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Tania Basque, Étude sur la phénoménologie de Heidegger
Posted by Iain Macdonald | Jun 22, 2010 | Book Reviews
Salomon Malka, Emmanuel Levinas: His Life and Legacy
Posted by Iain Macdonald | Jun 22, 2010 | Book Reviews
Emmanuel Levinas: His Life and Legacy, by Salomon Malka. Translated by Michael Kigel and Sonja M. Embree with a Foreword by Philippe Nemo. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 2006; 330 pages. Review by Cathy Maloney, York...
Read MoreAlain Badiou, Briefings on Existence
Posted by Iain Macdonald | Jun 22, 2010 | Book Reviews
Briefings on Existence: A Short Treatise on Transitory Ontology, by Alain Badiou. Translated, Edited and with an Introduction by Norman Madarasz. Albany: SUNY Press, 2006; 181 pages. Review by Brent Vizeau, University of...
Read MoreCraig Dove, Nietzsche’s Ethical Theory
Posted by Iain Macdonald | Jun 22, 2010 | Book Reviews
Nietzsche’s Ethical Theory: Mind, Self and Responsibility, by Craig Dove. New York: Continuum, 2008; 162 pages. Review by James Czank. Published in Symposium 13:2 (2009). Nietzsche, according to Dove’s argument and thesis, has...
Read MoreBernard Freydberg, Schelling’s Dialogical Freedom Essay
Posted by Iain Macdonald | Jun 22, 2010 | Book Reviews
Schelling’s Dialogical Freedom Essay: Provocative Philosophy Then and Now, by Bernard Freydberg. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008; 144 pages. Review by Jeremy Proulx, McMaster University. Published in Symposium...
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Posted by Iain Macdonald | Jun 22, 2010 | News
Book reviews from Symposium 13:2 (2009) onward are now online. The index is here. The reviews are here.
Read MoreGreg Kennedy, An Ontology of Trash
Posted by Iain Macdonald | Jun 18, 2010 | Book Reviews
An Ontology of Trash: The Disposable and its Problematic Nature, by Greg Kennedy. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007; 218 pages. ISBN: 978-0791469941. Review by Patrick Gamsby, Laurentian University. Published in...
Read MoreTerry Eagleton, Trouble with Strangers
Posted by Iain Macdonald | Jun 18, 2010 | Book Reviews
Trouble with Strangers: A Study of Ethics, by Terry Eagleton. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009; vii + 347 pages. ISBN: 978-1405185721. Review by Lorraine Clark, Trent University. Published in Symposium 14:1 (2010). A...
Read MoreChloë Taylor, The Culture of Confession from Augustine to Foucault
Posted by Iain Macdonald | Jun 18, 2010 | Book Reviews
The Culture of Confession from Augustine to Foucault: A Genealogy of the “Confessing Animal,” by Chloë Taylor. New York: Routledge, 2009; 298 pages. ISBN: 978-0415963718. Review by Joseph J. Tanke, California College of the...
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