Western philosophy: Enlightenment Books
Edinburgh University Press Reading Spinoza in the Anthropocene
Book SynopsisBrings Spinoza's philosophy into engagement with contemporary debates on climate change
£76.50
Edinburgh University Press The Practical Morality of Life
Book SynopsisHow a scandalous actress influenced one of the greatest philosophers of the eighteenth century.
£76.50
Orion Publishing Co The Great Philosophers Voltaire
Book Synopsis''Judge a man by his questions, rather than by his answers.'' VoltaireVoltaire was one of the first philosophers to be commercially successful internationally. Famous for his strong views on the importance of civil liberties, he was equally renowned for his wit. A prolific letter writer, he was also the author of over 2,000 books and pamphlets, including the novel Candide, which criticises and ridicules many of the events and philosophies of the time. It is widely recognised as one of the most glorious satires of the 18th century.John Gray''s short account is the ideal introduction to one of the great thinkers of all time.Trade ReviewThe virtue of these deceptively brief books is that they are the real thing * EVENING STANDARD *The books should improve the cultural circulation of philosophy by their style as well as their substance * TES *A promising venture * THE TIMES *Rarely have intellectual sophistication and complexity come so cheap * FINANCIAL TIMES *If you want to acquire some first-hand experience of philosophy and democracy you would do well to read this welcome series * TIMES HIGHER EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT *
£5.99
John Murray Press How To Be Good
Book SynopsisWhat Socrates''s greatest failure says about a 2,000-year-old question: is it possible to teach ourselves and others to become better people? Can we make ourselves into better human beings? Can we help others do the same? And can we get the leaders of our society to care that humanity prospers, not just economically, but also spiritually? These questions have been asked for over two millennia and attempting to answer them is crucial if we want to live a better life and build a more just society. How to Be Good uses the story of Socrates and Alcibiades and examples from Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius and Machiavelli, alongside modern interpretations to explore what philosophy can teach us about the quest for virtue today. Whether we are statesmen or ordinary individuals Pigliucci argues that with a little work day by day we all have the power to pursue the timely and timeless art of living well.Trade ReviewPresents a rigorous theoretical foundation for ethical self-improvement with concrete steps-even a step-by-step syllabus!-for how we can become better people, how we can help others to do the same, and how we might influence our leaders and politicians to act virtuously. If only those in power would grab hold of this literary lifeline and take heed of Pigliucci's wisdom, humanity might just have a chance to flourish economically, materially, and spiritually -- Skye Cleary, author of 'How to Be Authentic'Massimo Pigliucci, who has elsewhere taught us to take seriously the precepts of ancient Stoicism, here looks further afield, above all to Plato, for insight into how we become virtuous people - or, too often, fail to. His expert account of ancient ethics will help us save our souls, and thereby, just maybe, save the world -- James Romm, author of 'The Sacred Band'With a deft but magically light hand, Pigliucci turns to case studies from Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Seneca and more to pose the most pressing question of our time: how do we put competent and wise leaders in office? A wonderful raconteur, Pigliucci brings the historical and philosophical texts of Greco-Roman antiquity to life with lessons about good character and leadership, whether we aspire to political office or not -- Nancy Sherman, author of 'Stoic Wisdom'It's not often that a book ostensibly about Socrates also comments knowledgeably on (Roman) Coriolanus and (Florentine) Machiavelli, but such is the breadth of learning of geneticist, biologist and philosopher Massimo Pigliucci (of New York's City College). Truly, as Plato's Socrates boldly declared, the examined life is for us humans the only one -- Paul Cartledge, A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, emeritus, University of Cambridge[An] enlightening study . . . This lucid and accessible tour through ancient philosophy offers valuable lessons for today -- Publishers WeeklyOne of the world's most renowned philosophers has found the secret to living a better life -- The Herald
£17.00
John Murray Press How To Be Good
Book SynopsisWhat Socrates''s greatest failure says about a 2,000-year-old question: is it possible to teach ourselves and others to become better people? Can we make ourselves into better human beings? Can we help others do the same? Can we get our leaders to care that humanity prospers, not just economically, but also spiritually? These questions have been asked for over two millennia and attempting to answer them is crucial if we want to build a more just society. How to Be Good uses the story of Socrates and Alcibiades and examples from Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius and Machiavelli, alongside modern interpretations to explore what philosophy can teach us about the quest for virtue today. With a little work, day by day, we all have the power to pursue the timely and timeless art of living well.Trade ReviewPresents a rigorous theoretical foundation for ethical self-improvement with concrete steps-even a step-by-step syllabus!-for how we can become better people, how we can help others to do the same, and how we might influence our leaders and politicians to act virtuously. If only those in power would grab hold of this literary lifeline and take heed of Pigliucci's wisdom, humanity might just have a chance to flourish economically, materially, and spiritually -- Skye Cleary, author of 'How to Be Authentic'Massimo Pigliucci, who has elsewhere taught us to take seriously the precepts of ancient Stoicism, here looks further afield, above all to Plato, for insight into how we become virtuous people - or, too often, fail to. His expert account of ancient ethics will help us save our souls, and thereby, just maybe, save the world -- James Romm, author of 'The Sacred Band'With a deft but magically light hand, Pigliucci turns to case studies from Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Seneca and more to pose the most pressing question of our time: how do we put competent and wise leaders in office? A wonderful raconteur, Pigliucci brings the historical and philosophical texts of Greco-Roman antiquity to life with lessons about good character and leadership, whether we aspire to political office or not -- Nancy Sherman, author of 'Stoic Wisdom'It's not often that a book ostensibly about Socrates also comments knowledgeably on (Roman) Coriolanus and (Florentine) Machiavelli, but such is the breadth of learning of geneticist, biologist and philosopher Massimo Pigliucci (of New York's City College). Truly, as Plato's Socrates boldly declared, the examined life is for us humans the only one -- Paul Cartledge, A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, emeritus, University of Cambridge[An] enlightening study . . . This lucid and accessible tour through ancient philosophy offers valuable lessons for today -- Publishers WeeklyOne of the world's most renowned philosophers has found the secret to living a better life -- The Herald
£11.69
Edinburgh University Press NietzscheS Human All Too Human
Book SynopsisRuth Abbey assumes no knowledge of the text or of Nietzsche. She maps her chapters onto those of Nietzsche's text, allowing you to read the guide alongside the book. Altogether, she opens up Human, All Too Human for new readers, while more experienced Nietzsche scholars will appreciate the new perspective.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press The Scottish Enlightenment
Book Synopsis11 specially commissioned essays examine the Scottish Enlightenment's contributions to commercial society, the 'science of human nature' and the emergence of the modern political economy.
