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by Edward H. Spence (Author)Spence develops and applies a normative model based on rationalist and virtue ethics as well as stoic philosophy to assess the impact of technology on wellbeing. Through developing this model, Spence offers a novel and important examination of the benefit of technology to our society as a whole. Author BiographyDr. Edward H. Spence is a philosopher specializing in moral philosophy and epistemology, as well as in applied and practical ethics in the areas of computer...

The Moral Psychology of Gratitude - Paperback

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by Robert Roberts (Editor), Daniel Telech (Editor)This volume provides readers with the state-of-the-art in research on gratitude. It does so in the form of sixteen never-before published articles on the emotion by leading voices in philosophy and the sciences of the mind.Author BiographyRobert Roberts is Distinguished Professor of Ethics Emeritus at Baylor University. Daniel Telech is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Polonsky Academy for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, at ...

Populism, Democracy, and the Humanities: Interdisciplinary Explorations and Critical Enquiries - Hardcover

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by Iulian Cananau (Editor), Peder Thalén (Editor)The contributors to this volume reflect on the phenomenon and concept of populism in relation to democracy and the humanities from the vantage points of various disciplinary backgrounds: philosophy, history of ideas, media and communication, journalism, political science, gender studies, organization science, education theory, popular culture, and literary studies. While the study of populism seems to have become a subfield within political sci...

Ethics in the Ai, Technology, and Information Age - Paperback

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by Michael Boylan (Editor), Wanda Teays (Editor)Increasingly, technology, the Internet and social media are playing a major part in our lives. What should we think about the ethical issues that arise, such as the changing role of intelligent machines in this Information Age? The impact of technology upon society is a perennial question, but the power of computing and artificial intelligence has ratcheted up the ethical implications of this relationship. It merits careful consideration. Ethics...

The Conformist Rebellion: Marxist Critiques of the Contemporary Left - Paperback

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by Elena Louisa Lange (Editor), Joshua Pickett-DePaolis (Editor)The contrast between the Marxian emancipatory project and what the progressive left has made of it has never been more glaring than now, a time in which capital no longer seems to confront a political barrier. It is this predicament that The Conformist Rebellion evaluates, for a renewed approach to emancipation from capital.Author BiographyElena Louisa Lange is senior research fellow and lecturer at the University of Zurich. She ...

The Moral Psychology of Admiration - Paperback

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by Alfred Archer (Editor), André Grahle (Editor)By bringing the work of philosophers and psychologists together this volume is an interdisciplinary, though predominantly philosophical, exploration of an often discussed but rarely researched emotion; admiration. By exploring the moral psychology of admiration the volume examines the nature of this emotion, how it relates to other emotions such as wonder, envy and pride and what role admiration plays in our moral lives. As to the latter, a stro...

The Aesthetics of Necropolitics - Paperback

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by Natasha Lushetich (Editor)The collection comprises contributions from leading artist-theorists in the fields of necropolitics and tactical media, and from increasingly influential scholars of biomediality and urban performativityAuthor BiographyNatasha Lushetich is Senior Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Practices & Visual Studies at LaSalle, Singapore, having previously lectured at the University of Exeter. Her research focuses on the interplay of performativity, hegemony, and biopolitic...

Love and Freedom: Transcending Monogamy and Polyamory - Hardcover

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by Jorge N. Ferrer (Author)This groundbreaking look at the array of styles and modes of relationships proposes a new paradigm for understanding intimate relationships, challenging the monogamy/polyamory binary and offering fresh possibilities for thinking about contemporary love, sex, gender, and sexuality. Author BiographyJorge N. Ferrer is a clinical psychologist, author, and educator. He was a professor of psychology for more than 20 years at California Institute of Integral Studies, San F...

Problem-Solving Technologies: A User-Friendly Philosophy - Hardcover

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by Sadjad Soltanzadeh (Author)In our everyday activities we use material objects in different shapes and forms to solve various practical problems. We may use a knife to tighten a screw, turn an old washing machine drum into a fireplace, use the edge of a kitchen countertop to open a bottle, or place a hammer on the puncture patch glued to a bike's inner tube to exert pressure on the patch until the glue dries. How should we identify these objects? What functions do they have? If we want to u...

$Diffractive Reading: New Materialism, Theory, Critique - Paperback$

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by Kai Merten (Editor)Putting the New Materialist figure of diffraction to use in a set of readings - in which cultural texts are materially read against their contents and their themes, against their readers or against other texts - this volume proposes a critical intervention into the practice of reading itself. Number of Pages: 352 Dimensions: 0.74 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: April 06, 2023

The Democracy Reader: From Classical to Contemporary Philosophy - Paperback

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by Steven M. Cahn (Editor), Andrew T. Forcehimes (Editor), Robert B. Talisse (Editor)This timely anthology gathers forty historical and contemporary readings edited for accessibility. Short introductions precede each reading and a general introduction increase student comprehension across the spectrum of readings. The volume is ideal for all levels of students in civics, political theory, and philosophy courses.Author BiographySteven M. Cahn is professor emeritus of philosophy at the City Uni...

