• 0
  • 0 Items - £0.00
    0
    • No products in the cart.
Awaiting product image
Paradoxical Freedom
Read sample

From £29.99

Paradoxical Freedom

By: Olivier Abiteboul

From £29.99

This collection of essays explores the paradoxes of freedom and the human condition. We are always faced with the same paradox: a freedom which cannot be freed from its relation to necessity. Freedom is, therefore, not really free. This is the paradox of the human condition.

This volume brings together a group of 14 essays on five problems of freedom and nine philosophers, contributing to the history of philosophy, and offers…
From £29.99
From £29.99
Read sample
1-5275-8112-8 , ,
Share

This volume brings together a group of 14 essays on five problems of freedom and nine philosophers, contributing to the history of philosophy, and offers a concise survey of the question of freedom. It approaches this question in several ways, exploring the problems of freedom, the freedom of philosophers, and the paradoxes of freedom. The topics of these essays were chosen because of a personal, but also universal, interest: the problem of freedom makes the human condition paradoxical. We always find ourselves faced with the same structure of this paradox: a freedom which cannot be freed from its relation to necessity. Freedom is, therefore, not really free. The paradox of freedom is, thus, that of the human condition: human freedom is as paradoxical as the human condition is incomprehensible.

Olivier Abiteboul is a Professor of Philosophy in Nice, France, and an Associate Researcher at the research centre “Comparative Literature and Poetics” (EA 3931) of the University of Paris Nanterre. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Provence (Aix-Marseille I), France, and is a member of the editorial board of the journal Théâtres du Monde. He is the author of about 20 books, including Diagonals: Essay on Theater and Philosophy (1997), The Tamed Paradox (1998), The Rhetoric of Philosophers: Essay on Epistolary Relations (2002), A Brief History of Philosophy through Texts (2007), A Little Philosophy of Literature (2012) and Essays on English and American Literature (2018).

Hardback

  • ISBN: 1-5275-8112-8
  • ISBN13: 978-1-5275-8112-8
  • Date of Publication: 2022-02-17

Paperback

  • ISBN: 1-0364-2459-6
  • ISBN13: 978-1-0364-2459-6
  • Date of Publication: 2024-12-13

Ebook

  • ISBN: 1-5275-8113-6
  • ISBN13: 978-1-5275-8113-5
  • Date of Publication: 2024-12-13
, ,
110

Subject Codes:

  • BIC: HP, HPC, HPQ
  • THEMA: QD, QDH, QDTQ
110

Recommended

9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Yoga and Alignment

From the Upanishads to B.K.S. Iyengar
By: Gitte Bechsgaard, Gillian McCann
From £29.99

This accessible look at yoga philosophy and psychology follows the eight limbs of yoga from foundational ethics to the highest states of consciousness. Based on 30 years of research, it connects the insights of this ancient tradition to the challenges we face today.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Hume’s Labyrinth

A Search for the Self
By: Alan Schwerin under the auspices of the Bertrand Russell Society
From £24.99

Hume’s Labyrinth explores his famous “bundle theory of the self” and his own critical reservations about it. It argues the theory was not a failed account, but a pragmatic tool intended to help further philosophical investigations into the mind.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Friedrich Nietzsche and European Nihilism

By: Paul van Tongeren
From £25.99

Van Tongeren offers a thorough study of Nietzsche’s thoughts on nihilism, the history of the concept, the different ways in which he tries to explain his ideas on nihilism, the way these ideas were received in the 20th century, and, ultimately, what these ideas should mean to us.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Nietzsche and Music

Philosophical Thoughts and Musical Experiments
Edited By: Aysegul Durakoglu, Michael Steinmann, Yunus Tuncel
From £41.99

Friedrich Nietzsche was not just a philosopher; he was a composer. This ground-breaking volume explores the connection between his thought and his music, analyzing his radical compositions and tracing his influence on genres from classical composers to heavy metal.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Spiritual, Philosophical, and Psychotherapeutic Engagements of Meaning and Service

Edited By: Katherine Harper, Thomas St. James O’Connor, Daniel Maoz
From £41.99

In a world of numerous challenges, the search for meaning and purpose is an important pursuit. This book offers diverse perspectives on the connections between meaning and service, helping readers integrate them into their own personal and professional life.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

W. K. Clifford and “The Ethics of Belief”

By: Timothy Madigan
From £14.99

W. K. Clifford’s essay “The Ethics of Belief” argued it is wrong to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. This book examines the essay’s context, its clash with critics like William James, its influence on thinkers like Bertrand Russell, and its relevance today.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Applied Logotherapy

Viktor Frankl’s Philosophical Psychology
By: Stephen J. Costello
From £30.99

This monograph is a seminal contribution to applied and clinical logotherapy and existential analysis which draws on Dr Viktor Frankl’s Viennese School of philosophical psychology, from therapeutic techniques, to the mass neurotic triad of aggression, addiction, and depression.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Jean-Paul Sartre

Mind and Body, Word and Deed
Edited By: Jean-Pierre Boulé
From £29.99

This book celebrates Sartre’s polyvalence with an examination of his philosophy, literature, and politics. Twelve scholars explore his thought on the body, time, and ideology, and narrate a neglected visit to Japan, making a strong case for his relevance today.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

On Epistemology, Objectivity and Axiological Neutrality in Science

By: Fabio Minazzi
From £33.99

This book overcomes the traditional dichotomy between knowledge and values. Drawing on European critical rationalism from Kant to Husserl, it illustrates a new conception of knowledge, showing its value and limits for scholars and anyone interested in a new image of science.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Empirical Paradox, Complexity Thinking and Generating New Kinds of Knowledge

By: Paolo Grigolini, Korosh Mahmoodi, Bruce J. West
From £30.99

Is another world war inevitable? Yes, if we continue to think in “either/or” terms that lead to war or peace with no middle ground. This book reveals “both/and” thinking, a way to resolve paradox and find novel solutions beyond simple conflict.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Meet The Author

Olivier Abiteboul

9781527539594-2
View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

Essays on English and American Literature

By: Olivier Abiteboul
From £29.99

Abiteboul brings together a group of essays on 27 English or American writers contributing to the history of English and American literature, and offers a concise survey of the question of literary understanding.

View more This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page