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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Rorty and the Mirror of Nature (Paperback, New Ed): James Tartaglia Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Rorty and the Mirror of Nature (Paperback, New Ed)
James Tartaglia
R1,027 Discovery Miles 10 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Richard Rorty is one of the most influential, controversial and widely-read philosophers of the twentieth century. In this GuideBook to Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature Tartaglia analyzes this challenging text and introduces and assesses:

  • Rorty's life and the background to his philosophy
  • the key themes and arguments of Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
  • the continuing importance of Rorty's work to philosophy.

Rorty and the Mirror of Nature is an ideal starting-point for anyone new to Rorty, and essential reading for students in philosophy, cultural studies, literary theory and social science.

Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight - A Philosophical Exploration (Hardcover): Hans Maes, Katrien Schaubroeck Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight - A Philosophical Exploration (Hardcover)
Hans Maes, Katrien Schaubroeck
R4,049 Discovery Miles 40 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Richard Linklater's celebrated Before trilogy chronicles the love of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) who first meet up in Before Sunrise, later reconnect in Before Sunset and finally experience a fall-out in Before Midnight. Not only do these films present storylines and dilemmas that invite philosophical discussion, but philosophical discussion itself is at the very heart of the trilogy. This book, containing specially commissioned chapters by a roster of international contributors, explores the many philosophical themes that feature so vividly in the interactions between Celine and Jesse, including: the nature of love, romanticism and marriage the passage and experience of time the meaning of life the art of conversation the narrative self gender death Including an interview with Julie Delpy in which she discusses her involvement in the films and the importance of studying philosophy, Before Sunrise. Before Sunset. Before Midnight: A Philosophical Exploration is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy, aesthetics, gender studies, and film studies.

Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers - From Structuralism to Post-Humanism (Paperback, 2nd edition): John Lechte Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers - From Structuralism to Post-Humanism (Paperback, 2nd edition)
John Lechte
R773 Discovery Miles 7 730 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This revised second edition of our bestselling Key Guide includes brand new entries on some of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth and twenty-first century:

  • Zizek
  • Bergson
  • Husserl
  • Heidegger
  • Butler
  • Haraway.

With a new introduction by the author, sections on phenomenology and the post-human, full cross-referencing and up-to-date guides to major primary and secondary texts, this is an essential resource to contemporary critical thought for undergraduates and the interested reader.

Science of Life After Death (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022): Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Marianna de Abreu Costa, Humberto Schubert... Science of Life After Death (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Marianna de Abreu Costa, Humberto Schubert Coelho
R1,309 R1,239 Discovery Miles 12 390 Save R70 (5%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book examines the best available empirical evidence regarding one of the most challenging and pervasive questions throughout ages, cultures, and religions: the survival of human consciousness after death. It begins with a contextual overview of belief in personal survival and refutes misguided historical and epistemological arguments against the notion of survival after death (e.g., irrational, purely religious, impossible to be addressed by science, that has been proved false by neuroscience). The book provides an overview of the scientific evidence regarding the survival of human consciousness after death, focusing on studies on mediumship, near-death and out-of-body experiences, and reincarnation.Featured topics of coverage include: The belief in life after death in the contemporary world as well as in the history of religions and philosophy. The key misguided arguments and prejudices against the academic study of afterlife survival. What constitutes empirical evidence for survival after death? The main explanatory hypotheses alternative to survival after death. The chief cultural barriers to a fair examination of the available evidence for survival of consciousness after death. Science of Life After Death is an essential resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other professionals in developmental and clinical psychology; spirituality, religious. and consciousness studies; psychiatry; neuroscience / neurology; phenomenology / philosophy; complementary and alternative medicine; and all interrelated disciplines.