Food, Environment, and Climate Change: Justice at the Intersections - Paperback

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by Erinn Gilson (Editor), Sarah Kenehan (Editor)This volume takes a unique approach, dealing specifically with issues at the intersection of food and agricultural systems, environmental degradation, and climate change. It fills a gap in the literature on food and environmental justice in the context of global climate change offering a scholarly, yet accessible, analysis of the issues.Author BiographyErinn Gilson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Florida. Sarah Ke...

Black Nihilism and Antiblack Racism - Hardcover

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by Devon R. Johnson (Author), Lewis R. Gordon (Foreword by)A philosophical analysis of the pessimistic and nihilistic conditions of the existential possibilities for blackness and antiblack racism in 21st Century America.Author BiographyDevon R. Johnson is a Professor of Instruction at the University of Tampa. He received his PhD from Temple University, and his MA and BA from Florida State University. His areas of specialization include Africana philosophy, black existentialism, and critical ...

Black Nihilism and Antiblack Racism - Paperback

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The Ethical University: Transforming Higher Education - Paperback

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by Wanda Teays (Editor), Alison Dundes Renteln (Editor)Universities and colleges across the United States have become hotbeds of administrative, academic, financial, and sexual scandals. Each new case erodes the societal recognition of the value of higher education systems. It is clear that in order for these institutions to reclaim their respected status requires an examination and rebuilding of the ethical foundations of higher education. This book gathers faculty and administrators from hi...

The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings - Paperback

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by Raja Halwani (Editor), Jacob M. Held (Editor), Natasha McKeever (Editor)With twenty-five essays, seven of which are new to the eighth edition, this best-selling volume examines the nature, morality, and social meanings of contemporary sexual phenomena. Topics include: sexual desire and activity, masturbation, Sexual orientation, asexuality, transgender issues, Zoophilia, rape, casual sex and promiscuity, love and sex, polyamory, sexual consent, sexual, perversion, sexual ethics, objectific...

Before God: Exercises in Subjectivity - Paperback

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by Steven DeLay (Author)In this original work, Steven DeLay, using a wide breadth of philosophical sources, articulates a view of selfhood which emphasizes humanity's ineluctable experience before-GodAuthor BiographySteven DeLay is an Old Member of Christ Church, Oxford. The author of In the Spirit (John Hunt, 2021) and Phenomenology in France: A Philosophical and Theological Introduction (Routledge, 2019), he is also the editor of Life above the Clouds: Philosophy in the Films of Terrence Ma...

Problems from Philosophy: An Introductory Text - Paperback

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by James Rachels (Author), Stuart Rachels (Author)James and Stuart Rachels introduce students to timeless philosophical problems such as the existence of God, the nature of the mind, human freedom, the limits of knowledge, and the truth about ethics. The fourth edition features revisions on discussions of free will, artificial intelligence, idealism, and Kantian ethics. Author BiographyJames Rachels (1941-2003) wrote The End of Life: Euthanasia and Morality (1986), Created from Animals: The M...

Fernando Pessoa and Philosophy: Countless Lives Inhabit Us - Paperback

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by Bartholomew Ryan (Editor), Giovanbattista Tusa (Editor), Antonio Cardiello (Editor)This pioneering volume, for the first time, explores the extraordinary Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa and his relationship to philosophy. Number of Pages: 416 Dimensions: 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 22, 2023

Ontologies of Sex: Philosophy in Sexual Politics: Philosophy in Sexual Politics - Paperback

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by Zeynep Direk (Author)This book examines feminist philosophical analyses of sexual oppression of women by men, and brings them into conversation with phenomenological, ontological and psychoanalytical accounts of erotic experience and sexual difference.Author BiographyZeynep Direk obtained her Ph. D from the University of Memphis in 1998. She is professor at Koç University, Department of Philosophy in Istanbul, Turkey. She publishes on contemporary French philosophy, ethics, political philo...

Transforming the Theological Turn: Phenomenology with Emmanuel Falque - Paperback

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by Martin Koci (Editor), Jason Alvis (Editor)In this collection, the question "Must we cross the Rubicon?" is central. However, rather than simply opposing or subscribing to Falque's position, the individual chapters of this book interrogate and critically reflect on the relationship between theology and philosophy, offering novel perspectives and redrawing the outlines of their borderlands.Author BiographyMartin Koci is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Philosophy at the Univer...

