PHILOSOPHY philosophy FEATURED TITLE FEATURED TITLE and the city Classic to Contemporary Writings Linguistic PHILOSOPHY Philosophy LINGUISTIC PHILOSOPHY AND THE CITY The Central Story The Central Story Classic to GARTH L. HALLETT Contemporary Writings Explores the role language SHARON M. MEAGHER, EDITOR plays in the relationship The defi nitive source book between reality and utterance. on philosophy and the city. Garth L. Hallett EDITED BY sharon m. meagher ow much authority should language, the medium of sing philosophical works H communication, be accorded from ancient Greece to U as a determinant of truth and therefore of what we say? contemporary times, Philosophy and the City demonstrates Garth L. Hallett argues that, although never explicitly debated, both why philosophy matters to the city and how cities matter this is the most signifi cant issue of linguistic philosophy. to philosophy. The collection addresses questions that remain Here, for the fi rst time, he traces the issue’s story. Starting with central to urban planning and everyday urban life, such as, representative thinkers—Plato, Aquinas, Kant, Frege, and the What is a city? What does it mean to be a good citizen? early Wittgenstein—who contested language’s authority, the By bringing various perspectives together, Sharon M. Meagher narrative then focuses on thinkers such as Carnap, Tarski, provides readers the opportunity to better understand key the later Wittgenstein, Flew, Russell, Malcolm, Austin, Kripke, philosophical debates concerning not only social and political Putnam, Strawson, Quine, and Habermas who, in different philosophy but also place and identity formation, aesthetics, ways and to varying degrees, accorded language more authority. philosophy of race and diversity, and environmental philosophy. Implicit in this account is a challenge to philosophy as still widely practiced. “Cities matter. Philosophy matters. In this groundbreaking anthology, Sharon Meagher brings together for the fi rst time “Hallett’s treatment combines impressive philosophical erudition a rich collection of readings on the nature and importance of with penetrating and insightful analysis.” — William H. Brenner, urban life. In so doing, she provides a unique opportunity for author of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations students new to philosophy to discover the nature and impor- tance of philosophical refl ection as they engage in inquiry about “This book is a highly enlightening introduction to and survey of a topic that is central to their lives. linguistic philosophy in the twentieth and twenty-fi rst centuries. At the same time, Meagher offers CONTRIBUTORS The work is accessible to readers without a strong background in Susan Bickford a valuable resource for seasoned philosophy, and leads them through a wide range of philosophers UNC, Chapel Hill philosophers and for anyone who and philosophies. This is not a mere survey, for the author James Conlon cares passionately about our cities Mount Mary Coll. develops his own position in the course of working through the and about those who live in them.” David Fine views of other philosophers, and engages the reader in his project SUNY Stony Brook — Sean P. O’Connell, author of of understanding and defending the authority of language.” William Gavin Outspeak: Narrating Identities — John T. Kearns, author of Reconceiving Experience: A Solution Portland, ME That Matter Robert Gooding-Williams to a Problem Inherited from Descartes Northwestern U. Joseph Grange SHARON M. MEAGHER is GARTH L. HALLETT is Dean of the College of Philosophy and Portland, ME Professor of Philosophy and Letters at St. Louis University and the author of many books, Elizabeth Grosz Director of Women’s Studies at the Rutgers U., New Brunswick including Essentialism: A Wittgensteinian Critique, also University of Scranton. She is the bell hooks published by SUNY Press. Berea, KY coeditor (with Patrice DiQuinzio) Daniel Kemmis of Women and Children First: A volume in the SUNY series in Philosophy U. of MT Feminism, Rhetoric, and Public Andrew Light George R. Lucas Jr., editor U. of WA, Seattle Policy, also published by Sharon M. Meagher SUNY Press. MARCH • 240 pp. U. of Scranton $24.95 pb 978-0-7914-7362-7 $74.50 hc 978-0-7914-7361-0 Eduardo Mendieta JANUARY • 320 pp. SUNY Stony Brook $24.95 pb 978-0-7914-7308-5 Gail Weiss $74.50 hc 978-0-7914-7307-8 George Washington U. Sales restricted to the U.S. Cornel West Princeton U. 3355 WWW.SUNYPRESS.EDU PHILOSOPHY