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“Revelations of Character”
Ethos, Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy in Montaigne
In the Essais, Montaigne weighs ancient rhetorical and ethical theories as he develops his own paradoxical and dynamic notion of ethos. This collection of essays explores the ramifications of his quest for more human and humane modes of expression.
In the Essais, Montaigne weighs ancient rhetorical and ethical theories as he develops his own paradoxical and dynamic notion of ethos. This collection of essays explores the ramifications of his quest for more human and humane modes of expression.
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This analysis of masterpieces by Proust, Kafka, Tolstoy, and others demonstrates that reality “imitates” literary possibilities. These works should be treated not as mere fiction, but as paradigms on whose basis we grasp and understand the actual world.
This analysis of masterpieces by Proust, Kafka, Tolstoy, and others demonstrates that reality “imitates” literary possibilities. These works should be treated not as mere fiction, but as paradigms on whose basis we grasp and understand the actual world.
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A Philosophical Approach to Creation Process
Our Lady of the Lamp
This book is about creation as conceived by the classical Greeks. Whether a plan for a form of government or a work of art, this sort of creation is used to do something that has never been done before.
This book is about creation as conceived by the classical Greeks. Whether a plan for a form of government or a work of art, this sort of creation is used to do something that has never been done before.
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A Poetics of Homecoming
Heidegger, Homelessness and the Homecoming Venture
This study confronts humanity’s state of homelessness by rigorously exploring Heidegger’s thought. Weighing his ideas against scathing critiques from Adorno and Lévinas, it reveals how his discourse on homecoming offers insights for humanity at large.
This study confronts humanity’s state of homelessness by rigorously exploring Heidegger’s thought. Weighing his ideas against scathing critiques from Adorno and Lévinas, it reveals how his discourse on homecoming offers insights for humanity at large.
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Gupta studies the Kashmiri practitioner Abhinavagupta’s two commentaries, Locana on Dhvanyāloka and Abhinavabhāratī on Nātyaśāstra. In particular, she discusses Abhinavagupta’s views on Lollata, Saankuka and Bhattanayaka, with each view followed by relevant criticism.
Gupta studies the Kashmiri practitioner Abhinavagupta’s two commentaries, Locana on Dhvanyāloka and Abhinavabhāratī on Nātyaśāstra. In particular, she discusses Abhinavagupta’s views on Lollata, Saankuka and Bhattanayaka, with each view followed by relevant criticism.
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In the West, philosophy is confined to the intellect and music to emotion. This book shows how African musical aesthetics makes either domain the location for the other, affirming a unified sense of being human and registering us as members of nature.
In the West, philosophy is confined to the intellect and music to emotion. This book shows how African musical aesthetics makes either domain the location for the other, affirming a unified sense of being human and registering us as members of nature.
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Dante and Heterodoxy
The Temptations of 13th Century Radical Thought
This volume explores Dante’s “temptations” by the radical thought of the 13th century. Spurred by new Aristotelian and Greek-Arabic learning, Dante interrogated heterodox ideas, revealing a poet deeply involved in the intellectual debates of his culture.
This volume explores Dante’s “temptations” by the radical thought of the 13th century. Spurred by new Aristotelian and Greek-Arabic learning, Dante interrogated heterodox ideas, revealing a poet deeply involved in the intellectual debates of his culture.
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This book calls for a shift from static memories of trauma to changeable modes of remembrance. Through writer Etgar Keret, it shows how transferring Holocaust commemoration from museums to everyday life offers a unique, postmodern approach to coping with historical catastrophe.
This book calls for a shift from static memories of trauma to changeable modes of remembrance. Through writer Etgar Keret, it shows how transferring Holocaust commemoration from museums to everyday life offers a unique, postmodern approach to coping with historical catastrophe.
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From Question to Quest
Literary-Philosophical Enquiries into the Challenges of Life
The quest for answers to life's challenges is a human task. This book offers literary-philosophical enquiries into the search for meaning, wisdom, morality, community, suffering, and the longing for immortality.
The quest for answers to life’s challenges is a human task. This book offers literary-philosophical enquiries into the search for meaning, wisdom, morality, community, suffering, and the longing for immortality.
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Mind and Body, Word and Deed
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.
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.
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Mapping Leopardi
Poetic and Philosophical Intersections
Explore the private laboratory of Giacomo Leopardi, Italy’s great poet and materialist thinker. This collection of essays investigates his Zibaldone, revealing early reflections against anthropocentrism and questioning humanity’s purpose in the world.
