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Posted by Charlene Elsby | Oct 4, 2021 | Book Reviews
James G. Hart, Hedwig Conrad-Martius’ Ontological Phenomenology. Rodney K.B. Parker ed. Dordrecht: Springer, 2020; 272 + xii pages. ISBN 978-3030448417. Reviewed by Antonio Calcagno, King’s University College at Western. James...
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Amy Allen, Critique on the Couch: Why Critical Theory Needs Psychoanalysis. New York: Columbia University Press, 2020; 280 pages. ISBN: 978-0231198615. Reviewed by Kathy Kiloh, OCAD University. In Critique on the Couch: Why...
Read MorePosted by Charlene Elsby | Jun 23, 2021 | Book Reviews
Gail Weiss, Ann V. Murphy, and Gayle Salamon (eds.), 50 Concepts for a Critical Phenomenology. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2019; 369 pages. ISBN: 978-0810141155. Reviewed by Kristin Rodier, Athabasca University....
Read MorePosted by Charlene Elsby | Jun 17, 2021 | Book Reviews
Devin Zane Shaw, Philosophy of Antifascism: Punching Nazis and Fighting White Supremacy. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020; 149 pages. 978-1786615589. Reviewed by Rob Luzecky, Purdue University. Devin Zane Shaw’s...
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Pauline Harmange, I Hate Men. Natasha Lehrer tr. London: Fourth Estate, 2020; 96 pages. ISBN: 978-0008457587. Reviewed by Tiffany Gordon, Dalhousie University. Pauline Harmange’s I Hate Men is a satirical analysis of the deep...
Read MorePosted by Charlene Elsby | May 19, 2021 | Book Reviews
John Russon, Adult Life: Aging, Responsibility, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2020; 237 pages. ISBN: 978-1438479514. Reviewed by Jeffrey A. Bernstein, College of the Holy Cross. While...
Read MorePosted by Charlene Elsby | Mar 22, 2021 | Book Reviews
Eric S. Nelson, Levinas, Adorno, and the Ethics of the Material Other. New York: State University of New York Press, 2020; 469 pages. ISBN: 978-1438480244. Reviewed by Emilia Angelova, Concordia University. Eric S. Nelson’s most...
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Susan Bredlau, The Other in Perception: A Phenomenological Account of Our Experience of Other Persons. New York: State University of New York Press, 2018; 126 pages. ISBN: 978-1438471730. Reviewed by Alexandra Morrison, Michigan...
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Francesca Ferrando, Philosophical Posthumanism. London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2019; 271 pages. ISBN: 978-1350186019. Reviewed by Russell J. A. Kilbourn, Wilfrid Laurier University. Philosophical posthumanism originated from a...
Read MorePosted by Charlene Elsby | Dec 18, 2020 | Book Reviews
Alice Jardine, Mari Ruti (ed.), At the Risk of Thinking: An Intellectual Biography of Julia Kristeva. New York: Bloomsbury, 2020; 400 pages. ISBN: 978-1501341366. Reviewed by Emilia Angelova, Concordia University. The title of...
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