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Shame, Gender Violence, and Ethics - Paperback

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by Lenart Skof (Editor), Shé M. Hawke (Editor), Janet H. Anderson (Contribution by)Through cutting-edge accounts and interdisciplinary critiques of shame, this collection responds to the epidemic of gendered violence that the world witnesses daily. Contributors expose and challenge how oppression and violence connect to regimes of injustice that have dominated modern times.Author BiographyLenart Skof is head of the Institute for Philosophical Studies at Science and Research Centre of Koper an...

McLuhan's Techno-Sensorium City: Coming to Our Senses in a Programmed Environment - Hardcover

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by Jaqueline McLeod Rogers (Author)This book presents McLuhan as both an activist and a speculative urbanist who endeavored to alter human perception and imagine a sustainable future based on collective participation in a responsive urban environment--a techno-sensorium--in which technology is designed and programmed to be favorable to life and capable of engaging multiple senses. Author BiographyJaqueline McLeod Rogers is professor and chair of the Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Commun...

The Devil's Own Luck: Lucifer, Luck, and Moral Responsibility - Hardcover

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by John R. Gilhooly (Author)Contemporary philosophy is interested in questions of luck and moral responsibility. Christian theology is largely unconcerned with luck because of its understanding of the creatureliness of the will. This understanding is rooted in story of the primal sin the narrative about how the first good creature chose wrongly. When considered philosophically, this story produces a problem for describing how a good creature can sin in ideal circumstances. The tradition has a...

Cybernetics and the Origin of Information - Paperback

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by Raymond Ruyer (Author), Amélie Berger-Soraruff (Translator), Andrew Iliadis (Translator)Published now for the first time in English, Cybernetics and the Origin of Information is a deep exploration into information theory, cybernetics, and the philosophy of information. A true hidden gem in the history of continental thought, this text helps us determine and understand the contemporary technological moment.Author BiographyRaymond Ruyer (1902-1987) was professor of philosophy at the Universi...

Normativity in African Regional Relations - Hardcover

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by Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere (Author)In cases that involve domination of, and discrimination against, minorities, the most common solution is the promotion of minority rights. However, this book contends that in the context of migrant minorities in Africa, appealing to minority rights is not a workable solution due to the historical abuses and discrimination of minorities both within and across African states. Through insightful philosophical analysis, Abumere argues for a new normative intern...

The Philosophy of Protest: Fighting for Justice without Going to War - Hardcover

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by Jennifer Kling (Author), Megan Mitchell (Author)Rather than looking at protest in an ideal case, this book looks at how protest is actually practiced and argues that suitably constrained violent political protest is sometimes justified. Author BiographyJennifer Kling is assistant professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Legal Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Her research focuses on moral and political philosophy, particularly issues in war and peace, s...

Spectrality and Survivance: Living the Anthropocene - Paperback

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by Marija Grech (Author)This monograph interrogates one of the key paradigms used in contemporary discussions of the Anthropocene--the idea that in the present geological epoch the human species inscribes itself onto the planet, and that those marks might be all we leave behind. Number of Pages: 156 Dimensions: 0.37 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: May 19, 2022

Limit-Phenomena and Phenomenology in Husserl - Paperback

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by Anthony J. Steinbock (Author)This major new work by Anthony J. Steinbock, a leading authority in Phenomenology and Husserl Studies, explores an interrelated set of problems in Husserl's phenomenology and provides an excellent example of phenomenology in practice, demonstrating how its methods and resources shed light on philosophical problems.Author BiographyAnthony J. Steinbock is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Phenomenology Research Center at Southern Illinois University, Ca...

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by Max Liljefors (Author), Gregor Noll (Author), Daniel Steuer (Author)This book looks at the changing forms of violence and likely consequences of a fully digitalized world.Author BiographyMax Liljefors is a Professor in the Division of Art History and Visual Studies, Lund University. Gregor Noll is a Professor in the Department of Law, University of Gothenburg. Daniel Steuer is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics, University of Brighton. Number of Pag...

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by Anthony Leaker (Author)Leaker critiques the role that the defence of free speech has played in legitimising the scapegoating of oppressed minorities while deflecting attention from the egregious operations of power that have led to ever greater inequality, injustice and capitalist destruction.Author BiographyAnthony Leaker is a principal lecturer in cultural and critical theory at the University of Brighton. Number of Pages: 115 Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN Publication Date: July 22, 2020

Remembering with Things: Material Memory, Culture, and Technology - Hardcover

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by Ronald Dur疣 Allimant (Author)This book explores questions surrounding material memory, culture and technology, and examines the active and constitutive role that technical artefacts play in our practices of memory. Interdisciplinary in nature, the book's argument includes themes unusual in memory studies, such as the production of technology and the concept of nature.Author BiographyRonald Dur疣-Allimant is professor of philosophy at the University of Playa Ancha. His main research interest...

