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Book SynopsisFrom Gandhi?s salt march to the US civil rights movement and Occupy Wall Street, nonviolent campaigns to promote democracy, human rights and social justice have long played an important transformative role in local, national and global politics.Trade Review"Civil Resistance Today provides the most comprehensive overview available of the issues and approaches in the burgeoning field of strategic nonviolent action. Ideal for classroom use and for anyone who wants to better understand the history and dynamics of this growing phenomenon of popular mass mobilizations for social justice and political freedom."Stephen Zunes, University of San FranciscoTable of Contents1 Conceptualization and Debates 2 Civil Resistance in Theory and Practice 3 Proliferation and Expanding Forms of Civil Resistance 4 How Resistance Happens 5 The State and Civil Resisters 6 Transnational Relations and Intervention 7 Processes, Dynamics & Outcomes 8 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisOne can rightly say of Peter Sloterdijk that each of his essays and lectures is also an unwritten book. That is why the texts presented here, which sketch a philosophical physiognomy of Martin Heidegger, should also be characterized as a collected renunciation of exhaustiveness.Trade Review"This book is essential for anyone interested in one of the contemporary world's most prescient, prolific, and prominent philosophers." Phenomenological Reviews“With his usual flair, philosophical finesse, and dazzling scholarship, Peter Sloterdijk shows us what it means to read Heidegger today, beyond accusation and apology. At a time when so many have decided to turn away from his thought, Sloterdijk teaches us a lesson in how to think with, but also after and beyond Heidegger. Not Saved is an impressive collection of essays, which touches expertly and delicately on a wide range of contemporary issues, such as globalization, technology, and the post-human condition. It will be discussed for many years to come.”Miguel de Beistegui, Warwick UniversityTable of ContentsTranslators’ Introduction vii Preface x 1. The Plunge and the Turn 1Speech on Heidegger’s Thinking in Motion 2. Luhmann, Devil’s Advocate 49Of Original Sin, the Egotism of Systems, and the New Ironies 3. The Domestication of Being 89The Clarification of the Clearing 4. What Is Solidarity with Metaphysics at the Moment of Its Fall? 149Note on Critical and Exaggerated Theory 5. Alētheia or the Fuse of Truth 175Toward the Concept of a History of Unconcealment 6. Rules for the Human Park 193A Response to Heidegger’s “Letter on ‘Humanism’” 7. Wounded by Machines 217Toward the Epochal Significance of the Most Recent Medical Technology 8. The Time of the Crime of the Monstrous 237On the Philosophical Justification of the Artificial 9. The Selfless Revanchist 251A Note on Cioran 10. “An Essential Tendency toward Nearness Lies in Dasein” 257Marginalia to Heidegger’s Doctrine of Existential Place Notes 263

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Book SynopsisAntonio Rosmini-Serbati (1797D1855) was one of the first natural law scholars to bring natural law thinking into a conversation with the market economic order that was beginning to emerge in Europe in the 19th century. His reflections on matters such as the origin, nature, and limits of private property, the role of the state, and the nature of human reason show him to be a unique, innovative thinker who nonetheless was determined to work within the parameters of Catholic doctrine. Many of these ideas are concretized in his seminal work The Constitution Under Social Justice, a text that has profound instights to offer those today seeking to integrate theology, philosophy, and economics into their conceptions of a social order that aspires to be both free and just.Trade ReviewMuch misunderstood in his own time, Fr. Rosmini is surely a contemporary model for serious theological reflection on the political and economic order. The Constitution Under Social Justice is a masterpiece - both for his time and ours. -- Jean-Yves Naudet, Professor of Economics, Universite d'Aix-Marseilles IIIAntonio Rosmini's Constitution Under Social Justice is a great book that extols the virtues of a liberty ordered to truth. This translation will bring Rosmini's thought to the attention of new audiences at precisely the right time. His insights into the role of property in ordering free societies are essential reading for theologians, economists, and political scientists today. -- James V. Schall, Professor of Government, Georgetown UniversityA very important text, The Constitution Under Social Justice takes us beyond today's sterile political labels, and returns political discourse to where it belongs - the language of natural law. Written in the 19th century, Rosmini's book provides those in the 21st century with the tools we need to think about freedom in the modern world in a coherent manner. -- Carlos Hoevel, Professor of Philosophy, Catholic University of ArgentinaAntonio Rosmini is one of the great minds of 19th century Catholicism. His Constitution Under Social Justice represents the most mature expression of Rosmini's political and economic thought. This English translation is a must-read for anyone interested in the dialogue between the worlds of theology, philosophy, and economics. -- Robert A. Sirico, President, Acton InstituteTable of ContentsChapter 1 On Constitutions of the French Kind Chapter 2 The Vices of Constitutions Chapter 3 Remedy for the Two Radical Vices of the Constitutions Molded on the French Model Chapter 4 A Constitutions Project Chapter 5 Explanation for the Reasons for the Constitutional Project Chapter 6 Reasons for the Disposition Contained in the Preliminary Article Chapter 7 Reasons for the Disposition Contained in Title I Chapter 8 Reasons for the Disposition Contained in Title II Chapter 9 Reasons for the Disposition Contained in Title III Chapter 10 Reasons for the Disposition Contained in Title IV Chapter 11 Reasons for the Disposition Contained in Title V Chapter 12 General Considerations Chapter 13 Notes Chapter 14 Appendix Chapter 15 Index

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Book SynopsisTim Crane takes up fundamental philosophical questions of consciousness, perception, and the experience of our own mental lives. Psychologism, in his formulation, investigates the mind not only empirically and conceptually but also phenomenologically: through the systematic examination of consciousness and thought from the subject's point of view.Trade ReviewTim Crane is an original and creative voice in contemporary philosophy of mind and perception. These essays make a major contribution toward a more phenomenally-oriented philosophy of perception that also captures the idea that perception is world-presenting and not a matter of the mere reception of blank subjective signs. -- Gary Hatfield, University of PennsylvaniaThis volume is a joy to read and provides a refreshing outlook on the topics that it covers. Crane masterfully sets up the dialectic context before introducing his own views. The big picture is never lost, and deep interconnections among apparently disparate theses are exposed. As a result, in addition to learning about Crane’s views, these essays provide the reader with a deeper and broader understanding of some of the important lines of thought and controversies in recent philosophy of mind. I have learned much from this book and highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in contemporary philosophy of mind and its recent history. -- Farid Masrour * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *

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Book SynopsisJohannes Climacus does what we are told to do - he actually doubts everything - he suffers through all the pain of doing that, becomes cunning, almost acquires a bad conscience. When he has gone as far in that direction as he can go and wants to come back, he cannot do so...Trade Review"The definitive edition of the Writings. The first volume ... indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard's development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of intelligent notes."--Library Journal

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Book SynopsisShows that although Kant adopts his inventory of the forms of judgment from logic textbooks of his time, he is nevertheless original in selecting just those forms he holds to be indispensable to our ability to relate representations to objects.Trade Review"An original and illuminating treatment of the relationship between concepts and intuitions, sensibility and discursivity, in Kant's critical project... A fascinating and imaginative reconstruction of Kant's theory of quantity... Longuenesse has perceptively illuminated important aspects of [the] problem lying at the heart of Kant's theory of the categories."--Michael Friedman, Zeitschrift fur Geschichte der Philosophie "Beatrice Longuenesse has written a bold, important, and exciting book concerning the major arguments of the Transcendental Analytic. Moreover, the entire work is organized around a central thesis that runs directly counter to most contemporary readings of the Critique... I think that it is fair to say that from now on no serious interpreter will be able to ignore either the 'guiding thread' itself or her analysis of it."--Henry Allison, InquiryTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Sources and AbbreviationsIntroduction3Ch. 1Synthesis and Judgment17Ch. 2The "Threefold Synthesis" and the Mathematical Model35Ch. 3The Transition to Judgment59Ch. 4Logical Definitions of Judgment81Ch. 5How Discursive Understanding Comes to the Sensible Given: Comparison of Representations and Judgment107Ch. 6Concepts of Comparison, Forms of Judgment, Concept Formation131Ch. 7Judgments of Perception and Judgments of Experience167Ch. 8Synthesis Speciosa and Forms of Sensibility211Ch. 9The Primacy of Quantitative Syntheses243Ch. 10The Real as Appearance: Imagination and Sensation292Ch. 11The Constitution of Experience324Conclusion: The Capacity to Judge and "Ontology as Immanent Thinking"394Bibliography401Index409Index of Citations of Kant's Works415

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Book SynopsisIn the Louvre museum hangs a portrait of a middle-aged man and he is dressed in the starched white collar and black coat of the typical Dutch burgher. The painting is now the iconic image of Ren Descartes, the great seventeenth-century French philosopher. This book offers an exploration of a celebrated philosopher's world and work.Trade Review"Steven Nadler has produced another gem of original research and lively and lucid writing."--Catherine Wilson, Times Literary Supplement "Riveting... In The Philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter, Nadler has ... written his most inviting book yet... Nadler's detective work makes for fascinating reading... [T]he resulting survey of Golden Age Dutch culture, Cartesian philosophy and art connoisseurship ... makes for ... very welcome intellectual entertainment."--Michael Dirda, Washington Post "[B]y situating him firmly in his time and place, [Nadler] makes clear what made Descartes the intellectual superstar of his day... [A]n original, intriguing set-up... [A]s an introduction to Descartes' philosophy, it is excellent."--David Wolf, Slate "As one would expect from a distinguished philosopher such as Nadler, the description of Descartes's philosophy, and in particular his Discourse (1637) and Meditations (1641), is flawless."--Jerry Brotton, Literary Review "Cartesian iconography centers around a widely known portrait of Descartes attributed to Frans Hals. In this book, Nadler uses the story of that painting's origin to present a study of Descartes and his philosophy that will be accessible to a wide audience... [T]his volume serves as a very good introduction to Descartes's philosophy in historical context."--Choice "[C]harming... Nadler, an American philosopher and author, has written an immensely readable introduction to Descartes."--Australian "[A] landscape (or at least a well-turned charcoal sketch) of religious, artistic, and economic life in the Netherlands during the first half of the 17th century... Nadler's book ... takes us back upstream a ways--beginning, rather than exempting us from, a dialog with the dead."--Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed "[A]bsorbing."--France Magazine "Nadler is appealing to a wider audience that is looking less for hard-nosed scholarship and more for a story to follow, some intrigue to pique the mind while telling the reader something interesting and informative about the life and work of Descartes. Insofar as the work is meant for a general audience, it accomplishes its aims well enough and should be well-received and enjoyed by those readers."--Aaron Massecar, European Legacy "Nadler gives us a remarkably accessible and historically rich picture of Descartes's life and thought. The book provides a reliable and lively introduction to Descartes for the general reader and for scholars a pleasant portrait of Descartes."--Peter M. Distelzweig, Journal of the History of PhilosophyTable of ContentsIllustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1 Prologue: A Tale of Two Paintings 1 Chapter 2 The Philosopher 8 Chapter 3 The Priest 36 Chapter 4 The Painter 55 Chapter 5 "Once in a Lifetime" 87 Chapter 6 A New Philosophy 111 Chapter 7 God in Haarlem 143 Chapter 8 The Portrait 174 Notes 199 Bibliography 219 Index 227

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Book SynopsisIn this collection of three beautifully written essays, the distinguished philosopher Jacques Maritain presents his reflections on the role of philosophy in the life of man as a social being. In his concern for the social relevance of philosophy, Professor Maritain writes of the ways in which philosophy helps one to live. His essays are a dear andTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*The Philosopher in Society, pg. 1*Truth and Human Fellowship, pg. 16*God and Science, pg. 44

