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Baruch Spinoza is one of the most important and original thinkers of the modern period. His work inspired religious free-thinkers and political radicals, French Enlightenment philosophes, German Ide……続きを見る

Stanley Cavell's critical-aesthetic way of doing philosophy charts a unique path between dogmatic doctrinalism and dull despair in response to the alienations that trouble modern divided life. His m……続きを見る

Composed in exile in the 1930s and pub�lished as a whole only after his death, the miniatures that make up Benjamin's Berlin Childhood are crystallized images of child�hood experienced in a city lat……続きを見る

In 2001, Vanity Fair declared that the Age of Irony was over. Joan Didion has lamented that the United States in the era of Barack Obama has become an "irony-free zone." Jonathan Lear in his 2006 bo……続きを見る

When Socrates was standing before the Athenian tribunal in 399 BC, he said in his defence that the opponents he feared most were the invisible ones, those who had been spreading rumors against him f……続きを見る

Explore the fascinating, strange world of paradoxesーand the strategies used to solve them! Thinkers have been fascinated by paradox since long before Aristotle grappled with Zeno’s. In this volume ……続きを見る

Until recently, Spinoza's standing in Anglophone studies of philosophy has been relatively low and has only seemed to confirm Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi's assessment of him as "a dead dog." However, ……続きを見る

Romanticism and Speculative Realism features a range of scholars working at the intersection of literary poetics and philosophy. It considers how the writing of the Romantic era reconceptualizes the……続きを見る

The vital and untold story of Karl Marx’s stamp on American life. To read Karl Marx is to contemplate a world created by capitalism. People have long viewed the United States as the quintessential a……続きを見る

Friedrich Nietzsche was a born philosopher. It seems that ever since he crawled out of the cradle, he questioned the world around him. Why are we here? What is the purpose of life? Where are we head……続きを見る

Larry A. Hickman presents John Dewey as very much at home in the busy mix of contemporary philosophyーas a thinker whose work now, more than fifty years after his death, still furnishes fresh insigh……続きを見る

Why does Stanley Cavell's philosophical thought matter for music? And how did Cavell's musical practice and appreciation of music give shape to his indelible philosophical claims about cinema, human……続きを見る

The moral philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch said that philosophy “is both the guide and mirror of the age”. In this wide-ranging book Mark Hopwood explores the significance of Murdoch's philosop……続きを見る

Originally published in 1961. Michael Polanyi was a polymath who influenced economics and the sciences as well as philosophy. His wide-ranging research in physical science is as well-known as his wo……続きを見る

This volume offers the first systematic philosophical study of esotericism and late modern philosophy. It addresses fundamental philosophical questions related to esotericism and reveals that esoter……続きを見る

Maurice Blanchot et Emmanuel Lévinas ont marqué toute une génération d’intellectuels comme Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault ou Jacques Derrida. À travers la question du corps, de l’éthique, de l’amit……続きを見る

'Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately it is within no one's reach.' In The Trouble With Being Born, E. M. Cioran grapples with the major questions of human existence: bi……続きを見る

This book argues that the received view of the distinction between freedom and power must be rejected because it rests on an untenable account of the discursive cognition that endows individuals wit……続きを見る

In "M. Cousin's Course of Philosophy," William Hamilton presents a profound exploration of idealism and the nature of consciousness. Written with a clarity that reflects Hamilton's commitment to acc……続きを見る

In "A History of Philosophy in Epitome," Albert Schwegler presents a comprehensive and succinct overview of philosophical thought from its inception to his contemporary era. With clarity and precisi……続きを見る

In "Philosophy in the Last Forty Years," Rudolf Hermann Lotze delivers a comprehensive analysis of the philosophical movements that emerged in the 19th century, with particular emphasis on the evolu……続きを見る

This open-access book offers a clear and thorough exploration of Asia's history from an international relations perspective. The book investigates key political, economic, and cultural forces defini……続きを見る

Pourquoi faut-il danser près de la porte ? Comment un repas peut-il être révolutionnaire ? L’Occident est-il voué au déclin ? Quel est le point commun entre une fashion victim et un bouddhiste ? Peu……続きを見る

In "Modern Atheism under its Forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws," James Buchanan critically examines the rising tide of atheism in the late 19th century. Empl……続きを見る

In "Philosophical Letters: or, Modest Reflections upon some Opinions in Natural Philosophy," Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle provides a profound engagement with the scientific debates of the……続きを見る

Richard Falckenberg's "History of Modern Philosophy" serves as a comprehensive exploration of philosophical thought from the Renaissance to the late 19th century, emphasizing the evolution of ideas ……続きを見る

In 'Egoists, A Book of Supermen' by James Huneker, readers are presented with a collection of penetrating essays that delve into the lives and works of prominent artists and intellectuals of the lat……続きを見る

Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis" presents a visionary narrative that intricately blends the realms of philosophy, science, and utopian ideals. Set in a mythical island, the text unfolds a society that……続きを見る

In "The Destiny of Man, Viewed in the Light of His Origin," John Fiske presents a profound exploration of humanity's place in the universe through the lens of evolutionary theory and philosophy. Emp……続きを見る

In "Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France," Edmund Gosse delves into the rich tapestry of French literature, focusing on the moralist writers of the 17th century: La Rochefoucauld, La F……続きを見る