Heidegger's Life and Thought: A Tarnished Legacy - Paperback

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by Mahon O'Brien (Author)A fascinating portrait of a brilliant, complicated and often unattractive human being.Author BiographyMahon O'Brien is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sussex. He is also the author of Heidegger, History and the Holocaust (2015) and Heidegger and Authenticity: From Resoluteness to Releasement (2013). Number of Pages: 140 Dimensions: 0.33 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: October 30, 2019

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by David Morrow (Author)This book provides a solid grounding in the scientific and political issues of climate change, which allows students to explore the important moral issues raised by climate change, and consider what our values are in climate policy.Author BiographyDavid Morrow studies the ethics and political philosophy of climate change and climate policy. He is a Research Fellow with the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at George Mason University and Director of Research fo...

Foucault, Neoliberalism, and Beyond - Paperback

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by Stephen W. Sawyer (Editor), Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins (Editor)Offers a comprehensive account of Foucault's relationship to neoliberalism that is driven not by polemics but a careful reading of Foucault's texts and political positions.Author BiographyStephen W. Sawyer is Professor of History at the American University of Paris Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins is a Lecturer at the Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Number of Pages: 226 Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN Illustrated: Yes Publicati...

Ambivalence: A Philosophical Exploration - Paperback

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by Hili Razinsky (Author)Combining Analytic and Continental approaches, this book provides a detailed analysis of mental ambivalence and its structures, forms and possibilities, in a philosophical context. The author explores ambivalence alongside issues relating to subjectivity, action and judgement, developing new and highly original accounts of these concepts.Author BiographyHili Razinsky is a researcher at LanCog, The Center of Philosophy, University of Lisbon Number of Pages: 296 Dimensi...

The Body and Embodiment: A Philosophical Guide - Paperback

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by Frank Chouraqui (Author)Perfect for use at advanced undergraduate and graduate level, this is the first text to offer students a unified narrative regarding the place of the body in Western thinking. The body is simultaneously active and passive, powerful and vulnerable and as such, it fundamentally informs ontological, political, ethical and epistemological issues. Author BiographyFrank Chouraqui is university lecturer in continental philosophy in the Institute for Philosophy at Leiden Un...

The Moral Psychology of Regret - Paperback

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by Anna Gotlib (Editor)The Moral Psychology of Regret assembles scholars from several disciplines, including philosophy, gender studies, disability studies, law and neuroscience, to present regret not merely as a feeling or affect but as an emotion of great moral significance that underwrites how we understand ourselves and each other.Author BiographyAnna Gotlib is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Brooklyn College CUNY Number of Pages: 304 Dimensions: 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publ...

The Task of Philosophy in the Anthropocene: Axial Echoes in Global Space - Paperback

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by Richard Polt (Editor), Jon Wittrock (Editor)The so-called anthropocene is one of the most widely discussed concepts in philosophy and critical theory at the moment. This volume takes a broad historical view of the topic, bringing together high profile theorists, including Luce Irigaray and Adrian Parr, providing a platform for highly original work in this important and timely field.Author BiographyRichard Polt is Professor of Philosophy at Xavier University. With Gregory Fried he has trans...

The Moral Psychology of Compassion - Paperback

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by Justin Caouette (Editor), Carolyn Price (Editor)Compassion is widely regarded as an important moral emotion - a fitting response to various cases of suffering and misfortune. Yet contemporary theorists have rarely given it sustained attention. This volume aims to fill this gap by offering answers to a number of questions surrounding this emotion.Author BiographyJustin Caouette is Lecturer in Philosophy at Northeastern and Bridgewater State University, Massachusetts. He is the co-editor of ...

Researching Resistance and Social Change: A Critical Approach to Theory and Practice - Paperback

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by Mikael Baaz (Author), Mona Lilja (Author), Stellan Vinthagen (Author)Exploring various key questions, ranging from concept definitions of affect and temporality, to complex entanglements of various social dimensions and ethical questions, this accessible guide provides a robust theoretical and methodological framework for researching of resistance and social change.Author BiographyMikael Baaz is Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies and a Senior Lecturer in International Law at...

Contested Borders: Queer Politics and Cultural Translation in Contemporary Francophone Writing from the Maghreb - Hardcover

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by William J. Spurlin (Author)Contested Borders broadens understandings of dissident sexualities in Africa through focusing specifically on the Maghreb. It examines new representations of same-sex desire emerging in new francophone life writing, memoir, and literature from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.Author BiographyWilliam J. Spurlin is Professor of English, Brunel University, London Number of Pages: 262 Dimensions: 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 22, 2022

Social Suffering: Sociology, Psychology, Politics - Paperback

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by Emmanuel Renault (Author), Maude Dews (Translator)This is the first English-language translation of an important book that contributes to contemporary debates about social suffering in sociology, social psychology, political theory and philosophy. Renault provides a systematic account of the ways in which social suffering could be conceptualised.Author BiographyEmmanuel Renault is Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Paris Nanterre. He is the author of several ...

