History of Ideas

This Element argues for an interpretation of Nietzsche on virtue according to which he believes that because different people have different conste...

This book takes a stand against and critiques readings of William James that do not pay attention to the metaphysics of experience. Such interpreta...

This volume gathers together for the first time the philosophical journal articles that appeared during Leibniz's lifetime under his name or which ...

Does there exist a form of speech so powerful as to allow the speaker to control the listener, taking over their thoughts and even the...

The untold story of how the volcanic landscape surrounding Naples influenced a crucial moment in twentieth-century intellectual history   In the 19...

A wide-ranging look at the history of Western thinking since the seventeenth century on the purpose of the Jewish people in the past, present, and ...

This book makes available in English for the first time the work of the pioneering French interdisciplinary research group, Groupe de Recherche Int...

This volume not only explores Ross's moral philosophy and ethical theories, but also his aesthetics, intuitionist epistemology, metaphysics, and ap...

The tragic conscience of modern Chinas most revered critic-translator, Fou Lei, is portrayed in this biography. Discoveries made in Parisian archiv...

The Forgotten Genius of Physics, About Marian Smoluchowski is a popular science book whose aim is to introduce the outstanding physicist and philos...

This book advances the rediscovery of forgotten women philosophers in the nineteenth century who have been unjustly left out of the philosophical c...

This book aims to redress the balance in the field of Contemporary Philosophy, considered predominantly male, by highlighting the philosophical ach...

The work examines the presence and significance of Kierkegaard in Heidegger's work. After setting out the context of Heidegger's reception of the D...

The work examines the presence and significance of Kierkegaard in Heidegger's work. After setting out the context of Heidegger's reception of the D...

The Philosophies of America Reader brings together an unparalleled selection of original and translated readings spanning several eras and American...

This timely book introduces readers to anarchisms relationship to broader history, offering not only a history of anarchism in the modern period, b...

While Kant is commonly regarded as one of the most austere philosophers of all time, this book provides quite a different perspective of the founde...

The Frankfurt Auschwitz trial was a milestone event in West German history. Between 1963 and 1965, twenty-two former Auschwitz personnel were tried...

This is the first wide-ranging analysis of Alain Badious use, development and transformation of the concept of history. Despite the wealth of persp...

The second annual Alchemy Lecture brought together five artists, thinkers, and writers who proposed new ways of being and discussed radical visions...

Arthur Schopenhauer (17881860) lived through an era of great political turmoil, but previous assessments of his political thought have portrayed hi...

This second edition of Happiness Across Cultures contains 8 brand new chapters on previously uncovered topics, such as Covid19, refugees, and viole...

Nineteenth and twentieth-century West African writer-intellectuals harnessed their Atlantic networks to explore ideas of race, regeneration, and na...