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Throughout much of the twentieth century, the relationship between
analytic and continental philosophy has been one of disinterest,
caution or hostility. Recent debates in philosophy have highlighted
some of the similarities between the two approaches and even
envisaged a post-continental and post-analytic philosophy. Opening
with a history of key encounters between philosophers of opposing
camps since the late nineteenth century - from Frege and Husserl to
Derrida and Searle - the book goes on to explore in detail the main
methodological differences between the two approaches. This covers
a very wide range of topics, from issues of style and clarity of
exposition to formal methods arising from logic and probability
theory. The final section of this book presents a balanced critique
of the two schools' approaches to key issues such as time, truth,
subjectivity, mind and body, language and meaning, and ethics.
"Analytic versus Continental" is the first sustained analysis of
both approaches to philosophy, examining the limits and
possibilities of each. It provides a clear overview of a
much-disputed history and, in highlighting the strengths and
weaknesses of both traditions, also offers future directions for
both continental and analytic philosophy.
Having initially not had the attention of Sartre or Heidegger,
Merleau-Ponty's work is arguably now more widely influential than
either of his two contemporaries. "Merleau-Ponty: Key Concepts"
presents an accessible guide to the core ideas which structure
Merleau-Ponty's thinking as well as to his influences and the value
of his ideas to a wide range of disciplines. The first section of
the book presents the context of Merleau-Ponty's thinking, the
major debates of his time, particularly existentialism,
phenomenology, the history of philosophy and the philosophy of
history and society. The second section outlines his major
contributions and conceptual innovations. The final section focuses
upon how his work has been taken up in other fields besides
philosophy, notably in sociology, cognitive science, health
studies, feminism and race theory.
First published in 1984. This book is a detailed study of the way
in which the growing Labour movement gradually ousted the Liberals
in West Yorkshire between 1890 and 1924. It demonstrates the basis
of old Liberalism and the strength of local non-conformity, and its
powerful links with the textile and engineering industries. It
shows how the Liberalism of this district was dominated by small
groups of well-to-do leaders involved in these main industries.
This study also shows the gradual breakdown of the political
consensus established between the Liberal party and the working
classes and explains how the increasing opposition to Liberalism
was channelled into the socialist movement. In all, the authors
present a thorough and extensive study of the political changes in
a particularly interesting part of the British Isles.
First published in 1984. This book is a detailed study of the way
in which the growing Labour movement gradually ousted the Liberals
in West Yorkshire between 1890 and 1924. It demonstrates the basis
of old Liberalism and the strength of local non-conformity, and its
powerful links with the textile and engineering industries. It
shows how the Liberalism of this district was dominated by small
groups of well-to-do leaders involved in these main industries.
This study also shows the gradual breakdown of the political
consensus established between the Liberal party and the working
classes and explains how the increasing opposition to Liberalism
was channelled into the socialist movement. In all, the authors
present a thorough and extensive study of the political changes in
a particularly interesting part of the British Isles.
Understanding Existentialism provides an accessible introduction to
existentialism by examining the major themes in the work of
Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty and de Beauvoir. Paying particular
attention to the key texts, Being and Time, Being and Nothingness,
Phenomenology of Perception, The Ethics of Ambiguity and The Second
Sex, the book explores the shared concerns and the disagreements
between these major thinkers. The fundamental existential themes
examined include: freedom; death, finitude and mortality;
phenomenological experiences and 'moods', such as anguish, angst,
nausea, boredom, and fear; an emphasis upon authenticity and
responsibility as well as the denigration of their opposites
(inauthenticity and Bad Faith); a pessimism concerning the tendency
of individuals to become lost in the crowd and even a pessimism
about human relations more generally; and a rejection of any
external determination of morality or value. Finally, the book
assesses the influence of these philosophers on poststructuralism,
arguing that existentialism remains an extraordinarily productive
school of thought.
