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Melancholia Africana argues that in the African and Afro-diasporic context, melancholy is rooted in collective experiences such as slavery, colonization, and the post-colony.

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Melancholia Africana argues that in the African and Afro-diasporic context, melancholy is rooted in collective experiences such as slavery, colonization, and the post-colony.

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This book is aimed at both philosophers and scholars of American literature who wish to reexamine the philosophical depth of Melvilles writings. Contributions deal with various philosophical aspects of Melvilles work, including well-known texts such as Moby-Dick as well as lesser-known works such as Pierre, The Encantadas, and Clarel.

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This book is aimed at both philosophers and scholars of American literature who wish to reexamine the philosophical depth of Melvilles writings. Contributions deal with various philosophical aspects of Melvilles work, including well-known texts such as Moby-Dick as well as lesser-known works such as Pierre, The Encantadas, and Clarel.

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In this vivid and iconoclastic memoir, John Passmore takes us on an unsentimental journey from his childhood in Manly, then half-village, half-resort - ""seven miles from Sydney, a thousand miles from care"" - to the hot house environment of the University of Sydney, and on to the realities of his imagined Europe.

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Drawing on previously unexplored sources, Kerry H. Whiteside presents the political theory of Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961), one of France's best-known twentieth-century philosophers. Whiteside argues that Merleau-Ponty's objective in his political writings was to make existentialism into the foundation for a philosophically consistent mode of

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An original reading of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy through the paradoxical logic of expression that clarifies Merleau-Ponty's subtle phenomenological and existential methodology.

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An original reading of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy through the paradoxical logic of expression that clarifies Merleau-Ponty's subtle phenomenological and existential methodology.

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A timely and important collection of essays examining Merleau-Ponty's interrogation of the limits of philosophy.

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A collection of essays examining Merleau-Ponty's interrogation of the limits of philosophy. It seeks to answer the question of what lies at the limit of philosophy. It traces the line between art and aesthetic judgment, psychology and philosophy, sacramentality and transcendence in Merleau-Ponty's life and work.

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This original study recovers the 'militant' dimension of Merleau-Ponty's thought and sheds new light on his work. It does so in a way that challenges some of the basic parameters of existing Merleau-Ponty scholarship by illuminating the intrinsic normativity of his existential phenomenology.

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This original study recovers the 'militant' dimension of Merleau-Ponty's thought and sheds new light on his work. It does so in a way that challenges some of the basic parameters of existing Merleau-Ponty scholarship by illuminating the intrinsic normativity of his existential phenomenology.

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Merleau-Ponty's "Phenomenology" reconstructs Merleau-Ponty's treatment of the problem of ideal objects. The author describes Merleau-Ponty's early attempt to found ideal objects on pre-linguistic, perceptual experience and shows that Merleau-Ponty ultimately came to see the shortcomings of this initial view.

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Continuum's Guides for the Perplexed are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to fathom, these books explain and explore key themes and ideas, guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of demanding material.

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Through accessible analyses of Merleau-Pontys views of linguistic expression and understanding, and by tracing the evolution of these views throughout the course of his philosophical career, Merleau-Pontys Phenomenology of Language offers a comprehensive picture of his engagement with the philosophy of language.

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Nicholas Rescher unites two facets of metaphilosophy to show that the historical perspective and forward-thinking normative, or systematic, approach are, together, an integral component of philosophy itself.

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This book engages with recent philosophical interventions into democracy, equality, and human rights to demonstrate their relevance to the field of Francophone Postcolonial Studies. The book explores the relationship between aesthetics and politics in the postcolonial Algerian novel.

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The book explores the relationship between aesthetics and politics in the postcolonial Algerian novel, examining six novels written by two Algerian authors of French expression, Tahar Djaout and Rachid Mimouni.