Barthes' Mythologies Today - Readings of Contemporary Culture (Paperback): Pete Bennett, Julian McDougall Barthes' Mythologies Today - Readings of Contemporary Culture (Paperback)
Pete Bennett, Julian McDougall
R1,236 Discovery Miles 12 360 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This is Barthes' seminal text reimagined in a contemporary context by contemporary academics. Through a revisiting of Mythologies, a key text in cultural and media studies, this volume explores the value these disciplines can add to an understanding of contemporary society and culture. Leading academics in media, English, education, and cultural studies here are tasked with identifying the "new mythologies" some fifty or so years on from Barthes' original interventions. The contributions in this volume, then, are readings of contemporary culture, each engaging with a cultural event, practice, or text as mythological. These readings are then contextualized by an introduction which reflects on the 'how' of these engaging responses and an "essay at the back of the book" which replaces Myth Today with a reflection on the contemporary provenance of both Barthes and his most famous book. Thus the book is at least two things at once whichever way you look: a 'new' Mythologies and a book about Barthes' legacy, an exploration of the place of theory in critical writing, and a book about contemporary culture.

Examples and Their Role in Our Thinking (Hardcover): Ondrej Beran Examples and Their Role in Our Thinking (Hardcover)
Ondrej Beran
R3,914 Discovery Miles 39 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book investigates the role and significance that examples play in shaping arguments and thought, both in philosophy and in everyday life. It addresses questions about how our moral thinking is informed by our conceptual practices, especially in ways related to the relationship between ethics and literature, post-Wittgensteinian ethics, or meta-philosophical concerns about the style of philosophical writing. Written in an accessible and non-technical style, the book uses examples from real-life events or pieces of well-known fictional stories to introduce its discussions. In doing so, it demonstrates the complex way examples, rather than exemplifying philosophical points, inform and condition how we approach the points for which we want to argue. The author shows how examples guide or block our understanding in certain directions, how they do this by stressing morally relevant aspects or dimensions of the terms, and how the sense of moral seriousness allows us to learn from examples. The final chapter explores whether these kinds of engagement with examples can be understood as "thinking primarily through examples." Examples and Their Role in Our Thinking will be of interest to scholars and graduate students working in ethics and moral philosophy, philosophy of language, and philosophy of literature.

Philosophy as Dialogue (Hardcover): Hilary Putnam Philosophy as Dialogue (Hardcover)
Hilary Putnam; Edited by Mario De Caro, David Macarthur
R971 Discovery Miles 9 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A collection of Hilary Putnam's stimulating, incisive responses to such varied and eminent thinkers as Richard Rorty, Jurgen Habermas, Noam Chomsky, Martha Nussbaum, W. V. Quine, Wilfrid Sellars, John McDowell, and Cornel West. Hilary Putnam (1926-2016) was renowned-some would say infamous-for changing his philosophical positions over the course of his long and much-admired career. This collection of essays, the first of its kind, showcases how his ideas evolved as he wrestled with the work of his contemporaries. Divided into five thematic sections, Philosophy as Dialogue begins with questions of language and formal logic, tracing Putnam's reactions to the arguments of Wilfrid Sellars, Noam Chomsky, Charles Travis, and Tyler Burge. Next, it brings together Putnam's responses to realists and antirealists, philosophers of science and of perception, followed by forays into pragmatism and skepticism. While Putnam devoted most of his efforts to logic, mathematics, and the philosophy of mind, he also took up issues in moral philosophy, politics, and religion. Here we read him in conversation with giants of these fields, including Martha Nussbaum, Jurgen Habermas, Elizabeth Anscombe, Cora Diamond, Richard Rorty, and Franz Rosenzweig. Finally, Philosophy as Dialogue presents Putnam's deeply personal and largely unknown writing on philosophical method that reveals the influence of W. V. Quine, Michael Dummett, and Stanley Cavell on his work. Once more, Mario De Caro and David Macarthur have presented and introduced a choice selection of Hilary Putnam's writings that will change the way he is understood. Most of all, these thirty-six replies and responses to his contemporaries showcase the extraordinary-perhaps even unparalleled-breadth of his work, and his capacity to engage deeply with seemingly every mode of philosophy.

Freedom - Its Meaning (Paperback): Ruth Nanda Anshen Freedom - Its Meaning (Paperback)
Ruth Nanda Anshen
R1,067 Discovery Miles 10 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1942 this book brings together contribution from some of the finest thinkers and philosophers of the 20th century such as Boas, Croce, Einstein, Haldane, Mann, and Russell. The volume discusses the problem of Freedom from diverse points of view and offers a synthesis of issues and conclusions relating to freedom as a basis for action with a view to try and fill the gaps existent in the study of the nature of Man.