£24.69
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Literary Citizenship in Scandinavia in the Long
Book SynopsisSheds new light on European and regional book markets, the development of a public sphere and the impact of new media on intellectual, social, religious and political change. How do you become a citizen? Ever since printing was introduced, being a member of society increasingly involved reading and writing: for sociability and belonging, instruction and entertainment, profit and charity, spiritual awakening and political debate. Literary practices shaped and changed identities and the organisation of society during the Long Eighteenth Century. In Scandinavia, this happened locally, as well as transnationally - reading, writing and producing texts involved entanglements within and beyond the borders of the Northern European periphery of Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Focusing on 'literary citizenship', this volume uncovers the different ways in which engagements with print have mediated and established networks and communities, identities and agencies of multiple sorts in an interconnected media landscape. The result is a complex and intriguing history of the book in the Scandinavian region. This history is, on the one hand, influenced by a European market and tradition. On the other hand, it offers an important and different case of regional and local adaptation, marked by what has been termed a 'Northern Enlightenment'. This book will be of interest to scholars of European enlightenment studies and to those who are interested in the continuing debates surrounding print culture and history. This book is available in digital format as Open Access under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC. This book and the research upon which it is based was supported by funds from The Research Council of Norway and the National Library of Norway. CONTRIBUTORS: Jens Bjerring-Hansen, Jon Haarberg, Ruth Hemstad, Thor Inge Rørvik, Ellen Krefting, Karin Kukkonen, Ulrik Langen, Aina Nøding, Jonas Nordin, James Raven, Janicke S. Kaasa, Karen Skovgaard-Petersen, Frederik Stjernfelt, Iver Tangen Stensrud and Jonas Thorup Thomsen.Table of ContentsIntroduction - Ruth Hemstad, Janicke S. Kaasa, Ellen Krefting and Aina Nøding 1. Early Print and Northern Exploration in the Service of the Church: On Archbishop Erik Valkendorf's Activities as Writer and Editor - Karen Skovgaard-Petersen 2. The Case of the Norwegian Catechism - Jon Haarberg 3. Possessed by a Book: Cultural Scripts for Demonic Possession in Early Modern Denmark - Jonas Thorup Thomsen 4. A Northern Republic of Letters? Transnational Periodical Cultures around 1700, 1800 and 1900 - Jens Bjerring-Hansen 5. Implementing Freedom of the Press in Eighteenth-Century Scandinavia: Perspectives on a Surprising Lack of Transnationalism - Ulrik Langen, Jonas Nordin and Frederik Stjernfelt 6. Multilingual Citizens of the World: Literary Fiction in Norwegian Book Collections in the Eighteenth Century - Karin Kukkonen 7. Stolen Fruit, Moral Fiction: Marmontel's Contes moraux in Denmark-Norway - Aina Nøding 8. Secret Springs and Naked Truths: Scandalous Political Literature in Eighteenth-Century Denmark-Norway - Ellen Krefting 9. From the Dictated Lecture to the Printed Textbook: The Circulation of Notes in the Teaching of Philosophy in Denmark-Norway, 1790-1850 -Thor Inge Rørvik 10. An Inspiring Model from the Periphery: The Transnational Circulation of the Norwegian 1814 Constitution - Ruth Hemstad 11. Heavenly Citizens of the World: Child Readers and the Missionary Cause - Janicke S. Kaasa 12. Diffusing Useful Knowledge: Skilling-Magazin, Transnational Images and Local Communities - Iver Tangen Stensrud Afterword - James Raven
£20.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Awakening: A History of the Western Mind AD
Book SynopsisA monumental and exhilarating history of European thought, from the fall of Rome in the fifth century AD to the Scientific Revolution thirteen centuries later. The Awakening traces the recovery and refashioning of Europe's classical heritage from the ruins of the Roman Empire. The process of preservation of surviving texts, fragile at first, was strengthened under the Christian empire founded by Charlemagne in the eighth century; later, during the High Middle Ages, universities were founded and the study of philosophy was revived. Renewed interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought provided the intellectual impetus for the Renaissance of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, whose ideas – aesthetic, political and scientific – were disseminated across Europe by the invention of the printing press. Equally momentous was Europe's encounter with the New World, and the resulting maritime supremacy which conferred global reach on Europe's merchants and colonists. Vivid in detail and informed by the latest scholarship, The Awakening is powered not by the fate of kings or the clash of arms but by deeper currents of thought, inquiry and discovery, which first recover and then surpass the achievements of classical antiquity, and lead the West to the threshold of the Age of Reason. Charles Freeman takes the reader on an enthralling journey, and provides us with a vital key to understanding the world we live in today. Praise for The Awakening: 'The subject of this stimulating and erudite book is nothing less than the development of the Western mind from the demise of classical civilisation in the fifth century AD, through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, to the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. The Awakening is a work of serious scholarship by an author who has clearly been everywhere, seen everything and read voraciously. But it is also a work written with great elan and, given its scope, undertaken with considerable courage... An arrestingly clear design, combined with numerous judiciously chosen illustrations, completes an extraordinary achievement' Christopher Lloyd, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, 1988-2005 'The Awakening recounts the slow evolution of Western thought that restored legitimacy to independent examination and analysis, that eventually led to a celebration, albeit a cautious one, of reason over blind faith. In the process, Freeman reminds us that quality, engaging narrative history has not gone extinct, while demonstrating that it is possible to produce a work that is so well-written it is readable by a general audience while meeting the rigorous standards of scholarship demanded by academia' Stan Prager 'The Awakening is a very timely book and an excellently written and produced one. Freeman is a good host, a superb narrator and tells his story with aplomb... His elegant prose is a treat for the mind and the accompanying illuminations a treat for the eye' International TimesTrade ReviewCharles Freeman has done it again – amassed a vast body of knowledge on a major subject and infused it with historical understanding and humane wit. Above all else, he makes us realise why the twelve centuries between late Antiquity and early Modernity remain urgently relevant to the world of the twenty-first century. Aquinas, Erasmus, Dante, Descartes... theirs and a host of others' mindbending ideas are made to leap off the page, grab us by the throat and demand our undivided attention -- Paul Cartledge, AG Leventis professor of Greek Culture Emeritus, University of CambridgeA remarkable work of scholarship by esteemed historian Charles Freeman... The book is a fine production, adorned with coloured images of frescos and ancient manuscripts' * Irish Times *My favourite book of the year... The wonderful images of the art, architecture and books bring to life the detailed argument of Awakening... Freeman makes the subject matter alive and relevant in a way that few historians of ideas can... A book to read slowly, to ponder and enjoy leisurely * Goodreads *PRAISE FOR THE CLOSING OF THE WESTERN MIND: 'An elegant story, engagingly told. Freeman has a talent for narrative history and for encapsulating the more arcane disputes of ancient historians and theologians' Independent. 'There is much here to admire... It is a panoramic view that Freeman handles with grace, erudition and lucidity' Washington Times. 'Entertaining... An excellent and readable account of the development of Christian doctrine' * New York Times *
£24.00
Icon Books Introducing Descartes: A Graphic Guide
Book SynopsisRené Descartes is famous as the philosopher who was prepared to doubt everything- even his own physical existence. Most people know that he said 'I think, therefore I am', even if they are not always sure what he really meant by it. Introducing Descartes explains what Descartes doubted, and why he is usually called the father of modern philosophy. It is a clear and accessible guide to all the puzzling questions he asked about human beings and their place in the world. Dave Robinson and Chris Garratt give a lucid account of Descartes' contributions to modern science, mathematics, and the philosophy of mind- and also reveal why he liked to do all of his serious thinking in bed.