Understanding Existentialism provides an accessible introduction to
existentialism by examining the major themes in the work of
Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty and de Beauvoir. Paying particular
attention to the key texts, Being and Time, Being and Nothingness,
Phenomenology of Perception, The Ethics of Ambiguity and The Second
Sex, the book explores the shared concerns and the disagreements
between these major thinkers. The fundamental existential themes
examined include: freedom; death, finitude and mortality;
phenomenological experiences and 'moods', such as anguish, angst,
nausea, boredom, and fear; an emphasis upon authenticity and
responsibility as well as the denigration of their opposites
(inauthenticity and Bad Faith); a pessimism concerning the tendency
of individuals to become lost in the crowd and even a pessimism
about human relations more generally; and a rejection of any
external determination of morality or value. Finally, the book
assesses the influence of these philosophers on poststructuralism,
arguing that existentialism remains an extraordinarily productive
school of thought.
Arguing for the compatibility of phenomenology and naturalism, this
book also refashions each. The opening chapters begin with a
methodological focus, which seeks to curb the "over-bidding"
characteristic of both traditional transcendental phenomenology and
scientific naturalism. Having thus opened up the possibility that
the twain might meet, it is in the detailed chapters on matters
where scientific and phenomenological work overlap and sometimes
conflict - on time, body, and others - that the book contests some
of the standard ways of understanding the relationship between
phenomenological philosophy and empirical science, and between
phenomenology and naturalism. Without invoking a methodological
move of quarantine, in which each is allocated to their proper and
separate domains, the book outlines the significance of the
first-person perspective characteristic of phenomenology - both
epistemically and ontologically - while according due respect to
the relevant empirical sciences. The book thus renews phenomenology
and argues for its ongoing relevance and importance for the future
of philosophy.
Most readers of Sartre focus only on the works written at the peak
of his influence as a public intellectual in the 1940s, notably
"Being and Nothingness". "Jean-Paul Sartre: Key Concepts" aims to
reassess Sartre and to introduce readers to the full breadth of his
philosophy. Bringing together leading international scholars, the
book examines concepts from across Sartre's career, from his
initial views on the "inner life" of conscious experience, to his
later conceptions of hope as the binding agent for a common
humanity. The book will be invaluable to readers looking for a
comprehensive assessment of Sartre's thinking - from his early
influences to the development of his key concepts, to his legacy.
Most readers of Sartre focus only on the works written at the peak
of his influence as a public intellectual in the 1940s, notably
"Being and Nothingness". "Jean-Paul Sartre: Key Concepts" aims to
reassess Sartre and to introduce readers to the full breadth of his
philosophy. Bringing together leading international scholars, the
book examines concepts from across Sartre's career, from his
initial views on the "inner life" of conscious experience, to his
later conceptions of hope as the binding agent for a common
humanity. The book will be invaluable to readers looking for a
comprehensive assessment of Sartre's thinking - from his early
influences to the development of his key concepts, to his legacy.
Throughout much of the twentieth century, the relationship between
analytic and continental philosophy has been one of disinterest,
caution or hostility. Recent debates in philosophy have highlighted
some of the similarities between the two approaches and even
envisaged a post-continental and post-analytic philosophy. Opening
with a history of key encounters between philosophers of opposing
camps since the late nineteenth century - from Frege and Husserl to
Derrida and Searle - the book goes on to explore in detail the main
methodological differences between the two approaches. This covers
a very wide range of topics, from issues of style and clarity of
exposition to formal methods arising from logic and probability
theory. The final section of this book presents a balanced critique
of the two schools' approaches to key issues such as time, truth,
subjectivity, mind and body, language and meaning, and ethics.
"Analytic versus Continental" is the first sustained analysis of
both approaches to philosophy, examining the limits and
possibilities of each. It provides a clear overview of a
much-disputed history and, in highlighting the strengths and
weaknesses of both traditions, also offers future directions for
both continental and analytic philosophy.
Arguing for the compatibility of phenomenology and naturalism, this
book also refashions each. The opening chapters begin with a
methodological focus, which seeks to curb the "over-bidding"
characteristic of both traditional transcendental phenomenology and
scientific naturalism. Having thus opened up the possibility that
the twain might meet, it is in the detailed chapters on matters
where scientific and phenomenological work overlap and sometimes
conflict - on time, body, and others - that the book contests some
of the standard ways of understanding the relationship between
phenomenological philosophy and empirical science, and between
phenomenology and naturalism. Without invoking a methodological
move of quarantine, in which each is allocated to their proper and
separate domains, the book outlines the significance of the
first-person perspective characteristic of phenomenology - both
epistemically and ontologically - while according due respect to
the relevant empirical sciences. The book thus renews phenomenology
and argues for its ongoing relevance and importance for the future
of philosophy.
