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Moral philosophy and post-structuralism have long been considered two antithetical enterprises. This book argues that Judith Butler's work makes possible a productive encounter between these two aspects of philosophy, rethinking responsibility and critique as key concepts at the juncture of ethics and politics

The concept of the subject field of modern philosophy of law is considered. On the example of analyzing the structure of the course of the discipline in modern textbooks on the philosophy of law, its problematic and interdisciplinary nature is revealed. Attention is paid to the approaches to the formation of its subject (philosophical and legal). The question of introducing the most pressing issues of our present into the problematic circle of the subject of the philosophy of law is raised. In particular, the issues of epistemology of the philosophy of law, explanation and understanding of the basic categories and concepts of law, doctrinal sources, theory of contract, legal responsibility. Emphasis is laid upon strengthening the role of the philosophy of law in justifying and ensuring the value aspects of law.

This book explores philosophical themes to do with self and subjectivity from the work of the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa, best known for the uncategorizable collection of fragmentary writings, in various personae, published as The Book of Disquiet in 1982, forty-seven years after the author's death.

Examined is the claim by Jurgen Habermas that Karl Marx failed to transcend the philosophy of the subject. This claim is compared to Gyorgy Markus's alternative rendition of Marx (Language & Production, Dordrecht: Reidel, 1986), which tries to save the Marxian paradigm of production for contemporary critical theory. Habermas's assimilation of Marx to the philosophy of the subject is a consequence of his belief that Marxian critical theory lacks normative foundations. Markus argues that Habermas drastically narrows the significance of the paradigm of production, which casts doubt on Marx's assimilation to the philosophy of the subject. It is concluded that Markus's challenge to the ideal of a Marx immured in the philosophy of the subject is a vindication of Marx's claim to have broken with philosophical tradition, which renders Habermas guilty of overestimating his own break with tradition while misrepresenting the achievement of Marx. W. Howard