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Title: Derrida: Philosophy in an Hour

Author: Paul Strathern

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-25-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Derrida in just one hour.

Jacques Derridas deconstructionism is nothing less than an effort to destroy all writing by demonstrating its inevitable falsehood. The writer writes but does not know what he is writing. Derrida argues that all texts have their own hidden agenda and contain their own metaphysical assumptions the writers very language inevitably distorts what he thinks and writes. The truth of all our knowledge is thus undermined; post-structuralism arrives.

This is audiobook is an expert account of Derridas life and philosophical ideas entertainingly written and is above all easy listening. Also included are selections from Derridas work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Derrida in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.

Critic Reviews:

Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them . . .I find them hard to stop reading. (New York Times)

Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise (Wall Street Journal)

Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character . . . I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization. (Boston Globe)

A godsend in this era of the short attention span. (New York Times)

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

I was pleasantly surprised to find the breadth displayed in such a concise treatment.

Good Introduction

Readable and clear introduction to the life and works of Derrida. Includes excellent guidance regarding further reading. Well worth the price.

Four Stars

Potently clear ;-)

Four Stars

Excellent.

Help for students

This book is a big help to understand philosophy's books.

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Title: Foucault: Philosophy in an Hour

Author: Paul Strathern

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-25-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

Philosophy for busy people. Listen to a succinct account of the philosophy of Foucault in just one hour.

The French philosopher Michel Foucault set about his task rather like a historian. After painstaking research, he concluded that knowledge and power were intimately related throughout history. He illustrated this central idea of his philosophy through studies of madness, sexuality, and discipline and punishment, arguing that there is no such thing as absolute truth, only different truths about reality at particular moments truths that fulfil the needs of power.

This audiobook is an expert account of Foucaults life and philosophical ideas entertainingly written and is above all easy listening. Also included are selections from Foucaults work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Foucault in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.

Critic Reviews:

Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them . . .I find them hard to stop reading. (New York Times)

Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise (Wall Street Journal)

Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character . . . I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization. (Boston Globe)

A godsend in this era of the short attention span. (New York Times)

Members Reviews:

Withering putdowns

If this book wasnt for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?

People who have an innate distaste for post-structuralism and an inner conservatism will enjoy this work. As will people who think that a text can be illuminated by preceding 30 minutes of biographical tittle tattle. Something completely at odds with Foucault's method.

What could Paul Strathern have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

been less dismissive of Foucault's immense contribution to the history of thought. Strathern plays lip service to but does really understand how much Foucault's work challenges Stratherns own implicit assumptions.

What didnt you like about Jonathan Keebles performance?

Keeble manages to relay Strathern's pomposity rather well.

Any additional comments?

Strathern's withering put downs and outright dismissal of key ideas are not helpful to the newcomer to Foucault's ideas. Much more sympathetic accounts are available.

Interesting but...

It was an interesting introduction to Foucault's philosophy and there were a few interesting facts that I didn't know about but I was hoping for more philosophical substance, more explanations of main concepts. When he started wearing his turtle neck was of less importance to me but it was indeed a nice to know fact.

A useful way to learn about Foucault

I found it very useful to hear about Foucault within the context of his own life, as this made a lot more of his philosophy make sense and stick with me. Learning about the chronology and bacjground of his life is also the very way Foucault thought ideas should be understoof, so it's very fitting!

I liked the author's style in that he expressed both a lot of respect for Foucault's ideas, but also wasn't afraid to present some of the pitfalls of them. I think he was very respectful even within his criticism, so it was easy to form my own opinions of his work without feeling too over-influenced by the author's views.

Very Good

Enjoyable and interesting biography of Foucault.

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Title: How to Save Your Home

Subtitle: Making Your Home Work for You

Author: Sheila Hayford

Narrator: Todd Barsness

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-19-13

Publisher: Sheila Hayford

Genres: Nonfiction, Economics

Publisher's Summary:

The United States of America is facing a record number of home foreclosures. Unemployment remains high and many have lost jobs due to no fault of their own. We are being told that the promises made to help struggling homeowners failed woefully, as they failed to reach the majority of homeowners who needed their help.

