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

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Book SynopsisIn 18th-century Germany philosophers were occupied with questions of who we are and what we should be. Can the individual fulfill its vocation or is this possible only for humanity as a whole? Is significant progress towards perfection in any way possible for me or just for me as part of humanity? By following the origin and nature of these debates, this collection sheds light on the vocation of humanity in early German philosophy.Featuring translations of Spalding's Contemplation on the Vocation of the Human Being in its first version from 1748 and an extended translation of Abbt's and Mendelssohn's epistolary discussion around the Doubts and the Oracle from 1767, newly-commissioned chapters cover Johann Gottfried Herder's inherently cultural concept of the human being, Immanuel Kant's transformative interplay of moral and natural aspects, and the notion of metempsychosis in Fichte's work inspired by two neglected philosophers, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and JohannTrade ReviewThe 18th century debate about the vocation of human being gave shape and direction to later philosophy. Yet the debate, especially its early phases, remain curiously under-researched. With its translation of original sources and ten newly commissioned essays by leading scholars in the field, this volume represents a valuable addition to our understanding of the Enlightenment, Idealism, and beyond. * Kristin Gjesdal, Professor of Philosophy, Temple University, USA *This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in the perennial questions of what we are and who we ought to become. The lucid translations and erudite discussions of texts on the human vocation are a major contribution to studies in classical German philosophy. * John Walsh, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany *This volume does an excellent job of capturing the German Enlightenment's fascination with life's meaning, understood in terms of the human vocation. With translations of source materials and a collection of related essays, this book will interest anyone who has ever wondered about the human being's place in the world. * Reed Winegar, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University, USA *Table of ContentsNote on the Translations and Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction: Defining the Dynamics of Being: How the Bestimmungsfrage became a Driving Force in German Enlightenment and Beyond, Anne Pollok (University of South Carolina, USA) Part I: Translations 1. Johann Joachim Spalding: Contemplation on the Vocation of the Human Being (1748), translated by Courtney Fugate, (American University of Beirut, Lebanon) 2. Thomas Abbt and Moses Mendelssohn: Doubt and Oracle On the Human Vocation, plus Excerpts from their Correspondence, 1756-1766, translated by Anne Pollok (University of South Carolina, USA) Part II: Essays 3. The Place of the Human Being in the World: Johann Joachim Spalding on Religion and Philosophy as a Way of Life, Laura Anna Macor (Oxford University, UK) 4. Between Spalding and Fichte: The Vocation of the Human Being in Mendelssohn and Kant, Günter Zöller (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany) 5. Reinhard Brandt: Excerpt from The Human Vocation in Kant, translated by Courtney Fugate (American University of Beirut, Lebanon) and Anne Pollok (University of South Carolina, USA) 6. Kant on the Human Vocation, Allen Wood (Stanford University, USA and Indiana University, USA) 7. Understanding the Vocation of the Human Being Through the Kantian Sublime, Giulia Milli (University of Genoa, Italy) 8. ‘It will be well’: Isaak Iselin on the Self-Realization of Humanity in History, Ansgar Lyssy (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany) 9. Whose Vocation? Which Man?: A.W. Rehberg on Vocation of Man and Political Theory, Michael Gregory (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) 10. Religious Anthropology and Pluralism: Herder on the Bildung of Humanity, Niels Wildschut (University of Vienna, Austria) 11. The Doctrine of Palingenesis in Fichte’s Vocation of the Human Being, David W. Wood (KU Leuven, Belgium) 12. The Vocation of Philosophy: Hegel on “Speculative” Science and the Human Good, Brady Bowman (Pennsylvania State University, USA) Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisProviding a unique interpretation of Kant's theory of judgement as integral to his overall project, Claudia Brodsky