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Here, Nicholas Rescher surveys and analyzes the different kinds of unreal possibilities and nonexistent objects, tying together all the ways in which this area has been approached by philosophers.

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How biopolitics can get beyond its obsession with death

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As religious faith comes under assault from atheism, "In Defense of Faith" examines the strong historical record of the Judeo-Christian idea and asks where we would be without it.

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Grant Farred takes up the event as a philosophical problem from a novel perspective, examining infamous events in sport and arguing that theorizing the event through sport makes possible an entirely original way of thinking about it. He shows how what was inherent in the event is opened to new possibilities for understanding ontological being by thinking about sport philosophically.

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When a government in a democracy acts in our name, are we, as citizens, responsible for those acts What if the government commits a moral crime This book explains how citizens may be morally exposed to the failures of their representatives and state institutions, and how complicity is the professional hazard of democratic citizenship.

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Negri, a leading Marxist philosopher, has inspired anti-empire movements around the world through his writings and personal example. This work, which began as a conversation between Negri and literary critic Casarino, is the most complete review of the philosopher's work.

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Examines and analyses the failure of the established Church in 19th-century Wales to retain the allegiance of the Welsh by appointing English speaking Anglo-Welsh bishops who failed to understand the character and spirituality of the Welsh. As a result, there was a demand for the appointment of Welsh-speakers as bishops for the four Welsh sees.

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Gregg Lambert demonstrates that since the publication of Proust and Signs in 1964 Gilles Deleuze's search for a new means of philosophical expression became a central theme of all his oeuvre, including those written with psychoanalyst Flix Guattari. Lambert, like Deleuze, calls this "the image of thought."

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It is impossible to understand the late Middle Ages without grasping the importance of The Golden Legend, the most popular medieval collection of saints' lives. Assembled for clerical use in the thirteenth century by Genoese archbishop Jacobus de Voragine, the book became the medieval equivalent of a best seller. This title deals with this book.

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Brings together for the first time Chittister's most powerful, influential and celebrated writings, combining the spiritual practices of the Rule of Saint Benedict with the contemporary struggle for social justice, feminism and ecology.

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Adorno is often celebrated as among the most important cultural-theorists. This volume argues that his theoretical perspectives were deeply flawed.

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With an ongoing influence upon Muslim thought, Sayyid Qutb's most profound work is a literary landmark of the twentieth century.

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A commentary on the Qur'an, covering chapters 16 to 20 ("Surahs An-Nahl - Ta Ha"). It offers insight into its universal message within a contemporary perspective.

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In the Shade of the Qur'an or Fi Zilal al-Qur'an is a highly influential commentary of the Qur'an, written during 1951-1965 by Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966), a leader within the Muslim Brotherhood. Most of the original 30 volumes (114 Surahs) were written (or re-written) while in prison following an attempted assassination of Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel.

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With an ongoing influence upon Muslim thought, Sayyid Qutb's most profound work is a literary landmark of the twentieth century.

(Hardback, International)

(Hardback, International)

A commentary on the Qur'an, covering chapters 33 to 39 ("Surahs Ahzab - Al-Zumar"). It offers insight into its universal message within a contemporary perspective.

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A commentary on the Qur'an, covering chapters 33 to 39 ("Surahs Ahzab - Al-Zumar"). It offers insight into its universal message within a contemporary perspective.

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A commentary on the Qur'an, covering chapters 40 to 47 ("Surahs Ghafir - Muhammad"). It offers insight into its universal message within a contemporary perspective.