Having initially not had the attention of Sartre or Heidegger,
Merleau-Ponty's work is arguably now more widely influential than
either of his two contemporaries. "Merleau-Ponty: Key Concepts"
presents an accessible guide to the core ideas which structure
Merleau-Ponty's thinking as well as to his influences and the value
of his ideas to a wide range of disciplines. The first section of
the book presents the context of Merleau-Ponty's thinking, the
major debates of his time, particularly existentialism,
phenomenology, the history of philosophy and the philosophy of
history and society. The second section outlines his major
contributions and conceptual innovations. The final section focuses
upon how his work has been taken up in other fields besides
philosophy, notably in sociology, cognitive science, health
studies, feminism and race theory.
This book investigates the complex, sometimes fraught relationship
between phenomenology and the natural sciences. The contributors
attempt to subvert and complicate the divide that has historically
tended to characterize the relationship between the two fields.
Phenomenology has traditionally been understood as methodologically
distinct from scientific practice, and thus removed from any claim
that philosophy is strictly continuous with science. There is some
substance to this thinking, which has dominated consideration of
the relationship between phenomenology and science throughout the
twentieth century. However, there are also emerging trends within
both phenomenology and empirical science that complicate this too
stark opposition, and call for more systematic consideration of the
inter-relation between the two fields. These essays explore such
issues, either by directly examining meta-philosophical and
methodological matters, or by looking at particular topics that
seem to require the resources of each, including imagination,
cognition, temporality, affect, imagery, language, and perception.
This book investigates the complex, sometimes fraught relationship
between phenomenology and the natural sciences. The contributors
attempt to subvert and complicate the divide that has historically
tended to characterize the relationship between the two fields.
Phenomenology has traditionally been understood as methodologically
distinct from scientific practice, and thus removed from any claim
that philosophy is strictly continuous with science. There is some
substance to this thinking, which has dominated consideration of
the relationship between phenomenology and science throughout the
twentieth century. However, there are also emerging trends within
both phenomenology and empirical science that complicate this too
stark opposition, and call for more systematic consideration of the
inter-relation between the two fields. These essays explore such
issues, either by directly examining meta-philosophical and
methodological matters, or by looking at particular topics that
seem to require the resources of each, including imagination,
cognition, temporality, affect, imagery, language, and perception.
This fully revised and updated 2nd edition provides a comprehensive
reference guide to existentialism, featuring key chapters on key
existentialist thinkers, as well as chapters applying
existentialism to subject areas ranging across politics,
literature, feminism, religion, the emotions, cognitive science,
and poststructuralism. Contemporary developments in the field of
existentialism that speak to issues of identity and exclusion are
explored in 4 new chapters on race, gender, disability, and
technology, whilst the 5th new chapter new chapter outlines
analytic philosophy’s complicated relationship to existentialism.
Presenting the field of existentialism beyond the European
tradition, this edition also includes a new key thinker chapter on
Frantz Fanon, alongside Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre
and de Beauvoir, as well as new engagement with the work of
scholars on race and existentialism, including Lewis R. Gordon,
George Yancy, and Richard Wright. The resources section at the end
of the book includes an updated A to Z glossary, and timeline of
key events, texts and thinkers in existentialism, as well as a list
of relevant organisations, and an annotated guide to further
reading, making this 2nd edition an invaluable text for scholars
and students alike.
