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What are the reasons titles of philosophical works will reference other titles in philosophy, and what can it communicate to an audience? (also, is it considered tacky?) Titles like "Being and [insert noun]", "Critique of [adjective] Reason", or "[Noun], The Highest Stage of [noun]"
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Being and Time, Being and Nothingness, Being and Event, Being and Motion

Critique of Pure Reason (and Critique of Practical Reason), Critique of Dialectical Reason, Critique of Cynical Reason, Critique of Black Reason, A Critique of Postcolonial Reason

Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, Neocolonialism: The Highest Stage of Imperialism, Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, The Highest Stage of White Supremacy

I have two main reasons I'm asking this question:

  1. I find these interesting, especially whenever three or more seem to chain together as a referential series or whenever I don't have a good sense of what the connection means (it provokes me to think about one of the texts differently sometimes).

  2. I might have an opportunity to give a talk at a conference as an graduate student and I was considering a referential title, but I don't feel I have a good sense of the relevant rhetorical considerations for judging whether that would be helpful (perhaps add clarity, depth, or just prime an audience for thinking about my talk in relation to other works) or harmful (not sure if it comes across as corny or some social faux pax, whether it could confuse more than it clarifies, and whether it might be setting an overly high bar/point of comparison if I title my talk in a parallel to a famous work).

I understand it's a question which largely is just interpretative and that there likely aren't any definitive answers, but I'd still like to get others perspectives.

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