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Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze are still best known for their
respective attempts to theoretically formulate non-dialectical
conceptions of difference. Now, for the first time, Vernon W.
Cisney brings you a scholarly analysis of their contrasting
concepts of difference. Cisney distinguishes them on the basis of
their responses to Hegel and Nietzsche. The contrast between the
two, Cisney argues, is that Deleuze formulates an affirmative
conception of difference, while Derrida's différance amounts to an
irresolvable negativity.
Michel Foucault's notion of "biopower" has been a highly fertile
concept in recent theory, influencing thinkers worldwide across a
variety of disciplines and concerns. In The History of Sexuality:
An Introduction, Foucault famously employed the term to describe "a
power bent on generating forces, making them grow, and ordering
them, rather than one dedicated to impeding them, making them
submit, or destroying them." With this volume, Vernon W. Cisney and
Nicolae Morar bring together leading contemporary scholars to
explore the many theoretical possibilities that the concept of
biopower has enabled while at the same time pinpointing their most
important shared resonances. Situating biopower as a radical
alternative to traditional conceptions of power-what Foucault
called "sovereign power"-the contributors examine a host of matters
centered on life, the body, and the subject as a living citizen.
Altogether, they pay testament to the lasting relevance of biopower
in some of our most important contemporary debates on issues
ranging from health care rights to immigration laws, HIV prevention
discourse, genomics medicine, and many other topics.
Explores the biographical, historical and philosophical connections
between Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault Derrida and Foucault
are unquestionably two of the most influential philosophers of the
20th century. Both share a similar motivation to challenge our
fundamental structures of meaning - in texts, political structures,
and epistemic and discursive practices - in order to inspire new
ways of thinking. Between Foucault and Derrida explores the
notorious Cogito debate and includes: the central articles, an
important piece by Jean-Marie Beyssade, along with a letter
Foucault wrote to Beyssade in response - both these pieces
available for the first time in English translation. In the second
part of the book, 10 essays written by some of the most well-known
scholars working in contemporary continental philosophy address the
various philosophical intersections and divergences of these two
profoundly important thinkers. The first collection of the central
essays involved in the Cogito debate between Foucault and Derrida
Includes the first English translations of Jean-Marie Beyssade's
important 1973 article on the debate and Foucault's letter in
response to it Some of the best-known scholars working in
continental philosophy today examine where Foucault and Derrida
converge and diverge, and how they ultimately shaped each other's
projects Contributors Amy Allen - Ellen Armour - Yubraj Aryal -
Jean-Marie Beyssade - Vernon W. Cisney - Jacques Derrida - Fred
Evans - Michele Foucault - Peter Gratton - Leonard Lawlor - Edward
McGushin - Nicolae Morar - Jeff Nealon - Christopher Penfield -
Arkady Plotnitsk - Paul Rekret - Alan Schrift
Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze are still best known for their
respective attempts to theoretically formulate non-dialectical
conceptions of difference. Now, for the first time, Vernon W.
Cisney brings you a scholarly analysis of their contrasting
concepts of difference. Cisney distinguishes them on the basis of
their responses to Hegel and Nietzsche. The contrast between the
two, Cisney argues, is that Deleuze formulates an affirmative
conception of difference, while Derrida's differance amounts to an
irresolvable negativity.
Batman is one of the most recognized and popular pop culture icons.
Appearing on the page of Detective Comics #27 in 1939, the
character has inspired numerous characters, franchises, and
spin-offs over his 80+ year history. The character has displayed
versatility, appearing in stories from multiple genres, including
science fiction, noir, and fantasy and mediums far beyond his comic
book origins. While there are volumes analyzing Batman through
literary, philosophical, and psychological lenses, this volume is
one of the first academic monographs to examine Batman through a
theological and religious lens. Theology and Batman analyzes Batman
and his world, specifically exploring the themes of theodicy and
evil, ethics and morality, justice and vengeance, and the Divine
Nature. Scholars will appreciate the breadth of material covered
while Batman fans will appreciate the love for the character
expressed through each chapter.
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Living Currency (Hardcover)
Pierre Klossowski; Edited by Daniel W. Smith, Nicolae Morar, Vernon W. Cisney
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'I should have written you after my first reading of The Living
Currency; it was already breath-taking and I should have responded.
After reading it a few more times, I know it is the best book of
our times.' Letter to Pierre Klossowski from Michel Foucault,
winter 1970. Living Currency is the first English translation of
Klossowski's La monnaie vivante. It offers an analysis of economic
production as a mechanism of psychic production of desires and is a
key work from this often overlooked but wonderfully creative French
thinker.
