postmodernism, Paul Cilliers explores the idea of complexity in the light of contemporary perspectives from philosophy and science. Cilliers offers us a unique approach to understanding complexity and computational theory by integrating postmodern theory (like that of Derrida and Lyotard) into his discussion. Complexity and Postmodernism is an exciting and an original book that should be read by anyone interested in gaining a fresh understanding of complexity, postmodernism and connectionism.Trade Review'Clearly, indeed beautifully written ... this is an important book with a substantial argument to make. It is full of good things.' - JASSSTable of ContentsPreface. Approaching Complexity Introducing Connectionism Post-Structuralism, Connectionism And Complexity John Searle Befuddles Problems With Representation Self-Orgainzation In Complex Systems Complexity And Postmodernism Afterword: Understanding Complexity Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the different interpretations major philosophers have made of the imagination. Focusing on Kant and Levinas it takes us on a dazzling tour of the philosophical imagination.Trade Review'This book collects a number of thought provoking studies on imagination and the crucial significances claimed for it since Kant.' - Tidschrift voor FilosofieTable of ContentsChapter 1 Prologue; Part 1 Back Through Kant; Chapter 2 Imagination as Medial Diathesis; Chapter 3 Constructive Imagination as Connecting Middle; Chapter 4 Antinomy as Dialectical Imagination in Hegel's Critique of Kant; Chapter 5 Dialectical Imagination as Deconstruction; Chapter 6 Imadgination as the meaning of Being; Part 2 From Levinas; Chapter 7 Levinas's Critical and Hypocritical Diction; Chapter 8 Arendt's Critique of Political Judgement; Part 3 To the Things Themselves; Chapter 9 Respect as Effective Affectivity; Chapter 10 Aesthethics; Chapter 11 Alethaesthethics; Chapter 12 Epilogue;

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Book SynopsisMichael Dummett, philosopher and social critic, was one of the sharpest and most prominent commentators and campaigners for the fair treatment of immigrants and refugees in Britain and Europe. This book insightfully draws together his thoughts on this major issue for the first time.Exploring the confused and often highly unjust thinking about immigration, Dummett then carefully questions the principles and justifications governing state policies, pointing out that they often conflict with the rights of refugees as laid down by the Geneva Convention. With compelling and often moving examples, On Immigration and Refugees points a new way forward for humane thinking and practice about a problem we cannot afford to ignore.Trade Review'Makes the case meticulously ... a terrible indictment of modern British immigration policy.' - The Economist (WORLD)'Passionately argued and shot through with a sense of urgency ... an invigorating read.' - The Tablet'acutely spots a blank in the mentality of earlier political philosophers who "have seldom asked what obligations a state has towards those who are not its citizens" and argues powerfully against those who "hold that we have at most only negative duties towards strangers: that, for example, we may not kill them, but have no duty to protect them from being killed". He exposes the fraudulence of the phrase "bogus asylum-seeker"It would be rash to expect so decent a voice will get much of a hearing. After all, selfishness is not only admired but encouraged all around us' - The Evening Standard'Makes the case meticulously ... Sir Michael's narrative gains power from its cold-blooded, uncoloured language ... a terrible indictment of modern British immigration policy. - The Economist'A timely and useful contribution to the debatea clear, readable and coherent argument.' - Humanist News'A lucid philosophical discussion of the ethical principles at stake in matters of immigration and asylum, and a sharp review of the historical ways they have been manhandled.' - New Left Review'Its greatest contribution is to demolish the arguments uses by politicians and the media, and to expose their implicit racism... It would be hard to find another short book which analyses the causes and development of racism so clearly, and shows the connivance in fostering racial prejudice of successive governments of all parties.' - Local Government Studies'On Immigration and Refugees is an informed, engaging and often provocative polemic, deserving a wide readership.' - Journal of Peace Research 2002Table of ContentsPreface Part 1: Principles 1. Some General Principles 2. The Duties of a State to Refugees 3. The Duties of a State to Immigrants 4. Grounds of Refusal 5. Citizenship Part 2: History 6. How Immigration was made a menace in Britain 7. From Immigrants to Refugees 8. Racism in Other European Countries and Immigration into Them. Index

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Book SynopsisIt is hard to overestimate the importance of the contribution made by Dame Frances Yates to the serious study of esotericism and the occult sciences. To her work can be attributed the contemporary understanding of the occult origins of much of Western scientific thinking, indeed of Western civilization itself. The Occult Philosophy of the Elizabethan Age was her last book, and in it she condensed many aspects of her wide learning to present a clear, penetrating, and, above all, accessible survey of the occult movements of the Renaissance, highlighting the work of John Dee, Giordano Bruno, and other key esoteric figures. The book is invaluable in illuminating the relationship between occultism and Renaissance thought, which in turn had a profound impact on the rise of science in the seventeenth century. Stunningly written and highly engaging, Yates'' masterpiece is a must-read for anyone interested in the occult tradition.Trade Review'Among those who have explored the intellectual world of the sixteenth century, no one can rival Frances Yates. Wherever she looks, she illuminates . . . No one has done more than she to recreate, from unexpected material, the intellectual life of past ages.' – Hugh Trevor-Roper'A welcome new edition of this classic work ...' – NetworkTable of ContentsList of illustrations, Preface, Introduction, PART I The Occult Philosophy in Renaissance and Reformation, PART II The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age, PART III The Occult Philosophy and Rosicrucianism and Puritanism. The Return of the Jews to England, Epilogue, Notes, Index