Behind the home foreclosure "statistics" are real homeowners, struggling to bail themselves out of their financial situations, unsure how to save their homes, with or without the cooperation of their bank mortgage company. While this is happening, millions more face the uncertainty of being two paychecks away from losing their homes...

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Title: Social Ethics in the Making

Subtitle: Interpreting an American Tradition

Author: Gary Dorrien

Narrator: Bob Souer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 36 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 06-18-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

In the early 1880s, proponents of what came to be called the social gospel founded what is now known as social ethics. This ambitious and magisterial book describes the tradition of social ethics: one that began with the distinctly modern idea that Christianity has a social-ethical mission to transform the structures of society in the direction of social justice. Charts the story of social ethics - the idea that Christianity has a social-ethical mission to transform society - from its roots in the nineteenth century through to the present day.

Discusses and analyses how different traditions of social ethics evolved in the realms of the academy, church, and general public. Looks at the wide variety of individuals who have been prominent exponents of social ethics from academics and self-styled public intellectuals through to pastors and activists. Set to become the definitive reference guide to the history and development of social ethics.

Recipient of a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 award.

Members Reviews:

A true favorite.

Read the other reviews, this is a master-work. Provided such a spectacular lay of a diverse landscape (see contents). Filled with steady, engaging, and readable pros, it's a very long book that always held my attention, keeping me till the very last page...no small feat.

Must purchase

Easy ride and interesting

Five Stars

great

Revivifying the American Tradition of Christian Social Ethics

The hardcover edition of Gary Dorrien's big book SOCIAL ETHICS IN THE MAKING: INTERPRETING AN AMERICAN TRADITION (2008) was too expensive for me to buy a copy for my own personal use. However, I decided that I could afford to invest in the more reasonably priced paperback edition.

Thus far, I have only dipped into selected parts of this book. But I have been favorably impressed by the parts that I have read. In each part I've read, Dorrien provides enough biographical information about the author whose works he is discussing that I was able to form a sense of the person. Dorrien also skillfully contextualizes the issues each author discussed in terms of the broader discussions of issues in each author's time.

In the front of the book, several pages are devoted to reproducing photographs of the different authors whose work Dorrien discusses in the book. The index in the back of the book is superb.

In a review of Dorrien's book in the JOURNAL OF THEOLOGICAL STUDIES, volume 61, number 1 (April 2010): pages 467-470, David Cowan criticizes Dorrien's book only for its disappointingly short final chapter titled "Borders of Possibility: The Necessity of `Discredited' Social Gospel Ideas" (pages 674-691). As Cowan says, Dorrien's final chapter is shorter than any other chapter in the book.

As we consider Cowan's basically fair criticism of Dorrien's final chapter, we should remember that this big book follows the publication of the three big volumes in Dorrien's THE MAKING OF AMERICAN LIBERAL THEOLOGY (2001, 2003, 2006). Clearly Dorrien has done a massive amount of research to produce these four volumes.

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Titolo: Te la do io la crisi

Sottotitolo: Riflessioni non convenzionali sulla recessione economica

Autore: Roberto Tiby

Narratore: Roberto Tiby

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 1 hr and 35 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 05-30-13

Editore: GoodMood

Categoria: Nonfiction, Economics

Riepilogo Editore:

Questo audiolibro intende fare chiarezza sulla recessione fornendo stimoli che inducano a ripensarla e a vederla per quello che è e non per quello che vogliono farci credere. Cercando innanzitutto di fare chiarezza sulla sua origine per capire se, come e quanto è strumentalizzata, come affrontare la situazione nel modo più "strategico" possibile, accettando l'ineluttabile cambiamento.

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Title: Sartre: Philosophy in an Hour

Author: Paul Strathern

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-30-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

Following on from the incredible online success of the History in an Hour titles - now theres a philosophy series for busy people, on the go. Listen to a succinct account of the philosophy of Sartre in just one hour.

