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Holistic overview for understanding different aspects of Daoism as a lived and living religious tradition.

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Henri de Lubac is a dominating figure in the renewal of catholic theology in the twentieth century, opposing neo-Thomist orthodoxy with a pluriform and historical notion of tradition based on the creative reappropriation of patristic sources. This introduction to De Lubac also provides an overview of the 20th century French Catholic theology.

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Provides a text for anyone who needs to get to grips with Deleuzian thought, offering an approachable account of the central themes in his work. This text is organised around major themes in Deleuze's oeuvre: sense; univocity; intuition; singularity; and difference. His ideas related to language, politics, ethics and consciousness are explored.

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Provides a text for anyone who needs to get to grips with Deleuzian thought, offering an approachable account of the central themes in his work. This text is organised around major themes in Deleuze's oeuvre: sense; univocity; intuition; singularity; and difference. His ideas related to language, politics, ethics and consciousness are explored.

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Jacques Derrida is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. This guide provides students with an introduction to Derrida, the key concepts and ideas associated with his work and the major subjects he addresses. It also introduces Derrida's ideas, work, reception and his wider philosophical and critical influence.

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Jacques Derrida is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. This guide provides students with an introduction to Derrida, the key concepts and ideas associated with his work and the major subjects he addresses. It also introduces Derrida's ideas, work, reception and his wider philosophical and critical influence.

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Rene Descartes is arguably the most important seventeenth-century thinker and the father of modern philosophy. His seminal works are widely studied by students of philosophy. This book provides an account of his philosophy, his major works and ideas.

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Rene Descartes is arguably the most important seventeenth-century thinker and the father of modern philosophy. His seminal works are widely studied by students of philosophy. This book provides an account of Descartes' philosophy, his major works and ideas. It offers a thematic review of his thought.

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A one-volume introduction to the history of and pressing issues in contemporary ecumenical dialogue.

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A one-volume introduction to the history of and pressing issues in contemporary ecumenical dialogue.

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An exploration of the complexities/perplexities raised by asking what is the Eucharist It serves to point the way forward beyond the plurality of answers and emphases without reducing their significance. It develops a Eucharistic way to consider questions put to the Eucharist, and thus locates theological reflection on the Eucharist within it.

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Analyzes the complexities/perplexities raised by asking what is the Eucharist This book discusses confessional differences and the spectrum of theological and liturgical perspectives across Christianity.

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Explores central challenges to religious belief raised by evil and suffering in the world as well as significant responses to them from both theistic and non-theistic perspectives.

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Explores central challenges to religious belief raised by evil and suffering in the world as well as significant responses to them from both theistic and non-theistic perspectives.

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Explains and explores key themes and ideas, guiding the reader towards an understanding of demanding material. This guide begins with the question of 'What is Existentialism' and then moves on to provide an analysis of the key thinkers, writers and texts - both philosophical and literary - central to existentialism.

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Explains and explores key themes and ideas, guiding the reader towards an understanding of demanding material. This guide begins with the question of 'What is Existentialism' and then moves on to provide an analysis of the key thinkers, writers and texts - both philosophical and literary - central to existentialism.

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How can we be free if everything is determined by factors beyond our control, stretching back in time to the Big Bang and the laws of nature operating then Does not randomness hinder you from being the author of your actions This book looks at how much of the structure of our everyday judgments can survive the arguments behind such questions.

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An up-to-date and approachable exploration of the age-old question, "What is free will and do we have it"

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Gottlob Frege is regarded as one of the founders of modern logic and analytic philosophy, indeed as the greatest innovator in logic since Aristotle. This book offers an introduction to Frege's logic, taking the reader directly to the core of his philosophy.

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Offers an account of Freud's thought, providing an useful guide to the complex ideas of this thinker. This book introduces some of the key Freudian concepts and themes and examines the ways in which they intersect with issues in philosophy and literary theory.

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Offers an account of Freud's thought, providing an useful guide to the complex ideas of this thinker. This book introduces some of the key Freudian concepts and themes and examines the ways in which they intersect with issues in philosophy and literary theory.

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Providing an account of Gadamer's hermeneutics, this book includes an exposition and analysis of such key terms as 'fusion of horizons', 'effective historical consciousness' and 'the logic of question and answer', as well as Gadamer's redefinition of such concepts as 'prejudice', 'authority' and 'tradition'.

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Providing an account of Gadamer's hermeneutics, this book includes an exposition and analysis of such key terms as 'fusion of horizons', 'effective historical consciousness' and 'the logic of question and answer', as well as Gadamer's redefinition of such concepts as 'prejudice', 'authority' and 'tradition'.

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A comprehensive and bang up-to-date guide - ideal for undergraduates - to the work of Jurgen Habermas, one of the most important living philosophers, that provides a clear, accessible and authoritative account of his wide-ranging and ambitious philosophical project.