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Kant'S Critique of Practical Reason
by Andrews Reath Jens TimmermannThe Critique of Practical Reason is the second of Kant's three Critiques, and his second work in moral theory after the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. Its systematic account of the authority of moral principles grounded in human autonomy unfolds Kant's considered views on morality and provides the keystone to his philosophical system. These new essays shed light on the principal arguments of the second Critique and explore their relation to Kant's critical philosophy as a whole. They examine the genesis of the Critique, Kant's approach to the authority of the moral law given as a 'fact of reason', the metaphysics of free agency, the account of respect for morality as the moral motive, and questions raised by the 'primacy of practical reason' and the idea of the 'postulates'. Engaging and critical, this volume will be invaluable to advanced students and scholars of Kant and to moral theorists alike.
Kant's Dog: On Borges, Philosophy, and the Time of Translation (SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture)
by David E. JohnsonKant's Dog provides fresh insight into Borges's preoccupation with the contradiction of the time that passes and the identity that endures. By developing the implicit logic of the Borgesian archive, which is most often figured as the universal demand for and necessary impossibility of translation, Kant's Dog is able to spell out Borges's responses to the philosophical problems that most concerned him, those of the constitution of time, eternity, and identity; the determination of original and copy; the legitimacy of authority; experience; the nature of language and the possibility of a decision; and the name of God. Kant's Dog offers original interpretations of several of Borges's best known and most important stories and of the works of key figures in the history of philosophy, including Aristotle, Saint Paul, Maimonides, Hume, Locke, Kant, Heidegger, and Derrida. This study outlines Borges's curious relationship to literature and philosophy and, through a reconsideration of the relation between necessity and accident, opens the question of the constitution of philosophy and literature. The afterword develops the logic of translation toward the secret at the heart of every culture in order to posit a Borgesian challenge to anthropology and cultural studies.
Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write: An Autobiography Through Essays
by Claire Messud'An uplifting work: complex, precise and bracing' Susie Boyt, Financial Times'A profound book about the intrication of literature and life, about the modest, miraculous ways art helps us to live' Garth GreenwellIn twenty-nine intimate, brilliant and funny essays, Claire Messud reflects on a childhood move from her Connecticut home to Australia; the complex relationship between her modern Canadian mother and a fiercely single French Catholic aunt; and a trip to Beirut, where her pied-noir father had once lived, while he was dying. She meditates on contemporary classics from Kazuo Ishiguro, Teju Cole, Rachel Cusk and Valeria Luiselli; examines three facets of Albert Camus and The Stranger; and tours her favorite paintings at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. Crafting a vivid portrait of a life in celebration of the power of literature, Messud proves once again 'an absolute master storyteller' (Rebecca Carroll, Los Angeles Times).'I can think of few writers capable of such thrilling seriousness expressed with so lavish a gift' Rachel Cusk, Evening Standard
Kaplan AP English Language & Composition 2016
by Denise Pivarnik-NovaThe top-selling Advanced Placement test preparation guide that delivers 75 years of proven Kaplan experience and features exclusive strategies, practice, and review to help students ace the AP English Language and Composition exam!Students spend the school year preparing for the AP English Language and Composition test. Now it's time to reap the rewards: money-saving college credit, advanced placement, or an admissions edge. However, achieving a top score on the AP English Language and Composition exam requires more than knowing the material--students need to get comfortable with the test format itself, prepare for pitfalls, and arm themselves with foolproof strategies. That's where the Kaplan plan has the clear advantage. Kaplan's AP English Language & Composition 2016 offers many essential and unique features to help improve test scores, including:Two full-length practice tests and a diagnostic test to target areas for score improvementDetailed answer explanationsA study sheet packed with key dates, terms, and factsTips and strategies for scoring higher from expert AP English Language and Composition teachers and students who got a perfect 5 on the examTargeted review of the most up-to-date content, including any information about test changesA comprehensive index and glossary of key terms and conceptsKaplan's AP English Language & Composition 2016 author Denise Pivarnik-Nova has taught AP English as well as literature and composition for nearly 20 years. Her expertise has helped make this and other books the best that Kaplan has to offer in AP test prep. Kaplan's AP Language & Composition 2016 provides students with everything they need to improve their scores--guaranteed. Kaplan's Higher Score guarantee provides security that no other test preparation guide on the market can match. Kaplan has helped more than three million students to prepare for standardized tests. We invest more than $4.5 million annually in research and support for our products. We know that our test-taking techniques and strategies work and our materials are completely up-to-date. Kaplan's AP English Language & Composition 2016 is the must-have preparation tool for every student looking to do better on the AP English Language and Composition test!
