Reading Continental Philosophy and the History of Thought
Author: Christian Lotz, Antonio Calcagno, Bettina Bergo, Marguerite La Caze, Michael Naas, Marjolein Oele, Elena Pulcini, Elvira Roncalli, Christina M. Gschwandtner and Ryan J. Johnson Series: Continental Philosophy and the History of Thought
This volume explores of the history of figures, issues, and debates in Continental philosophy to re-frame our understanding of how modern and recent philosophy has unfolded, especially through the investigation of understudied ideas and thinkers.
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This volume explores of the history of figures, issues, and debates in Continental philosophy to re-frame our understanding of how modern and recent philosophy has unfolded, especially through the investigation of understudied ideas and thinkers.
Description
This book frames the mission of the Continental Philosophy and History of Thought series at Lexington Books. International leading scholars contribute essays that explore and redefine the relationship between received arguments in contemporary Continental philosophy and various influential figures and arguments in the history of thought. By bringing Continental philosophy and the histories of thought into dialogue, editors Christian Lotz and Antonio Calcagno broaden the standard canon of what is considered Continental philosophy by including important yet understudied figures and arguments in the tradition; the chapters also deepen and contextualize significant movements and debate in the field by showing their rich historical underpinnings, thereby establishing new viewpoints in specific constituent subfields of philosophy. Reading Continental Philosophy and the History of Thought shows the growing richness of Continental philosophy via unexplored rethinking of the history of thought. The contributors expand Continental philosophy with and through the recovery of important historical developments, figures, and lines of thought.
Critic Reviews
As the first publication in a promised series on the development of Continental philosophy, this volume focuses on "understudied thinkers and ideas" (p. 1) of the history of philosophy. The book is divided into three parts with ten essays in total. Part 1 explores the influence of less-known philosophers on Jean-Luc Marion, French existentialism, and Hannah Arendt. Part 2, comprising four essays, examines responses on the part of Continental thinkers to social issues of environmental destruction, racial oppression, and inauthentic communities. The third part addresses questions of political exile, the meaning of democracy, and biopolitics through major Continental thinkers such as Arendt, Jacques Derrida, and Emmanuel Levinas. The volume is largely successful in broadening the conception of Continental philosophy through introduction of Marjorie Glicksman Grene, Maria Zambrano, and Gerda Walther, and by exhibiting the relevance of Continental thought to contemporary issues of concern. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty."
About the Author
Christian Lotz is professor of philosophy at Michigan State University.
Antonio Calcagno is professor of philosophy at King's University College at Western University Canada.
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