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Feminist Uncanny In Theory And Art Practice

by Alexandra M. Kokoli

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 The Feminist Uncanny in Theory and Art Practice investigates the widely debated, deeply flawed yet influential concept of the uncanny through the lens of feminist theory and contemporary art practice. Not merely a subversive strategy but a cipher of the fraught but fertile dialogue between feminism and psychoanalysis, the uncanny makes an ideal vehicle for an arrangement marked by ambivalence and acts as a constant reminder that feminism and psychoanalysis are never quite at home with one another. The Feminist Uncanny begins by charting the uncanniness of femininity in foundational psychoanalytic texts by Ernst Jentsch, Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan and Mladen Dolar, and contextually introduces a range of feminist responses and appropriations by Hélène Cixous, Julia Kristeva and Sarah Kofman, among others. The book also offers thematically organised interpretations of famous artworks and practices informed by feminism, including Judy Chicago''s Dinner Party, Faith Ringgold''s story quilts and Susan Hiller''s ''paraconceptualism'', as well as less well-known practice, such as the Women''s Postal Art Even (Feministo) and the photomontages of Maud Sulter. Dead (lexicalised) metaphors, unhomely domesticity, identity and (dis)identification, and the tension between family stories and art''s histories are examined in and from the perspective of different artistic and critical practices, illustrating different aspects of the feminist uncanny. Through a ''partisan'' yet comprehensive critical review of the fascinating concept of the uncanny, The Feminist Uncanny in Theory and Art Practice proposes a new concept, the feminist uncanny, which it upholds as one of the most enduring legacies of the Women''s Liberation Movement in contemporary art theory and practice.
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Feminist Uncanny In Theory And Art Practice

by Alexandra M. Kokoli

~~42,92€~~ 34,34€ 20% OFF

 The Feminist Uncanny in Theory and Art Practice investigates the widely debated, deeply flawed yet influential concept of the uncanny through the lens of feminist theory and contemporary art practice. Not merely a subversive strategy but a cipher of the fraught but fertile dialogue between feminism and psychoanalysis, the uncanny makes an ideal vehicle for an arrangement marked by ambivalence and acts as a constant reminder that feminism and psychoanalysis are never quite at home with one another. The Feminist Uncanny begins by charting the uncanniness of femininity in foundational psychoanalytic texts by Ernst Jentsch, Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan and Mladen Dolar, and contextually introduces a range of feminist responses and appropriations by Hélène Cixous, Julia Kristeva and Sarah Kofman, among others. The book also offers thematically organised interpretations of famous artworks and practices informed by feminism, including Judy Chicago''s Dinner Party, Faith Ringgold''s story quilts and Susan Hiller''s ''paraconceptualism'', as well as less well-known practice, such as the Women''s Postal Art Even (Feministo) and the photomontages of Maud Sulter. Dead (lexicalised) metaphors, unhomely domesticity, identity and (dis)identification, and the tension between family stories and art''s histories are examined in and from the perspective of different artistic and critical practices, illustrating different aspects of the feminist uncanny. Through a ''partisan'' yet comprehensive critical review of the fascinating concept of the uncanny, The Feminist Uncanny in Theory and Art Practice proposes a new concept, the feminist uncanny, which it upholds as one of the most enduring legacies of the Women''s Liberation Movement in contemporary art theory and practice.
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Subjectivity And Identity - Between Modernity And Postmodernity

by Peter V. Zima

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 Subjectivity and Identity is a philosophical and interdisciplinary study that critically evaluates critically the most important philosophical, sociological, psychological and literary debates on subjectivity and the subject. Starting from a history of the concept of the subject from modernity to postmodernity - from Descartes and Kant to Adorno and Lyotard - Peter V. Zima distinguishes between individual, collective, mythical and other subjects. Most texts on subjectivity and the subject present the topic from the point of view of a single discipline: philosophy, sociology, psychology or theory of literature. In Subjectivity and Identity Zima links philosophical approaches to those of sociology, psychology and literary criticism. The link between philosophy and sociology is social philosophy (e.g. Althusser, Marcuse, Habermas), the link between philosophy and literary criticism is aesthetics (e.g. Adorno, Lyotard, Vattimo). Philosophy and psychology can be related thanks to the psychological implications of several philosophical concepts of subjectivity (Hobbes, Stirner, Sartre).
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Subjectivity And Identity - Between Modernity And Postmodernity

by Peter V. Zima

~~42,92€~~ 34,34€ 20% OFF

 Subjectivity and Identity is a philosophical and interdisciplinary study that critically evaluates critically the most important philosophical, sociological, psychological and literary debates on subjectivity and the subject. Starting from a history of the concept of the subject from modernity to postmodernity - from Descartes and Kant to Adorno and Lyotard - Peter V. Zima distinguishes between individual, collective, mythical and other subjects. Most texts on subjectivity and the subject present the topic from the point of view of a single discipline: philosophy, sociology, psychology or theory of literature. In Subjectivity and Identity Zima links philosophical approaches to those of sociology, psychology and literary criticism. The link between philosophy and sociology is social philosophy (e.g. Althusser, Marcuse, Habermas), the link between philosophy and literary criticism is aesthetics (e.g. Adorno, Lyotard, Vattimo). Philosophy and psychology can be related thanks to the psychological implications of several philosophical concepts of subjectivity (Hobbes, Stirner, Sartre).
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Allure Of Things: Process And Object In Contemporary Philosophy

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 The Allure of Things: Process and Object in Contemporary Philosophy contests the view that metaphysics is something to be overcome. By focusing on process and object oriented ontology (OOO) and rejecting the privileging of human existence over the existence of non-human objects, this collection explores philosophy''s concern with things themselves. Interest in Latour, Stengers, Whitehead, Harman and Meillassoux has prompted a resurgence of ontological questions outside the traditional subject-object framework of modern critical thought. This new collection consequently proposes a pragmatic and pluralist approach to ''modes of existence''. Drawing together an international range of leading scholars, The Allure of Things fully covers the similarities between OOO and process philosophy, and is an essential addition to the literature on metaphysics.
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Allure Of Things: Process And Object In Contemporary Philosophy

~~46,49€~~ 37,19€ 20% OFF

 The Allure of Things: Process and Object in Contemporary Philosophy contests the view that metaphysics is something to be overcome. By focusing on process and object oriented ontology (OOO) and rejecting the privileging of human existence over the existence of non-human objects, this collection explores philosophy''s concern with things themselves. Interest in Latour, Stengers, Whitehead, Harman and Meillassoux has prompted a resurgence of ontological questions outside the traditional subject-object framework of modern critical thought. This new collection consequently proposes a pragmatic and pluralist approach to ''modes of existence''. Drawing together an international range of leading scholars, The Allure of Things fully covers the similarities between OOO and process philosophy, and is an essential addition to the literature on metaphysics.
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Cultural Promise Of The Aesthetic

by Monique Roelofs

~~39,34€~~ 31,47€ 20% OFF

 A riveting exploration of the pleasures and compromises of aesthetic experiences taking shape in our day-to-day existence and sparked by an array of objects within and beyond the world of art.
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Cultural Promise Of The Aesthetic

by Monique Roelofs

~~39,34€~~ 31,47€ 20% OFF

 A riveting exploration of the pleasures and compromises of aesthetic experiences taking shape in our day-to-day existence and sparked by an array of objects within and beyond the world of art.
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Michel Meyer'S Problematology - Questioning And Society

by Nick Turnbull

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 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, unfolding a new way of doing philosophy, with special relevance for the study of society. In this first-ever extended treatment of Meyer''s work, Nick Turnbull examines the main features of problematology, including the principle of questioning and the deduction of an original conception of difference, based on the question-answer relationship. Turnbull shows how these concepts produce new perspectives in the philosophy of the emotions, history, meaning, politics, rhetoric and science. He applies Meyer''s ideas to key questions in the philosophy of social science, showing how problematology offers important insights for understanding contemporary society. The book compares problematology with the work of well-known thinkers, including Bourdieu, Castoriadis, Collingwood, Derrida, Dewey, Gadamer, Heidegger and Lyotard. Turnbull uses problematology and rhetoric to explain how meaning is constructed through practice in the negotiation of social distance.
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Michel Meyer'S Problematology - Questioning And Society

