{"product_id":"leibnizing-a-philosopher-in-motion-9780231211154","title":"Leibnizing: A Philosopher in Motion","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy read Leibniz today? Can we still learn \u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e him and not just about him? This book argues that Leibniz offers a powerful, productive model for transdisciplinary thinking that can push back against the narrowness of the humanities today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichard Halpern recasts Leibniz as a great writer as well as a great philosopher, demonstrating that his philosophical project cannot be fully understood without taking its literary elements into account. He shows Leibniz to be a prescient thinker about art and beauty whose insights into the relationship between aesthetic experience and thought remain invaluable. \u003ci\u003eLeibnizing\u003c\/i\u003e asks readers to follow the dynamic movement of Leibniz's writing instead of attempting to grasp a static philosophical system and to pay careful attention to the rhetorical and stylistic registers of Leibniz's work as well as its conceptual and logical dimensions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor philosophers, this book offers a novel approach to reading and interpreting Leibniz. For literary and other theorists, it showcases the relevance of Leibniz's thought to areas from aesthetics to politics and from metaphysics to computer science. Written in a lucid and even witty style, \u003ci\u003eLeibnizing\u003c\/i\u003e provides readers with an accessible entryway into Leibniz's sometimes forbidding but ultimately rewarding philosophical vision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Halpern is the author of six books on topics ranging from Shakespeare to Norman Rockwell. At his retirement, he was Erich Maria Remarque Professor of Literature at New York University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50487623418130,"sku":"9780231211154","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_64fb51f0-6a16-4a34-b805-aa487125eff8.jpg?v=1730448530","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/leibnizing-a-philosopher-in-motion-9780231211154","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}