History of Western Philosophy

In his analysis of the deep social trends rooted in production, consumption, and the symbolic, Jean Baudrillard touches the very heart of the conce...

As the crisis of capitalism unfolds, the need for alternatives is felt ever more intensely. The struggle between radical movements and the forces o...

The essays collected in this volume develop the theoretical perspective initiated in Laclau and Chantal Mouffe's classic Hegemony and Socialist Str...

Georges Bataille was a philosopher, writer, librarian, pornographer and a founder of the influential journals Critique and Acéphale. He has had an ...

Jean Renoir is widely considered as one of the most important technical innovators and politically engaged filmmakers in cinema history. Reassessin...

Jean Renoir is widely considered as one of the most important technical innovators and politically engaged filmmakers in cinema history. Reassessin...

Henri Meschonnic was a linguist, poet, translator of the Bible and one of the most original French thinkers of his generation. He strove throughout...

Nietzsche's Unfashionable Observations often translated as the Untimely Meditations or Thoughts Out of Season is made up of four independent essa...

Nietzsche''s Unfashionable Observations - often translated as the Untimely Meditations or Thoughts Out of Season - is made up of four independent e...

From Lucretius to Schelling to Foucault, this book looks at 16 philosophers, writers and artists whose work influenced the philosophy of Gilles Del...

This book gives an account of the Roman relationship with Persia and how it was shaped by the actions of Alexander the Great long before the events...

The Perfection of Freedom seeks to respond to the impoverished conventional notion of freedom through a recovery of an understanding rich with poss...

Deleuze's readings of Hume, Spinoza, Bergson and Nietzsche respond to philosophical critiques of classical and modern empiricism. However, Deleuze'...

Esprit de corps has played a significant role in the cultural and political history of the last 300 years. Through several historical case studies,...

Human suffering, the fear of death, war, poverty, ecological destruction and social inequality: almost 2,000 ago Lucretius proposed an ethics of mo...

The New Essential Steiner is a completely new introduction to the philosophy and essential writings of Rudolf Steiner, introduced and edited by Rob...

A vivid and accessible new translation of Ciceros influential writings on the Stoic idea of the divineMost ancient Romans were deeply religious and...

A superb new edition of Epictetuss famed handbook on Stoicismtranslated by one of the worlds leading authorities on Stoic philosophyBorn a slave, t...

A bold new reconception of ancient Greek drama as a mode of philosophical thinkingThe Philosophical Stage offers an innovative approach to ancient ...

Since Friedrich Schleiermachers work in the 1800s, scholars interested in the literary dimension of Platos writings have sought to reconcile the di...

A major new edition of the so-called Presocratics.The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the Presocratics) h...

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of each. Modernity rul...

Once solely the province of ivory tower professors and university classrooms, contemporary philosophy was emancipated from its academic closet in 2...

A splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever writtenIn a world where social media, online relationships, and relentle...