Here is a concise, expert account of Jean-Paul Sartres life and philosophical ideas in this short audiobook. Entertainingly written and easy to listen to - this also includes selections from Jean-Paul Sartres work with suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Sartre in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.

Critic Reviews:

Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them...I find them hard to stop reading. (New York Times)

Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise. (Wall Street Journal)

Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character... I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization. (Boston Globe)

A godsend in this era of the short attention span. (New York Times)

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Title: Hegel's Philosophy of Right

Author: Thom Brooks

Narrator: Mark Ashby

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-19-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's Philosophy of Right is widely acknowledged as one of the most important texts in the history of moral and political philosophy. While exerting a profound influence on several major philosophical movements, the groundbreaking 1820 work continues to shape philosophical thought. Hegel's Philosophy of Right presents a collection of new essays by leading international philosophers and Hegel scholars who analyse and explore Hegel's key contributions in the areas of ethics, politics, and law.

Contributions address issues that include ethics, the relationship of Hegelian ethics with contemporary debates in value theory, the so-called "empty formalism" objection that Hegel directs at Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy, Hegel's understanding of law, justice, and political issues that shed new light on Hegel's ideas of punishment, ethical life, and family. Scholarly and thought-provoking, Hegel's Philosophy of Right offers important new insights into our understanding of Hegel's seminal Philosophy of Right and the broader world of Hegelian philosophy.

Thom Brooks is Reader in Political and Legal Philosophy at Newcastle University. He is editor and founder of the Journal of Moral Philosophy . His books include Hegel's Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right (2007).

Critic Reviews:

This is a fine collection of highly engaging and accessible scholarly essays on Hegels Philosophy of Right. The essays focus on ethics, politics, and law and highlight with great originality the significance of Hegels thought for contemporary debates concerning value theory, Kantian formalism, punishment theory, political organisation, gender equality, standards of justice, and legal authority. Students and scholars will learn much from this thoughtprovoking and very welcome volume. (Stephen Houlgate, University of Warwick)

Members Reviews:

This is not an actual reading of Hegal

What would have made Hegel's Philosophy of Right better?

It would be good if it was actually what i wanted to buy. Not an audio critical essay of the book.

Not the actual book!

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

This is a critical analysis of the book, not Hegel's work.

Any additional comments?

This is NOT Hegel's Philosophy of Right!! Its an analysis of his work. It likely could have been a good book, but it is not as the title suggests.

Excellent, though not a light read!

Really enjoyed this but takes some concentration. Not one to listen to while you're trying to do anything else!

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Title: Fashion - Philosophy for Everyone

Subtitle: Thinking with Style

Author: Fritz Allhoff, Jessica Wolfendale, Jeanette Kennett

Narrator: Tracey Farrar

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

Most of us realize that fashion is more than just clothes. It's not just about wearing what's in. Fashion influences our judgments of people's taste, politics, sexuality, class, religion, and even their moral character. It can be a medium for technological and social change changes in fashion may signal economic and political shifts. Yet fashion can also trap us. We can be slaves to fashion if we feel trapped by the roles dictated by the clothes we wear, and we can be slaves to fashion, literally, as in the case of sweatshop workers who make most of the clothes we wear today. This audiobook explores the diverse and sometimes contradictory aspects of fashion in a series of lively, entertaining thoughtful essays from prominent philosophers and writers.

Topics include:

You won't look at your wardrobe in the same light again!

Editors Jessica Wolfendale is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at West Virginia University, and perhaps a little too fond of vintage clothing. She is the author of Torture and the Military Profession (2007) and has published extensively on the ethics of torture, military ethics, and applied ethics. Jeanette Kennett is Professor of Moral Psychology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. She is the author of Agency and Responsibility (2001) and has published widely on topics including empathy, addiction, selfcontrol, advertising and love and friendship. Series Editor Fritz Allhoff is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at The Australian National University's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. In addition to editing the Philosophy for Everyone series, Allhoff is also the volume editor or coeditor for several titles, including Wine & Philosophy (WileyBlackwell, 2007), Whiskey & Philosophy (with Marcus P. Adams, Wiley, 2009), and Food & Philosophy (with Dave Monroe, WileyBlackwell, 2007). His academic research interests engage various facets of applied ethics, ethical theory, and the history and philosophy of science.

