Diese Reihe befasst sich mit den grundlegenden Ideen und zentralen Konzepten einflussreicher Philosophen und Sozialtheoretiker. Jeder Band ist um diese Kernkonzepte herum strukturiert, wobei einzelne Kapitel deren Anwendung erklären und untersuchen. Sie dient als zugängliche Einführung in das Denken großer Denker für eine neue Generation. Die Sammlung bietet eine klare und aufschlussreiche Auseinandersetzung mit komplexen intellektuellen Rahmenwerken.
Wittgenstein's complex and demanding work challenges much that is taken for granted in philosophical thinking as well as in the theorizing of art, theology, science and culture. This title includes essays that explore a key concept involved in Wittgenstein's thinking, relating it to his understanding of philosophy.
Michel Foucault's work on freedom, subjectivity, and power is now central to thinking across a range of disciplines, including philosophy, history, education, psychology, politics, anthropology, sociology, and criminology. This title explores his central ideas, such as disciplinary power, biopower, bodies, spirituality, and practices of the self.
'Pierre Bourdieu: Key Concepts' highlights his most important concepts and examines them in detail. This new edition of the leading text is entirely revised and updated and includes new essays on Methodology, Politics and Social Space.
Heidegger's writings are among the most formidable in the philosophy. The pivotal concepts of his thought are for many the source of both fascination and frustration. This title includes chapters that introduce and explain a key Heideggerian concept, or a cluster of closely related concepts.
Immanuel Kant is among the most pivotal thinkers in the history of philosophy. His revolutionary ideas are systematically interconnected and he presents them using a forbidding technical vocabulary. This book provides an introduction to Kant by explaining each of the key concepts of his philosophy.