Structuralism and Post-structuralism Books

Book SynopsisJacques Derrida: Key Concepts presents a broad overview and engagement with the full range of Derrida's work - from the early phenomenological thinking to his preoccupations with key themes, such as technology, psychoanalysis, friendship, Marxism, racism and sexism, to his ethico-political writings and his deconstruction of democracy. Presenting both an examination of the key concepts central to his thinking and a broader study of how that thinking shifted over a lifetime, the book offers the reader a clear, systematic and fresh examination of the astounding breadth of Derrida's philosophy.Table of Contents1. Jacques Derrida: A Biographical Note Mauro Senatore 2. The Auto-bio-thanato-heterographical Maebh Long 3. Supplement Robert Bernasconi 4. Suspension Anne C. McCarthy 5. Religion Kevin Hart 6. Ecology Timothy Morton 7. Ethics: an (ir)responsibility Nicole Anderson 8. Teletechnology Robert Briggs 9. Friendship Samir Haddad 10. Sexual Immunities and the Sexual Sovereign Penelope Deutscher 11. Democracy and Sovereignty Alex Thomson 12. On Time, and Temporisation; on Temporalisation and History Joanna Hodge 13. When It Comes to Mourning Michael Naas 14. Race Claire Colebrook 15. Auto-Affection Leonard Lawlor 16. Literature Jeffrey T. Nealon 17. Politics Niall Lucy 18. Reading: Derrida and the Non-Future Tom Cohen. Index

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Book SynopsisThe concept of biopolitics has been one of the most important and widely used in recent years in disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. In Biopolitics, Mills provides a wide-ranging and insightful introduction to the field of biopolitical studies. The first part of the book provides a much-needed philosophical introduction to key theoretical approaches to the concept in contemporary usage. This includes discussions of the work of Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben, Hannah Arendt, Roberto Esposito, and Antonio Negri. In the second part of the book, Mills discusses various topics across the categories of politics, life and subjectivity. These include questions of sovereignty and governmentality, violence, rights, technology, reproduction, race, and sexual difference. This book will be an indispensable guide for those wishing to gain an understanding of the central theories and issues in biopolitical studies. For those already working with the concept of biopolitics, it provides challenging and provocative insights and argues for a ground-breaking reorientation of the field. Trade Review'Catherine Mills's book is a brilliant introduction to the emerging field of research on biopolitics. It offers a sophisticated yet accessible overview of the main theories and thematic areas in the studies of biopolitics and will be indispensable reading both for beginners in this field and the more advanced readership.' Sergei Prozorov, University of Helsinki, Finland 'The most up to date and philosophically sophisticated overview of the current debates in biopolitical studies available today'.Miguel Vatter, University of New South Wales, AustraliaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. Part One. 1. A new regime of power: Foucault. 2. Biopolitics as thanatopolitics: Agamben. 3. Totalitarianism and the political animal: Arendt. 4. Affirmative biopolitics: Negri and Esposito. Part Two. 5. Politics: Sovereignty, Violence, Rights. 6. Life: Biology, Technology, Reproduction. 7. Subjectivity: Persons, Race, Gender. 8. Concluding remarks. Index

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Book Synopsis"Poststructuralism and Critical Theory's Second Generation" analyses the major themes and developments in a period that brought continental philosophy to the forefront of scholarship in a variety of humanities and social science disciplines and that set the agenda for philosophical thought on the continent and elsewhere from the 1960s to the present. Focusing on the years 1960-1984, the volume examines the major figures associated with poststructuralism and the second generation of critical theory, the two dominant movements that emerged in the 1960s: Althusser, Foucault, Deleuze, Derrida, Lyotard, Irigaray, and Habermas. Influential thinkers such as Serres, Bourdieu, and Rorty, who are not easily placed in "standard" histories of the period, are also covered. Beyond this, thematic essays engage with issues as diverse as the Nietzschean legacy, the linguistic turn in continental thinking, the phenomenological inheritance of Gadamer and Ricoeur, the influence of psychoanalysis, the emergence of feminist thought and a philosophy of sexual difference, the renewal of the critical theory tradition, and the importation of continental philosophy into literary theory.Trade Review"Both comprehensive and detailed while being accessible to a broad readership, from the generalist interested in basic ideas and facts to the specialist, who may require new perspectives on and approaches to specific thinkers and movements." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "This excellent volume will be an important aid to a wide range of readers who will benefit from the clarity of the explications and the breadth of the treatments." - John Protevi, Louisiana State UniversityTable of ContentsSeries Preface; Introduction, Alan D. Schrift; 1. French Nietzscheanism, Alan D. Schrift; 2. Louis Althusser, Warren Montag; 3. Michel Foucault, Timothy O'Leary; 4. Gilles Deleuze, Daniel W. Smith; 5. Jacques Derrida, Samir Haddad; 6. Jean-Francois Lyotard, James Williams; 7. Pierre Bourdieu and the practice of philosophy, Derek Robbins; 8. Michel Serres, David F. Bell; 9. Jurgen Habermas, Christopher F. Zurn; 10. Second generation critical theory, James Swindal; 11. Gadamer, Ricoeur, and the legacy of phenomenology, Wayne J. Froman; 12. The linguistic turn in continental philosophy, Claire Colebrook; 13. Psychoanalysis and desire, Rosi Braidotti & Alan D. Schrift; 14. Luce Irigaray, Mary Beth Mader; 15. Cixous, Kristeva, and Le Doeuff: three "French feminists", Sara Heinamaa; 16. Deconstruction and the Yale School of literary theory, Jeffrey T. Nealon; 17. Rorty among the continentals, David R. Hiley

