Jennifer Pitts
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"Winner of the 2006 First Book Award, Foundations of Political Theory Section of the American Political Science Association" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2005" Jennifer Pitts is Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University. She is the editor and translator of Alexis de Tocqueville: Writings on Empire and Slavery.
A dramatic shift in British and French ideas about empire unfolded in the sixty years straddling the turn...
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The ideas of the German philosopher Martin Heidegger have been described as an intellectual time bomb, as some of the most revolutionary thought in Western history. Despite the enormous amount of secondary scholarships available on Heidegger, it is - due to the complexity of his thought and the density of his writing - difficult for the curious beginner to gain an insight into Heidegger's philosophy. Heidegger For Beginners serves as an entry into...