Kaplan TASC Strategies, Practice, and Review 2015-2016
by KaplanComprehensive content review, strategies, and practice for all sections of the TASC (Test Assessing Secondary Completion) from top test experts.
Kaplan Word Power
by Meg E. SchneiderVocabulary words, usage in context, and exercises to fix the words in memory.
Karadima: El señor de los infiernos
by Maria Olivia MonckebergUn libro brutal, impactante, sobre las profundidades del mal, desde la voz valiente de quienes han decidido enfrentar esta oscura historia. El rostro de Jimmy Hamilton refleja una mezcla de impotencia y fuerza cuando se entrevista por primera vez con María Olivia Mönckeberg hace más de un año. En ese momento le asegura que son muchas las personas que han sufrido abuso físico y psicológico en las últimas cuatro décadas dentro de la Iglesia Católica chilena. Las víctimas serían desde niños de doce o quince años hasta hombres de algo más de cincuenta. «¡Y eso sigue ocurriendo hasta hoy!», dice Hamilton, porque «un grupo influyente del episcopado está involucrado en el círculo de protección». En estas páginas, María Olivia Mönckeberg, premio Nacional de Periodismo, indaga a fondo en la experiencia traumática de las víctimas querellantes del caso Karadima, muchas de ellas marcadas de por vida por los abusos deshonestos del cura de El Bosque. Asimismo, devela el tejido de miedos y silencios, pero también de respaldo y apoyo social que han permitido el crimen en una de las parroquias más poderosas de Santiago, y que solo el Vaticano, «anteponiéndose a la justicia civil», ha empezado a detener con un fallo adverso al sacerdote.
Karl Kraus-Handbuch: Leben – Werk – Wirkung
by Isabel Langkabel Johannes KnüchelDer Wiener Publizist Karl Kraus (1874–1936) war eine zentrale Figur der europäischen Moderne. Sein monumentales Werk umfasst nicht nur Essays, Aphorismen, Gedichte und Dramen, erschienen großteils auf den tausenden Seiten seiner Zeitschrift Die Fackel, sondern auch hunderte Vorlesungen, Radiosendungen, Plakatkampagnen und Rechtsfälle. Er prägte seine Zeit ebenso, wie sie ihn prägte, etwa in dem Antikriegsdrama Die letzten Tage der Menschheit und der Dritten Walpurgisnacht, seiner frühen Analyse des Nationalsozialismus. Die Kraus’sche Medienkritik, sein präzises Sprachdenken und aufklärerischer Witz haben das kritische Denken weltweit beeinflusst und zeigen bis heute, was es heißt, ein öffentlicher Akteur zu sein.
Karl Marx (Arguments of the Philosophers)
by Wood AllenThis is one of the most respected books on Marx's philosophical thought. Wood explains Marx's views from a philosophical standpoint and defends Marx against common misunderstandings and criticisms of his views. All the major philosophical topics in Marx's work are considered: the central concept of alienation; historical materialism and Marx's account of social classes; the nature and social function of morality; philosophical materialism and Marx's atheism; and Marx's use of the Hegelian dialectical method and the Marxian theory of value.The second edition has been revised to include a new chapter on capitalist exploitation and new suggestions for further reading. Wood has also added a substantial new preface which looks at Marx's thought in light of the fall of the Soviet Union and our continued ambivalence towards capitalism, exploring Marx's continuing relevance in the twenty-first century.
