Jacques Derrida's final seminars were devoted to animal life and political sovereignty—the connection being that animals slavishly adhere to the law while kings and gods tower above it and that this relationship reveals much about humanity in the West. David Farrell Krell offers a detailed account of these seminars, placing them in the context of Derrida's late work and his critique of Heidegger. Krell focuses his discussion on questions such as death, language, and animality. He concludes...

"Daimon Life is life-enchancing. To read it is to become richer in wor(l)d." –John LlewelynDisclosure of Martin Heidegger's complicity with the National Socialist regime in 1933-34 has provoked virulent debate about the relationship between his politics and his philosophy. Did Heidegger's philosophy exhibit a kind of organicism readily transformed into ideological "blood and soil"? Or, rather, did his support of the Nazis betray a fundamental lack of loyalty to living things? David...

In 1974, thirty-year-old philosopher and translator David Farrell Krell began corresponding and meeting with Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt. Years later, he would meet Jacques Derrida and, through many letters and visits, come to know him well. Drawing on unpublished correspondence and Krell's warmly told personal recollections, Three Encounters presents an intimate and highly insightful look at the lives and ideas of three noted philosophers at the peak of their careers....

Bree Fielding is starting her new job at Central Cinemas. She'll learn the ropes, meet people and watch movies for free. Mallory, a like-minded employee helps her see the truth about the people around her and challenges her world view. Set against a backdrop of domestic chaos 2 for 1 tracks the most formative year in the lives of the two teenagers as they navigate relationships, menacing managers, scandal, promotion, movie marathons and each other.Readers will love the beh...

In 1815, F. W. J. Schelling presented a lecture titled "On the Deities of Samothrace" to the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. The lecture offered a startlingly original reading of the ancient Greek mystery religion on the island of Samothrace. It would be the last book Schelling himself published, and it is the key to his influential Philosophy of Mythology.Now, for the first time in English, this critical edition contains the entirety of Schelling's original text, including the lectu...

"This book represents the intersection of nursing and culture change. Read it. Do it with, not for, your staff."—Sarah Burger, RNC, MPH, FAAN, Gerontological Nurse Consultant"This book should be required reading for all who work in care settings, and the text used for leadership and health care administration courses in colleges." —Joanne Rader, RN, MN, PMHNP, Nurse Specialist Consultant"David Farrell's journal is gripping, compelling, sensitive and realistic. His and his co-author's analy...

"Essential reading for all current and future leaders in long-term care. The authors are outstanding in this field, and provide valuable insight."—Nicholas G. Castle, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management, University of Pittsburgh"A really good book for anyone who wants the 'secret sauce' that makes great nursing centers tick."—J. Mark Traylor, President & CEO, Traylor-Porter Healthcare"This insightfully wri...

Having children will change your life in the most unexpected ways.After the immature Ben Stanley’s son is born he suddenly finds himself on a time travelling journey into his own past. For a man whose life didn't turn out the way he thought it would Ben now has the chance to change everything for the better. But Ben has a deviant past...that is now threatening to resurface.Will Ben be corrupted by this newfound power? Or will he find redemption?This mind-bending and...

Historical fiction centered around the life and tragic death of the German Romantic poet and philosopher Karoline von Günderrode.In 1806, when she was only twenty-six, Karoline von Günderrode plunged a dagger through her heart. She was a gifted poet and philosopher, a member of the circle of Romantic writers such as Bettine Brentano, Clemens Brentano, and Achim von Arnim. Women were not admitted to universities at the time (1780–1806) and so Karoline educated herse...

Heidegger’s thinking has an underlying unity, this book argues, and has cogency for seemingly diverse domains of modern culture: philosophy and religion, aesthetics and literary criticism, intellectual history and social theory. “The theme of mortality—finite human existence—pervades Heidegger’s thought,” in the author’s words, “before, during, and after his magnum opus, Being and Times, published in 1927.” This theme is manifested in Heidegger’s work not “as funereal melodramatic...

'People have mixed feelings about being dead. Passing on can be difficult.'Richie Walsh just died.Having lived his life as an atheist he now finds himself completely out of his depth in heaven.To make matters worse Richie's guardian angel is commanding him to choose a soul mate. But Richie can't separate the two great loves he had in life, meaning one of his wives is about to be disappointed for all of eternity.His heavenly neighbourhood is filling up fast a...

Retraces Hölderlin's journeys to Bordeaux and back in 1801–02, explaining why they are turning points in the great poet's life.2024 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleIn the winter of 1801–02, Friedrich Hölderlin traveled more than one thousand kilometers from his home near Stuttgart to Bordeaux, partly on foot, partly by post coach. It took him two months. Then, after four months serving as a tutor,...