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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.

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Providing an introduction to Hegel's thought, this title offers an account of the most important parts of his philosophical system: his theory of intersubjectivity; his theory of the modern state; his accounts of art and religion; and his idea of a speculative logic. It explores his engagement with thinkers including Fichte, Jacobi and Rousseau.

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Martin Heidegger is one of the twentieth century's controversial philosophers. This title provides an account of Heidegger's philosophy, suitable for the student who needs to reach an understanding of this important thinker. It covers Heidegger's oeuvre, offering not only exposition of "Being and Time", but also his later work.

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Martin Heidegger is one of the twentieth century's controversial philosophers. This title provides an account of Heidegger's philosophy, suitable for the student who needs to reach an understanding of this important thinker. It covers Heidegger's oeuvre, offering not only exposition of "Being and Time", but also his later work.

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Thomas Hobbes is one of the foremost British philosophers. This title covers those areas of philosophy where Hobbes is a key player: metaphysics; epistemology; moral philosophy; political philosophy; the philosophy of religion. It explores Hobbes' philosophical method, and offers an account of the historical background to Hobbes' thought.

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An overview of Homer and Homeric poetry, discussing his reception and the influence of Homer, especially on contemporary thought.

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An overview of Homer and Homeric poetry, discussing his reception and the influence of Homer, especially on contemporary thought.

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David Hume is arguably one of the most important philosophers ever to have written in English. This book is an account of Hume's philosophy, his major works and ideas, providing a guide to the important and complex thought of this key philosopher. It covers the whole range of Hume's work, offering examination of the key areas of his thought.

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David Hume is one of the most important philosophers in English. His monumental contributions to epistemology and metaphysics are represented in his two landmark works, "A Treatise of Human Nature" and "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding". This book gives an account of Hume's philosophy, his major works and ideas.

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Addresses directly the major points of difficulty faced by students of Husserl and leads them through the maze of complex ideas and language. In identifying and working through common sources of confusion arising from Husserl's philosophy, this book builds up a comprehensive overview of his thought and, more broadly, of phenomenology itself.

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Addresses major points of difficulty faced by students of Husserl and leads them through the maze of complex ideas and language. In identifying and working through common sources of confusion arising from Husserl's philosophy, this book builds up a comprehensive overview of his thought and, more broadly, of phenomenology itself.

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Celebrates the daring, humor and playfulness of James Joyce's complex work while engaging with and elucidating the most demanding aspects of his writing. This book explores in detail the motifs and radical innovations of style and technique that characterize his major works - "Dubliners", "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", and "Ulysses".

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Celebrates the daring, humor and playfulness of James Joyce's complex work while engaging with and elucidating the most demanding aspects of his writing. This book explores in detail the motifs and radical innovations of style and technique that characterize his major works - "Dubliners", "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", and "Ulysses".

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Provides an introduction to the doctrine of justification which triggered the Reformation and is still high up on the agenda in Ecumenical dialogue. This title presents an historical survey of the doctrine of justification as it has developed within the Western church.

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Provides an introduction to the doctrine of justification which triggered the Reformation and is still high up on the agenda in Ecumenical dialogue. This title presents an historical survey of the doctrine of justification as it has developed within the Western church - a somewhat simplified version of McGrath's Justitia Dei.

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Offers an introduction to the major elements of the prevalent metaphysical system of Judaism, Kabbalah. This book covers the historical and theoretical essence of Kabbalah, providing a definition of the term and the limitations of what Kabbalah is and is not. It provides an overview of the history of the movement.

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Offers an introduction to the major elements of the prevalent metaphysical system of Judaism, Kabbalah. This book covers the historical and theoretical essence of Kabbalah, providing a definition of the term and the limitations of what Kabbalah is and is not. It provides an overview of the history of the movement.

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Franz Kafka is one of the most widely taught, and read, writers in world literature. Readers encountering texts like "The Metamorphosis" and "The Trial" for the first time are frequently perplexed by his often intentionally weird writing. This guide helps the reader understand why and how perplexity has been deliberately created by Kafka's texts.

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Franz Kafka is one of the most widely taught, and read, writers in world literature. This guide helps the reader understand why and how perplexity has been deliberately created by Kafka's text and to realize what the uses of such perplexity might be.

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Immanuel Kant's influence is difficult to exaggerate. This text is for anyone finding it difficult to make headway with this key philosopher. It offers an account of each of the three "Critiques" and the relationship between them. It ranges over Kant's epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics and philosophy of religion.

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Immanuel Kant's influence and importance are difficult to exaggerate, his Three "Critiques" - "of Pure Reason", "of Practical Reason" and "of Judgment" - standing as landmark works in the Western philosophical canon. This text is for anyone finding it difficult to make headway with this key philosopher.