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  • Speech Genres and Other Late Essays

    by M. M. Bakhtin ...
    Translated by Vern W. McGee ...
    Series series University of Texas Press Slavic Series
    Speech Genres and Other Late Essays presents six short works from Bakhtin's Esthetics of Creative Discourse, published in Moscow in 1979. This is the last of Bakhtin's extant manuscripts published in the Soviet Union. All but one of these essays (the one on the Bildungsroman) were written in Bakhtin's later years and thus they bear the stamp of a thinker who has accumulated a huge storehouse of ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Meyerhold at Work

    by Paul Schmidt ...
    Translated by Ilya Levin, Vern McGee ...
    Series series University of Texas Press Slavic Series
    “Not a mirror but a magnifying glass”—such, in the poet Mayakovsky’s words, was the theater of Vsevolod Meyerhold. The first to insist on the primacy of the director’s role, indeed the first to conceive of it as a role, this passionately dedicated Russian director tore down the fourth wall and forced the actors and audience together into one inescapable community of experience.Yet Meyerhold ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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  • Existentialism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Thomas Flynn ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Existentialism was one of the leading philosophical movements of the twentieth century. Focusing on its seven leading figures, Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, de Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty and Camus, this Very Short Introduction provides a clear account of the key themes of the movement which emphasized individuality, free will, and personal responsibility in the modern world. Drawing in ... Read more

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  • Less Than Nothing

    Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism

    by Slavoj Zizek ...
    Discover a 1,000-page resurrection of Hegel, a giant of Western philosophy—from “one of the world’s best-known public intellectuals” (New York Review of Books).For the last two centuries, Western philosophy has developed in the shadow of Hegel, an influence each new thinker struggles to escape. As a consequence, Hegel’s absolute idealism has become the bogeyman of philosophy, obscuring the fact ... Read more

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  • The Dialogic Imagination

    Four Essays

    by M. M. Bakhtin ...
    Translated by Michael Holquist, Caryl Emerson ...
    These essays reveal Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975)—known in the West largely through his studies of Rabelais and Dostoevsky—as a philosopher of language, a cultural historian, and a major theoretician of the novel. The Dialogic Imagination presents, in superb English translation, four selections from Voprosy literatury i estetiki (Problems of literature and esthetics), published in Moscow in 1975. ... Read more

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  • Greatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought

    by Erich Fromm ...
    The renowned social psychologist and New York Times –bestselling author's classic study of Freud's most important—and controversial—ideas: "Simple, thoughtful, and incisive" ( Library Journal )."Brilliant new insights into both the strengths and shortcomings of psychoanalysis, while reaffirming its radical potential." — Publishers Weekly... ... Read more

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  • Sigmund Freud's Mission

    An Analysis of his Personality and Influence

    by Erich Fromm ...
    The renowned psychoanalyst and New York Times –bestselling author of The Art of Loving examines the creator of psychoanalysis and his followers."A psychologically convincing and balanced picture of Freud the man, and his background." —Bruno BettelheimWith his creation of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud redefined how people relate to themselves and to the ... ... Read more

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  • Martin Heidegger

    by George Steiner ...
    A rich and evocative study of one of modern history's most compelling and controversial philosophers by a literary and critical grand masterIn Martin Heidegger, George Steiner delves into the life and work of the prolific German philosopher. His deft analysis lays bare the intricacies of Heidegger's work and his influence on modern society, offering a clear and accessible analysis of the ... Read more

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  • Existentialism For Beginners

    by David Cogswell ...
    Series series For Beginners
    Existentialism For Beginners is an entertaining romp through the history of a philosophical movement that has had a broad and enduring influence on Western culture. From the middle of the Nineteenth Century through the late Twentieth Century existentialism informed our politics and art and still exerts its influence today. Tracing the movement's beginnings with close-up views of seminal figures ... Read more

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  • The Jargon of Authenticity

    by Theodor Adorno ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    Theodor Adorno was no stranger to controversy. In The Jargon of Authenticity he gives full expression to his hostility to the language employed by certain existentialist thinkers such as Martin Heidegger. With his customary alertness to the uses and abuses of language, he calls into question the jargon, or 'aura', as his colleague Walter Benjamin described it, which clouded existentialists' ... Read more

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  • Heidegger Explained

    From Phenomenon to Thing

    by Graham Harman ...
    Series series Ideas Explained
    Heidegger Explained is a clear and thorough summary of the philosophy of Martin Heidegger (18891976). It gives a fascinating explanation of all stages of Heidegger’s life and career, and shows his entire philosophy to emerge from one simple but profound insight.Many philosophers believe that Heidegger was the greatest philosopher of the twentieth century. His influence has long been felt not just ... Read more

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  • Dictionary of Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling

    by Emmy van Deurzen, Raymond Kenward ...
    The Dictionary of Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling is a comprehensive lexicon of existential terms, their meaning and application. With over 350 entries(cross-referenced throughout), the book is the ideal companion to studying the the ideas of existential pioneers, such as Kierkegaard, Heidegger and Sartre.Drawing on their experience as existential practitioners, Emmy van Deurzen and ... Read more

    $57.59 CAD