TWENTIETH CENTURY THOUGHT
(c. 1890 - PRESENT)

SUB-PAGES

Approaches:

• Analytic Philosophy
• Continental Philosophy (Theory)
• Modernism, Myth Criticism and New Criticism
• Pragmatism

Topics:

• Twentieth Century Literature

Feminist:

• Feminist Theory

Post-colonial:

• Post-colonial Theory

ASSOCIATIONS

The stated goal of both these associations is to transcend the Analytic - Continental divide which still predominates in contemporary philosophy:

• Forum for European Philosophy (FEP)

• Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World (SPCW)

CONFERENCES

2008:

• Philosophy in the Contemporary World, 15^th Annual Conference, Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Snow Mountain Ranch, Colorado, July 6-10

• On Knowledge: at the Origins of the Analytic-Continental Split, Department of Philosophy, Leiden University, May 6

2007:

2006:

• The Structure of Reflection: Self-Consciousness and Critique, 12th International Philosophy Colloquium Evian, Evian (Lake Geneva), France, July 16-22

2005:

• East and West: Eighth Annual Building Bridges Conference, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, November 4-5

2004:

• 11th Annual Meeting, SPCW,  Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina
  July 17-21

2003:

• Consciousness, Emotion, and the Hard Problem: Integrating Analytic and Phenomenological Approaches, SPCW,  Easter APA Meeting, December 27-29

• Power, Law and the Possibility of Peace, 10th Annual Meeting, SPCW,  St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico July 19-25

2002:

2001:

2000:

Annual:

• Annual Conference, Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World

COURSES

• Columbia University: Twentieth Century Philosophy (Sidorsky)

• Minnesota State University, Mankato: Contemporary Philosophy (Yezzi)

• University of Wales, Cardiff: 

  • Deconstruction and Analytic Philosophy (Norris)

  • Origins of the Analytic and Continental Traditions: Epistemology and Philosophy of Language (Tanesini)

• Warwick University:
  • Sociology of Modernity (Fuller)
  • Sociology of Modernity I and II (Turner)

JOURNALS

• European Journal of Philosophy

• International Journal of Philosophical Studies

• Philosophical Forum

• Philosophy in the Contemporary World

• Philosophy Today

• Twentieth Century Studies

SOURCES: PRIMARY

On-Line:

• Anthologies:

  • Ellmann, Richard, and Charles Feidelson, eds.  The Modern Tradition: Backgrounds of Modern Literature.  Oxford: OUP, 1965.

  • Rajchman, John, and Cornel West, eds.  Post-Analytic Philosophy.  New York: Columbia UP, 1985.

• Selected Individual Works:

On-Line:

• Book Series:

  • Ashgate:

    • Intersections: Continental and Analytic Philosophy

    • New Critical Thinking in Philosophy

  • LIT Verlag: The Dialogue / Das Gesprach / Il Dialogo

• Selected Individual Works:

  • Saler, Michael: Modernity and Enchantment American Historical Review 111.3 (2006)

SOURCES: SECONDARY

Off-Line:

• Anthologies:

  • Boundas, C., ed.  Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Philosophy.  Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, forthcoming.

  • Corrington, Robert S., ed.  Pragmatism Considers Phenomenology.  Washington: UP of America, 1987.

  • Cox, C. B., and A. E. Dyson.  The Twentieth Century Mind.  2 Vols.  Oxford: OUP, 1972.

  • Dasenbrock, Reed Way, ed.  Re-Drawing the Lines: Analytic Philosophy, Deconstruction, and Literary Theory.  Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1989.

  • Egginton, William, and Mike Sandbothe, eds.  The Pragmatic Turn in Philosophy: Contemporary Engagements Between Analytic and Continental Thought.  Albany: SUNY Press, 2004. 

  • Engel, Pascal, ed.  Philosophy and the Analytic-Continental Divide.  Stanford French Review 17.2-3 (1993)
  • Horgan, Terry, John Tienson, and Matjaz Potrc, eds.  Origins: the Common Sources of the Analytic and Phenomenological Traditions: Proceedings of the Spindel Conference, 2001.  Southern Journal of Philosophy 40 Supplement (2002).

  • Jackson, Frank, and Michael Smith, eds.  Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy.  Oxford: OUP, 2005.

  • Moran, Dermot, ed.  Routledge Guide to Twentieth Century Philosophy.  London: Routledge, 2006.

  • Prado, C. G., ed.  A House Divided: Comparing Analytic and Continental Philosophy.  New York: Humanity Books, 2003.

• Selected Individual Works:

  • Bernstein, Richard.  "Philosophical Rift: a Tale of Two Approaches."  New York Times December 29, 1987: A1 and A15.