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Book SynopsisThe end of the Cold War revitalised continental philosophy and, more particularly, interest in it from outside philosophy. "After Poststructuralism: Transitions and Transformations" analyses the main developments in continental philosophy between 1980-1995, a time of great upheaval and profound social change. The volume ranges across the birth of postmodernism, the differing traditions of France, Germany and Italy, third generation critical theory, radical democracy, postcolonial philosophy, the turn to ethics, feminist philosophies, the increasing engagement with religion, and the rise of performativity and post-analytic philosophy. Analyses of the major figures are integrated within the discussion. After Poststructuralism reveals how continental philosophy - fuelled by an intense ethical and political desire to reflect changing social and political conditions - responded to the changing world and to the key issues of the time, notably globalisation, technology and ethnicity.Trade Review"This is a volume with a guaranteed wide use as a general reference and also for the discursive and critical strength of the essays included. Philosophers, cultural and gender studies specialists, feminists, sociologists and political scientists would form its most ardent readership." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"This volume explores the exposure of philosophy to various external stimuli and sources of disruption over the past forty years: geo-politics, literary historical innovation, globalisation and techno-scientific transformation. The book resonates with intellectual vigour and the sense of excitement." - Joanna Hodge, Manchester Metropolitan University, UKTable of ContentsSeries Preface; Introduction, Rosi Braidotti; 1. Postmodernism, Simon Malpas; 2. German philosophy after 1980: themes out of school, Dieter Thoma; 3. The structuralist legacy, Patrice Maniglier; 4. Italian philosophy between 1980 and 1995, Silvia Benso & Brian Schroeder; 5. Continental philosophy in the Czech Republic, Josef Fulka, Jr.; 6. Third generation critical theory: Benhabib, Fraser, and Honneth, Amy Allen; 7. French and Italian Spinozism, Simon Duffy; 8. Radical democracy, Lasse Thomassen; 9. Cultural and postcolonial studies, Iain Chambers; 10. The "ethical turn" in continental philosophy in the 1980s, Robert Eaglestone; 11. Feminist philosophy: coming of age, Rosi Braidotti; 12. Continental philosophy of religion, Bruce Ellis Benson; 13. The performative turn and the emergence of post-analytic philosophy, Jose Medina; 14. Out of bounds: philosophy in an age of transition, Judith Butler & Rosi Braidotti

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Book SynopsisThe thought of G. W. F. Hegel (1770 -1831) has had a deep and lasting influence on a wide range of philosophical, political, religious, aesthetic, cultural and scientific movements. But, despite the far-reaching importance of Hegel's thought, there is often a great deal of confusion about what he actually said or believed.G. W. F. Hegel: Key Concepts provides an accessible introduction to both Hegel's thought and Hegel-inspired philosophy in general, demonstrating how his concepts were understood, adopted and critically transformed by later thinkers. The first section of the book covers the principal philosophical themes in Hegel's system: epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, ethical theory, political philosophy, philosophy of nature, philosophy of art, philosophy of religion, philosophy of history and theory of the history of philosophy. The second section covers the main post-Hegelian movements in philosophy: Marxism, existentialism, pragmatism, analytic philosophy, hermeneutics and French poststructuralism.The breadth and depth of G. W. F. Hegel: Key Concepts makes it an invaluable introduction for philosophical beginners and a useful reference source for more advanced scholars and researchers.Table of ContentsIntroduction Michael Baur Part 1: Hegel's Thought 1. Epistemology Jeffery Kinlaw 2. Metaphysics Nathan Ross 3. Philosophy of Mind John Russon 4. Ethical Theory Brian O'Connor 5. Political Philosophy Thom Brooks 6. Philosophy of Nature Alison Stone 7. Philosophy of Art Allen Speight 8. Philosophy of Religion Martin DeNys 9. Philosophy of History Lydia Moland 10. History of Philosophy Jeffrey Reid Part 2: Hegel's Legacy 11. Hegel, Marx, and Marxism Andrew Buchwalter 12. Hegel and Existentialism David Ciavatta 13. Hegel and Pragmatism Paul Redding 14. Hegel and Analytic Philosophy Russell Newstadt and Andrew Cutrofello 15. Hegel and Hermeneutics Michael Baur 16. Hegel and French Post-Structuralism Brent Adkins Chronology of Life and Works. Index

