Looking at Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter

Looking at Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter, Second Edition, is a concise, historically organized introductory text that covers most major philosophers from the Pre-Socratics through the latter half of the twentieth century. With over 350 original drawings by the author, Looking at Philosophy explains and illustrates difficult philosophical concepts in a way the makes them accessible to the philosophical concepts in a way that makes them accessible to the philosophical novice. The illustrations are entertaining, but they also help to clarify complex philosophical theories and issues. This edition contains new material on the Pre-Sacrates, and new material on the Pre-Socrates, and new coverage of Dewey, Heidegger, structuralism, and post-structuralism, including sections on Levi-Strauss, Lacan, Derrida, and Irigaray.