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The dramatic power of the dialogues of Plato appears to diminish as
the metaphysical interest of them increases (compare Introd. to the
Philebus). There are no descriptions of time, place or persons, in
the Sophist and Statesman, but we are plunged at once into
philosophical discussions; the poetical charm has disappeared, and
those who have no taste for abstruse metaphysics will greatly
prefer the earlier dialogues to the later ones. Plato is conscious
of the change, and in the Statesman expressly accuses himself of a
tediousness in the two dialogues, which he ascribes to his desire
of developing the dialectical method. On the other hand, the
kindred spirit of Hegel seemed to find in the Sophist the crown and
summit of the Platonic philosophy-here is the place at which Plato
most nearly approaches to the Hegelian identity of Being and
Not-being. Nor will the great importance of the two dialogues be
doubted by any one who forms a conception of the state of mind and
opinion which they are intended to meet. The sophisms of the day
were undermining philosophy; the denial of the existence of
Not-being, and of the connexion of ideas, was making truth and
falsehood equally impossible.
In Poetics of Deconstruction, Lynn Turner develops an intimate
attention to independent films, art and the psychoanalyses by which
they might make sense other than under continued license of the
subject that calls himself man. Drawing extensively from Jacques
Derrida's philosophy in precise dialogue with feminist thought,
animal studies and posthumanism, this book explores the
vulnerability of the living as rooted in non-oppositional
differences. From abjection to mourning, to the speculative and the
performative, it reposes concepts and buzzwords seemingly at home
in feminist theory, visual culture and the humanities more broadly.
Stepping away from the carno-phallogocentric legacies of the
signifier and the dialectic, Poetics of Deconstruction asks you to
welcome nonpower into politics, always sexual but no longer
anchored in sacrifice.
Closely examining Jacques Lacan's unique mode of engagement with
philosophy, Lacan with the Philosophers sheds new light on the
interdisciplinary relations between philosophy and psychoanalysis.
While highlighting the philosophies fundamental to the study of
Lacan's psychanalysis, Ruth Ronen reveals how Lacan resisted the
straightforward use of these works. Lacan's use of philosophy
actually has a startling effect in not only providing exceptional
entries into the philosophical texts (of Aristotle, Descartes, Kant
and Hegel), but also in exposing the affinity between philosophy
and psychoanalysis around shared concepts (including truth, the
unconscious, and desire), and at the same time affirming the
irreducible difference between the analyst and the philosopher.
Inspired by Lacan's resistance to philosophy, Ruth Ronen addresses
Lacan's use of philosophy to create a fertile moment of exchange.
Straddling the fields of philosophy and psychoanalysis with equal
emphasis, Lacan with the Philosophers develops a unique
interdisciplinary analysis and offers a new perspective on the body
of Lacan's writings.
The Number One International bestseller 'We need books like this
one' - psychologist Steven Pinker At last, stupidity explained! And
by some of the world's smartest people, among them Daniel Kahneman,
Dan Ariely, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio Damasio, Aaron
James and Ryan Holiday. Stupidity is all around us, from the
colleagues who won't stop hitting 'reply all' to the former school
friends posting conspiracy theories on Facebook. But in order to
battle idiocy, we must first understand it. In The Psychology of
Stupidity, some of the world's leading psychologists and thinkers -
including a Nobel Prize winner - will show you . . . * Why smart
people sometimes believe in utter nonsense * How our lazy brains
cause us to make the wrong decisions * Why trying to debate with
fools is a trap * How media manipulation and Internet
overstimulation makes us dumber * Why the stupidest people don't
think they're stupid As long as there have been humans there has
been human stupidity, but with wit and wisdom these great thinkers
can help us understand this persistent human affliction.
One of the classic treatises on pacifism.
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