Product Description: The work of Henri Bergson, the foremost French philosopher of the early twentieth century, is not usually explored for its political dimensions. Indeed, Bergson is best known for his writings on time, evolution, and creativity. This book concentrates instead on his political philosophy—and especially on his late masterpiece, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion—from which Alexandre Lefebvre develops an original approach to human rights...read more

Product Description: Bergson, Politics and Religion presents the first comprehensive study of Henri Bergson's political, religious and social thought. Bergson's reputation as the pre-eminent French philosopher of his time was established with the publication of his first three books: Time and Free Will (1889), Matter and Memory (1896) and Creative Evolution (1907)...read more

Product Description: The Image of Law is the first book to examine law through the thought of twentieth-century French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. Lefebvre challenges the truism that judges must apply and not create law. In a plain and lucid style, he activates Deleuze's key themes—his critique of dogmatic thought, theory of time, and concept of the encounter—within the context of adjudication in order to claim that judgment has an inherent, and not an accidental or willful, creativity...read more