by Nick Turnbull

~~46,49€~~ 37,19€ 20% OFF

 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, unfolding a new way of doing philosophy, with special relevance for the study of society. In this first-ever extended treatment of Meyer''s work, Nick Turnbull examines the main features of problematology, including the principle of questioning and the deduction of an original conception of difference, based on the question-answer relationship. Turnbull shows how these concepts produce new perspectives in the philosophy of the emotions, history, meaning, politics, rhetoric and science. He applies Meyer''s ideas to key questions in the philosophy of social science, showing how problematology offers important insights for understanding contemporary society. The book compares problematology with the work of well-known thinkers, including Bourdieu, Castoriadis, Collingwood, Derrida, Dewey, Gadamer, Heidegger and Lyotard. Turnbull uses problematology and rhetoric to explain how meaning is constructed through practice in the negotiation of social distance.
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Missed Encounter Of Radical Philosophy With Architecture

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 'The Missed Encounter of Radical Philosophy with Architecture'. Explore the new relationship between architecture and contemporary radical philosophy, asking what impact architecture has over today's culture and society.
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Missed Encounter Of Radical Philosophy With Architecture

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 'The Missed Encounter of Radical Philosophy with Architecture'. Explore the new relationship between architecture and contemporary radical philosophy, asking what impact architecture has over today's culture and society.
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Bertrand Russell'S Bundle Theory Of Particulars

by G Lberk Ko Maclean

~~46,49€~~ 37,19€ 20% OFF

 Winner of the 2015 Bertrand Russell Society Book Award Bertrand Russell''s Bundle Theory of Particulars presents and evaluates Russell''s arguments for two competing theories on the nature of particulars at different stages in his career: the substratum theory of particulars (1903-1913) and the bundle theory of particulars (1940-1948). Through its original focus on Russell''s little known metaphysics in the later part of his career, this study explains why Russell''s theory of particulars is relevant today. It argues that a Russellian realist bundle theory is indeed the best explanation of similarities and differences that we observe around us thanks to the ontological economy such a theory provides and its strength and completeness as a theory of the nature of reality. Tackling the major criticisms levelled against the realist bundle theory - the problem of individuation, the problem of necessity, and the problem of analyticity - this study presents and defends a tenable Russellian bundle theory which can answer the objections. Bertrand Russell''s Bundle Theory of Particulars is a novel and significant contribution to Russell scholarship.
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Bertrand Russell'S Bundle Theory Of Particulars

by G Lberk Ko Maclean

~~46,49€~~ 37,19€ 20% OFF

 Winner of the 2015 Bertrand Russell Society Book Award Bertrand Russell''s Bundle Theory of Particulars presents and evaluates Russell''s arguments for two competing theories on the nature of particulars at different stages in his career: the substratum theory of particulars (1903-1913) and the bundle theory of particulars (1940-1948). Through its original focus on Russell''s little known metaphysics in the later part of his career, this study explains why Russell''s theory of particulars is relevant today. It argues that a Russellian realist bundle theory is indeed the best explanation of similarities and differences that we observe around us thanks to the ontological economy such a theory provides and its strength and completeness as a theory of the nature of reality. Tackling the major criticisms levelled against the realist bundle theory - the problem of individuation, the problem of necessity, and the problem of analyticity - this study presents and defends a tenable Russellian bundle theory which can answer the objections. Bertrand Russell''s Bundle Theory of Particulars is a novel and significant contribution to Russell scholarship.
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Unity Of Content And Form In Philosophical Writing - The Perils Of Conformity

by Jon Stewart

~~166,95€~~ 133,56€ 20% OFF

 In this work, Jon Stewart argues that there is a close relation between content and form in philosophical writing. While this might seem obvious at first glance, it is overlooked in the current climate of Anglophone academic philosophy, which, Stewart contends, accepts only a single genre as proper for philosophical expression.
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Unity Of Content And Form In Philosophical Writing - The Perils Of Conformity

by Jon Stewart

~~166,95€~~ 133,56€ 20% OFF

 In this work, Jon Stewart argues that there is a close relation between content and form in philosophical writing. While this might seem obvious at first glance, it is overlooked in the current climate of Anglophone academic philosophy, which, Stewart contends, accepts only a single genre as proper for philosophical expression.
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Dialectics Of Aesthetic Agency - Revaluating German Aesthetics From Kant To Adorno

