Criticism Books


The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy)The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy)
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With both young and adult gamers as loyal fans, The Legend of Zelda is one of the most beloved...
Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle MaintenanceZen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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i kick-started this book with high hopes and expectations, if only to reconnect with the...
Critical ThinkingCritical Thinking
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I was pleased with the book especially the timeliness with which I recei ved the order. Thanks!
The Romantic ManifestoThe Romantic Manifesto
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I'm aware that Ian is regarded as one of the greatest writers, if not the greatest female...
Gardens: An Essay on the Human ConditionGardens: An Essay on the Human Condition
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Harrison is insightful -- and inciteful -- in his exploration of the various kinds of gardens...


The Parallax View (Short Circuits)The Parallax View (Short Circuits)
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Slavoj Zizek's dense tome is a wandering and unfocused investigation of what he refers to as a...
Dialectic of Enlightenment (Cultural Memory in the Present)Dialectic of Enlightenment (Cultural Memory in the Present)
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Marxist politics aside, Adorno and Horkheimer's staggering critique of post-enlightenment...
Kant: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)Kant: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
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Kant is one of those modern philosophers whose presence looms large over much of what has been...
Irrational Man: A Study in Existential PhilosophyIrrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy
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A great introduction to existentialism. Easy to read. I read and re-read various sections for...
Candide (Barnes & Noble Classics)Candide (Barnes & Noble Classics)
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This novel is very short, requiring less than 4 to 6 hours to finish, depending on your reading...


Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre (Meridian)Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre (Meridian)
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ON PAGE 258 THE AUTHOR SAYS " ANY ATTEMPT TO FOLLOW THE TRAIN OF THOUGHT OF THE PRECEDING...
Subjectivity and Otherness: A Philosophical Reading of Lacan (Short Circuits)Subjectivity and Otherness: A Philosophical Reading of Lacan (Short Circuits)
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Lacanophile's need not have any doubt about the merits of this book. Note that is belongs in...
An Introductory Guide to Post-Structuralism and PostmodernismAn Introductory Guide to Post-Structuralism and Postmodernism
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I first used Sarup's guide in my early days at university and, at the time, thought this a...
Philosophy and Animal LifePhilosophy and Animal Life
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Philosophy and Animal Life offers a new way of thinking about animal rights, our obligation to...
The Odd One In: On Comedy (Short Circuits)The Odd One In: On Comedy (Short Circuits)
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The last person to do something interesting with Lacan was a French psychoanalyst named Jacques...

Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy)Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy)
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I've read (at least parts of) several of the titles in the "Popular culture and...
Heidegger's Topology: Being, Place, WorldHeidegger's Topology: Being, Place, World
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This groundbreaking inquiry into the centrality of place in Martin Heidegger's thinking offers...
Chaosophy, New Edition: Texts and Interviews 1972?1977 (Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents)Chaosophy, New Edition: Texts and Interviews 1972?1977 (Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents)
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Chaosophy is an introduction to Félix Guattari's groundbreaking theories of...
Informal Logic: A Pragmatic ApproachInformal Logic: A Pragmatic Approach
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This text is tough to beat as a resource with which to build a foundation for critical thought....
Critique of the Power of Judgment (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant in Translation)Critique of the Power of Judgment (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant in Translation)
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Immanuel Kant, in his third critique, makes significant headway into questions of how humans...

Beyond Feelings: A Guide to Critical ThinkingBeyond Feelings: A Guide to Critical Thinking
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"Beyond Feelings: A Guide to Critical Thinking," 8th ed. is everything I have ever...
The Affirmation of Life: Nietzsche on Overcoming NihilismThe Affirmation of Life: Nietzsche on Overcoming Nihilism
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I think this book was great. Although Nietzsche is one of the greatest philosophers, his written...
How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New AgeHow to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age
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I honestly thought this book was amazing. Obviously there's a lot of opinion in it, so take it...
Pink Floyd and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy)Pink Floyd and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy)
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Pink Floyd's dynamic history allows the writers to explore controversies about intellectual...
Critical ThinkingCritical Thinking
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More than any other textbook, Moore and Parker's Critical Thinking has defined the structure and...

Real PresencesReal Presences
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On rare occasions does one truly *encounter* a book whose graceful eloquence both witnesses to...
Sense and SensibiliaSense and Sensibilia
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The author analizes with high lucidity the meaning of sense and object of sense (all senses)....
Critical Thinking: A Student's IntroductionCritical Thinking: A Student's Introduction
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This clear, learner-friendly text helps today's students bridge the gap between everyday culture...
Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History (Pitt Illuminations)Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History (Pitt Illuminations)
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In this path-breaking work, Susan Buck-Morss draws new connections between history, inequality,...
A Voice and Nothing More (Short Circuits)A Voice and Nothing More (Short Circuits)
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If you are interested in the voice as "objet petit a" (I'm talking about the lacanian...