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Book SynopsisDescribed by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of 'great originality and power', this book revolutionized contemporary thinking on science and knowledge. Ideas such as the now legendary doctrine of 'falsificationism' electrified the scientific community, influencing even working scientists, as well as post-war philosophy. This astonishing work ranks alongside The Open Society and Its Enemies as one of Popper's most enduring books and contains insights and arguments that demand to be read to this day.Trade Review`One of the most important documents of the twentieth century.' - Sir Peter Medawar, New Scientist`One cannot help feeling that, if it had been translated as soon as it had been originally published, philosophy in this country might have been saved some detours. Professor Popper's thesis has that quality of greatness that, once seen, it appears simple and almost obvious' - Times Literary Supplement'One of the most important documents of the twentieth century.' – Peter Medawar, New ScientistTable of ContentsPART I Introduction to the Logic of Science 1 A Survey of Some Fundamental Problems 2 On the Problem of a Theory of Scientific Method PART II Some Structural Components of a Theory of Experience 3 Theories 4 Falsifiability 5 The Problem of the Empirical Basis 6 Degrees of Testability 7 Simplicity 41 Elimination of the Aesthetic and the Pragmatic Concepts of Simplicity 8 Probability 9 Some Observations on Quantum Theory 10 Corroboration, or How a Theory Stands up to Tests

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Book SynopsisHume is essential reading not only for students of philosophy, but anyone in the humanities and social sciences and beyond seeking an introduction to Hume's thought.Trade Review"This is an excellent book. Garrett provides a comprehensive yet concise introduction to Hume's thought that should be accessible to newcomers to Hume, including upper-level undergraduates. … The interpretations he offers are nuanced and based on very careful readings of Hume's texts, and he is able to combine his sharp focus on the details of Hume's arguments with a panoramic view of Hume's project. … [A]n important and interesting contribution to Hume scholarship that will be valuable for both specialists and newcomers to Hume." - Deborah Boyle, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"Don Garrett is among the most distinguish and influential figures currently working on Hume and early modern philosophy. This is an important and illuminating contribution which will be received with considerable enthusiasm and interest by both specialists and the general reader. I expect it to rapidly establish itself as the standard general study of Hume's philosophy." - Paul Russell, University of British Columbia, Canada"This is an outstanding, incredibly stimulating book. It contains ground-breaking discussions within its pages, including the attention paid to Hume’s account of mental representation, the centrality in Hume of what Garrett calls ‘sense-based’ concepts, and a fascinating reconstruction of Hume’s naturalistic account of normativity. It will be studied and debated for years to come." - P. J. E. Kail, University of Oxford, UK"The best introductory treatment of Hume’s philosophy on the market. More than this, Garrett shows how Hume’s project is unified by the common structure of the senses - including moral and ‘causal’ senses - which shape our conceptions of the world, and enable our critical engagement with it." - Donald C. Ainslie, University of Toronto, Canada"An elegant, accessible, and well-grounded treatment of the central themes in David Hume’s philosophy. Garrett provides an illuminating account of the role that skeptical themes play in Hume’s position without, as some have, minimizing them. His grasp and admiration of Hume’s writings is evident throughout this work, yielding a central contribution to Hume scholarship." - Robert Fogelin, Dartmouth College, USA"This is an excellent book. Garrett provides a comprehensive yet concise introduction to Hume's thought that should be accessible to newcomers to Hume, including upper-level undergraduates. … The interpretations he offers are nuanced and based on very careful readings of Hume's texts, and he is able to combine his sharp focus on the details of Hume's arguments with a panoramic view of Hume's project. … [A]n important and interesting contribution to Hume scholarship that will be valuable for both specialists and newcomers to Hume." - Deborah Boyle, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"Don Garrett is among the most distinguish and influential figures currently working on Hume and early modern philosophy. This is an important and illuminating contribution which will be received with considerable enthusiasm and interest by both specialists and the general reader. I expect it to rapidly establish itself as the standard general study of Hume's philosophy." - Paul Russell, University of British Columbia, Canada"This is an outstanding, incredibly stimulating book. It contains ground-breaking discussions within its pages, including the attention paid to Hume’s account of mental representation, the centrality in Hume of what Garrett calls ‘sense-based’ concepts, and a fascinating reconstruction of Hume’s naturalistic account of normativity. It will be studied and debated for years to come." - P. J. E. Kail, University of Oxford, UK"The best introductory treatment of Hume’s philosophy on the market. More than this, Garrett shows how Hume’s project is unified by the common structure of the senses - including moral and ‘causal’ senses - which shape our conceptions of the world, and enable our critical engagement with it." - Donald C. Ainslie, University of Toronto, Canada"An elegant, accessible, and well-grounded treatment of the central themes in David Hume’s philosophy. Garrett provides an illuminating account of the role that skeptical themes play in Hume’s position without, as some have, minimizing them. His grasp and admiration of Hume’s writings is evident throughout this work, yielding a central contribution to Hume scholarship." - Robert Fogelin, Dartmouth College, USA"...Garrett’s new book, Hume, will not disappoint, especially those eager to find a summation of his views as they have developed since the publication of Cognition and Commitment (1997) some two decades ago. The book reflects ‘modifications’ of his past interpretations, as Garrett himself puts it, along with ‘significant new elements, both large and small’ (xxi), the whole presented in a distinctive style reflecting his conviction that the ‘philosophical history of philosophy’ is most fruitfully pursued by ‘mixing of historical and contemporary terminology’" - Timothy M. Costelloe, College of William & Mary, Journal of Scottish Philosophy Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. "A Ruling Passion" 2. Perceptions and Principles of the Mind 3. The Mind and its Faculties4. Sense-Based Concepts 5. Normative Concepts 6. Induction and Causation 7. Skepticism and Probability 8. Morality and Virtue9. Religion and God 10. "Leaving it to Posterity to Add the Rest". Index

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