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1 2 3 4 5 >>>     sort list by author | publication date Anti-Oedipus Capitalism and Schizophrenia Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari An "introduction to the nonfascist life" (Michel Foucault, from the Preface) When it first appeared in France, Anti-Oedipus was hailed as a masterpiece by some and "a work of heretical madness" by others. In it, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari set... Anti-Oedipus Capitalism and Schizophrenia Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari The authors combine elements of the work of Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche to develop a political analysis of desire as it is repressed or expressed in Western culture. The Arcades Project Walter Benjamin You could spend years trying to read Walter Benjamin's The Arcades Project--after all, he spent much of the last 13 years of his life doing the research. When he committed suicide in 1940, he destroyed his copy of the manuscript, and so for decades... The Archaeology of Knowledge & The Discourse on Language Michel Foucault Michel Foucault (1926-84), celebrated French thinker and activist who challenged people's assumptions about care of the mentally ill, gay rights, prisons, the police, and welfare. Being and Time Martin Heidegger "What is the meaning of being?" This is the central question of Martin Heidegger's profoundly important work, in which the great philosopher seeks to explain the basic problems of existence. A central influence on later philosophy, literature, art... Beyond Good & Evil Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future Friedrich Nietzsche Represents Nietzsche's attempt to sum up his philosophy. In nine parts the book is designed to give the reader a comprehensive idea of Nietzche's thought and style. With an inclusive index of subjects and... Body Drift Butler Hayles Haraway Arthur Kroker According to Arthur Kroker, the postmodernism of Judith Butler, the posthumanism of Katherine Hayles, and the companionism of Donna Haraway are possible pathways to the posthuman future that is captured by the specter of body drift. Body drift refers... The Chomsky-Foucault Debate On Human Nature Noam Chomsky, Michel Foucault Two of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers debate a perennial question.In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War and at a time of great political and social instability, two of the world's leading intellectuals, Noam Chomsky and Michel... Close to the Machine Technophilia and Its Discontents Ellen Ullman If there is such a thing as a typical computer programmer, Ellen Ullman is not it. She's female, a former communist, bisexual, old enough to be a twentysomething's mom, and not a nerd. She runs her own computer-consulting business in San Francisco... The Death and Life of Great American Cities Jane Jacobs A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in 1961... Discipline & Punish The Birth of the Prison Michel Foucault At the end of 2006, the United States had approximately 7.2 million people who were either incarcerated, on probation, or on parole. Our society's propensity for punishment and justice has manifested into the modern prison system, arguably... Ethics An Essay on the Understanding of Evil (Wo Es War) Alain Badiou Alain Badiou explodes the facile assumptions behind the recent ethical turn by governments of the West. He shows how our prevailing ethical principles serve to reinforce an ideology of the status quo and ultimately fail to provide a framework... The Ethics of Identity Kwame Anthony Appiah Race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexuality: in the past couple of decades, a great deal of attention has been paid to such collective identities. They clamor for recognition and respect, sometimes at the expense of other things we... The Event of Literature Terry Eagleton What is literature? Can we even speak of "literature" at all? What do different literary theories tell us about what texts mean and do? In throwing new light on these and other questions, Eagleton offers a new theory of what we mean by literature. 1 2 3 4 5 >>>