Contemporary philosophical research interconnects classical domains of philosophy, the arts, literature and social sciences. This collection of essays explores the operational role of experimentation, dissidence and heterogeneity in this process. It offers fundaments for the cri…
"In today's society, everything is in question. The reflexive questioning of modernity has fundamentally problematized society, including philosophy, which has experienced a crisis of metaphysics. Michel Meyer's problematology answers this crisis by questioning questioning, unfo…
In today's society, everything is in question. The reflexive questioning of modernity has fundamentally problematized society, including philosophy, which has experienced a crisis of metaphysics. Michel Meyer's problematology answers this crisis by questioning questioning, unfol…
"A genuine homage to Derrida."--Leonard Lawlor, University of Memphis "Naas is a true heir of Derrida."--Dawne McCance, University of Manitoba."
Though inspired by a Panofskyan legacy, this book diverges at certain points from Erwin Panofsky's declared objectives, and calls attention to several of aspects that were until now less accentuated in his intellectual reception. Insisting on the importance of iconology as a met…
"Addressing Merleau-Ponty's work Phenomenology of Perception in dialogue with The Visible and the Invisible, his lectures at the Collg̈e de France, and his reading of Proust, this book argues that at play in his thought is a philosophy of "ontological lateness". This describes th…
"These thirteen lectures on the 'punitive society, ' delivered at the Collège de France in the first three months of 1973, examine the way in which the relations between justice and truth that govern modern penal law were forged, and question what links them to the emergence of …
"Hannah Arendt's (1906-1975) writings, both in public magazines and in her important books, are still widely studied today. She made original contributions in political thinking that still astound readers and critics alike. The subject of several films and numerous books, colloq…
"This volume re-examines traditional interpretations of the rise of modern aesthetics in eighteenth-century Britain and Germany. It provides a new account that connects aesthetic experience with morality, science, and political society. In doing so, the book challenges longstand…
"This volume re-examines traditional interpretations of the rise of modern aesthetics in eighteenth-century Britain and Germany. It provides a new account that connects aesthetic experience with morality, science, and political society. In doing so, the book challenges longstand…
"This volume re-examines traditional interpretations of the rise of modern aesthetics in eighteenth-century Britain and Germany. It provides a new account that connects aesthetic experience with morality, science, and political society. In doing so, the book challenges longstand…
"This volume re-examines traditional interpretations of the rise of modern aesthetics in eighteenth-century Britain and Germany. It provides a new account that connects aesthetic experience with morality, science, and political society. In doing so, the book challenges longstand…
"This volume re-examines traditional interpretations of the rise of modern aesthetics in eighteenth-century Britain and Germany. It provides a new account that connects aesthetic experience with morality, science, and political society. In doing so, the book challenges longstand…
This volume re-examines traditional interpretations of the rise of modern aesthetics in eighteenth-century Britain and Germany. It provides a new account that connects aesthetic experience with morality, science, and political society. In doing so, it challenges long-standing te…
"Although Habermas has written about the cultural role of literature and about literary works, he has not systematically articulated a literary-critical method as a component of either communicative reason or post-metaphysical thinking. Habermas and Literature brings Habermasian…
Future theory: a handbook to critical concepts
Part I: Introduction: Ethics and Aesthetics: Transformation in the Course of History Pol Vandevelde ( Marquette University, USA) and Arun Iyer ( Seattle University, USA) Part II: Ethics A. Ancient Ethics B. Practical Philosophy and Value Part III: Aesthetics A. Art B. Language C…
Future theory: a handbook to critical concepts
Part I: Introduction: Ethics and Aesthetics: Transformation in the Course of History Pol Vandevelde ( Marquette University, USA) and Arun Iyer ( Seattle University, USA) Part II: Ethics A. Ancient Ethics B. Practical Philosophy and Value Part III: Aesthetics A. Art B. Language C…
Future theory: a handbook to critical concepts
"By interrogating the terms and concepts most central to cultural change, Future Theory interrogates how theory can play a central role in dynamic transition. It demonstrates how entangled the highly politicized spheres of cultural production, scientific invention, and intellect…