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The Age of Structuralism: Levi-Strauss to Foucaultby Edith KurzweilISBN 0231049218 (0-231-04921-8)
Softcover, Columbia University Press
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The Anatomy of Loving: The Story of Man's Quest to Know What Love Isby Martin S. BergmannISBN 0231064861 (0-231-06486-1)
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Anatomy of Reality: Merging of Intuition and Reasonby Jonas SalkISBN 0231053282 (0-231-05328-2)
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Andre Bazinby Dudley AndrewISBN 0231073992 (0-231-07399-2)
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Aristotle's Psychologyby Daniel N. RobinsonISBN 0231070020 (0-231-07002-0)
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Assassins of Memory: Essays on the Denial of the Holocaustby Pierre Vidal-NaquetISBN 0231074581 (0-231-07458-1)
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Audio-Vision: Sound on Screenby Michel Chion, Claudia GorbmanISBN 0231078994 (0-231-07899-4)
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Chion argues that sound film qualitatively produces a new form of perception: we don't see images and hear sounds as separate channels, we audio-view a trans-sensory whole. Expanding on arguments made in his influential books The Voice in Cinema and Sound in Cinema, Chion provides lapidary insight into the functions and aesthetics of sound in film and television. He considers the effects of such evolving technologies as widescreen, multitrack, and Dolby; the influences of sound on the perception of space and time; and the impact of such contemporary forms of audio-vision as music videos, video art, and commercial television. Chion concludes with an original and useful model for the audiovisual analysis of film.
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Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desireby Eve Kosofsky SedgwickISBN 0231082738 (0-231-08273-8)
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The Book of Lieh-Tzu: A Classic of the Taoby A. C. GrahamISBN 0231072376 (0-231-07237-6)
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Christianity and the Encounter of the World Religions.by Paul TillichISBN 0231085559 (0-231-08555-9)
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The Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticismby Joseph Childers, Gary HentziISBN 0231072430 (0-231-07243-0)
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Commentary on the Dream of Scipioby MacRobius, William Harris StahlISBN 0231096283 (0-231-09628-3)
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Comparative Study of Religionsby J. WachISBN 0231085281 (0-231-08528-1)
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Conserving Natural Valueby Holmes RolstonISBN 023107901X (0-231-07901-X)
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The Deleuze Readerby Gilles Deleuze, Constantin V. BoundasISBN 0231072694 (0-231-07269-4)
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The Didascalicon of Hugh of St. Victor: A Medieval Guide to the Artsby Jerome TaylorISBN 0231096305 (0-231-09630-5)
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End and Beginning: On the Generations of Cultures and the Origins of the Westby Franz BorkenauISBN 0231050674 (0-231-05067-4)
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Essays in Social Theoryby Steven LukesISBN 023104450X (0-231-04450-X)
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Gender and the Politics of Historyby Joan Wallach ScottISBN 0231065558 (0-231-06555-8)
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Greek Philosophers of the Hellenistic Ageby Paul Oskar KristellerISBN 0231079524 (0-231-07952-4)
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The Heidegger Controversy: A Critical Readerby Richard WolinISBN 0231075960 (0-231-07596-0)
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History and Memoryby Jacques Le Goff, Elizabeth Claman, Steven RendallISBN 023107591X (0-231-07591-X)
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History of Magic and Experimental Scienceby Lynn ThorndikeISBN 0231087969 (0-231-08796-9)
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Inalienable Rights: A Defenseby Diana T. MeyersISBN 0231060351 (0-231-06035-1)
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Individual and State in Ancient China: Essays on Four Chinese Philosophersby VitaliÖI Aronovich RubinISBN 0231040644 (0-231-04064-4)
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Jacques Lacanby Elisabeth Roudinesco, Barbara BrayISBN 0231101473 (0-231-10147-3)
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John Dewey: Religious Faith and Democratic Humanismby Steven C. RockefellerISBN 0231073496 (0-231-07349-6)
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John of Paris on Royal and Papal Power: A Translation With Introduction of the De Postestate Regia Et Papali of John of Parisby Arthur P. MonahanISBN 0231036906 (0-231-03690-6)
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Journey from Jim Crow: The Desegregation of Southern Transitby Catherine A. BarnesISBN 0231053800 (0-231-05380-0)
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Kant's System of Rightsby Leslie Arthur MulhollandISBN 0231068743 (0-231-06874-3)
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Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F.H. Bradleyby T. S. EliotISBN 0231071507 (0-231-07150-7)
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Knowledge Painfully Acquired: The K'Un-Chih Chiby Ch'In-Shun LoISBN 023106408X (0-231-06408-X)
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Knowledge Painfully Acquired: The K'Un-Chih Chi by Lo Ch'In-Shunby Lo Ch'In-ShunISBN 0231064098 (0-231-06409-8)
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Life Itself: A Comprehensive Inquiry Into The Nature, Origin, And Fabrication Of Lifeby Robert RosenISBN 0231075650 (0-231-07565-0)
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For centuries, it was believed that the only scientific approach to the question "What is life?" must proceed from the Cartesian metaphor (organism as machine). Classical approaches in science, which also borrow heavily from Newtonian mechanics, are based on a process called "reductionism." The thinking was that we can better learn about an intricate, complicated system (like an organism) if we take it apart, study the components, and then reconstruct the system-thereby gaining an understanding of the whole.
