Philosophy

What does an individual contribute to his or her own salvation? Does God wait on the doorsteps of our hearts, quietly hoping to be let in when we d...

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...

Our image of the Roman world is shaped by the writings of Roman statesmen and upper class intellectuals. Yet most of the material evidence we have ...

Why is the philosopher Hegel returning as a potent force in contemporary thinking? Why, after a long period when Hegel and his dialectics of histor...

This title provides an introduction to the philosophical implications of the recent surge of political and ethical interest in historical redress. ...

This volume comprises Adorno's first lectures specifically dedicated to the subject of the dialectic, a concept which has been key to philosophical...

In Very Practical Ethics David Benatar discusses some of the moral problems that ordinary people face in their everyday lives. These are not moral ...

Business corporations are political entities and need to be considered as such. Seeing Like a Firm invites readers to do just that by providing a p...

The 2014 publication of the first three volumes of Martin Heidegger's Black Notebooks, the philosopher's private writings from the war years, spark...

G.W.F. Hegel was a radical and incisive thinker, whose ideas have shaped the face of political philosophy. With questions of political agency and f...

How does the act of performance speak to the concept of commemoration? How and why does commemorative theatre operate as a conceptual, historical a...

What role does reason have in tackling the catastrophic ecological situation of the early 21st-century? Can the concept shrug off its problematic r...

This book empirically investigates the nature of time biases. Many philosophers think that it is rationally permissible to prefer a life that is ov...

This book features leading scholars examining the dynamics of Turkish politics through alternative themes, including political economy and behavior...

This volume addresses philosophical questions raised by the possibility of alien life and extraterrestrial intelligence. The different philosophica...

This volume addresses philosophical questions raised by the possibility of alien life and extraterrestrial intelligence. The different philosophica...

This is a guide to applying the teachings of mindfulness and Zen to the troublesome or challenging people in our lives. Perhaps you can see theres ...

Social Ethics and Governance in Contemporary African Writing is the first book to bring rigorous literary, philosophical, and artistic discourse to...

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 purpose of art, according to the artist Banksy, is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. The purpose of that creative practice ...

This book contains the most recent papers problematizing the notions of health, vulnerability, and well-being for individuals and their environment...

This volume presents new philosophical perspectives on environmental emotions. It explores the motivating nature of emotions such as anger, grief, ...

We long for moments we can slow down and be still. Our days are often filled with too much noise, anxiety, and confusion. What do you do when your ...