Philosophy New Books Oct-Dec 2023

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October-December 2023

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Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies

Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, Leah Kalmanson, University of North Texas, USA, Nader El-Bizri, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, James Madaio, Charles University, Czech Republic, Takeshi Morisato, KU Leuven, Belgium, Pascah Mungwini, University of South Africa, South Africa, Ann A. Pang-White, University of Scranton, USA, Mickaella Perina, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA, Omar Rivera, Texas A&M University, USA & Georgina Stewart, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Mexican Philosophy for the 21st Century Relajo, Zozobra, and Other Frameworks for Understanding Our World

Carlos Alberto Sánchez, San José State University, USA

Carlos Alberto Sánchez selects seven distinctly Mexican concepts and shows how to apply them to everyday human concerns Explaining the context and thinkers associated with relajo, zozobra, nepantla, corazonada, tik, and Mexistentialism, Sánchez goes beyond a standard introduction of Mexican philosophy His sustained analysis of prominent concepts gives us a new vocabulary for understanding ourselves and the world we live in

UK October 2023 • US October 2023

• 240 pages

PB 9781350319141 • £16 99 / $22 95 • HB 9781350319158 • £50 00 / $68 00

ePub 9781350319172 • £15 29 / $21 59

ePdf 9781350319165 • £15 29 / $21 59

Series: Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies • Bloomsbury Academic

Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path

Santideva on Virtue and Well-Being

Stephen Harris, Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Stephen Harris guides us through a philosophical exploration of Santideva’s Guide to the Practices of Awakening (Bodhicaryavatara) Individual chapters provide studies of the bodhisattva virtues of generosity, patience, compassion and wisdom, illustrating the role each plays in Santideva’s account of wellbeing and moral development Harris also provides in-depth analysis of many of Santideva’s most influential arguments, illustrating how he employs reasoning as a method to cultivate moral character

• US November 2023

UK November 2023

PB 9781350379534

• £19 99 / $26 95

• 288 pages

• HB 9781350379541 • £65 00 / $90 00

ePub 9781350379565 • £17 99 / $24 29

ePdf 9781350379558

• £17 99 / $24 29

Series: Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies Bloomsbury Academic

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Ethics

Edited by Christian B. Miller, Wake Forest University,

USA

Expanded to represent the fundamental questions at the heart of philosophical ethics today, this 2nd edition of The Bloomsbury Handbook of Ethics covers key topics in metaethics and normative ethical theory With 12 fully revised chapters, and 3 new chapters on moral relativism, moral responsibility, and Confucian ethics, this volume provides a one-stop resource for students of ethics Updates include introductory overviews of the field and methodological issues, as well as an appendix of additional resources

UK November 2023

HB 9781350217881

Intercultural Phenomenology Playing with Reality

Yuko Ishihara, Ritsumeikan University, Japan & Steven A. Tainer

This book explores the nature of reality by engaging in a cross-cultural dialogue between two of the most influential philosophical traditions of the 20th century Drawing on ideas from phenomenology and Japanese philosophy, making connections to the Asian contemplative traditions, Daoism and Zen Buddhism, it follows the philosophers who changed their perception of the world by choosing to suspend judgement Using examples and exercises it covers the philosophical background to Husserl’s idea of the phenomenological epoché and Nishida Kitaro’s insight that true reality is beyond the subject-object duality

UK December 2023 • US December 2023 • 192 pages

PB 9781350298286 • £16 99 / $22 95 • HB 9781350298293 • £50 00 / $68 00

ePub 9781350298316 • £15 29 / $21 59

ePdf 9781350298309 • £15 29 / $21 59

Series: Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies • Bloomsbury Academic

Contextualizing Angela Davis

The Agency and Identity of an Icon

Joy James, Williams College, USA

Excavating layers of networks, activists and academics across the ideological spectrum, Joy James studies the paradigms and platforms that leveraged Angela Davis into recognition as an activist and radical intellectual Beginning in Alabama in 1944 with Davis’s birthplace and ending in California in 1970 with a surrogate political family, James investigates context in order to better understand the agency and identity of Davis Her chronology marks key events relevant to Davis, Black communities, and the US, all playing a part in Davis's rise in stature from UC graduate student to the UC Presidential chair some three decades later

