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  • Collected Papers V. Phenomenology and the Social Sciences

    by Alfred Schutz ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book shows how phenomenology of the social sciences differs from positivistic approaches, and presents Schutz's theory of relevances--a key feature of his own phenomenology of the social world. It begins with Schutz's appraisal of how Husserl influenced him, and continues with exchanges between Schutz and Eric Voegelin, Felix Kaufmann, Aron Gurwitsch, and Talcott Parsons. This book presents, ... Read more

    $256.99 CAD

  • Life Forms and Meaning Structure

    by Alfred Schutz ...
    Translated by Helmut R. Wagner ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Phenomenology
    This volume contains a translation of four early manuscripts by Alfred Schutz, unpublished at the time, written between 1924 and 1928. The publication of these four essays adds much to our knowledge and appreciation of the wide range of Schutz’s phenomenological and sociological interests. Originally published in 1987.The essays consist of: a challenging presentation of a phenomenology of ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Collected Papers VI. Literary Reality and Relationships

    by Alfred Schutz ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book contains texts devoted by Alfred Schutz to the "normative" areas of literature and ethics. It includes writings dealing with the author-reader relationship, multiple realities, the literary province of meaning, and Schutz's views on equality. Never published in English commentaries on Goethe's novel and the account of personality in the social world appear in this volume. ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

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  • Heidegger

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    by Lee Braver ...
    Series series Key Contemporary Thinkers
    Martin Heidegger is among the most important philosophers of the Twentieth Century. Within the continental tradition, almost every great figure has been deeply influenced by his work. For this reason, a full understanding of the course of modern philosophy is impossible without at least a basic grasp of Heidegger. Unfortunately, his work is notoriously difficult, both because of his innovative ... Read more

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  • Utopia as Method

    The Imaginary Reconstitution of Society

    by R. Levitas ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
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  • Solitary Confinement

    Social Death and Its Afterlives

    by Lisa Guenther ...
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  • Schutzian Phenomenology and Hermeneutic Traditions

    Edited by Michael Staudigl, George Berguno ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Schutzian Phenomenology and Hermeneutic Traditions links Alfred Schutz to the larger hermeneutic tradition in Continental thought, illuminating the deep affinity between Schutzian phenomenology and hermeneutics. The essays collected here explore a broad spectrum of Schutzian themes and concerns, from Schutz’s concrete affinities to hermeneutic traditions, his interpretationism and the pragmatist ... Read more

    $141.99 CAD

  • The Seducer's Diary

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  • Gestures

    by Vilém Flusser ...
    Translated by Nancy Ann Roth ...
    Throughout his career, the influential new media theorist Vilém Flusser kept the idea of gesture in mind: that people express their being in the world through a sweeping range of movements. He reconsiders familiar actions—from speaking and painting to smoking and telephoning—in terms of particular movement, opening a surprising new perspective on the ways we share and preserve meaning. A gesture ... Read more

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  • Cognitive Autonomy and Methodological Individualism

    The Interpretative Foundations of Social Life

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    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
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    by Friedrich Nietzsche ...
    Collected here in this omnibus edition are three of Nietzsche's three most important books: The Anti-Christ, Beyond Good and Evil, and Thus Spake Zarathustra, as well as The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche by Henry Louis Mencken. A perfect book for new readers of Nietzsche or anyone hoping to understand his writing and philosophy more thoroughly. The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche by Henry ... Read more

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