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“frederick a olafson”

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  • Naturalism and the Human Condition

    Against Scientism

    by Frederick A. Olafson ...
    Naturalism and the Human Condition is a compelling account of why naturalism, or the 'scientific world-view' cannot provide a full account of who and what we are as human beings.Drawing on sources including Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Husserl and Sartre, Olafson exposes the limits of naturalism and stresses the importance of serious philosophical investigation of human nature. ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Principles and Persons

    An Ethical Interpretation of Existentialism

    by Frederick Olafson ...
    Originally published in 1967. Many critics have claimed that existentialism has not produced any ethics, as distinct from the moralistic assertions of its individual proponents. Challenging this view, Professor Olafson demonstrates that Sartre, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty indeed worked out a powerful ethical theory and that their positions must be understood as deriving from a voluntarist concept ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

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  • Phenomenology of Perception

    by Maurice Merleau-Ponty ...
    First published in 1945, Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s monumental Phénoménologie de la perception signalled the arrival of a major new philosophical and intellectual voice in post-war Europe. Breaking with the prevailing picture of existentialism and phenomenology at the time, it has become one of the landmark works of twentieth-century thought. This new translation, the first for over fifty years, ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • One-Dimensional Man

    Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society

    by Herbert Marcuse ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    One of the most important texts of modern times, Herbert Marcuse's analysis and image of a one-dimensional man in a one-dimensional society has shaped many young radicals' way of seeing and experiencing life. Published in 1964, it fast became an ideological bible for the emergent New Left. As Douglas Kellner notes in his introduction, Marcuse's greatest work was a 'damning indictment of ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Death and Mortality in Contemporary Philosophy

    by Bernard N. Schumacher ...
    Translated by Michael J. Miller ...
    This book contributes to current bioethical debates by providing a critical analysis of the philosophy of human death. Bernard N. Schumacher discusses contemporary philosophical perspectives on death, creating a dialogue between phenomenology, existentialism and analytic philosophy. He also examines the ancient philosophies that have shaped our current ideas about death. His analysis focuses on ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • Love as Passion

    The Codification of Intimacy

    by Niklas Luhmann ...
    Translated by Jeremy Gaines, Doris L. Jones ...
    In this important book Niklas Luhmann - one of the leading social thinkers of the late 20th century - analyses the emergence of ‘love' as the basis of personal relationships in modern societies. He argues that, while family systems remained intact in the transition from traditional to modern societies, a semantics for love developed to accommodate extra-marital relationships; this semantics was ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Early Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy

    by Leonard Lawlor ...
    Series series Studies in Continental Thought
    "[A]n outstanding book that will serve as a fine supplement (and guide) to important primary texts in early twentieth-century continental philosophy" ( Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews).Early Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy offers a lucid and engaging introduction to the major works of French and German philosophy in the first half of the century. Leonard Lawlor takes as his starting ... Read more

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  • The Future of Hegel

    Plasticity, Temporality and Dialectic

    by Catherine Malabou ...
    Translated by Lisabeth During ...
    This book is one of the most important recent books on Hegel, a philosopher who has had a crucial impact on the shape of continental philosophy. Published here in English for the first time, it includes a substantial preface by Jacques Derrida in which he explores the themes and conclusions of Malabou's book.The Future of Hegel: Plasticity, Temporality and Dialectic restores Hegel's rich and ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Levinas

    An Introduction

    by Colin Davis ...
    Series series Key Contemporary Thinkers
    In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in the work of Emmanuel Levinas, widely recognized as one of the most important yet difficult philosophers of the 20th century.In this much-needed introduction, Davis unpacks the concepts at the centre of Levinas's thought - alterity, the Other, the Face, infinity - concepts which have previously presented readers with major problems of ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Toward a Phenomenology of Sexual Difference

    Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir

    by Sara Heinämaa ...
    Simone de Beauvoir's Le Deuxi_me Sexe has been studied extensively since its appearance in 1949. Through the years, certain passages have taken on prestige; others are seen as unimportant to understanding Beauvoir's argument. In Toward a Phenomenology of Sexual Difference, Sara HeinSmaa rediscovers those neglected passages in her quest to follow Beauvoir's line of thinking. HeinSmaa, like some ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • Derrida & Education

    Edited by Denise Egéa-Kuehne, Gert J.J. Biesta ...
    Series series Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
    Bringing together the work of international experts in the field, and two interviews with Derrida himself, this book provides a key to the reflections that Derrida's work has prompted on all aspects of educational studies. The contributors address fundamental educational issues from a Derridian perspective to demonstrate the relevance of his work in contemporary, multicultural societies. ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Recognition

    A Chapter in the History of European Ideas

    by Axel Honneth ...
    Series series The Seeley Lectures
    The idea that we are mutually dependent on the recognition of our peers is at least as old as modernity. Across Europe, this idea has been understood in different ways from the very beginning, according to each country's different cultural and political conditions. This stimulating study explores the complex history and multiple associations of the idea of 'Recognition' in Britain, France and ... Read more

    $24.59 USD