The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (Theory and History of Literature, Volume 10)16 reviews Jean-Francois Lyotard University of Minnesota Press, 1984 Post-Nuclear Philosophical Fallout + The introduction of Postmodernism in Philosophy + Dazzlingly Prescient + One of the must read works on postmodernism             The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida: Religion Without Religion (The Indiana Series in the Philosophy of ...2 reviews John D. Caputo Indiana University Press, 1997 A faithful reading is a risky reading . . . In this exposition of Derrida's recent writings, Caputo continues his work of making the trouble-making tools of deconstruction generally available. The clarity of his presentation is matched by his playfulness. Theme by theme, he teases out the revolutionary possibilities of Derrida's "religion," ...             Deconstruction: A Reader2 reviews M. Mcquillan Routledge, 2001 Deconstruction Revealed + What is deconstruction? Martin McQuillan has complied groups of related essays that illuminate the often dark and mysterious topic of deconstruction. While not for the faint of heart, Deconstruction: A Reader begins with an introduction by McQuillan which is one of the best overviews of deconstuction around. Easy to read ...             Either/Or 1: Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol. 36 reviews Soren Kierkegaard Princeton University Press, 1988 The first book in Kierkegaard's remarkable Authorship + Great translation, in-depth supplement + I love Kierkegaard! + The science of avoiding decision + Seriously, this is not a serious book!             The Writing of the Disaster2 reviews Maurice Blanchot University of Nebraska Press, 1995 Worn Down Past the Nubb + Learn to Think in Pain To rate this book is to do its author a disservice. I might as well have given the text one star, for it makes no 'sense'. It is a multiple work, in the spirit of Nietzsche's aphoristic style, that attempts to lend a few scents to the reader. These scents might lead one to a space of silence in ...             Nietzsche And Philosophy (European Perspectives)11 reviews Gilles Deleuze Columbia University Press, 2006 The best book about Nietzsche + This one started it all + one of the greatest books i have ever read + Fine for people who know Nietzsche or philosophy             The Gift of Death (Religion and Postmodernism Series)7 reviews Jacques Derrida University Of Chicago Press, 1996 Responsibility? + RESUMPTION Deconstruction is a deceptively useful philosophical device. However, this usefulness is severely limited. Deconstruction can present no positive conclusions. All it can do is show the fallibility of any attempt at such certain knowledge, primarily by exposing the inadequacy of language, a ...             Continental Aesthetics: Romanticism to Postmodernism: An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies) Wiley-Blackwell, 2001 This comprehensive anthology provides a collection of classic and contemporary readings in continental aesthetics. Spanning Romanticism through Modernism to Postmodernism, the volume includes landmark texts that have sparked renewed interest in aesthetics, including works by Schiller, Kant, Nietzsche, Hegel, Heidegger, Sartre, Luk?cs, Habermas, Foucault, Kristeva, and Derrida.             Language, Counter Memory, Practice2 reviews Michel Foucault Cornell University Press, 1980 intense intellectual complexity + Brilliant I like the idea of counter memory consisting of actual events that most people would never think about. Millions of people never read this book.             This Is Not a Pipe (Quantum Books)6 reviews Michel Foucault, Rene Magritte University of California Press, 1983 Great quick introduction to Foucault + intermixture of thought, play, and literary drum 'n' bass + a fine work + Language is a Prison + "Treacle"?             Course in General Linguistics (Open Court Classics)10 reviews Ferdinand la Saussure, Roy Harris Open Court, 1998 Ferdinand De Saussure = Father Of The Modern Sausage + FUNDAMENTAL + Course in General LInguistics + Foundation of modern Linguistics + The Essential De Saussure ...             Fear and Trembling/Repetition : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol. 67 reviews Soren Kierkegaard Princeton University Press, 1983 Theological Tour de Force + Yes, yes, yes (you must read this)... + sacrifice and loss + and isaac cried out, "if i have no father on earth, then you + Was Kierkegaard a "Knight of faith"?             Theology Of The Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy14 reviews Walter Brueggemann Fortress Press, 2005 Examining the evidence + Magnum Opus + Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute,Advocacy This work by Walter Brueggemann is perhaps his most comprehensive view of the Old Testament to date. As the title implies, this is a Christian reading of the Old Testament scriptures (for scholars who approach the collection from a more objective standpoint prefer to avoid the use of the term 'Old ...             Deconstruction in a Nutshell: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)12 reviews John Caputo Fordham University Press, 1996 A very welcome nutshell indeed.... + Good book + A note of caution ....for Derrida is not easy reading. This fine book takes some of his best concepts and explains them in a clear and witty style. Highly recommended starting point for the beginner to deconstructionist thought.             What Is Philosophy?7 reviews Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari Columbia University Press, 1996 The last try + Sssshhhhwweeeeeet! + Deleuze is difficult but not whimsical + Culmination of D-G             Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason19 reviews Michel Foucault Vintage, 1988 A Great Choice for the First-Time Foucault Reader + "Imagination is not madness." + Defining madness is a subjective thing... + exorcised mental clutter and fantasy that deluded my mind!             Margins of Philosophy7 reviews Jacques Derrida University Of Chicago Press, 1985 Metaphor in the text of philosophy + Best Introduction to Derrida + Metaphors on the Margin + Reading Derrida...             Travels in Hyperreality (Harvest Book)8 reviews Umberto Eco Harvest Books, 1990 on travels in hyperreality + Does Disney Own The Planet? i got this book because of the essay by which it is entitled. it is a great work, and a basic reading for those interested on the topics of hyperreality, simulated or thematized environments, and the like. quite contemporary tho Eco's work is Baudrillard's la precession des simulacres. so they are ...             Acts of Religion2 reviews Jacques Derrida, Gil Anidjar, ... Routledge, 2001 A Significant Philosophical / Religious Touchstone This collection of Derrida's essays is impressive for its scope and intellectual utility. The writings cover a wide range of Derrida's various themes and modes from his more poetic and challenging 'A Silkworm of One's Own', to 'Faith and Knowledge' that consists of a long series of point emanating ...             The Genealogy of Morals (Dover Thrift Editions)5 reviews Friedrich Nietzsche Dover Publications, 2003 Not your normal 'God is dead' type of heresy + Greatest destructor + An important work + THE HIGHLIGHT ABOUT MORALITY + Life changing