Consequences of Pragmatism: Essays 1972-1980 (Rorty Richard)(Paperback)

Consequences of Pragmatism: Essays 1972-1980 (Rorty Richard)(Paperback)

Rorty seeks to tie philosophy's past to its future by connecting what he sees as the positive (and neglected) contributions of the American pragmatic philosophers to contemporary European developments. What emerges from his explorations is a revivified version of pragmatism that offers new hope for

Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism (Rorty Richard)(Pevná vazba)

The last book by the eminent American philosopher and public intellectual Richard Rorty, providing the definitive statement of his mature philosophical and political views. Richard Rorty's Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism is a last statement by one of America's foremost philosophers. Here Rorty

On Philosophy and Philosophers: Unpublished Papers, 1960-2000 (Rorty Richard)(Paperback)

On Philosophy and Philosophers is a volume of unpublished philosophical papers by Richard Rorty, a central figure in late-twentieth century intellectual debates and a primary force behind the resurgence of American pragmatism. The first collection of new work to appear since his death in 2007,

Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (Rorty Richard)(Paperback)

Philosophy and Social Hope (Rorty Richard)(Paperback)

Richard Rorty is one of the most provocative figures in recent philosophical, literary and cultural debate. This collection brings together those of his writings aimed at a wider audience, many published in book form for the first time. In these eloquent essays, articles and lectures, Rorty gives a

Explaining Terrorism: Causes, Processes and Consequences (Crenshaw Martha)(Paperback)

This volume comprises some of the key essays by Professor Crenshaw, from 1972 to the present-day, on the causes, processes and consequences of terrorism. Since the early 1970s, scholars and practitioners have tried to explain terrorism and to assess the effectiveness of government responses to

Under the Sign of Saturn - Essays (Sontag Susan)(Paperback / softback)

Brings together the author's important critical writing from 1972 to 1980. This title explores some of the most controversial artists and thinkers of our time, including her polemic against Hitler's favourite film-maker, Leni Riefenstahl, and the cult of fascist art, as well as an analysis of

The Linguistic Turn: Essays in Philosophical Method (Rorty Richard M.)(Paperback)

The Linguistic Turn provides a rich and representative introduction to the entire historical and doctrinal range of the linguistic philosophy movement. In two retrospective essays titled 'Ten Years After' and 'Twenty-Five Years After,' Rorty shows how his book was shaped by the time in which it was

Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth: Philosophical Papers (Rorty Richard)(Paperback)

In this volume Rorty offers a Deweyan account of objectivity as intersubjectivity, one that drops claims about universal validity and instead focuses on utility for the purposes of a community. The sense in which the natural sciences are exemplary for inquiry is explicated in terms of the moral

Law, Pragmatism, and Democracy (Posner Richard A.)(Paperback)

A liberal state is a representative democracy constrained by the rule of law. Richard Posner argues for a conception of the liberal state based on pragmatic theories of government. He views the actions of elected officials as guided by interests rather than by reason and the decisions of judges by

Being and Time (Heidegger Martin)(Paperback)

'Being and Time changed the course of philosophy.' --Richard Rorty, New York Times Book Review'Heidegger's masterwork.' --The Economist'What is the meaning of being?' This is the central question of Martin Heidegger's profoundly important work, in which the great philosopher seeks to explain the

Lay of the Land (Ford Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Frank Bascombe has arrived at a state of optimistic pragmatism that he calls the Permanent Period of life. Frank reflects that now there are fewer opportunities left in life to get things wrong. As Thanksgiving dinner with his children and first wife nears, the Permanent Period proves as full of

Couplets: Travels in Speculative Pragmatism (Massumi Brian)(Paperback)

In Couplets, Brian Massumi presents twenty-four essays that represent the full spectrum of his work during the past thirty years. Conceived as a companion volume to Parables for the Virtual, Couplets addresses the key concepts of Parables from different angles and contextualizes it, allowing its

Cursed Questions: On Music and Its Social Practices (Taruskin Richard)(Paperback)

Richard Taruskin's sweeping collection of essays distills a half century of professional experience, demonstrating an unparalleled insider awareness of relevant debates in all areas of music studies, including historiography and criticism, representation and aesthetics, musical and professional

The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism (Sennett Richard)(Paperback)

In The Corrosion of Character, Richard Sennett, 'among the country's most distinguished thinkers . . . has concentrated into 176 pages a profoundly affecting argument' (Business Week) that draws on interviews with dismissed IBM executives, bakers, a bartender turned advertising executive, and many

Ideas Have Consequences (Weaver Richard M.)(Paperback)

Originally published in 1948, at the height of post-World War II optimism and confidence in collective security, Ideas Have Consequences uses 'words hard as cannonballs' to present an unsparing diagnosis of the ills of the modern age. Widely read and debated at the time of its first publication,

Csx Transportation (Billingsley Richard)(Paperback)

CSX Transportation came to being in 1980 with the merger of Seaboard Coast Lines and the Chessie System, producing a system of over 21,000 route miles in 24 states, with incursions into two Canadian provinces. The system runs from Beauharnois, Quebec in the north to Miami, Florida in the south and

Consequences of Capitalism - Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance (Chomsky Noam)(Paperback / softback)

Out of the Dark Night: Essays on Decolonization (Mbembe Achille)(Pevná vazba)

Achille Mbembe is one of the world's most profound critics of colonialism and its consequences, a major figure in the emergence of a new wave of French critical theory. His writings examine the complexities of decolonization for African subjectivities and the possibilities emerging in its wake. In

Consequences of Fear - A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Winspear Jacqueline)(Paperback)

Think Little: Essays (Berry Wendell)(Paperback)

First published in 1972, 'Think Little' is cultural critic and agrarian Wendell Berry at his best: prescient about the dire environmental consequences of our mentality of greed and exploitation, yet hopeful that we will recognize war and oppression and pollution not as separate issues, but aspects

Writings on Art 1980-2005: By Robert Storr (Storr Robert)(Pevná vazba)

The first collection of essays by one of America's decisive and most lucid critical voicesFollowing on from the much-lauded Robert Storr: Interviews on Art, Heni presents the first in a two-volume publication featuring the collected writings of Robert Storr, one of the world's leading art critics

Correctional Theory: Context and Consequences (Cullen Francis T.)(Paperback)

The Second Edition of Correctional Theory: Context and Consequences continues to identify and evaluate the major competing theories used to guide the goals, policies, and practices of the correctional system. Authors Francis T. Cullen and Cheryl Lero Jonson demonstrate that changes in theories can

Pragmatism and Organization Studies (Lorino Philippe)(Paperback)

Many streams of research in organization and management have criticized the mainstream view of organizations as decision-making and information-processing structures, controlled through rational representations (substantive or procedural rationality). In spite of their differences, these streams of