by Ayon Maharaj

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 Originally published in hardcover in 2013 by Bloomsbury Academic.
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Philosophy Of Art: The Question Of Definition - From Hegel To Post-Dantian Theories

by Tiziana Andina

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 Drawing on the philosophies of art developed by the continental authors and studies of Anglo-American philosophers, this book presents a panorama of the philosophy of art. It discusses definitions offered from the analytical school including Arthur Danto''s representationalism, Dipert''s theories of artefactualism, Dickie''s institutional and procedural theories and Levinson''s historical and cultural theories. From the continental theories it reflects on Hegel''s notion of philosophy of art, Martin Heidegger''s and Hans Georg Gadamer''s hermeneutic tradition and Alexius Meinong''s theory of objects. This range of definitions and theories are judged and defended using a form of representationalism that begins with the results of Arthur Danto''s thinking and integrates the aesthetic reflection of the Baumgarten School. The result is not only a presentation of philosophy of art from the beginning of the twentieth century to present day, but a study that proposes a theory capable of synthesizing the finest contributions of the analytic and continental traditions.
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Between Hegel And Spinoza - A Volume Of Critical Essays

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 This is an original collection of essays that presents a wide-ranging reassessment of the relationship between Hegel and Spinoza, the two major alternatives to mainstream Enlightenment thought.
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Art, Language And Figure In Merleau-Ponty - Excursions In Hyper-Dialectic

by Rajiv Kaushik

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 Applying Merleau-Ponty's figured philosophy to discussions the work of Paul Klee and Cy Twombly, Kaushik offers an original view of artwork. As the first sustained treatment into the relationship between art and language, this is an important contribution to Meleau-Ponty's philosophy and scholars of aesthetics.
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Phenomenologies Of Art And Vision - A Post-Analytic Turn

by Paul Crowther

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 Contemporary discussions of the image like to emphasize art''s societal functions. Few studies come close to answering why pictures and sculptures fascinate and intrigue regardless of any practical functions they might serve. In this original, thought-provoking study, Paul Crowther reveals the intrinsic significance of pictures and sculptures. To address the question of how painting becomes an art, Crowther uses the analytic philosophy of Richard Wollheim as a starting point. But to sufficiently answer the question, he makes an important link to a tradition much more successful in giving voice to the deeper ontology of visual art - existential phenomenology. The result is a work that demonstrates the reciprocal relationship between phenomenology and analytic aesthetics. To expand its ontological scope and solve the problem of expression, analytic aesthetics needs phenomenology; while to develop a sustained, critically balanced, and intellectually available ontology, phenomenology needs the discursive force and lucidity of analytic philosophy. This convincing case for a post-analytic phenomenology of art is an important advancement of contemporary discussions of the philosophy of art.
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Cognitive Value Of Philosophical Fiction

by Jukka Mikkonen

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 Can literary fictions convey significant philosophical views, understood in terms of propositional knowledge? This study addresses the philosophical value of literature by examining how literary works impart philosophy truth and knowledge and to what extent the works should be approached as communications of their authors.
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Science, Politics, And Ontology Of Life-Philosophy

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 Life-philosophy, central to 19th-century philosophical thought, is concerned with the meaning, value and purpose of life. This much-needed study returns to the central philosophical questions of Lebensphilosophie and reveals the ascendency of ''life'' in contemporary philosophical thinking. Scholars from the disciplines of political theory, aesthetics, bioethics and ontology examine how the notion of life has made its way into contemporary philosophical discussions. They explore three main themes: the shift toward biological and technological views of life; the political implications of our conceptions of life; and the re-emergence of the idea of life in recent philosophical discussions about, for example, care of the self, scepticism, tragedy, desire, the emotions, and history. Anticipating new directions of philosophical thinking, this study restores a vital school of thought to crucial considerations about the dangers of contemporary politics and the threat of new technologies.
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Art, Language And Figure In Merleau-Ponty - Excursions In Hyper-Dialectic

by Rajiv Kaushik

~~46,49€~~ 37,19€ 20% OFF

 Applying Merleau-Ponty's figured philosophy to discussions the work of Paul Klee and Cy Twombly, Kaushik offers an original view of artwork. As the first sustained treatment into the relationship between art and language, this is an important contribution to Meleau-Ponty's philosophy and scholars of aesthetics.
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