Philosophy
Philosophy from Greece and Rome to medieval and modern thought.
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Atmosphere/Atmospheres: Testing A New Paradigm [Paperback]
Tonino Griffero (Editor); Giampiero Moretti (Editor)
£14.00ISBN: 9788869771231
Published by : Mimesis International
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The new phenomenological and aesthetic paradigm of atmospheres, conceived as feelings spread out in the external space and not as private moods, is tested here from different points of view and different disciplines in the context of a full valori... .... Learn More -
Relations: Ontology And Philosophy Of Religion [Paperback]
Daniele Bertini (Editor); Damiano Migliorini (Editor)
£18.00ISBN: 9788869771262
Published by : Mimesis International
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In 1924, B. Russell wrote that the issue of relationships is one of the most important in philosophy and that many unresolved philosophical
problems depend on how relationships are understood. Such observation is more than fundamental for th... .... Learn More -
Epicurus’S Pharmacy [Paperback]
Diego Fusaro (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9788869771460
Published by : Mimesis International
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Since antiquity, Epicurus’ thought has been compared to a powerful drug able to cure the pains of the soul that have always tormented
man preventing him from living a peaceful existence: but we know that the Greek term pharmakon can be inter... .... Learn More -
Derrida-Levinas: An Alliance Awaiting The Political [Paperback]
Orietta Ombrosi (Author); Raphael Zagury-Orly (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9788869771194
Published by : Mimesis International
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This book, focusing on the relationship between Derrida and Levinas and the unresolved tension between these two philosophical corpuses, will show what can yet come to democracy and will consequently offer possible interpretations of that which ca... .... Learn More -
Democracy And Truth: Is There A Conflict Between Political AndEpistemic Virtues [Paperback]
Snježana Priji Samaržija (Author)
£14.00ISBN: 9788869771255
Published by : Mimesis International
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The book is concerned with the recent discussions in social epistemology about epistemic justification of democracy. While standard approaches to epistemic justification of democracy base their thinking on the assumption that democratic legitimacy... .... Learn More -
Cosmopolitanism as an Answer: Kant’s Philosophy of History [Paperback]
Sandra Zákutná (Author)
£15.00ISBN: 9788869770883
Published by : Mimesis International
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The book focuses on Kant’s philosophy of history as a part of his practical philosophy. It deals with Kant’s interpretation of history that leads to political issues and introduces his project of cosmopolitanism as the culmination of his philosoph... .... Learn More -
A body, in spite: a slight philosophy for actors [Paperback]
Alain Jugnon (Author); Nathanaël (Author)
£16.00ISBN: 9781937658755
Published by : Nightboat Books
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Philosopher-playwright Alain Jugnon’s a body, in spite introduces this prolific French author to an English-speaking readership. The aphorisms that comprise this slight philosophy for actors are an inventoried body with and without its defenses. W... .... Learn More -
The Enlightened Gene: Biology, Buddhism, and the Convergence that Explains the World [Hardback]
Arri Eisen (Author); Yungdrung Konchok (Author); Lama Dalai (Author)
£29.00ISBN: 9781512600001
Published by : University Press of New England
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Eight years ago, in an unprecedented intellectual endeavor, the Dalai Lama invited Emory University to integrate modern science into the education of the thousands of Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns in exile in India. This project, the Emory Tibet... .... Learn More -
This Body Is in Danger!: Shape-shifting CorpoRealities in Contemporary Performing Arts [Paperback]
Aneta Stojni (Editor); Christel Stalpaert (Editor); Marina Grini (Editor)
£36.00ISBN: 9789401444941
Published by : Academia Press
Series: Studies in Performing Arts and Media
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This Body Is in Danger! offers an innovative perspective on corporeality at the intersection with cutting-edge contemporary debates regarding the shift from biopolitics to necropolitics, critical approaches to new media technologies ... .... Learn More
Philosophy and Hope: Bloch and Loewith interpreters of Marx [Paperback]
Diego Fusaro (Author)
£8.00ISBN: 9788869770975
Published by : Mimesis International
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One of the greatest unsolved issues that Karl Marx bequeathed to his interpreters concerns the legitimacy of practical and theoretical hope, both in the frame of his thought and in the wider horizon of philosophy. The entire Marxian work seems to ... .... Learn More
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