Karl Marx (Routledge Critical Thinkers)
by Andrew RowcroftKarl Marx is the most important modern philosopher. His work has radically changed the course of world history, continental philosophy, political theory, literary criticism, and cultural studies. The sheer range of his achievements, and the depth of his critical insights, continue to speak to our present moment. This book places Marx’s writings in their historical context, providing a clear guide to his key ideas and intellectual legacy. Written for both students and scholars, it illustrates Marx’s ideas with examples drawn from William Shakespeare, Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy, Bertolt Brecht, Theodor Dreiser, Thomas Pynchon, Toni Morrison, Sally Rooney, Claude McKay, Tennessee Williams, Mad Men, and Margin Call. Key ideas discussed in this guide include: Tracing historical contexts and developments in Marx’s work over his lifetime Focusing on Marxism as an interpretative strategy, paying special attention to its impact on literary criticism and cultural studies Examining recent developments in Marxist theory, such as a stronger focus on the environment, climate crisis, and world ecology Exploring the continued relevance of Marx and Marxism today. This Routledge Critical Thinkers guide will enable readers to critically assess and interpret Marx’s major works, while also introducing his methods of critical analysis. Preparing readers to approach his original texts, this guide ensures that readers of all levels will find Marx accessible, challenging, and of continued relevance. Andrew Rowcroft offers a comprehensive introduction to Marx’s revolutionary ideas, examining the influence Marx had on literary studies, cultural studies, modernism, and philosophy.
Karl Marx (SparkNotes Philosophy Guide)
by SparkNotesKarl Marx (SparkNotes Philosophy Guide) Making the reading experience fun! SparkNotes Philosophy Guides are one-stop guides to the great works of philosophy–masterpieces that stand at the foundations of Western thought. Inside each Philosophy Guide you&’ll find insightful overviews of great philosophical works of the Western world.
Karl Marx and World Literature
by S. S. Prawer"Very few men," said Bakunin, "have read as much, and, it may be added, have read as intelligently, as M. Marx." S. S. Prawer's highly influential work explores how the world of imaginative literature--poems, novels, plays--infused and shaped Marx's writings, from his unpublished correspondence, to his pamphlets and major works. In exploring Marx's use of literary texts, from Aeschylus to Balzac, and the central role of art and literature in the development of his critical vision, Karl Marx and World Literature is a forensic masterpiece of critical analysis.
Karl Philipp Moritz: At the Fringe of Genius
by Mark BoulbyThis is the first complete biographical and critical study of Karl Philipp Moritz (1756-93), German novelist, teacher, journalist, and philogist. His psychological novel, Anton Reiser, replete with insights into the sociological and psychological life of the time, was one of the most important eighteenth-century German novels. Moritz was in close touch with most of the major intellectual currents in Weimar and Berlin--from aesthetics and linguistics on the one hand to pietistical and mystical movements on the other--and he was a friend of Goethe and of other significant German literary figures as well. His career was a turbulent one, made all the more difficult by his many-sided psychological problems, which play a large role in his autobiographical writings.Karl Philipp Moritz has never been totally forgotten, but scholarly interest in him has increased dramatically in the last few decades. His works, particularly Anton Reiser, have also generated considerable popular interest. This is the first comprehensive monograph on this multi-faceted modern writer--an amazing fact in light of the homage paid Moritz by such contemporaries as Goethe, Schiller, and Jean Paul. Mark Boulby has succeeded admirably in relating all the frequently disparate ideas of Moritz to the trends of the period, and has combined theoretical analysis and biographical investigation in a readable and lively book.
Karsten's Way: The Life-Changing Story of Karsten Solheim—Pioneer in Golf Club Design and the Founder of PING
by Tracy SumnerGolf, anyone?Karsten's Way tells the story of an ingenious man who took a long shot to improve his game and the game of millions of golfers around the world. His goal: to help golfers play their best and enjoy the game. Read the dramatic life story of Karsten Solheim, inventor of the PING golf club—the club that revolutionized the game of golf. Solheim's rise from shoemaker to world-recognized golf club designer and manufacturer is one of American industry's greatest success stories. Understand how Karsten Solheim's faith in God propelled him toward success. His passion for quality and belief in himself and his ideas became the hallmarks of his success and that of his business, the Karsten Manufacturing Company. An inspiring read for anyone with ambitious dreams and a love for the exciting game of golf.
