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Heidegger's Children
Hannah Arendt, Karl Löwith, Hans Jonas, and Herbert Marcuse
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Martin Heidegger is perhaps the twentieth century's greatest philosopher, and his work stimulated much that is original and compelling in modern thought. A seductive classroom presence, he attracted Germany's brightest young intellects during the 1920s. Many were Jews, who ultimately would have to...
The Philosophy of Life and Death
Ludwig Klages and the Rise of a Nazi Biopolitics
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Some of the first figures the Nazis conscripted in their rise to power were rhetoricians devoted to popularizing the German vocabulary of Leben (life). This fascinating study reexamines this movement through one of its most prominent exponents, Ludwig Klages, revealing the philosophical-cultural crises and political volatility of the Weimar era.
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Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Sixty years after its first edition, there is an increasing consensus among scholars that the work posthumously published as Philosophical Investigations represents something that is far from a complete picture of Wittgenstein’s second book project. G.H. von Wright’s seminal research on the Nachlass...
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...
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.
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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...
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...
Yes Lives in the Land of No
A Tale of Triumph Over Negativity
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2006
It seems like everywhere we turn, we're confronted by shaking heads, thumbs down, brick walls, brush-offs, and closed doors. NOs surround us--in our workplaces, in our communities and places of worship, in government, in social settings, in schools, and even within our families. Whether you're applying...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Researching Education Through Actor-Network Theory offers a new take on educational research, demonstrating the ways in which actor-network theory can expand the understanding of educational change.
An international collaboration exploring diverse manifestations of educational change
Illustrates...