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Hardback. ".. Exemplifies a vision of education as cooperative inquiry in which heterogenous voices resound yet experiential authority in its full force operates."-Journal of Philosophy of Education Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224623
- ISBN
- 9780823224623
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€ 99.89
€ 99.89
Hardback. The title of this book echoes a phrase used by the Washington Post to describethe American attempt to kill Saddam Hussein at the start of the war againstIraq. Its theme is the notion of targeting (skopos) as the name of an intentionalstructure in which the subject tries to confirm its invulnerability by aiming todestroy a target. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 309.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224753
- ISBN
- 9780823224753
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€ 93.32
€ 93.32
hardcover. Introducing the range of noted French philosopher Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe's thinking, this book focuses in particular on the dynamic of the loss of the subject and its possible post-deconstructive recovery. The author places Lacoue-Labarthe's achievements in the context of related philosophers, most importantly Nancy, Derrida, and Blanchot. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 26. Weight in Grams: 548.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823225347
- ISBN
- 9780823225347
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€ 105.86
€ 105.86
Hardback. This book offers an alternative way of taking up the American Philosophical tradition as a way of doing philosophy and a way of life. Douglas Anderson explores the relationship between American philosophy and other features of American culture, including where in that culture thinking that could be called "philosophical" is to be found. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823225507
- ISBN
- 9780823225507
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€ 105.83
€ 105.83
Hardback. Challenging various assumptions about the relationship between language and politics, this book offers an account of aesthetic and economic thought since the eighteenth century. Providing a contribution to contemporary debates about culture and ideology, it is suitable for scholars of literature, history, and political theory. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 491.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823225873
- ISBN
- 9780823225873
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€ 97.94
€ 97.94
Hardback. Explores Cavell's writings. This book states that, after Cavell's celebrated reading of "King Lear" turned into a nightmarish meditation on Vietnam, he found a more audible voice. Here, the poetry of ideas and presence of mind that animate Cavell's writing receive readings attuned to the spirit of their composition and its enlivening powers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823225965
- ISBN
- 9780823225965
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€ 89.27
€ 89.27
Hardback. Exploring the risks, ambiguities, and unstable conceptual worlds of contemporary thought, this book brings together the wide-ranging writings, across twenty years, of one of our most important philosophers, Wyschogrod. It also analyzes the negations of biological research and cultural images of mechanized and robotic bodies. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 592 pages, 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 37. Weight in Grams: 916.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226061
- ISBN
- 9780823226061
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€ 135.75
€ 135.75
Hardback. Philosophers speak-or, rather, they respond to various forms of speaking that are handed to them. This book focuses on the communicative aspect of philosophical thought. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226184
- ISBN
- 9780823226184
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Condition: New
€ 99.41
€ 99.41
Hardback. What is it to be a Jew and a philosopher? How has the notion of "Jewish identity" been written into and across Jewish literature, Jewish thought, and Jewish languages? This title addresses these questions, contrasting Derrida's thought with philosophical predecessors such as Rosenzweig, Levinas, Celan, and Scholem. Editor(s): Bergo, Bettina. Translator(s): Bergo, Bettina. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226412
- ISBN
- 9780823226412
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Condition: New
€ 106.01
€ 106.01
Hardback. Develops a philosophy of life in opposition to the notion of "bio-power," which reduces the human to the question of power over what Giorgio Agamben terms "bare life," mere biological existence. This book provides conceptual tools for intervening in issues such as the AIDS epidemic and life-support for the infirm. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226535
- ISBN
- 9780823226535
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€ 105.13
€ 105.13
The Drama of Possibility. Experience as Philosophy of Culture.
McDermott, John J.. Ed(S): Anderson, Douglas ...
Hardback. Traces the trajectory of the author's philosophical career through a selection of his essays. This work addresses specific issues in American thought and culture. It constitutes a mosaic of his philosophy, showing its roots in an American conception of experience. Editor(s): Anderson, Douglas R. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 36. Weight in Grams: 891.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226627
- ISBN
- 9780823226627
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€ 124.55
€ 124.55
Hardback. Provides an account of Jacques Derrida's involvement in debates about the university. Derrida has long argued that philosophy simultaneously belongs and does not belong to the university. This book asks whether a broader tension between "belonging" and "not belonging" also forms the basis of Derrida's political thinking and activism. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JNMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 403.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226658
- ISBN
- 9780823226658
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€ 99.44
€ 99.44
Hardback. Examines the possibility of writing the other and explores whether an ethical writing that preserves the other as such is possible. This book also discusses what the implications are for an ethically inflected criticism. It examines how the question of the other engages the very limits of philosophy, rationality, and power. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226719
- ISBN
- 9780823226719
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Condition: New
€ 89.10
€ 89.10
Hardback. Seeks to articulate the evil that happened in Bosnia within the context of war crimes and crimes against humanity. This book understands evil via a neologism - as sociocide, the murdering of society. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HPJ; JFFE; JWXK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823227006
- ISBN
- 9780823227006
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Condition: New
€ 97.00
€ 97.00
hardcover. Brings together essays on the topics of the ego and of God. This book illustrates the profound connection between the author's phenomenological concerns and his writings on Descartes. It highlights the topics - liberating god and the self from the constrictions of metaphysics - in the philosophy of Descartes. Translator(s): Gschwandtner, Prof. Christina M. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 553.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823227549
- ISBN
- 9780823227549
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Condition: New
€ 122.40
€ 122.40
Hardback. Presents a translation of the complete text of Jacques Derrida's ten-hour address to the 1997 Cerisy conference entitled "The Autobiographical Animal," the third of four such colloquia on his work. This book was assembled posthumously on the basis of two published sections, one written and recorded session, and one informal recorded session. Editor(s): Mallet, Marie-Louise. Translator(s): Wills, David. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 425.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823227907
- ISBN
- 9780823227907
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Condition: New
€ 102.86
€ 102.86
Hardback. Offers an investigation into what is left of a monotheistic religious spirit - notably, a minimalist faith that is neither confessional nor credulous. Articulating this faith as works and as an objectless hope, this book deconstructs Christianity in search of the historical and reflective conditions that provided its initial energy. Translator(s): Bergo, Bettina. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228355
- ISBN
- 9780823228355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.57
€ 88.57
Hardback. Provides an account of the author's ideas about God. Translator(s): Clift, Sarah. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 128 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 14. Weight in Grams: 239.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228898
- ISBN
- 9780823228898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.86
€ 92.86
Hardback. Moral philosophy and poststructuralism have long been considered two antithetical enterprises. This title argues that Judith Butler's work makes possible a productive encounter between moral philosophy and poststructuralism, rethinking responsibility and critique as key concepts at the juncture of ethics and politics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228980
- ISBN
- 9780823228980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.90
€ 116.90
Hardback. Shows that we can conceive and live with a pluralism of standpoints with conflicting standards for truth-with the truth of each being entirely unaffected by the truth of the others. This book emphasizes the importance of the nonargumentative features of the dialogues: their drama, myths, fictions, anecdotes, and humor. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823229130
- ISBN
- 9780823229130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.44
€ 95.44