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  • Peter Winch

    by Colin Lyas ...
    This is the first introduction to the ideas of the British philosopher, Peter Winch (1926-97). Although author of the hugely influential "The Idea of a Social Science" (1958) much of Winch's other work has been neglected as philosophical fashions have changed. Recently, however, philosophers are again seeing the importance of Winch's ideas and their relevance to current philosophical concerns. In ... Read more

    $72.82 CAD

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  • Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction

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    by Jonathan Culler ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter?These are some of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in this Very Short Introduction to literary theory. Often a controversial subject, said to have transformed the study of culture and society in the past two decades, literary theory is accused of undermining ... Read more

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  • Derrida

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  • Literary Theory

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  • Rorty

    by Gideon Calder ...
    Series series GREAT PHILOSOPHERS
    Popular Great Philosopher's Series.An accessible overview of the work of one of our most influential living philosophers, as part of the popular Great Philosophers series. Richard Rorty is often cited as the most prominent philosophical defender of postmodernism. Best known for his unusually readable books and articles on philosophy - most notably Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979) and ... Read more

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  • Metaethics

    An Introduction

    by Andrew Fisher ...
    Do moral facts exist? What would they be like if they did? What does it mean to say that a moral claim is true? What is the link between moral judgement and motivation? Can we know whether something is right and wrong? Is morality a fiction?Metaethics: An Introduction presents a very clear and engaging survey of the key concepts and positions in what has become one of the most exciting and ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to Metaphilosophy

    by Søren Overgaard, Paul Gilbert, Stephen Burwood ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy
    What is philosophy? How should we do it? Why should we bother to? These are the kinds of questions addressed by metaphilosophy – the philosophical study of the nature of philosophy itself. Students of philosophy today are faced with a confusing and daunting array of philosophical methods, approaches and styles and also deep divisions such as the notorious rift between analytic and Continental ... Read more

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  • Slavoj Zizek

    by Tony Myers ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Thinkers
    Slavoj Zizek is no ordinary philosopher. Approaching critical theory and psychoanalysis in a recklessly entertaining fashion, Zizek's critical eye alights upon a bewildering and exhilarating range of subjects, from the political apathy of contemporary life, to a joke about the man who thinks he's a chicken, from the ethicial heroism of Keanu Reeves in Speed, to what toilet designs reveal about the ... Read more

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  • Karl Popper's Philosophy of Science

    Rationality without Foundations

    by Stefano Gattei ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science
    This book seeks to rectify misrepresentations of Popperian thought with a historical approach to Popper’s philosophy, an approach which applies his own mature view, that we gain knowledge through conjectures and refutations, to his own development, by portraying him in his intellectual growth as just such a series. Gattei seeks to reconstruct the logic of Popper’s development, in order to show how ... Read more

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  • At the Limits of History

    Essays on Theory and Practice

    by Keith Jenkins ...
    "Why bother with history? Keith Jenkins has an answer. He helps us re-think the "end of history", as signalled by postmodernity. Readers may disagree with him, but he never fails to provoke debate about the future of the past."Joanna Bourke, Professor of History, Birkbeck CollegeKeith Jenkins’ work on historical theory is renowned; this collection presents the essential elements of his work over ... Read more

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  • Bakhtin and the Human Sciences

    No Last Words

    Edited by Michael Gardiner, Michael Mayerfeld Bell ...
    Series series Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
    Bakhtin and the Human Sciences demonstrates the abundance of ideas Bakhtin′s thought offers to the human sciences, and reconsiders him as a social thinker, not just a literary theorist. The contributors hail from many disciplines and their essays′ implications extend into other fields in the human sciences. The volume emphasizes Bakhtin′s work on dialogue, carnival, ethics and everyday life, as ... Read more

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