£7.99
John Donald Publishers Ltd The Glasgow Enlightenment
Book SynopsisThe Glasgow Enlightenment is widely regarded as the first book to explore the nature and accomplishments of the Enlightenment in eighteenth-century Glasgow in a comprehensive manner. In addition to a general introduction by the editors, there are seven chapters devoted to Glasgow University professors, such as Adam Smith, Francis Hutcheson, Thomas Reid, John Millar, William Leechman, and John Anderson. At a time when the Glasgow economy was booming in the strength of its trade with America, these and other Glasgow men of science and learning were making major contributions to the European world of philosophy, law, political economy, natural philosophy, medicine, and religious toleration. There are also five chapters on other individuals and topics, including the physician and author John Moore, James Boswell during his student days, images of Glasgow in popular poetry, and Popular party clergymen who challenged the dominant views of the academic Enlightenment with an alternative vision of liberty and piety. This edition features a new bibliographical preface by Richard B. Sher that discusses the substantial secondary literature on eighteenth-century Glasgow and the Glasgow Enlightenment since the original publication of this book more than a quarter of a century ago.Trade Review'a valuable and worthwhile collection that continues to be essential reading for anyone wishing to understand aspects of the Scottish Enlightenment as experienced in Glasgow' * Journal of the Edinburgh Bibiographical Society *
£22.50
Palgrave Macmillan Modern Enlightenment
Book SynopsisPreface.- Introduction.- Enlightenment in Europe.- Critique of Religion.- Man and Nature.- Nature and Civlization.- Knowlege and Skill.- Morality and Politics.- Crisis of Capitalism.- World History and Globalization.- Transformations.
£25.19
Birlinn General Capital of the Mind
Book SynopsisBy the end of 18th century Edinburgh had become the marvel of modern Europe, home to the finest minds of the day and their breathtaking innovations in architecture, politics, science, the arts, and economies. This book tells the story of the triumph of this town and the men whose vision brought it into being.
£14.24
Princeton University Press The Philosophy of the Enlightenment
Book SynopsisPresents an analysis of one of history's greatest intellectual epochs: the Enlightenment. Arguing that there was a common foundation beneath the diverse strands of thought of this period, this book shows how Enlightenment philosophers drew upon the ideas of the preceding centuries even while radically transforming them to fit the modern world.Trade Review"Cassirer's The Philosophy of the Enlightenment offers much to today's student of the cultural sciences... If nothing else, in our world of concise histories and quick overviews, Philosophy of the Enlightenment is still an excellent and detailed handbook for anyone interested in the various philosophical currents of the Enlightenment."--Hans-Peter Soder, European LegacyTable of ContentsFOREWORD vii PREFACE xi Chapter I. THE MIND OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT 3 Chapter II. NATURE AND NATURAL SCIENCE 37 Chapter III. PSYCHOLOGY AND EPISTEMOLOGY 93 Chapter IV. RELIGION 134 I. The Dogma of Original Sin and the Problem of Theodicy 137 II. Tolerance and the Foundation of Natural Religion 160 III. Religion and History 182 Chapter V. THE CONQUEST OF THE HISTORICAL WORLD 197 Chapter VI. LAW, STATE, AND SOCIETY 234 I. Law and the Principle of Inalienable Rights 234 II. The Contract and the Method of the Social Sciences 253 Chapter VII. FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF AESTHETICS 275 I. The Age of Criticism 275 II. Classical Aesthetics and the Objectivity of the Beautiful 278 III. Taste and the Trend toward Subjectivism 297 IV. Intuitional Aesthetics and the Problem of Genius 312 V. Reason and the Imagination: Gottsched and the Swiss Critics 331 VI. The Foundation of Systematic Aesthetics: Baumgarten 338 INDEX 361
£28.80
Cambridge University Press Spinoza
Book SynopsisBaruch Spinoza (16321677) was one of the most important philosophers of all time; he was also one of the most radical and controversial. The story of Spinoza''s life takes the reader into the heart of Jewish Amsterdam in the seventeenth century and, with Spinoza''s exile from Judaism, into the midst of the tumultuous political, social, intellectual, and religious world of the young Dutch Republic. This new edition of Steven Nadler''s biography, winner of the Koret Jewish Book Award for biography and translated into a dozen languages, is enhanced by exciting new archival discoveries about his family background, his youth, and the various philosophical, political, and religious contexts of his life and works. There is more detail about his family''s business and communal activities, about his relationships with friends and correspondents, and about the development of his writings, which were so scandalous to his contemporaries.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Preface; 1. Settlement; 2. Abraham and Michael; 3. Bento/Baruch; 4. Talmud Torah; 5. A merchant of Amsterdam; 6. Cherem; 7. Benedictus; 8. A philosopher in Rijnsburg; 9. 'The Jew of Voorburg'; 10. Homo politicus; 11. Calm and turmoil in The Hague; 12. 'A free man thinks least of all of death'; A note on sources.
£20.99
Yale University Press European Intellectual History from Rousseau to
Book SynopsisOne of the most distinguished cultural and intellectual historians of our time, Frank Turner taught a landmark Yale University lecture course on European intellectual history that drew scores of students over many years. His lectureslucid, accessible, beautifully written, and delivered with a notable lack of jargondistilled modern European history from the Enlightenment to the dawn of the twentieth century and conveyed the turbulence of a rapidly changing era in European history through its ideas and leading figures.Richard A. Lofthouse, one of Turner's former students, has now edited the lectures into a single volume that outlines the thoughts of a great historian on the forging of modern European ideas. Moreover, it offers a fine example of how intellectual history should be taught: rooted firmly in historical and biographical evidence.
£14.99
Cambridge University Press Kant on Marriage
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£17.00
Cambridge University Press The Moral Foundation of Right
Book SynopsisKant defined ''Right'' (Recht) as the condition that obtains among a population of physically embodied persons capable of setting their own ends who live on a finite surface and therefore cannot avoid interaction with each other if each is as free to set their own ends as is consistent with the freedom of all to do the same. He regarded this rational idea, heir to the traditional idea of ''natural Right, as the test of the legitimacy of the laws of any actual state, or ''positive Right.'' He clearly considered Right to be part of morality as a whole, namely the coercively enforceable part, as contrasted to Ethics, which is the non-coercively enforceable part of morality. Some have questioned whether Right is part of morality, but this Element shows how Kant''s Universal Principle of Right follows straightforwardly from the foundational idea of Kant''s moral philosophy as a whole.
