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(P/B) DERRIDA'S OF GRAMMATOLOGY
Everything you need to know about Derrida's Of Grammatology in one volume. Jacques Derrida was one of the most famous and influential philosophers of the later twentieth century. First published in 1967, Of Grammatology is his best known text, introducing many fundamental concepts relating to linguistics and writing which he would develop in his later work. This book provides a commentary on Of Grammatology that can be read alongside - rather than instead of - the text itself by students encountering Derrida for the first time. (From the p...
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(P/B) SCIENCE FICTION CINEMA
This major new study offers a broad historical and theoretical reassessment of the science fiction film genre. The book explores the development of science fiction in cinema from its beginnings in early film through to recent examples of the genre. Each chapter sets analyses of chosen films within a wider historical/cultural context, while concentrating on a specific thematic issue. The book therefore presents vital and unique perspectives in its approach to the genre, which include discussion of the relevance of psychedelic imagery, the '...
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(P/B) EPISTEMOLOGY A-Z
Epistemology A-Z introduces undergraduate and post-graduate students in philosophy (and epistemology in particular) to the main problems and positions in epistemology. It shows where these problems and positions connect and where they part, thereby providing a valuable resource both for following connections between ideas and for appreciating the place of key figures and concepts in the subject. (. . .) (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ΣΤΟ ΟΠΙΣΘΟΦΥΛΛΟ ΤΟΥ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΥ)...
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(H/B) GENESES, GENEALOGIES, GENRES AND GENIUS
In this book Derrida responds to the work "Dream I Tell You" by Helene Cixous, using it to explore the nature of the literary archive, the production of literature and Cixous' genius. These texts allow the reader to puzzle the genealogy of deconstruction and to consider the importance of the poetic and sexual difference to the entirety of Derrida's work. They also demonstrate that, as Derrida admits, he has always been a devotee of Cixous. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) GREEKS AND BARBARIANS

