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The Immanent Word
The Turn to Language in German Philosophy, 1759-1801
Series: Studies in Philosophy
The Immanent Word establishes that the philosophical study of language inaugurated in the 1759 works of Hamann and Lessing marks a paradigm shift in modern philosophy; it analyzes the transformation of that shift in works of Herder, Kant, Fichte, Novalis and Schlegel. It contends that recent...
Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
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The German Mittelweg
Garden Theory and Philosophy in the Time of Kant
Series: Studies in Philosophy
In the 1790s, a close-knit group of German philosophers published several garden theory texts. These works are unique in that a close-knit group of philosophers had never before--and has not since--produced so many works on the topic of garden design. In essence, this cohort sought to imbue...
Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
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Language and History in Adorno's Notes to Literature
Series: Studies in Philosophy
Plass argues that Adorno’s essays on literature are of prime importance for an understanding of his aesthetics because they challenge the conceptual limitations of philosophical discourse....
Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
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Wittgenstein's Novels
Series: Studies in Philosophy
Analyzing features of Wittgenstein's philosophical work and including in-depth textual analyses, this study investigates the impact of Ludwig Wittgenstein's work on contemporary German and French novelists. Drawing upon aesthetics, architectural history, philosophy of science, and photography, the...
Published April 29th 2012 by Routledge
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Emmanuel Levinas
Ethics, Justice, and the Human Beyond Being
Series: Studies in Philosophy
Published April 9th 2012 by Routledge
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Volition, Rhetoric, and Emotion in the Work of Pascal
Series: Studies in Philosophy
This study identifies and analyzes a compelling theory and practice of persuasion that integrates the complexity of human desire. It demonstrates how the philosophical component in Pascal's description of the will makes a seamless integration into a vehicle of persuasion and poetics, providing a...
Published April 9th 2012 by Routledge
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Discourse, Desire, and Fantasy in Jurgen Habermas' Critical Theory
Series: Studies in Philosophy
This book argues that Jürgen Habermas’ critical theory can be productively developed by incorporating a wider understanding of fantasy and imagination as part of its conception of communicative rationality and communicative pathologies. Given that meaning is generated both linguistically and...
Published March 12th 2012 by Routledge
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Kant, Foucault, and Forms of Experience
Series: Studies in Philosophy
This study presents the theoretical apparatus of Foucault’s early historical analyses as a version of Kantian criticism. In an initial textual exposition, the author attempts to distill a unified discursive practice from Kant’s theoretical writings, arguing for Foucault’s proximity to Kant on the...
Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
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Topics in the Philosophy of Possible Worlds
Series: Studies in Philosophy
This book discusses a range of important issues in current philosophical work on the nature of possible worlds. Areas investigated include the theories of the nature of possible worlds, general questions about metaphysical analysis and questions about the direction of dependence between what is...
Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
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Teleology and the Norms of Nature
Series: Studies in Philosophy
This work is an examination of teleological attributions i.e. ascriptions of proper functions and natural ends) to the features and behavior of living things with a view to understanding their application to human life....
Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
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On Mechanism in Hegel's Social and Political Philosophy
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