explores his continued relevance to contemporary theoretical concerns. The Linguistic Condition traces how Kant combined sensus communis, or common sense with the communicative nature of judgement to reveal that, for him, acts of judgement are dependent on their linguistic articulation, so that in Kantian philosophy language and judgement are inextricably linked. In this first in-depth analysis of language in the Critique of Judgement, Brodsky forms creative connections between literature and philosophy.Trade ReviewThis is a nigh-monumental, clearly arranged and clearly argued book on the most basic terminological elements of Kant’s Critique of Judgment—which turn out (not surprisingly) to be key to the whole critical enterprise. Brodsky weaves her treatments of those Kantian elements with analyses of their repercussions on the philosophical and literary legacy of a range of thinkers. * Karen Feldman, Professor of German, University of California, Berkeley, USA *Challenging the canon of received notions about Kant and his project of critique, Brodsky’s brilliant newest book recovers the critical moment in Kant’s theory of judgment as the third and decisive critical force that underpins Kant’s critical project: the linguistic condition. Along the way, the book offers stunning explorations of Rousseau and Diderot as fellow travelers on the critical trajectory they share. Provocative, dazzling, and revelatory, Brodsky liberates Kant from a reception that has alternatively reduced his Critique of Judgment to an aesthetics or a philosophy of nature, illuminating the central linchpin Kant here explores: the power to speak “in a general voice” he so enigmatically calls Gemeinsinn, which allows us to judge but resists the conceptual grasp that any epistemology presupposes. Anything but “Common Sense” of the various longstanding varieties that attempt to conflate commonplace notions with the “grounds” on which we think and speak, Kant opens here a new line of investigation we are yet to fully appreciate. The final chapter offers compelling readings of the elusiveness of judgment in Kleist that demonstrate the poet’s profound affinity with exactly this Kantian concern, and the philosopher's critical affinity with literature. * Willi Goetschel, Professor of German and Philosophy, University of Toronto, Canada *Table of ContentsPreface. Acting upon Condition Chapter One. Introduction: Before Judgment: Doing without Knowing in Kant and Diderot Part I. Linguistic Conditions Chap. Two. “The Condition of Judgment:” Kant’s “Common Sense,” or the Origin of Language in the Third Critique 1. “‘Common Sense’” and Signification, or What is Not Tautology 2. “Technique” 3. “Free” 4. “Feeling” 5. Speech Act and “Communicability” 6. Rousseau’s Nouns 7. Diderot’s Adjectives 8. Kant’s Predicates: “Synthetic Judgments a Priori” and “A General Voice” 9. “The Schema,” or Language Inside 10. What is Articulation? 11. World Without Words: Wordsworth Part II. Missing Senses and Poetics Chap. Three. “Judgment” and the Genesis of What We Lack: “Poetry,” “Schema,” and the “Monogram of Imagination” in Kant 1. “Judgment” in the “Age of Critique” 2. Judgment and “Indifference:” The “Common Sense” of Imagination in Arendt and Kant 3. The Schema and the Language of Poetry 4. Poetry and the Judgment of Critique Chap. Four. Kleist’s Mere Formalities 1. Kant and Kleist: Representation and Irony 2. What happened: Missed Representation and Misrepresentation in “Die Marquise von O…” 3. Contesting “Judgment” in “The Duel” Bibliography Primary Bibliography Secondary Bibliography

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Book SynopsisEileen M. Hunt is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, USA.Trade ReviewGloriously readable...This compendium of reaction to the famous radical starts with 18th-century print and image, moving through the canon—Virginia Woolf, poetry by Robert Browning—to contemporary international reception. Cartoons rub shoulders with Oxford lectures in a rich new kind of portraiture of both Wollstonecraft and our changing society. * The Tablet *The most monumental achievement...documents and reflects on Wollstonecraft’s cross-cultural influence on debates about women’s rights over the course of two centuries. * Literature Compass *An important collection that makes significant contributions to our understanding of Wollstonecraft’s influence as a thinker and philosopher. Hunt demonstrates that far from disappearing from the world stage after her death—an assumption made by many Wollstonecraft scholars—her