UK December 2023

• US December 2023

PB 9781350368637 • £24 99 / $34 95

• 384 pages

• HB 9781350368620

ePub 9781350368651 • £22 49 / $31 04

ePdf 9781350368644 • £22 49 / $31 04

• £75 00 / $100 00

Series: Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies • Bloomsbury Academic

The Politics of Immortality in Rosenzweig, Barth and Goldberg

Theology and Resistance Between 1914-1945

Mårten Björk, Oxford University, UK and Lund University, Sweden

• US November 2023

• £130 00 / $175 00

ePub 9781350217904

ePdf 9781350217898

• 512 pages

• £117 00 / $159 29

• £117 00 / $159 29

Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic

Highlighting the central importance of theological configurations of immortality and eternal life from 1914-1945, Mårten Björk explores the key writings of Franz Rosenzweig, Karl Barth and Oskar Goldberg to situate their ideas in relation to the political turmoil of the period, including the rise of social Darwinism, nationalism and fascism By situating the exact political consequences of theological and metaphysical theories of immortality and eternal life, Björk’s discussion of Rosenzweig, Barth and Goldberg confronts the perennial question on the relation between life and death

UK November 2023

PB 9781350228269

• US November 2023

• £28 99 / $39 95

Previously published in HB 9781350228221

ePub 9781350228245

ePdf 9781350228238

Bloomsbury Academic

• 280 pages

• £76 50 / $103 94

• £76 50 / $103 94

Adam Smith’s "The Theory of Moral Sentiments"

A Critical Commentary

John McHugh, Denison University, USA

With Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments increasingly recognised as a foundational text in moral philosophy, John McHugh provides the first companion to guide readers through the work, uncovering what Smith thinks, why he thinks it, and even why he might be wrong to think it!

Offering detailed analysis of The Theory of Moral Sentiments, while never losing sight of the context of Smith's oeuvre and world view more generally, this book offers both an introduction to the importance and insight of this key text, while also functioning as a great way in to Smith as a philosopher

UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 384 pages

PB 9781350268098 • £39 99 / $54 95

Previously published in HB 9781350088573

ePub 9781350088597 £126 00 / $171 44

ePdf 9781350088566 £126 00 / $171 44

Bloomsbury Academic

Comparing Husserl’s Phenomenology and Chinese Yogacara in a Multicultural World

A Journey Beyond Orientalism

Jingjing Li, Leiden University, the Netherlands

While phenomenology and Yogacara Buddhism are both known for their investigations of consciousness, there exists a core tension between them: phenomenology affirms the existence of essence, whereas Yogacara Buddhism argues that everything is empty of essence (svabhava). This book details the process of finding a middle ground between the two traditions, demonstrating how they can thrive together in order to overcome Orientalism

UK November 2023

• US November 2023

PB 9781350256941 • £28 99 / $39 95

Previously published in HB 9781350256903

ePub 9781350256927 • £76 50 / $103 94

ePdf 9781350256910 • £76 50 / $103 94

Bloomsbury Academic

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Global Justice and East Asian Philosophy

Edited by Janusz Salamon, Charles University, Czech Republic & Hsin-Wen Lee, University of Delaware, USA

Scholars from East Asia, Europe, and the US who are conversant with both Western and East Asian philosophical traditions provide a rich engagement with contemporary issues concerning global justice From methodological challenges specific to cross-cultural approaches to justice to core East Asian philosophies of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, this volume provides a comparative perspective on justice, addressing key issues of epistemic injustice, women’s rights, religious pluralism, and postcolonial justice

UK January 2024 • US January 2024 • 416 pages

HB 9781350327467 £130 00 / $175 00

ePub 9781350327481 £117 00 / $159 29

ePdf 9781350327474 • £117 00 / $159 29

Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic

Controversial Reasoning in Indian Philosophy

Major Texts and Arguments on Arthâpatti

Edited by Malcolm Keating, Yale-NUS College, Singapore

This collection presents a one-of-a-kind reference resource for understanding arthâpatti, a pervasive form of reasoning in Indian philosophy It assembles translations of central primary texts by Kumarila Bhatta, Prabhakara Misra, Jayanta Bhatta, Udayana and Gangésa Upadhyaya, together with newlycommissioned essays on research topics These readable translations are accompanied by critical notes which introduce arthâpatti, offer historical context, and clarify the philosophical debates surrounding it

UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 400 pages

• 272 pages

Daoism and the Human Experience

David Chai, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Heidegger and Dao Things, Nothingness, Freedom

Eric S. Nelson, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Eric S Nelson offers a contextualized and systematic exploration of the Chinese sources and German language interpretations that shaped Heidegger's engagement with Daoism and his thinking of the thing, nothingness, and the freedom of releasement (Gelassenheit) Encompassing numerous forgotten and recently published historical sources, including Heidegger’s Daoist related reflections in his recently published lectures and notebooks, Nelson presents a critical intercultural reinterpretation of Heidegger's philosophical journey This critical reinterpretation with and beyond Heidegger of early Daoist and classic Chinese Buddhist sources, provides a reimagining of the thing and nothingness

UK November 2023

HB 9781350411906

• US November 2023

• £85 00 / $115 00

ePub 9781350411920

ePdf 9781350411913

• 272 pages

PB 9781350411968 • £39 99 / $54 95

Previously published in HB 9781350070479

ePub 9781350070493 • £35 99 / $48 59

ePdf 9781350070486 £35 99 / $48 59

Bloomsbury Academic

Daoist Resonances in Heidegger Exploring a Forgotten Debt

Edited by David Chai, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

In the first book-length study dedicated to the thought of Heidegger and Daoism, this collection provides a lesson in the art of Daoist thinking without becoming consumed by the question of being Written by a team of scholars with the expertise to uncover insights from Heidegger’s vast corpus without losing sight of Daoism’s core doctrines, they argue that Heidegger’s turn to Daoism was due in part to the inability of the Western philosophical tradition to offer him the answers he needed as he sought a “second beginning” from which to reexamine the question of being

• US December 2023

UK December 2023

PB 9781350203525

• £28 99 / $39 95

• 280 pages

Previously published in HB 9781350201071

ePub 9781350201095 £76 50 / $103 94

ePdf 9781350201088 £76 50 / $103 94

Series: Daoism and the Human Experience

• Bloomsbury Academic

• £76 50 / $103 94

• £76 50 / $103 94

Series: Daoism and the Human Experience

• Bloomsbury Academic

Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy and Poetry

A Defence of Theological Virtue Ethics

Adam M. Willows, University of Notre Dame, USA

This book addresses various concerns including claims that virtue ethics is incomplete and inconsistent; that it flies in the face of psychological reality; and that it commits itself to unpalatable moral positions such as egoism, relativism and particularism To each of these it gives a response grounded in moral and metaphysical theological commitments, often suggesting new approaches not explored by secular thinkers In doing so it refutes the criticisms at hand and makes a positive case for a distinctively theological virtue ethics

UK January 2024 • US January 2024 • 208 pages

HB 9781501330759 • £88 00 / $110 00

ePub 9781501330766 • £82 70 / $99 00

ePdf 9781501330773 • £82 70 / $99 00

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy of Religion • Bloomsbury Academic

By Faith Alone

The Medieval Church and Martin Luther

Lev Shestov

Translated by Stephen P. Van Trees, Independent Translator, USA

Lev Shestov’s By Faith Alone confronts Eastern and Western European conceptions of faith through Russian literature, ancient and medieval philosophy, and Christian theology. Written from 1910-1914, this first Englishlanguage translation brings together important early writings on the medieval church and Martin Luther Shestov reconciles the Greek notion of rational truth with Biblical revelation by drawing on a wide range of sources from Plato to Saint Augustine and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux to William of Ockam By Faith Alone provides a crucial piece of the puzzle in the genesis of Shestov’s later and better-known writings on medieval philosophy

UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 288 pages

HB 9781350362314 • £85 00 / $115 00

ePub 9781350362338 • £76 50 / $103 94

ePdf 9781350362321 • £76 50 / $103 94

Series: Explorations in Philosophy and Theology • Bloomsbury Academic

Aesthetics, Philosophy and Martin Creed

Edited by Elisabeth Schellekens, Uppsala University, Sweden & Davide Dal Sasso, Università di Torino, Italy

What is the future of conceptualism? What expressions can it take in the 21st century? Is there a new role for aesthetic experience in art and, if so, what is that role exactly? A team of international philosophers, curators and art historians illustrates how one of this generation’s most important and influential artists epitomizes several questions central to philosophical aesthetics today and provides a glimpse of the future both of art and aesthetic discourse

UK December 2023

PB 9781350291799

• US December 2023

• £28 99 / $39 95

• 192 pages

Previously published in HB 9781350009257

ePub 9781350009240

ePdf 9781350009264

• £76 50 / $103 94

• £76 50 / $103 94

Series: Aesthetics and Contemporary Art

• Bloomsbury Academic

James D. Reid, Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA & Rick Anthony Furtak, Colorado College, USA

Philosophy of Lyric Voice

The Cognitive Value of Page and Performance Poetry

Karen Simecek, Warwick University, UK

Carefully considering the difference in the philosophical potential of page poetry and performance poetry, Karen Simecek argues that it is only by considering them side by side that the unique cognitive value of each can be realised By reframing lyric poetry as a social artform, she reveals the importance of voice and embodied words to the differing epistemic rewards of engaging with contemporary poetry in both private reading and live performance Through analysis of numerous different poems, Simecek concludes that both page poetry and performance poetry involve appreciating connections with others and realising the limits of our perspectives

UK November 2023 • US November 2023 • 224 pages

HB 9781350240520 £85 00 / $115 00

ePub 9781350240544 £76 50 / $103 94

ePdf 9781350240537 • £76 50 / $103 94

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy and Poetry • Bloomsbury Academic World English

Heidegger and Poetry in The Digital Age

New Aesthetics and Technologies

Rachel Coventry, University of Galway, Ireland

Rachel Coventry expands Heidegger’s philosophy of art to include his ontological account of poetry and technology Coventry considers the possibility of great poetry in the digital age using an approach that takes us beyond conventional literary criticism, with different case studies from contemporary poetry including eco-poetry, digital poetry, and post-internet poetry Heidegger and Poetry in the Digital Age asks provocative questions to progress the philosophical study of poetry, tracing new lines of thought in Heidegger studies and critical studies of contemporary poetry

UK December 2023 US December 2023 224 pages

HB 9781350347809 • £85 00 / $115 00

ePub 9781350347823 • £76 50 / $103 94

ePdf 9781350347816 • £76 50 / $103 94

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy and Poetry • Bloomsbury Academic

Thought and Poetry

Essays

on Romanticism, Subjectivity, and Truth

John Koethe, University of WisconsinMilwaukee, USA

This collection brings together a chronology of John Koethe’s thoughts on the connections between poetry and philosophy and makes a significant contribution to unsettling the oppositions that separate them The essays traverse the philosophical conception of the self in modern poetry and locate connections between poets including William Wordsworth, Wallace Stevens, and John Ashbery alongside philosophers including Wittgenstein, Kant, and Schopenhauer Using an associative and impressionistic style to write philosophically about poetry, Koethe defends his own approach that such writing cannot and should not aim for the rigor of philosophical argumentation

UK October 2023

• US October 2023

PB 9781350262485

• £28 99 / $39 95

• 210 pages

Previously published in HB 9781350262447

ePub 9781350262461

ePdf 9781350262454

• £76 50 / $103 94

• £76 50 / $103 94

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy and Poetry

• Bloomsbury Academic

Bloomsbury Aesthetics

Derek Matravers, The Open University, UK

Aesthetics and Nature

The Appreciation of Natural Beauty and the Environment

Glenn Parsons, Ryerson University, Canada

Glenn Parsons provides a complete overview to the theories, conceptual questions and ethical ramifications of the aesthetics of nature, explaining precisely what is involved in when we appreciate natural beauty This second edition features a new chapter on the sublime, expanded discussion of empirical and evolutionary accounts of nature appreciation, coverage of the aesthetic appreciation of animals, cinema and photography, and further consideration of how nature is appreciated in other cultures .

