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He shows how post-structuralist theory can be seen as a system of studies of subjectivity in terms of absence, and how desire is based almost entirely on the precondition of absence.

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The Time of Revolution presents Heidegger as fundamentally rethinking the temporal character of revolutionary action and radical transformation.

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This volume offers a unifying view of the great diversity of human experience, based on the author's insight into man's self-perception.

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An investigation into the strange and troublesome relationship to pleasure that defines the human being, drawing on the disparate perspectives of Deleuze and Lacan.

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Slavoj Zizek is widely regarded as one of the world's most important contemporary thinkers. This collection of essays from an international team of Zizekian scholars addresses a range of Zizek's theoretical interventions, assessing the political, philosophical, psychoanalytical, cultural and institutional stakes of his work.

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This book provides the first comprehensive account of classical and contemporary pragmatism's attacks on traditional epistemology. Douglas McDermid deals critically and at length with the influential and fashionable brand of neo-pragmatism advanced by Richard Rorty (1931-). Written in a lucid and engaging style, the book is set to become a classic in its field.

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This book presents a critical discussion of the turn to memory, a key evolution in the humanities in the last 50 years. It offers an innovative interpretation of Walter Benjamins philosophy of history and his oeuvre at large, taking a thematic approach to the issue of forgetting, based on detailed readings of key philosophers of the 20th century.

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Presents a comprehensive overview of Alain Badiou's ambitious system. Beginning with Badiou's controversial assertion that ontology is mathematics, this volume sets out his theory of the emergence of truths from the singular relationship between a subject and an event. It provides an introduction to one of the great thinkers of our time.

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Swimming against the tide of postmodern orthodoxy, Alain Badiou's thought revitalizes philosophy's perennial attempt to provide a systematic theory of truth. This volume, assembled with the collaboration of the author, presents a comprehensive outline of Badiou's ambitious system.

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Swimming against the tide of postmodern orthodoxy, Alain Badiou's thought revitalizes philosophy's perennial attempt to provide a systematic theory of truth. This volume, assembled with the collaboration of the author, presents a comprehensive outline of Badiou's ambitious system.

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Slavoj Zizek is not alone in thinking that Alain Badiou's recent work is "the event of contemporary philosophy". Think Again, the first publication of its kind, goes a long way towards justifying his assessment.

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A comprehensive exposition and analysis of Jan Patokas political philosophy, in particular his idea of Europe and concept of post-Europe,andits continuing relevance to philosophy and contemporary politics.

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A comprehensive exposition and analysis of Jan Patokas political philosophy, in particular his idea of Europe and concept of post-Europe,andits continuing relevance to philosophy and contemporary politics.

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This volume contributes to the emerging critical conversation around Catherine Malabous thought. It focuses on some of Malabou's underexamined philosophical thematics, including dis-attachment or farewell. It also engages with Malabou's relation to deconstruction and her use of science.

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This volume contributes to the emerging critical conversation around Catherine Malabous thought. It focuses on some of Malabou's underexamined philosophical thematics, including dis-attachment or farewell. It also engages with Malabou's relation to deconstruction and her use of science.

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This collection of original essays explores the connections between the philosophies of Alfred North Whitehead and the classical American pragmatists.

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This book is an English-language translation of a bestselling book in France that explores the relationship between humans and new technologies.

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This book is an English-language translation of a bestselling book in France that explores the relationship between humans and new technologies.

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For Gilles Deleuze, time is 'out of joint'. For Michel Serres, it is 'a crumpled handkerchief'. In both of these concepts, explicit references are made to the non-linear dynamics of Chaos and Complexity theory, as well as the New Sciences. This title presents a critical appraisal of Deleuze and Serre's 'joint' conception of time and history.

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Offering new insights into Heideggers thought based on recently published texts, Richard Polt, one of the most respected contemporary commentators on Heidegger, presents a critical perspective that draws creatively on Heideggers thinking and makes original proposals for understanding human existence.