£17.00
Taylor & Francis The SomatoPsychic Realm
Book SynopsisInfluenced by the groundbreaking work of Wilfred Bion, The Somato-Psychic Realm: Analytic Receptivity and Resonance sees 10 internationally acclaimed psychoanalysts explore the complex interrelationship between our psychic and somatic selves, and highlight its promising riches and devastating disruptions.Explored theoretically and illustrated with vivid clinical examples, the contributors in this volume map our current understanding on the fascinating subject of psychic and somatic selves, reframing it as the âsomato-psychic realmâ. This collection of essays brings together the current thinking, reflections, and clinical understanding of prominent Bionian psychoanalytic practitioners and scholars, from Rudi Vermote to Judy Eekhoff, each of whom have developed particular interests and expertise in analytically approaching the realm of the somato-psychic. The reader is offered extensions of theory and vivid clinical examples and invited to consider many questions central to contemporary psychoanalytic practice: Does the body think and if so, how does the analyst converse with it? Is thinking in a psychoanalytic sense best conceived of as a combined function of the soma and psyche? How does this perspective reorient analytic technique? Can we conceptualise a body-to-body dimension of the analytic experience, and in the analytic encounter how does this dimension serve a vitalising function for the patient while remaining outside of the usual verbal and symbolising exchanges between analyst and patient? What is the fate of failures and disruptions in the somato-psychic interrelationship and how does the analyst hear, recognise, and respond to these failures? How does the analyst make subjective space to experience in herself the presence of these disruptions? What transformations in our technical stance does this type of clinical presentation require? As they approach the challenges of the somato-psychic realm, readers will find themselves drawn into this conversation, invited by a thought-provoking foreword by Patrick Miller.It will be a vital resource for psychoanalysts in training and practice alike looking for a greater recognition of and ability to respond to problems ranging from frank somatic disorders to failures in symbolisation and thought process and the non-neurotic states of mind that accompany these disorders.
£33.24
Cambridge University Press The Pragmatic Enlightenment
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£68.40
Cambridge University Press Kant The Metaphysics of Morals Cambridge Texts in
Book SynopsisDesigned for intermediate to advanced students, this edition of Kant's Metaphysics of Morals contains a lightly revised version of Mary Gregor's highly regarded translation. Readers' understanding and engagement are facilitated by its informative and accessible introduction, extensive further reading essay, and translation and editorial notes.Table of ContentsIntroduction Lara Denis; Chronology Lara Denis; Further reading Lara Denis; Translator's note on the text Mary Gregor; The Metaphysics of Morals: Part I. Metaphysical First Principles of the Doctrine of Right; 1. Private right; 2. Public right; Part II. Metaphysical First Principles of the Doctrine of Virtue: 1. Doctrine of the elements of ethics; 2. Doctrine of the methods of ethics; Index.
£25.99
Cambridge University Press Dionysus after Nietzsche
Book SynopsisThis exciting book explores the fate of ancient Greek gods, philosophy and tragedy amongst the wars and revolutions of the twentieth century. It focuses on Friedrich Nietzsche's influence on a diverse array of novelists, scholars, poets, philosophers and playwrights who used antiquity to rethink their post-industrial and postcolonial modernity.Trade Review'L.'s volume is a rare book because of the excellence of his ideas and the quality of research and writing. It masterfully shows how our life is shaped by modernity's appropriation of an ancient Greek heritage … The scholarship is stellar throughout … The book enters as a sharp-sighted contribution into the field of literature on modernity and its relationship to the ancient Greeks.' Marina Marren, The Classical Review'The scholarly rigour of Dionysus after Nietzsche, and the painstaking research evidenced throughout, mark it out as a vital addition to existing work on the interactions between ancient and modern literature. This book will be of keen interest to all students and researchers of classical reception, especially tragedy, as well as those of modern literature, philosophy, and social theory, in addition to the interested general reader.' Samuel Agbamu, Rhea Classical ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction. Dionysus after Nietzsche; 1. Corybants, satyrs and bulls: Jane Harrison; 2. A great kick at misery: D. H. Lawrence; 3. In search of an absent god: Martin Heidegger; 4. What Oedipus knew: Richard Schechner; 5. Dionysus in Yorubaland: Wole Soyinka; Conclusion. Dionysus today.
£22.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Luxury Philosophy
Book SynopsisThe first philosophical exploration of luxury and the luxurious, tracing the ideas throughout history to contemporary iterations.
£58.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Metaphors of Mind
Book SynopsisPromoting critical and creative anachronism, Metaphors of Mind redefines the notion of an archive in the age of Amazon and Google Books.Trade ReviewWhile the book is not meant to be read as a monograph but as a dictionary, many well-versed readers will be tempted to do so anyway, so rich and lush are both language and litany. American Reference Books Annual ... the database behind the book lets one investigate the verb, instance by instance. The book itself provides a bird's eye view of its large terrain, and the reader can easily settle on specific images to investigate in the hundred pages of detailed endnotes. Modern PhilologyTable of ContentsAbout This BookAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Animals2. Coinage3. Courts4. Empire5. Fetters6. Impressions7. Inhabitants8. Metal9. Mirror10. Rooms11. WritingConclusionEpilogueNotesIndex
£38.70
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc The French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe I
Book SynopsisThis volume is a ground-breaking contribution to enlightenment studies and the international and cross-cultural history of print. The result of a five year research project, the volume traces the output and dissemination of books and how reading tastes changed in the years 1769-1794. Mapping the book trade of the Société Typographique de Neuchâtel (STN), a Swiss publisher-wholesaler which operated throughout Europe, the authors reconstruct the cosmopolitan elite culture of the later enlightenment, incorporating many engaging case studies. The STN''s archives are uniquely rich in both detail and range, and while these archives have long attracted book historians (notably Robert Darnton, a leading scholar of the Enlightenment), existing work is fragmentary and limited in scope. By means of comparative study, the author considers the entire book market across Europe, making local, regional and chronological nuances, based on advanced taxonomies of subject content, author information, markTrade ReviewA solid addition to the historiography of the Enlightenment and the general history of the book... This book would certainly be of interest to historians, literary scholars, database designers, and archivists. Selling Enlightenment can certainly be recommended for all types of research oriented academic libraries. * Libraries: Culture, History & Society *A striking achievement. Curran’s commendably exhaustive delving into the STN’s superb business archives and his use of digital humanities methodologies to form and to test hypotheses adds a renewed level of relevance to key questions about the European Enlightenment and the role of the STN within it. * Colin Jones, Professor of History, Queen Mary University of London, UK *For those with an interest in the history of the 18th-century book trade and the dissemination of knowledge in Enlightenment Europe, this is a work of major importance. Curran knows the rich archives of Neufchatel as well as anyone, and he communicates his important and provocative findings with liveliness and grace. * Darrin M. McMahon, Mary Brinsmead Wheelock Professor, Dartmouth College, USA *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. A Publishing House Across the Border? 