(P/B) WHAT IF DERRIDA WAS WRONG ABOUT SAUSSURE?
Between 1907 and 1911, Ferdinand de Saussure gave three series of lectures on the topic of general linguistics. After his death, these lecture notes were gathered together by his students and published as the Course in General Linguistics. And in the past one hundred years, there has been no more influential and divisive reading of Saussure than that of Jacques Derrida. This book is an examination of Derrida's philosophical reconstruction of Saussurean linguistics, of the paradigm shift from structuralism to post-structuralism, and of the ...
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(H/B) THE POST-ROMANTIC PREDICAMENT
The title 'The Post-Romantic Predicament' refers to Paul de Man's Harvard thesis of the late 1950s, which named a Romantic problem of the complexity of thought and poetic consciousness as an experience of difficulty. The long section on Mallarme is reproduced from this dissertation and an extract on Stefan George, written at the same time but cut from the final version due to the word limit, is also included. These sit beside stand-alone essays on Rousseau, Derrida, Symbolism, and Keats. In this collection, de Man names a historical probl...
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(H/B) POETRY IN PAINTING
These 11 chapters collect Helene Cixous' writings about specific contemporary artists and artworks. More than simply "art criticism" or critical essays, Cixous responds to these artworks as a poet, reading them as if they were poems. Written between 1985 and 2010, most are unpublished in English, or published in rare or unavailable catalogues and art books. An introduction by the editors is followed by a translation of Cixous' Peintures: Ecrits sur l'art. To keep the focus on contemporary art, the two previously published texts on Rembrand...
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(P/B) SPINOZA'S ETHICS
The Ethics presents a complete metaphysical, epistemological and ethical world-view that is immensely inspiring. However, it is also an extremely difficult text to read. This book takes readers through the text, stopping at the most perplexing passages to explain key terms, unfold arguments, offer concrete examples and raise questions for further thought. It is designed to be read alongside the Ethics, enabling students to think critically about Spinoza's views and build an understanding of his complex system. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) THE DELEUZE DICTIONARY
This is the first and only dictionary in English dedicated to the work of Gilles Deleuze. It provides an in-depth and lucid introduction to one of the most influential figures in continental philosophy. It defines and contextualizes more than 150 terms that relate to Deleuze's philosophy and explains the main intellectual influences on Deleuze as well as the influence Deleuze has had on subjects such as feminism, cinema, postcolonial theory, geography and cultural studies. In this revised edition, there are expanded entries on architecture...
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(P/B) PLATO'S REPUBLIC
This book will introduce students to Plato's Republic and facilitate the reader's own dialogue with it, without providing an interpretation or a response on the reader's behalf. Alongside a passage-by-passage commentary on the text, D.J. Sheppard highlights many of the central interpretative challenges faced by the reader and surveys a range of possible responses to them. Designed to be read alongside Plato's text, this approach will be helpful for students and lecturers alike. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL MOVEMENTS AND THE THOUGHT OF JACQUES RANCIERE
In this book, Todd May shows how democratic progressive politics can happen and how it is happening in very different arenas. He takes an intensive look at a range of contemporary political movements and shows how, to one degree or another, they exemplify the political thought of Jacques Ranciere. May's easy, clear writing style means that no philosophical background is required. Following an essential overview of Ranciere's thought he considers the following groups: the Algerian refugee movement in Montreal for citizenship, the first Pale...
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(P/B) THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF PSYCHOANALYSIS
The one thousand entries in the Encyclopaedia provide the best single volume coverage of psychoanalysis available. With its wide, objective and catholic vision, the Encyclopaedia demonstrates that psychoanalysis is a single discipline, very much greater than any particular movement, school or individual, including its founder, Freud. Thus the book contains authoritative entries on all the most important authors, practitioners, concepts, movements, schools, debates and controversies in psychoanalysis and its offspring, past and present. A ...
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(H/B) THE TRANSFORMATION OF MUSLIM MYSTICAL THOUGHT IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
One of more poorly understood aspects of the history of the Ottoman Empire has been the flourishing of Sufi mysticism under its auspices. This study tracks the evolution of the Halveti order from its modest origins in medieval Azerbaijan to the emergence of its influential Sa'baniyye branch, whose range extended throughout the Empire at the height of its expansion. By carefully reconstructing the lives of formerly obscure figures in the history of the order, a complex picture emerges of the connections of Halveti groups with the Ottoman st...
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(P/B) DELEUZE AND THE SOCIAL
This book is concerned with the most basic notions of 'the social'. It seeks both to comprehend the 'multiplicity' of the social - in Deleuzian terms, the 'becoming' of the social itself; and it seeks to develop a new social analytical practice. Each of the newly commissioned chapters aims to show the strength of as well as practice the radicalism of a Deleuzian and Guattarian approach to social science and organisation studies. Deleuze and the Social is a book about order, subjectivity, art, capitalism and the construction of a social ont...
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(P/B) A HISTORY OF ISLAMIC POLITICAL THOUGHT (0748614729)

(P/B) NIETZSCHE'S THUS SPOKE ZARATUSTRA
Thus Spoke Zarathustra is one of Nietzsche's greatest books, a cross-over text that combines philosophical innovation with literary experimentation. With Zarathustra Nietzsche has attempted a redefinition of the form-content correlation in philosophical writing and as such the text is considered an experiment in philosophical style. It therefore represents a large hurdle for undergraduate students. This projected commentary works on the assumption that access to the philosophical core of the text can only be gained through taking its liter...
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(P/B) AN INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY
This broad and comprehensive introduction presents a reading of Islamic philosophy as it evolved in the Middle Ages, investigating how Islamic philosophers thought and what they thought about. Divided into two parts, the first explores the epistemological foundations of Islamic philosophy and discusses the most important and penetrating interpretative paradigms proposed by the philosophers; the second part describes some of their major themes. Each chapter is organised chronologically and geographically, providing the reader with a lucid p...
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(P/B) DELEUZE AND MUSIC

(P/B) HEIDEGGER'S BEING AND TIME
Being and Time is one of the most important publications in phenomenology of the twentieth century which has had a direct influence on not only many different philosophers, but also artists, writers and film makers. This book appeals to first-time readers of Heidegger and will be free of technical jargon. Readers will be taken through Being and Time section by section, meaning it can be read alongside the main text. (From the publisher)...
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