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  • Hair

    par Scott Lowe ...
    Collections series Object Lessons
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Hair, a primary marker of our mammalian nature, is an extraordinary indicator of economic and social standing, political orientation, religious affiliation, marital status, and cultural leanings, among other things. The meanings of hair are deep, powerful, and so strongly embedded in cultural ... En savoir plus

    $15.79 CAD

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  • On Late Style

    Music and Literature Against the Grain

    par Edward W. Said ...
    **In this fascinating book, Edward Said looks at the creative contradictions that often mark the late works of literary and musical artists."These studies . . . buzz with excitement and intelligence and demonstrate...the extraordinary range of Said’s intellectual interests.” —Frank Kermode, London Review of Books**Said shows how the approaching death of an artist can make its way into his work, ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • Thoughts and Things

    par Leo Bersani ...
    Leo Bersani’s career spans more than fifty years and extends across a wide spectrum of fields—including French studies, modernism, realist fiction, psychoanalytic criticism, film studies, and queer theory. Throughout this new collection of essays that ranges, interestingly and brilliantly, from movies by Claire Denis and Jean-Luc Godard to fiction by Proust and Pierre Bergounioux, Bersani ... En savoir plus

    $23.89 CAD

  • Essay on Exoticism

    An Aesthetics of Diversity

    par Victor Segalen, Stanley Fish, Fredric Jameson, Harry Harootunian ...
    Traduit par Yael Rachel Schlick ...
    Collections series Post-Contemporary Interventions
    The “Other”—source of fear and fascination; emblem of difference demonized and romanticized. Theories of alterity and cultural diversity abound in the contemporary academic landscape. Victor Segalen’s early attempt to theorize the exotic is a crucial reference point for all discussions of alterity, diversity, and ethnicity.Written over the course of fourteen years between 1904 and 1918, at the ... En savoir plus

    $31.49 CAD

  • The Hatred of Music

    par Pascal Quignard ...
    Traduit par Matthew Amos, Fredrik Rönnbäck ...
    Throughout Pascal Quignard’s distinguished literary career, music has been a recurring obsession. As a musician he organized the International Festival of Baroque Opera and Theatre at Versailles in the early 1990s, and thus was instrumental in the rediscovery of much forgotten classical music. Yet in 1994 he abruptly renounced all musical activities. The Hatred of Music is Quignard’s masterful ... En savoir plus

    $28.99 CAD

  • Taste as Experience

    The Philosophy and Aesthetics of Food

    par Nicola Perullo ...
    Collections series Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
    Taste as Experience puts the pleasure of food at the center of human experience. It shows how the sense of taste informs our preferences for and relationship to nature, pushes us toward ethical practices of consumption, and impresses upon us the importance of aesthetics. Eating is often dismissed as a necessary aspect of survival, and our personal enjoyment of food is considered a quirk. Nicola ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • On Film

    par Stephen Mulhall ...
    Collections series Thinking in Action
    First published in 2002. Few movies have captured our imagination as deeply and enduringly as those of the 'Alien' quartet, which follow the odyssey of Sigourney Weaver's Flight Lieutenant Ellen Ripley. In this gripping and limpidly written book, Stephen Mulhall shows why these films fascinate us, by showing that they are compelling examples of philosophy in action. Bringing a philosopher's eye to ... En savoir plus

    $74.63 CAD

  • Schopenhauer and the Aesthetic Standpoint

    Philosophy as a Practice of the Sublime

    par Sophia Vasalou ...
    With its pessimistic vision and bleak message of world-denial, it has often been difficult to know how to engage with Schopenhauer's philosophy. Schopenhauer's arguments have seemed flawed and his doctrines marred by inconsistencies; his very pessimism almost too flamboyant to be believable. Yet a way of redrawing this engagement stands open, Sophia Vasalou argues, if we attend more closely to the ... En savoir plus

    $43.19 CAD

  • The Music between Us

    Is Music a Universal Language?

    par Kathleen Marie Higgins ...
    "Higgins' love of music and cultural variety is evident throughout. She writes in a relaxed, accessible, sophisticated style…Highly recommended."— ChoiceFrom our first social bonding as infants to the funeral rites that mark our passing, music plays an important role in our lives, bringing us closer to one another. In this book, philosopher Kathleen Marie Higgins investigates this role, examining ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • In Search of Authenticity

    Existentialism from Kierkegaard to Camus

    par Jacob Golomb ...
    Collections series Problems of Modern European Thought
    Great philosophers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Sartre have clearly been preoccupied by the possibility of authenticity. In this study, Jacob Golomb looks closely at the literature and writings of these philosophers in his analysis of their ethics. Golomb's writings shows his passionate commitment to the quest for the authenticity - particularly in our climate of post-modern scepticism. He ... En savoir plus

    $86.85 CAD

  • A Philosophy in Outline (Routledge Revivals)

    par E.S. Bennett ...
    First published in 1931, this book provides a brief overview of the essentials of philosophy. It aims to combat the notion of the inaccessibility of philosophy by providing an introduction to its history and what the author believes to a ‘minimum dose…of incontrovertible philosophical truth’. The book merely assumes an ordinary level of adult education and offers an outline of the key areas of ... En savoir plus

    $74.63 CAD

  • Treatise on Consequences

    par John Buridan ...
    Traduit par Stephen Read ...
    Collections series Medieval Philosophy: Texts and Studies
    The rediscovery of Aristotle in the late twelfth century led to a fresh development of logical theory, culminating in Buridan’s crucial comprehensive treatment in the Treatise on Consequences. Buridan’s novel treatment of the categorical syllogism laid the basis for the study of logic in succeeding centuries.This new translation offers a clear and accurate rendering of Buridan’s text. It is ... En savoir plus

    $51.99 CAD