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Book SynopsisTrue translation is transparent: it does not obscure the original, does not stand in its light, but rather allows pure language, as if strengthened by its own medium, to shine even more fully on the original. This is made possible primarily by conveying the syntax word-for-word; and this demonstrates that the word, not the sentence, is translations original element. For the sentence is the wall in front of the language of the original, and word-for-word rendering the arcade. (Walter Benjamin, The Translators Task) The book centers on Walter Benjamins revolutionary essay The Translators Task (1923) which subverts some widespread assumptions concerning translation: that it serves for communication, that it transfers meaning, that it must not distort the translators own language, and that it is inferior to the original. Benjamin overturns these assumptions by replacing the concept of translation as a merely linguistic operation with a metaphysical or theological concept of the same, derived from Jewish Kabbala and French Symbolisme. In The Translators Task, as well as his earlier essay On Language as such and the Language of Man, he delineates a cosmic linguistic cycle of descent from, and ascent back to, God. The translators task is to promote this ascent by deconstructing his own language in order to advance it towards a final Pure Language. Following an analysis of Benjamins approach, some of its affiliates are discussed in texts by Franz Rosenzweig, Paul Celan (as explicated by Peter Szondi) and Jacques Derrida. Rosenzweig, a translator like Benjamin, is shown to be concerned with more concrete aspects of translation, whereas Derridas autobiographical Monolingualism of the Other, though not focussing on translation, is shown to be an innovative contribution to the metaphysics of translation. Finally, an attempt is made to deal with the question of whether and how this abstract approach can be of help for the concrete practice of Poetry translation. The great poet Hoelderlins German translations of Sophocles testify to the clear, though elusive, practical contribution of this approach and to the importance of Benjamins legacy.

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Book SynopsisGlobalization and consumerism are two of the buzzwords of the early twenty-first century. In Consuming Cultures, renowned scholars explore the links between modernity and consumption. The book fills a gap in contemporary thinking on the subject by approaching it from a truly global point-of-view. It draws on case studies from around the world, with Africa, Asia and Central America featuring as prominently as Western countries. A transnational perspective allows the authors to investigate the diversity of consumer cultures and the interaction between them. The authors look at the genealogy of the modern consumer and the development of consumer cultures, from the porcelain trade and consumption in Britain and China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, to post Second World War developments in America and Japan, and the contemporary consumer politics of cosmopolitan citizenship. Challenging and pioneering, Consuming Cultures problematizes popular accounts of globalization and consumerism, decentring the West and concentrating on putting history back into these accounts.Trade Review'We may live today in a global consumer society, but until Brewer and Trentmann's important book the study of consumption remained tied to narrowly defined times and places. They offer us an enticing feast of new insights spanning East and West, North and South, past and present, consuming and resisting. Indulge yourself!' Lizabeth Cohen, Harvard University and author of A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America'There may be lots of books on consumption, but very few of them reach anywhere close to the novelty and verve of this book. By concentrating on the multiple histories and geographies of the world of goods, the editors have produced a collection in which consumer objects speak back to us in all their density of use and meaning. A vital text.' Nigel Thrift, University of Oxford'Genuinely international and cross-disciplinary perspectives are promised and delivered.'Economic History Review'This edited book is a contribution to theTable of Contents1. The Modern Evolution of the Consumer: Meanings, Knowledge, and Identities Before the Age of Affluence Frank Trentmann, Birkbeck College 2. Brand Management and the Productivity of Consumption Adam Arvidsson, University of Copenhagen 3. On the Movement of Porcelains: Rethinking the Birth of the Consumer Society as Interactions of Exchange Networks, China and Britain, 1600-1750 Robert Batchelor, Georgia Southern University 4. Consumer Culture and Extractive Industry on the Margins of the World System Richard Wilk, Indiana University 5. 'Flowers of Paradise' or 'Polluting of the Nation'? Contested Narratives of Khat Consumption David Anderson and Neil Carrier, Oxford University 6. Chewing Gum: American Taste and the 'Shadowlands' of the Yukatan Michael Redclift, Kings College London 7. Japan's Post-war 'Consumer Revolution,' or Striking a 'Balance' between Consumption and Saving Sheldon Garon, Princeton University 8. Trust, Food and Contestation: From the Buying Nothing Day to Fair Trade Goods Roberta Sassatelli, University of East Anglia and University of Bologna 9. Renegotiating the Social Contract in Post-War Europe: The American Marshall Plan and Consumer Democracy Sheryl Kroen, University of Florida 10. Emerging Global Water Welfarism: Access to Water, Unruly Consumers and Transnational Governance Bronwen Morgan, University of Bristol