Immortality and the Philosophy of Death - Paperback

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by Michael Cholbi (Editor)A collection of seminal articles investigating whether death is bad for us - and if so, whether immortality would be good for us.Author BiographyMichael Cholbi is Professor of Philosophy at California State Polytechnic University Pomona. Number of Pages: 258 Dimensions: 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: December 02, 2015

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by Yuk Hui (Author)This book is an investigation of algorithmic contingency and an elucidation of the contemporary situation that we are living in: the regular arrival of algorithmic catastrophes on a global scale. Through a historical analysis of philosophy, computation and media, this book proposes a renewed relation between nature and technics.Author BiographyYuk Hui is the author of On the Existence of Digital Objects (University of Minnesota Press, 2016) and The Question Concerning Techn...

Theorizing Glissant: Sites and Citations - Paperback

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by John E. Drabinski (Editor), Marisa Parham (Editor)This edited collection gathers together leading commentators on the work of Édouard Glissant in order to theorize the philosophical significance of his work.Author BiographyJohn E. Drabinski is professor of Black Studies at Amherst College. His many publications include Levinas and the Postcolonial (2011), which won the Frantz Fanon Book Prize, Godard Between Identity and Difference (2008) and Sensibility and Singularity (2001). Hi is co-ed...

Build A Happier Brain: The Neuroscience and Psychology of Happiness. Learn Simple Yet Effective Habits for Happiness in Personal, Professional Life an - Paperback

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by Som Bathla (Author)Happiness is a Choice You Make. Learn How to Have a Happy Mind.Do you feel stressed and anxious when despite your best efforts, things don't turn out the way you expected? orDo you feel overwhelmed and confused why happiness doesn't last long even if you achieve some of your goals?For most people a generating happiness remains a challenge for as long as alifetime, because they look for happiness at wrong places.They base their happiness solely on material things like mon...

No Place for Ethics: Judicial Review, Legal Positivism, and the Supreme Court of the United States - Paperback

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by T. Patrick Hill (Author)In No Place for Ethics, Hill argues the Supreme Court has an overriding obligation to ground its judicial review responsibilities not only in the Constitution but also in ethics, understood as the Constitution's ultimate justification. The text discusses a response to the question basic to all human beings: how should I behave? Number of Pages: 240 Dimensions: 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: April 12, 2023

How Non-being Haunts Being: On Possibilities, Morality, and Death Acceptance - Paperback

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by Corey Anton (Author)How Non-being Haunts Being explores the many different modes of absence and non-being that pervade life, language, thought, and culture. A highly readable book of great interest to a wide audience, it ensures that readers will never think of life, death, or themselves, the same way again.Author BiographyCorey Anton is professor of communication studies at Grand Valley State University and fellow of the International Communicology Institute. Number of Pages: 220 Dimensio...

The Faith of Emerson: American Transcendentalism, Kantian Epistemology, and Vedantic Thought - Hardcover

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by Daniel A. Campana (Author)This book provides an approach to Emerson that walks the line between traditional and revisionist interpretations of his life and works. The author presents Emerson as a man of faith whose unique synthesis of Kantian and Vedantic philosophies resulted in a view of faith that was one hundred years ahead of its time.Author BiographyDaniel A. Campana is professor of philosophy and religion at the University of La Verne. Number of Pages: 188 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 I...

Generative Worlds: New Phenomenological Perspectives on Space and Time - Hardcover

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by Luz Ascarate (Editor), Quentin Gailhac (Editor), Renaud Barbaras (Contribution by)The first part of this collection, "Emerging Life," concentrates on the question of the origin in Husserlian phenomenology. The second part, "Generations," is focused on the concreteness of time. The last part of the book, "Homes," takes space rather than time as the most fundamental phenomenological concept.Author BiographyLuz Ascarate is working on a second PhD dissertation at the University Paris 1 Panthéo...

Self-Reflections of Fears and Dreams: Political Legitimacy and Strategic Thinking among Chinese Communist Party Leaders, 1927-1953 - Hardcover

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by Ray T. Hartman (Author)Ray Hartman provides an intellectual history of Chinese legitimacy as it was understood by the young Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Providing insights into CCP leaders' self-perceptions regarding their own legitimacy, he shows how that conception dictated the Party's policies regarding the people's welfare, the economy, and military strategy.Author BiographyRay Hartman is assistant professor at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul. Number of Pages: 290 Dimensions: 0.81 x...

Unearthing the Unknown Whitehead - Hardcover

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by Joseph Petek (Author)Unearthing the Unknown Whitehead argues that it is Alfred North Whitehead's recently published Harvard lectures, and not his books, that contain the truest record of the development of his philosophy, including the false starts and dead ends that the published works obscure. This development could previously only be inferred as taking place in the gaps between books. It thus calls for a complete reconsideration of Whitehead's philosophical corpus. Joseph Petek critical...