3. Accounting for Books 4. Running a Publishing House 5. Business Networks 6. Literary and Book Trade Clients 7. Rivals or Allies: The STN and its Competitors 8. Getting to Market: The History of a Book 9. The Politics of Publishing Conclusion Bibliography Index
£90.00
Springer International Publishing AG Critics of Enlightenment Rationalism Revisited
Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview of some of the most important critics of “Enlightenment rationalism.” The subjects of the volume (including, among others, Pascal, Vico, Schmitt, Weber, Anscombe, Scruton, and Tolkien) do not share a philosophical tradition as much as a skeptical disposition toward the notion, common among modern thinkers, that there is only one standard of rationality or reasonableness, and that that one standard is or ought to be taken from the presuppositions, methods, and logic of the natural sciences. The essays on each thinker are intended not merely to offer a commentary on that thinker, but also to place the person in the context of this larger stream of anti-rationalist thought. Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Conservatism and Social Criticism: Pascal on Faith, Reason, and Politics3. Giambattista Vico and Democratic Pluralism: Lessons for Deliberative Democracy4. A Modest Spinozist: George Eliot and the Limits of Rationalism5. Projections Upon the Void: Irving Babbitt’s Critique of Naturalism6. Carl Schmitt's Exceptional Critique of Rationalism7. Moral Man in a Morally Irrational World: Max Weber and the Limits of Reason8. The Moral Personality of Mikhail Bulgakov9. Nec Spe Nec Metu: Philosophic Catharsis in Karl Löwith’s Meaning in History10. Metaphor, Meaning, and Mind: Knowledge and Imagination in Owen Barfield11. Rings and Rationalism: Tolkien’s Tales Against Domination12. Shedding the Shackles of Rationalism13. Beautiful Minds: Gregory Bateson on Ecology, Insanity, and Wisdom14. Robert Nisbet: Art, History, and the Anti-Rationalism of Sociological Methodology15. Elizabeth Anscombe on Rationalism16. A.C. Graham on Rationalism, Irrationalism, and Anti-Rationalism (“Aware Spontaneity”)17. Intention, Intellect, and Imagination: Stuart Hampshire’s Pluralism18. Rationality and Tradition in Roger Scruton’s Thought19. A Counter-Enlightenment of the Present: A Defense of John Grays' Modus Vivendi Liberalism
£85.49
Springer International Publishing AG The Ethics of Courage: Volume 2: From Early
Book SynopsisThis two-volume work examines far-reaching debates on the concept of courage from Greek antiquity to the Christian and mediaeval periods, as well as the modern era. Volume 1 explains how competing accounts of epistêmê, rational wisdom, and truth dominated classical antiquity. Early Christian and mediaeval thinkers, in contrast, favoured fortitude founded on faith and fear of God over philosophical reasoning left to its own devices. Volume 2 turns to theories of courage from the early modern period to the present. It shows how the twin laws of polis and physis are at the heart of post-medieval thought. Courage is found at the crossroads of love and dread, freedom and fate, happiness and suffering, as well as power and submission to the ruling order. The later influence of evolutionism, existentialism, and the social and natural sciences on moral philosophy is also addressed at some length. The protection of people's best interests, the passions and powers of the human will, and the rule of active energy in all aspects of life supplant courage formerly viewed through the lens of reason or faith, or a combination of the two. These new ideas, paradoxically, herald the end of the ethics of courage. They also undermine the courage of ethical thinking. Courage is no longer an end in itself, nor is it a means to happiness "at the end." Regardless of what Gandhi, Tillich, and Foucault have to say about the topic, late modernity and the global age witness a marked loss of interest in courage as an idea worthy of conceptual investigation. Debates about the moral implications of courage give way to the value-free science of resilience, which studies how people can recover from past trauma and find wellness, primarily in the realm of physis. Table of Contents1 Truth, Power, and Life 2 The Body and the Body Politic 3 Self-interest and the Sovereign 4 Justice, the Laws of Nature, and God 5 Moral Sympathy and Higher Passions 6 The Natural and Rational Duty to God and Country 7 Michel de Montaigne and the Vanity of Reason 8 Language, Self-consciousness, and Learning Experiences 9 Reasons Examined in Good Conscience 10 The Evolution of Mind, Species, and Society 11 Variations in Evolutionary Ethics 12 Utilitarianism and Relativism with a Bias 13 Emerson’s Heroes of Truth 14 The Courage of Despair 15 Nietzsche’s Animal Foes and Friends 16 The Will to Power 17 Thus Spoke Nietzsche 18 Courage in the Body and the Sociable Self 19 The Courage of Disobedience 20 Paul Tillich and the Courage to Be 21 Throwing Courage to the Dogs 22 Risk and Resilience 23 Courage in the Global Age
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Hegel in A Wired Brain
Book SynopsisSlavoj Žižek gives us a reading of a philosophical giant that changes our way of thinking about our new posthuman era.No ordinary study of Hegel, Hegel in a Wired Brain investigates what he might have had to say about the idea of the ''wired brain'' what happens when a direct link between our mental processes and a digital machine emerges. Žižek explores the phenomenon of a wired brain effect, and what might happen when we can share our thoughts directly with others. He hones in on the key question of how it shapes our experience and status as ''free'' individuals and asks what it means to be human when a machine can read our minds.With characteristic verve and enjoyment of the unexpected, Žižek connects Hegel to the world we live in now, shows why he is much more fun than anyone gives him credit for, and why the 21st century might just be Hegelian.Trade ReviewHegel in a Wired Brain, mixes perspicacity and paradox in brain-teasing ways that have become his signature style but there is novelty too in this punchy addition to his oeuvre. * PopMatters *With characteristic verve and enjoyment of the unexpected, the author connects Hegel with the world we live in now, shows why he's so much funnier than what has been believed until now, and why the 21st century can be precisely Hegelian. * Diálogo Filosófico (Bloomsbury Translation) *Table of ContentsIntroduction: “Un jour, peut-être, le siècle sera hégélien” 1. The Digital Police State: Fichte’s Revenge on Hegel 2. The Idea of a Wired Brain and its Limitation 3. The Impasse of Soviet Tech-Gnosis 4. Singularity: the Gnostic Turn 5. The Fall that Makes Us Like God 6. Reflexivity of the Unconscious 7. A Literary Fantasy: the Unnamable Subject of Singularity A Treatise on Digital Apocalypse Index