However, Rosen argues that reductionism does not work in biology and ignores the complexity of organisms. Life Itself, a landmark work, represents the scientific and intellectual journey that led Rosen to question reductionism and develop new scientific approaches to understanding the nature of life. Ultimately, Rosen proposes an answer to the original question about the causal basis of life in organisms. He asserts that renouncing the mechanistic and reductionistic paradigm does not mean abandoning science. Instead, Rosen offers an alternate paradigm for science that takes into account the relational impacts of organization in natural systems and is based on organized matter rather than on particulate matter alone.
Central to Rosen's work is the idea of a "complex system," defined as any system that cannot be fully understood by reducing it to its parts. In this sense, complexity refers to the causal impact of organization on the system as a whole. Since both the atom and the organism can be seen to fit that description, Rosen asserts that complex organization is a general feature not just of the biosphere on Earth-but of the universe itself.
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The Lotus Sutraby Burton WatsonISBN 0231081618 (0-231-08161-8)
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As Watson notes in the introduction to his remarkable translation, " The Lotus Sutra is not so much an integral work as a collection of religious texts, an anthology of sermons, stories, and devotional manuals, some speaking with particular force to persons of one type or in one set of circumstances, some to those of another type or in other circumstances. This is no doubt why it has had such broad and lasting appeal over the ages and has permeated so deeply into the cultures that have been exposed to it."
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The Mahabharata: An English Version Based on Selected Versesby Chakravarthi Narasimhan, Columbia College (Columbia University), C. V. NarasimhanISBN 0231083211 (0-231-08321-1)
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Major Writings of Germaine De Staelby Vivian Folkenflik, StaelISBN 0231055870 (0-231-05587-0)
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Man: His Nature and Place in the Worldby Arnold GehlenISBN 0231052189 (0-231-05218-9)
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Man in the Age of Technologyby Arnold GehlenISBN 023104853X (0-231-04853-X)
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Man, the State and War a Theoretical Analysisby K.N. WaltzISBN 0231085648 (0-231-08564-8)
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Marx, Nietzsche, and Modernityby Nancy S. LoveISBN 0231062397 (0-231-06239-7)
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Marxism: An Historical and Critical Studyby G. LichtheimISBN 0231054254 (0-231-05425-4)
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Marxism and Class Theory: A Bourgeois Critiqueby Frank ParkinISBN 0231048815 (0-231-04881-5)
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Marxism and Freedom from 1776 Until Todayby Raya DunayevskayaISBN 0231069359 (0-231-06935-9)
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Memoires for Paul De Manby Jacques DerridaISBN 023106232X (0-231-06232-X)
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Memoires for Paul De Man: The Wellek Library Lectures at the University of California, Irvineby Jacques Derrida, Paul De ManISBN 0231062338 (0-231-06233-8)
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Michel Foucault: Social Theory As Transgressionby Garth Gillan, Lemert, C. L. and Gillan, GarthISBN 0231051913 (0-231-05191-3)
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Michel Foucault: The Freedom of Philosophyby John RajchmanISBN 0231060718 (0-231-06071-8)
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The Middle East on the Eve of Modernity: Aleppo in the Eighteenth Centuryby Abraham MarcusISBN 0231065957 (0-231-06595-7)
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Mo Tzu: Basic Writingsby Burton WatsonISBN 0231086083 (0-231-08608-3)
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Musical Elaborationsby Edward W. SaidISBN 0231073194 (0-231-07319-4)
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Mystifying Movies: Fads and Fallacies in Contemporary Film Theoryby Noel CarrollISBN 0231059558 (0-231-05955-8)
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Nations Without Nationalismby Julia Kristeva, Leon S. RoudiezISBN 0231081049 (0-231-08104-9)
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Nomadic Subjects: Embodiment and Sexual Difference in Contemporary Feminist Theoryby Rosi BraidottiISBN 0231082355 (0-231-08235-5)
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Notes to Literatureby Theodor W. Adorno, Rolf TiedemannISBN 0231063326 (0-231-06332-6)
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Ortega As Phenomenologist: The Genesis of Meditations on Quixoteby Philip SilverISBN 0231045441 (0-231-04544-1)
