Hegel or Spinoza (Macherey Pierre)(Paperback)

Hegel or Spinoza (Macherey Pierre)(Paperback)

Hegel or Spinoza is the first English-language translation of the modern classic Hegel ou Spinoza. Published in French in 1979, it has been widely influential, particularly in the work of the philosophers Alain Badiou, Antonio Negri, and Gilles Deleuze. Hegel or Spinoza is a surgically precise

A Theory of Literary Production (Macherey Pierre)(Paperback)

Who is more important: the reader, or the writer? Originally published in French in 1966, Pierre Macherey's first and most famous work, A Theory of Literary Production dared to challenge perceived wisdom, and quickly established him as a pivotal figure in literary theory. The reissue of this work

Spinoza: Political Treatise (Spinoza Baruch)(Paperback / softback)

Essential Spinoza - Ethics and Related Writings (Spinoza Baruch)(Paperback / softback)

Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision (Hadot Pierre)(Paperback)

Since its original publication in France in 1963, Pierre Hadot's lively philosophical portrait of Plotinus remains the preeminent introduction to the man and his thought. Michael Chase's lucid translation-complete with a useful chronology and analytical bibliography-at last makes this book

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: The Science of Logic (Hegel Georg Wilhelm Fredrich)(Paperback)

Spinoza (Scruton Roger)(Paperback)

Father of the Enlightenment and the last guardian of the medieval world, Spinoza made a brilliant attempt to reconcile the conflicting moral and intellectual demands of his epoch and to present a vision of man as simultaneously bound by necessity and eternally free. Ostracized by the Jewish

Theologico-Political Treatise (Spinoza Baruch)(Paperback / softback)

Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche: Or the Realm of Shadows (Lefebvre Henri)(Paperback)

The great French Marxist philosopher weighs up the contributions of the three major critics of modernity With the translation of Lefebvre's philosophical writings, his stature in the English-speaking world continues to grow. Though certainly within the Marxist tradition, he consistently saw Marx as

Spinoza: Practical Philosophy (Deleuze Gilles)(Paperback)

A concise and illuminating book about the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza, one of the early thinkers of the Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism.Spinoza's theoretical philosophy is one of the most radical attempts to construct a pure ontology with a single infinite substance. This book,

Spinoza (Steinberg Justin)(Paperback)

Benedict de Spinoza is one of the most controversial and enigmatic thinkers in the history of philosophy. His greatest work, Ethics (1677), developed a comprehensive philosophical system and argued that God and Nature are identical. His scandalous Theological-Political Treatise (1670) provoked

The Spinoza-Machiavelli Encounter: Time and Occasion (Morfino Vittorio)(Paperback)

Baruch Spinoza (1632-77) was an influential continental philosopher whose ideas are still relevant and widely studied today. But the influence of Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) on Spinoza's political philosophy has only recently begun to be explored. Now, Vittorio Morfino draws out the

Hegel: A Biography (Pinkard Terry)(Paperback)

One of the founders of modern philosophical thought Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) has gained the reputation of being one of the most abstruse and impenetrable of thinkers. This first major biography of Hegel in English offers not only a complete, up-to-date account of the life, but also

Pierre: Or, the Ambiguities (Melville Herman)(Paperback)

'Ambiguities indeed! One long brain-muddling, soul-bewildering ambiguity (to borrow Mr. Melville's style), like Melchisedeck, without beginning or end-a labyrinth without a clue - an Irish bog without so much as a Jack o'the'lantern to guide the wanderer's footsteps - the dream of a distempered

Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition (Magee Glenn Alexander)(Paperback)

Glenn Alexander Magee's pathbreaking book argues that Hegel was decisively influenced by the Hermetic tradition, a body of thought with roots in Greco-Roman Egypt. Magee traces the influence on Hegel of such Hermetic thinkers as Baader, B hme, Bruno, and Paracelsus, and fascination with occult and

Hegel (Taylor Charles)(Paperback)

This is a major and comprehensive study of the philosophy of Hegel, his place in the history of ideas, and his continuing relevance and importance. Professor Taylor relates Hegel to the earlier history of philosophy and, more particularly, to the central intellectual and spiritual issues of his own

Spinoza and Relational Autonomy: Being with Others (Armstrong Aurelia)(Paperback)

This collection of 13 new essays shows what Baruch Spinoza can add to our understanding of the relational nature of autonomy. By offering a relational understanding of the nature of individuals centred on the role played by emotions, Spinoza offers not only historical roots for contemporary debates

Hegel: A Very Short Introduction (Singer Peter)(Paperback)

Hegel is regarded as one of the most influential figures on modern political and intellectual development. After painting Hegel's life and times in broad strokes, Peter Singer goes on to tackle some of the more challenging aspects of Hegel's philosophy. Offering a broad discussion of Hegel's ideas

The Phenomenology of Mind (Hegel G. W. F.)(Paperback)

Emancipation After Hegel: Achieving a Contradictory Revolution (McGowan Todd)(Paperback)

Hegel is making a comeback. After the decline of the Marxist Hegelianism that dominated the twentieth century, leading thinkers are rediscovering Hegel's thought as a resource for contemporary politics. What does a notoriously difficult nineteenth-century German philosopher have to offer the

The Philosophy of History (Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich)(Paperback)

Hegel wrote this classic as an introduction to a series of lectures on the 'philosophy of history' -- a novel concept in the early nineteenth century. With this work, he created the history of philosophy as a scientific study. He reveals philosophical theory as neither an accident nor an artificial

The Future Is Waiting (Christin Pierre)(Paperback)

Several new chapters of Valerian and Laureline's adventures - but are they flashbacks, or ... ? After the events of The Time Opener, Valerian and Laureline reverted to childhood, and are now living with Mr Albert on 21st century Earth. But in a universe where time travel is a reality, words like

Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics (Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedr)(Paperback)

No philosopher has held a higher opinion of art than Hegel, yet nor was any so profoundly pessimistic about its prospects - despite living in the German golden age of Goethe, Mozart and Schiller. For if the artists of classical Greece could find the perfect fusion of content and form, modernity

Hegel: Faith and Knowledge (Hegel G. W. F.)(Paperback)

As the title indicates, Faith and Knowledge deals with the relation between religious faith and cognitive beliefs, between the truth of religion and the truths of philosophy and science. Hegel is guided by his understanding of the historical situation: the individual alienated from God, nature, and