Szasz Under Fire: A Psychiatric Abolitionist Faces His Critics
Since he published <I>The Myth of Mental Illness</I> in 1961, radical psychiatrist and social critic Thomas Szasz has been the scourge of the psychiatric establishment, eloquently arguing...
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Argues that Michel Foucault's account of power provides a inescapable framework for ethics. Traces Foucault's analyses of power and ancient and contemporary ethical practices. Articulates a Foucauldian...
View ArticleContemporary Perspectives on C.S. Lewis' 'The Abolition of Man': History,...
Beginning with a clear account of the historical setting for <i>The Abolition of Man</i> and its place within C.S. Lewis' corpus of writing, <i>Contemporary Perspectives on C. S....
View ArticleMaterialism
<B>A brilliant introduction to the philosophical concept of materialism and its relevance to contemporary science and culture</B><p>In this eye-opening, intellectually stimulating...
View ArticlePhilosophy, Sophistry, Antiphilosophy: Badiou's Dispute with Lyotard
Alain Badiou's work in philosophy, though daunting, has gained a receptive and steadily growing Anglophone readership. What is not well known is the extent to which Badiou's positions, vis-??-vis...
View ArticleEgalitarian Moments: From Descartes to Ranci¿re
Jacques Ranci�re's work has challenged many of the assumptions of contemporary continental philosophy by placing equality at the forefront of emancipatory political thought and aesthetics. Drawing...
View ArticleThe Critique of Pure Reason
One of the most influential works in the history of philosophy. Known as Kant's First Critique, dealing with questions concerning the foundations and extent of human knowledge, Kant builds on the work...
View ArticleFundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals
The first of Immanuel Kant's mature works on moral philosophy and remains one of the most influential in the field. Kant conceives his investigation as a work of foundational ethics, one that clears...
View ArticleThe Critique of Practical Reason
The Critique of Practical Reason follows on from Kant's Critique of Pure Reason and deals with his moral philosophy. The second Critique exercised a decisive influence over the subsequent development...
View ArticleThe Edge of Reason: A Rational Skeptic in an Irrational World
<B>An urgent defense of reason, the essential method for resolving-or even discussing-divisive issues</B><p>Reason, long held as the highest human achievement, is under siege....
View ArticleFeminist Theory After Deleuze
<i>Feminist Theory After Deleuze</i> addresses the encounter between one of the 20th century's most important philosophers, Gilles Deleuze, and one of its most significant political and...
View ArticleGeneral Will 2.0: Rousseau, Freud, Google
Stay informed. Talk about the issues. Always be engaged. Liberal societies have encouraged their members to take part—or at least interest—in politics. Yet, even in developed...
View ArticleKant and the Foundations of Morality
<span><span>Kim examines the fundamental tenets of Immanuel Kant's theory of morality structural-methodological point of view to highlight the activities of reason vis-?-vis the blind...
View ArticleSubjectivity and Identity: Between Modernity and Postmodernity
<i>Subjectivity and Identity</i> is a philosophical and interdisciplinary study that critically evaluates critically the most important philosophical, sociological, psychological and...
View ArticleWhy Grow Up? Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age
<p><b>A wry and witty meditation on modernity's obsession with youth and its denigration of maturity</b><br><b></b><br><b></b>In <i>Why Grow...
View ArticleRadical French Thought and the Return of the "Jewish Question"
<p>For English-speaking readers, this book serves as an introduction to an important French intellectual whose work, especially on the issues of antisemitism and anti-Zionism, runs counter to the...
View ArticleRationality, Control, and Freedom: Making Sense of Human Freedom
This book provides a concise, clear summary of the history of the "free will" vs. determinism controversy and offers a discussion of the basic differences of view.
View ArticleKant, Fichte, and the Legacy of Transcendental Idealism
<span><span style="font-style:italic;">Kant, Fichte, and the Legacy of Transcendental Idealism</span><span> contains ten new essays by leading and rising scholars from the...
View ArticleHeidegger, History and the Holocaust
<i>Heidegger, History and the Holocaust</i> is an important contribution to the longstanding debate concerning Martin Heidegger's association with National Socialism. Although a difficult...
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