ideas spread worldwide, shaping generations of writers, thinkers, and ordinary people. This is an essential new finding in Wollstonecraft scholarship as it provides evidence of Wollstonecraft’s significance as a political scientist, writer, and philosopher. Hunt demonstrates how Wollstonecraft has played a far larger role in the history of ideas than hitherto acknowledged. * Charlotte Gordon, Distinguished Professor of the Humanities, Endicott College, USA *It is unique. Rich in discoveries and surprises, this book brings together a multitude of responses to Wollstonecraft as a literary and philosophical figure and of perspectives on her works from her contemporaries in Britain and abroad as well as a variety of authors in the 19th and early 20th century. * Sylvana Tomaselli, Fellow of St John’s College, University of Cambridge, UK *Table of ContentsPreface: Charting Wollstonecraft's Global Reception Editorial Policy Part I: Public Sightings, 1785-1804 Chapter 1. The Earliest Portraiture of Wollstonecraft, 1785-1804 1. C. 1787-92. Portrait by John Keenan 2. C. 1785-90. Photograph (1936) of oval miniature by James Sowerby and C. 1785-90. Photograph (1937) of rectangular miniature by James Sowerby 3. C. 1790-91. Portrait by John Opie 4. C. 1791. Portrait by John Williamson 5. 1791. Frontispiece by William Blake for Original Stories from Real Life 6. 1796. Engraving by William Ridley 7. 1797. Portrait by John Opie 8. 1797. Engraving by James Heath and 1798 and Engraving by John Chapman 9. 1802. Engraving by Roy 10. 1804. Copy of 1797 Opie by John Keenan Chapter 2. Her International Reception in Print, 1787-1797 11. 1787. Book review of Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (London) 12. 1788. Book review of Mary, a Fiction (London) 13. 1788. Book review of Original Stories from Real Life (London) 14. 1790. Book review of A Vindication of the Rights of Men (London) 15. 1791. Newspaper editorial on A Vindication of the Rights of Men (Kingston, Jamaica) 16. 1792. Book review of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (London) 17. 1792. Book review of the first French edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Madrid) 18. 1792. “On Modesty,” excerpt from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (London) 19. 1792. Thomas Taylor's A Vindication of the Rights of Brutes (London) 20. 1793. Book review of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Paris) 21. 1793. Christian Salzmann's "Preface" to the first German Edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Schnepfenthal) 22. 1794. Ann Harker's "Salutatory Oration" at the Young Ladies' Academy (Philadelphia) 23. 1795. John Henry Colls's Poetical Epistle Addressed to Mary Wollstonecraft (London) 24. 1796. "The Lost First Dutch Edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (Amsterdam), by Myriam Everard 25. 1796. Book review of Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (London) 26. 1797. Newspaper advertisement for William Godwin's Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (London) Part II: Global Afterlives, 1798-1913 Chapter 3 Biographies in English, 1798-1884 27. 1798. William Godwin's Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (London) 28. 1798. Priscilla Wakefield's diary entry on Godwin's Memoirs (London) 29. 1800. Mary Hays's “Memoirs of Mary Wollstonecraft” (London) 30. 1803. Anonymous, “A defence of the character and conduct of the late Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin” (London) 31. 1831. John Knowles's The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli (London) 32. 1833. Anonymous, “A Brief Sketch of the Life of Mary Wollstonecraft" (New York) 33. 1840. William Hamilton Drummond's Autobiography of Archibald Hamilton Rowan (Dublin) 34. 1854. William Linton, woodcut engraving of "Mary Wollstonecraft" for The English Republic (Brantwood, England) 35. 1876. Charles Kegan Paul's William Godwin: His Friends and Contemporaries (London) 36. 1876. Sara A. Underwood's Heroines of Freethought (New York) 37. 1879. Charles Kegan Paul's Letters to Imlay, with Prefatory Memoir (London) 38. 1884. Elizabeth Robins Pennell's Life of Mary Wollstonecraft (London) Chapter 4 International Perspectives, 1798-1913 39. 1798. Pierre-Louis Roederer's “Miscellanies: Of Two New Novels” (Paris) 40. 1799. Hipólito José da Costa's Diário da minha viagem para Filadélfia (Long Island Sound) 41. 1799. “Translator’s Note” to the first Swedish edition of Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman (Stockholm) 42. 