Surveys category: 1940 books
Theatricality and Performativity
Writings on Texture from Plato’s Cave to Urban Activism
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2018
This book defines theatricality and performativity through metaphors of texture and weaving, drawn mainly from anthropologist Tim Ingold and philosopher Stephen C. Pepper. Tracing the two concepts’ various relations to practices of seeing and doing, but also to conflicting values of novelty and...
Heidegger and the Romantics
The Literary Invention of Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
While there are many books on the romantics, and many books on Heidegger, there has been no book exploring the connection between the two. Pol Vandevelde’s new study forges this important link.
Vandevelde begins by analyzing two models that have addressed the interaction between literature...
Vygotsky
Philosophy and Education
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Vygotsky Philosophy and Education reassesses the works of Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky work by arguing that his central ideas about the nature of rationality and knowledge were informed by the philosophic tradition of Spinoza and Hegel.
Presents a reassessment of the works of Lev Vygotsky...
Nietzsche
Essay
Language: German
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Ein biografischer Essay über Friedrich Nietzsche. Stefan Zweig wurde am 28. November 1881 in Wien geboren. Sein episches Werk machte ihn ebenso berühmt wie seine historischen Miniaturen und die biographischen Arbeiten. Am 23. Februar 1942 schied er in Petrópolis, Brasilien, freiwillig aus dem Leben....
The Political Philosophy of Hobbes
Its Basis and Its Genesis
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
In this classic analysis, Leo Strauss pinpoints what is original and innovative in the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. He argues that Hobbes's ideas arose not from tradition or science but from his own deep knowledge and experience of human nature. Tracing the development of Hobbes's moral...
by Thomas Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
"Philosophy," says Hierocles, "is the purification and perfection of human life. It is the purification, indeed, from material irrationality, and the mortal body; but the perfection, in consequence of being the resumption of our proper felicity, and a reaction to the divine likeness.
by Andrew Bowie
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
Theodor Adorno’s reputation as a cultural critic has been well-established for some time, but his status as a philosopher remains unclear. In Adorno and the Ends of Philosophy Andrew Bowie seeks to establish what Adorno can contribute to philosophy today.
Adorno’s published texts are notably...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
Thinking Education Through Alain Badiou represents the first collection to explore the educational implications of French philosopher Alain Badiou's challenge to contemporary philosophical orthodoxy put forth in his 1993 work, Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil.
Represents the first...
Concepts and Reality in the History of Philosophy
Tracing a Philosophical Error from Locke to Bradley
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2005
This book traces a deep misunderstanding about the relation of concepts and reality in the history of philosophy. It exposes the influence of the mistake in the thought of Locke, Berkeley, Kant, Nietzche and Bradley, and suggests that the solution can be found in Hegelian thought. Ellis argues that...
The British Aesthetic Tradition
From Shaftesbury to Wittgenstein
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
The British Aesthetic Tradition: From Shaftesbury to Wittgenstein is the first single volume to offer readers a comprehensive and systematic history of aesthetics in Britain from its inception in the early eighteenth century to major developments in Britain and beyond in the late twentieth century....
by Robert Doran
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
In this book, Robert Doran offers the first in-depth treatment of the major theories of the sublime, from the ancient Greek treatise On the Sublime (attributed to 'Longinus') and its reception in early modern literary theory to the philosophical accounts of Burke and Kant. Doran explains how and why...
Philosophy of the Buddha
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2004
Philosophy of the Buddha is a philosophical introduction to the teaching of the Buddha. It carefully guides readers through the basic ideas and practices of the Buddha, including kamma (karma), rebirth, the not-self doctrine, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, ethics, meditation, non-attachment,...
Philosophy East / West
Exploring Intersections between Educational and Contemplative Practices
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
Philosophy East/West showcases new scholarship in the philosophy of education and contemplative studies, paying particular attention to the intersection of mindfulness, evidence-based science, and wisdom traditions.
Moves beyond simplistic explanations of “Eastern” and “Western” to explore...
I Watch, Therefore I Am
From Socrates to Sartre, the Great Mysteries of Life as Explained Through Howdy Doody, Marcia Brady, Homer Simpson, Don Draper, and other TV Icons
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2011
Let Gilligan's Island teach you about situational ethics.
Learn about epistemology from The Brady Bunch.
Explore Aristotle's Poetics by watching 24.
Television has grappled with a wide range of philosophical conundrums. According to the networks, it's the ultimate source of all knowledge in...