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115 produkter
Heidegger Thinking
Being and Time' Explained
Av Simon Critchley, Ben Olson m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
334 kr
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An intelligent but approachable guide to the main concepts of Heidegger’s magnum opus, Being and Time , by one of the leading philosophers of our day. Heidegger Thinking is a comprehensive examination of what is arguably the most significant philosophical work of the last century. Published to mark …
Tragedy, the Greeks and Us
Häftad, 2020
153 kr
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We might think we are through with the past, but the past isn't through with us. Tragedy permits us to come face to face with the things we don't want to know about ourselves, but which still make us who we are. It articulates the conflicts and contradictions that we need to address in order to …
I Want to Die, I Hate My Life
Three Essays on Tragedy and One on Beckett
Häftad, 2025
211 kr
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“There is a common fallacy that is oddly and sadly even more widespread amongst non-philosophers than philosophers, that art is somehow explained by philosophy. It is not.”The philosopher Simon Critchley has long been drawn to the distinctive questions raised by tragedy. In this major new work, …
On Heidegger's Being and Time
Av Simon Critchley, Reiner Schürmann m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
704 kr
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On Heidegger's Being and Time is an outstanding exploration of Heidegger's most important work by two major philosophers. Simon Critchley argues that we must see Being and Time as a radicalization of Husserl's phenomenology, particularly his theories of intentionality, categorial intuition, and the …
How to Read Lacan
Av Slavoj Žižek, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2007
143 kr
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The How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon. These books use excerpts from the major texts to explain essential topics, such as Jacques Lacan's core ideas about enjoyment, which re-created our concept of …
Emmanuel Levinas
Basic Philosophical Writings
Av Emmanuel Levinas, Adriaan T. Peperzak m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
247 kr
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Emmanuel Levinas (1906–1996) has exerted a profound influence on 20th-century continental philosophy. This anthology, including Levinas's key philosophical texts over a period of more than forty years, provides an ideal introduction to his thought and offers insights into his most innovative ideas. …
On Mysticism
The Experience of Ecstasy
Häftad, 2025
134 kr
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Chosen by Andrew Miller as a Book of the Year in the Daily Mail'A significant and courageous invitation to think again about the kinds of thinking that matter; the kinds of thinking that keep us awake' Rowan WilliamsMysticism has been called 'experience at its most intense form', and here …
On Humour
Häftad, 2002
414 kr
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Does humour make us human, or do the cats and dogs laugh along with us? On Humour is a fascinating, beautifully written and funny book on what humour can tell us about being human. Simon Critchley skilfully probes some of the most perennial but least understood aspects of humour, such as our …
Continental Philosophy
A Very Short Introduction
Häftad, 2001
135 kr
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Simon Critchley's Very Short Introduction shows that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices, with a compelling range of problems all too often ignored by the analytic tradition. He discusses the ideas and approaches of philosophers such as Kant, …
How to Stop Living and Start Worrying
Conversations with Carl Cederstrm
Av Simon Critchley, Carl Cederström
Inbunden, 2010
533 kr
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The question of how to lead a happy and meaningful life has been at the heart of philosophical debate since time immemorial. Today, however, these questions seem to be addressed not by philosophers but self-help gurus, who frantically champion the individual's quest for self-expression and …
Impossible Objects
Av Simon Critchley, Carl Cederström m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
533 kr
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Impossible objects are those about which the philosopher, narrowly conceived, can hardly speak: poetry, film, music, humor. Such "objects" do not rely on philosophy for interpretation and understanding; they are already independent practices and sites of sensuous meaning production. As Elvis …
Impossible Objects
Av Simon Critchley, Carl Cederström m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
200 kr
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Impossible objects are those about which the philosopher, narrowly conceived, can hardly speak: poetry, film, music, humor. Such "objects" do not rely on philosophy for interpretation and understanding; they are already independent practices and sites of sensuous meaning production. As Elvis …
How to Read Hitler
Av Neil Gregor, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2005
283 kr
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Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. How to Read is a new sort of introduction--a personal master class in reading--that brings you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history. In …
Continental Philosophy
A Very Short Introduction
E-bok, 2001
92 kr
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Simon Critchley''s Very Short Introduction shows that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices, with a compelling range of problems all too often ignored by the analytic tradition. He discusses the ideas and approaches of philosophers such as Kant, …
Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us
Häftad, 2020
241 kr
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From the moderator of The New York Times philosophy blog The Stone, a book that argues that if we want to understand ourselves we have to go back to theater, to the stage of our lives Tragedy presents a world of conflict and troubling emotion, a world where private and public lives collide and …
How to Read the Egyptian Book of the Dead
Av Barry Kemp, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2008
195 kr
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The ancient Egyptians created a world of supernatural forces so vivid, powerful, and inescapable that controlling their destiny within it was their constant preoccupation. In life, supernatural forces manifested themselves through misfortune and illness, and after death were faced for eternity in …
Problem with Levinas
Av Simon Critchley, Alexis Dianda
E-bok, 2015
538 kr
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Levinas''s idea of ethics as a relation of responsibility to the other person has become a highly influential and recognizable position across a wide range of academic and non-academic fields. Simon Critchley''s aim in this book is to provide a less familiar, more troubling, and (hopefully) truer …
Problem with Levinas
Av Simon Critchley, Alexis Dianda
E-bok, 2015
538 kr
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Levinas''s idea of ethics as a relation of responsibility to the other person has become a highly influential and recognizable position across a wide range of academic and non-academic fields. Simon Critchley''s aim in this book is to provide a less familiar, more troubling, and (hopefully) truer …
Continental Philosophy
A Very Short Introduction
E-bok, 2001
92 kr
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Simon Critchley''s Very Short Introduction shows that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices, with a compelling range of problems all too often ignored by the analytic tradition. He discusses the ideas and approaches of philosophers such as Kant, …
The Problem with Levinas
Av Simon Critchley, Alexis Dianda
Inbunden, 2015
862 kr
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Levinas's idea of ethics as a relation of responsibility to the other person has become a highly influential and recognizable position across a wide range of academic and non-academic fields. Simon Critchley's aim in this book is to provide a less familiar, more troubling, and (hopefully) truer …
Re-reading Levinas
Av Robert Bernasconi, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 1991
247 kr
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These essays provoke new responses to the work of the eminent French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas through an analysis of how the problematics of reading, deconstruction, feminism, and psychotherapy complicate and deepen Levinas's account of responsibility. The re-reading presented here continues …
Bald
35 Philosophical Short Cuts
Inbunden, 2021
266 kr
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"A genial exercise in public philosophy" (Kirkus, starred review) from one of the world's best-known popular philosophers"Simon Critchley is an international treasure—that rare and real philosopher who embraces Rousseau’s ‘feeling of existence,’ David Bowie’s vision of love, and Philip K. Dick’s …
Bald
35 Philosophical Short Cuts
E-bok, 2021
286 kr
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"A genial exercise in public philosophy" (Kirkus, starred review) from one of the world''s best-known popular philosophers"Simon Critchley is an international treasure—that rare and real philosopher who embraces Rousseau''s ''Äòfeeling of existence,'' David Bowie''s vision of love, and Philip K. …
Book of Dead Philosophers
E-bok, 2009
110 kr
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“To philosophize is to learn how to die.” —Cicero; assassinated by order of Mark Antony “One who no longer is cannot suffer.” —Lucretius; suicide, allegedly driven mad by a love potion “Life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” —Hobbes; died in bed, age 91 In this collection of brief …
Stay, Illusion!
The Hamlet Doctrine
Av Jamieson Webster, Simon Critchley
E-bok, 2013
158 kr
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The figure of Hamlet haunts our culture like the ghost haunts Shakespeare’s melancholy Dane. Arguably, no literary work is more familiar to us. Everyone knows at least six words from Hamlet, and most people know many more. Yet the play—Shakespeare’s longest—is more than “passing strange,” and it …
Stay, Illusion!: The Hamlet Doctrine
Av Simon Critchley, Jamieson Webster
Häftad, 2014
307 kr
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How to Read Freud
Av Josh Cohen, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2005
259 kr
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Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. How to Read is a new sort of introduction--a personal master class in reading--that brings you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history. In …
How to Read Foucault
Av Johanna Oksala, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2008
243 kr
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Michel Foucault was a philosopher of extraordinary talent, political activist, social theorist, cultural critic, and creative historian. He irreversibly shaped the way we think today about such controversial issues as power, sexuality, madness, and criminality.Johanna Oksala explores the conceptual …
How to Read Shakespeare
Av Nicholas Royle, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2005
263 kr
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Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. How to Read is a new sort of introduction--a personal master class in reading--that brings you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history. In …
