The Edinburgh Dictionary of Continental Philosophy - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0748617159 ISBN 13: 9780748617159

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2005

Synopsis

The first ever dictionary of continental philosophy to be published. With over 450 clearly written definitions and articles by an international team of specialists, this authoritative dictionary covers the thinkers, topics and technical terms associated with the many fields known as 'continental' philosophy'. Special care has been taken to explain the complex terminology of many continental thinkers. Researchers, students and professional philosophers alike will find the dictionary an invaluable reference tool. Key features include: *in-depth entries on major figures and topics *over 190 shorter articles on other figures and topics *over 250 items on technical terms used by continental thinkers, from abjection [Kristeva] to worldhood [Heidegger] *coverage of related subjects that use continental terms and methods *extensive cross-referencing, allowing readers to relate and pursue ideas in depth. Entries include: Major Figures and Topics: Deleuze, Derrida, Foucault, Hegel, Heidegger, Husserl, Irigaray, Kant, Nietzsche Epistemology, Feminism, German Idealism, Marxism, Phenomenology, Poststructuralism, Time, etc. Other figures and topics covered include: Adorno, Althusser, Arendt, Badiou, Barthes, Bergson, Butler, Haraway, Habermas, Kristeva, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Schelling, Schiller, Weber, Weil, Wittgenstein, Zizek, etc; African Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Death, Ecocriticism, Embodiment, Environmental Philosophy, Modernity, Philosophy of Nature, NeoThomism, Postcolonial Theory, Psychology, Race Theory, Sex / sexuality, Space, Speech Act Theory, Structuralism, Subject, 'Young Hegelians', etc.

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John Protevi has put together a very useful dictionary and I expect it to be used extensively by students seeking clear and crisp definitions of key concepts, as well helpful and reliable accounts of the main intellectual figures, in continental philosophy. The entries are uniformly excellent and Protevi's grasp of the key concepts is first-rate. -- Keith Ansell Pearson, University of Warwick The Edinburgh Dictionary of Continental Philosophy can be recommended to novices and scholars alike because it satisfies the pressing need for a reliable guide to the most recent developments in Continental philosophy not only in Europe, but also, and more unusually, in North America -- Professor Robert Bernasconi, Lillian and Morrie Moss Professor of Philosophy, The University of Memphis [A] valuable addition to the reference library of any student or scholar in the Humanities. ... The variety of concepts, topics and areas for which it provides an analysis is ... quite impressive. -- Marios Constantinou and Maria Margaroni An authoritative reference tool. -- Marios Constantinou and Maria Margaroni John Protevi has put together a very useful dictionary and I expect it to be used extensively by students seeking clear and crisp definitions of key concepts, as well helpful and reliable accounts of the main intellectual figures, in continental philosophy. The entries are uniformly excellent and Protevi's grasp of the key concepts is first-rate. The Edinburgh Dictionary of Continental Philosophy can be recommended to novices and scholars alike because it satisfies the pressing need for a reliable guide to the most recent developments in Continental philosophy not only in Europe, but also, and more unusually, in North America [A] valuable addition to the reference library of any student or scholar in the Humanities. ... The variety of concepts, topics and areas for which it provides an analysis is ... quite impressive. An authoritative reference tool.

About the Author:

John Protevi is Associate Professor of French Studies at Louisiana State University. He is the author of Time and Exteriority (Bucknell, 1994); and Political Physics (Athlone, 2001); the editor of The Edinburgh Dictionary of Continental Philosophy (Edinburgh University Press, 2005); and co-author, with Mark Bonta, of Deleuze and Geophilosophy (Edinburgh, 2004). He is currently working on a book on 'political physiology' that will combine cognitive science and post-structuralism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0748617159
• ISBN 13: 9780748617159
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640
• Editor: Protevi John