Problems In Twentieth Century French Philosophy

Author : Sean Bowden,Mark G. E. Kelly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
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Release : 2020-06-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429514104

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Problems in Twentieth Century French Philosophy by Sean Bowden,Mark G. E. Kelly Pdf

Read through the lens of a single key concept in twentieth-century French philosophy, that of the "problem", this book relates the concept to specific thinkers and situates it in relation both to the wider history of philosophy and contemporary concerns. How exactly should the notion of problems be understood? What must a problem be in order to play an inaugurating role in thought? Does the word "problem" have a univocal sense? What is at stake – theoretically, ethically, politically, and institutionally – when philosophers use the word? This book addresses these and other questions, and is devoted to making historical and philosophical sense of the various uses and conceptualisations of notions of problems, problematics, and problematisations in twentieth-century French thought. In the process, it augments our understanding of the philosophical programs of a number of recent French thinkers, reconfigures our perception of the history and wider stakes of twentieth-century French philosophy, and reveals the ongoing theoretical richness and critical potential of the notion of the problem and its cognates. Working through the twentieth-century, and focussing on specific thinkers including Foucault and Deleuze, this book will be of interest to all scholars of French philosophy. This book was originally published as a special issue of Angelaki.

Author : Alan D. Schrift
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781405143943

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Twentieth-Century French Philosophy by Alan D. Schrift Pdf

This unique book addresses trends such as vitalism, neo-Kantianism, existentialism, Marxism and feminism, and provides concise biographies of the influential philosophers who shaped these movements, including entries on over ninety thinkers. Offers discussion and cross-referencing of ideas and figures Provides Appendix on the distinctive nature of French academic culture

Author : Frederick Charles Copleston
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0826469035

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19th and 20th Century French Philosophy by Frederick Charles Copleston Pdf

Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit and specialist in the history of philosophy, created his history as an introduction for Catholic ecclesiastical seminaries. The 11-volume series gives an accessible account of each philosopher's work, and explains their relationship to the work of other philosophers.

Author : Gary Gutting
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001-05-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521665590

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French Philosophy in the Twentieth Century by Gary Gutting Pdf

A clear and comprehensive account of the history of French philosophy in the twentieth century.

Author : Eric Matthews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Philosophy, French
ISBN : OCLC:1200618585

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Twentieth-century French Philosophy by Eric Matthews Pdf

Author : Eric Matthews,Professor of Philosophy and Honorary Research Professor of Medical and Psychiatric Ethics Eric Matthews
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0192892487

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Twentieth-century French Philosophy by Eric Matthews,Professor of Philosophy and Honorary Research Professor of Medical and Psychiatric Ethics Eric Matthews Pdf

This book offers a historical and critical account of the works of some of the major French philosophers of the twentieth century. Avoiding jargon, Eric Matthews shows how the philosophical tradition derived from Descartes has developed in the present century in the writings of key figures such as Bergson, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, Derrida, and contemporary French feminists. He relates philosophy to the wider French culture, and draws parallels with English-language philosophers.

Author : Alan D. Schrift
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1027168631

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Twentieth-Century French Philosophy by Alan D. Schrift Pdf

This unique book addresses trends such as vitalism, neo-Kantianism, existentialism, Marxism and feminism, and provides concise biographies of the influential philosophers who shaped these movements, including entries on over ninety thinkers. Offers discussion and cross-referencing of ideas and figures Provides Appendix on the distinctive nature of French academic culture

Author : Colin Davis
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781786948243

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Traces of War by Colin Davis Pdf

Traces of War examines how the trauma of the Second World War influenced the work of the brilliant generation of writers and intellectuals who lived through it.

Author : C. Davis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1999-12-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230287471

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Ethical Issues in Twentieth Century French Fiction by C. Davis Pdf

This book examines ethical problems raised by a number of key twentieth-century theoretical and fictional texts by authors such as Levinas, Sartre, Beauvoir, Yourcenar, Duras and Genet. It argues that even texts which apparently espouse ethical positions based on respect for and responsibility towards others, frequently depict conflict as an insurmountable aspect of human relations. This is reflected at an aesthetic level, as these texts both describe the struggle for supremacy and replicate it in their relation to their readers.