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Book SynopsisA fascinating work, at once philosophical and autobiographical, by one of the most original thinkers in the United States today.Trade Review"Film and literature are where Cavell sees these issues most profoundly and, in a way, most philosophically enacted, which accounts for the excitement with which his work has been greeted by non-philosophers. His autobiography, Little Did I Know: Excerpts from Memory, is itself a work of literature, as much a testing and investigation of voice as it is a human record . . . What Cavell gives us is a way to hear what we already know, but refuse to face. Little Did I know makes it clear that we already know more than enough. Our problem is a refusal to acknowledge it." -- Thomas Gardner * Books and Culture *"[S]tunning . . . What appears at first as a recapitulation of the themes of a life . . . reveals itself in its final pages, with breathtaking emotional force, as a farewell to the father as complex and elusive as it is ordinary . . . A master teacher." -- Matthew Goulish * TDR: The Drama Review *"Alongside the memories themselves are many meditations on the art of remembering, of retelling stories. This is Cavell at his most philosophical, so it is compelling stuff . . . Writing, like philosophy, and like life, does not provide answers. Like all his works, these memoirs are intended to have a therapeutic effect—for the writer as well as the reader." -- Katrina Forrester * Cambridge Literary Review *"Stanley Cavell's recent book, Little Did I Know: Excerpts From Memory, is an unusual and absorbing work of recollection . . . At the close of this magisterial, idiosyncratic and rewarding book, it is not easy to know where we have ended up. Yet it is a fascinating place to find ourselves." -- Adam Gonya * Yearbook of the Irish Philosophical Society *"It is in [Cavell's] ability to intervene in his own storytelling to explain something further that the autobiography emerges as an important work of Cavellian philosophy . . . Little Did I Know takes on the challenge of using ordinary language to face a real threat, the actual end to the writer's thought. Thus, the memoir emerges not as a simple autobiography, but rather as the undertaking of the philosophical task Cavell has set, the attainment of peace through the repositioning of himself against his pending death . . . His autobiography becomes the marker of himself in history, the reminder to himself and to his readers that he exists in relation to all with which he interacts." -- Alexanda Manglis * Oxonian Review *"Stanley Cavell's Little Did I Know belongs alongside other great works of self-examination that are also indispensable explorations of the human condition, books such as the Essais of Montaigne and the journals of Cavell's own beloved Emerson. Cavell's work has always been about the complexity of human life, and his own experience has always been present in his philosophy. His memoir deepens our understanding of both his life and his philosophy. It is a work of great particularity—Cavell's own life from Depression-era Atlanta to late twentieth-century Harvard—but also a work of profound universality, a thoughtful man's reflections on everything from fitting into his clothes and fitting into high school to finding friends, peers, love, personal calling, and social justice. This book is a treasure." -- Paul Guyer * University of Pennsylvania *"Widely acknowledged to be one of the most original thinkers in the United States, Stanley Cavell has always emphasized that autobiography is intrinsic to all interesting philosophical writing. Little Did I Know is more than a philosopher's story of his life: it is itself a piece of philosophy." -- Espen Hammer * Temple University *"From its extraordinary beginning to its enlightened ending, this is a great work of literature of philosophy. Incomparable as well as peerless, Little Did I Know makes powerful contributions to psychology, to psychoanalysis, and to the art of writing, especially that of autobiography. It will contribute to how we understand the lives of philosophers and will be read with pleasure and utility for decades and centuries to come." -- Marc Shell * Harvard University *"What comes across most powerfully... is Cavell's attentive listening, throughout his long and distinguished career, for what one might call the hum of humanity." -- Christopher Benfey * New York Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A scholar's edition at a student price!" --Harvey Mansfield, Harvard University"The translation of Latin variants and the index of Biblical citations mark this off as by far the best edition of the Leviathan." --Thomas Pangle, University of Toronto"Plainly the best edition of Leviathan. Superbly edited and indexed, with footnote passages from the Latin edition, a helpful glossary, biographical and autobiographical material, and a translation of Hobbes on the Nicene Creed, it will be an indispensable study tool. Curley’s introduction is masterly." --Jerome Schneewind, Johns Hopkins University

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Book SynopsisThese two volumes must be welcomed in particular for the illumination they shed ... on Wittgenstein''s already published discussions ... the characteristic deluge of examples, analogies, questions and challanges is as ever, maddening, provoking and thought-provoking, and with the earlier-published works they constitute not just the most detailed but also the best treatment of these profoundly important issues.Kathleen Wilkes, Times Higher Education SupplementTrade Review"These two volumes must be welcomed in particular for the illumination they shed ... on Wittgensteina s already published discussions ... the characteristic deluge of examples, analogies, questions and challanges is as ever, maddening, provoking and thought--provoking, and with the earlier--published works they constitute not just the most detailed but also the best treatment of these profoundly important issues." Kathleen Wilkes, Times Higher Education Supplement

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Book SynopsisThe essays in Object-Oriented Feminism explore OOF: a feminist intervention into recent philosophical discourses—like speculative realism, object-oriented ontology (OOO), and new materialism—that take objects, things, stuff, and matter as primary. Object-oriented feminism approaches all objects from the inside-out position of being an object too, with all of its accompanying political and ethical potentials. This volume places OOF thought in a long history of ongoing feminist work in multiple disciplines. In particular, object-oriented feminism foregrounds three significant aspects of feminist thinking in the philosophy of things: politics, engaging with histories of treating certain humans (women, people of color, and the poor) as objects; erotics, employing humor to foment unseemly entanglements between things; and ethics, refusing to make grand philosophical truth claims, instead staking a modest ethical position that arrives at being “in the right” by being “wrong.”Seeking not to define object-oriented feminism but rather to enact it, the volume is interdisciplinary in approach, with contributors from a variety of fields, including sociology, anthropology, English, art, and philosophy. Topics are frequently provocative, engaging a wide range of theorists from Heidegger and Levinas to Irigaray and Haraway, and an intriguing diverse array of objects, including the female body as fetish object in Lolita subculture; birds made queer by endocrine disruptors; and truth claims arising in material relations in indigenous fiction and film. Intentionally, each essay can be seen as an “object” in relation to others in this collection. Contributors: Irina Aristarkhova, University of Michigan; Karen Gregory, University of Edinburgh; Marina Gržinić, Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts; Frenchy Lunning, Minneapolis College of Art and Design; Timothy Morton, Rice University; Anne Pollock, Georgia Tech; Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Columbia University; R. Joshua Scannell, CUNY Graduate Center; Adam Zaretsky, VASTAL.Trade Review"Taking on object-oriented ontologies and speculative realism, the authors of these essays are not shy in reestablishing feminist theory as a primary resource for thinking about objects, things and environments. The editor, Katherine Behar, offers a brilliant introduction to object-oriented feminism and the encounter it stages with current philosophical trends."—Patricia Ticineto Clough, author of Autoaffection and coeditor of Beyond Biopolitics"Object-Oriented Feminism will be of particular interest for readers in feminist theory, philosophy and poststructuralism as they intersect with curatorial and art practices, and thus also being interesting for artists, curators and cultural workers navigating their ways in the worlds of theory and philosophy."—Identities: Journal for Gender, Politics and CultureTable of ContentsContents An Introduction to OOF Katherine Behar 1. A Feminist Object Irina Aristarkhova 2. All Objects Are Deviant: Feminism and Ecological Intimacy Timothy Morton 3. Allure and Abjection: The Possible Potential of Severed Qualities Frenchy Lunning 4. The World is Flat and Other Super Weird Ideas Elizabeth A. Povinelli 5. Facing Necrophilia, or “Botox Ethics” Katherine Behar 6. OOPS: Object Oriented Psychopathia Sexualis Adam Zaretsky 7. Queering Endocrine Disruption Anne Pollock 8. Political Feminist Positioning in Neoliberal Global Capitalism Marina Gržinić 9. In the Cards: From Hearing “Things” to Human Capital Karen Gregory 10. Both a Cyborg and a Goddess: Deep Managerial Time and Informatic Governance R. Joshua Scannell Acknowledgments Notes Contributors Index