Evolution and Conversion: Dialogues on the Origins of CultureEvolution and Conversion: Dialogues on the Origins of Culture
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René Girard is one of the most divisive and striking intellectuals of the 20th century....
On Humour (Thinking in Action)On Humour (Thinking in Action)
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Everyone is their own authority on humor. After all, who has the right to tell another person...
Aristotle (Routledge Philosophers)Aristotle (Routledge Philosophers)
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Having read the Darwin and Liebniz editions of the Routledge Philosophers series I thought it...
How to Read Kierkegaard (How to Read)How to Read Kierkegaard (How to Read)
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Using excerpts from the major texts to explain essential topics, the How to Read series...
Consciousness and LanguageConsciousness and Language
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Yeah, so, I'm going to avoid the part where i think that a couple of important things in this...

Quine in DialogueQuine in Dialogue
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Over the course of his life, W. V. Quine, one of the twentieth century?s great philosophers,...
The Middle Mind: Why Americans Don't Think for ThemselvesThe Middle Mind: Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves
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In a word, Curtis White's 2003 HarperCollins book The Middle Mind, which is an extrapolation...
John Stuart Mill: On Liberty (Longman Library of Primary Sources in Philosophy) (Longman Library of Primary Sources)John Stuart Mill: On Liberty (Longman Library of Primary Sources in Philosophy) (Longman Library of Primary Sources)
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I am now older and I want to read and re-read materials I loved when I was a college student. I...
Philosophical Problems: An Annotated Anthology, Reprint (2nd Edition)Philosophical Problems: An Annotated Anthology, Reprint (2nd Edition)
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Baker and Bonjour lead you step-by-step through a survey of western-tradition analytical...
More Matrix and Philosophy: Revolutions and Reloaded Decoded (Popular Culture and Philosophy)More Matrix and Philosophy: Revolutions and Reloaded Decoded (Popular Culture and Philosophy)
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This is a sequel to an early book "The Matrix and Philosophy" and like most sequels,...

Being No One: The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity (Bradford Books)Being No One: The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity (Bradford Books)
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This is a truly brilliant book, with some weaknesses. Anyone with a background in philosophy...
Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of ArtOnly a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art
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(This review first appeared at firstthings.com) In 1948, the abstract artist Barnett Newman...
Commentary on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics (Aristotelian Commentary Series)Commentary on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics (Aristotelian Commentary Series)
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St. Thomas Aquinas is worth the years of study.. INTELLECTUAL problems today are from a...
On Creaturely Life: Rilke, Benjamin, SebaldOn Creaturely Life: Rilke, Benjamin, Sebald
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For readers acquainted with Santner's works, they will still find this work...
What Is Art?What Is Art?
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Well written book. Very logical. Art seperate from aesthetics is an interesting concept. This...

The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
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Provides a fresh and comprehensive account of the most frequently read work of Greek philosophy.
Companion to Plato's RepublicCompanion to Plato's Republic
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The Republic by the Plato, itself, is an excellent book. There are many books that have been...
Walter Benjamin and ArtWalter Benjamin and Art
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Walter Benjamin's most famous and influential essay remains The Work of Art in the Age of...
Heidegger: A (Very) Critical Introduction (Interventions)Heidegger: A (Very) Critical Introduction (Interventions)
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"In this elegantly written text Sean McGrath provides a clear reading of Heidegger and an...
The Mathematics of Novelty: Badiou's Minimalist Metaphysics (Anamnesis)The Mathematics of Novelty: Badiou's Minimalist Metaphysics (Anamnesis)
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The Mathematics of Novelty: Badiou's Minimalist Metaphysics tackles the issue of philosophical...

The Persuasion Handbook: Developments in Theory and PracticeThe Persuasion Handbook: Developments in Theory and Practice
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Includes 34 social science and communication journal style articles on persuasion theory and...
The Wisdom of Sun Ra: Sun Ra's Polemical Broadsheets and Streetcorner LeafletsThe Wisdom of Sun Ra: Sun Ra's Polemical Broadsheets and Streetcorner Leaflets
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Being that he was a freejazz pioneer, Sun Ra was also naturally a deepspace thinker. This book...
Politics, Metaphysics, and Death: Essays on Giorgio Agamben's Homo SacerPolitics, Metaphysics, and Death: Essays on Giorgio Agamben's Homo Sacer
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The Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben is having an increasingly significant impact on...
Johnny Cash and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy)Johnny Cash and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy)
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FANTASTIC! Every philosophy student needs to have this book; anyone that doesn't understand...
Xenophon: Memorabilia (Agora Editions)Xenophon: Memorabilia (Agora Editions)
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An essential text for understanding Socrates, Xenophon's Memorabilia is the compelling tribute...

Kant (Routledge Philosophers)Kant (Routledge Philosophers)
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I have been into reading philosophy in the past year. I have read many of the Routledge...
    
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