Author : Leonard Lawlor
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003-06-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0253215919

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Thinking Through French Philosophy by Leonard Lawlor Pdf

". . . no other book undertakes to relate all these French philosophers to each other the way that [Lawlor] does, brilliantly." —François Raffoul For many, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze represent one of the greatest movements in French philosophy. But these philosophers and their works did not materialize without a philosophical heritage. In Thinking through French Philosophy, Leonard Lawlor shows how the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty formed an important current in sustaining the development of structuralism and post-structuralism. Seeking the "point of diffraction," or the specific ideas and concepts that link Derrida, Foucault, and Deleuze, Lawlor discovers differences and convergences in these thinkers who worked the same terrain. Major themes include metaphysics, archaeology, language and documentation, expression and interrogation, and the very experience of thinking. Lawlor's focus on the experience of the question brings out critical differences in immanence and transcendence. This illuminating and provocative book brings new vitality to debates on contemporary French philosophy.

Author : Fernand Vial
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789042025776

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The Unconscious in Philosophy, and French and European Literature by Fernand Vial Pdf

This book traces the idea of the unconscious as it emerges in French and European literature. It discusses the functioning of the normal unconscious mind and provides examples of the abnormal unconscious in poems and literature. Psychiatric cases as they are understood today are illustrated as mirrored in literature describing the functioning of the disturbed mind.

Author : Julian Young
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781315409795

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German Philosophy in the Twentieth Century by Julian Young Pdf

The course of German philosophy in the twentieth century is one of the most exciting, diverse and controversial periods in the history of human thought. It is widely studied and its legacy hotly contested. In this outstanding introduction, Julian Young explains and assesses the two dominant traditions in modern German philosophy – critical theory and phenomenology – by examining the following key thinkers and topics: Max Weber’s setting the agenda for modern German philosophy: the ‘rationalization’ and ‘disenchantment’ of modernity resulting in ‘loss of freedom’ and ‘loss of meaning’ Horkheimer and Adorno: rationalization and the ‘culture industry’ Habermas’ defence of Enlightenment rationalization, the ‘unfinished project of modernity’ Marcuse: a Freud-based vision of a repression-free utopia Husserl: overcoming the ‘crisis of humanity’ through phenomenology Early Heidegger’s existential phenomenology: ‘authenticity’ as loyalty to ‘heritage’ Gadamer and ‘fusion of horizons’ Arendt: the human condition Later Heidegger: the re-enchantment of reality. German Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: Weber to Heidegger is essential reading for students of German philosophy, phenomenology and critical theory, and will also be of interest to students in related fields such as literature, religious studies, and political theory.

Author : Henry Somers-Hall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316517901

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Judgement and Sense in Modern French Philosophy by Henry Somers-Hall Pdf

Develops new readings of key figures in the French tradition that together constitute a new reading of the tradition itself.

Author : Leonard Lawlor
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780253223722

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Early Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy by Leonard Lawlor Pdf

Early Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy elaborates the basic project of contemporary continental philosophy, which culminates in a movement toward the outside. Leonard Lawlor interprets key texts by major figures in the continental tradition, including Bergson, Foucault, Freud, Heidegger, Husserl, and Merleau-Ponty, to develop the broad sweep of the aims of continental philosophy. Lawlor discusses major theoretical trends in the work of these philosophers—immanence, difference, multiplicity, and the overcoming of metaphysics. His conception of continental philosophy as a unified project enables Lawlor to think beyond its European origins and envision a global sphere of philosophical inquiry that will revitalize the field.

Author : Alain Badiou
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781788737067

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The Adventure of French Philosophy by Alain Badiou Pdf

The Adventure of French Philosophy is essential reading for anyone interested in what Badiou calls the “French moment” in contemporary thought. Badiou explores the exceptionally rich and varied world of French philosophy in a number of groundbreaking essays, published here for the first time in English or in a revised translation. Included are the often-quoted review of Louis Althusser’s canonical works For Marx and Reading Capital and the scathing critique of “potato fascism” in Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus. There are also talks on Michel Foucault and Jean-Luc Nancy, and reviews of the work of Jean-François Lyotard and Barbara Cassin, notable points of interest on an expansive tour of modern French thought. Guided by a small set of fundamental questions concerning the nature of being, the event, the subject, and truth, Badiou pushes to an extreme the polemical force of his thinking. Against the formless continuum of life, he posits the need for radical discontinuity; against the false modesty of finitude, he pleads for the mathematical infinity of everyday situations; against the various returns to Kant, he argues for the persistence of the Hegelian dialectic; and against the lure of ultraleftism, his texts from the 1970s vindicate the role of Maoism as a driving force behind the communist Idea.