Continuum Philosophy News

And the winner is...!

We've had a fantastic response to the competition celebrating our 5000 followers landmark - with almost a hundred of you sending me your answers from all over the world. Thanks for all your congratulations and to everyone who entered for making it such a success.

We asked 'In what year was Kant's first critique (The Critique of Pure Reason) published in the original German?' and the answer is, as nearly all of you knew, 1781.

Of course, there can only be one winner of all those lovely books. All of your entries were put in a hat, shuffled around a bit and picked at random by my colleague who chose...

 

John Jeworski

 

So congratulations to John! Commiserations to those of you who missed out this time, but I'll be #FF-ing everyone who entered and told me their Twitter name this Friday as a pseudo-runner up prize.

 

Plenty more competitions, giveaways and exclusive chapter previews to come this year so be sure to keep following us here, on Twitter and on Facebook!

 

Charlotte Hoare

Marketing Executive UK & ROW

COMPETITION TIME!

Astonishingly, we're about to reach 5000 followers on the @ContinuumPhilos twitter page. If you're one of our followers then thank you so much for helping us to reach this milestone!

 

I believe this calls for a celebration and I only know one way to do that: By giving away a load of books! A book for every thousand followers, in fact:

 

So that's all of the following up for grabs:

How Is Nature Possible?: Kant's Project in the First Critique by Daniel N. Robinson

Aesthetics: The Key Thinkers edited by Alessandro Giovannelli

Žižek: A Guide for the Perplexed by Seán Sheehan

Cinema After Deleuze by Richard Rushton

Jacques Rancière and the Contemporary Scene edited by Jean-Philippe Deranty and Alison Ross

 

To be in with a chance to win, just answer this question:

 

In what year was Kant's first critique (The Critique of Pure Reason) published in the original German?

 

To enter please email your answer, along with your name and address, to philosophy.uk@continuumbooks.com with the subject line 'COMPETITION' by the end of Friday 27th January 2012. The winner will be picked at random by one of my colleagues and will be announced on Monday 30th January.

 

Best of luck!

 

Charlotte Hoare

Marketing Executive UK and ROW

Karl Marx and Edmund Husserl: From A to Z

The start of 2012 sees two excellent additions to our popular Continuum Philosophy Dictionaries series with The Marx Dictionary and The Husserl Dictionary.

              

Providing a comprehensive companion to Karl Marx, The Marx Dictionary discusses all his major works and ideas as well as his philosophical and political influences and contemporaries. Extensively researched, it offers a wealth of useful information, analysis and criticism.

"This dictionary will be invaluable for anyone interested in Marx's ideas. The research is thorough, the ground covered is comprehensive, and the careful organisation of the book means that its contents are unusually accessible. Highly recommended." David McLellan, Emeritus Professor of Political Theory, University of Kent, UK

"An impressive achievement. Based on up-to-date scholarship and executed with scrupulous scholarly standards, it offers an excellent introduction to Marx's work and major ideas. This even-handed work of reference will get anyone off to a good start." Terrell Carver, Professor of Political Theory, University of Bristol, UK

While for anyone reading or studying Husserl, Phenomenology or Modern European Philosophy, The Husserl Dictionary covers everything essential to understanding Husserl's phenomenology, offering clear and accessible explanations of often complex terminology.

"The Husserl Dictionary should be welcomed by all those interested in Husserl and phenomenology. Novices will find its entries helpful in providing clear orientation in Husserl's difficult thought, while specialists will appreciate especially the numerous cross-references to Husserl's Collected Works that support the accounts of central terms." Steven Crowell, Joseph and Joanna Nazro Mullen Professor of Philosophy, Rice University, USA and Editor of Husserl Studies

Happy New Year!

On behalf of the Philosophy team at Continuum I would like to wish you a very Happy New Year! 2012 promises to be an exciting year for us, with a full and varied publishing programme ranging from textbooks and other resources for students, to reference works and monographs and - of course - original works in translation.

We shall be in touch shortly with news and details of several new Continuum Philosophical Dictionaries and we will contrinue to keep you up-to-date with other developments throughout the year. In addition, we look forward to meeting you at conferences and events in the UK, US and elsewhere.

Finally, we love to hear from you, so please do contact us with your prposals and ideas for new publishing projects.

With all good wishes for 2012

Camilla, Acting Publisher for Philosophy