Art as Abstract Machine - Ontology and Aesthetics in Deleuze and Guattari (Paperback): Stephen Zepke Art as Abstract Machine - Ontology and Aesthetics in Deleuze and Guattari (Paperback)
Stephen Zepke
R1,601 Discovery Miles 16 010 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Sellars and the History of Modern Philosophy (Paperback): Luca Corti, Antonio M. Nunziante Sellars and the History of Modern Philosophy (Paperback)
Luca Corti, Antonio M. Nunziante
R1,385 Discovery Miles 13 850 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This edited volume systematically addresses the connection between Wilfrid Sellars and the history of modern philosophy, exploring both the content and method of this relationship. It intends both to analyze Sellars' position in relation to singular thinkers of the modern tradition, and to inquire into Sellars' understanding of philosophy as a field in reflective and constructive conversation with its past. The chapters in Part I cover Sellars' interpretation and use of Descartes, Leibniz, Hume, Kant, and Hegel. Part II features essays on his relationship with Peirce, Frege, Carnap, Wittgenstein, American pragmatism, behaviorism, and American realism, particularly his father, Roy Wood. Sellars and the History of Modern Philosophy features original contributions by many of the most renowned Sellars scholars throughout the world. It offers an exhaustive survey of Sellars' views on the historical antecedents and meta-philosophical aspects of his thought.

J. Krishnamurti - Educator for Peace (Hardcover): Meenakshi Thapan J. Krishnamurti - Educator for Peace (Hardcover)
Meenakshi Thapan
R2,877 Discovery Miles 28 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume, - is an introspective read on Krishnamurti as a radical philosopher, - discusses the possibilities of change through education, the school and the school culture as catalysts for transformation - will be of great interest to students and researcher of philosophy, education, South Asia studies, and the social sciences.

Buddhist Phenomenology - A Philosophical Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun (Paperback): Dan... Buddhist Phenomenology - A Philosophical Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun (Paperback)
Dan Lusthaus
R1,416 Discovery Miles 14 160 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A richly complex study of the Yogacara tradition of Buddhism, divided into five parts: the first on Buddhism and phenomenology, the second on the four basic models of Indian Buddhist thought, the third on karma, meditation and epistemology, the fourth on the Trimsika and its translations, and finally the fifth on the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun and Yogacara in China.

Hegelian-Lacanian Variations on Late Modernity - Spectre of Madness (Paperback): Alireza Taheri Hegelian-Lacanian Variations on Late Modernity - Spectre of Madness (Paperback)
Alireza Taheri
R1,057 Discovery Miles 10 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The current rise in new religions and the growing popularity of New Ageism is concomitant with an increasingly anti-philosophical sentiment marking our contemporary situation. More specifically, it is philosophical and psychoanalytic reason that has lost standing faced with the triumph of post-secular "spirituality". Combatting this trend, this treatise develops a theoretical apparatus based on Hegelian speculative reason and Lacanian psychoanalysis. With the aid of this theoretical apparatus, the book argues how certain conceptual pairs appear opposed through an operation of misrecognition christened, following Hegel, as "diremption". The failure to reckon with identities-in-difference relegates the subject to more vicious contradictions that define central aspects of our contemporary predicament. The repeated thesis of the treatise is that the deadlocks marking our contemporary situation require renewed engagement with dialectical thinking beyond the impasses of common understanding. Only by embarking on this philosophical-psychoanalytic "path of despair" (Hegel) will we stand a chance of achieving "joyful wisdom" (Nietzsche). Developing a unique dialectical theory based on readings of Hegel, Lacan and Zizek, in order to address various philosophical and psychoanalytic questions, this book will be of great interest to anyone interested in German idealism and/or psychoanalytic theory.