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Book SynopsisPaul Virilio puts art back where it matters - at the centre of politics. Art used to be an engagement between artist and materials. But in our new media world art has changed, its very materials have changed and have become technologized. This change reflects a broader social shift. Speed and politics - what Virilio defined as the key characteristics of the twentieth century - have been transformed in the twenty-first century to speed and mass culture. And the defining characteristic of mass culture today is panic. This induced panic relies on a new, all-seeing technology. And the first casualty of this is the human response. What we are losing is the very human 'art of seeing', one individual's engagement with another or with an event, be that political or artistic. What we are losing is our sense of the aesthetic. Where art used to talk of the aesthetics of disappearance, it must now confront the disappearance of the aesthetic.Trade ReviewAn exceptional, even visionary mind. Leonardo Digital Reviews If Walter Benjamin had one true intellectual descendant who extended his inquiries into the second half of the twentieth century, this must be Paul Virilio. Lev Manovich, author of The Language of New Media Virilio is an impressive commentator on the conditioning power of the mass media ... He flits from image to image like a poet and usually builds to a profound climax. The Guardian [Paul Virilio is] the zestfully polemical French philosopher of speed [who] no doubt hopes to ruffle a few complacent feathers with his Art As Far As the Eye Can See. Seven Poole, Guardian Unlimited For those interested in particular and current problems with art, the visual, and art as an institution, I think this book is certainly worth the read M/C ReviewsTable of ContentsPreface 1. Expect the Unexpected 2. An Exorbitant Art 3. Museum Night 4. Art as Far as the Eye Can See

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Book SynopsisThe guiding idea behind this collection of papers is a presentation of the transdisciplinary scope of the new semiotics offering a deeper and broader framework than the structuralist semiology that has been the foundation of most European semiotic analyses of culture, texts and languages.

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Book SynopsisThe Derrida Dictionary is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the world of Jacques Derrida, the founder of deconstruction and one of the most important and influential European thinkers of the twentieth century. Meticulously researched and extensively cross-referenced, this unique book covers all his major works, ideas and influences and provides a firm grounding in the central themes of Derrida's thought. Students will discover a wealth of useful information, analysis and criticism. A-Z entries include clear definitions of all the key terms used in Derrida's writings and detailed synopses of his key works. The Dictionary also includes entries on Derrida's major philosophical influences and those he engaged with, such as Kant, Hegel, Husserl, Freud, Heidegger, Foucault, Lacan and Levinas. It covers everything that is essential to a sound understanding of Derrida's philosophy, offering clear and accessible explanations of often complex terminology. The Derrida Dictionary is the ideal resource for anyone reading or studying Derrida, deconstruction or modern European philosophy more generally.Trade Review"Simon Morgan Wortham's Derrida Dictionary is a spectacular intellectual accomplishment. He has amazing mastery of all Derrida's multitudinous writings (about seventy books, an immense number of articles and interviews). Perhaps the highest praise I can make of this extraordinary and extraordinarily valuable book is that each entry, rather than closing the door on a given Derridean topic, makes you want to go back and read or reread for yourself Archive Fever or Paper Machine or Without Alibi, and all the rest of those seventy books." - J. Hillis Miller, Distinguished Research Professor of Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine, USA, author of For Derrida (Fordham, 2009)"This is no ordinary dictionary. Simon Morgan Wortham provides not only comprehensive, rigorously defined, and well-contextualised terms that cross-reference other terms and books across the corpus of Derrida's work, but in the process offers a lucid exposition of Derrida's work itself." - Nicole Anderson, Co-Editor/Founder Derrida Today journal, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia"Simon Morgan Wortham's dictionary is much more than a dictionary; it is, above all, a remarkable collection of short essays on Derrida's major works and concepts that will serve as valuable introductions to newcomers and useful reminders to those already familiar with Derrida's writings. Doing full justice to all periods and areas of Derrida's work, it succeeds in showing both his extraordinary range and the connections and continuities that link his various ventures in thought." - Derek Attridge, University of York, UK'Simon Morgan Wortham's Dictionary is an indispensable tool for anyone entering or continuing to work in theory. For those of us who have been doing so for some time, the Dictionary serves as a reminder of how timely Derrida's work was and is: a Derrida Dictionary for today and very much for tomorrow.' -- Derrida Today -- Stephen BarkerTable of ContentsIntroduction; Chronology of Derrida's Life and Works; A-Z Dictionary; Guide to Further Reading; List of entries.

