{"product_id":"9781472590121","title":"Frank Cioffi: The Philosopher in Shirt-Sleeves","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFrank Cioffi: The Philosopher in Shirt-Sleeves\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid Ellis | Nicholas Bunnin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eA high school drop-out who served in the American army and then managed to slip into Oxford on the G.I. bill, Frank Cioffi gained a considerable public reputation in Freudian and Wittgensteinian circles. \u003ci\u003eFrank Cioffi: The Philosopher in Shirt-Sleeves\u003c\/i\u003e is an account of his conversation written in a Boswellian spirit, capturing the sharp intelligence, boisterous sense of humour and wealth of illustration Cioffi was able to bring to bear on life's biggest problems when he was, as it were, off-duty. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTackling subjects such as the unruly body, the challenge of art, dealing with failure, the lure of science, the meaning of life, our understanding of others, depression, the case for suicide, and death, David Ellis describes how a philosopher who was profoundly influenced by Wittgenstein dealt with general issues and creates a vivid impression of an unusual and gifted individual.  This portrait is followed by a post-script in which Nicholas Bunnin, who worked in the philosophy department at Essex when Cioffi was a professor there, situates him in a more strictly academic context and discusses his less well-known essays on literary criticism and the behavioural sciences, arguing for Cioffi's potential to inspire those seeking a role for analytic philosophy within the broader scope of humanistic philosophy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA mixture of personal portrait and academic introduction, \u003ci\u003eFrank Cioffi: The Philosopher in Shirt-Sleeves\u003c\/i\u003e  provides an elegant and enjoyable tribute to Cioffi as both man and philosopher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Cioffi \u003c\/b\u003ewas an American philosopher educated in New York and Oxford. He taught at the University of Singapore, the University of Kent and the University of Essex, where he was a founding member of the Department of Philosophy. His work centered on Sigmund Freud, psychoanalysis and Ludwig Wittgenstein. He died in January 2012.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Ellis \u003c\/b\u003eis Emeritus Professor of Literature at the University of Kent, UK. He is author of Memoirs of a \u003ci\u003eLeavisite: The decline and fall of Cambridge English \u003c\/i\u003e(2013) and \u003ci\u003eThe Truth about William Shakespeare: Fact, fiction and modern biographies \u003c\/i\u003e(2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Bunnin\u003c\/b\u003e is the Director of the Philosophy Project at the Institute for Chinese Studies in Oxford and a Visiting Professor of Chinese Philosophy at King's College, London. He is an editor of Blackwell's \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and their \u003ci\u003eDictionary of Western Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 September 2017\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781472590121\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332238442636,"sku":"9781472590121","price":44.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_71dacf19-bfbd-4aa5-8357-d5cd355347f7.jpg?v=1783602505","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781472590121","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}