1800. Richard Polwhele's The Unsex'd Females (New York) 43. 1801-02 "Jørgen Borch's first Danish edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"(Kiøbenhavn) by Arman Teymouri Niknam 44. 1805. "Domenico Antonio Filippi's Italian translations from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Godwin's Memoirs (Vienna),” by Serena Vantin 45. 1818. Hannah Mather Crocker's Observations on the Real Rights of Women (Boston) 46. 1827. José da Silva Lisboa, Diário da Câmara dos Senadores do Impériodo Brasil (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 47. 1832-1853. "Nísia Floresta Brasileira Augusta and the Public Reception of Wollstonecraft in Brazil," by Charlotte Hammond Matthews 48. 1836. Gustav von Schlabrendorf's “Mary Wollstonecraft” (Hechingen) 49. 1859. Gustav Klemm, Die Frauen (Dresden) 50. 1866. Lucretia Mott's remarks delivered at the 11th National Woman’s Rights Convention (New York) 51. 1885. "Marie Catfauminges de La Forge's 'Uma Educadora' (Santa Catarina, Brazil)," by Charlotte Hammond Matthews 52. 1889. "A Difficult Vindication: Olive Schreiner's Wollstonecraft," by Carolyn Burdett 53. 1889. Olive Schreiner's “Introduction to the Life of Mary Wollstonecraft and the Rights of Woman” (Cape Town) 54. 1891. Elizabeth Robins Pennell, “Prefatory Note” to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Budapest) 55. 1899. Bertha Pappenheim, translator's introduction to the second German edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Dresden and Leipzig) 56. 1904. Cover art, frontispiece, and translator's preface by Anna Holmová, for the first Czech edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Prague) 57. 1901-1913. Elvira’s Lopez’s El Movimiento Feminista and La Nacion’s “El Movimiento Sufragistra” (Buenos Aires) Part III Making an International Feminist Icon, 1801-2020 Chapter 5. Literary and Graphic Depictions in English, 1801-2015 58. 1801. Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe's poem “The Vision of Liberty” (London) 59. 1803. William Blake's poem “Mary” (London) 60. 1805. "Equality of the Sexes," frontispiece to John Corry's novella, Memoirs of Francis Goodwin (London) 61. 1831. Mary Shelley's “Introduction" to Frankenstein (London) 62. 1845. Margaret Fuller's Woman in the Nineteenth Century (Boston) 63. 1855. George Eliot's essay “Margaret Fuller and Mary Wollstonecraft” (London) 64. 1862. Mrs. Tamar Davis's poem “Mary Wollstonecraft” (Boston) 65. 1877. Harriet Martineau's Autobiography (London) 66. 1883. Robert Browning's poem “Mary Wollstonecraft and Fuseli” (London) 67. 1922. Josephine Peabody's play Portrait of Mrs. W. (Boston) 68. 1929. G.E.G. Catlin's introduction to the Everyman edition of The Rights of Woman and The Subjection of Women (London and New York) 69. 1932. Virginia Woolf's essay “Mary Wollstonecraft” (London) 70. 1954. Pamela Frankau's introduction to the Everyman edition of The Rights of Woman and The Subjection of Women (London) 71. 1967. Charles W. Hagelman, Jr.'s introduction to the Norton Edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (New York) 72. 1972. David Levine cartoon of Wollstonecraft for The New York Review of Books (New York) 73. 1974. Cover art for Richard Cobb's book review of Claire Tomalin's The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft in The Times Literary Supplement (London) 74. 1975. Miriam Brody Kramnick's introduction to the Penguin Pelican edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (New York and Harmondsworth) 75. 1976. David Levine cartoon of Wollstonecraft for The New York Review of Books (New York) 76. 1982. Barbara Johnson's review essay, "My Monster/ My Self" (Ithaca, New York) 77. 2002. Women's Graphic Collective poster of "Wollstonecraft-Shelley"(Chicago) 78. 2009. Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey's "Mary Wollstonecraft!" comic in ACTION PHILOSOPHERS! (New York) 79. 2015. Claire Robertson's prototype illustration for Jordan Stratford's The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency series (New York) Chapter 6. Global Feminisms, 1891-2020 80. 1891. Millicent Fawcett's introduction to a centennial edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (London) 81. 1893. Voltairine de Cleyre's poem “Mary Wollstonecraft” (Philadelphia) 82. 1898. Emma Rauschenbusch-Clough's A Study of Mary Wollstonecraft and the Rights of Woman (London and Madras) 83. 1908. Mary Lowndes's "Mary Wollstonecraft" suffrage banner (London) 84. 1911. Emma Goldman's lecture, “Mary Wollstonecraft, Her Tragic Life and Passionate Struggle for Freedom" (New York) 85. 