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I Ek'S The Sublime Object Of Ideology - A Reader’S Guide

by Rafael Winkler

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 First published in 1989, The Sublime Object of Ideology was Žižek''s breakthrough work, and is still regarded by many as his masterpiece. It was an iconoclastic reinvention of ideology critique that introduced the English-speaking world to Žižek''s scorching brand of cultural and philosophical commentary and the multifaceted ways in which he explained it. Tying together concepts from aesthetics, psychoanalytic theory, cultural studies and the philosophy of belief, it changed the face of contemporary commentary and remains the underpinning of much of his subsequent thinking. This compelling guide introduces all of the influential thinkers and foundational concepts which Žižek draws on to create this seminal work. Grounding the text''s many and varied references in the work of Peter Sloterdijk, Saul Kripke, Walter Benjamin, Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, Immanuel Kant and G.W.F. Hegel, amongst others, helps students who are encountering this mercurial writer for the first time to understand the philosophical context of his early explorations. Each of Žižek''s key arguments are unpacked and laid out, alongside an invaluable account of how The Sublime Object of Ideology impacted the critical terrain on which it landed.
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Heidegger'S 'Being And Time' - A Reader''S Guide

by William Blattner

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 Heidegger''s Being and Time is one of the most influential and controversial philosophical treatises of the 20th century. But what exactly are the ideas that so profoundly impacted Sartre''s existentialism, influenced Gadamer''s hermeneutics, and paved the way for the emergence of deconstruction? And what or who is ''Dasein''? Answering these questions and more, this guide is an essential resource for anyone wanting to get to grips with Heidegger''s magnum opus. Updated with the latest scholarship, the new 2nd edition features: · Updated and increased engagement with the secondary literature on the treatise. · Expanded coverage to guide readers through both Division I and Division II, elucidating Heidegger''s thinking on time, history, and space · References throughout to the leading English translations by Macquarrie and Robinson · Updated study questions linking complex philosophical concepts to everyday life and an extended glossary of key terms
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Federalist Papers - A Reader''S Guide

by Kyle Scott

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 This guide supplements the reading of The Federalist Papers by discussing each paper and providing their historical and intellectual contexts.
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Dostoevsky'S The Brothers Karamazov

by Julian W Connolly

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 Fyodor Dostoevsky''s The Brothers Karamazov is unquestionably one of the greatest works of world literature. With its dramatic portrayal of a Russian family in crisis and its intense investigation into the essential questions of human existence, the novel has had a major impact on writers and thinkers across a broad range of disciplines, from psychology to religious and political philosophy. This proposed reader''s guide has two major goals: to help the reader understand the place of Dostoevsky''s novel in Russian and world literature, and to illuminate the writer''s compelling and complex artistic vision. The plot of the novel centers on the murder of the patriarch of the Karamazov family and the subsequent attempt to discover which of the brothers bears responsibility for the murder, but Dostoevsky''s ultimate interests are far more thought-provoking. Haunted by the question of God''s existence, Dostoevsky uses the character of Ivan Karamazov to ask what kind of God would create a world in which innocent children have to suffer, and he hoped that his entire novel would provide the answer. The design of Dostoevsky''s work, in which one character poses questions that other characters must try to answer, provides a stimulating basis for reader engagement. Having taught university courses on Dostoevsky''s work for over twenty years, Julian W. Connolly draws upon modern and traditional approaches to the novel to produce a reader''s guide that stimulate the reader''s interest and provides a springboard for further reflection and study.
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Marx'S 'Grundrisse' - A Reader''S Guide

by Simon Choat

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 The Grundrisse is widely regarded as one of Marx''s most important texts, with many commentators claiming it is the centrepiece of his entire oeuvre. It is also, however, a notoriously difficult text to understand and interpret. In this - the first guide and introduction to reading the Grundrisse - Simon Choat helps us to make sense of a text that is both a first draft of Capital and a major work in its own right. As well as offering a detailed commentary on the entire text, this guide explains the Grundrisse''s central themes and arguments and highlights its impact and influence. The Grundrisse''s discussions of money, labour, nature, freedom, the role of machinery, and the development and dynamics of capitalism have influenced generations of thinkers, from Anglo-American historians such as Eric Hobsbawm and Robert Brenner to Continental philosophers like Antonio Negri and Gilles Deleuze, as well as offering vital insights into Marx''s methodology and the trajectory of his thought. Contemporary examples are used throughout this guide both to illuminate Marx''s terminology and concepts and to illustrate the continuing relevance of the Grundrisse. Readers will be offered guidance on: -Philosophical and Historical Context -Key Themes -Reading the Text -Reception and Influence
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Deleuze And Guattari'S 'What Is Philosophy?' - A Reader''S Guide

