The Deleuze-Lucretius Encounter (Johnson Ryan J.)(Paperback)

The Deleuze-Lucretius Encounter (Johnson Ryan J.)(Paperback)

Explores how Deleuze's thought was shaped by Lucretian atomism - a formative but often-ignored influence from ancient philosophy More than any other 20th-century philosopher, Deleuze considers himself an apprentice to the history of philosophy. But scholarship has ignored one of the more formative

Deleuze, a Stoic (Johnson Ryan J.)(Pevná vazba)

Deleuze dramatises the story of ancient philosophy as a rivalry of four types of thinkers: the subverting pre-Socratics, the ascending Plato, the interiorising Aristotle and the perverting Stoics. Deleuze assigns the Stoics a privileged place because they introduced a new orientation for thinking

Lucretius: de Rerum Natura: Book IV (Godwin J.)(Paperback)

Book IV of Lucretius' great philosophical poem deals mainly with the psychology of sensation and thought. The heart of this book is a new text, incorporating the latest scholarship on the text of Lucretius, with a clear prose facing translation. The commentary concentrates on the thought ofthe text

Lucretius: The Way Things Are: The de Rerum Natura of Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius)(Paperback)

' . . . [captures] the relentless urgency of Lucretius' didacticism, his passionate conviction and proselytizing fervour.' --The Classical

On the Nature of Things (Lucretius)(Paperback / softback)

Deleuze and the Body (Guillaume Laura)(Paperback)

Deleuze and the Body puts the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze to work to trace the multiple lines of thought and affect that inhabit the ideas and attitudes to the body. It analyses how bodies are formed in certain relationships: to power, to creativity and to affectivity. The contributors use a

On the Nature of the Universe Bk1 (Lucretius)(Paperback)

Lucretius' On the Nature of the Universe Bk 1 was written around 55BCE, towards the end of the Roman Republic. Lucretius was unusual, though not alone, in his startlingly modern world view which encompassed Epicurean philosophy, a knowledge of physics and a belief that religion was intrinsically

The Therapeutic Encounter: A Cross-Modality Approach (Bott David)(Paperback)

The Therapeutic Encounter introduces a cross-modality approach to the client-therapist encounter, drawing from humanistic, psychoanalytic, systemic, and integrative approaches. Chapters introduce a range of client themes - the refusal to join in, the battle for control, the emotionally unavailable

Deleuze and Art (Sauvagnargues Anne)(Paperback)

In Deleuze and Art Anne Sauvagnargues, one of the world's most renowned Deleuze scholars, offers a unique insight into the constitutive role played by art in the formation of Deleuze's thought. By reproducing Deleuze's social and intellectual references, Sauvagnargues is able to construct a precise

Praying the Psalms (Lifebuilder Study Guides) (Ryan J (Author))(Paperback / softback)

The Psalms show us how to relate to God in

Deleuze and the Animal (Gardner Colin)(Paperback)

The first volume to address the animal in Deleuze's work, looking at philosophy, aesthetics and ethics Becoming-animal is a key concept for Deleuze and Guattari; the ambiguous idea of the animal as human and nonhuman life infiltrates all of Deleuze's work. These 16 essays apply Deleuze's work to

What Is Philosophy? (Deleuze Gilles)(Paperback)

Called by many France's foremost philosopher, Gilles Deleuze is one of the leading thinkers in the Western World. His acclaimed works and celebrated collaborations with Felix Guattari have established him as a seminal figure in the fields of literary criticism and philosophy. The long-awaited

Pure Immanence: Essays on a Life (Deleuze Gilles)(Paperback)

Essays by Gilles Deleuze on the search for a new empiricism.The essays in this book present a complex theme at the heart of the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, what in his last writing he called simply 'a life.' They capture a problem that runs throughout his work--his long search for a new and

On the Nature of Things (Lucretius)(Pevná vazba)

Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) lived ca. 99-ca. 55 BCE, but the details of his career are unknown. He is the author of the great didactic poem in hexameters, De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things). In six books compounded of solid reasoning, brilliant imagination, and noble poetry, he

The Anglo-Saxon World (Ryan M. J.)(Paperback)

The Anglo-Saxon period, stretching from the fifth to the late eleventh century, begins with the Roman retreat from the Western world and ends with the Norman takeover of England. Between these epochal events, many of the contours and patterns of English life that would endure for the next

The Score: A Vee Johnson Mystery (Golakai H. J.)(Paperback)

In this fabulous follow-up to the internationally acclaimed The Lazarus Effect, newspaper reporter Vee Johnson reprieves her role as Cape Town's most feisty female investigator. Vee and her ever-faithful sidekick, Chl e Bishop, have been banished from City Chronicle's newsroom to review a tourist

The Deleuze Dictionary Revised Edition (Parr Adrian)(Paperback)

This dictionary is dedicated to the work of Gilles Deleuze, providing an in-depth and lucid introduction to a leading figure in continental

Against Continuity: Gilles Deleuze's Speculative Realism (Kleinherenbrink Arjen)(Paperback)

Against Continuity is the first book to demonstrate that the beating heart of Gilles Deleuze's philosophy is a systematic ontology of irreducible, singular entities. This requires a radical break with decades of Deleuzian orthodoxy, according to which Deleuze's metaphysics revolves around the

Deleuze, 16: The Clamor of Being (Badiou Alain)(Paperback)

The works of Gilles Deleuze -- on cinema, literature, painting, and philosophy -- have made him one of the most widely read thinkers of his generation. This compact critical volume is not only a powerful reappraisal of Deleuze's thought, but also the first major work by Alain Badiou available in

Cinema I - The Movement-Image (Deleuze Gilles (No current affiliation))(Paperback / softback)

T&T Clark Companion to Atonement (Johnson Adam J.)(Paperback)

The T&T Clark Companion to Atonement establishes a vision for the doctrine of the atonement as a unified yet extraordinarily rich event calling for the church's full appropriation. Most edited volumes on this doctrine focus on one aspect of the work of Christ (for example, Girard, Feminist thought,

Deleuze and Anarchism (Gray Van Heerden Chantelle)(Paperback)

This collection of 13 essays addresses and explores Deleuze and Guattari's relationship to the notion of anarchism: in the diverse ways that they conceived of and referred to it throughout their work, and also more broadly in terms of the spirit of their philosophy and in their critique of

The Lager Queen of Minnesota (Stradal J. Ryan)(Paperback)

A National Bestseller! 'The perfect pick-me-up on a hot summer day.' --Washington Post '[A] charmer of a tale. . . Warm, witty and--like any good craft beer--complex, the saga delivers a subtly feminist and wholly life-affirming message.' --People Magazine A novel of family, Midwestern values,

Missing Dad 6: Ransom (Ryan J)(Paperback / softback)

The Missing Dad series is about teenager Joe Grayling and his mates taking on the criminal underworld. Sometimes they come off worse; sometimes, after heart-stopping tension, they win through. In Book 6, an escaped criminal from Joe's father's past threatens his life - and Joe and his mates take