The History of Continental Philosophy
Emerging Trends in Continental Philosophy
1st Edition
By Todd May
August 19, 2014
"Emerging Trends in Continental Philosophy" presents a comprehensive and accessible analysis of the most recent developments in European thought. From feminist thought to environmental philosophy to analytic themes in Continental philosophy to recent discussions of citizenship, "Emerging Trends" ...
After Poststructuralism: Transitions and Transformations
1st Edition
By Rosi Braidotti
August 08, 2014
The end of the Cold War revitalised continental philosophy and, more particularly, interest in it from outside philosophy. "After Poststructuralism: Transitions and Transformations" analyses the main developments in continental philosophy between 1980-1995, a time of great upheaval and profound ...
Critical Theory to Structuralism: Philosophy, Politics and the Human Sciences
1st Edition
By David Ingram
August 08, 2014
Philosophy in the middle of the 20th Century, between 1920 and 1968, responded to the cataclysmic events of the time. Thinkers on the Right turned to authoritarian forms of nationalism in search of stable forms of collective identity, will, and purpose. Thinkers on the Left promoted egalitarian ...
Kant, Kantianism, and Idealism: The Origins of Continental Philosophy
1st Edition
By Thomas Nenon
August 08, 2014
"Kant, Kantianism and Idealism" presents an overview of German Idealism, the major movement in philosophy from the late 18th to the middle of the 19th Century. The period was dominated by Kant, Fichte, Schelling and Hegel, whose work influenced not just philosophy, but also art, theology and ...
Nineteenth-Century Philosophy: Revolutionary Responses to the Existing Order
1st Edition
By Alan D. Schrift, Daniel Conway
August 08, 2014
The second half of the 19th Century saw a revolution in both European politics and philosophy. Philosophical fervour reflected political fervour. Five great critics dominated the European intellectual scene: Ludwig Feuerbach, Karl Marx, Soren Kierkegaard, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Friedrich Nietzsche....
Phenomenology: Responses and Developments
1st Edition
By Leonard Lawlor
August 08, 2014
After Husserl, the study of phenomenology took off in different directions. The ambiguity inherent in phenomenology - between conscious experience and structural conditions - lent itself to a range of interpretations. Many existentialists developed phenomenology as conscious experience to analyse...
Poststructuralism and Critical Theory's Second Generation
1st Edition
By Alan D. Schrift
August 08, 2014
"Poststructuralism and Critical Theory's Second Generation" analyses the major themes and developments in a period that brought continental philosophy to the forefront of scholarship in a variety of humanities and social science disciplines and that set the agenda for philosophical thought on the ...
The New Century: Bergsonism, Phenomenology and Responses to Modern Science
1st Edition
By Keith Ansell-Pearson, Alan D. Schrift
August 08, 2014
This volume covers the period between the 1890s and 1930s, a period that witnessed revolutions in the arts and society which set the agenda for the rest of the century. In philosophy, the period saw the birth of analytic philosophy, the development of new programmes and new modes of inquiry, the ...