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  • The Philosophy and Politics of Aesthetic Experience

    German Romanticism and Critical Theory

    by Nathan Ross ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book develops a philosophy of aesthetic experience through two socially significant philosophical movements: early German Romanticism and early critical theory. In examining the relationship between these two closely intertwined movements, we see that aesthetic experience is not merely a passive response to art—it is the capacity to cultivate true personal autonomy, and to critique the social ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Walter Benjamin’s First Philosophy

    Experience, Ephemerality and Truth

    by Nathan Ross ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
    This book provides a study of Walter Benjamin’s first philosophy in two senses: it focuses on his early philosophy as a source of insight into his later works, and it explores his thinking about the nature of truth, method, experience, the relation of body and mind, and the limits of human knowledge.While most attention is paid to Benjamin’s later works, his writings from roughly 1914-1925 explore ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • On Mechanism in Hegel's Social and Political Philosophy

    by Nathan Ross ...
    Series series Studies in Philosophy
    On Mechanism in Hegel's Social and Political Philosophy examines the role of the concept of mechanism in Hegel’s thinking about political and social institutions. It counters as overly simplistic the notion that Hegel has an ‘organic concept of society’. It examines the thought of Hegel’s peers and predecessors who critique modern political intuitions as ‘machine-like’, focusing on J.G. Herder, ... Read more

    $114.99 CAD

  • High Throughput Screening Methods

    Evolution and Refinement

    Edited by Joshua A Bittker, Nathan T Ross ...
    Series Book 1 - Chemical Biology
    High throughput screening remains a key part of early stage drug and tool compound discovery, and methods and technologies have seen many fundamental improvements and innovations over the past 20 years. This comprehensive book provides a historical survey of the field up to the current state-of-the-art. In addition to the specific methods, this book also considers cultural and organizational ... Read more

    $191.99 CAD

  • One Question

    Short Conversations with Poets

    by Jesse Nathan, Ross Gay ...
    The form is simple, and singular: one poet, one question, one very short essay. Over and over. Lounging at the intersection of conversation and poetry, of essay and dialogue, this book gathers together a small selection of very brief interviews with some of the world's finest living poets. For years, Jesse Nathan has been publishing these popular interviews—each one presented with one of his ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Aesthetic Ground of Critical Theory

    New Readings of Benjamin and Adorno

    Edited by Nathan Ross ...
    Series series Founding Critical Theory
    Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno are considered today to be the two most significant early theorists in founding critical theory. In their works and correspondence, both thinkers turn to art and the aesthetic as a vital way for understanding modern society and developing philosophical methods. This volume of original essays seeks to understand how they influenced each other and disagreed with ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • The Palgrave Walter Benjamin Handbook

    Edited by Nathan Ross ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Walter Benjamin is one of the most influential authors in contemporary humanities, exerting a deep fascination for students and garnering scholarly interest in a variety of fields, such as history of philosophy, literature, film and media studies, political science, religion, architecture, art and history. This Handbook provides students and scholars with a guide to Walter Benjamin’s work that ... Read more

    $306.99 CAD

  • Fimbulwinter

    A Ski Saga

    by Nathan Alexander Ross ...
    Ian Winters only ever wants one thing in life: snow.Well, he could also use a raise, would rather not get evicted, and he also wouldn't mind having a girlfriend. But then he meets Linnea Starling, and a really tall Scandinavian dude with wooden skis. Next thing he knows, he's the bearer of a powerful artifact carved from the living wood of Yggdrasil.Now, he and Linnea are the only ones who can ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Brain Injury Medicine

    Principles and Practice

    Edited by David B. Arciniegas, MD, M. Ross Bullock, MD, PHD, Douglas I. Katz, MD, Jeffrey S. Kreutzer, PHD, ABPP, Ross D. Zafonte, DO, Nathan D. Zasler, MD ...
    Brain Injury Medicine - which includes free ebook access with every print purchase - is a clear and comprehensive guide to all aspects of the management of traumatic brain injury-from early diagnosis and evaluation through the post-acute period and rehabilitation. An essential reference for physicians and other health care professionals who work with patients with brain injury, the book focuses on ... Read more

    $323.99 CAD

  • Benjamin, Adorno, and the Experience of Literature

    Edited by Corey McCall, Nathan Ross ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
    This collection features original essays that examine Walter Benjamin’s and Theodor Adorno’s essays and correspondence on literature. Taken together, the essays present the view that these two monumental figures of 20th-century philosophy were not simply philosophers who wrote about literature, but that they developed their philosophies in and through their encounters with literature.Benjamin, ... Read more

    $92.06 CAD

  • Philosophy of Jazz

    by Daniel Martin Feige ...
    Translated by Nathan Ross ...
    What is jazz? How does it differ from other kinds of music? To what extent is it an important subject for thinking about aesthetic questions? Philosophy of Jazz is among the first book-length philosophical discussions devoted to jazz. Daniel Martin Feige explores the relationship between jazz and European art music, arguing that in jazz central aspects of musical practice are made explicit, ... Read more

    $105.49 CAD

  • Art as Human Practice

    An Aesthetics

    by Georg W. Bertram ...
    Translated by Nathan Ross ...
    How is art both distinct and different from the rest of human life, while also mattering in and for it? This central yet overlooked question in contemporary philosophy of art is at the heart of Georg Bertram's new aesthetic. Drawing on the resources of diverse philosophical traditions – analytic philosophy, French philosophy, and German post-Kantian philosophy – his book offers a systematic ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD