Gadamer's Century
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Philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer has made major contributions to aesthetic theory, Plato and Hegel studies, humanistic studies, and the philosophy of history. A student of Martin Heidegger, Gadamer took up and developed a number of central Heideggerian insights. He also had productive public debates with contemporaries such as Emilio Betti and J?rgen Habermas. The shape of contemporary hermeneutics is due almost entirely to Gadamer’s influence, and his magnum opus, Truth and Method, is considered one of the great philosophical works of the twentieth century. This book is dedicated to Gadamer in honor of his hundredth birthday, in 2000. The essays provide a measure of the classical character of Gadamer’s work by showing the breadth of engagement his ideas have provoked. As in Gadamer’s own life and work, dialogue and conversation figure as important themes in all of the essays. While they encompass a diversity of philosophical perspectives, interests, and styles, the essays also suggest the ever-present possibility of dialogue across language and tradition and of the formation of new modes of discourse and philosophizing....
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This anthology is a significant contribution to the debate over the relevance of Martin Heidegger’s Nazi ties to the interpretation and evaluation of his philosophical work. Included are a selection of basic documents by Heidegger, essays and letters by Heidegger’s colleagues that offer contemporary context and testimony, and interpretive evaluations by Heidegger’s heirs and critics in France and Germany.
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The International Trade in Toxic Waste
Mitchel CohenCIO's Left-Led Unions
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“This collection of nine original essays (including a memoir and oral history reminiscence) seeks to examine the historical experiences of the Communist-led unions expelled from the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1949-1950. What, asks the volume editor, were their accomplishments, and what were the long-term consequences of the expulsions and demise of these organizations, both for the American labor movement and post-WW II American society?” (Choice)
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“Battling Big Business exposes a spirit of troubling intolerance coursing through the corporate world: intolerance of criticism and dissent, as well as a deep aversion to public scrutiny and accountability. . . . All around us, freedoms are being taken lightly and power is being exercised with a heavy hand. If there was ever a moment to insist on the right to vigorously challenge authority, it is now. If there was ever a book to help us do it, this is it.” – From the foreword by Naomi Klein Losing control in the media arena as a result of activist pressure has become a public relations nightmare for the modern multinational enterprise. Shell’s Brent Spar fiasco is one well-known example, when the Greenpeace campaign against sinking that former oil drilling platform achieved its goals. Monsanto’s gross underestimation of the European resistance against the introduction of genetically engineered products is another. As more companies shift to being all about brand meaning and image,...
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Erotics of Talk
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Women’s Writing and Feminist Paradigms
Carla Kaplan