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Living Currency (Paperback)
Pierre Klossowski; Edited by Daniel W. Smith, Nicolae Morar, Vernon W. Cisney
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'I should have written you after my first reading of The Living
Currency; it was already breath-taking and I should have responded.
After reading it a few more times, I know it is the best book of
our times.' Letter to Pierre Klossowski from Michel Foucault,
winter 1970. Living Currency is the first English translation of
Klossowski's La monnaie vivante. It offers an analysis of economic
production as a mechanism of psychic production of desires and is a
key work from this often overlooked but wonderfully creative French
thinker.
Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault are unquestionably two of the
most influential philosophers of the 20th century. Both share a
similar motivation to challenge our fundamental structures of
meaning - in texts, political structures, and epistemic and
discursive practices - in order to inspire new ways of thinking.
Between Foucault and Derrida explores the notorious Cogito debate,
an argument between the two thinkers about the idea of madness in
Descartes' Meditations. The first half of the book reproduces the
central articles plus an important piece by Jean-Marie Beyssade and
a letter Foucault wrote to Beyssade in response both these pieces
available for the first time in English translation. In the second
half of the book, four essays by some of the most well-known
scholars working in contemporary continental philosophy address the
various philosophical intersections and divergences of these two
profoundly important thinkers.
Why might interdependence, the idea that we are made up of our
relations, be horrifying? On the surface, interdependence-the idea
that individuals are each made up of their relations-appears to be
a beautiful thing. Ecology, social theory, and the driving forces
of digital media seem to agree that more and deeper connections to
others are better. Yet there is a dark side of interdependence,
too, that remains hidden away. Interdependence threatens the
western philosophical ideal of individualism, and this threat lurks
unseen in the backs of our minds like a dark spectre. Philosophy
can give the contours of this spectre, and film can shine a light
on its shadowy details. Together, they reveal a horror of
relations. Contributors to this volume interrogate the question of
interdependence through analyses of contemporary film and give
voice to new perspectives on its meaning. Conceived before and
written during the COVID-19 pandemic and through a period of deep
social unrest, this volume illuminates a dark reality that is both
perennial and timely.
From the dust of the Montana plains to the farthest reaches of the
cosmos, Terrence Malick's films have enchanted audiences with
transcendent images of nature, humanity, and grace for nearly fifty
years. The contributors in this volume explore the profound
implications of Malick's stories, images, processes, and
convictions as they offer comprehensive studies of the ten
completed films of Terrence Malick. Each chapter takes a reflective
and retrospective approach, considering new interpretations and
frameworks for understanding Malick's unique creative choices.
Drawing from a range of diverse academic disciplines, the
collection analyzes the groundbreaking qualities of his cinematic
style and the philosophical underpinnings that permeate his work.
Rigorously researched and unique, the arguments presented within
this volume shed new light on Malick and the cinematic medium.
Amid all the controversy, criticism, and celebration of Terence
Malick's award-winning film The Tree of Life, what do we really
understand of it? The Way of Nature and the Way of Grace
thoughtfully engages the philosophical riches of life, culture,
time, and the sacred through Malick's film. This groundbreaking
collection traverses the relationships among ontological, moral,
scientific, and spiritual perspectives on the world, demonstrating
how phenomenological work can be done in and through the cinematic
medium, and attempting to bridge the gap between narrow
""theoretical"" works on film and their broader cultural and
philosophical significance. Exploring Malick's film as a
philosophical engagement, this readable and insightful collection
presents an excellent resource for film specialists, philosophers
of film, and film lovers alike.
Thsi is the essential toolkit for anyone reading this seminal
Derrida text for the first time. Published in 1967, Voice and
Phenomenon marked a crucial turning point in Derrida's thinking:
the culmination of a 15-year-long engagement with the
phenomenological tradition. It also introduced the concepts and
themes that would become deconstruction. Voice and Phenomenon is a
short book, but it can be an overwhelming text, particularly for
inexperienced readers of Derrida's work. This is the first guide to
clearly explain the structure of his argument, step by step. It
introduces you to Derrida's historical context, with special
attention to the importance of Husserl's thought. It provides
careful, critical commentary of his text from start to finish,
explaining the key arguments and problems as you go. It shows how
the concepts used in Voice and Phenomenon paved the way for
Derrida's future works. It includes a glossary, further reading and
descriptions of some of Derrida's ethical and political concepts
from his later writings.
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