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Book Synopsis With meticulous scholarship and an accurate, highly readable translation, this volume sheds light not only on Spinoza''s debt to Descartes but also on the development of Spinoza''s own thought. Appearing for the first time in English translation, Lodewijk Meyer''s inaugural dissertation on matter (1683)--relevant for its comments on Descartes, Spinoza, and other thinkers of the time--is appended with notes and a short commentary. Cross-references to Descartes''s Principles of Philosophy are provided in an index, and there is an extensive bibliography.

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Book SynopsisOffers a vision of a universe governed by a natural law that obliges us to love mankind and to govern our lives in accordance with the natural order of things.

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Book SynopsisContains the English version of the author's political and moral philosophy. This title also includes the English translation of "De Homine", chapters X-XV. It also features the English translation of "De Cive".

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Book SynopsisThe availability of a paperback version of Boyle''s philosophical writings selected by M. A. Stewart will be a real service to teachers, students, and scholars with seventeenth-century interests. The editor has shown excellent judgment in bringing together many of the most important works and printing them, for the most part, in unabridged form. The texts have been edited responsibly with emphasis on readability. . . . Of special interest in connection with Locke and with the reception of Descarte''s Corpuscularianism, to students of the Scientific Revolution and of the history of mechanical philosophy, and to those interested in the relations among science, philosophy, and religion. In fact, given the imperfections in and unavailability of the eighteenth-century editions of Boyle's works, this collection will benefit a wide variety of seventeenth-century scholars. --Gary Hatfield, University of PennsylvaniaTrade Review“Boyle lets Cavendish speak for herself as much as possible, while providing tools necessary to analyze the Letters. . ." “Introducing the most essential topics Cavendish covers in her Letters, Boyle goes through her philosophical system and portrays her as a philosopher with a wide variety of interests, who provided arguments for, for example, self-moving matter, perspectives on nature, epistemology, and, albeit comparatively briefly, philosophy of religion. Boyle herein portrays Cavendish as a knowledgeable natural scientist. . . Boyle obviously understands Cavendish’s way of thinking and presents it accessibly to some very lucky students who have access to this complementary work, which reestablishes the letters as one of Cavendish’s thus far all-too-often neglected texts.”- Sina Menke, University of Marburg, on H-Net Reviews

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of the soul in the form of a final meditation on self-understanding and isolation.Trade Review. . . a scholarly English translation of high quality . . . prepared by a translator thoroughly grounded both in the tradition of Western philosophy and in the thought of Rousseau. --Review of Metaphysics

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Book SynopsisDesigned to facilitate a thoughtful and informed reading of Spinoza's 'Ethics', this anthology includes the Ethics in its entirety, and Spinoza's related writings along with two appendices: list of the Propositions from the 'Ethics', which helps the reader trace the development of key themes; and Citations in Proofs.Trade ReviewAbsolutely magnificent edition! I will be using it in all my introductory courses. . . . I also will use it in my 16th and 17th-century History of Philosophy course. . . . Just a wonderful collection, great translations, good editorial additions as well. Terrific selection! --Abba Lessing, Professor of Philosophy, Lake Forest College

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Book SynopsisA subtle and distinguished work by a philosopher renowned for his groundbreaking analysis of human emotions, About LoveTrade ReviewThe best book on this most written-on subject to come along in decades. --Los Angeles Daily NewsIn this wise, witty, adventurous essay, Solomon sheds light on love at first sight, whether opposites attract, counterfeit emotion, the euphemism (and act) of 'sleeping together,' possessiveness, the need of lovers for privacy and the importance of fights in a healthy relationship. --Publishers WeeklyFor the generation of lovers that asks, 'How are we to make love last?' --The New York Times Book Review

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Book Synopsis This edition originally published by Berghahn Books. Schopenhauer''s treatise on ethics is presented here in E. F. J. Payne's definitive translation, based on the Hubscher edition (Wiesbaden, 1946-1950). This edition includes an Introduction by David Cartwright, a translator's preface, biographical note, selected bibliography, and an index. For convenient reference to passages in Kant''s work discussed by Schopenhauer, Academy edition numbers have been added. Trade ReviewSchopenhauer's On the Basis of Morality deserves to be a standard text for courses in religious ethics. It doesn’t fit into the prevalent genealogies of virtue ethics and utilitarianism, thus reminding us of other genealogies (pessimism, Nietzsche, Buddhism). It poses fundamental questions about the monotheistic background to the dominant ethical systems of the day as virtually no other work does. I have found that reading it after an intensive study of Kant's ethical and religious writings leads to fantastic discussions, which open the floor for great insights into the relation of religion and ethics.--Mark Larrimore, Princeton University

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Book SynopsisProvides an often satirical assessment of the religion, politics, science, and arts of the England that the author observed during his nearly three-year exile. This work also provides a translation of the author's "Proposal for a Letter about the English", a general Introduction, chronology, notes, and bibliography.Trade ReviewThis fluid new translation, with abundant explanatory notes and an insightful Introduction to Voltaire's literary strategies, will make an excellent edition for students, as well as a useful resource for scholars. --Ann Blair, Harvard UniversityThis crisp new translation captures the spirit of Voltaire's original, and John Leigh's introductory essay provides essential insights into the myriad ways in which this groundbreaking work of the French Enlightenment solicits the approval and--even more importantly--the complicity of its intended readers. --John Iverson, Whitman College

