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McDermott's reflections take him from a general overview of philosophy in Western culture to Emerson and James' thought in particular. He considers aspects of the American experience--change, pluralism, interrelatedness--as well as the aesthetics of city life, education, and cultural literacy. Whether he writes about education, architecture, or the soul's struggle with inevitable death, McDermott believes that philosophical thinking, when done in...

On Race and Philosophy is a collection of essays written and published across the last twenty years, which focus on matters of race, philosophy, and social and political life in the West, in particular in the US. These important writings trace the author's continuing efforts not only to confront racism, especially within philosophy, but, more importantly, to work out viable conceptions of raciality and ethnicity that are empirically sound while avoiding...

George Yancy brings together a group of thinkers who address the problematic issue of whiteness as a category requiring serious analysis. The text bringsa critique and philosophically sophisticated perspective to a central issue of contemporary society.

2002 reprint of previously published The Brutality of Fact: Interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester. The cover is updated. This edition was printed and bound in Singapore. 146 illustrations.

German history from Bismarck to Hitler.

Difference and Repetition, a brilliant exposition of the critique of identity, has come to be considered a contemporary classic in philosophy and one of Deleuze's most original works. Successfully defended in 1969 as Deleuze's main thesis toward his Doctorat d'Etat at the Sorbonne, the work has been central in initiating the shift in French thought away from Hegel and Marx, towards Nietzsche and Freud. The text follows the development of two central...

For two hundred years, Americans have believed that they have an obligation to improve the lot of humanity. This belief has consistently shaped U.S. foreign policy. Yet within this consensus, two schools of thought have contended: the "exemplarist" school (Brands's term), which holds that what America chiefly owes the world is the benign example of a well-functioning democracy, and the "vindicationist" school, which asserts that force must sometimes...

"Eastern Philosophy: The Basics is an essential introduction to major Indian and Chinese philosophies, both past and present. Exploring familiar metaphysical and ethical questions from the perspectives of different Eastern philosophies, including Confucianism, Daoism, and strands of Buddhism and Hinduism, this book covers key figures, issues, methods and concepts. Throughout the book the relationships between Eastern Philosophy, Western Philosophy...