Bringing together a team of leading international scholars, this is
an accessibly one volume reference guide to the latest research and
future directions in Existentialism. "The Continuum Companion to
Existentialism" offers the definitive guide to a key area of modern
European philosophy. The book covers all the fundamental questions
asked by existentialism - areas that have continued to attract
interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more
recently as active areas of research. Eighteen specially
commissioned essays from an international team of experts reveal
where important work continues to be done in the area and, most
valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking. The
Companion explores issues pertaining to the intersection between
existentialism and ontology / metaphysics, politics,
psychoanalysis, ethics, religion, aesthetics, sexuality, emotion,
cognitive science and post structuralism, as well as including full
coverage of the key existential thinkers. Featuring a series of
indispensable research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and
concepts, a chronology, a detailed list of resources and a fully
annotated bibliography, this is the essential reference tool for
anyone working in existentialism or modern European philosophy more
generally. "The Continuum Companions" series is a major series of
single volume companions to key research fields in the humanities
aimed at postgraduate students, scholars and libraries. Each
companion offers a comprehensive reference resource giving an
overview of key topics, research areas, new directions and a
manageable guide to beginning or developing research in the field.
A distinctive feature of the series is that each companion provides
practical guidance on advanced study and research in the field,
including research methods and subject-specific resources.
Analytic and Continental philosophy have become increasingly
specialised and differentiated fields of endeavour. This important
collection of essays details some of the more significant
methodological and philosophical differences that have separated
the two traditions, as well as examining the manner in which
received understandings of the divide are being challenged by
certain thinkers whose work might best be described as
post-analytic and meta-continental. Together these essays offer a
well-defined sense of the field, of its once dominant distinctions
and of some of the most productive new areas generating influential
ideas and controversy. In an attempt to get to the bottom of
precisely what it is that separates the analytic and continental
traditions, the essays in this volume compare and contrast them on
certain issues, including truth, time and subjectivity. The book
engages with a range of key thinkers from phenomenology,
post-structuralism, analytic philosophy and post-analytic
philosophy, examines the strengths and weaknesses of each
tradition, and ultimately encourages enhanced understanding,
dialogue and even rapprochement between these sometimes
antagonistic adversaries.
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Quandary Farm (Paperback)
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It had never occurred to Plug to sell Quandary Farm. It had also
never occurred to him that people sold houses for as much as fifty
thousand dollars; some of the hustlers had been offering that
little for the farm. We are, one must remember, discussing 1958.
Plug Shavaughn and his wife, Midge, own a large farm outside of
Hartford, Connecticut. They are well-educated, slightly eccentric,
and completely lacking the materialistic motives which govern most
of society. Various people want to purchase Quandary Farm for
commercial development, including builders, lawyers, and other
mafiosi. When Plug and Midge refuse to sell, these unscrupulous
characters try to put pressure on the Shavaughn's to sell their
farm. The saboteurs will stop at nothing-including arson, lawsuits,
and assassination-to get their hands on the farm. With the help of
hired hand Zeke Smithooski and his well-connected girlfriend, Gemma
Giordano, the Shavaughn's relentlessly defend themselves from an
onslaught of buyout offers and increasing violence. Set in the late
1950s, "Quandary Farm" is a delightful novel that perfectly
illustrates just how rarely things work out as planned.
Amazingly, there was a sense of calm, even though the sounds of
sirens and the sight of burning buildings loomed all around. The
smell of tear gas filled the air, yet this crowd remained eerily
calm as they waited for someone to speak. Jackson assumed that the
panthers were armed and scattered throughout the area but there was
no voice of leadership to be heard. They had yet to determine
exactly who the enemy might be. There was no Stokely Carmichael, no
Bobby Seale, no Malcolm X, no Huey Newton, no H. Rap Brown, Angela
Davis, Jesse Jackson, Eldridge Cleaver and now...no Martin Luther
King for peace. There was, however.an army of police cars that had
began to arrive in the manner of the well-trained riot police of
Alabama.
Amazingly, there was a sense of calm, even though the sounds of
sirens and the sight of burning buildings loomed all around. The
smell of tear gas filled the air, yet this crowd remained eerily
calm as they waited for someone to speak. Jackson assumed that the
panthers were armed and scattered throughout the area but there was
no voice of leadership to be heard. They had yet to determine
exactly who the enemy might be. There was no Stokely Carmichael, no
Bobby Seale, no Malcolm X, no Huey Newton, no H. Rap Brown, Angela
Davis, Jesse Jackson, Eldridge Cleaver and now...no Martin Luther
King for peace. There was, however.an army of police cars that had
began to arrive in the manner of the well-trained riot police of
Alabama.
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