1914-17. Ruth Benedict, manuscript chapter on “Mary Wollstonecraft” (New York) 86. 1915. "WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE CAMPAIGN IN BOOKS," illustrated cover page of The New York Times Review of Books (New York) 87. 1949. Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex (Paris) 88. 1963. Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique (New York) 89. 1970. Susan Moller (Okin)'s B. Phil. chapter on Wollstonecraft (Oxford) 90. 1974. "Gionata's Italian translation of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman for the Anarchist Journal Volontà (Milan),” by Serena Vantin 91. 1979. Judy Chicago's "Wollstonecraft Table Runner" for the art installation, The Dinner Party (New York) 92. 1980. Cover art for the first Japanese edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Tokyo) 93. 1980. Translator Shirai Takako's commentary on the first Japanese edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Tokyo) 94. 1986. Martha Nussbaum's book review, "Women's Lot," in The New York Review of Books (New York) 95. 1992. Translator's Preface to the first Chinese edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Beijing) 96. 1997. Translator Kawatsu Masae's afterword to the first Japanese edition of Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman (Tokyo) 97. 2004. Amartya Sen's keynote address, "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary!" at the 13th annual conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics (Oxford) 98. 2011. Translator Moon Suhyo?n's introduction to and commentary on the 2011 Korean edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Seoul) 99. 2013. Stewy's street art, "Mary Wollstonecraft" (London) 100. 2014. Translator Son Yongmi's preface to the 2014 Korean edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Seoul) 101. 2017. Merrily Grashin's cartoon, "Bloody Mary Woll Stout Craft," in The Paris Review (New York) 102.2020. Maggi Hambling, “Statue for Wollstonecraft” (London) NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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Book SynopsisWritten by Robert Wicks, a recognised Kant specialist who teaches at the University of Auckland, Kant: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear jargon-free English, and then providing added-value features like summaries of key books, and even lists of questions you might be asked in your seminar or exam.The book uses a structure that mirrors many university courses on Freud and psychoanalysis - explaining and contextualising Kant''s theories, which have been among the most influential in Philosophy. The book starts by introducing Kant and his way of thinking and arguing, before looking at how Kant answered three key questions: What can I know? What should I do? What may I hope? In doing so, Professor Wicks introduces the reader to all of Kant''s key work, including The Critique of Pure Reason.Teach Yourse

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Book SynopsisImmanuel Kant is widely considered to be the most important and influential thinker of modern Europe and the late Enlightenment. His philosophy is extraordinarily wide-ranging and his influence has been pervasive throughout eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth-century thought, in particular in the work of the German Idealists, and also in both Analytic and Continental philosophy today.Now available as a new and expanded edition in paperback, this accessible companion to Kant features more than 100 specially commissioned entries, written by a team of experts in the field, covering every aspect of his philosophy. The Bloomsbury Companion to Kant presents a comprehensive overview of the historical and philosophical context in which Kant wrote and the various features, themes and topics apparent in his thought. It also includes extensive synopses of all his major published works and a survey of the key lines of reception and influence including a new addition on Schopenhauer''s receTrade ReviewThis is a tremendously useful volume, including a valuable Introduction and an impressively thorough bibliography, detailed accounts of the individual works, sections on figures of influence, philosophical and historical context, and the reception and influence of Kant to the present, together with an encyclopedia of entries on key themes and topics. It will be of benefit to all interested in Kant on any level. -- Professor Richard E. Aquila, University of Tennessee, USAEschewing the typically lengthy essays written