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Adorno and Philosophical Modernism: The Inside of Things offers an
original interpretation and vigorous defense of Theodor Adorno's
idea of philosophy as the practice of what Roger Foster calls
"philosophical modernism." Adorno's philosophical writings, from
the early 1930s to the mature works of the late 1960s, are deeply
informed by a distinctively modernist vision of human experience.
This book seeks to establish that Adorno's unique and lasting
contribution to philosophy consists in his sustained and rigorous
development of this modernist vision into an encompassing practice
of philosophical interpretation. The essential features of this
vision can be discerned in all of Adorno's major writings in
philosophy, social theory, and aesthetics. Its defining element is
the idea of a pattern underlying ordinary experience, which,
although not directly accessible, can be disclosed by the
reconstructive work of philosophical or literary language. This
vision, Foster argues, can be discerned in the major works of
literary modernism (including Woolf, Proust, and Musil) as well as
in the interpretive technique of psychoanalysis developed by
Sigmund Freud. The importance of Adorno's contribution to
twentieth-century philosophy can only be fully appreciated by
understanding how he developed this vision into an overarching
practice of philosophical interpretation that furnished a coherent
and profound response to the decay of experience afflicting
late-modern societies. In this book, Foster expounds that
interpretive practice, exploring its ramifications and, in
particular, its relation with literary modernism, and places it in
critical dialogue with alternative philosophical responses.
Adorno and Philosophical Modernism: The Inside of Things offers an
original interpretation and vigorous defense of Theodor Adorno's
idea of philosophy as the practice of what Roger Foster calls
"philosophical modernism." Adorno's philosophical writings, from
the early 1930s to the mature works of the late 1960s, are deeply
informed by a distinctively modernist vision of human experience.
This book seeks to establish that Adorno's unique and lasting
contribution to philosophy consists in his sustained and rigorous
development of this modernist vision into an encompassing practice
of philosophical interpretation. The essential features of this
vision can be discerned in all of Adorno's major writings in
philosophy, social theory, and aesthetics. Its defining element is
the idea of a pattern underlying ordinary experience, which,
although not directly accessible, can be disclosed by the
reconstructive work of philosophical or literary language. This
vision, Foster argues, can be discerned in the major works of
literary modernism (including Woolf, Proust, and Musil) as well as
in the interpretive technique of psychoanalysis developed by
Sigmund Freud. The importance of Adorno's contribution to
twentieth-century philosophy can only be fully appreciated by
understanding how he developed this vision into an overarching
practice of philosophical interpretation that furnished a coherent
and profound response to the decay of experience afflicting
late-modern societies. In this book, Foster expounds that
interpretive practice, exploring its ramifications and, in
particular, its relation with literary modernism, and places it in
critical dialogue with alternative philosophical responses.
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Surgical Anatomy - The Embryologic and Anatomic Basis of Modern Surgery (Hardcover, First Edition, First ed.)
John E. Skandalakis, Gene L. Colborn, Roger S. Foster, Thomas A Weidman, Lee J. Skandalakis, …
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What do surgeons want? Fewer anatomical complications in the
operating room!;This new 2-volume reference, edited by John E.
Skandalakis, should help surgeons, residents and students to
achieve just that. The result of his 50 years of experience - in
both teaching surgical anatomy and in practising surgery - it
provides an overall understanding of the body's processes through a
greater awareness of embryology and anatomy.;It takes a fresh
approach to surgical anatomy by appointing two anatomists and two
embryologists as the other editors and more than 20 international
general surgeons and specialists as contributors. All have
participated in writing chapters to provide modern philosophies
about: topographic anatomy; relations to anatomic entities; current
surgical trends; and anatomic complications. It is these surgical
philosophies, not techniques, which are the focus on the book.;The
book is organized for quick and easy use. For example, everything a
surgeon needs to study the stomach is included in the chapter by
that name. Only if coverage overlaps are readers referred elsewhere
in the book for additional information. Each chapter is a separate
essay from an embryologic, anatomic and surgical viewpoint and
follows the format below: historical table; embryology and
congenital anomalies (brief); surgical and topographic anatomy in
relation to neighbouring organs (detailed); histology and
physiology (brief); and surgical applications and anatomic
complications (detailed).
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