The Phenomenology of Pain (Paperback): Saulius Geniusas The Phenomenology of Pain (Paperback)
Saulius Geniusas
R883 Discovery Miles 8 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Phenomenology of Pain is the first book-length investigation of its topic to appear in English. Groundbreaking, systematic, and illuminating, it opens a dialogue between phenomenology and such disciplines as cognitive science and cultural anthropology to argue that science alone cannot clarify the nature of pain experience without incorporating a phenomenological approach. Building on this premise, Saulius Geniusas develops a novel conception of pain grounded in phenomenological principles: pain is an aversive bodily feeling with a distinct experiential quality, which can only be given in original first-hand experience, either as a feeling-sensation or as an emotion. Geniusas crystallizes the fundamental methodological principles that underlie phenomenological research. On the basis of those principles, he offers a phenomenological clarification of the fundamental structures of pain experience and contests the common conflation of phenomenology with introspectionism. Geniusas analyzes numerous pain dissociation syndromes, brings into focus the de-personalizing and re-personalizing nature of chronic pain experience, and demonstrates what role somatization and psychologization play in pain experience. In the process, he advances Husserlian phenomenology in a direction that is not explicitly worked out in Husserl's own writings.

Existentialism, Authenticity, Solidarity (Hardcover): Stephen Eric Bronner Existentialism, Authenticity, Solidarity (Hardcover)
Stephen Eric Bronner
R3,904 Discovery Miles 39 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What makes individuals what they are? How should they judge their social and political interaction with the world? What makes them authentic or inauthentic? This original and provocative study explores the concept of "authenticity" and its relevance for radical politics. Weaving together close readings of three 20th century thinkers: Martin Heidegger, Karl Jaspers and Jean-Paul Sartre with the concept of authenticity, Stephen Eric Bronner illuminates the phenomenological foundations for self-awareness that underpin our sense of identity and solidarity. He claims that different expressions of the existential tradition compete with one another in determining how authenticity might be experienced, but all of them ultimately rest on self-referential judgments. The author's own new framework for a political ethic at once serves as a corrective and an alternative. Wonderfully rich, insightful, and nuanced, Stephen Eric Bronner has produced another bookshelf staple that speaks to crucial issues in politics, philosophy, psychology, and sociology. Existentialism, Authenticity, Solidarity will appeal to scholars, students and readers from the general public alike.

Hegelian-Lacanian Variations on Late Modernity - Spectre of Madness (Hardcover): Alireza Taheri Hegelian-Lacanian Variations on Late Modernity - Spectre of Madness (Hardcover)
Alireza Taheri
R3,993 Discovery Miles 39 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The current rise in new religions and the growing popularity of New Ageism is concomitant with an increasingly anti-philosophical sentiment marking our contemporary situation. More specifically, it is philosophical and psychoanalytic reason that has lost standing faced with the triumph of post-secular "spirituality". Combatting this trend, this treatise develops a theoretical apparatus based on Hegelian speculative reason and Lacanian psychoanalysis. With the aid of this theoretical apparatus, the book argues how certain conceptual pairs appear opposed through an operation of misrecognition christened, following Hegel, as "diremption". The failure to reckon with identities-in-difference relegates the subject to more vicious contradictions that define central aspects of our contemporary predicament. The repeated thesis of the treatise is that the deadlocks marking our contemporary situation require renewed engagement with dialectical thinking beyond the impasses of common understanding. Only by embarking on this philosophical-psychoanalytic "path of despair" (Hegel) will we stand a chance of achieving "joyful wisdom" (Nietzsche). Developing a unique dialectical theory based on readings of Hegel, Lacan and Zizek, in order to address various philosophical and psychoanalytic questions, this book will be of great interest to anyone interested in German idealism and/or psychoanalytic theory.

Husserl's Phenomenology of Intersubjectivity - Historical Interpretations and Contemporary Applications (Paperback): Frode... Husserl's Phenomenology of Intersubjectivity - Historical Interpretations and Contemporary Applications (Paperback)
Frode Kjosavik, Christian Beyer, Christel Fricke
R1,289 Discovery Miles 12 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This collection examines the instrumental role of intersubjectivity in Husserl's philosophy and explores the potential for developing novel ways of addressing and resolving contemporary philosophical issues on that basis. This is the first time Iso Kern offers an extensive overview of this rich field of inquiry for an English-speaking audience. Guided by his overview, the remaining articles present new approaches to a range of topics and problems that go to the heart of its core theme of intersubjectivity and methodology. Specific topics covered include intersubjectivity and empathy, intersubjectivity in meaning and communication, intersubjectivity pertaining to collective forms of intentionality and extended forms of embodiment, intersubjectivity as constitutive of normality, and, finally, the central role of intersubjectivity in the sciences. The authors' perspectives are strongly influenced by Husserl's own methodological concerns and problem awareness and are formed with a view to applicability in current debates - be it within general epistemology, analytic philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, meta-ethics or philosophy of science. With contributions written by leading Husserl scholars from across the Analytic and Continental traditions, Husserl's Phenomenology of Intersubjectivity is a clear and accessible resource for scholars and advanced students interested in Husserl's phenomenology and the relevance of intersubjectivity to philosophy, sociology, and psychology.

