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History of Western philosophy

Hardback. Minima Memoria attests to the impact of the works of Jean-Francois Lyotard, one of the most influential French philosophers of the twentieth century, and the continuing effects of these works across a wide array of fields: philosophy, literature, political theory, gender theory, aesthetics, and psychoanalysis. Editor(s): Nouvet, Claire; Stahuljak, Zrinka; Still, Kent. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751117
ISBN
9780804751117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.57

Hardback. This volume provides the first in-depth collection of essays aimed at critically examining the work of political philosopher Giorgio Agamben. Editor(s): Calarco, Matthew; Decaroli, Steven. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750493
ISBN
9780804750493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.74

Hardback. In this book of brilliantly erudite and precise discussions, which also serves as an introduction to Pierre Hadot's more scholarly works, Hadot explains that for the Ancients, philosophy was not reducible to the building of a theoretical system: it was above all a choice about how to live one's life. Translator(s): Djaballah, Marc. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748353
ISBN
9780804748353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.04

Hardback. This dialogue, proposed to Jacques Derrida by historian Elisabeth Roudinesco, brings together two friends who share a common history and intellectual heritage. While their perspectives are different, they have many common references: psychoanalysis, above all, but also the authors and works that have come to be known as "post-structuralist." Translator(s): Fort, Jeff. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746076
ISBN
9780804746076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.81

Hardback. Jeremy Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism, made a powerful impact on several major areas of thought and policy, yet his ideas have always been prone to misunderstanding. Dinwiddy introduces Bentham's ideas, examining the various components of his philosophy. Editor(s): Twining, William. Series: Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HPCD; HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745192
ISBN
9780804745192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.01

Hardback. The author argues that deconstruction is a form of radical, anti-scientific modernity, while in contrast poststructuralism is a type of postmodern theory inflected by changes in technology and the mode of information. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745017
ISBN
9780804745017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.54

Hardback. Taking on the Tradition focuses on how the work of Jacques Derrida has helped us rethink and rework the themes of tradition, legacy, and inheritance in the Western philosophical tradition. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744218
ISBN
9780804744218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.31

Hardback. This book explores the possible relations between Western types of rationality and Buddhism. It also examines some cliches about Buddhism and questions the old antinomies of Western culture ("faith and reason," or "idealism and materialism"). Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804743471
ISBN
9780804743471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.17

Hardback. In the twenty interviews collected in this volume, seventeen of which appear in English for the first time, Levinas sets forth the central features of his ethical philosophy and discusses biographical matters not available elsewhere. Editor(s): Robbins, Jill. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804743082
ISBN
9780804743082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.40

Hardback. Completing the translation of Derrida's monumental work "Right to Philosophy", "Eyes of the University" brings together many of the philosopher's most important texts on the university and more broadly, on the languages and institutions of philosophy. Translator(s): Plug, Jan. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742962
ISBN
9780804742962
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.01

Hardback. This text explores the relationship between ontology and ethics in the early work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, notably the "Tractatus-Logico-Philosophicus" and the "Notebooks, 1914-1916". The book argues that his views on ethics decisively shaped his ontological and semantic thought. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742214
ISBN
9780804742214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.95

Hardback. This book represents the first publication of one of the seminars (transcribed) of Cornelius Castoriadis, a renowned and influential figure in 20th-century thought. A close reading of Plato's Statesman is an exemplary instance of Castoriadis's discriminating approach to thinking about and reading a great work. Editor(s): Curtis, David. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPN; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741446
ISBN
9780804741446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.02

Hardback. This book explores the implications for today's critical concerns of the work of Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), one of the most powerful and influential thinkers of the 20th century. Editor(s): Richter, Gerhard. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJ; ABA; DSB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741255
ISBN
9780804741255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.00

Hardback. The essays in this volume by Germany's leading social theorist of the late 20th century formulate what he considered to be the preconditions for an adequate theory of modern society. Editor(s): Rasch, William. Translator(s): Schreiber, Elliott; Behnke, Kerstin; O'Neil, Joseph. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741224
ISBN
9780804741224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.61

Hardback. Speech act theory has taught us how to do things with words. "Arresting Language" turns its attention in the opposite direction toward the surprising things that language can undo and leave undone. In the eight essays of this volume, arresting language is seen as language at rest. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 half-tone. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739597
ISBN
9780804739597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.09

Hardback. This collection of writings by Jean-Luc Nancy, the renowned French critic and poet, delves into the history of philosophy to locate a fundamentally poetic modus operandi there. The book represents a daring mixture of Nancy's philosophical essays, writings about artworks, and artwork of his own. Editor(s): Sparks, Simon. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739535
ISBN
9780804739535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.65

Hardback. Examining Levinas's critique of the Heideggerian conception of temporality, this book shows how the notion of the feminine both enables and prohibits the most fertile territory of Levinas's thought. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739320
ISBN
9780804739320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.63

Hardback. These twelve essays treat the thought of "deconstructive" philosophers from the perspective of analytic philosophy and relate the works of such thinkers as Davidson, Quine, and Wittgenstein to the writings of Derrida and de Man. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737524
ISBN
9780804737524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.37

Hardback. Nancy's The Speculative Remark played a significant role in transforming the practice of philosophy away from system building to analysis of specific linguistic detail. Translator(s): Surprenant, Celine. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 419.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737135
ISBN
9780804737135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.97

Hardback. This text explores the constant tension between the historical and the transcendental that lies at the heart of Michel Foucault's work. In the process, it also assesses the philosophical foundations of his thought by examining his theoretical borrowings from Kant, Nietzsche and Heidegger. Translator(s): Pile, Edward. Series: Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737081
ISBN
9780804737081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.44

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