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Origins of Logical Empiricism Origins of Logical Empiricism Ronald N. Giere and Alan W. Richardson, Editors 1996 Fall
Establishes a historical framework for the study of logical empiricism.
The Laws of Hostility: Politics, Violence, and the Enlightenment The Laws of Hostility Politics, Violence, and the Enlightenment Pierre Saint-Amand 1996 Fall
Exposes the hostility lurking below the surface of French Enlightenment texts.
Capital Times: Tales from the Conquest of Time Capital Times Tales from the Conquest of Time Éric Alliez 1995 Fall
Explores the connection between money and time in Western culture.
The Art of the Motor The Art of the Motor Paul Virilio 1995 Fall
A major new work-and a best-seller in France-by one of the most exciting figures in contemporary French thought, this book asks how technology has changed the way we understand the world.
Further Selections from the Prison Notebooks Further Selections from the Prison Notebooks Antonio Gramsci Derek Boothman, Editor 1995 Spring
This volume introduces a new and invaluable selection of Gramsci's work. The editor brings together Gramsci's writings on religion, education, science, philosophy, and economic theory.
Labor of Dionysus: A Critique of the State-Form Labor of Dionysus A Critique of the State-Form Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri 1994 Spring
“Labor is the living, form-giving fire,” Marx wrote. “It is the transitoriness of things, their temporality, as their transformation by living time.” How is it, then, that labor, with all its life-affirming potential, has become the means of capitalist discipline, exploitation, and domination in modern society? The authors expose and pursue this paradox through a systematic analysis of the role of labor in the processes of capitalist production and in the establishment of capitalist legal and social institutions. Critiquing liberal and socialist notions of labor and institutional reform from a radical democratic perspective, Hardt and Negri challenge the state-form itself.
Canonical States, Canonical Stages: Oedipus, Othering, and Seventeenth-Century Drama Canonical States, Canonical Stages Oedipus, Othering, and Seventeenth-Century Drama Mitchell Greenberg 1994 Spring
"Greenberg offers a powerful interpretation of the classical stage in its relationship to the emergence of absolutism in Europe....The originality and strength of the book reside in its fascinating integration of texts dealing with political theory, psychoanalysis, history, and literature....This book is one of the most important contributions to date on the study of the European classical stage." --Marie-Hélène Huet, University of Virginia
Scattered Hegemonies: Postmodernity and Transnational Feminist Practices Scattered Hegemonies Postmodernity and Transnational Feminist Practices Inderpal Grewal and Caren Kaplan, Editors 1994 Spring
Explores the possibilities of doing feminist work across cultural divides without ignoring differences or falling into cultural relativism. The essays in this volume propose transnational feminist reading and writing practices that counter the "scattered hegemonies" of postmodernism, neo- and postcolonialisms, and feminism. The authors gathered here bring the issues of colonialism and postcolonialism into the typically aesthetic debates over postmodernism and the construction of culture; at the same time, they broaden these debates to include the normally excluded issue of feminist participation.
A Course on Aesthetics A Course on Aesthetics Renato Barilli 1993 Fall
Written in an elegant and clear style, Barilli’s text explores the basic inherent structures of human thought about the classification and evaluation of the arts. This work offers a broad perspective on current scholarship without favoring any one particular school, discipline, or ideology.
The Subject of Philosophy The Subject of Philosophy Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe Thomas Trezise, Editor 1993 Spring
Presents a sustained examination of the relation between literature and philosophy with special emphasis on the problem of the subject and of representation. Lacoue-Labarthe spans the history of philosophy from Plato and Aristotle to Hegel, Nietzsche, Freud, and Heidegger, and addresses such major moments in the history of literature as Greek tragedy and German romanticism.
Heidegger and Criticism: Retrieving the Cultural Politics of Destruction Heidegger and Criticism Retrieving the Cultural Politics of Destruction William V. Spanos 1993 Spring
Political Writings Political Writings Jean-François Lyotard 1993 Spring
The first collection of Lyotard’s political works to appear in English. Published between 1956 and 1989 in Socialisme ou Barbarie and other journals of the noncommunist French left, these essays and articles address issues of imperialism and decolonization, the student rebellions of 1968-69, and the modern state as a political form. The political moments implicit in Lyotard’s arguments in The Postmodern Condition are made explicit in these writings, which trace the shifts in political thinking necessitated by the emergence of the postmodern.
The Coming Community The Coming Community Giorgio Agamben 1993 Spring
In this extraordinary and original philosophical achievement, Agamben develops the concept of community and the social implications of his philosophical thought. Agamben’s exploration is, in part, a contemporary response to the work of Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Blanchot, Jean-Luc Nancy, and, more historically, Plato, Spinoza, and medieval scholars and theorists of Judeo-Christian scriptures.
Gilles Deleuze: An Apprenticeship in Philosophy Gilles Deleuze An Apprenticeship in Philosophy Michael Hardt 1993 Spring
The key to understanding Deleuze’s complete body of work. “Hardt’s interpretations are exceptionally well-grounded in the history of philosophical discourse, a discourse he exercises with discipline and rare insight. As the only major work on Deleuze in English, this book will undoubtedly set the standard for any future study of one of France’s most important thinkers-and it is a very high standard, indeed.” --Peggy Kamuf
Dialogics of the Oppressed Dialogics of the Oppressed Peter Hitchcock 1992 Fall
“Presents a provocative set of readings-through the Bakhtinian model of dialogism-of texts by four women writers of the twentieth century. . . instructive and compelling.” --Barbara Harlow