Well-being occupies a central role in ethics and political philosophy, including in major theories such as utilitarianism. It also extends far beyond philosophy: recent studies into the science and psychology of well-being have propelled the topic to centre stage, and governments spend millions on promoting it. We are encouraged to adopt modes of thinking and behaviour that sup...(展开全部)

The nature of well-being is one of the most enduring and elusive subjects of human inquiry. Well-Being draws upon the latest scientific research to transform our understanding of this ancient question. With contributions from leading authorities in psychology, social psychology, and neuroscience, this volume presents the definitive account of current scientific efforts to under...(展开全部)

For many, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze represent one of the greatest movements in French philosophy. But these philosophers and their works did not materialize without a philosophical heritage. In Thinking through French Philosophy, Leonard Lawlor shows how the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty formed an important current in sustaining the development of str...(展开全部)

For many, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze represent one of the greatest movements in French philosophy. But these philosophers and their works did not materialize without a philosophical heritage. In Thinking through French Philosophy, Leonard Lawlor shows how the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty formed an important current in sustaining the development of str...(展开全部)

Dr. Jan English Lueck is a Professor of Anthropology at San Jose State University and an active Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Future. In 2004, she was selected Outstanding Professor at San Jose State University. Dr. English Lueck has a doctorate from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she studied social change and community life among alternative h...(展开全部)

Dr. Jan English Lueck is a Professor of Anthropology at San Jose State University and an active Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Future. In 2004, she was selected Outstanding Professor at San Jose State University. Dr. English Lueck has a doctorate from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she studied social change and community life among alternative h...(展开全部)

Editorial Reviews Product Description "The heart of history, for Heidegger, is not a sequence of occurrences but the eruption of significance at critical junctures that bring us into our own by making all being, including our being, into an urgent issue. In emergency, being emerges."—from The Emergency of Being The esoteric Contributions to Philosophy, often considered Martin H...(展开全部)

By drawing on the insights of diverse scholars from around the globe, this volume systematically investigates the meaning and reality of the concept of negation in Post-Kantian Philosophy—German Idealism, Early German Romanticism, and Neo-Kantianism. The reader benefits from the historical, critical, and systematic investigations contained which trace not only the significance ...(展开全部)