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Princeton University Press Mandevilles Fable
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An astute and engaging work of intellectual history. . . . Mr. Douglass’s book insightfully probes Mandeville’s account of prideful sociability, testing it against the criticism of, among others, David Hume."---Jeffrey Collins, Wall Street Journal"Mandeville’s Fable is an enviably learned volume. Lucidly written and judicious in tone, Douglass’ treatment of Mandeville as a social philosopher par excellence sets a high bar for scholars who hope to walk the interpretive tightrope between intellectual history and philosophy as effortlessly as he does."---Glory M. Liu, Centre for the Study of Governance & Society"[Mandeville’s Fable] is a work of serious scholarship. . . . Douglass provides a clear and compelling account of Mandeville’s moral and social thought, one that establishes its subject as a serious thinker whose provocative and ‘unsettling’ . . . ideas retain today their power to provoke and unsettle."---Brandon Turner, Perspectives on Politics"[An] excellent book." * Choice *
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Northwestern University Press Experience and Empiricism
Book SynopsisDespite the wide reception Gilles Deleuze has received across the humanities, research on his early work has remained scant. Experience and Empiricism remedies that gap with a detailed study of Deleuze's first book, Empiricism and Subjectivity, which is devoted to the philosophical project of David Hume.Table of Contents Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Jean Wahl and the Problem of Transcendence Chapter 2: Koyré’s Hegel and Wahl’s Kierkegaard Chapter 3: Hyppolite and the Promise of Immanence Chapter 4: Splinterings: World War II and its Aftermath Chapter 5: Empiricism Between Immanence and Transcendence Chapter 6: Hume, Empiricism, and the Priority of the Practical Chapter 7: Empiricism Vindicated Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Princeton University Press The Secular Enlightenment
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"
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Liberty Fund Inc Encyclopaedic Liberty
Book SynopsisOften described as the culmination of the French Enlightenment, the Encyclopédie was collected to not only serve as a comprehensive reference work, but to change the way men think about every aspect of the human and natural worlds. In his celebrated Preliminary Discourse to the compilation, d''Alembert traced an entire history of modern philosophy and science designed to chart the way toward a sweeping Baconian project of improving the world through usable knowledge. This anthology is the first endeavor to bring together the most significant political writing from the entire twenty-million-word compendium. It includes eighty-one of the most original, controversial and representative articles on political ideas, practices, and institutions, many translated into English for the first time. The articles cover such topics as the foundations of political order, the relationship between natural and civil liberty, the different types of constitutional regimes, the role of the state in economi
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Liberty Fund Inc Education for Life Correspondence and Writings on
Book SynopsisLiberty Fund recognises the significance of George Turnbull, one of the earliest of the authors in the Scottish tradition, with the publication of new editions of his ''Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy'', his ''Observations upon Liberal Education'', and his translation of Heineccius. These major works testify to Turnbull''s distinctive voice in presenting natural-law theory on a scientific model, in harnessing the arts to promote the principles of moral and civil virtue, and in extolling reason as the foundation of liberty. The short pieces in EDUCATION FOR LIFE supplement Turnbull''s larger and more sprawling works and give a more concentrated presentation of his ideas. These extremely rare works include two Aberdeen graduation theses, three tracts on religion, various writings on education and art, and, for the first time in print, the correspondence of Turnbull.
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Broadview Press Ltd Discourse on Method
Book SynopsisThe Discourse on the Method for Reasoning Well and for Seeking Truth in the Sciences offers a concise presentation and defense of René Descartes' method of intellectual inquiry - a method that greatly influenced both philosophical and scientific reasoning in the early modern world. Descartes's timeless writing strikes an uncommon balance of novelty and familiarity, offering arguments concerning knowledge, science, and metaphysics (including the famous ""I think, therefore I am"") that are as compelling in the 21st century as they were in the 17th.Ian Johnston's new translation of the original French text is modern, clear, and thoroughly annotated, ideal for readers unfamiliar with Descartes' intellectual context. An approachable introduction engages both the historical and the philosophical aspects of the text, helping the reader to understand the concepts and arguments contained therein.Trade Review“Ian Johnston’s new translation of Descartes’s famous Discourse on Method will stand with the best and most readable translations now available in English. For readers coming to Descartes’s work for the first time, Andrew Bailey’s introduction nicely situates the text both philosophically and historically.”- Kurt Smith, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania“Descartes’s Discourse on Method is incredibly rich: it motivates readers to think critically, it introduces Descartes’s ethics as well as his metaphysics, and it aims to show the power of reasoning well. Ian Johnston’s translation is clear and accessible to students while remaining true to the original text.”- Lisa Shapiro, Simon Fraser UniversityTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Who Was René Descartes? What Was Descartes' Overall Philosophical Project? What Is the Structure of the Discourse? Some Useful Background Information Some Common Misconceptions How Important and Influential Is the Discourse? Suggestions for Critical Reflection Suggestions for Further Reading Discourse on Method Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI
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Princeton University Press Deep Time
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Cambridge University Press Herder and Enlightenment Politics
Book SynopsisBy situating his evolving ideas in pan-European debates on the problems and prospects of modern European politics, this book proposes a radically new interpretation of the political thought of Johann Gottfried Herder, and shows that Herder was deeply committed to finding ways to achieve moral and political reform in Russia, Germany and Europe.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. Republics, monarchies and the philosophy of human society; 2. Rousseau and the origins of the 'current malaise of the world'; 3. Montesquieu's system and reforms in Russia; 4. The Bildung of humanity and modern virtue; 5. German freedom and modern liberty; 6. The vocation of poets, pastors and philosophers; 7. State-Machines, commerce and the progress of Humanität in Europe; 8. Perpetual peace and purified patriotism; Conclusion.