Karsten's Way: The Life-Changing Story of Karsten Solheim—Pioneer in Golf Club Design and the Founder of PING
by Tracy SumnerGolf, anyone?Karsten's Way tells the story of an ingenious man who took a long shot to improve his game and the game of millions of golfers around the world. His goal: to help golfers play their best and enjoy the game. Read the dramatic life story of Karsten Solheim, inventor of the PING golf club—the club that revolutionized the game of golf. Solheim's rise from shoemaker to world-recognized golf club designer and manufacturer is one of American industry's greatest success stories. Understand how Karsten Solheim's faith in God propelled him toward success. His passion for quality and belief in himself and his ideas became the hallmarks of his success and that of his business, the Karsten Manufacturing Company. An inspiring read for anyone with ambitious dreams and a love for the exciting game of golf.
Kashmiri: A Cognitive-Descriptive Grammar (Descriptive Grammars)
by Omkar N. Koul Kashi WaliKashmir boasts a language which challenges every field of linguistics. Kashmiri is spoken by approximately 3,000,000 people. Its syntax, similar to Germanic and other verb second languages, has raised many significant issues within current generative theories proposed by Chomsky and other prominent linguists.
Kashmiri Life Narratives: Human Rights, Pleasure and the Local Cosmopolitan (Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature)
by Rakhshan RizwanKashmiri Life Narratives takes as its central focus writings -- memoirs, non-fictional and fictional Bildungsromane -- published circa 2008 by Kashmiris/Indians living in the Valley of Kashmir, India or in the diaspora. It offers a new perspective on these works by analyzing them within the framework of human rights discourse and advocacy. Literature has been an important medium for promoting the rights of marginalized Kashmiri subjects within Indian-occupied Kashmir and that it has been successful in putting Kashmir back on the global map and in shifting discussion about Kashmir from the political board rooms to the international English-language book market. In discussing human rights advocacy through literature, this book also effects a radical change of perspective by highlighting positive rights (to enjoy certain things) rather than negative ones (to be spared certain things). Kashmiri life narratives deploy a language of pleasure rather than of physical pain to represent the state of having and losing rights.
Kästner-Handbuch: Leben – Werk – Wirkung
by Stefan NeuhausErich Kästner (1899-1974) ist einer der international meistgelesenen deutschsprachigen Autoren. Seine Lyrik, seine Romane für Erwachsene und vor allem seine Bücher für Kinder waren bereits in der Weimarer Republik berühmt und einflussreich, ebenso seine journalistischen wie kabarettistischen Arbeiten. Dennoch ist die Erforschung von Kästners Werk und Wirkung bisher überschaubar. Dieses Handbuch schafft durch eine umfassende Darstellung des Werks, seiner Kontexte sowie der Rezeption erstmals eine Grundlage für die weitere wissenschaftliche Beschäftigung mit diesem Weltautor.
Katastrophale Kommunikation: Sicher ungewiss (essentials)
by Andreas Galling-Stiehler Robert Caspar Müller Jürgen SchulzRadio/TV/Handy an: Katastrophe droht! Und diese Katastrophe, die da zur Nachricht gemacht wird, das ist heute nun immer die eine Katastrophe, die die anderen zunächst ausblendet. Von Doom Scrolling zu Desaster Ranking – Negativismus als Geschäftsprinzip. Wir plädieren für eine neue Orientierung der Auftragskommunikation: Katastrophale Kommunikation. Diese unterscheidet sich in ihrer hier gemeinten Doppelbedeutung (sie ist Ausdruck der Katastrophe und hat sie zum Inhalt) auf fundamentale Weise von der Risiko- und Krisenkommunikation. Ihre Stärke erwächst aus der zukunftsgewandten Abwendung eines drohenden Endes. Unsere Idee: Das Tabu des Endes brechen, statt es mit Deutungsmacht durch wohl- und übelmeinende Propaganda, paternalistische Verhaltensökonomie, Fake oder identitären Kitsch aufrechtzuerhalten! Ver-Antwortung bis zum Ende statt Anschlusslosigkeit der Kommunikation. Nur so lassen sich neue, gegenwärtig unbekannte Chancen erkennen, erhoffen und auftun: sicher ungewiss.
