Jonathan Swift And Philosophy
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Author | : Janelle Pötzsch |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2016-12-07 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1498521541 |
Jonathan Swift and Philosophy is the first book to analyse and interpret Swift’s writing from a philosophical angle. By placing key texts of Swift in their philosophical and cultural contexts and providing background to their history of ideas, it demonstrates how well informed Swift’s criticism of the politics, philosophy, and science of his age actually was. Moreover, it also sets straight preconceptions about Swift as ignorant about the scientific developments of his time. The authors offer insights into, and interpretations of, Swift’s political philosophy, ethics, and his philosophy of science and demonstrate how versatile a writer and thinker Swift actually was. This book will be of interest to scholars of philosophy, history of ideas, and 18th century literature and culture.
Author | : Adam Swift |
Publisher | : Polity |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0745652379 |
Bringing political philosophy out of the ivory tower and within the reach of all, this book provides us with the tools to cut through the complexity of modern politics.
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Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Technology |
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Author | : Arthur M. Melzer |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2014-09-09 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 022617512X |
“Shines a floodlight on a topic that has been cloaked in obscurity . . . a landmark work in both intellectual history and political theory” (The Wall Street Journal). Philosophical esotericism—the practice of communicating one’s unorthodox thoughts “between the lines”—was a common practice until the end of the eighteenth century. Despite its long and well-documented history, however, esotericism is often dismissed today as a rare occurrence. But by ignoring esotericism, we risk cutting ourselves off from a full understanding of Western philosophical thought. Walking readers through both an ancient (Plato) and a modern (Machiavelli) esoteric work, Arthur M. Melzer explains what esotericism is—and is not. It relies not on secret codes, but simply on a more intensive use of familiar rhetorical techniques like metaphor, irony, and insinuation. Melzer explores the various motives that led thinkers in different times and places to engage in this strange practice, while also exploring the motives that lead more recent thinkers not only to dislike and avoid this practice but to deny its very existence. In the book’s final section, “A Beginner’s Guide to Esoteric Reading,” Melzer turns to how we might once again cultivate the long-forgotten art of reading esoteric works. The first comprehensive, book-length study of the history and theoretical basis of philosophical esotericism, Philosophy Between the Lines is “a treasure-house of insight and learning. It is that rare thing: an eye-opening book . . . By making the world before Enlightenment appear as strange as it truly was, [Melzer] makes our world stranger than we think it is” (George Kateb, Professor of Politics, Emeritus, at Princeton University). “Brilliant, pellucid, and meticulously researched.” —City Journal
Author | : Jonathan Swift |
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Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1771 |
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Author | : Alan Downie |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2014-07-11 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1317605799 |
First published in 1984, this biography gives an account of Jonathan Swift’s political ideas and provides a critical commentary on his major works. With its emphasis on Swift as a political writer, the title offers a revision of the prevailing view of Swift’s politics and its application in the study of his works. Alan Downie argues that in terms of the party politics of the day Swift is neither a Whig nor Tory. Swift thought of himself as an ‘Old Whig’, and said he was ‘of the old Whig principles, without the modern articles and refinements’. Downie shows how Swift’s writings consistently make political points about society’s deviation from an ideal. As Swift’s views on morality, religion and politics are so closely linked, an understanding of his political ideas is vital; this reissue provides a detailed analysis of this aspect of Swift’s writings and views, and as such will be of great interest to any students researching his satire.
Author | : G. Lynall |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2012-05-22 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1137016965 |
It is thought that Swift was opposed to the new science that heralded the beginning of the modern age, but this book interrogates that assumption, tracing the theological, political, and socio-cultural resonances of scientific knowledge in the early eighteenth century, and considering what they can reveal about Swift's imagination.
Author | : Thomas Duddy |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780415206938 |
This is the first complete introduction to Irish thought ever available. This volume will be of great value to anyone interested in Irish culture and its intellectual history.
Author | : John Kennedy Toole |
Publisher | : Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2007-12-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0802197620 |
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book Review A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures" (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times).
Author | : Simon Swift |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2006-06-19 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780826486448 |
A highly original and well researched monograph covering Romanticism and philosophy, focusing particularly on aesthetics and reason, now available in paperback.