Nineteenth-century philosophy

10 Thomas Aquinas on Virtue

Thomas M. Osborne Jr | University of St Thomas, Houston Thomas Aquinas’s work on moral theory focused on the status and value of the virtues, and the way in which a moral life can be organized around them. This book charts the development of his moral thought in its historical, philosophical, and theological contexts.

250pp Jun. 2022 9781316511749 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009053754

Charles Peirce and Modern Science

T. L. Short This book interprets Peirce’s writings as informed by the spirit of modern science – systematic inquiry, not system-building – thus mitigating their notorious difficulties. It shows that Peirce’s experimental work expanded empiricism, subverting the fact/value dichotomy. And it describes Peirce’s ironic opposition of modern science to modernity.

300pp Sep. 2022 9781009223546 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009223508

Hegel’s Logic and Metaphysics

Jacob McNulty | Dartmouth College, New Hampshire This book offers a new interpretation of Hegel’s Logic, the foundational work of his philosophical system. It relates this work to a perennial problem in the history and philosophy of logic: the logocentric predicament. It will be valuable to all students of the history of philosophy.

288pp Nov. 2022 9781316512562 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009067805

Kierkegaard on Self, Ethics, and Religion

Purity or Despair Roe Fremstedal | Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim Kierkegaard’s thought is more relevant than ever to contemporary debates about the self, truth, ethics, and religion. This study explains how to make sense of controversial ideas in Kierkegaard’s work, such as wholeheartedness, subjective truth, ‘the leap’ into faith and ‘the teleological suspension of the ethical’.

280pp Feb. 2022 9781316513767 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009076005

Kierkegaard’s The Sickness Unto Death

A Critical Guide Jeffrey Hanson | Harvard University, Massachusetts Despite the importance of The Sickness unto Death to Kierkegaard scholarship, it has been somewhat overlooked. This book applies diverse approaches to the work, explaining complex issues in clear language. It will be required reading for those interested in Kierkegaard as well as existentialism, religious philosophy, and moral psychology.

Cambridge Critical Guides

320pp Jul. 2022 9781108835374 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108883832

Nietzsche on Conflict, Struggle and War

James S. Pearson | University of Tartu, Estonia This book provides a clear analysis of Nietzsche’s controversial endorsement of conflict, struggle and war. It also elucidates many of his defining theories, including the will to power, the overman, and the eternal return.

Modern European Philosophy

290pp Jun. 2022 9781316516546 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009030519

Nietzsche’s ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’

A Critical Guide Keith Ansell-Pearson | University of Warwick Nietzsche regarded Thus Spoke Zarathustra as his most important philosophical contribution. It is also the only place where he elaborates his concepts of the superhuman and the eternal recurrence of the same. In this Critical Guide, an international group of distinguished scholars analyze the philosophical ideas in this famous book.

Cambridge Critical Guides

280pp Jun. 2022 9781108490849 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108855143

Recognition and the Self in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit

Timothy L. Brownlee | Xavier University of Louisiana Hegel’s Phenomenology is famed for its account of the problem of recognition; this book presents a novel interpretation of Hegel’s work focusing on the themes of recognition and the self. It will be important for scholars and students of Hegel, German idealism, and philosophical questions around recognition.

240pp Jan. 2023 9781009098236 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009099141