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Book SynopsisIntroducing Lévi-Strauss is a guide to the work of the great French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009). The book brilliantly traces the development and influence of Lévi-Strauss' thought, from his early work on the function of the incest taboo to initiate an exchange of women between groups, to his identification of a timeless "wild" or "primitive" mode of thinking - a pensée sauvage - behind the processes of human culture. Accessibly written by Boris Wiseman and beautifully illustrated by Judy Groves, Introducing Lévi-Strauss also explores the major contribution that Lévi-Strauss made to contemporary aesthetic history - his work on American-Indian mythology provides a key insight into the way in which art itself comes into being.This is an essential introduction to a key thinker.

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Book SynopsisA provocative collection of personal and political essays by an American writer, Raising Girls in Bohemia chronicles the life of a father raising three perfectly bilingual, culturally bifurcated, Czech-American daughters. While tracing what fatherhood has taught him about the world, Katrovas delves into a range of intricately related yet far-flung subjects including fine dining, sexual epithets, gender identity, racism, poetry, and education, tracing the contours of his ignorance about all things. Through the course of these fine essays, Katrovas unveils what it means to be an American and to be a man, and especially what it means to be a father of three daughters, born in Prague, in what we can only hope is the twilight of patriarchy.Trade Review"At times brutally provocative, Katrovas' essays, which also grapple more generally with otherness, faith and the role of art in society, are nothing if not stimulating...ultimately humane." --Kirkus Reviews "[Katrovas] interrogates himself and others, pushing forward, searching for meaning, attempting to use language to tease out truths that cannot be easily spoken... He will all of a sudden rush directly toward his subject with a passage so poetic and deeply felt that it cuts to the heart." --Washington Independent Review of Books "Katrovas' memoir in essays is so neatly woven, that the occasional jumps in time embrace rather than lose the reader, and also contribute to the feel of a natural and evolving conversation ... His personal reflections are superb. Readers will root for Katrovas' efforts to ensure his daughters feel native to both of their parents' home countries." --San Francisco Review of Books "Tough, direct, gritty, full of wonder ... there is nothing meek about Mr. Katrovas." -- The New York Times Review of Books "RAISING GIRLS IN BOHEMIA is by turns political and personal, honest and full of insight into the human condition, all filtered through a poet's thoughtful lens. Insightful rumination on being human across geographical and emotional divisions." -- Rob LeFebvre, Shelf Awareness "A fascinating nonfiction book about the author's struggle to raise his three girls in Prague, New Orleans, and Kalamazoo. It explores questions of how to raise women in a hostile society, what it means to be American vs. Czech, how to fall in and out of love, and ... ideas of otherness." --Dana Norris, Story Studio Chicago "The freshly written, deeply felt essays in RAISING GIRLS IN BOHEMIA: MEDITATIONS OF AN AMERICAN FATHER were fascinating when first published individually in literary magazines. Richard Katrovas vividly conveys the complexity of the relationship between a father and his bilingual daughters who are being raised as citizens of two very different cultures. But to read these essays together adds a welcome sense of an overarching narrative, and dials the level of complexity higher still. The result is a vital, one-of-a-kind book." --Stuart Dybek, author of The Coast of Chicago "... a potent, fascinating book." --Tracy Kidder, author of Strength in What