  • Cremaschi, Sergio.  Filosofia Analitica e Filosofia Continentale.  Firenze: La Nuova Italia, 1997.

  • D'Agostini, Franca.  Analitici e Continentali.  Milano: Cortina, 1997.

  • Delacampagne, Christian.  Histoire de la philosophie du XXe siècle.  Paris: Seuil, 1995. 

    • A History of Philosophy in the Twentieth Century Philosophy.  Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2001.

  • Friedman, Michael.  A Parting of the Ways: Carnap, Cassirer, and Heidegger.  Chicago: Open Court, 2000.

  • Kenny, Anthony.  Philosophy in the Modern World.  Vol. 4 of A New History of Western Philosophy.  Oxford: OUP, 2007.
  • Levy, Neil.  "Analytic and Continental Philosophy: Explaining the Differences."  Metaphilosophy 34.3 (2003): 284-304.

  • May,Todd. "On the Very Idea of Continental (or for that matter Anglo-American) Philosophy."  Metaphilosophy 3.4 (2002): 401-425

  • Mulhall, Stephen.  Philosophical Myths of the Fall.  Princeton: Princeton UP, 2005.

  • Mullarkey, John.  Post-Continental Philosophy: an Outline.  London: Continuum, 2006. [review]

  • Pippin, Robert B.  Idealism as Modernism: Hegelian Variations.  Cambridge: CUP, 1997.

  • Pippin, Robert B.  Modernism as a Philosophical Problem: on the Dissatisfactions of European High Culture.  Oxford: Blackwell, 1991.

  • Rockmore, Tom.  "Remarks on the Structure of Twentieth Century Philosophy."  Metaphilosophy 35.4 (2004): 466-478

  • Schlick, Morris.  "The Turning Point in Philosophy."  Logical Positivism.  Ed. A. J. Ayer.  New York: Free, 1959.

  • Snow, C. P.  The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution.  Cambridge: CUP, 1959.  Exp. version pub. as The Two Cultures and a Second Look.  Cambridge: CUP, 1963.

  • Stelmueller, W.  Main Currents in Contemporary German, British and American Philosophy.  

  • Wagner, P.  A Sociology of Modernity.  London: Routledge, 1994.

  • Wheeler, Samuel C.  Deconstruction as Analytic Philosophy.  Stanford: Stanford UP, 2000.

  • White, Morton.  The Age of Analysis: Twentieth Century Philosophers.  Boston: , 1955.

  • Yack, B.  The Fetishism of Modernities.  Notre Dame: U of Notre Dame P, 1997.

On-Line:

• Babich, Babette: On the 'Analytic-Continental' Divide in Philosophy

• Baggini, Julian: Two Philosophies, Separated by a Common Language: Britain versus North America

• Bynagle, Hans: A Map of Twentieth-Century Philosophy

• Ferguson, Kennan: La Philosophie Americaine James, Bergson, and the Century of Intercontinental Pluralism Theory and Event 9.1 (2006)

• Heartfield, James: Intellectual Currents of the Twentieth Century

• Hill, Joshua Michael: Analytic and Continental Philosophy Meteorite 2 (2004)

• Interbreeding: Analytical and - vs Continental Philosophy

• Leiter, Brian: Philosophy Gourmet Report: Analytic vs Continental Philosophy

• Levy, Neil: Analytic and Continental Philosophy: Explaining the Differences Metaphilosophy 34.3 (2003): 285-304.

• May, Todd: On the Very Idea of Continental (Or for that matter) Analytic Philosophy Metaphilosophy 33.4 (2002): 401-425.

• Mulligan, Kevin: The Great Divide The Times Literary Supplement, Title Page: “The Battle of the Two Schools,” June 26, 1998, 6-8

• Reynolds, Jack: Sadism and Masochism: a Symptomatology of Analytic and Continental Philosophy Parrhesia 1 (2006): 88-111.

• Rockmore, Tom: Remarks on the Structure of Twentieth Century Philosophy Metaphilosophy 35.4 (2004): 466-478

• Smith, Barry: What's Wrong with Contemporary Philosophy? Topoi 25.1-2 (2006): 63-67.

• Stieb, Jim: Reflections on the Analytic-Continental Divide

• Wikipedia Encyclopedia:

  • 20th Century Philosophy:

    • Analytic-Anglophone and Continental Philosophy

  • Modernism

  • Modernity

UNIVERSITY PROGRAMMES / RESEARCH CENTRES / RESEARCH PROJECTS

Europe:

• UK:

  • University of Aberdeen: Centre for Modern Thought

  • University of London, King's College: Centre for Twentieth Century Studies

  • University of Southampton: Centre for Post-Analytical Philosophy (renamed the Centre for Philosophy and Value)

USA:

• University of California, Los Angeles: Centre for Modern and Contemporary Studies

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