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Infinite Thought: Truth and the Return of Philosophy by Alain Badiou
$37.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Continuum Impacts S.
Influenced by Plato, Lucretius, Heidegger, Lacan and Deleuze, Badiou is a critic of both the analytical and the postmodern schools of thought. His work spans the range of philosophy, from ethics, to mathematics to science, psychoanalysis, politics and art. His writing is rigorous and startling and takes ...Show more
Jazz Writings by Philip Larkin
$37.99 NZD
Category: Music | Series: Continuum Impacts S.
Philip Larkin (1922?85) was not only one of the foremost English poets of the twentieth century, but also a notable novelist and a distinguished writer on jazz. He was jazz critic for The Daily Telegraph between 1961 and 1971. Jazz Writings brings together Larkin's reviews, articles and essays written f ...Show more
Kabbalah and Criticism by Harold Bloom
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Continuum Impacts S.
An analysis of the kabbalah, a mystical Judaic system. This book provides a study of the Kabbablah itself, of its commentators - the 'revisionary ratios' they employed - and of its significance as a model for contemporary criticism.
Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle by Pierre Klossowski
$35.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Continuum Impacts S.
'The greatest book of philosophy I have ever read, on a par with Nietzsche himself.' Michel Foucault
On Nietzsche by Georges Bataille
$37.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Continuum Impacts S.
Takes up Nietzschean thought where Nietzsche left off - with the death of God. Written against the backdrop of Germany under the Third Reich the book explores the possibility of a spiritual life outside religion. In so doing it weaves an astonishing tapestry of confession, theology, philosophy, myth and ...Show more
Philosophy of Modern Music by Theodor W. Adorno
$49.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Continuum Impacts S.
In this classic work, Adorno revolutionized music theory through an analysis of two composers he saw as polar opposites, Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky. "Philosophy of Modern Music" presents a profound study of key musical works of the twentieth century. But it is more than this because, as alway ...Show more
The Conflict of Interpretations by Paul Ricoeur
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Continuum Impacts S.
Paul Ricoeur is one of the foremost contemporary French philosphers whose work is focused on the uncovering the multiple meanings buried in a text.
The Essence of Human Freedom: An Introduction to Philosophy by Martin Heidegger
$35.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Continuum Impacts S.
The Essence of Human Freedom is a groundbreaking work that provides a compelling philosophical account of humanity's potential for liberty. It is fundamental for understanding Heidegger's view of Greek philosophy and its relationship to modern philosophy. In no other work by Heidegger do we find as deta ...Show more
The Essence of Truth by Martin Heidegger
$39.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Continuum Impacts S.
The Essence of Truth must count as one of Heidegger's most important works, for nowhere else does he give a comparably thorough explanation of what is arguably the most fundamental and abiding theme of his entire philosophy, namely the difference between truth as the "unhiddenness of beings" and truth a ...Show more
The Fold by Gilles Deleuze
$32.99 NZD
Category: Not a Book | Series: Continuum Impacts S.
Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII. He is a key figure in poststructuralism, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. In "The Fold", Deleuze proposes a new and radical way of understanding philosophy and art. Leibniz drew ...Show more
The Logic of Sense by Gilles Deleuze
$35.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Continuum Impacts S.
Since its first publication, Logic of Sense has become a famous work of philosophical criticism, Working from Stoic philosophy to Lewis Carroll's literary and logical paradoxes and on to psychoanalysis, Deleuze seeks to determine the status of meaning and meaninglessness. Deleuze's exploration takes the ...Show more
The Three Ecologies by Felix Guattari
$45.00 NZD
Category: Not a Book | Series: Continuum Impacts S.
This book provides the ideal introduction to the work of one of Europe's most radical thinkers.Extending the definition of ecology to encompass social relations and human subjectivity as well as environmental concerns, "The Three Ecologies" argues that the ecological crises that threaten our planet are ...Show more