The Meanings of Violence - From Critical Theory to Biopolitics (Paperback): Gavin Rae, Emma Ingala The Meanings of Violence - From Critical Theory to Biopolitics (Paperback)
Gavin Rae, Emma Ingala
R1,242 Discovery Miles 12 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Violence has long been noted to be a fundamental aspect of the human condition. Traditionally, however, philosophical discussions have tended to approach it through the lens of warfare and/or limit it to physical forms. This changed in the twentieth century as the nature and meaning of 'violence' itself became a conceptual problem. Guided by the contention that Walter Benjamin's famous 1921 'Critique of Violence' essay inaugurated this turn to an explicit questioning of violence, this collection brings together an international array of scholars to engage with how subsequent thinkers-Agamben, Arendt, Benjamin, Butler, Castoriadis, Derrida, Fanon, Gramsci, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, and Schmitt-grappled with the meaning and place of violence. The aim is not to reduce these multiple responses to a singular one, but to highlight the heterogeneous ways in which the concept has been inquired into and the manifold meanings of it that have resulted. To this end, each chapter focuses on a different approach or thinker within twentieth and twenty-first century European philosophy, with many of them tackling the issue through the mediation of other topics and disciplines, including biopolitics, epistemology, ethics, culture, law, politics, and psychoanalysis. As such, the volume will be an invaluable resource for those interested in Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, History of Ideas, Philosophy, Politics, Political Theory, Psychology, and Sociology.

Modern Philosophy - An Anthology of Primary Sources (Paperback): Roger Ariew, Eric Watkins Modern Philosophy - An Anthology of Primary Sources (Paperback)
Roger Ariew, Eric Watkins
R1,589 R1,490 Discovery Miles 14 900 Save R99 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The most widely read anthology for the study of modern philosophy, this volume provides key works of philosophers and other leading thinkers of the period, chosen to enhance the reader's understanding of modern philosophy and its relationship to the natural sciences of the time. The third edition incorporates important contributions of women and minority thinkers into the canon of the modern period, while retaining all of the material of the previous edition. Included are works by Princess Elisabeth, Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle, Lady Anne Conway, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Lady Damaris Masham, Lady Mary Shepherd, and Emilie Marquise Du Chatelet.

Walter Benjamin's First Philosophy - Experience, Ephemerality and Truth (Hardcover): Nathan Ross Walter Benjamin's First Philosophy - Experience, Ephemerality and Truth (Hardcover)
Nathan Ross
R4,053 Discovery Miles 40 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides a study of Walter Benjamin's first philosophy in two senses: it focuses on his early philosophy as a source of insight into his later works, and it explores his thinking about the nature of truth, method, experience, the relation of body and mind, and the limits of human knowledge. While most attention is paid to Benjamin's later works, his writings from roughly 1914-1925 explore philosophical themes and develop a critical method. This book argues that this early work founds a series of original and lasting questions and insights. Benjamin understands experience as a broken continuum of diverse forms of spiritual expression, each of which is ephemeral. This leads Benjamin to a series of thought figures: the notion of language as a medium of experience; a philosophy of perception based in the natural history of the human body; an emphasis on mimesis as a faculty of creative assimilation; and a discovery of memory as a power for excavation of meaning in past experience. This book demonstrates that the need for a new understanding of the metaphysical structure of experience, as well as a new conception of truth, play a special role in shaping Benjamin's subsequent work. Walter Benjamin's First Philosophy will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working on the thought of Walter Benjamin, 20th-century Continental philosophy, comparative literature, and modern German thought.