Remains "A remarkable achievement, a heady ride, wise and knowing." (from the Foreword) --Patricia Hampl, author of A Romantic Education "Sometimes a person is in the right place at the right time to witness history, which is lucky. Sometimes that person is a writer of Richard Katrovas's talent, which is even luckier... RAISING GIRLS IN BOHEMIA is a clear-eyed, sure-handed, big-hearted book." --Beth Ann Fennelly, author of Great with Child "By the end of this book, he has, in fact, told the story of his generation, especially the men of his generation. The final essay, "Glenn Beck Is Not My Brother," is the best I know about the heartbreaking divisions in American society today." --Mark Jarman, author of Bone Fires: New and Selected Poems "If, as Socrates told us, the unexamined life is not worth living, Richard Katrovas demonstrates amply in RAISING GIRLS IN BOHEMIA, that a life considered rationally, and with sensitivity, reveals insight both triumphant and heartbreaking. This is a fascinating book." --Gerald Costanzo, director, Carnegie Mellon University Press "At once deeply personal and strikingly erudite, Richard Katrovas's RAISING GIRLS IN BOHEMIA is a remarkable achievement. In every piece the voice is authentically his ... a true memoir and a satisfyingly thought-provoking read. --Elise B. Jorgens, Provost Emerita, College of Charleston "Speaking from first-hand knowledge, I can say that Richard Katrovas is an exemplary parent, friend, and colleague, generous, tough-minded, invigoratingly opinionated, and tender hearted. As a writer of prose and poetry, he is simply an international treasure." --Arnold Johnston, author of The Witching Voice: A Novel from the Life of Robert Burns "In these trenchant essays, Richard Katrovas strips away the gauzy romanticism of expatriate life to probe the challenges of raising three Czech-American daughters in a culture he cannot fully embrace--and that can never fully embrace him in return... A must read for anyone interested in the literature of expatriation." --Robert Eversz, author of Gypsy Hearts "RAISING GIRLS IN BOHEMIA is a brave meditation on the hazards and fleeting forms of happiness available to a navigator of two divergent cultures... In these wide-ranging essays, Katrovas examines the nature of freedom, the artist's role in society, and the impossibility of ever really knowing someone, all with wit and wisdom. This is a wonderful collection." --Christopher Merrill, author of The Tree of the Doves: Ceremony, Expedition, War "Partly Mark Twain, partly Henry Miller. It is ferocious, tender, original." -- Gerald Stern, author of This Time: New and Selected Poems "Richard Katrovas is a fine writer...He makes the (reader) feel gratitude, and, in addition to illumination, friendship." --James Dickey, poet, novelist, author of Deliverance "As Hemingway portrayed Paris of the twenties, Katrovas portrays...post-revolution Prague. Katrovas is a talented and honest writer who captures the unrenderable, sees the invisible, and makes the truth into poetry." --Arnost Lustig, novelist and playwright, author of A Prayer for Katerina Horowitzowa "Richard Katrovas is the best of the new poets." --Denis Johnson, poet and novelist, author of Tree of Smoke (winner, Pulitzer Prize)

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Book SynopsisGerman:Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Phänomenologie der Sinnbildung bei Marc Richir. Sie ist die erste in deutscher Sprache vorgelegte Untersuchung zu Richirs Versuch einer Neugründung der Phänomenologie. Dieser Versuch besteht zum einen in der Thematisierung der Phänomenalität der Phänomene als solcher und der Ausarbeitung eines Schematismus der Phänomenalisierung; zum anderen aus der Erweiterung der phänomenologisch-eidetischen Sphäre um die Dimension des Symbolischen. Diese Umgestaltung der phänomenologischen Architektonik führt zu einer umfangreichen Neubewertung phänomenologischer Grundbegriffe: transzendentales