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Book SynopsisA study of the primordial figure of the Great Goddess and her continued worship through time as shown by the myths, shrines, and sanctuaries around the world that honor this powerful symbol of creation.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Spanning four decades and two continents, these letters are key documents in the annals of twentieth-century thought. Bound by an intimacy that abides even during phases of terse estrangement, Teddie and Friedel gossip about their encounters with the century�s literati at one moment – and spar over questions of utopia and ideology, language and style, critique and theory at the next." Johannes von Moltke, University of Michigan "This remarkable correspondence documents one of the most important intellectual friendships of the twentieth century. The seemingly antinomic relationship between their modes of thought�Kracauer�s sounding of popular culture for societal truth versus Adorno�s insistence that high culture alone offered a refuge for philosophical truth�made for pointed, and often barbed, exchanges of ideas. Yet the correspondence is much more than an abstract protocol; it is repeatedly illumined by lighting flashes emanating from the changing erotic and power relationships that determined the nature of the friendship." Michael Jennings, Princeton University

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Book SynopsisSrila Prabhupada emphasizes true yoga as union with Lord Sri Krishna beyond physical practices. Bhaktivedanta Book Trust's FAR EAST MIDDLE EAST division publishes books in 14 languages for global distribution.

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Book SynopsisIn this strikingly original book, Barbara Carnevali offers a philosophical examination of the roles that appearances play in social life. While Western metaphysics and morals have predominantly disdained appearances and expelled them from their domain, Carnevali invites us to look at society, ancient to contemporary, as an aesthetic phenomenon.Trade ReviewThis is a powerful and paradigm-shifting aesthetics of society, by a great philosophical talent. -- Simon Critchley, author of Tragedy, the Greeks, and UsBarbara Carnevali's concept of 'social aesthetics' is tremendously powerful, and explains a lot of otherwise baffling phenomena. Carnevali makes me think that the rise of Orban and Trump and the Brexit movement is better understood as a matter of social 'taste' than in terms of ideology, or economics, or identity. -- Blake Gopnik, author of WarholOscar Wilde famously quipped that only shallow people do not judge by appearances. This elegant, profound, and erudite book explores the startling proposition that we may indeed be what we seem. The reader of this book will not fail to be convinced that 'appearances' are constitutive of society. -- Eva Illouz, author of The End of Love: A Sociology of Negative RelationsEvery sentence in this brilliant book is a unit of thought; it’s as epigrammatic as Nietzsche and as seamlessly developed as, say, Hume. And it helps that it’s new. Carnevali has restored aesthetics to its central role in philosophy. -- Edmund White, author of The Unpunished Vice: A Life of ReadingTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsProloguePart I. Appearing: On the Aesthetic Foundations of Social Life1. Life as a Spectacle: Self-Display, Reflexivity, and Artifice2. Masks and Clothes: Medial Surfaces and the Dialectic of Appearing3. Aesthetic Mediation: A Theory of Representations4. Figures: Social Images5. Out of Control: The Alienated ImagePart II. Vanity and Lies: On the Hostility Toward Appearances6. “Vanity Fair”: The Frivolity of Worldliness7. Against the Mask: The Rise of Social Romanticism8. Against the Spectacle: The Crusade of Romantic Anticapitalism9. Against Aesthetic Values: Aestheticism, Aestheticization, and Staging10. Two Baptisms and a Divorce: Homo Economicus Versus Homo AestheticusPart III. Toward a Social Aesthetics: On the Sensible Logic of Society11. The Opening: Aesthetic Foundations of the Common World12. Aisthesis: Senses and Social Sensibility13. Social Taste and the Will to Please14. Aesthetic Labor and Social Design: The Value of Appearances15. Prestige and Other Magic SpellsConclusion: Social Immaterialism or the Philosophy of Andy WarholAfterwordAppendix: Illustrations Mentioned in the TextNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisIn The Long Emancipation Rinaldo Walcott posits that Black people globally live in the time of emancipation and that emancipation is definitely not freedom. Taking examples from across the globe, he argues that wherever Black people have been emancipated from slavery and colonization, a potential freedom has been thwarted. Walcott names this condition the long emancipation-the ongoing interdiction of potential Black freedom and the continuation of the juridical and legislative status of Black nonbeing. Stating that Black people have yet to experience freedom, Walcott shows that being Black in the world is to exist in the time of emancipation in which Black people must constantly fashion alternate conceptions of freedom and reality through expressive culture. Given that Black unfreedom lies at the center of the making of the modern world, the attainment of freedom for Black people, Walcott contends, will transform the human experience worldwide. With The Long Emancipation, Walcott offers a new humanism that begins by acknowledging that present conceptions of what it means to be human do not currently include Black people.Trade Review“Essential reading. From its first paragraphs Rinaldo Walcott's The Long Emancipation shifts the axis of thought about Black freedom. The astonishing and devastating idea at the center of this book lays out the condition of Black being in the Americas as existing, still, in a state of juridical unfreedom. Once that idea's recalibrating weight and urgency strike you, you must think again where analysis and theory begin. You must begin again.” -- Dionne Brand, poet, novelist, essayist“In The Long Emancipation Rinaldo Walcott has opened up whole new avenues for thinking about the causes and conditions, the global logics of ‘unfreedom’ that continue to haunt and imperil Black lives. This rich collection of provocations challenges us to consider the terms and possibilities of living beyond the death zones and extractive economies of capitalism; it invites us to see and feel the audacious eruptions of a blackness exceeding these limits—moving and struggling toward freedom.” -- Deborah E. McDowell, University of Virginia"Engaging with the works of Sylvia Wynter and Frantz Fanon, Walcott issues a call to rethink the post-Enlightenment conception of the human. It is through this reworking that the book elucidates how we might be able to find real freedom. . . . in Black freedom lies the freedom of us all. Perhaps—if we heed Walcott’s call and respond to his challenge to think again and again—then, maybe, freedom is coming, tomorrow." -- Lwando Scott * Public Books *"A must-have of any Black reader’s library. . . . [H]ighly recommended if you are in search of answers on how to explore oppression and articulate the depths of the Black experience." -- Jordannah Elizabeth * Amsterdam News *"Rinaldo Walcott’s The Long Emancipation gave me new tools to think with in Black studies." -- Elias Rodriques * Bookforum *"Walcott argues that Black people today live in what he calls the "long emancipation," in which, though emancipated from slavery and colonization, they are still not free. . . . Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals." -- J. A. Kegley * Choice *"This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand how race relations still affect much of everyday socio-economic and political life in North America, Europe, and the rest of the world." -- Ibrahim Bahati * E3W Review of Books *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix 1. Moving Toward Black Freedom 1 2. Black Life-Forms 9 3. Death and Freedom 11 4. Black Death 15 5. Plantation Zones 19 6. Diaspora Studies 23 7. The Atlantic Region and 1492 27 8. New States of Being 33 9. The Long Emancipation 35 10. Catastrophe, Wake, Hauntology 43 11. Bodies of Water 47 12. Slave Ship Logics/Logistics 51 13. Problem of the Human, or the Void of Relationality 55 14. No Happy Story 59 15. I Really Want to Hope 65 16. Funk: A Black Note on the Human 69 17. Newness 75 18. Toward a Saggin' Pants Ethic 81 19. Black Men, Style, and Fashion 87 20. No Future 91 21. (Future) Black Studies 99 22. The Long Emancipation Revisited 105 Notes 111 Bibliography 119 Index 125