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Liverpool University Press Determinism and Enlightenment: The Collaboration
Book SynopsisThis book examines Diderot’s and d’Holbach’s views on determinism to illuminate some of the most important debates taking place in eighteenth-century Europe. Insisting on aspects of Diderot’s and d’Holbach’s thought that, to date, have been given scant, if any, scholarly attention, it proposes to restore both thinkers to their rightful position in the history of philosophy. The book problematises Diderot’s and d’Holbach’s atheism by showing their philosophy to be deeply rooted in the Christian tradition and offers a more nuanced and historicised interpretation of the so-called “Radical Enlightenment”, challenging the notions that this movement can be taken to be a perfectly coherent set of ideas and that it represents a complete break with “the old”. By examining Diderot’s and d’Holbach’s works in tandem and without post-romantic assumptions about originality and single authorship, it argues that the two philosophers’ texts should be taken as the product of a fascinating collaborative form of philosophical enquiry that perfectly reflects the sociable nature of intellectual production during the Enlightenment. The book further proposes a fresh interpretation of such crucial texts as the Système de la nature and Jacques le fataliste et son maître and unveils a key web of concepts that will help researchers to better understand Enlightenment philosophy and literature as a whole.Table of ContentsList of AbbreviationsList of figuresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1: One question, two thinkers1.1: Determinism1.2: Diderot1.3: D’Holbach2: Linking everything together2.1: Diderot and d’Holbach2.2: D’Holbach and determinism2.3: Diderot and determinism3: Synopsis3.1: Building blocks3.2: Of Individuals and Societies3.3: Determinism, complexity, and atheism4: Further aims of this book5: N.B.5.1: Determinism vs fatalism5.2: Corpora and chronologyChapter I: Three Fundamental Principles1: Background1.1: The Causal Principle1.2: The Causal Principle under attack1.3: The Principle of Sufficient Reason1.4: Causal Principle, Principle of Sufficient Reason, and Cosmological Argument1.5: Hume’s criticisms of the Cosmological Argument1.6: The Nihil ex Nihilo Principle2: Diderot and d’Holbach2.1: Diderot, d’Holbach, and the Nihil ex Nihilo Principle2.2: Diderot, d’Holbach, and the Causal Principle2.3: For the sake of determinism and science2.4: Diderot, d’Holbach, and the Principle of Sufficient Reason2.5: Causa sive ratio2.6: Cause and reason in Diderot’s and d’Holbach’s writings2.7: Why do Diderot and d’Holbach endorse the Principle of Sufficient Reason?3: ConclusionChapter II: Causal Necessitation1: Background1.1: Causal Necessitation1.2: Causal and Logical Necessitation1.3: The argument from essence1.4: The argument from total cause1.5: No Necessary Connection Arguments2: Diderot and d’Holbach on Causal Necessitation2.1: Suites et effets nécessaires2.2: Additional evidence2.3: Causal Necessitation in the moral world2.4: Diderot and d’Holbach on the equivalence of Causal and Logical Necessitation2.5: D’Holbach and the argument from essence2.6: Diderot: the argument from essence and the argument from ‘cause une’3: Causal Necessitation and theology3.1: The reasons behind it all4: ConclusionChapter III: Laws of Nature1: Background1.1: Laws of nature in eighteenth-century France1.2: The Top-Down View1.3: The Bottom-Up View1.4: Spinoza2: D’Holbach and the laws of nature2.1: D’Holbach and the Bottom-Up View2.2: D’Holbach and the Top-Down View2.3: D’Holbach’s compromise3: Diderot and the laws of nature3.1: Two arguments against Diderot’s belief in the laws of nature3.2: A glance at the texts3.3: Diderot and mathematics3.4: Diderot and the Bottom-Up View4: ConclusionChapter IV: Moral Freedom1: Background1.1: ‘Liberté naturelle’, ‘liberté civile’, and ‘liberté politique’1.2: Moral freedom1.3: The Alternative Possibilities Model1.4: The Source Model1.5: Moral Freedom and determinism2: Diderot and d’Holbach on Moral Freedom2.1: Diderot and d’Holbach on the Source Model2.2: Internal and external causes2.3: External causes2.4: Internal causes2.5: Internal and external causes reconsidered2.6: Diderot and d’Holbach on the Alternative Possibilities Model2.7: Outright rejection of Moral Freedom2.8: Moral responsibility3: ConclusionChapter V: Individuals and Society1: A deterministic theory of human life1.1: Machines de chair1.2: Pensées décousues1.2: Dreaming1.3: Madness1.4: Scientific discoveries1.5: Artistic production1.6: Aesthetic experience2: No man is an island2.1: Love2.2: Machines d’hommes2.3: Causal Necessitation and Laws of Nature2.4: Of climate and rulers2.5: Social change in a deterministic worldConclusionChapter VI: Paradoxes of Determinism1: Determinism and complexity1.1: Diderot and complexity1.2: D’Holbach and complexity1.3: Against the Argument from Design1.4: Determinism vs complexity1.5: A complex theory of determinism2: Of Predictability, chance, (dis)order, and atheism2.1: Determinism and predictability2.2: Determinism and chance2.3: Determinism or (dis)order2.4: Diderot and d’Holbach’s atheism reconsidered3. Jacques le fataliste et son maître3.1: Les chainons, le grand rouleau, et le dieu de Malebranche3.2: The mirage of freedom and the Leibnizian God3.3: Jacques, Hume, and superstitionConclusionConclusionBibliographyPre-1850 sourcesPost-1850 sources
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Cambridge University Press Montesquieu
Book SynopsisA number of Montesquieu''s lesser-known discourses, dissertations and dialogues are made available to a wider audience, for the first time fully translated and annotated in English. The views they incorporate on politics, economics, science, and religion shed light on the overall development of his political and moral thought. They enable us better to understand not just Montesquieu''s importance as a political philosopher studying forms of government, but also his stature as a moral philosopher, seeking to remind us of our duties while injecting deeper moral concerns into politics and international relations. They reveal that Montesquieu''s vision for the future was remarkably clear: more science and less superstition; greater understanding of our moral duties; enhanced concern for justice, increased emphasis on moral principles in the conduct of domestic and international politics; toleration of conflicting religious viewpoints; commerce over war, and liberty over despotism as the prTrade Review'This splendid edition of Montesquieu's essays – most of which are translated here for the first time, and all of which are scrupulously annotated – will be an indispensable resource for scholars and students of Montesquieu, the Enlightenment, and the liberal tradition.' Dennis Rasmussen, Syracuse University'Montesquieu's intellectual obsessions remain our own – including republicanism, the separation of powers, despotism, liberty, the role of women in society and politics, the benefits and costs of global trade, the effects of religious beliefs, and science and society to name just a few. This translation of a range of his shorter works with its insightful introduction is a treasure for students and scholars alike who wish both to broaden and deepen their knowledge of a foremost thinker of the Enlightenment whose thought helped to shape the world in which we live.' Vickie Sullivan, Tufts University'This collection of previously untranslated works by Montesquieu is beautifully executed and long overdue. It demonstrates the great sweep of Montesquieu's esprit across topics ranging from modern science to ancient Rome to the politics, morality, and economics of his time. Scholars of Montesquieu and students of the Enlightenment will long be indebted to Carrithers and Stewart for this very fine volume.' Sharon Krause, Brown UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; A general note on the texts; I. The uses of science; II. The Romans; III. Reflections on national character; IV. Politics and morality; V. Statecraft; VI. Economics and fiscal policy; VII. Defense of the spirit of law; Bibliographical note; Index.
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Edinburgh University Press The Sociological Heritage of the Scottish Enlightenment
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Edinburgh University Press Spinoza and Relational Autonomy
Book SynopsisThis collection of 13 new essays shows what Baruch Spinoza can add to our understanding of the relational nature of autonomy. By offering a relational understanding of the nature of individuals centred on the role played by emotions, Spinoza offers not only historical roots for contemporary debates but also broadens the current discussion.
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Cambridge University Press Kant Lectures and Drafts on Political Philosophy
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The Swedenborg Society The New Jerusalem and Heavens Teaching for It
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Liberty Fund Inc Education for Life
Book SynopsisLiberty Fund recognises the significance of George Turnbull, one of the earliest of the authors in the Scottish tradition, with the publication of new editions of his ''Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy'', his ''Observations upon Liberal Education'', and his translation of Heineccius. These major works testify to Turnbull''s distinctive voice in presenting natural-law theory on a scientific model, in harnessing the arts to promote the principles of moral and civil virtue, and in extolling reason as the foundation of liberty. The short pieces in EDUCATION FOR LIFE supplement Turnbull''s larger and more sprawling works and give a more concentrated presentation of his ideas. These extremely rare works include two Aberdeen graduation theses, three tracts on religion, various writings on education and art, and, for the first time in print, the correspondence of Turnbull.