Explore the private laboratory of Giacomo Leopardi, Italy’s great poet and materialist thinker. This collection of essays investigates his Zibaldone, revealing early reflections against anthropocentrism and questioning humanity’s purpose in the world.
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News from the Raven
Essays from Sam Houston State University on Medieval and Renaissance Thought
This volume offers a celebration of Medieval and Renaissance culture. Essays drawing from philosophy, literature, music, art, and history include studies of Thomas Aquinas, Shakespeare, Beowulf, and the influence of rhetoric on musical composition.
This volume offers a celebration of Medieval and Renaissance culture. Essays drawing from philosophy, literature, music, art, and history include studies of Thomas Aquinas, Shakespeare, Beowulf, and the influence of rhetoric on musical composition.
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On Time
Philosophical, Theological, and Literary Accounts
Originally presented at a colloquium, the papers in this publication deal with a number of key presentations of time in the history of philosophy. They attend to the problems and questions of temporality as they appear in works of the Western philosophical tradition.
Originally presented at a colloquium, the papers in this publication deal with a number of key presentations of time in the history of philosophy. They attend to the problems and questions of temporality as they appear in works of the Western philosophical tradition.
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Giffin explores how Patrick White and his post-war contemporaries all commented on the consequences of God’s death. He shows how they worked with a shared pattern of tropes to search for the light and dark aspects of western consciousness and the civilization it has produced.
Giffin explores how Patrick White and his post-war contemporaries all commented on the consequences of God’s death. He shows how they worked with a shared pattern of tropes to search for the light and dark aspects of western consciousness and the civilization it has produced.
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This volume addresses phenomenology’s overlooked insights on values, exploring the phenomenology of intersubjectivity. It is distinct for its focus on the ethical and existential dimension, covering thinkers from Husserl and Heidegger to Levinas.
This volume addresses phenomenology’s overlooked insights on values, exploring the phenomenology of intersubjectivity. It is distinct for its focus on the ethical and existential dimension, covering thinkers from Husserl and Heidegger to Levinas.
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Quatrains of Omar Khayyam, Astronomer-Poet of Persia
Metamorphosis of Nothingness
Omar Khayyam's validity as a poet is highly debated. This book focuses on 100 quatrains authenticated by Persian authorities. To bring out Khayyam’s true voice, this unique bilingual volume provides the Persian originals side-by-side with literal English translations.
Omar Khayyam’s validity as a poet is highly debated. This book focuses on 100 quatrains authenticated by Persian authorities. To bring out Khayyam’s true voice, this unique bilingual volume provides the Persian originals side-by-side with literal English translations.
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This book breaks frontiers. It deals with human beings and their intrinsic relationship with time in the space of a week. In a search for the days’ identities, the book identifies the particular characteristics of each day, revealing that we are literally the days of the week.
This book breaks frontiers. It deals with human beings and their intrinsic relationship with time in the space of a week. In a search for the days’ identities, the book identifies the particular characteristics of each day, revealing that we are literally the days of the week.
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This collection of essays reflects the richness of Sartre’s vision of the human condition. A multinational team of contributors assesses the relevance of his work in the 21st century.
This collection of essays reflects the richness of Sartre’s vision of the human condition. A multinational team of contributors assesses the relevance of his work in the 21st century.
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This collection of essays presents fresh perspectives on familiar Sartrean subjects and novel approaches to neglected ones. Scholars offer surprising new angles, viewing Sartre through Pop-Art, jazz, and dialogues with figures like Dennett, Badiou, and Genet.
This collection of essays presents fresh perspectives on familiar Sartrean subjects and novel approaches to neglected ones. Scholars offer surprising new angles, viewing Sartre through Pop-Art, jazz, and dialogues with figures like Dennett, Badiou, and Genet.
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The Kantian Legacy of Late Modernity
An Essay in Aesthetics and Epistemology
Tupan traces the influence exerted by Immanuel Kant, through Bergson’s intuitionism, Husserl’s phenomenology, Dessoir’s aesthetics, Vaihinger’s als ob fictionalism, and Popper’s logical positivism. She draws parallels between the history of ideas and late modernity discourses.
Tupan traces the influence exerted by Immanuel Kant, through Bergson’s intuitionism, Husserl’s phenomenology, Dessoir’s aesthetics, Vaihinger’s als ob fictionalism, and Popper’s logical positivism. She draws parallels between the history of ideas and late modernity discourses.
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