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Kant’s Critical Philosophy: The Doctrine of the Faculties Kant’s Critical Philosophy The Doctrine of the Faculties Gilles Deleuze 1985 Spring
In an essay surveying the essential themes of all three Critiques, Deleuze restores the Critique of Judgement to its key position in Kant’s work.
Middletown Families: Fifty Years of Change and Continuity Middletown Families Fifty Years of Change and Continuity Theodore Caplow, Bruce A. Chadwick, Howard M. Bahr, Reuben Hill and Margaret Holmes Williamson 1985 Spring
Noise: The Political Economy of Music Noise The Political Economy of Music Jacques Attali 1984 Fall
Argues that music does not reflect society; it foreshadows new social formations.
Uncertain Dimensions: Western Overseas Empires in the Twentieth Century Uncertain Dimensions Western Overseas Empires in the Twentieth Century Raymond F. Betts 1985 Spring
Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: Diagnosis and Treatment Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Diagnosis and Treatment James Mitchell, Editor None None
Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939 Visions of Excess Selected Writings, 1927-1939 Georges Bataille Allan Stoekl, Editor 1985 Spring
Challenges the notion of a “closed economy” predicated on utility, production, and rational consumption, and develops an alternative theory that takes into account the human tendency to lose, destroy, and waste.
The Poetics of Plot: The Case of English Renaissance Drama The Poetics of Plot The Case of English Renaissance Drama Thomas G. Pavel 1985 Spring
A unique methodology for plot analysis focusing on an important body of English Renaissance dramas.
Mentality and Machines Mentality and Machines Keith Gunderson 1985 Spring
Verbal Art, Verbal Sign, Verbal Time Verbal Art, Verbal Sign, Verbal Time Roman Jakobson Krystyna Pomorska and Stephen Rudy, Editors 1985 Spring
Postures of the Mind: Essays on Mind and Morals Postures of the Mind Essays on Mind and Morals Annette Baier 1975 Spring