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F. W. J. Schelling
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…
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David Farrell
A story of resilience, belonging, and the quest for acceptance.
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David Farrell-Banks
Affect and Belonging in Political Uses of the Past examines key political events of the past decade, to analyse the relationship between the representation of certain pasts in 'official' heritage…
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David Farrell Krell
Retraces Hoelderlin's journeys to Bordeaux and back in 1801-02, explaining why they are turning points in the great poet's life.
Martin Heidegger
Few philosophers have had more influence on the shape of western philosophy after 1900 than Martin Heidegger. This title offers a full range of this profound and controversial thinker’s writings…
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Elisabeth Carter, David M. Farrell, Gemma Loomes
How do different electoral systems work to translate votes into seats? What effects do they have on the political system, on political actors, and on voters? Does the choice of…
Just imagine: a never-ending supply of pulled pork, beef brisket, chicken, turkey, appetizers, and ribs, all smoked to perfection by you. What better way to impress family and friends-not to…
A fictional biography that challenges the norms of history. Of apartheid, colonialism, heartbreak, love, and compassion.
For Rob and Celeste the honeymoon is over. In an effort to rekindle the romance in their relationship they take a trip to an isolated mountain resort. The weekend getaway…
It’s time to the fruit to fall but Adam the apple has other ideas! ‘You can’t get rid of me that easily’ is the story of an apple tree named…
David Farrell had an idea for a story about a professional wrestler named Hunter.
Instead of writing it himself (like all writers do!) he decided to pay anonymous ghostwriters on…
Twelve is a collection of short stories by Australian Author David Farrell.
‘Twelve More’ short stories about deception, infidelity and the supernatural from Australian Author David Farrell. This book is a sequel to his collection ‘Twelve’ which came out in January 2019.
After Ben Stanley’s son is born he suddenly finds himself on a time travelling journey into his own past. For a man whose life hasn’t turned out the way he…
This volume illuminates Grand Strategy, Great Powers and the Asia Pacific - and the all-important interplay between them - by a carefully selected collection of focused studies. It sheds light…
Fish Physiology, Volume 40B recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary. The editors of the series have produced a total of 47 books (several volumes have two books) that contain almost 500…
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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…
It's Maree's 31st birthday and a grid of glowing green portals have appeared across the world. Is it a coincidence or something more sinister? Everyone on the planet has become…
Richie Walsh just died. Suddenly faced with choosing a soul mate in heaven he's stuck, as he'd had two distinct marriages during his life. 'After Wife' is a humorous look…
Compares life today in the German Black Forest with Thoreau’s experiences at Walden Pond.
The disclosure 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. This book traces Heidegger’s…
Features a reconstruction of an unfinished text by Jacques Derrida from his most penetrating series of readings of Heidegger’s philosophy.
Offers philosophical and psychological reflections on cruelty and tenderness.
Humankind has a profound and complex relationship with the sea, a relationship that is extensively reflected in biology, psychology, religion, literature and poetry. The sea cradles and soothes us, we…
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This historical-biographical novel fleshes out the facts of Nietzsche’s life with fictional treatment. Using untraditional narrative techniques and interweaving medical reports, actual letters, and original new text, the novel takes…
A historical novel, this is the beautifully told story of Louis Hegel, illegitimate son of the philosopher G.W.F. Hegel. Ultimately disowned by his father and forced to use his mother’s…
Calls for rethinking architecture as a way of renegotiating our encounter with the world, taking into account the role of love and desire in all human making.
Combines the techniques of fiction and nonfiction in order to tell the story of the love between Susette Gontard ( Diotima ) and the poet Friedrich Holderlin.
-Charles E. Scott
Explores health, illness, and creativity in the life and thought of Friedrich Nietzsche. Drawing on a varied literature of philosophical reflections on health, and analyzing Nietzsche’s confrontation with traditional values…
NatureOs destructive forces in the writings of Novalis, Schelling, and Hegel.
Shows that German idealist and romantic theories of literature and aesthetic judgment are closer to the heart of metaphysics and ethics than previously thought. This title explores the contributions of…
Focuses his discussion of Derridas final seminars on questions such as death, language, and animality
Focuses his discussion of Derrida’s final seminars on questions such as death, language, and animality
In 1974, thirty-year-old philosopher and translator David Krell began corresponding and then meeting with Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt. Years later, he would meet Jacques Derrida and, through many letters…
This text reflects on nine writers and philosophers, including Heidegger, Derrida, Blanchot and Holderlin, in a personal exploration of the meaning of sensual love, language, tragedy and death. The moon…
David Farrell Krell (Depaul Univ.)
A series of essays which scrutinize Martin Heidegger’s thought, written by an American scholar who has already translated into English Heiddeger’s works Early Greek Thinking , Nietzsche and Basic Writings…
