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A charismatic and controversial figure, Lacan is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century and his work has revolutionized lingui...

An introduction to literary theory unlike any other, Ten Lessons in Theory engages its readers with three fundamental premises. The first premise i...

Widely acknowledged to be one of Freud's greatest cultural works, when Totem and Taboo was first published in 1913, it caused outrage. Thorough and...

Being and Nothingness is without doubt one of the most significant books of the twentieth century. The central work by one of the world's most infl...

Although written fairly early in his career, in 1939, Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions is considered to be one of Jean-Paul Sartre's most import...

Heidegger’s way of thinking has left a rich legacy for post-modern philosophers, particularly for Jacques Derrida who has greatly influenced philos...

Creativity is fundamental to human experience. In On Creativity, David Bohm, the world-renowned scientist, investigates the phenomenon from all sid...

An invaluable introduction to this highly influential philosopher, Rawls is essential reading for anyone coming to his work for the first time.

The present book is an attempt to explore and examine the nature and status of consciousness in the intellectual traditions of the East and the Wes...

For Alain Badiou, films think, and it is the task of the philosopher to transcribe that thinking. What is the subject to which the film gives expre...

This book provides an introduction to the human centred design of autonomous vehicles for professionals and students. A key guide for those interes...

One of the world's most famous philosophers, Jacques Derrida, explores difficult questions in this important and engaging book. Is it still possibl...

Who am I? What is a person? What does it take for a person to persist from one time to another? What is the relation between the mind and the body?...

Novel has become the main literary medium in today’s world. The growth of novel in its different phases and over ages has witnessed the spate of va...

Literary Theory: A Reintroduction introduces the current state of theory by placing it in its social, historical, and institutional contexts. Focu...

With an emphasis on readers and reading, Jonathan Culler considers deconstruction in terms of the questions raised by psychoanalytic, feminist, and...

In a clear and readable style, Living with Theory maps out contemporary theory, tracing its complex configurations, its political preoccupations, a...

Nearly forty years after its first publication in French, this collection of Sartre’s writings on colonialism remains a supremely powerful, and rel...