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  • A Commentary on Jean-Paul Sartre's Critique of Dialectical Reason

    by Joseph S. Catalano ...
    Series series Theory of Practical Ensembles
    Sartre's Critique of Dialectical Reason ranks with Being and Nothingness as a work of major philosophical significance, but it has been largely neglected. The first volume, published in 1960, was dismissed as a Marxist work at a time when structuralism was coming into vogue; the incomplete second volume has only recently been published in France. In this commentary on the first volume, Joseph S. ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Saint & the Atheist

    Thomas Aquinas & Jean-Paul Sartre

    by Joseph S. Catalano ...
    It is hard to think of two philosophers less alike than St. Thomas Aquinas and Jean-Paul Sartre. Aquinas, a thirteenth-century Dominican friar, and Sartre, a twentieth-century philosopher and atheist, are separated by both time and religious beliefs. Yet, for philosopher Joseph S. Catalano, the two are worth bringing together for their shared concern with a fundamental issue: the uniqueness of ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Thinking Matter

    Consciousness from Aristotle to Putnam and Sartre

    by Joseph S. Catalano ...
    Thinking Matter is an original and provocative look at the nature of consciousness. While many contemporary philosophers have downplayed the significance of the body and subscribed to a brain/body dualism in human consciousness, Joseph S. Catalano argues that it is the entire fleshy body that thinks; the body of the dancer, the hands of the writer, and the eyes of the reader are not merely ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • In Pursuit of Moby-Dick

    Of Whales and Their Gods

    by Joseph S. Catalano ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This study presents *Moby-*Dick as a novel with three distinct but interconnecting stories: Ishmael’s, which he shares ten years after it has taken place; Ahab’s, which is Ishmael's account of the memorable captain of a whaling ship; and a third which centres on whales and whaling, which has not received significant critical attention. While each of these perspectives compete for prominence in the ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Children’s Dreams in Clinical Practice

    by S Catalano ...
    Once upon a time I dreamed myself a butterfly, floating like petals in the air, happy to be doing as I pleased, no longer aware of myself! But soon enough I awoke and then, frantically clutching myself, Chuang Tzu I was! I wonder: Was Chuang Tzu dreaming himself the butterfly, or was the butterfly dreaming itself Chuang Tzu? -Chuang Tzu Dreams are an endless source of mystery and fascination. ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Family Idiot

    Gustave Flaubert, 1821–1857, An Abridged Edition

    by Jean-Paul Sartre ...
    Translated by Carol Cosman ...
    An approachable abridgment of Sartre’s important analysis of Flaubert.From 1981 to 1994, the University of Chicago Press published a five-volume translation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s The Family Idiot: Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1857, a sprawling masterwork by one of the greatest intellects of the twentieth century. This new volume delivers a compact abridgment of the original by renowned Sartre scholar, ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Reading Sartre

    by Joseph S. Catalano ...
    In this volume, Joseph Catalano offers an in-depth exploration of Jean-Paul Sartre's four major philosophical writings: Being and Nothingness, Saint Genet: Actor and Martyr, The Critique of Dialectical Reason, and The Family Idiot. These works have been immensely influential, but they are long and difficult and thus challenging for both students and scholars. Catalano here demonstrates the ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

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  • The Portable Kristeva

    by Julia Kristeva ...
    Series series European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
    As a linguist, Julia Kristeva has pioneered a revolutionary theory of the sign in its relation to social and political emancipation; as a practicing psychoanalyst, she has produced work on the nature of the human subject and sexuality, and on the "new maladies" of today's neurotic. The Portable Kristeva is the only fully comprehensive compilation of Kristeva's key writings. The second edition ... Read more

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  • The Sense and Non-Sense of Revolt

    The Powers and Limits of Psychoanalysis

    by Julia Kristeva ...
    Translated by Jeanine Herman ...
    Series series European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
    Freud and psychoanalysis taught us that rebellion is what guarantees our independence and our creative abilities. But in the contemporary "entertainment" culture, is rebellion still a viable option? Is it still possible to build and embrace a counterculture? For whom—and against what?Julia Kristeva illustrates the advances and impasses of rebel culture through the experiences of three twentieth ... Read more

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  • The Trouble with Pleasure

    Deleuze and Psychoanalysis

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  • The Philosopher's Toolkit

    A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods

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