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Liberty Fund Inc Encyclopaedic Liberty Political Articles in the
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Rationality
Book SynopsisTakes the reader step by step across the distance that the bees would have to traverse to come abreast of us.
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Cambridge University Press Thinking with Rousseau
Book SynopsisAlthough indisputably one of the most important thinkers in the Western intellectual tradition, Rousseau''s actual place within that tradition, and the legacy of his thought, remains hotly disputed. Thinking with Rousseau reconsiders his contribution to this tradition through a series of essays exploring the relationship between Rousseau and other ''great thinkers''. Ranging from ''Rousseau and Machiavelli'' to ''Rousseau and Schmitt'', this volume focuses on the kind of intricate work that intellectuals do when they read each other and grapple with one another''s ideas. This approach is very helpful in explaining how old ideas are transformed and/or transmitted and new ones are generated. Rousseau himself was a master at appropriating the ideas of others, while simultaneously subverting them, and as the essays in this volume vividly demonstrate, the resulting ambivalences and paradoxes in his thought were creatively mined by others.Table of ContentsIntroduction Helena Rosenblatt and Paul Schweigert; 1. Rousseau and Machiavelli: two interpretations of Republicanism Maurizio Viroli; 2. Rousseau and Montaigne: from enthusiasm to equanimity James Miller; 3. Rousseau and Hobbes: the Hobbesianism of Rousseau Richard Tuck; 4. Rousseau and Montesquieu J. Kent Wright; 5. Rousseau and Mendelssohn: 'enraptured reason': Rousseau's presence in Moses Mendelssohn's thought David Sorkin; 6. Rousseau and Smith on sympathy as a first principle Pierre Force; 7. Rousseau and A. L. Thomas Anthony La Vopa; 8. Rousseau and d'Holbach: the revolutionary implications of la philosophie anti-Thérésienne Jonathan Israel; 9. Rousseau and Diderot Joanna Stalnaker; 10. Rousseau and Kant: Rousseau's Kantian legacy Susan Shell and Richard Velkley; 11. Rousseau and Wollstonecraft, solitary walkers Barbara Taylor; 12. Rousseau and Madame de Staël: a surprising dialogue Aurelian Craiutu; 13. Rousseau and Proudhon: human nature, property, and the social contract K. Steven Vincent; 14. Rousseau, Marx and human fulfillment Jerrold Siegel; 15. Rousseau and Schmitt: sovereigns and dictators David Bates.
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Cambridge University Press Dionysus after Nietzsche
Book SynopsisDionysus after Nietzsche examines the way that The Birth of Tragedy (1872) by Friedrich Nietzsche irrevocably influenced twentieth-century literature and thought. Adam Lecznar argues that Nietzsche''s Dionysus became a symbol of the irrational forces of culture that cannot be contained, and explores the presence of Nietzsche''s Greeks in the diverse writings of Jane Harrison, D. H. Lawrence, Martin Heidegger, Richard Schechner and Wole Soyinka (amongst others). From Jane Harrison''s controversial ideas about Greek religion in an anthropological modernity, to Wole Soyinka''s reimagining of a postcolonial genre of tragedy, each of the writers under discussion used the Nietzschean vision of Greece to develop subversive discourses of temporality, identity, history and classicism. In this way, they all took up Nietzsche''s call to disrupt pre-existing discourses of classical meaning and create new modes of thinking about the Classics that speak to the immediate concerns of the present.Trade Review'L.'s volume is a rare book because of the excellence of his ideas and the quality of research and writing. It masterfully shows how our life is shaped by modernity's appropriation of an ancient Greek heritage … The scholarship is stellar throughout … The book enters as a sharp-sighted contribution into the field of literature on modernity and its relationship to the ancient Greeks.' Marina Marren, The Classical Review'The scholarly rigour of Dionysus after Nietzsche, and the painstaking research evidenced throughout, mark it out as a vital addition to existing work on the interactions between ancient and modern literature. This book will be of keen interest to all students and researchers of classical reception, especially tragedy, as well as those of modern literature, philosophy, and social theory, in addition to the interested general reader.' Samuel Agbamu, Rhea Classical ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction. Dionysus after Nietzsche; 1. Corybants, satyrs and bulls: Jane Harrison; 2. A great kick at misery: D. H. Lawrence; 3. In search of an absent god: Martin Heidegger; 4. What Oedipus knew: Richard Schechner; 5. Dionysus in Yorubaland: Wole Soyinka; Conclusion. Dionysus today.
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Cambridge University Press Montesquieu
Book SynopsisA number of Montesquieu''s lesser-known discourses, dissertations and dialogues are made available to a wider audience, for the first time fully translated and annotated in English. The views they incorporate on politics, economics, science, and religion shed light on the overall development of his political and moral thought. They enable us better to understand not just Montesquieu''s importance as a political philosopher studying forms of government, but also his stature as a moral philosopher, seeking to remind us of our duties while injecting deeper moral concerns into politics and international relations. They reveal that Montesquieu''s vision for the future was remarkably clear: more science and less superstition; greater understanding of our moral duties; enhanced concern for justice, increased emphasis on moral principles in the conduct of domestic and international politics; toleration of conflicting religious viewpoints; commerce over war, and liberty over despotism as the proper goals for mankind.Trade Review'This splendid edition of Montesquieu's essays – most of which are translated here for the first time, and all of which are scrupulously annotated – will be an indispensable resource for scholars and students of Montesquieu, the Enlightenment, and the liberal tradition.' Dennis Rasmussen, Syracuse University'Montesquieu's intellectual obsessions remain our own – including republicanism, the separation of powers, despotism, liberty, the role of women in society and politics, the benefits and costs of global trade, the effects of religious beliefs, and science and society to name just a few. This translation of a range of his shorter works with its insightful introduction is a treasure for students and scholars alike who wish both to broaden and deepen their knowledge of a foremost thinker of the Enlightenment whose thought helped to shape the world in which we live.' Vickie Sullivan, Tufts University'This collection of previously untranslated works by Montesquieu is beautifully executed and long overdue. It demonstrates the great sweep of Montesquieu's esprit across topics ranging from modern science to ancient Rome to the politics, morality, and economics of his time. Scholars of Montesquieu and students of the Enlightenment will long be indebted to Carrithers and Stewart for this very fine volume.' Sharon Krause, Brown UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; A general note on the texts; I. The uses of science; II. The Romans; III. Reflections on national character; IV. Politics and morality; V. Statecraft; VI. Economics and fiscal policy; VII. Defense of the spirit of law; Bibliographical note; Index.
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