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Title: Descartes to Derrida: An Introduction to European Philosophy by Peter Sedgwick ISBN: 0-631-20143-2 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.95

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Summary: The Ideal Introduction to Continental Philosophy
Comment: This book should take its place as one of the key texts in humanities' programs throughout the English speaking world for three reasons. First, Peter Sedgwick of Cardiff University (Wales) has written a book that very accurately addresses the needs of a wide audience. University teachers with little specialized training in continental philosophy can learn much from Sedgwick's dense, sophisticated arguments; students who are trying to understand either contemporary philosophy or critical theory can also use this book as a comprehensive guide to this field. Second, thematically, the book is wonderfully conceived and orchestrated: the author manages to adroitly integrate many of the literary and cultural themes of Levinas, Derrida, Lyotard, Deleuze, and Guattari into his account of the backgrounds of continental philosophy (Descartes and Kant on metaphysics and epistemology). Third, the book orchestrates themes of great interest that are often neglected in US liberal arts programs: anti-humanism, ethical and political implications of critical theory, and the nature of philosophical language. Sedgwick writes with considerable lucidity: he explains sophisticated ideas of great complexity about as clearly as possible. The book has an outstanding "Further Reading" section.

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