UK November 2023 US November 2023 432 pages

PB 9781350121591 £21 99 / $29 95 HB 9781350121584 £65 00 / $90 00

ePub 9781350121607 • £19 79 / $26 99

ePdf 9781350121614 • £19 79 / $26 99

Series: Bloomsbury Aesthetics • Bloomsbury Academic

Aesthetics and Design

The Value of Everyday Living

Jeffrey Petts, Independent scholar, UK

Contributing to this increasingly important field, Jeffrey Petts presents a holistic and pragmatist approach to the philosophy of design

Acknowledging the importance of function in design without downplaying the aesthetic dimension, Petts relates the manner of evaluating design to the designing process itself as demonstrated in the work of William Morris, Walter Gropius and Bauhaus, Charles and Ray Eames and Deitar Rams This valuable addition to the philosophy of design expresses a commitment to real aesthetics, connects concrete issues in both practice and experience to philosophical ideas, and reveals the role aesthetics plays in considerations about the good life

UK November 2023 US November 2023 224 pages

PB 9781350213036 £19 99 / $26 95 HB 9781350213029 £65 00 / $90 00

ePub 9781350213050 • £17 99 / $24 29

ePdf 9781350213043 • £17 99 / $24 29

Series: Bloomsbury Aesthetics • Bloomsbury Academic

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Susanne K. Langer

Edited by Lona Gaikis, Academy of Fine Arts

Vienna, Austria

Featuring an extensive collection of major scholars on Susanne K Langer, this open access book elucidates her transdisciplinary connections and insights across philosophy, psychology, literature, aesthetics, history, architecture and other arts Divided into two approaches to Langer's philosophy, Part I places her historically and Part II situates her work in conversation with current scholarship

The contributors position her firmly in mainstream theory and assert Langer’s ongoing importance to intellectual histories The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

UK December 2023 US December 2023 336 pages 6 bw illus

HB 9781350294646 £130 00 / $175 00

ePub 9781350294653 £0 00 / $0 00

ePdf 9781350294677 • £0 00 / $0 00

Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic

Black Art and Aesthetics Relationalities, Interiorities, Reckonings

Edited by Michael Kelly, University of North Carolina, USA & Monique Roelofs, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Highlighting emerging forms of Black aesthetics across the arts, culture, and theory, and comprised of essays, poetry, images, and interviews, this anthology provides an unprecedented view of this field. Black aesthetics emerges in the work of artists uncovering affective histories, museums critiquing racial inequities in gallery culture, or in aesthetic forms of Black activists seeking social justice Assembling a stellar slate of renowned scholars and artists, Black Art and Aesthetics unites Angela Davis, Paul C Taylor, Vijay Iyer, Claudine Rankine, Kara Walker and Theaster Gates with many early-career practitioners and theorists

UK December 2023 • US December 2023 • 496 pages

PB 9781350294622 • £21 99 / $29 95 • HB 9781350294639 • £65 00 / $90 00

ePub 9781350294608 • £19 79 / $26 99

ePdf 9781350294615 £19 79 / $26 99

Bloomsbury Academic World English

Applying Aesthetics to Everyday Life Methodologies, History and New Directions

Edited by Lisa Giombini, Roma Tre University, Italy & Adrián Kvokacka, Presov University, Slovakia

Applying Aesthetics to Everyday Life surveys current debates in the field of everyday aesthetics, examining its history, methodology and intersections with cognate research areas Lisa Giombini and Adrián Kvokacka bring together an international team of renowned scholars who are shaping the present and future of the discipline Through fresh explorations of its origins, background and contemporary developments, this collection advances a new definition of everyday aesthetics and provides a cutting edge reflection on the world we inhabit today

UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 240 pages • 3 bw illus

HB 9781350331761 • £85 00 / $115 00

ePub 9781350331785 £76 50 / $103 94

ePdf 9781350331778 £76 50 / $103 94

Bloomsbury Academic

Taste and Experience in Eighteenth-Century British Aesthetics

The Move toward Empiricism

Dabney Townsend, Georgia Southern University, USA

Examining a proto-aesthetic, Dabney Townsend surveys theories of taste and beauty arising from the empiricist shift in philosophy in 18th-century Britain Featuring chapters tracing its philosophical principles, issues raised by the subjectivity of the empiricist approach and the more academic proto-aesthetic formed toward the end of the century, this volume proposes that Lockean empiricism laid the foundations for what we now call aesthetics

Townsend draws on a wealth of thinkers such as Francis Hutcheson, David Hume, Alexander Gerard and Thomas Reid to present a novel reading of the century and challenge our understanding of the philosophy of art

UK December 2023 US December 2023 256 pages 10 bw illus

PB 9781350298743 £28 99 / $39 95

Previously published in HB 9781350298705

ePub 9781350298729 • £76 50 / $103 94

ePdf 9781350298712 • £76 50 / $103 94

Bloomsbury Academic

Adorning Bodies

Meaning, Evolution, and Beauty in Humans and Animals

Marilynn Johnson, University of San Diego, USA Drawing on evolutionary theory and philosophy to think about art, beauty, and aesthetics, Marilynn Johnson explores first how the ways we use our bodies are similar — yet at other times different — to animals She then examines the work of evolutionary theorists, philosophers of language, and cultural theorists to explore both natural and non-natural meanings of bodies and clothes, and how both systems of meaning signify relevant information to other humans Finally, Johnson shows that how we dress could negatively influence the way our bodies are read, and how some humans and animals use their bodies to deceive

UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 224 pages

PB 9781350301306 • £28 99 / $39 95

Previously published in HB 9781350104259

ePub 9781350104273 £76 50 / $103 94

ePdf 9781350104266 £76 50 / $103 94

Bloomsbury Academic

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Socrates

Edited by Russell E. Jones, University of Oklahoma, USA, Ravi Sharma, Clark University, USA & Nicholas D. Smith, Lewis & Clark College, USA

A detailed philosophical analysis of Socrates' life and thought, this handbook provides a broad range of perspectives on Socrates across 15 in-depth chapters, which cover and expand upon the influential tradition of interpretation outlined in the work of Gregory Vlastos Fully updated to take Socratic studies in a new direction, this 2nd edition includes new chapters on topics such as Socratic thought in Xenophon, extensively revised chapters, and a new format

UK November 2023 US November 2023 480 pages

HB 9781350185678 • £130 00 / $175 00

ePub 9781350185692 • £117 00 / $159 29

ePdf 9781350185685 • £117 00 / $159 29

Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic

Why Philosophy Matters

Constantine Sandis, University of Hertfordshire, UK

Why Cicero Matters

Vittorio Bufacchi, University College Cork, Ireland

Why Cicero Matters shows us how the Roman philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius, better known as Cicero, can help realize a new political world His impact on humanitarianism, the Enlightenment, and the Founding Fathers of America is immense Yet we give Julius Caesar all our attention Why? What does this say about modern politics and political culture? This book gives us Cicero as an antidote to the myth of the strong man of history In an age when anti-intellectualism runs rampant, it introduces us to an ancient philosopher who reminds us that culture is, or ought to be, the foundation of any modern democracy

UK October 2023 US October 2023

• £19 99 / $26 95

PB 9781350376687

ePub 9781350376700

ePdf 9781350376694

Visual Metaphors and Aesthetics

A Formalist Theory of Metaphor

Michalle Gal, Unit of History and Philosophy of Art and Design, Shenkar College, Israel

This book offers a new definition of metaphor—as an ontological and visual construction, whose roots are external visual forms, and its motivation is our attachment to forms Michalle Gal responds to the visual turn that is taking place in literature and the media, demanding that the visual become a site of philosophical analysis Setting out a new theory that takes into account that humans are visual no less than cognitive creatures, she lays the foundation for a new vocabulary to talk about metaphors

