The New Science of Giambattista Vico by Giambattista Vico; Thomas G. Bergin (Translator); Max H. Fisch (Translator)

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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: good

Reflexivity - The Post-Modern Predicament by Hilary Lawson

$12.00 NZD

Category: Philosophy | Series: Problems of Modern European Thought Ser. | Reading Level: very good

French Philosophy of the Sixties - An Essay on Antihumanism by Luc Ferry; Alain Renaut; Mary Cattani (Translator)

$14.00 NZD

Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good

Offers a sociopolitical analysis of the May 1968 uprising in France, explores the connection between the revolt and the rise of postmodern thought, and questions whether student dissent was a genuine humanist reaction to conditions in France at the time.

Theaetetus by Plato

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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good

Set immediately prior to the trial and execution of Socrates in 399 BC, Theaetetus shows the great philosopher considering the nature of knowledge itself, in a debate with the geometrician Theodorus and his young follower Theaetetus. Their dialogue covers many questions, such as: is knowledge purely sub jective, composed of the ever-changing flow of impressions we receive from the outside world? Is it better thought of as true belief'? Or is it, as many modern philosophers argue, justified true belief', in which the belief is supported by argument or evidence? With skill and eloquence, Socrates guides the debate, drawing out the implications of these theories and subjecting them to merciless and mesmerising criticism. One of the founding works of epistemology, this profound discussion of the problem of knowledge continues to intrigue and inspire. ...Show more

Philosophy Through the Looking-Glass by Jean-Jacques Lecercle

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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good

Logics of Disintegration - Post-Structuralist Thought and the Claims of Critical Theory by Peter Dews

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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good

Over the last two decades, contemporary French philosophy has exercised a powerful influence on intellectual life, across both Europe and America. Post-structuralist strategies and concepts have played an important role in many forms of social, cultural and aesthetic analysis, particularly on the Left. Despite the widespread reception, however, there has still been comparatively little analysis of the basic philosophical assumptions of post-structuralism, or of the compatibility of many of its central tenets with the progressive political orientations with which it is frequently associated. In this book, Peter Dews seeks to remedy this situation by setting post-structuralist thought in relation to another, more explicitly critical, tradition in the philosophical analysis of modernity - that of the Frankfurt School, from Adorno to Habermas. Logics of Disintegration will be of interest to readers across a wide range of disciplines, from literary criticism to social theory, which have felt the impact of post-structuralism - and to anyone who wishes to reach a balanced assessment of one of the most influential intellectual currents of our time. ...Show more

The Contest of Faculties: Deconstruction, Philosophy and Theory by Christopher Norris

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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good

The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus

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Category: Philosophy | Series: Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good

One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus--featured here in a stand-alone edition--is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide--the question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus brilliantly posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal existence, and the possibility of life lived with dignity and authenticity. ...Show more

Redrawing the Lines - Analytic Philosophy, Deconstruction, and Literary Theory by Reed Way Dasenbrock (Editor)

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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good

Redrawing the Lines was first published in 1989. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Since 1970 literary theory has experienced a period of rich inte raction with both Anglo-American analytic and Continental philosophy, particularly deconstruction. Yet these two philosophical schools have regarded each other with hostility, if at all, as in the 1977 exchange between John Searle and Jacques Derrida over the work of J. L. Austin. Since then, the two philosophical traditions have begun to interact as each has influenced literary theory, and some suggest that they are not diametrically opposed. Redrawing the Lines, the first book to focus on that interaction, brings together ten essays by key figures who have worked to connect literary theory and philosophy and to reassess the relationship between analytic and Continental philosophy. The editor's introduction establishes the debate's historical context, and his annotated bibliography directs the interested reader to virtually everything written on this issue. The contributors: Reed Way Dasenbrock, Henry Staten, Michael Fischer, Charles Altieri, Richard Shusterman, Samuel C. Wheeler III, Jules David Law, Steven Winspur, Christopher Norris, Richard Rorty, and Anthony J. Cascardi. Reed Way Dasenbrock is associate professor of English at New Mexico State University. He is the author of The Literary Vorticism of Ezra Pound and Wyndham Lewis: Toward the Condition of Painting. ...Show more

Patterns of Dissonance - A Study of Women and Contemporary Philosophy by Rosi Braidotti; Elizabeth Guild (Translator)

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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good

This book is a brilliant and timely analysis of the complex issuesraised by the relation between women and philosophy. It offers acritical account of a wide range of contemporary philosophical andfeminist texts and it develops this account into an originalproject of critical feminist thought. Braidotti examines contemporary French philosophy as practisedby men such as Foucault and Derrida, showing that they rely on anotion of 'the feminine' in order to undermine classical thought,which bears no direct relevance to the historical experience ofwomen. Braidotti then looks at the attempts of contemporary feministthinkers in Europe and the United States to show the genderednature of discursive power games. She discusses the contributionsof Luce Irigaray and many other feminist theorists to theunderstanding of sexual difference and of its implications forphilosophy and politics. This book will be of interest to studentsand researchers in women's studies, feminist theory, social theory,cultural studies, philosophy and literature, and anyone interestedin contemporary feminism and the relation between feminist theory,post-structuralism and psychoanalysis. ...Show more

Altarity by Mark C. Taylor

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Category: Philosophy | Series: Religion and Postmodernism Ser. | Reading Level: very good

Readers familiar with Mark C. Taylor's previous writing will immediately recognize Altarity as a remarkable synthetic project. This work combines the analytic depth and detail of Taylor's earlier studies of Kierkegaard and Hegel with the philosophical and theological scope of his highly acclaimed Erring . In Altarity, Taylor develops a genealogy of otherness and difference that is based on the principle of creative juxtaposition. Rather than relying on a historical or chronological survey of crucial moments in modern philosophical thinking, he explores the complex question of difference through the strategies of contrast, resonance, and design. Taylor brings together the work of thinkers as diverse as Hegel, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Lacan, Bataille, Kristeva, Levinas, Blanchot, Derrida, and Kierkegaard to fashion a broad intellectual scheme. Situated in an interdisciplinary discourse, Altarity signifies a harnessing of continental and American habits of intellectual thought and illustrates the singularity that emerges from such a configuration. As such, the book functions as a mirror of our intellectual moment and offers the academy a rigorous way of acknowledging the limitations of its own interpretive practices. ...Show more

The Question of the Other - Essays in Contemporary Continental Philosophy by Arleen B. Dallery (Editor); Charles E. Scott (Editor)

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Category: Philosophy | Series: SUNY Series, Selected Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Ser. | Reading Level: very good

The core source of this book is the work of Emmanuel Levinas. Beginning with a chapter on speaking and the other, three lead chapters focus on Levinas' account of the face of the other. These chapters are followed by explorations of the ethics of dissemination in Derrida, the freedom of the other in Sar tre, the cultural other in Husserlian phenomenology, the other as sexual difference in Irigaray and Nietzsche, the sublime in aesthetics, and the deconstruction of the primacy of the ego in Foucault and Lacan. This book is especially relevant to feminist theory. It shows that postmodern, continental philosophy does indeed have ethical implications. The question of the other or the presence of the other undercuts the foundationalist starting points of ethical theory and epistemology. The Question of the Other presents fresh and original interpretations of Husserl, Nietzsche, Derrida, Levinas, Irigaray, Foucault, Lacan, Heidegger, and Sartre. ...Show more