The first ever dictionary of continental philosophy to be published. With over 450 clearly written definitions and articles by an international team of specialists, this authoritative dictionary covers the thinkers, topics and technical terms associated with the many fields known as 'continental' philosophy'. Special care has been taken to explain the complex terminology of many continental thinkers. Researchers, students and professional philosophers alike will find the dictionary an invaluable reference tool. Key features include: *in-depth entries on major figures and topics *over 190 shorter articles on other figures and topics *over 250 items on technical terms used by continental thinkers, from abjection [Kristeva] to worldhood [Heidegger] *coverage of related subjects that use continental terms and methods *extensive cross-referencing, allowing readers to relate and pursue ideas in depth. Entries include: Major Figures and Topics: Deleuze, Derrida, Foucault, Hegel, Heidegger, Husserl, Irigaray, Kant, Nietzsche Epistemology, Feminism, German Idealism, Marxism, Phenomenology, Poststructuralism, Time, etc. Other figures and topics covered include: Adorno, Althusser, Arendt, Badiou, Barthes, Bergson, Butler, Haraway, Habermas, Kristeva, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Schelling, Schiller, Weber, Weil, Wittgenstein, Zizek, etc; African Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Death, Ecocriticism, Embodiment, Environmental Philosophy, Modernity, Philosophy of Nature, NeoThomism, Postcolonial Theory, Psychology, Race Theory, Sex / sexuality, Space, Speech Act Theory, Structuralism, Subject, 'Young Hegelians', etc.

About the Author
John Protevi is Associate Professor of French Studies at Louisiana State University. He is the author of Time and Exteriority (Bucknell, 1994); and Political Physics (Athlone, 2001); the editor of The Edinburgh Dictionary of Continental Philosophy (Edinburgh University Press, 2005); and co-author, with Mark Bonta, of Deleuze and Geophilosophy (Edinburgh, 2004). He is currently working on a book on 'political physiology' that will combine cognitive science and post-structuralism.

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Book Information
ISBN 9780748617166
Author John Protevi
Format Paperback
Page Count 640
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
Weight(grams) 1216g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 24mm