History of Ideas

Can critical theory diagnose ideological delusion and false consciousness from above, or does it have to follow the practices of critique ordinary ...

Offering a vital reflection on the unity and diversity of the modern world, this important new book connects with the current debate on multiple mo...

This book takes a different approach to the history of philosophy, exploring a neglected theme, the relationship between catastrophe and philosophy...

Over a period of forty years, Rousseau combined his devotion to writing with his enthusiasm for chess, and these two passions necessarily intertwin...

Beyond Justice as Fairness: Rethinking Rawls from a Cross-Cultural Perspective by Paul Nnodim explores the three foundational topics in Rawls’s the...

This book critically engages with the proliferation of literature on postcapitalism, which is rapidly becoming an urgent area of inquiry, both in a...

An appeal for the importance of theory, utopia, and close consideration of our contemporary dark times What does any particular theory allow us to ...

This book presents an important new account of Johann Gottlieb Fichte's Closed Commercial State, a major early nineteenth-century development of Ro...

A bold reevaluation of Spinoza that reveals his powerful, inclusive vision of religion for the modern ageSpinoza is widely regarded as either a God...

A wide-ranging exploration of the creative power of literary tradition, from Chaucer to the presentIn literary and cultural studies, "tradition" is...

Volume III examines in clear and elegant prose the roles of knowledge and information in economics. Part One analyzes the effects of new or uncerta...

For more than a century readers have found Herman Melville’s writing rich with philosophical ideas, yet there has been relatively little written ab...

In this vibrant debate with intellectuals influenced by Marcel Mauss, including Alain Caillé and Chantal Mouffe, the incisive Greek-French activist...

Based upon an attentive reading of Nietzsche’s writings and situated within a framework derived largely from such post-Nietzschean thinkers as Dele...

Tommaso Campanella (1568-1639) is one of the most fascinating, if hitherto inaccessible, intellectuals of the Italian Renaissance. His work ranges ...

This book illustrates the value of the cross-fertilisation of literary criticism with philosophy, something Leavis advocated in his later writings....

Thinking, Childhood, and Time: Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of Education is an interdisciplinary exploration of the notion of childhoo...

The Question Concerning the Thing presents a full English translation of a lecture course first delivered by Heidegger at Freiburg University durin...