by eminent Kant scholars, this collection is built like a true reference source. It features brief, alphabetical, cross-referenced articles written by dozens of lesser-known scholars on hundreds of core concepts and aimed squarely at novice researchers. -- CHOICE, L.A. Wilkinson, University of Tennesse at Chattanooga, USAThis handy volume consists of more than one hundred entries from thirty-six authors...The expositions of the main points in Kant’s writings are very extensive (e.g., 17 pages on the Critique of Pure Reason), balanced and precise, and they also place Kant’s works within the contemporary setting in which they originated...The fact that all areas of Kant’s thought are so well integrated across theoretical and practical divisions, and also updated in accordance with recent contributions to Kant scholarship, is a further strength. No doubt, it is the large team of international Kant experts behind the companion, with a broad spectrum of interests and specialities, that has made this feasible. Among these are representatives of a new generation with a fresh approach to key elements in Kant’s philosophy...The Continuum Companion to Kant – with its accessible and inviting style of presentation – is definitely a very welcome addition to the growing body of general guides to Kant’s philosophy. It accords a uniquely analytic focus to the context of Kant’s views through separate entries that zoom in on specific influences and connections at a very detailed level...wise editorial choices [that] have ensured overall coherence and completeness. -- Kant Studies Online, Frode Kjosavik, University of Oslo, NorwayThis companion provides a solid guide for how to address such work, and understanding such influences (obscure or unknown to most non-specialists) and helps to shed light on certain idiosyncrasies in Kant's writing...the text provides very strong support with full citations for further research provided. For those looking for a bibliography of significant resources relating to Kant, this companion will provide plenty of support...those prepared with some familiarity should find much to engage with and to take up for further engagement. -- Metapsychology Online Reviews, Michael Larson, Point Park University, USATable of ContentsList of Contributors Preface Abbreviations of Kant's Works Introduction Part I: Key Writings 1. Key Works The Only Possible Argument in Support of a Demonstration of the Existence of God / The 'Inaugural Dissertation' / Critique of Pure Reason / Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will Be Able to Come Forward as Science / Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals / Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science / Critique of Practical Reason / Critique of Judgment / Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason / Toward Perpetual Peace / Metaphysics of Morals Part II: Kant's Contexts 2. Philosophical and Historical Context Academy prize essay / Aristotelianism / J. A. Eberhard / Empiricism / Frederick the Great / French Revolution / Garve-Feder review / Herder / Francis Hutcheson / Königsberg / J. H. Lambert / Moses Mendelssohn / Physical influx / Pietism / Prussia / School Metaphysics / Adam Smith / Spinoza 3. Sources and Influences Aristotle / Francis Bacon / A. Baumgarten / Cicero / C. A. Crusius / Descartes / Epicurus and Epicureanism / Leonhard Euler / Marcus Herz / Hume / Leibniz / Locke / G. F. Meier / Newton / Plato / Rousseau / Swedenborg / J. N. Tetens / Wolff Part III: Key Themes and Topics 4. Key Themes and Topics Part IV: Reception and Influence 5. Reception and Influence Until 1781: Responses to Kant’s Inaugural Dissertation / First Responses to the Critique of Pure Reason: The 1780s and Later / Kantianism in the 1790s: From Reinhold to Hegel / Hegel’s Appropriation of Kant’s Theoretical Philosophy in the Jena Period / Schopenhauer's Reception of Kant / ‘Back to Kant’: Neo-Kantianism / Heidegger’s Phenomenological Reading of Kant / Analytical Kantianism / Analytic Approaches to Kant’s Ethics / Kantian Normativity in Rawls, Korsgaard and Continental Practical Philosophy Part V: Bibliography 6. Kant Bibliography Notes Index

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Book SynopsisLaura Hengehold presents a new, Deleuzian reading of Simone de Beauvoir s phenomenology, the place of recognition in The Second Sex, the philosophical issues in her novels, the important role of her student diaries and her early interest in Bergson and Leibniz.

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