Agency, Freedom, and Responsibility in the Early Heidegger - Paperback

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by Hans Pedersen (Author)This book employs Heidegger's work of the 1920s and early 1930s to develop distinctively Heideggerian accounts of agency, freedom, and responsibility, making the case that Heidegger's thought provides a compelling alternative to the mainstream philosophical accounts of these concepts.Author BiographyHans Pedersen is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Number of Pages: 190 Dimensions: 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 15, 2023

Hegel and the Problem of Beginning: Scepticism and Presuppositionlessness - Hardcover

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by Robb Dunphy (Author)This book provides a critical commentary on Hegel's introductory essay to the first book of his magnum opus, the Science of Logic. Robb Dunphy makes an extended case for the importance of the influence of Pyrrhonian Scepticism on the beginning of Hegel's Logic and provides a novel interpretation of the "problem of beginning".Author BiographyRobb Dunphy is an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg. He has previously ...

Red Aesthetics: Rodchenko, Brecht, Eisenstein - Hardcover

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by Todd Cronan (Author)Synthesizes the work of three titans of mid-century art and critical theory, proposing an aesthetics of the political and artistic left with a deft authority.Author BiographyTodd Cronan is associate professor of Art History at Emory University. Number of Pages: 204 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: November 04, 2021

Eroticizing Aesthetics: In the Real with Bataille and Lacan - Paperback

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by Tim Themi (Author)Bringing together Bataille with Lacan and Nietzsche, Tim Themi examines the role of aesthetics, implicit in each, and how this invokes an erotic process celebrating the real of what is usually excluded from articulation.Author BiographyTim Themi teaches in the School of Culture and Communication at The University of Melbourne and is the author of Lacan's Ethics and Nietzsche's Critique of Platonism. Number of Pages: 230 Dimensions: 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: March ...

Critical Writing: A Guide to Writing a Paper Using the Concepts and Processes of Critical Thinking - Hardcover

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by Gerald Nosich (Author)The main goal of Critical Writing is to provide students with a set of robust, integrated critical concepts and processes that will allow to them think through and write about a topic in a way that is built on--and permeated by--substantive critical thinking. This step-by-step guide shows: -how to construct a thesis statement and the other main points that constitute the structure of the paper; -how to write the paragraphs that make up the body of the paper; -how to e...

Living with Animals: Rights, Responsibilities, and Respect - Paperback

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by Erin McKenna (Author)This accessible work of scholarship brings a pragmatist ecofeminist perspective to discussions around animal rights, animal welfare, and animal ethics. Rather than seek absolute moral stands regarding human and animal relationships, and rather than trying to end such relationships altogether, the books urges us to make existing relations better. Author BiographyErin McKenna is professor of philosophy at the University of Oregon. She is author of Livestock: Food, Fiber,...

The Annotated Kant: Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals - Paperback

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by Steven M. Cahn (Editor), Andrea Tschemplik (Translator), Krista K. Thomason (Commentaries by)This new, complete translation of Kant's Groundwork makes a challenging foundational work of moral philosophy accessible to all readers. Remaining faithful to the original German, the text is rendered clearly to promote reader comprehension. An inviting introduction, running commentary, and glossary further support study and interpretation.Author BiographySteven M. Cahn is professor emeritus of phi...

Bonaventure's Aesthetics: The Delight of the Soul in Its Ascent into God - Hardcover

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by Thomas J. McKenna (Author)The authors of the standard approach to Bonaventure's aesthetics established the broad themes that continue to inform the current interpretation of his philosophy, theology, and mysticism of beauty: his definition of beauty and its status as a transcendental of being, his description of the aesthetic experience, and the role of that experience in the soul's ascent into God. Nevertheless, they also introduced a series of pointed questions that the current literatur...

Kant and Theodicy: A Search for an Answer to the Problem of Evil - Paperback

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by George Huxford (Author)Kant was engaged with the subject of theodicy throughout his career and not merely in his 1791 treatise explicitly devoted to the subject. George Huxford traces Kant's thought on theodicy throughout his career to show not only the continuity of Kant's consideration but also his philosophical development on the subject.Author BiographyGeorge Huxford received his PhD from Kings College in London. Number of Pages: 172 Dimensions: 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publicat...

Viktor Shklovsky's Heritage in Literature, Arts, and Philosophy - Paperback

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by Slav N. Gratchev (Editor), Howard Mancing (Editor), Irina Evdokimova (Introduction by)This unique book examines the heritage and enduring relevance of Viktor Shklovsky's work from a wide range of international perspectives. The essays articulate Shklovsky's impact through various lenses including literature, literary theory, film, art theory, and philosophy from the early-1920s to the mid-1970s.Author BiographySlav N. Gratchev is associate professor of Spanish at Marshall University. Howar...

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by Samantha Vice (Author)This book presents a novel account of the aesthetics of animals. The author argues that the appreciation of animal beauty carries profound ethical consequences for our relations to our fellow creatures.Author BiographySamantha Vice is distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand. Number of Pages: 166 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 10, 2023