Logics of Disintegration
Title | Logics of Disintegration PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Dews |
Publisher | Verso Books |
Total Pages | 387 |
Release | 2020-05-05 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1789602815 |
Over the last two decades, contemporary French philosophy has exercised a powerful influence on intellectual life, across both Europe and America. Post-structuralist strategies and concepts have played an important role in many forms of social, cultural and aesthetic analysis, particularly on the Left. Despite the widespread reception, however, there has still been comparatively little analysis of the basic philosophical assumptions of post-structuralism, or of the compatibility of many of its central tenets with the progressive political orientations with which it is frequently associated. In this book, Peter Dews seeks to remedy this situation by setting post-structuralist thought in relation to another, more explicitly critical, tradition in the philosophical analysis of modernity - that of the Frankfurt School, from Adorno to Habermas. Logics of Disintegration will be of interest to readers across a wide range of disciplines, from literary criticism to social theory, which have felt the impact of post-structuralism - and to anyone who wishes to reach a balanced assessment of one of the most influential intellectual currents of our time.
Logics of Disintegration
Title | Logics of Disintegration PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Dews |
Publisher | Verso Books |
Total Pages | 268 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780860918134 |
Over the last two decades, contemporary French philosophy has exercised a powerful influence on intellectual life, across both Europe and America. Post-structuralist strategies and concepts have played an important role in many forms of social, cultural and aesthetic analysis, particularly on the Left. Despite the widespread reception, however, there has still been comparatively little analysis of the basic philosophical assumptions of post-structuralism, or of the compatibility of many of its central tenets with the progressive political orientations with which it is frequently associated. In this book, Peter Dews seeks to remedy this situation by setting post-structuralist thought in relation to another, more explicitly critical, tradition in the philosophical analysis of modernity – that of the Frankfurt School, from Adorno to Habermas. Logics of Disintegration will be of interest to readers across a wide range of disciplines, from literary criticism to social theory, which have felt the impact of post-structuralism – and to anyone who wishes to reach a balanced assessment of one of the most influential intellectual currents of our time.
Michel Foucault
Title | Michel Foucault PDF eBook |
Author | Barry Smart |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | 420 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780415088893 |
Other Logics
Title | Other Logics PDF eBook |
Author | Admir Skodo |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 249 |
Release | 2014-03-13 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9004270183 |
Other Logics: Alternatives to Formal Logic in the History of Thought and Contemporary Philosophy challenges the widespread idea of formal logic as inherently monolithic, universal, and ahistorical. Written by both leading and up-and-coming scholars, and edited by Admir Skodo, Other Logics offers a wide variety of historical and philosophical alternatives to this idea, all arguing that logic is a historical, concrete, and multi-dimensional phenomenon. To name a few examples, Frank Ankersmit lays down a representationalist logic, Alessandra Tanesini forcefully argues for the possibility of logical aliens, Christopher Watkin analyzes how leading contemporary French philosophers view the idea of logic, and Aaron Wendland unearths Heidegger's critique of formal logic. In Other Logics readers will find provocative interventions in a highly contested field in contemporary philosophy. Contributors include: Frank Ankersmit, Christopher Watkin, Giuseppina D'Oro, Alessandra Tanesini, Admir Skodo, Aaron Wendland, Ervik Cejvan, Anders Kraal, Christopher Fear, Karim Dharamsi, Johan Modée, and Thord Svensson.
Modernism - Dada - Postmodernism
Title | Modernism - Dada - Postmodernism PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Sheppard |
Publisher | Northwestern University Press |
Total Pages | 516 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9780810114920 |
This new collection updates, integrates, and contextualizes Richard Sheppard's essays on the historical avant-garde. Sheppard examines responses of modernist writers, artists, and philosophers to a changed sense of reality and human nature. With its combination of previously published and new essays and its perspective on the theoretical avant-garde-modernism debate in the U.S., the volume provides the specialist and the general reader insight into European scholarly discourse on this hotly debated subject.
The Concept of Truth in International Relations Theory
Title | The Concept of Truth in International Relations Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Fluck |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 247 |
Release | 2017-04-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1137550333 |
This book charts the role played by conceptions of truth in the development of a critical tradition of International Relations theory. Providing a detailed account of the conceptions which have shaped the work of Critical Theorists and Poststructuralists, the book reaffirms the importance of epistemic reflection for the discipline. It argues that the partially abstract character of the main strands of critical IR arises not from their concern with epistemic matters, but from their insistence that truth is purely intersubjective. Drawing on the philosophy of Theodor Adorno, the book argues that IR’s critical tradition can be rejuvenated by combining its original politicisation of truth with a critical account of its ‘objectivity’. The book will be a valuable resource for scholars and graduate students interested in the future of critical International Relations theory.
Poststructuralism and After
Title | Poststructuralism and After PDF eBook |
Author | D. Howarth |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 484 |
Release | 2013-10-04 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1137266988 |
This book articulates the key theoretical assumptions of poststructuralism, but also probes its limits, evaluates rival approaches and elaborates new concepts. Building on the work of Derrida, Foucault, Heidegger, Lacan, Laclau, Lévi–Strauss, Marx, Saussure and Žižek, the book also provides a distinctive version of the poststructuralist project.