Dis-Orientations: Philosophy, Literature and the Lost Grounds of Modernity (Schuback Marcia Sa Cavalcante)(Pevná vazba)

Dis-Orientations: Philosophy, Literature and the Lost Grounds of Modernity (Schuback Marcia Sa Cavalcante)(Pevná vazba)

This is an edited collection of original essays that combine philosophy, phenomenology, and literature to reflect on modern ideas about orientation and disorientation, grounds and

Reforming Modernity: Ethics and the New Human in the Philosophy of Abdurrahman Taha (Hallaq Wael)(Pevná vazba)

Reforming Modernity is a sweeping intellectual history and philosophical reflection built around the work of the Morocco-based philosopher Abdurrahman Taha, one of the most significant philosophers in the Islamic world since the colonial era. Wael B. Hallaq contends that Taha is at the forefront of

Richard J. Bernstein and the Expansion of American Philosophy: Thinking the Plural (Morgan Marcia)(Pevná vazba)

Thinking The Plural: Richard J. Bernstein and the Expansion of American Philosophy is a text devoted to highlighting, scrutinizing, and deploying Bernstein's philosophical research as it has intersected and impacted American and European philosophy. Collecting essays written explicitly for the

Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature (Quayson Ato)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines tragedy and tragic philosophy from the Greeks through Shakespeare to the present day. It explores key themes in the links between suffering and ethics through postcolonial literature. Ato Quayson reconceives how we think of World literature under the singular and fertile rubric

Surfing and the Philosophy of Sport (Brennan Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

Surfing and the Philosophy of Sport uses the insights gained through an analysis of the sport of surfing to explore key questions and discourses within the philosophy of sport. As surfing has been practiced dynamically, since its beginnings as a traditional Polynesian pursuit to its current status

Phenomenology, Transversality, and World Philosophy (Jung Hwa Yol)(Pevná vazba)

Phenomenology, Transversality, and World Philosophy explores the concept of world philosophy (Weltphilosophie) to take into account the reality of today's multicultural and globalizing world. It challenges the assumption that the particular in the West is universalizable, but the particular in the

Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity: An Essay on Desire, Practical Reasoning, and Narrative (MacIntyre Alasdair)(Pevná vazba)

Alasdair MacIntyre explores some central philosophical, political and moral claims of modernity and argues that a proper understanding of human goods requires a rejection of these claims. In a wide-ranging discussion, he considers how normative and evaluative judgments are to be understood, how

Mourning El Dorado: Literature and Extractivism in the Contemporary American Tropics (Rogers Charlotte)(Pevná vazba)

What ever happened to the legend of El Dorado, the tale of the mythical city of gold lost in the Amazon jungle? Charlotte Rogers argues that El Dorado has not been forgotten and still inspires the reckless pursuit of illusory wealth. The search for gold in South America during the colonial period

Spinoza and the Philosophy of Love (Strawser Michael)(Pevná vazba)

In Spinoza and the Philosophy of Love, Michael Strawser provides a new reading of Spinoza as a philosopher of love, and one who centered in his thought an ethically qualified conception of noble love. Strawser examines the threefold conception of love found in Spinoza's Ethics and argues that what

Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory (Maudlin Tim)(Pevná vazba)

A sophisticated and original introduction to the philosophy of quantum mechanics from one of the world's leading philosophers of physicsIn this book, Tim Maudlin, one of the world's leading philosophers of physics, offers a sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy of quantum

British Romanticism and the Literature of Human Interest (Cheng Mai-Lin)(Pevná vazba)

British Romanticism and the Literature of Human Interest investigates the generic structures of Romantic literature and the negotiation of the status of literature in the period in relation to a new media landscape. This book explores the self-theorization of Romantic literature and argues for its

The Rise of Neoliberal Philosophy: Human Capital, Profitable Knowledge, and the Love of Wisdom (Absher Brandon)(Pevná vazba)

In The Rise of Neoliberal Philosophy: Human Capital, Profitable Knowledge, and the Love of Wisdom, Brandon Absher argues that the neoliberal transformation of higher education has resulted in a paradigm shift in philosophy in the United States, leading to the rise of neoliberal philosophy

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Dance and Philosophy (Farinas Rebecca L.)(Pevná vazba)

An innovative examination of the ways in which dance and philosophy inform each other, Dance and Philosophy brings together authorities from a variety of disciplines to expand our understanding of dance and dance scholarship. Featuring an eclectic mix of materials from exposes to dance therapy

Literature and Cartography: Theories, Histories, Genres (Engberg-Pedersen Anders)(Pevná vazba)

The relationship of texts and maps, and the mappability of literature, examined from Homer to Houellebecq.Literary authors have frequently called on elements of cartography to ground fictional space, to visualize sites, and to help readers get their bearings in the imaginative world of the text

The Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteopathy (Hardcover) (Still Andrew T.)(Pevná vazba)

Lost and Found (Jeffers Oliver)(Pevná vazba)

A wonderful story about the meaning of loneliness and the importance of

The Lost World of Football (Hammond Derek)(Pevná vazba)

Return to 'The Lost World of Football' through this Aladdin s cave of memories and memorabilia, guaranteed to whisk you back to the magical atmosphere of a more innocent era of soccer. If you were one of the army of obsessive soccer kids at any time from England s World Cup win to the dawn of the

The Edinburgh Companion to Literature and Music (Da Sousa Correa Delia)(Pevná vazba)

Provides a pioneering interdisciplinary overview of the literature and music of nine centuries Offers research essays by literary specialists and musicologists that provides access to the best current interdisciplinary scholarship on connections between literature and music Includes five

A Very Large Expanse of Sea (Mafi Tahereh)(Pevná vazba)

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Shatter Me series comes a powerful, heartrending contemporary novel about fear, first love, and the devastating impact of prejudice. It's 2002, a year after 9/11

Mini Philosophy - A Small Book of Big Ideas (Thomson Jonny)(Pevná vazba)

'Engaging, smart and wise, Mini-Philosophy is a diverse taster menu of ideas on life, the mind and the world. Nutritious, bite-sized portions of philosophy that whet the appetite for more' - David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks Why do people enjoy watching scary movies? Should

Philosophy in the Condition of Modernism (Falcato Ana)(Pevná vazba)

Produced on the fringes of philosophy and literary criticism, this book is a pioneering study which aims to explicitly address and thematize what may be called a 'critical philosophy in the condition of

Early Greek Philosophy (Laks Andr)(Pevná vazba)

Volume VI of the nine-volume Loeb edition of Early Greek Philosophy includes the later Ionian and Athenian thinkers Anaxagoras, Archelaus, and Diogenes of Apollonia, along with chapters on early Greek medicine and the Derveni

The Conquered: Byzantium and America on the Cusp of Modernity (Kefala Eleni)(Pevná vazba)

In the middle of the fifteenth century, ominous portents like columns of fire and dense fog were seen above the skies of Constantinople as the Byzantine capital fell under siege by the Ottomans. Allegedly, similar signs appeared a few decades later and seven thousand miles away, forecasting the

The Lost Art of Handwriting: Rediscover the Beauty and Power of Penmanship (Jordan Brenna)(Pevná vazba)

Revisit the lost art of writing cursive with these fun prompts, worksheets, exercises--and more --and experience the many benefits of writing by hand, including increased focus and memory, relaxation, and creative expression. Writing by hand may seem pass in the digital age, but it shouldn't be