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Book SynopsisOffers a sustained reading of Blanchot's The Step Not Beyond that is prepared by interpretive presentations of a number of his important writings of the post-war periodTrade Review"The itinerary of Last Steps is unique and initially surprising: the ethico-political import of Blanchot's postwar writings, and particularly The Step Not Beyond. But in the course of this brilliant and compelling reading, Christopher Fynsk demonstrates that Blanchot's political engagement is central not just to his thinking about resistance or community or the events of 1968 but to everything from his views on freedom, justice, and messianic hope, to his practices of reading, critical vigilance, and fragmentary writing. No one is more capable than Fynsk of taking on these difficult subjects, and no one writes on Blanchot with this degree of erudition, rigor, patience, and sensitivity to the complexity and nuances of Blanchot's writing as well as to everything that resists interpretation and must remain unspoken within it. This is a remarkable work of criticism about one of the twentieth century's most remarkable writers." -- -Michael Naas, DePaul Univesity DePaul University "Christopher Fynsk in Last Steps offers a strikingly original and subtly captivating account of some of Maurice Blanchot's most challenging work and demonstrates with acute sympathy and incisive intelligence its far-reaching significance for philosophy and literature today." -- -Leslie Hill University of Warwick

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Book SynopsisSounding/Silence argues for the significance Martin Heidegger’s writing on poetry for the discipline of poetics. Focusing on Heidegger’s accounts of rhythm, metaphor, the relation between text and reader, and the relation between philosophy and poetry, Nowell Smith ultimately outlines a ‘poetics of limit’ that reaches beyond Heidegger’s own thinking.Trade Review"This is a major work of critical thought... highly recommended." -Choice "Nowell Smith's adventurous book shows that what is valuable in Heidegger's poetics is its disclosure of a truth in poetry opening up areas in which the reader can leave Heidegger behind. While Heidegger might still try to feign ownership of this clearing away of his own problematic authority, it is the poetry and its characteristic sounding of its own voice that exceed his. Nowell Smith reads Heidegger's readings of poems whose prosody is the catalyst of this transformation. He persuades us that Heidegger tries to see poetic figure, rhythm, and metrical invention as effacing themselves before an insight into the being of language. In fact, though, he exposes his own paradoxical reliance on poetry to try to establish the philosophical control his insights have empowered poetry to displace. To read Heidegger adequately here is to read him despite himself. Nowell Smith carefully and accessibly unpacks the ways in which Heidegger sets the poems to work against his philosophical unleashing of their own authority. Throughout, this central struggle of Heidegger's thought with itself is dramatized by concrete poetic examples and so by close attention to Heidegger's close attention to the words on the page. The result is a work with unusual power to make us intimate with Heidegger's still-compelling mix of the highest philosophical abstraction and the closest intimacy with the living contexts of expression." -- -Paul Hamilton Queen Mary, University of London "The best book on Heidegger and poetry that I have ever read, Nowell-Smith's Sounding/Silence takes both Heidegger and poetry very seriously, presuming that the most worthwhile goal is to do justice to both in an attempt to advance our understanding of poetics." -- -Jonathan Culler Cornell University "'Sounding/Silence' is a welcome contribution to a growing movement to rehabilitate literary criticism left casting about in the ruins that critical theory has made of literature studies." -The Review of MetaphysicsTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Note on the text Introduction: The limits of poetics 1. For the first time 2. The naming power of the word 3. Heidegger's figures 4. Reading Heidegger reading Conclusion: A Poetics of Limit? Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIdeal for undergraduate students in philosophy and science studies, Philosophy of Technology offers an engaging and comprehensive overview of a subject vital to our time. An up-to-date, accessible overview of the philosophy of technology, defining technology and its characteristics. Explores the issues that arise as technology becomes an integral part of our society. In addition to traditional topics in science and technology studies, the volume offers discussion of technocracy, the romantic rebellion against technology. Complements The Philosophy of Technology: The Technological Condition: An Anthology, edited by Robert C. Scharff and Val Dusek (Blackwell, 2003). Trade Review“Dusek’s range of expertise is impressive, and his generous conception of what topics a philosophy of technology should consider is timely. In this field where there is not yet a ‘mainstream’ viewpoint, too few writers appreciate the importance of such wide coverage. Fewer still are knowledgeable enough to speak in all of these areas out of their own understanding. Val Dusek is and does. His book is precisely what the field now needs.” Robert C. Scharff, University of New Hampshire “Val Dusek’s Philosophy of Technology offers students a comprehensive overview of the frequently neglected relationship between philosophy of science and technology by discussing classics like Heidegger and Marx and bringing them into dialogue with contemporaries such as Ellul and Ihde as well as feminist and ecological thinking.” Thomas Achen, Linköping University “The breadth of coverage is very impressive. Clearly written, understandable and comprehensive. Its breadth and clarity of expression make it a welcome addition to the literature.” Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in SocietyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 Philosophy of Science and Technology 6 2 What Is Technology? Defining or Characterizing Technology 26 3 Technocracy 38 4 Rationality, Technological Rationality, and Reason 53 5 Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, and Technology 70 6 Technological Determinism 84 7 Autonomous Technology 105 8 Human Nature: Tool-making or Language? 112 9 Women, Feminism, and Technology 136 10 Non-Western Technology and Local Knowledge 156 11 Anti-technology: Romanticism, Luddism, and the Ecology Movement 176 12 Social Constructionism and Actor-network Theory 198 Bibliography 211 Index 234

