1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962008103321

Autore

Hunter Graeme

Titolo

Pascal the Philosopher : An Introduction / / Graeme Hunter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]

©2013

ISBN

1-4426-6700-1

1-4426-8699-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PascalBlaise <1623-1662.>

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Philosophical theology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1 Against Philosophy -- 2 Failure and Fall -- 3 His Critics' Critic -- 4 Reluctant Inquirer -- 5 Burdens of Proof -- 6 Measuring Pascal -- Appendix A: The Wager ("Infini rien ") French Text -- Appendix B: The Wager (Infinity nothing") English Translation.

Sommario/riassunto

This accessibly written book provides the first introduction to Pascal's philosophy as an organic whole.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971916603321

Autore

Lefebvre Henri <1901-1991.>

Titolo

State, space, world : selected essays / / Henri Lefebvre ; edited by Neil Brenner and Stuart Elden ; translated by Gerald Moore, Neil Brenner, and Stuart Elden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8166-6794-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Classificazione

5,1

CC 7500

CC 7750

Altri autori (Persone)

BrennerNeil

EldenStuart <1971->

Disciplina

300.1--dc22

Soggetti

Social sciences - Philosophy

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Introduction : state, space, world : Lefebvre and the survival of capitalism / Neil Brenner and Stuart Elden -- The state and society (1964) -- The withering away of the state : the sources of Marxist-Leninist state theory (1964) -- The state in the modern world (1975) -- Comments on a new state form (1979) -- Theoretical problems of autogestion (1966) -- "It is the world that has changed" : interview with autogestion et socialisme (1976) -- Reflections on the politics of space (1970) -- Space : social product and use value (1979) -- The worldwide and the planetary (1973) -- Space and mode of production (1980) -- Space and the state (1978) -- Review of Kostas Axelos's toward planetary thought (1965) -- The world according to Kostas Axelos (1986) -- The worldwide Experience (1978) -- Revolutions (1986).

Sommario/riassunto

Making the political aspect of Lefebvre's work available in English for the first time, this book contains essays on philosophy, political theory, state formation, spatial planning, and globalization, as well as provocative reflections on the possibilities and limits of grassroots democracy under advanced capitalism.