{"product_id":"lovers-of-philosophy-warren-ward-9781839193774","title":"Lovers of Philosophy: How the Intimate Lives of Seven Philosophers Shaped Modern Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey were Europe's greatest thinkers, but what were they like at love?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lovers of Philosophy explores the love lives of seven philosophers, and how their most intimate experiences came to shape their ideas. In these pages, the reader learns about the significance of Kant's infatuation, Hegel's premarital liaisons, Nietzsche's heartbreak, Heidegger's hypocrisy, Sartre's promiscuous polyamory, Foucault's sexual liberation, and Derrida's dalliances in extramarital desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The stories of these philosophers' love lives are told against a backdrop of Europe undergoing tumultuous change. Beginning in the eighteenthcentury Prussian Enlightenment, the book traverses the French Revolution, Napoleonic wars, Industrial Revolution, two World Wars, and events of May 1968 before arriving at the culture wars of the late twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For anyone who has struggled to understand continental philosophy's vast array of movements, from German idealism through to phenomenology, existentialism, poststructuralism, and deconstructionism, Lovers of Philosophy also provides the reader with an easytofollow overview of the progression of ideas from Kant to Derrida.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Warren Ward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1839193778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839193774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ockham Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.79d","brand":"Warren Ward","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080729587967,"sku":"9781839193774","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a9a7cea-c118-4cd3-a25e-c703e5c2a8c3.jpg?v=1685488491","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lovers-of-philosophy-warren-ward-9781839193774","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}