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Phenomenology and Existentialism is a complete guide to two of the dominant movements of philosophy in the twentieth century. Written by a team of leading scholars, including Dagfinn Follesdal, J.N.Trade Review"The volume is thorough and will assist readers interested in both Continental thought and traditional Anglo-American topics." (CHOICE, November 2009)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii Notes on Contributors ix Acknowledgments xiv 1 A Brief Introduction to Phenomenology and Existentialism 1Mark A. Wrathall and Hubert L. Dreyfus Part I Phenomenology 7 Main Movements 8 2 Husserlian Phenomenology 9Steven Crowell 3 Existential Phenomenology 31Mark A. Wrathall 4 French Phenomenology 48François-David Sebbah Central Concepts 68 5 Intentionality 69J. N. Mohanty 6 Consciousness 78Charles Siewert 7 The Lifeworld and Lived Experience 91Martin Jay 8 Husserl’s Reductions and the Role They Play in His Phenomenology 105Dagfinn Føllesdal 9 Categorial Intuition 115Dieter Lohmar Copyrighted Material 10 Temporality 127John B. Brough and William Blattner Part II Existentialism 135 Main Movements 136 11 The Roots of Existentialism 137Hubert L. Dreyfus 12 German Existence-Philosophy 162Udo Tietz 13 Religious Existentialism 188Clancy Martin 14 French Existentialism 206Robert Wicks Central Concepts 228 15 The Concept of Authenticity 229Taylor Carman 16 Affectivity 240Béatrice Han-Pile 17 The Body 253Piotr Hoffman 18 Freedom and Responsibility 263Frederick A. Olafson 19 Absurdity 271David Sherman 20 Death 280David Couzens Hoy Part III Contemporary Issues in Phenomenology And Existentialism 289 21 Emotions in Phenomenology and Existentialism 291Robert C. Solomon 22 The Egological Structure of Consciousness: Lessons from Sartre for Analytical Philosophy of Mind 310Manuel Bremer 23 Phenomenology, Neuroscience, and Intersubjectivity 329Matthew Ratcliffe 24 The Intrinsic Spatial Frame of Reference 346Shaun Gallagher 25 Action, the Scientific Worldview, and Being-in-the-World 356Craig DeLancey 26 Phenomenology in Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science 377Daniel Andler 27 Phenomenological Currents in Twentieth-Century Psychology 394Frederick J. Wertz 28 Medicine 412Fredrik Svenaeus 29 Realism, Science, and the Deworlding of the World 425Peter Eli Gordon 30 Environmental Philosophy 445Iain Thomson 31 Ontology, Pragmatism, and Technology 464Shunsuke Kadowaki 32 The Lived-Body and the Dignity of Human Beings 478Andreas Brenner 33 Sexuality 489Ann V. Murphy 34 Feminism 502Sara Heinämaa 35 A Life Worth Living 516Julian Young 36 The Search for Immediacy and the Problem of Political Life in Existentialism and Phenomenology 531Michael Allen Gillespie 37 History and Historicity 545Charles Guignon 38 Bubbles and Skulls: The Phenomenology of Self-Consciousness in Dutch Still-Life Painting 559Wayne M. Martin 39 Mathematics 585Mark van Atten Index 600

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Book SynopsisNow, for the first time, a philosopher undertakes a systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic issues to which cultural appropriation gives rise.Trade Review“Cultural Appropriation and the Arts, by James O. Young, provides an analytical, comprehensive overview of ethical and aesthetic issues concerning cultural appropriation.” (Journal of Cult Economy, 25 March 2011) Table of ContentsPreface ix 1 What Is Cultural Appropriation? 1 Art, Culture, and Appropriation 1 Types of Cultural Appropriation 5 What is a Culture? 9 Objections to Cultural Appropriation 18 In Praise of Cultural Appropriation 27 2 The Aesthetics of Cultural Appropriation 32 The Aesthetic Handicap Thesis 32 The Cultural Experience Argument 34 Aesthetic Properties and Cultural Context 41 Authenticity and Appropriation 44 Authentic Appropriation 46 Cultural Experience and Subject Appropriation 55 Appropriation and the Authentic Expression of a Culture 60 3 Cultural Appropriation as Theft 63 Harm by Theft 63 Possible Owners of Artworks 64 Cultures and Inheritance 68 Lost and Abandoned Property 70 Cultural Property and Traditional Law 74 Collective Knowledge and Collective Property 78 Ownership of Land and Ownership of Art 85 Property and Value to a Culture 88 Cultures and Intellectual Property 93 Some Conclusions About Ownership and Appropriation 97 The Rescue Argument 102 4 Cultural Appropriation as Assault 106 Other Forms of Harm 106 Cultural Appropriation and Harmful Misrepresentation 107 Harm and Accurate Representation 113 Cultural Appropriation and Economic Opportunity 114 Cultural Appropriation and Assimilation 118 Art, Insignia, and Cultural Identity 120 Cultural Appropriation and Privacy 125 5 Profound Offence and Cultural Appropriation 129 Harm, Offence, and Profound Offence 129 Examples of Offensive Cultural Appropriation 131 The Problem and the Key to its Solution 134 Social Value and Offensive Art 136 Freedom of Expression 137 The Sacred and the Offensive 141 Time and Place Restrictions 143 Toleration of Offensive Art 145 Reasonable and Unreasonable Offence 147 Conclusion: Responding to Cultural Appropriation 152 Summing Up 152 Supporting Minority Artists 154 Envoy 157 Bibliography of Works Cited and Consulted 159 Index 166