by Rex Butler

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 "What is Philosophy?" is the last instalment of a remarkable twenty-year collaboration between the philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the psychoanalyst Felix Guattari. This text is a major contribution to contemporary Continental philosophy. This title offers an introduction to this important but difficult text.
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Levinas' 'Totality And Infinity' - A Reader''S Guide

by William Large

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 Emmanuel Levinas'' Totality and Infinity is a monumental work of phenomenological enquiry that goes on to assert the centrality of ethics to philosophical thought. This Reader''s Guide provides a detailed explanation of the work, breaking down the occasionally intimidating but always inspirational content of Totality and Infinity for non-specialist readers, unpacking the complexities of Levinas'' thought with clarity and rigour. Ideal for students coming to Levinas for the first time, the book offers essential guidance, outlining key themes, approaches to reading the text, the reception, and influence of the work, and recommends secondary reading materials.
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Marx And Engels' 'Communist Manifesto' - A Reader''S Guide

by Peter Lamb

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 Introducing the most famous work of the nineteenth-century radical thinkers Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, this comprehensive reader''s guide to the Communist Manifesto explores the key themes, ideas and issues of the revolutionary pamphlet. Beginning with a discussion of the intellectual, political and social context of the Manifesto, the Reader''s Guide illustrates the themes by clearly relating points in the work to ideas and theories made in other texts written by Marx and Engels. This is followed by a closer examination and analysis of the text that covers the introductory statement and each of the chapters in detail and discusses its style, structure and intended audiences. This guide also explores the ways in which the Manifesto was received both during the lives of Marx and Engels and in the twentieth century, for example the Soviet Union''s version of Marxism, China''s re-interpretations of the ideas, and the innovative political philosophy found in Western analytical Marxism. As well as presenting relevant biographical points about Marx and Engels and giving concise information on prominent people mentioned in the text, this valuable study resource features discussion questions and annotated guides to further reading. For students studying political philosophy and political theories, Marx and Engels'' Communist Manifesto: A Reader''s Guide provides a better understanding of the ideas, theories and contexts discussed in the most famous work of the writers who founded the ideology of Marxism.
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Kant'S 'Religion Within The Boundaries Of Mere Reason' - A Reader''S Guide

by Eddis N. Miller

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 Immanuel Kant''s Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason is a seminal text in modern philosophy, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. It is a complex and challenging work, which students and scholars often find difficult to penetrate. This Reader''s Guide provides a ''way in'' to the text including: philosophical and historical context; an overview of key themes; section-by-section analysis of the text; a chapter on its reception and influence as a classic text of the Enlightenment; and a guide for further reading. It highlights the most important themes and ideas, clarifies certain opaque features, and examines the junctures in the text that are critical for any philosophical assessment of Kant''s argument. Eddis N. Miller offers a sound understanding of Kant''s Religion and the tools for students to philosophically assess Kant''s overall argument.
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Carson'S Silent Spring - A Reader''S Guide

by Joni Seager

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 Silent Spring is a watershed moment in the history of environmentalism, credited with launching the modern environmental movement. In synthesizing a jumble of scientific and medical information into a coherent argument, Carson successfully challenged major chemical industries and the idea that modern societies could and should exert mastery over nature at any cost. Her critique remains salient today. This book provides the first in-depth analysis, contextualisation and overview of Silent Spring, a critical work in the history of environmentalism, surveying its lasting impact on the environmentalist movement in the last fifty years.
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Berkeley'S 'Three Dialogues' - A Reader''S Guide

by Aaron Garrett

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 "Berkeley's Three Dialogues" is a key text in the history of philosophy - the dialogues are, with the exception of Hume's, arguably the most important philosophical dialogues written in English. This book offers an account of this philosophical work. It gives a review of the key themes and a commentary that can enable readers to navigate the text.
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Descartes' 'Meditations' - A Reader''S Guide

