We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing in common. They don t share the …
Existentialism: An Introduction has established itself as the most comprehensive and accessible book on the subject available. In this fully revised and expanded second edition, …
Democracy and democratization are now high on the political agenda, but there is growing indifference to the gap between rich and poor. Political equalities matter more than ever, …
'You're 82 years old. You've shrunk six centimetres, you only weigh 45 kilos yet you're still beautiful, graceful and desirable' so begins Andr Gorz's 'open love letter' to the …
Liberals blame the global retreat of liberal democracy on globalisation and authoritarian leaders. Only liberalism, so they assume, can defend democratic rule against …
The texts and notes collected in this volume offer unique insight into the development of Heidegger s thinking on language and art from the late 1930s to the early 1950s a …
Western thinking has long been dominated by essence, by a preoccupation with that which dwells in itself and delimits itself from the other. By contrast, Far Eastern thought is …
"e;At the hands of a minor talent, profiles are often flat, two-dimensional outlines of a thinker s intellectual physiognomy. At the hands of a master like J rgen Habermas, …
For some while we have been witnessing a series of destructive phenomena which seem to indicate a full-fledged return to the negative on the world stage from terrorism and armed …
The tsunami of information unleashed by digitization is threatening to overwhelm us, drowning us in a sea of frenzied communication and disrupting many spheres of social life, …
