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1. Very Little ... Almost Nothing

   Death, Philosophy and Literature, 2nd Edition

   By Simon Critchley

   Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy

   Very Little ... Almost Nothing puts the question of the meaning of life back at the centre of intellectual debate. Its central concern is how we can find a meaning to human finitude without recourse to anything that transcends that finitude. A profound but secular meditation on the theme of death,...

   Published May 19th 2004 by Routledge
2. Critique of Violence

   Between Poststructuralism and Critical Theory

   By Beatrice Hanssen

   Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy

   Critique of Violence is a highly original and lucid investigation of the heated controversy between poststructuralism and critical theory. Leading theorist Beatrice Hanssen uses Walter Benjamin's essay 'Critique of Violence' as a guide to analyse the contentious debate, shifting the emphasis from...

   Published August 2nd 2000 by Routledge
3. Interrupting Derrida

   By Geoffrey Bennington

   Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy

   One of the most significant contemporary thinkers in continental philosophy, Jacques Derrida’s work continues to attract heated commentary among philosophers, literary critics, social and cultural theorists, architects and artists. This major new work by world renowned Derrida scholar and...

   Published April 19th 2000 by Routledge
4. Relating Narratives

   Storytelling and Selfhood

   By Adriana Cavarero

   Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy

   Relating Narratives is a major new work by the philosopher and feminist thinker Adriana Cavarero. First published in Italian to widespread acclaim, Relating Narratives is a fascinating and challenging new account of the relationship between selfhood and narration. Drawing a diverse array of...

   Published February 16th 2000 by Routledge
5. Kant Trouble

   Obscurities of the Enlightened

   By Diane Morgan

   Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy

   Kant Trouble offers a highly original and incisive reading of some of the lesser known aspects of Kantian thought. Throughout Morgan challenges the widely held view of Kant as the exponent of concrete and rigid rationality and argues that his airtight 'architectonic' mode of reasoning overlooks...

   Published February 9th 2000 by Routledge
6. Philosophy and Tragedy

   Edited by Simon Sparks, Miguel de Beistegui

   Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy

   From Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Poetics to Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, the theme of tragedy has been subject to radically conflicting philosophical interpretations. Despite being at the heart of philosophical debate from Ancient Greece to the Nineteenth Century, however, tragedy has yet...

   Published December 15th 1999 by Routledge
7. The Hypocritical Imagination

   Between Kant and Levinas

   By John Llewellyn

   Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy

   For philosophers such as Kant, the imagination is the starting point for all thought. For others, such as Wittgenstein, what is important is only how the word 'imagination' is used. In spite of the attention the imagination has received from major philosophers, remarkably little has been written...

   Published September 22nd 1999 by Routledge
8. Essays on Otherness

   By Jean Laplanche

   Edited by John Fletcher

   Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy

   Since the death of Jacques Lacan, Jean Laplanche is now considered to be one of the worlds foremost psychoanalytic thinkers. In spite of the influence of his work over the last thirty years, remarkably little has been available in English. Essays On Otherness presents for the first time in English...

   Published December 9th 1998 by Routledge
9. Hegel After Derrida

   Edited by Stuart Barnett

   Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy

   Hegel After Derrida provides a much needed insight not only into the importance of Hegel and the importance of Derrida's work on Hegel, but also the very foundations of postmodern and deconstructionist thought. It will be essential reading for all those engaging with the work of Derrida and Hegel...

   Published February 25th 1998 by Routledge
10. Textures of Light

    Vision and Touch in Irigaray, Levinas and Merleau Ponty

    By Cathryn Vasseleu

    Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy

    Textures of Light draws on the work of Luce Irigaray, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Emmanuel Levinas to present an outstanding and ground breaking study of the vital importance of light in Western thought. Since Plato's allegory of the cave, light and the role of sight have been accorded a unique...

    Published February 4th 1998 by Routledge