"This thought-provoking work analyzes concrete political events and reinterprets key concepts in modern political science. Building on the works of Kant, Badiou, Adorno, Hegel, and more, it posits that the dynamics of revolution can be encapsulated in the concept of negation, si…
The concept of disparity has long been a topic of obsession and argument for philosophers but Slavoj Žižek would argue that what disparity and negativity could mean, might mean and should mean for us and our lives has never been more hotly debated. Disparities explores contempor…
Andre Green draw attention to the work of the negative in Freud, examining aspects which are not normally associated with it: dream work, the work of mourning, identification etc.
"In this book, Wilfried Ver Eecke constructs a comprehensive, lucid account of denial's psychological and philosophical dimensions while using Freud, Hegel, Lacan, Spitz, and Sophocles to help us understand this unavoidable aspect of human existence."--BOOK JACKET.
"For decades, scholars and observers have criticized negative media portrayals of Muslims and Islam. Yet most of these critiques are limited by their focus on one specific location, a limited time period, or a single outlet. This book offers the first systematic, large-scale ana…
In a series of rich and compelling readings, William S. Allen shows how an original and rigorous mode of thinking arises within Blanchot's early writings and how Adorno's aesthetics depends on a relation between language and materiality that has been widely overlooked. Furthermo…
The language crisis: from Mallarme to Mauthner -- Great destructive work: the interwar years -- Performing the negative: Franz Kafka -- Humanity in ruins: Samuel Beckett -- Writing the disaster: Maurice Blanchot -- Through the thousand darknesses: Paul Celan -- Unconditional neg…
"This book charts the history of a distinct strain of European literary modernism that emerged out of a radical re-engagement with late nineteenth-century language scepticism. Focusing first on the literary and philosophical strands of this language- sceptical tradition, the boo…
