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  • Third Wave

    The New Russian Poetry

    by Mikhail Epstein ...
    Third Wave gathers writings by contemporary Russian poets whose linguistic and conceptual experimentation represents what critics have termed a “third wave” of literary innovation. The work of this new generation of poets, having gained impetus and audience in the era of perestroika, reflects an experimental spirit that has not surfaced in the USSR since the avant-garde surge of the 1920s and the ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • In Marx's Shadow

    Knowledge, Power, and Intellectuals in Eastern Europe and Russia

    by Mikhail Epstein, Elena Gapova, Ivars Ijabs, Natasa Kovacevic, Jeffrey Murer, Veronika Tuckerova, Aurelian Craiutu, Maria Todorova, Dr Clemena Antonova, Letitia Guran, Vladimir Tismaneanu ...
    Despite its key role in the intellectual shaping of state socialism, Communist ideas are often dismissed as mere propaganda or as a rhetorical exercise aimed at advancing socialist intellectuals on their way to power. By drawing attention to unknown and unexplored areas, trends and ways of thinking under socialism, the volume examines Eastern Europe and Russian histories of intellectual movements ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Russian Postmodernism

    New Perspectives on Post-Soviet Culture

    by Mikhail N. Epstein, Alexander A. Genis, Slobodanka Millicent Vladiv-Glover ...
    Recent decades have been decisive for Russia not only politically but culturally as well. The end of the Cold War has enabled Russia to take part in the global rise and crystallization of postmodernism. This volume investigates the manifestations of this crucial trend in Russian fiction, poetry, art, and spirituality, demonstrating how Russian postmodernism is its own unique entity. It offers a ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Phoenix of Philosophy

    Russian Thought of the Late Soviet Period (1953–1991)

    by Professor Mikhail Epstein ...
    This groundbreaking work by one of the world's foremost theoreticians of Russian literature, culture, and thought gives for the first time an extensive and detailed examination of the development of Russian thought during the late Soviet period. Countering the traditional view of an intellectual wilderness under the Soviet regime, Mikhail Epstein offers a systematic account of Russian thought in ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Ideas Against Ideocracy

    Non-Marxist Thought of the Late Soviet Period (1953–1991)

    by Professor Mikhail Epstein ...
    Winner of the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Slavic Languages and Literatures (awarded by the Modern Languages Association)This groundbreaking work by one of the world's foremost theoreticians of culture and scholars of Russian philosophy gives for the first time a systematic examination of the development of Russian philosophy during the late Soviet period.Countering the ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Dialogue and the New Cosmopolitanism

    Conversations with Edward Demenchonok

    by Sergei V. Akopov, Marina F. Bykova, Alexander N. Chumakov, Fred R. Dallmayr, Tatiana Yu. Danilchenko, Edward V. Demenchonok, Igor D. Dzhokhadze, Mikhail N. Epstein, Josef Estermann, Raúl Fornet-Betancourt, William C. Gay, Vasily P. Gritsenko, Pablo Guadarrama González, Vladislav A. Lektorsky, William L. McBride, Ricardo Salas Astrain, Andrey V. Smirnov, Marietta T. Stepaniants, Grigorii L. Tulchinskii ...
    Series series Philosophy and Cultural Identity
    Dialogue and the New Cosmopolitanism: Conversations with Edward Demenchonok stands in opposition to the doctrine that might makes right and that the purpose of politics is to establish domination over others rather than justice and the good life for all. In the pursuit of the latter goal, the book stresses the importance of dialogue with participants who take seriously the views and interests of ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

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    by Slavoj Zizek ...
    Series series Thinking in Action
    What is the basis of belief in an era when globalization, multiculturalism and big business are the new religion? Slavoj Zizek, renowned philosopher and irrepressible cultural critic takes on all comers in this compelling and breathless new book.From 'cyberspace reason' to the paradox that is 'Western Buddhism', On Belief gets behind the contours of the way we normally think about belief, in ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Dangerous Minds

    Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the Return of the Far Right

    by Ronald Beiner ...
    Following the fall of the Berlin Wall and demise of the Soviet Union, prominent Western thinkers began to suggest that liberal democracy had triumphed decisively on the world stage. Having banished fascism in World War II, liberalism had now buried communism, and the result would be an end of major ideological conflicts, as liberal norms and institutions spread to every corner of the globe. With ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche

    Edited by Bernd Magnus, Kathleen Higgins ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    The significance of Friedrich Nietzsche for twentieth century culture is now no longer a matter of dispute. He was quite simply one of the most influential of modern thinkers. The opening essay of this 1996 Companion provides a chronologically organised introduction to and summary of Nietzsche's published works, while also providing an overview of their basic themes and concerns. It is followed by ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Continental Philosophy

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Simon Critchley ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Simon Critchley's Very Short Introduction shows that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices, with a compelling range of problems all too often ignored by the analytic tradition. He discusses the ideas and approaches of philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Habermas, Foucault, and Derrida, and introduces key ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Beyond the Chains of Illusion

    My Encounter with Marx and Freud

    by Erich Fromm ...
    Profound insights into Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud from the "prolific and eclectic" New York Times –bestselling author of Escape from Freedom ( The Washington Post )."Some of the most exciting and compelling reading I have done in a decade." — Los Angeles TimesAccording to renowned psy... ... Read more

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  • Sigmund Freud's Mission

    An Analysis of his Personality and Influence

    by Erich Fromm ...
    The renowned psychoanalyst and New York Times –bestselling author of The Art of Loving examines the creator of psychoanalysis and his followers."A psychologically convincing and balanced picture of Freud the man, and his background." —Bruno BettelheimWith his creation of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud redefined how people relate to themselves and to the ... ... Read more

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