Philosophy of Language - 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments (Hardcover): Michael P. Wolf Philosophy of Language - 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments (Hardcover)
Michael P. Wolf
R3,795 Discovery Miles 37 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers readers a collection of 50 short chapter entries on topics in the philosophy of language. Each entry addresses a paradox, a longstanding puzzle, or a major theme that has emerged in the field from the last 150 years, tracing overlap with issues in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, ethics, political philosophy, and literature. Each of the 50 entries is written as a piece that can stand on its own, though useful connections to other entries are mentioned throughout the text. Readers can open the book and start with almost any of the entries, following themes of greatest interest to them. Each entry includes recommendations for further reading on the topic. Philosophy of Language: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments is useful as a standalone textbook, or can be supplemented by additional readings that instructors choose. The accessible style makes it suitable for introductory level through intermediate undergraduate courses, as well as for independent learners, or even as a reference for more advanced students and researchers. Key Features: Uses a problem-centered approach to philosophy of language (rather than author- or theory-centered) making the text more inviting to first-time students of the subject. Offers stand-alone chapters, allowing students to quickly understand an issue and giving instructors flexibility in assigning readings to match the themes of the course. Provides up-to-date recommended readings at the end of each chapter, or about 500 sources in total, amounting to an extensive review of the literature on each topic.

Portraits from Memory - And Other Essays (Hardcover): Bertrand Russell Portraits from Memory - And Other Essays (Hardcover)
Bertrand Russell; Foreword by Nicholas Griffin
R3,918 Discovery Miles 39 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A showcase of some of Russell's best writing, ranging from snapshots of H.G Wells and Joseph Conrad to some of his classic shorter pieces, such as How I Write and A Plea for Clear Thinking A new foreword by Russell scholar Nicholas Griffin helps place the book in context (it was first published in 1956) Russell remains as popular as ever with his books selling hundreds of thousands of copies and Routledge his primary English-language publisher

The Concept of Freedom and the Development of Sartre's Early Political Thought (Paperback): Bernard Merkel The Concept of Freedom and the Development of Sartre's Early Political Thought (Paperback)
Bernard Merkel
R1,077 Discovery Miles 10 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book, first published in 1987, is a study of the development of Sartre's political thought from the late 1920s to the liberation of France in 1944, concentrating particularly upon his concept of freedom. It is argued that the evolution of Sartre's thinking can be regarded as constituting a series of problematics each of which has a corresponding notion of freedom, and these problematics are elucidated in turn.

Sartre and his Predecessors - The Self and the Other (Paperback): William Ralph Schroeder Sartre and his Predecessors - The Self and the Other (Paperback)
William Ralph Schroeder
R1,078 Discovery Miles 10 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This study, first published in 1984, presents an explanation and critical examination of the theories of Sartre, Heidegger, Husserl and Hegel on the fundamental relationships between persons. It also synthesizes the results into a new conception of one's relation to other people. Sartre's famous discussion of 'the Look' in his early treatise, Being and Nothingness, is the point of departure and central text. Since Sartre critically responds to his three famous predecessors, these thinkers are given an independent hearing. The book demonstrates various ways in which persons are internally related to one another, shows that one's access to other people typically does not compare unfavourably with one's access to oneself, and establishes the importance of a prior comprehension of the status of other people for an adequate treatment of knowing them.

Situation and Human Existence - Freedom, Subjectivity and Society (Paperback): Sonia Kruks Situation and Human Existence - Freedom, Subjectivity and Society (Paperback)
Sonia Kruks
R967 Discovery Miles 9 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Social philosophy oscillates between two opposing ideas: that individuals fashion society, and that society fashions individuals. The concept of 'situation' was elaborated by the French existentialist thinkers to avoid this dilemma. Individuals are seen as actively situating themselves in society at the same time as being situated by it. This book, first published in 1990, traces the development of the concept of situation through the work of Gabriel Marcel, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It shows how it illuminates questions of self or subjectivity, embodiment and gender, society and history, and argues that it goes far beyond the currently fashionable notions of the 'death of the subject'.

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