Miguel De Beistegui: 3 books
The Government of Desire
A Genealogy of the Liberal Subject
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Liberalism, Miguel de Beistegui argues in The Government of Desire, is best described as a technique of government directed towards the self, with desire as its central mechanism. Whether as economic interest, sexual drive, or the basic longing for recognition, desire is accepted as a core component...
by Miguel de Beistegui
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Recent studies of Heidegger's involvement with National Socialism have often presented Heidegger's philosophy as a forerunner to his political involvement. This has occured often to the detriment of the highly complex nature of Heidegger's relation to the political. Heidegger and the Political redresses...
Proust as Philosopher
The Art of Metaphor
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time has long fascinated philosophers for its complex accounts of time, personal identity and narrative, amongst many other themes. Proust as Philosopher: The Art of Metaphor is the first book to try and connect Proust’s implicit ontology of experience with the...