The Overcoming of History in "War and Peace" marks a radical departure from the critical tradition dominated by Sir Isaiah Berlin's view that the novel is deeply divided against itself, a majestically flawed contest of brilliant art and clumsy thought. To the contrary, Jeff Love argues that the apparently divided nature of the text, its multi-leveled negotiation between different kinds of representation, expresses the rich variety of the novel's very deliberate striving to capture the fluidity of change and becoming in the fixed forms of language. The inevitable failure of this striving,...

This important collection reveals a hitherto neglected aspect of Heidegger's impact, adding to our knowledge of the interaction between Western philosophy and Russia as well as the often neglected East European milieu.

This important collection reveals a hitherto neglected aspect of Heidegger's impact, adding to our knowledge of the interaction between Western philosophy and Russia as well as the often neglected East European milieu.

Jeff Love reinterprets Alexandre Kojeve's works, showing him to be a provocative thinker who challenged modernity's valuation of self-interest. Joining intellectual history, close textual analysis, and philosophy, The Black Circle reveals Kojeve's thought as a profound critique of capitalist individualism and a timely meditation on human freedom.