“…which may have also very well been the reason for Martin Heidegger’s mistake, now that one stops to think about it. Which is to say that very possibly Martin Heidegger was busily writing one of his books through all of that time. Very possibly the book he was so busily writing was one of the… Continue reading Headroom for Heidegger: Three New Books
The Handbook of Sociology Theory (Springer) is a monster. Editor Jonathan Turner jokingly calls it an “arm book” instead of a “handbook,” and at 745 pages, it’s really no joke. Instead of compiling a compendium of old, dusty standards, Turner gathered the newest, most-viable theories in sociology, “with an eye to capturing the diversity of… Continue reading The Handbook of Sociology Theory and Philosophy of the Social Sciences
The Frankfurt School has been somewhat of a mystery to me. Mentioned in nearly half the books I read, their thought is synonymous with critical theory. I’ve gotten a lot of secondhand exposure to the school, and I’ve read a fair amount of Horkheimer, Adorno, Benjamin, and Marcuse, but I’ve never felt a full grasp… Continue reading The Essential Frankfurt School Reader
After exploring the newest science of cultural evolution in her last book, The Meme Machine, Susan Blackmore returns now with twenty interviews with some of the world’s biggest minds. What does one talk about with the world’s biggest minds? Well, minds of course. Roy ChristopherI marshal the middle between Mathers and McLuhan. Editor of Boogie… Continue reading Conversations on Consciousness Edited by Susan Blackmore
Alan D. Schrift has hereby done a great service to anyone interested in French thinkers and their thought. Twentieth-Century French Philosophy (Blackwell) chronicles the lineage, the history, and the context of all of the major thinkers and thought of France in the last hundred years. This includes a succinct chronology, brief biographies, and a lengthy… Continue reading Twentieth-Century French Philosophy: Key Themes and Thinkers