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Book SynopsisIndigenous scholars have been gathering, speaking, and writing about Indigenous knowledge for decades. These knowledges are grounded in ancient traditions and very old pedagogies that have been woven with the tangled strings and chipped beads of colonial relations. Pathways for Remembering and Recognizing Indigenous Thought in Education is an exploration into some of the shared cross-cultural themes that inform and shape Indigenous thought and Indigenous educational philosophy. These philosophies generate tensions, challenges, and contradictions that can become very tangled and messy when considered within the context of current educational systems that reinforce colonial power relations. Sandra D. Styres shows how Indigenous thought can inform decolonizing approaches in education as well as the possibilities for truly transformative teaching practices. This book offers new pathways for remembering, conceptualizing and understanding these ancient knowledges and philosoTable of ContentsList of Figures Dedication and Acknowledgement Foreword (Dawn Zinga) SECTION 1: VISION - (RE)CENTERING Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Iethi'nihst nha Ohwentsia'k kha: Land, Circularity, and Storying SECTION 2: RELATIONSHIPS - (RE)MEMBERING Chapter 2: Iethi'nihst nha Ohwentsia'k kha: Space, Place and Land Chapter 3: Self-in-Relationship Chapter 4: "You're not the Indian I had in mind" SECTION 3: KNOWLEDGE - (RE)COGNIZING Chapter 5: Sacred Fires: Contemporary (Re)memberings of Ancient Knowledges and Very Old Pedagogies Chapter 6: Relations of Privilege-Relations of Power Chapter 7: Land and Circularity: An Indigenous Philosophical Approach to Thought SECTION 4: ACTION - (RE)GENERATING Chapter 8: Indigenous and Dominant Western Philosophies: A Bridge Too Far? Chapter 9: Indigenous Languages and Thought: A Verb-Oriented Reality SECTION 5: IETHI'NIHST NHA OHWENTSIA'K KHA - (RE)ACTUALIZING Chapter 10: Tensions, Challenges and Contradictions Chapter 11: Coyote as Trickster Chapter 12: Conclusions and Implications: Iethi'nihst nha Ohwentsia'k kha - Beyond Responsiveness and Place-based Education Notes References

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Book Synopsis* Breaks new ground by including key new areas of inquiry in the social sciences: cognitive science, feminist philosophy, evolutionary accounts of social life, rational choice theory, and causal modeling. * Presents a state--of--the--art guide to the hottest philosophical issues in the social sciences.Trade Review‘This is a guide in the best possible sense. It provides an historical as well as a thematic framework for appraising the debates that have shaped philosophy of social science since the nineteenth century, rooting it firmly both in philosophical traditions of thought about science and the social, and in the empirical and theoretical problems of abiding concern to social scientists. In the process the contributors effectively redefine this hybrid inter-field and show what is to be gained by serious cross-disciplinary engagement.’ Alison Wylie, Washington University in St. Louis ‘This first-rate volume is truly a state-of-the-art guide to a range of lively and fundamental issues and debates that are ever more central to both philosophy and the social sciences today. In coherently organized chapters the issues are lucidly and accessibly explained and the debates are engaged and frequently carried further.’ Steven Lukes, New York University and London School of EconomicsTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Introduction: Ghosts and the Machine: Issues of Agency, Rationality, and Scientific Methodology in Contemporary Philosophy of Social Science. (Stephen P. Turner and Paul A. Roth). Part I: Pasts. 1. Cause, the Persistence of Teleology, and the Origins of the Philosophy of Social Science. (Stephen P. Turner). 2. Phenomenology and Social Inquiry: From Consciousness to Culture and Critique.( Brian Fay). 3. Twentieth-century Philosophy of Social Science in the Analytic Tradition. (Thomas Uebel). Part II: Programs.:. 4. Critical Theory as Practical Knowledge: Participants, Observers and Critics. (James Bohman). 5. Decision Theory and Degree of Belief. (Piers Rawling). 6. The Methodology of Rational Choice. (Lars Udehn). 7. Mathematical Modeling in the Social Sciences. (Paul Humphreys). 8. The Practical Turn. (David Stern). 9. Science & Technology Studies and the Philosophy of Social Sciences. (Steve Fuller). Part III: Problematics. 10. "See Also Literary Criticism": Social Science Between Fact and Figures. (Hans Kellner). 11. The Descent of Evolutionary Explanations: Darwinian Vestiges in the Social Sciences. (Lynn Hankinson Nelson). 12. How Standpoint Methodology Informs Philosophy of Social Science. (Sandra Harding). 13. Beyond Understanding: The Career of the Concept of Understanding in the Human Sciences. (Paul A. Roth). Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Schopenhauer provides a comprehensive guide to all the important facets of Schopenhauer s philosophy. The volume contains 26 newly commissioned essays by prominent Schopenhauer scholars working in the field today.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors x Acknowledgments xiv A Note on Cross-References xv List of Abbreviations xvi Introduction: Arthur Schopenhauer: The Man and His Work 1Bart Vandenabeele Part I Nature, Knowledge and Perception 9 1 Schopenhauer on Scientific Knowledge 11Vojislav Bozickovic 2 Perception and Understanding: Schopenhauer, Reid and Kant 25Paul Guyer 3 Schopenhauer’s Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics 43Dale Jacquette 4 Schopenhauer’s Color Theory 60Paul F.H. Lauxtermann 5 Schopenhauer and Transcendental Idealism 70Douglas McDermid Part II World, Will and Life 87 6 Schopenhauer’s Philosophy of the Dark Origin 89William Desmond 7 The Consistency of Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics 105G. Steven Neeley 8 Schopenhauer on Sex, Love and Emotions 120Gudrun von Tevenar 9 Schopenhauer and Platonic Ideas 133Frank C. White 10 Schopenhauer’s On the Will in Nature: The Reciprocal Containment of Idealism and Realism 147Robert Wicks Part III Art, Beauty and the Sublime 163 11 Schopenhauer’s Philosophy of Music 165Robert W. Hall 12 Schopenhauer’s Theory of Architecture 178W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz 13 The Artist as Subject of Pure Cognition 193Matthias Kossler 14 Schopenhauer on Tragedy and the Sublime 206Alex Neill 15 Schopenhauer and the Objectivity of Art 219Bart Vandenabeele Part IV Compassion, Resignation and Sainthood 235 16 Schopenhauer on the Metaphysics of Art and Morality 237Daniel Came 17 Schopenhauer on the Value of Compassion 249David E. Cartwright 18 Schopenhauer and Indian Philosophy 266David E. Cooper 19 Life-Denial versus Life-Affi rmation: Schopenhauer and Nietzsche on Pessimism and Asceticism 280Ken Gemes and Christopher Janaway 20 Schopenhauer on the Inevitability of Unhappiness 300Ivan Soll Part V Schopenhauer’s Context and Legacy 315 21 Schopenhauer and Freud 317Stephan Atzert 22 Schopenhauer’s Impact on European Literature 333Paul Bishop 23 Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Wagner 349Bernard Reginster 24 Schopenhauer’s Infl uence on Wittgenstein 367Severin Schroeder 25 Schopenhauer’s Fairy Tale about Fichte: The Origin of The World as Will and Representation in German Idealism 385Günter Zöller Index 403

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