Kate Chopin and Catholicism
by Heather OstmanThis book explores the Catholic aesthetic and mystical dimensions in KateChopin’s fiction within the context of an evolving American Catholicism in thelate nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Through a close reading of hernovels and numerous short stories, Kate Chopin and Catholicism looks at theways Chopin represented Catholicism in her work as a literary device that servedon multiple levels: as an aesthetic within local color depictions of Louisiana, as atrope for illuminating the tensions surrounding nineteenth-century women’sstruggles for autonomy, as a critique of the Catholic dogma that subordinatedauthenticity and physical and emotional pleasure, and as it pointed to thedistinction between religious doctrine and mystical experience, and enabled thearticulation of spirituality beyond the context of the Church. This book revealsChopin to be not only a literary visionary but a writer who saw divinity in thenatural world.
Kate Chopin and the City: The New Orleans Stories (American Literature Readings in the 21st Century)
by Heather OstmanThis book examines selected short stories and novels by Kate Chopin through the lens of the city of New Orleans. Chopin’s depictions of and references to New Orleans celebrate the vibrancy of this unique American city, but also illustrate the complex, interdependent relationships defined within its coded system of racial, gendered, and class designations. These stories feature canny depictions of the complexity of human struggles for freedom as well as love within this nineteenth-century southern city. While Chopin has been highly regarded as a local color writer and especially as a feminist literary icon, this book shows how the author’s “city” stories also point to her sophistication as an author who perceived the shifting literary landscape, and it identifies the ways many of these stories’ protomodernist elements anticipate the advent of the Modern era.
Kate Chopin Reconsidered: Beyond the Bayou (Southern Literary Studies)
by Lynda S. Boren Sarah Desaussure DavisIn this indispensable volume, fourteen intellectually compelling essays consider Kate Chopin's life and art from a variety of critical perspectives--biographical, New Historicist, materialist, poststructuralist, feminist--with several of the pieces focusing on Chopin's classic novel, The Awakening.
Kate Loves To Skate (Word Family Readers:)
by Liza CharlesworthLet's Learn Readers boost key literacy skills through engaging, easy-to-read stories. Jump-start phonics learning with these super-fun books! For use with Grades K-2.
Kategorien – Kategorisierung (Linguistik in Empirie und Theorie/Empirical and Theoretical Linguistics)
by Irmtraud Behr Zofia Berdychowska Igor TrostDer Band Kategorien – Kategorisierung ist die erste Abhandlung, die Überlegungen zum Aufbau verschiedener Kategoriengefüge mit kategorialen Zugriffen auf neue Objekte verbindet und dabei neben grammatischen Kategorien auch semantische Rollen, Perspektivierung und Situationskategorisierungen untersucht. Die Prinzipien der Kategorienbildung werden wissenschaftshistorisch und als Bestandteile von Theorien betrachtet, Begriffe wie Relation, Binaritätsprinzip und Skaralität kennzeichnen den Aufbau der Kategoriensysteme, während kategoriale Homonymie die Ausdrucksseite und Kategorialrahmen den Skopus der Kategorien erfasst. Ein vergleichsweise neues Gebiet der Kategorienforschung wird erschlossen mit dem Komplex von Perspektivierung, semantische Rollen und Situationskategorisierung.
Katha Vilasam: The Story Within
by S RamakrishnanKatha Vilasam: The Story Within offers a path-breaking series of 50 articles by S. Ramakrishnan, published over the course of four years in the widely read Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan, to a wider reading public through translation into English. The writing style is intentionally direct and compact to suit a magazine readership. Nevertheless, the prose is elevating, even lyrical at times. There are “Aha” moments aplenty. The author uses a unique device in these units. They are “stories within stories”. In each unit, he describes an incident from his own experience and relates it to a short story he has read by a particular eminent Tamil writer. He paraphrases/summarises the writer’s story, melds it into his own reminiscence, and allows the two to resonate and create a musical signature in the reader’s mind. Thus, 50 noted short story writers in the Tamil language are featured here. The avowed purpose of the author was to introduce the readers of Ananda Vikatan (who may have been readers of nothing but magazines) to also delve into the works of excellent Tamil short story writers. The series ran for four years and was very well received by readers. Each unit deserves to be read and re-read not only for the insights and information about writers in different genres, but for the word wizardry and imagery that flow effortlessly through the lines. It is hoped that this English translation will teleport these unique offerings to a wider reading public and bring the works of excellent Tamil writers into the lives of discriminating lovers of literature everywhere.