by Richard Francks

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 "Descartes' Meditations" is one of the most important texts in the whole history of philosophy. Descartes is widely regarded as the father of modern philosophy and the issues raised in the Meditations have often been taken to define the very nature of philosophy. This book offers an account of this philosophical work.
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Hobbes'S 'Leviathan' - A Reader''S Guide

by Laurie M. Johnson Bagby

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 Thomas Hobbes' most enduring work, "Leviathan", is a key text in the study of political philosophy. Explaining the philosophical background against which the text was written, this book guides the reader to a clear understanding of the text as a whole, and then, explores the reception and influence of this classic philosophical work.
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Kant'S 'Critique Of Pure Reason' - A Reader''S Guide

by James Luchte

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 Offers an account of the key philosophical work. This book provides a review of the key themes and a commentary that enable readers to navigate the text. It explores the complex and important ideas inherent in the text and provides a cogent survey of the reception and influence of Kant's important work.
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Locke'S 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding' - A Reader''S Guide

by William Uzgalis

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 John Locke's "Essay Concerning Human Understanding" is a classic text, which laid out the basic principles of the Empiricism that was to characterise British Philosophy for centuries to come. This work explains the philosophical background against which the book was written and the key themes inherent in the text.
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Mill'S 'On Liberty' - A Reader''S Guide

by Geoffrey Scarre

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 First published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty" has exerted an enormous influence on philosophical and political thought. This title is part of Continuum's "Reader's Guides" that offers an introduction to this classic work of philosophy.
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Nietzsche'S 'On The Genealogy Of Morals' - A Reader''S Guide

by Daniel Conway

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 Nietzsche is one of the important philosophers and his "On the Genealogy of Morals" is one of the frequently studied works - a key text in the study of moral philosophy. This title explains the philosophical background against which the book was written, the context of Western morality in general and the key themes and topics inherent in the text.
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Fitzgerald'S The Great Gatsby - A Reader''S Guide

by Nicolas Tredell

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 "The Great Gatsby" (1925) is a classic of modern American literature and is often seen as the quintessential novel of 'the jazz age'. This guide sets "The Great Gatsby" in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure. It includes points for discussion and suggestions for further study.
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Deleuze And Guattari'S 'Anti-Oedipus' - A Reader''S Guide

by Ian Buchanan

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 <div>Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari''s Anti-Oedipus is the first part of a two volume project entitled Capitalism and Schizophrenia.Challenging the twin orthodoxies of Lacanian psychoanalysis and Althusserian Marxism, Anti-Oedipus is an important and exciting, yet challenging piece of philosophical writing. Ian Buchanan''s Reader''s Guide to Anti- Oedipus is the ideal companion to one of the twentieth-century''s most influential philosophical works. </div>
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Borges' Short Stories - A Reader''S Guide

by Rex Butler

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 A guide to ten of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges' best-known and widely studied short stories. It offers an analysis of such key terms in Borges' work as 'labyrinth' and the 'infinite' and analyses Borges' particular narrative strategies.
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Locke'S 'Second Treatise Of Government' - A Reader''S Guide

by Paul Kelly

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 John Locke's "Second Treatise of Government" is one of the most influential texts in the history of political theory. Part of the Continuum's "Reader's Guides", this book offers an account of this key philosophical work. It provides a review of the key themes and a lucid commentary.
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Hume'S 'Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion' - A Reader''S Guide

by Andrew Pyle

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 Part of a series in which each book explores the themes, philosophical context and passages of a philosophical text, this book provides an exposition of the famous "Argument to Design". It aims to prove the existence of a designing intelligence or God from Nature's phenomena, notably the functional contrivance of the parts of plants and animals.
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Wittgenstein'S 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus' - A Reader''S Guide

by Roger M. White

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 Provides an account of the philosophical and historical context of Wittgenstein's work - "Tractatus". This book provides a detailed outline of the themes and structure of the text, guiding the reader towards an understanding of this remarkable text. It explores the reception and influence of the work and offers a detailed guide to further reading.
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Shelley'S Frankenstein

by Graham Allen

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 A guide to Mary Shelley's gothic novel, "Frankenstein" - a key text for introductory literature courses at undergraduate level. It is helpful for reading and studying the novel, setting it in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, and offering analyses of its themes, style and structure.
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