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The first research guide to the past, present and future of the Indian philosophical tradition Vedanta covering current topics and charting new paths of inquiry.

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This book investigates the concept of body shame and explores its significance when considering philosophical accounts of embodied subjectivity, providing phenomenological reflections on how the body is shaped by social forces.

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Bergson's key philosophical concept was "duration", encompassing both memory and life. This text analyses this central but complex concept through a close reading of one of Bergson's key works "Matter and Memory", setting it in the broader context of Bergson's other writings.

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Bergson's key philosophical concept was "duration", encompassing both memory and life. This text analyses this central but complex concept through a close reading of one of Bergson's key works "Matter and Memory", setting it in the broader context of Bergson's other writings.

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The Challenge of the Exception is the key that unlocked the ideas of Carl Schmitt, a leading political theorist and jurist who influenced the thoughts of, among others, Hannah Arendt, Carl Joachim Friedrich, Otto Kirchheimer, Hans Morgenthau, Franz Neumann, and Leo Strauss.

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Addressing a challenge and opportunity that is definitive of life in the 21st century, this book provides a range of possible solutions that serve to motivate and structure future research and debate around the concept of 'the other' in communication.

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Addressing a challenge and opportunity that is definitive of life in the 21st century, this book provides a range of possible solutions that serve to motivate and structure future research and debate around the concept of 'the other' in communication.

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A clear and concise account of the metaphysical concept of world, its possibilities and limitations, from Kant to Derrida.

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A clear and concise account of the metaphysical concept of world, its possibilities and limitations, from Kant to Derrida.

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Paul Ricoeur is one of the foremost contemporary French philosphers whose work is focused on the uncovering the multiple meanings buried in a text.

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Suitable for those working in Continental Philosophy, this book offers the guidance to contemporary Continental thought. It covers important themes and categories in the field. It features a series of research tools, including key terms and concepts, a chronology, and guidance to practical research in the field.

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A guide to the research and future directions in existentialism. It covers the fundamental questions asked by existentialism. It features a series of research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and concepts, a chronology, a detailed list of resources and a fully annotated bibliography.

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David Hume (1711-1776), philosopher, historian, and essayist, is widely considered to be the most important philosopher ever to write in English. This guide to Hume's life and work includes 22 specially commissioned essays, written by a team of leading experts, covering various aspects of Hume's thought.

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Immanuel Kant is widely considered to be one of the most important and influential thinker of modern Europe and the late Enlightenment. This title presents a comprehensive overview of historical and philosophical context in which Kant wrote and the various features, themes and topics apparent in his thought.

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G W F Leibniz (1646-1716) was one of the great polymaths of the modern world. With entries written by scholars in the field of Modern Philosophy, this guide to Leibniz's life, thought and work is suitable for those who are interested in Leibniz and the era in which he wrote.

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John Locke (1632-1704) was a leading seventeenth-century philosopher and widely considered to be the first of the British Empiricists. This comprehensive guide to Locke's life and work includes more than 90 specially commissioned entries, covering various aspects of Locke's thought.

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Plato, mathematician, philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens, is, together with his teacher, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, universally considered to have laid the foundations of western philosophy. This guide includes over 140 entries on various aspects of Plato's thought.

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Offers a guide to a key area of contemporary philosophy. This title covers all the fundamental questions asked by pragmatism. It explores issues pertaining to aesthetics, economics, education, the environment, epistemology, ethics, history, law, metaphysics, politics, race, religion, science and technology, language, and social theory.

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A wide range of philosophical essays informed by the work of Harry Frankfurt, who offers a response to each essay.