Bewusstsein, Zeitkonstitution, phänomenologisches Wesen, phänomenologische Reduktion und Epoché u. v. a. Besonders in der mittleren Schaffensperiode entsteht daraus eine Phänomenologie der Sinnbildung, deren Ziel es ist, das genetische „Abenteuer“ des Sinns zu ergründen. Der Sinn ist gleichsam einer doppelten Gefahr ausgesetzt: einerseits sich in der Proteusartigkeit und Flüchtigkeit der aufkommenden Sinnregungen zu verlieren; andererseits sich im symbolischen Gestell der Stiftungen zu entfremden. Die These der vorliegenden Studie lautet, dass dieses doppelte Schweben der Sinnbildung in der Verschränkung verschiedener Zeitschematismen gründet. Das klassische immanente und prä-immanente Zeitbewusstsein verschränkt sich mit der Proto-Zeitigung und Proto-Räumlichung des Schematismus der Phänomenalisierung und den Zeitkategorien des Symbolischen. Die Integration dieser symbolischen Zeitkategorien – Überstürzung, Wiederholung und Nachträglichkeit als Zeitigungsweisen des Nicht-Erscheinens – in die Phänomenologie führt zu einer enormen Erweiterung der Dialog- und Anschlussfähigkeit derselben. Die vorliegende Untersuchung versucht zudem die theoretischen Kontexte, die diese Umgestaltung der phänomenologischen Architektonik motivieren, zu versammeln. Neben klassischen phänomenologischen Autoren wie Husserl, Heidegger und Merleau-Ponty spielen Denker wie Kant, Freud, Lacan und Derrida eine zentrale Rolle.English:This book examines the phenomenology of sense formation in Marc Richir. It is the first study presented in German on Richir's attempt to refound phenomenology. The thesis of the present study is that in Richir, the double suspension of sense formation is grounded in the entanglement of different temporal schemata. Classical immanent and pre-immanent time consciousness intertwine with the proto-temporalization and proto-spatialization of the schematism of phenomenalization and the time categories of the symbolic. The integration of these symbolic time categories - precipitation, repetition, and retroactivity as modes of temporalization of non-appearance - into phenomenology leads to an enormous expansion of the latter's capability for dialogue and connection. This volume also assembles the theoretical contexts that motivate this transformation. In addition to classical phenomenological authors such as Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty, thinkers such as Kant, Freud, Lacan, and Derrida play an equally central role. This text appeals to students and researchers in the field. Table of ContentsDanksagung Einleitung I. Das Problem des Symbolischen in der Phänomenologie der SinnbildungII. Aufbau und Gliederung der UntersuchungIII. Die Idee einer Erneuerung der PhänomenologieIII. 1. Die lebensweltliche Eidetik III. 2. Transzendentales Bewusstsein und ZeitlichkeitIII. 3. Stiftung und EidetikIII. 4. Das Phänomenologische als kritische Instanz des SymbolischenIV. Grundmotive der Phänomenologie RichirsIV. 1. Der transzendentale Schematismus der PhänomenalisierungIV. 2. Sprachphänomen und symbolische StiftungIV. 3. Die hyperbolisch-phänomenologische EpochéIV. 4. ‚Phantasia‘ und ArchitektonikIV. 5. Phänomenologische AnthropologieErster Teil: Die PhänomenalisierungV. Phänomenalisierung und TextV. 1. Richirs frühe Ansätze im Ausgang von DerridaV. 2. Text als BewegungVI. Phänomenalisierung und UrschriftVI. 1. LeitfadenVI. 2. Das Quasi-TranszendentaleVI. 3. GrammatologieVI. 4. UrschriftVI. 5. Zeitigung/Räumlichung der Schrift VI. 6. Dissemination und TextualismusVII. Phänomenalisierung als Doppelbewegung VII. 1. Formaler und transzendentaler Raum VII. 2. Topologie der logischen DenkerlebnisseVII. 3. Phänomenalisierung und Metaphysik: Ein- und Ausrollen des ‚Nichts‘VII. 4. Logologie und ‚innere‘ GeschichtlichkeitVIII. Sinnbildung VIII. 1. Sinn und BedeutungVIII. 2. Exteriorität, Identität und das Logisch-EidetischeVIII. 3. Die Idee und das Zu-Sagende VIII. 4. Die Idee als SpurVIII. 5. Identität und Instabilität des SinnsVIII. 