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The Goffman Reader aims to bring the most complete collection of Erving Goffman's (1922-1982) writing and thinking as a sociologist. Among the most inventive, unique and individualistic of thinkers in American sociology, his works first appeared in the early 1950's at a time when a more formal, traditional sociology dominated the scene.

aeo Most comprehensive collection of Parsonsa work available in one volume. aeo Provides a balanced perspective on Parsonsa work, organized topically. aeo Editorial features include introduction to Parsonsa thought, extensive bibliography and chronology of his life and work.

* Provides an unparalleled insight into the influence of one of the centurya s exemplary public intellectuals. * Includes a detailed historical and theoretical introduction. * Incorporates extracts from key works as well as less well--known texts and seminal essays. .

This popular selection of Wittgenstein's key writings has now been updated to include new material relevant to recent debates about the philosopher. * Follows the evolution of Wittgenstein's philosophical thought from the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus through to the Philosophical Investigations.

Illustrating both the continuity and development of the thought of Norbert Elias, this book brings together key excerpts from all aspects of his work, and should make it much easier for readers to come to grips with his thinking as a whole.

The Rorty Reader represents the first comprehensivecollection of the writings of Richard Rorty, one of the twentiethcentury s most influential thinkers. Gathering together keyessays from over four decades of writings, the volume offers anin-depth introduction to the philosopher's life and enormous bodyof work.

Offers an overview that encompasses various aspects of Cornelius Castoriadis. This book also offers a historical overview of Castoriadis' life and work. It charts Castoriadis' contributions to the revolutionizing of thought and society over five decades. It includes a foreword and a listing of Castoriadis' major texts.

aeo Provides original translations of material almost exclusively not previously available in English. aeo Gives a radically different view of Lukacs from the stereotypical Marxian one. aeo Revaluation of Lukacs is in progress -- e.g. Stuart Sima s forthcoming Introduction to Lukacs from Paramount.

A collection of writings of Nietzsche. It also offers commentary on Nietzsche's life and importance, and introductions to his major works and philosophical ideas. It includes selections from the major texts, including "The Birth of Tragedy", "The Gay Science", "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", "Beyond Good and Evil", "The Anti-Christ", and "Ecce Homo".

The remarkably diverse writings of Zygmunt Bauman range across a large number of issues in sociology, politics, history, and cultural studies. This is the first collection of Baumana s writings that covers the entire breadth of his work, and includes a summarizing essay and commentary by editor Peter Beilharz.

The diverse writings of Zygmunt Bauman range across a large number of issues in sociology, politics, history and cultural studies. This collection of Bauman's writings covers the entire breadth of his work, and includes a summarizing essay and commentary by editor Peter Beilharz.

This reader brings together an authoritative selection of key Certeau texts. The selection reflects the breadth of Certeau's work which ranges from history, anthropology and philosophy through to semiotics, sociology and psychology.

Zizek's work is a mix of Hegel and Hitchcock, Schelling and science fiction, Kant and courtly love, Stalin and Stephen King, all of which is strongly seasoned with Lacanian psychoanalysis. This title includes a Preface by Zizek and an essay on cyberspace. It includes Culture, Woman and Philosophy.

* Assembles for the first time the best work of Stanley Fish* Includes essays on Milton, the English Renaissance, law and literature, speech--act theory, Shakespeare amongst others* Also includes headnotes written by specialists in the field. .

Features essays written on topics such as Milton, the English Renaissance, law and literature, speech-act theory, Shakespeare, new pragmatism, first-amendment disputes, blind submission, rhetoric and anti-professionalism.

This is a collection of all Hegel's writings that are available in English. It contains four important "early writings", as well as selections from Hegel's mature writings and lectures.

aeo The most comprehensive collection of Hegela s writings currently available in English. aeo Contains a clear and helpful general introduction and short introductions to each part. aeo A comprehensive bibliography includes a list of almost all the available English translations of Hegela s works.

This reader provides the student with a comprehensive selection, charting Terry Eagleton's distinctive intellectual development. It includes a chronological arrangement of key materials from Eagleton's major books, including selections from the output of a prolific journalistic career.

This reader provides the student with a comprehensive selection, charting Terry Eagleton's distinctive intellectual development. It includes a chronological arrangement of key materials from Eagleton's major books, including selections from the output of a prolific journalistic career.

This reader includes key texts from the broad spectrum of Bataille's work, from the early essays interrogating surrealism and cultural politics in the 1930s, down to texts from "The Accursed Share" (1949), a major engagement in post-Marxist economic theory.

This volume is a collection of readings from the work of Stanley Cavell, an influential 20th-century American philosopher. It provides those who are unfamiliar with Cavell's work with an overview of its strategic purpose, its central themes and its argumentative development.

This volume provides a register of Felix Guattari's more political side, documenting his interventions in particular political conflicts in contemporary Europe. It should appeal to those working in and between politics, philosophy, semiotics, psychoanalysis, sociology and cultural studies.

aeo This volume provides the first general overview of the Castoriadisa s work -- ranging across earlier works to conclude with Castoriadisa s most recent writings. aeo Also presents hard--to--find texts previously only available in small specialist journals.

aeo A complement to existing literature, bringing together variety previously untranslated material. aeo Broad disciplinary appeal. aeo Covers a broader canvas than any existing book. aeo Charting both Guattaris writing with Deleuze as well as his own solo career.

Since the publication in France of his Oeuvres Completes in the mid-1970s, the breadth of Bataille's writing and influence has become increasingly apparent across the disciplines in, for example, the fields of literature, art, art history, philosophy, critical theory, sociology, economics, and anthropology.

The Nietzsche Reader brings together in one volume substantial selections from the entire body of Nietzsche's writings, together with illuminating commentary on Nietzsche's life and importance, and introductions to his major works and philosophical ideas. .

This volume brings together, for the first time, a variety of texts from Certeau's book and journal publications which have proved important in the various disciplines where Certeau has had an influence.

This reader provides a perspective on the intellectual and personal career of Blanchot. It shows how the linguistic turn of the 1950s took place for him in a political climate and traces the emergence of the entretien, a dialogue format used by Blanchot to interrogate his contemporaries' writing.

aeo This is the first selection of Adornoa s essential readings. aeo Includes Adornoa s writings on the task of philosophy, the concepts of philosophy, sociology, art, culture and society, and criticism. aeo Makes available material which previously was either difficult to access or was presented in a form which was intimidating.

aeo Provides a vital introduction to one of the centurya s major thinkers. aeo Reveals Jamesona s systematic vision of the contemporary world. aeo Represents the broad spectrum of Jamesona s work, including major seminal texts to lesser--known works.