The Meillassoux Dictionary (Philosophical Dictionaries) - Softcover

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Peter Gratton is Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University. He has published numerous articles in political, Continental, and intercultural philosophy and is the author of The State of Sovereignty: Lessons from the Political Fictions of Modernity (SUNY Press, 2012). Co-Editor of the influential interdisciplinary journal Society and Space (Environmental Planning D), executive board member of the International Association for Philosophy and Literature, and books editor of Derrida Today, Peter has also edited two works: Traversing the Imaginary (Northwestern University Press, 2007), co-edited with John Mannousakis, and Jean-Luc Nancy and Plural Thinking: Expositions of World, Politics, Art, and Sense (SUNY Press, 2012), co-edited with Marie-Eve Morin.

Paul J. Ennis is a writer based in Dublin. He completed his PhD in Philosophy at University College Dublin in 2011. He is the author of Continental Realism (Zero Books, 2011) and the founding editor of the journal Speculations: Journal of Speculative Realism.

Peter Gratton is associate professor of Philosophy at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. He has published numerous articles in political, Continental, and intercultural philosophy and is the author of The State of Sovereignty: Lessons from the Political Fictions of Modernity (SUNY Press, 2012). He is the co-editor of the influential interdisciplinary journal Society and Space (Environmental Planning D), executive board member of the International Association for Philosophy and Literature, and books editor of Derrida Today. Peter has also edited two works: Traversing the Imaginary (Northwestern University Press, 2007), co-edited with John Mannousakis, and Jean-Luc Nancy and Plural Thinking: Expositions of World, Politics, Art, and Sense (SUNY Press, 2012), co-edited with Marie-Eve Morin.

Paul J. Ennis is a writer based in Dublin. He completed his PhD in Philosophy at University College Dublin in 2011. He is the author of Continental Realism (Zero Books, 2011) and the founding editor of the journal Speculations: Journal of Speculative Realism.

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1 endorsement to followThe first dictionary dedicated to the work of Quentin Meillassoux and the controversies surrounding his thoughtThe Meillassoux Dictionary is an accessible guide to one of the most exciting philosophers writing today. It defines all of the major terms of his work, prefaced by an introduction that argues for the importance of this new figure on the Continental philosophy scene.If you are starting with Meillassoux, this will be an important resource, with A–Z entries encapsulating key figures for Meillassoux, from Kant to Heidegger to Derrida, combined with analysis of the key terms in Meillassoux’s work for understanding his often complex terminology.Entries are written by the top scholars in the field of speculative realism, often by those that highlight their own disagreements with him. This is not just a dictionary, but an opening onto one of the most lively debates in recent philosophy.Peter Gratton is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Paul J. Ennis is a writer based in Dublin. He is the founding editor of Speculations: Journal of Speculative Realism.Cover image: Prophesy, Mixed media, 40 x 30" © Simon Kenny, simonkenny.artweb.comCover design:[EUP logo]www.euppublishing.com

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1 endorsement to followThe first dictionary dedicated to the work of Quentin Meillassoux and the controversies surrounding his thoughtThe Meillassoux Dictionary is an accessible guide to one of the most exciting philosophers writing today. It defines all of the major terms of his work, prefaced by an introduction that argues for the importance of this new figure on the Continental philosophy scene.If you are starting with Meillassoux, this will be an important resource, with A Z entries encapsulating key figures for Meillassoux, from Kant to Heidegger to Derrida, combined with analysis of the key terms in Meillassoux s work for understanding his often complex terminology.Entries are written by the top scholars in the field of speculative realism, often by those that highlight their own disagreements with him. This is not just a dictionary, but an opening onto one of the most lively debates in recent philosophy.Peter Gratton is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Paul J. Ennis is a writer based in Dublin. He is the founding editor of Speculations: Journal of Speculative Realism.Cover image: Prophesy, Mixed media, 40 x 30" © Simon Kenny, simonkenny.artweb.comCover design:[EUP logo]www.euppublishing.com