Continuum's Reader's Guides are clear, concise and accessible introductions to classic works of philosophy. Each book explores the major themes, historical and philosophical context and key passages of a major philosophical text, guiding the reader toward a thorough understanding of often demanding material. Ideal for undergraduate students, the guides provide an essential resource for anyone who needs to get to grips with a philosophical text.Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is arguably the most important work of philosophy of the last two centuries. It is a classic text that...
Continuum's Reader's Guides are clear, concise and accessible introductions to classic works of philosophy. Each book explores the major the...
Nietzsche famously regarded Thus Spoke Zarathustra as his greatest work. However, despite Nietzsche's pervasive influence upon the philosopher and non-philosopher alike, and his own intense regard for Zarathustra, there has been relatively little serious study of Nietzsche's magnum opus.This book seeks to address this gap in the available literature by taking Thus Spoke Zarathustra seriously, not only with respect to its impact on the interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy, but also in light of the broader questions of the relationships between poetry,...
Nietzsche famously regarded Thus Spoke Zarathustra as his greatest work. However, despite Nietzsche's pervasive influence upon the philosoph...
In Heidegger's Early Philosophy, James Luchte sets forth a comprehensive examination of Heidegger's phenomenology between 1924 and 1929, during which time Heidegger was largely concerned with a radical temporalization of thought. The book seeks to re-construct Heidegger's radical phenomenology through an interpretation of all his published and unpublished works of the period, including the 1920s lecture courses and his published works, Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics and his magnum opus, Being and Time. The book also explores Heidegger's relationship with other philosophers, such as...
In Heidegger's Early Philosophy, James Luchte sets forth a comprehensive examination of Heidegger's phenomenology between 1924 and 1929, during whi...
From the re-incarnation of a Dadaist Poet fixated on an Edwardian Pornographic photo to the end of British Civilisation in an Apocalyptic Earthquake, this novel sprawls across the devastated landscape of the 'teens of this century. The seedy underworld and the seedy overworld clash in a kaleidoscope of sex and violence leaving only the 'feral children' to make their own world from the wreckage.
From the re-incarnation of a Dadaist Poet fixated on an Edwardian Pornographic photo to the end of British Civilisation in an Apocalyptic Earthquake, ...
Early Greek Thought calls into question a longstanding mythology - operative in both the Analytic and Continental traditions - that the 'Pre-Socratics had the grandiose audacity to break with all traditional forms of knowledge' (Badiou). Each of the variants of this mythology is dismantled in an attempt to not only retrieve an 'indigenous' interpretation of early Greek thought, but also to expose the mythological character of our own contemporary meta-narratives regarding the 'origins' of 'Western', 'Occidental' philosophy. Using an original hermeneutical approach, James...
Early Greek Thought calls into question a longstanding mythology - operative in both the Analytic and Continental traditions - that the 'Pre...
Mortal Thought seeks to illustrate the artistic and philosophical contexts for Holderlin's poetic thought and to trace his profound impact upon subsequent philosophy, most notably Nietzsche, the Frankfurt School, Heidegger and Post-structuralism. Beginning with the point of departure of Holderlin in Kant and Fichte, Mortal Thought outlines the novel philosophical innovations of Holderlin, and their influence upon philosophy from the 19th century to the present day. A renewed appreciation of Holderlin will allow us to retrieve an authentic philosophy for our own era. Mortal Thought lays out a...
Mortal Thought seeks to illustrate the artistic and philosophical contexts for Holderlin's poetic thought and to trace his profound impact upon subseq...
Mortal Thought seeks to illustrate the artistic and philosophical contexts for Holderlin's poetic thought and to trace his profound impact upon subsequent philosophy, most notably Nietzsche, the Frankfurt School, Heidegger and Post-structuralism. Beginning with the point of departure of Holderlin in Kant and Fichte, Mortal Thought outlines the novel philosophical innovations of Holderlin, and their influence upon philosophy from the 19th century to the present day. A renewed appreciation of Holderlin will allow us to retrieve an authentic philosophy for our own era. Mortal Thought lays out a...
Mortal Thought seeks to illustrate the artistic and philosophical contexts for Holderlin's poetic thought and to trace his profound impact upon subseq...