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Peregrinations Law, Form, Eventby Geoffrey BenningtonISBN 0231067585 (0-231-06758-5)
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Peregrinations: Law, Form, Eventby Jean-Francois LyotardISBN 0231066708 (0-231-06670-8)
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Permanent Exiles: Essays on the Intellectual Migration from Germany to Americaby Martin JayISBN 0231060734 (0-231-06073-4)
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Philosophical Events Essays of the Eightiesby John RajchmanISBN 0231072104 (0-231-07210-4)
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Philosophy and Revolution: From Hegel to Sartre, and from Marx to Maoby Raya DunayevskayaISBN 0231070616 (0-231-07061-6)
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Post-Analytic Philosophyby Cornel West, John RajchmanISBN 0231060661 (0-231-06066-1)
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Post-Analytic Philosophyby John Rajchman, Cornel WestISBN 023106067X (0-231-06067-X)
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Postmodernism: A Readerby Thomas DochertyISBN 0231082215 (0-231-08221-5)
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The Resurrection of the Body in Western Christianity, 200-1336by Caroline Walker BynumISBN 0231081278 (0-231-08127-8)
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The Romantic Legacyby Charles LarmoreISBN 0231101341 (0-231-10134-1)
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The Same and Not the Sameby Roald HoffmannISBN 0231101392 (0-231-10139-2)
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The Seeds of Timeby Fredric JamesonISBN 023108059X (0-231-08059-X)
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Sexes and Genealogiesby Luce Irigaray, Gillian C. GillISBN 0231070330 (0-231-07033-0)
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The Shadow of the Object: Psychoanalysis of the Unthought Knownby Christopher BollasISBN 0231066279 (0-231-06627-9)
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Signeponge/Signspongeby Jacques DerridaISBN 0231054467 (0-231-05446-7)
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Socialist Thought: A Documentary Historyby Albert Fried, Ronald SandersISBN 0231082657 (0-231-08265-7)
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Sources of Chinese Traditionby Wing-Tsit Chan, William T. DebaryISBN 0231086032 (0-231-08603-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sources of Chinese Tradition'Book summary:A collection of seminal primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of China, Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1 has been widely used and praised for almost forty years as an authoritative resource for scholars and students and as a thorough and engaging introduction for general readers. Here at last is a completely revised and expanded edition of this classic sourcebook, compiled by noted China scholars Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom. Updated to reflect recent scholarly developments, with extensive material on popular thought and religion, social roles, and women's education, this edition features new translations of more than half the works from the first edition, as well as many new selections.
Arranged chronologically, this anthology is divided into four parts, beginning at the dawn of literate Chinese civilization with the Oracle-Bone inscriptions of the late Shang dynasty (1571--1045 B.C.E.) and continuing through the end of the Ming dynasty (C.E. 1644). Each chapter has an introduction that provides useful historical context and offers interpretive strategies for understanding the readings.
The first part, The Chinese Tradition in Antiquity, considers the early development of Chinese civilization and includes selections from Confucius's Analects, the texts of Mencius and Laozi, as well as other key texts from the Confucian, Daoist, and Legalist schools. Part 2, The Making of a Classical Culture, focuses on Han China with readings from the Classic of Changes ( I Jing), the Classic of Filiality, major Han syntheses, and the great historians of the Han dynasty. The development of Buddhism, from the earliest translations from Sanskrit to the central texts of the Chan school (which became Zen in Japan), is the subject of the third section of the book. Titled Later Daoism and Mahayana Buddhism in China, this part also covers the teachings of Wang Bi, Daoist religion, and texts of the major schools of Buddhist doctrine and practice. The final part, The Confucian Revival and Neo-Confucianism, details the revival of Confucian thought in the Tang, Song, and Ming periods, with historical documents that link philosophical thought to political, social, and educational developments in late imperial China.
With annotations, a detailed chronology, glossary, and a new introduction by the editors, Sources of Chinese Tradition will continue to be a standard resource, guidebook, and introduction to Chinese civilization well into the twenty-first century.
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