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By: Slavoj Zizek
ISBN: 9781862078949
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 2006
UK Publication Date: 4th September 2006
Publisher: Granta Books
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Is psychoanalysis dead or are we to read frequent attacks on its theoretical 'mistakes' and clinical 'frauds' as a proof of its vitality
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By: John G. Cottingham
ISBN: 9781847080042
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2008
Publisher: Granta Books
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Examines Descartes' remarkable attempt to construct a new basis for scientific understanding, his famous first principle: I am thinking, therefore I exist , and his notorious and often misunderstood account of the relation between mind and body.
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By: Neil Gregor
ISBN: 9781783780280
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2014
UK Publication Date: 3rd July 2014
Publisher: Granta Books
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A lucid introduction to the crude but clear system of thought of the most notorious anti-Semite in history.
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By: Miriam Leonard
ISBN: 9781862079977
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2008
UK Publication Date: 1st August 2008
Publisher: Granta Books
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The 24th How to Read title.
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By: Stella Sandford
ISBN: 9781862078741
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 2006
UK Publication Date: 4th September 2006
Publisher: Granta Books
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To what extent does our social existence determine who we are What is the meaning of sexuality for human existence What is the meaning of old age What is a woman And what, for that matter, is a man
(Paperback)
By: Mark Ridley
ISBN: 9781862077287
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2005
Publisher: Granta Books
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How to Read is a personal master-class in reading, bringing you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history
(Paperback)
By: Penelope Deutscher
ISBN: 9781862077683
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2006
UK Publication Date: 3rd October 2005
Publisher: Granta Books
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Penelope Deutscher discusses extracts from the full range of Derrida's work, including Of Grammatology, Dissemination, Limited Inc, The Other Heading: Reflections on Europe, Monolinguism of the Other, Given Time, and Force of Law
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By: Johanna Oksala
ISBN: 9781862077676
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2008
UK Publication Date: 1st October 2007
Publisher: Granta Books
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Michel Foucault shaped the way we think today about such controversial issues as power, sexuality, madness and criminality.
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By: Josh Cohen
ISBN: 9781862077638
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2005
UK Publication Date: 7th February 2005
Publisher: Granta Books
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How to Read is a personal master-class in reading, bringing you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history
(Paperback)
By: Mark Wrathall
ISBN: 9781862077669
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2006
UK Publication Date: 3rd October 2005
Publisher: Granta Books
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Mark A. Wrathall unpacks Heidegger's dense prose, and guides the reader through Heidegger's early concern with the nature of human existence, to his later preoccupation with the threat that technology poses to our ability to live worthwhile lives.
(Paperback)
By: Simon Blackburn
ISBN: 9781847080332
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2008
UK Publication Date: 1st August 2008
Publisher: Granta Books
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Generally recognised as the UK's greatest philosopher, David Hume was a central figure of the Enlightenment.
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By: Derek Attridge
ISBN: 9781862079120
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2007
Publisher: Granta Books
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Adding to 15 other titles currently available in the How to Read series
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By: David Tacey
ISBN: 9781862077263
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2006
UK Publication Date: 4th September 2006
Publisher: Granta Books
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Tacey introduces the reader to Jung's unique style and approach, which is at once scientific and prophetic
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By: Maurizio Viroli
ISBN: 9781862079915
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2008
UK Publication Date: 1st August 2008
Publisher: Granta Books
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Number 23 in the series focuses on Niccolo Machiavelli, one of the most influential modern political thinkers.
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By: Peter Osborne
ISBN: 9781862077713
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Publisher: Granta Books
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Peter Osborne presents Marx's thought as a developing investigation into what it means, concretely, for humans to be practical historical beings
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By: John Phillips
ISBN: 9781862077270
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2005
Publisher: Granta Books
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How to Read is a personal master-class in reading, bringing you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history.
(Paperback)
By: Robert Bernasconi
ISBN: 9781862078758
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 2006
Publisher: Granta Books
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Sartre is existentialism - the most popular philosophy of the modern day
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By: Nicholas Royle
ISBN: 9781783780297
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2014
Publisher: Granta Books
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A richly detailed, intelligent and engaging study of the most celebrated English writer ever to have lived.
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By: Barry Kemp
ISBN: 9781862079137
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2007
Publisher: Granta Books
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Explores who and what the Egyptians feared and revered.
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By: Mona Siddiqui
ISBN: 9781783780273
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2014
UK Publication Date: 3rd July 2014
Publisher: Granta Books
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An account of how the Qur'an has been understood by Muslims in the traditions of Islam as well as in worship.
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By: Ray Monk
ISBN: 9781862077249
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2005
UK Publication Date: 7th February 2005
Publisher: Granta Books
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How to Read is a personal masterclass in reading, bringing you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history
(Paperback)
By: Timothy McDermott
ISBN: 9781862079144
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2007
Publisher: Granta Books
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How to read and get the most out of the work of Thomas Aquinas.
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By: Richard Kraut
ISBN: 9781847080325
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2008
Publisher: Granta Books
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Kraut explores the intellectual milieu that gave rise to Plato's thinking and emphasises the influence of Socrates.