Members Reviews:

If only it had a better narrator.

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I was not pulled in by the narrator and spent weeks to get through this short audiobook due to being annoyed with the narration.

What was most disappointing about the authorss story?

The way they have basically essays but just flow into each without too much as a notice that this isn't a story from the same person you were just learnining about

Would you be willing to try another one of Tracey Farrars performances?

no

Did Fashion - Philosophy for Everyone inspire you to do anything?

It inspired me to look more into the topic, through other narrators.

Decent

As someone with no real interest in fashion, this was an approachable introduction to the many complex ideas in fashion. Touching on everything from history to problems the industry has struggled with during the emerging role feminism has played over the last 100 years.

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Titre: Hannah Arendt

Sous-titre: La crise de la culture expliquée par Jean-François Mattéi

Auteur: Jean-François Mattéi

Narrateur: Jean-François Mattéi

Format: Original Recording

Durée: 2 hrs and 2 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 03-19-13

Éditeur: Frémeaux & Associés

Evaluation: 4.5 sur 5 sur 2 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Hannah Arendt, penseur de la modernité, irrigue par son œuvre tant la philosophie que la politique. La culture, aujourd'hui diffusée, distribuée et démocratisée, n'a pourtant jamais été en plus grand péril. Par une analyse des concepts de tradition, d'autorité, d'éducation et de liberté, Hannah Arendt dresse un portrait sans concessions de notre monde contemporain où la crise de la culture pose la question de la construction de notre devenir. Quelle place pour l'Art dans cette société de masse ? Comment donner un sens à l'aventure humaine sans culture pour nous orienter ?

L'intervenant

, professeur émérite à l'Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis. Né le 9 mars 1941 à Oran (Algérie). Docteur d'Etat ès Lettres, Agrégé de Philosophie, Diplômé de Sciences politiques, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (promotion de Pâques 2004).

©2013 Frémeaux & Associés - Groupe Frémeaux Colombini SAS (P)2013 Frémeaux & Associés - Groupe Frémeaux Colombini SAS

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Title: Wisdom of Theodore Roosevelt

Author: The Wisdom Series

Narrator: Bo Foxworth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-07-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

Few American presidents stand as such vivid personalities in our history as Theodore Roosevelt. Through this selection of quotations and excerpts, drawn from his speeches, articles, letters, and other writing, this vibrant thinker, politician, outdoorsman, and more relays his passionate feelings on a wide array of subjects. Provided by topic and in chronological order, Roosevelts quotations show his evolving beliefs on everything from the strenuous life to the bully pulpit, childhood to imperialism, religion to his daughter, Alice. Throughout, the modern listener comes to understand how Roosevelt saw deeply into American society and its problems, and willed the people to mobilize and deal with issues head on.

Members Reviews:

A Bit Of A Disappointment.

When I saw the title of this audio book 'The Wisdom Of Theodore Roosevelt', my ears perked up. I thought that I was going to purchase an audio book about Theodore Roosevelt's leadership principles. And even though there were some interesting points mentioned in this audio book, it was mostly about Theodore Roosevelt's view points on political matters.

At the beginning of the audio book you get a brief (and I emphasis 'brief') history of Theodore Roosevelt's life. Then the rest of the the audio book is nothing but quotes and speeches made by Theodore Roosevelt. Bo Foxworth narrated the audio book beautifully.

If you're into politics (which I'm not) then this audio book is right for you. I welcome any suggestions for books about Theodore Roosevelt's life which demonstrates his leadership abilities, which I can purchase and read. Thank you for taking the time to read my review.