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Phenomenology Of Perceptionby Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Routledge 2002; US$ 23.95Long considered Merleau-Ponty's defining work, this is so important because it returned the body to the forefront of philosophy for the first time since Plato. Its is a crucial work in understanding how we perceive the world. more...
The Cambridge Companion to Leibnizby Nicholas Jolley
Cambridge University Press 1994; US$ 35.00Gottfried Leibniz was a remarkable thinker who made fundamental contributions not only to philosophy, but also to the development of modern mathematics and science. This volume provides a systematic and comprehensive account of the full range of Leibniz's thought. more...
Social Performanceby Bernhard Giesen; Jason L. Mast; Steven Seidman
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 38.00Jeffrey C. Alexander brings together new and leading contributors to make a powerful and coherently argued case for a new direction in cultural sociology, one that focuses on the intersection between performance, ritual and social action. This is a path-breaking volume that makes a major contribution to the field. more...
The Portable Nietzscheby Friedrich Nietzsche; Walter Kaufmann
Penguin Group Inc. 1977; US$ 14.99The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago. As Walter Kaufmann, one of the world?s leading authorities on Nietzsche, notes in his introduction, ?Few writers in any age were so full of ideas,? and few writers have been so consistently misinterpreted. The Portable Nietzsche includes Kaufmann?s definitive translations of the complete and unabridged texts of Nietzsche?s four major works: Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist, Nietzsche Contra Wagner and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. In addition, Kaufmann brings together selections from his other books, notes, and letters, to give a full picture of Nietzsche?s development, versatility, and inexhaustibility. ?In... more...
Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 1by Scott Soames
Princeton University Press 2005; US$ 29.95This is a major, wide-ranging history of analytic philosophy since 1900, told by one of the tradition's leading contemporary figures. The first volume takes the story from 1900 to mid-century. The second brings the history up to date. As Scott Soames tells it, the story of analytic philosophy is one of great but uneven progress, with leading thinkers making important advances toward solving the tradition's core problems. Though no broad philosophical position ever achieved lasting dominance, Soames argues that two methodological developments have, over time, remade the philosophical landscape. These are (1) analytic philosophers' hard-won success in understanding, and distinguishing the notions of logical truth, a priori truth, and necessary... more...
Metaphor and the Dynamics of Knowledgeby Sabine Maasen; Peter Weingart
Routledge 2000; US$ 193.00This book opens up a new route to the study of knowledge dynamics and the sociology of knowledge. The focus is on the role of metaphors as powerful catalysts. more...
Up Against Foucaultby Caroline Ramazanoglu
Routledge 1993; US$ 55.95Questions of sexuality and power were central to Foucault's writing - yet Foucault largely ignored feminism. This book considers the implications of his work for feminism - and of feminism for his work. more...
Utilitarianismby John Stuart Mill
Electric Book Company 1998; US$ 4.95In spite of the numerous ethical discussions in his other writings, Mill's sole contribution to the fundamental problem of the ethical theory was his small volume Utilitarianism . It first appeared in Fraser's Magazine in 1861 and was reprinted in book form in 1863. It remains one of the most important, controversial, and suggestive works of moral philosophy. In it he puts forward the view that everything we desire becomes a part of happiness. Happiness, then, is a complex phenomenon composed of many parts, including virtue, love of money, power, and fame. more...
Wittgenstein and Quineby Robert L. Arrington; Hans-Johann Glock
Routledge 1996; US$ 34.95This collection of essays offers original insights into the relationship between two of the twentieth century's most important philosophers and is essential reading for a full picture of the landscape of recent and contemporary philosophy. more...
Story of Analytic Philosophyby Anat Biletzki; Anat Matar
Routledge 1998; US$ 153.00This unique collection looks at analytic philosophy in its historical context. Here prominent philsophers discuss key figures, methods and results in analytic philosophy to present its story. more...