FEATURED TITLE IMAGINING LAW On Drucilla Cornell imagining law ENÉE EBERLE AND Overcoming Modernity OVERCOMING R J. H Synchronicity and Image-Thinking MODERNITY BENJAMIN PRYOR, EDITORS Synchronicity and Image-Thinking on drucilla cornell Essays consider Drucilla Cornell’s contributions to YUASA YASUO philosophy, political theory, TRANSLATED BY and legal studies. YUASA Yasuo SHIGENORI NAGATOMO AND edited by renée j. heberle and benjamin pryor Translated by Shigenori Nagatomo & John W. M. Krummel with an introduction by Shigenori Nagatomo JOHN W. M. KRUMMEL rucilla Cornell’s contribu- tion to legal thought and WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY D philosophy is unique in its SHIGENORI NAGATOMO attention to diverse traditions and the possibilities of dialogue among them. Renée J. Heberle and Benjamin Pryor bring These last writings by Japanese philosopher Yuasa engage together scholars from a range of disciplines who refl ect on both Western and Eastern thought to reconsider modernity Cornell’s infl uence and importance to contemporary social and and offer an alternative, more holistic paradigm. political theory and critically engage with ideas and arguments central to her published work. The fi nal chapter is Cornell’s own n Overcoming Modernity, which contains the last writings response to the contributors’ views, establishing a record of Ifrom Yuasa, the prominent Japanese scholar reconsiders the a critical exchange among top scholars from across disciplines. modern Western paradigm of thinking and in its place proposes a more holistic worldview. A wide range of topics are examined, “This book combines exegesis and critical assessment of a including the relationships between language, being, psychology, major thinker. Cornell is a prolifi c writer responding to major— and logic; Jung’s concept of synchronicity; the Yijing (Book of and dead—philosophers, as well as many contemporary voices. Changes); paranormal phenomena; physics and metaphysics; Her interdisciplinary writing on ideals such as ‘justice’ and ‘dignity’ mind and body; and teleology. Through these explorations, is distinguished from other ‘postmodern’ writings because of her engaging a wide range of Western and East Asian thought, insistence in reconstructing liberalism in the wake of post-structuralism. Yuasa offers an alternative to the scientifi c worldview inherited The contributors force Cornell, for the fi rst time, to account for from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This new aspects of her work, including her disinterestedness in Nietzsche paradigm involves the integration of space-and-time and and Foucault and her liberal reading of Levinas.” mind-and-body, thematics brought together through what — Marinos Diamantides, author of Levinas, Law, Politics Yuasa calls “image-thinking,” a mode of thinking that incorporates image-experience. “The contributors’ essays offer very CONTRIBUTORS insightful and clarifying analyses “This is an outstanding piece of scholarship that breaks new Roger Berkowitz of some of the most important ground in philosophy, science, religion, psychology, and ethics. Bard Coll. aspects of Drucilla Cornell’s work Rather than treating these areas singly, Yuasa offers a theory Richard J. Bernstein and point to the breadth and depth that unifi es all of them in one brilliant paradigm that establishes The New School for Social Research, NY, NY of her infl uence in many fi elds.” a new way of looking at ourselves and our world. Only a superior Pheng Cheah — Christine Keating, The Ohio scholar and thinker like Yuasa could provide such an original U. of CA, Berkeley State University perspective. This book stands alone as an innovative synthesis Drucilla Cornell of East/West theory and practice.” — Robert E. Carter, author of Rutgers U., New Brunswick Carolin Emcke RENÉE J. HEBERLE is Associate The Japanese Arts and Self-Cultivation Der Spiegel, Berlin, Germany Professor of Political Science Elizabeth Grosz at the University of Toledo. YUASA YASUO (1925–2005) was Professor Emeritus at Obirin Rutgers U., New Brunswick BENJAMIN PRYOR is Associate University in Japan and the author of several books, including Renée J. Heberle U. of Toledo Professor of Philosophy and The Body, Self-Cultivation, and Ki-Energy and The Body: Martin J. Beck Matustík Codirector of the Program Toward an Eastern Mind-Body Theory, both also published by Purdue U. in Law and Social Thought SUNY Press. 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