6. Räumlichung des Sinns6.a. Räumlichung des Sprachphänomens6.b. Phänomenologische Zeichen als Zeichen des sich bildenden Sinns VIII. 7. Ursprüngliche Vielfalt der Welten 7.a. Horizonte und phänomenologisches Apeiron7.b. Pluralität der Welthorizonte 7.c. Die proto-ontologische Verstellung und ihre doppelte Gestalt im UnbewusstenVIII. 8. Die proto-ontologische DimensionVIII. 9. Wilde Wesen9.a. Der phänomenologische Status der wilden Wesen9.b. Fungierende Eidetik des Sprachlichen 9.c. Proto-SinnVIII. 10. Zum weiteren Fortgang der Untersuchung Zweiter Teil: Die verfehlte Begegnung von Phänomenologischem und SymbolischemIX. Einleitung: Struktur und symbolische StiftungIX. 1. Strukturales Objekt, strukturale Einstellung und ideologischer Strukturalismus IX. 2. Element und Prinzip der Struktur IX. 3. Vor-Strukturierung und das symbolische Gestell bei Richir IX. 4. Das Loch in der Struktur X. Nicht-Phänomenalität: Sprache und Leiblichkeit X. 1. Symbolische Stiftung, phänomenologische Anthropologie und KulturphilosophieX. 2. Natur und KulturX. 3. Leibsprache und In-der-Welt-Sein X. 4. Der absolute Abstand zwischen symbolischem und phänomenologischem FeldX. 5. Leibhafte Wiederholung XI. Nicht-Phänomenalität und der ‚andere Schauplatz‘XI. 1. Freud: Wiederholung und Wiederholungszwang XI. 2. Lacan: Das Reale und die Wiederholung, Tyche und AutomatonXII. Symbolische und proto-ontologische StrukturXII. 1. Psychoanalyse: Virtualität und Heterogenität XII. 2. Daseinsanalyse: Welt, Leib, Rhythmus XII. 3. Freud mit Merleau-Ponty: Existenzialien und Retrojektion XIII. Zeitlichkeit in der Psychoanalyse XIII. 1. Die Zeitigung im Spiegelstadium: Die ÜberstürzungXIII. 2. Die Zeit der Analyse: Wiedererinnerung und Geschichtlichkeit XIII. 3. Die logische Zeit und der logische Subjektbegriff XIII. 4. Das Prinzip der Nachträglichkeit – heterogene ZeitlichkeitXIII. 5. Das sequenzielle Schema der Nachträglichkeit XIV. Automatismus, Überdeterminierung und symbolisches GedächtnisXIV. 1. Die strukturale Interpretation der Überdeterminierung 1.a. Natürliches und symbolisches Gedächtnis 1.b. Das Reale und die Konjektur 1.c. Der Andere und die Kontingenz XIV. 2. Die Netze der Überdeterminierung XIV. 3. Das Cogito als Überschuss der Struktur 3.a. Die Epistemologie des psychoanalytischen Minimalismus3.b. Kontingenz und Retro-Konstitution XIV. 4. Das Hyperstrukturale XV. Die phänomenologische Interpretation des Wolfsmanns (Synthese der ersten beiden Teile) XV. 1. Freuds Fallstudie des „Wolfsmannes“ XV. 2. Urszene und Gruscha-Szene XV. 3. Symbolisches Netz: der phänomenologische Status des Signifikanten XV. 4. Phänomenologische Dimension der wilden Wesen XV. 5. Sprachphänomen und lalangue Dritter Teil: Die Begegnung von Phänomenologischem und Symbolischem XVI. Das phänomenologisch Erhabene XVI. 1. Das mathematisch Erhabene: Diakritik von phänomenologischer und symbolischer Freiheit XVI. 2. Das dynamisch Erhabene: Die Figur des symbolischen Stifters und die Wiederaufnahme der symbolischen Freiheit XVII. Die hyperbolisch-phänomenologische EpochéXVII. 1. Faktualität und Faktizität XVII. 2. Die hyperbolisch-phänomenologische Epoché XVII. 3. Die zwei Momente der hyperbolisch-phänomenologischen Epoché XVII. 4. Das ontologische Simulacrum und eine Faktizität ohne Jemeinigkeit XVII. 5. Äußerster Punkt der Hyperbel: Ungreifbarkeit und Bodenlosigkeit der PhänomenalisierungXVIII. Das kritische Potential der hyperbolisch-phänomenologischen EpochéXVIII. 1. Das phänomenologische Apriori und seine verborgene Symbolizität (statische Perspektive) 1.a. Das Apriori in der statischen Phänomenologie und seine Aporien1.b. Ontologisches Simulacrum und transzendentale Nachträglichkeit des Apriori XVIII. 2. Selbstheit und Apperzeption im Ausgang ursprünglicher Pluralität (genetische Perspektive)2.a. Transpossibilität, Entelechie der Selbstheit und die zweifache Stabilisierung2.b. Denken im Ausgang ursprünglicher Pluralität Schluss: Nicht-Standard-PhänomenologieLiteraturverzeichnis

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