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This volume addresses the impact of the introduction of phenomenology in Japan and its interaction with Japanese philosophy. It is well known that phenomenology was introduced at a very early stage in Japan. Furthermore, phenomenology still constitutes one of the main...
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Springer
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2020-01-29
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This book is one of the first to apply the theoretical tools proposed by French philosopher Bruno Latour to film studies. Through the example of the Hollywood Teen Film and with a particular focus on Actor-Network Theory (ANT), the book delineates how Teen Film has...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-01-29
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This book offers new insights into truth, knowledge, and reality. It details a unique approach to epistemological relativism based on the concept of points of view. In a point of view, an aspect represents an object for a subject. By applying this concept of...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-01-28
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Während die griechische Philosophie lange auf das Notwendige als Basis sicherer Erkenntnis fokussiert war, spielen in der Metaphysik des Aristoteles der Begriff des Vermögens und der Möglichkeit eine zentrale Rolle. Der erste Teil des Buchs erläutert die Hintergründe...
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J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2020-01-28
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This book addresses the limits of metaphysics and the question of the possibility of ethics in this context. It is divided into six chapters, the first of which broadens readers’ understanding of difference as difference with specific reference to the works of Hegel....
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Springer
Parution :
2020-01-27
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Reading different or controversial intentions into Marx and Engels’ works has been a common but somewhat unquestioned practice in the history of Marxist scholarship. Engels’ Dialectics of Nature, a torso for some and a great book for others, is a case in point. The...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-01-27
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This book seeks to establish the relevance of Albert Camus’ philosophy and literature to contemporary ethics. By examining Camus’ innovative methods of approaching moral problems, Whistler demonstrates that Camus’ work has much to offer the world of ethics— Camus does...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-01-25
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In this book, author Svein Olaf Thorbjørnsen probes the question: What is at stake for human beings in a society dominated by competition, particularly economic competition? Is competition endemic to human nature? Does it preserve the dignity and intrinsic value of the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-01-24
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Recurrent questions about space have dogged philosophers since ancient times. Can an ordinary person draw from his or her perceptions to say what space is? Or is it rather a technical concept that is only within the grasp of experts? Can geometry characterize the world...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-01-23
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This third and final volume of the series of writings by Antonio Negri examines how Spinoza’s thought constitutes a radical break with past ideas and an essential tool for envisaging a form of politics beyond capitalism. Negri shows how Spinoza’s ideas have facilitated...
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Polity
Parution :
2020-01-23
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"A theory in the flesh means one where the physical realities of our lives all fuse to create a politic born of necessity," writes activist Cherríe L. Moraga. This volume of new essays stages an intergenerational dialogue among philosophers to introduce and deepen...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-01-23
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Writings on History brings together a selection of texts by Louis Althusser dating from 1963 to 1986, including essays, a lecture, notes to his collaborators, and the transcript of an informal 1963 discussion of literary history. The centrepiece of this collection is...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-01-23
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What is it about art that can be so captivating? How is it that we find value in the often odd and abstract objects and events we call artworks? William P. Seeley proposes that artworks are attentional engines. They are artifacts that have been intentionally designed to...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-01-22
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How do our engagements with fictions and other products of the imagination compare to our experiences of the real world? Are the feelings we have about a novel's characters modelled on our thoughts about actual people? If it is wrong to feel pleasure over certain...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-01-21
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback....
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-01-21
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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback....
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-01-21
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In this comprehensive introduction, Albert Spencer presents a new story of the origins and development of American pragmatism, from its emergence through the interaction of European and Indigenous American cultures to its contemporary status as a diverse, vibrant, and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-01-17
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The original – and often continuing – sin of countries with a settler colonial past is their brutal treatment of indigenous peoples. This challenging legacy continues to confront modern liberal democracies ranging from the USA and Canada to Australia, New Zealand and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-01-17
Collection :
Political Theory Today
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Is democracy the best form of government? What does it mean to be ‘free’? Why should we obey the government? In this highly accessible and engaging new introductory textbook, Pete Woodcock examines all these questions and more in a compact outline of the basics of...
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Polity
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2020-01-17
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Perché mai Nietzsche descriveva il suo Così parlò Zarathustra come un “libro sacro”, per l’esattezza un “quinto vangelo”? E perché, al contempo, lo definiva il “dono più grande” mai fatto all’umanità? Quale dono immaginava di offrire? E cosa si attendeva in cambio? Un...
Editeur :
Rosenberg & Sellier
Parution :
2020-01-14
Collection :
Phy´sis. Collana di filosofia
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