UK December 2023 • US December 2023 • 224 pages • 17 bw illus

PB 9781350326705 • £28 99 / $39 95

Previously published in HB 9781350127715

ePub 9781350127739 • £76 50 / $103 94

ePdf 9781350127722 £76 50 / $103 94

Bloomsbury Academic

Skill in Ancient Ethics

The Legacy of China, Greece and Rome

Edited by Tom Angier, University of Cape Town, South Africa & Lisa Raphals, University of California Riverside, USA

Providing an overview of ethics in Ancient Greece, Rome and China, this collection brings together scholars working across this broad topic As well as traditional figures, it also features essays on the importance of skill in lesser-known philosophers including Carneades and Antipater, and texts such as the Zhuangzi. In doing so, it illustrates how skill, expertise and ‘know how’ are central to ethics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of action and cognitive science

UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 392 pages

PB 9781350267411 • £39 99 / $54 95

Previously published in HB 9781350104327

ePub 9781350104341 £126 00 / $171 44

ePdf 9781350104334 £126 00 / $171 44

Bloomsbury Academic

Why Collingwood Matters

A Defence of Humanistic Understanding

Giuseppina D'Oro, Keele University, UK

R G Collingwood (1889-1943) was an English philosopher, historian and practicing archaeologist His work, particularly in the philosophy of action and history, has been profoundly influential in 20th and 21st century thought

Giussepina D'oro considers the importance of Collingwood as a thinker who thinks kaleidoscopically and, unlike lots of contemporary philosophers, refuses to focus on narrow, technical interests but as a whole world of thought Both an elucidation of Collingwood's thought and a lively exploration of its contemporary relevance, Why Collingwood Matters provides a much-needed examination of a 20thcentury polymath

192 pages

• HB 9781350376670

• £17 99 / $24 29

• £17 99 / $24 29

Series: Why Philosophy Matters

• Bloomsbury Academic

World All Languages (except Italian)

• £65 00 / $90 00

UK November 2023

HB 9781350185715

• US November 2023

• £85 00 / $115 00

ePub 9781350185746

ePdf 9781350185739

• 240 pages

• £76 50 / $103 94

• £76 50 / $103 94

Series: Why Philosophy Matters

• Bloomsbury Academic

Early Analytic Philosophy

An Inclusive Reader with Commentary

Edited by Kevin Morris, Tulane University, USA & Consuelo Preti, The College of New Jersey, USA

Early Analytic Philosophy contains the most important readings in the development of the analytic tradition in philosophy Featuring primary source material accompanied by introductions and commentaries, it brings together work by thinkers at the origins of the tradition Beginning in the 1890s with F H Bradley and ending in the 1950s with W V O Quine, each chapter includes readings from a particular thinker or movement Background information and further reading recommendations appear alongside discussion of the main ideas in the readings

UK October 2023 • US October 2023

• 656 pages

PB 9781350323599 • £34 99 / $47 95 • HB 9781350323582 • £110 00 / $150 00

ePub 9781350323612 • £31 49 / $43 19

ePdf 9781350323605 £31 49 / $43 19

Bloomsbury Academic

Marginality in Philosophy and Psychology

The Limits of Psychological Explanation

George Tudorie, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest, Romania

Psychology often resorts to overambitious theorizing due to a perceived pressure to justify its scientific credentials Analysing case studies of preverbal children and mentally ill patients, this book shows that applying overarching and unifying explanations to marginal subjects is problematic, arguing instead that those at the margins should be given their proper explanatory autonomy Drawing on canonical theories by a diverse set of authors, such as Dilthey, Collingwood, Wittgenstein, Foucault, John McDowell, Susan Carey, Michael Tomasello, and Chris Frith, this book is an important contribution to ongoing debates on marginality among psychiatrists, psychologists, social scientists, and philosophers

UK November 2023

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PB 9781350320956 • £28 99 / $39 95

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The Futility of Philosophical Ethics

Metaethics and the Grounds of Moral Feeling

James Kirwan, Kansai University, Japan

The Futility of Philosophical Ethics puts forward a novel account of the grounds of moral feeling with fundamental implications for philosophical ethics It examines the grounds of moral feeling by both the phenomenology of that feeling, and the facts of moral feeling in operation that appear paradoxical from the point of view of systematic ethics Instead of trying to erase the variety of moral responses that exist in philosophical analysis under one totalizing system, Kirwan argues that such moral theorizing is futile and demonstrates why so many arguments in metaethics and normative ethics are necessarily irresolvable

UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 280 pages

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Andrea Cesalpino and Renaissance Aristotelianism

Natural Philosophy in the 16th Century

Edited by Fabrizio Baldassarri, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy & Craig Martin, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy

Shedding new light on Andrea Cesalpino, an understudied Italian Renaissance scholar, Fabrizio Baldassarri and Craig Martin’s volume covers the diverse fields he wrote on including logic, epistemology, demonology, natural philosophy, mineralogy, botany, and medicine. By moving beyond the established influence of Aristotle’s texts on his work, this book reflects the rich influences of Platonism, alchemy, Galenism, and Hippocratic ideas Baldassarri and Martin provide a clear case study of Renaissance Aristotelianism applied to a variety of disciplines that delineates the changing cultures of early modern understandings of nature

• 280 pages • 3 bw illus

UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 272 pages

HB 9781350325142 • £85 00 / $115 00

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Series: Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition Bloomsbury Academic

Biopolitics After Neuroscience

Morality and the Economy of Virtue

Jeffrey P. Bishop, Saint Louis University, USA, M. Therese Lysaught, Loyola University Chicago, USA & Andrew A. Michel, Belmont University, USA

This book offers a provocative analysis of the neuroscience of morality Written by three leading scholars of science, medicine, and bioethics, it critiques contemporary neuroscientific claims about individual morality and notions of good and evil It calls for a humbler and more constrained neuroscience, informed by a more robust human anthropology that embraces the nobility and beauty, as well as the frailties and flaws, of human beings as opportunities that necessitate social cohesion and the care of the least among us

• US December 2023

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• 304 pages

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Advances in Experimental Philosophy

Justin Sytsma, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand & James R. Beebe, University at Buffalo, USA

Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Medicine

Material Objects in Confucian and Aristotelian Metaphysics The Inevitability of Hylomorphism

James Dominic Rooney, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Edited

by Kristien Hens, University of Antwerp, Belgium & Andreas De Block, KU Leuven, Belgium

This open access collection brings together a team of renowned scholars to consider what experimental philosophy of medicine is and can be Exploring concepts such as death, pain, disease and disorder, advance directives, medical explanation, disability and informed consent, chapters demonstrate how we can make progress by integrating a variety of methods from experimental philosophy, including experiments, sociological surveys and simulations, in order to yield meaningful results The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the European Research Council Starting Grant.

UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 352 pages • 45 bw illus

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Advances in Experimental Political Philosophy

Edited by Matthew Lindauer, Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center, USA

Introducing experimental political philosophy as a burgeoning field of inquiry, this volume brings together leading scholars using empirical methods to shed light on questions of justice and politics

Chapters cover traditional topics including distributive justice, egalitarianism, property rights, and healthcare justice, as well as the problem of misogynistic extremist movements, the public justification of immigration enforcement, and the relationship between gender norms and support for care labor organizing The result is a unique collection that paves the way for further debates in the field and meaningful reflection on what it means for political philosophy to be empirically informed

UK October 2023 US October 2023 272 pages

HB 9781350254251 £85 00 / $115 00

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Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Free Will and Responsibility

Edited by Thomas Nadelhoffer, College of Charleston, USA & Andrew Monroe, Veris Insights, Washington D.C., USA

This volume brings together leading researchers from psychology and philosophy to present new findings and ideas about human agency and moral responsibility. Chapters include topics such as motivated cognition and free will beliefs, folk intuitions about manipulation and agency and the role played by mental control in assessments of responsibility

Blending cutting-edge research from philosophy with methods from psychology, this collection is a compelling example of the value of interdisciplinary approaches and contributes to our understanding of how we think about agency and responsibility

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• 224 pages

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Series: Advances in Experimental Philosophy Bloomsbury Academic

While contemporary accounts of hylomorphism appeal to structure, advocating that material substances can have other substances as parts, James Dominic Rooney highlights the flaws in this Neo-Aristotelian way of thinking. Instead, he draws on Thomas Aquinas’ account of form and the Song dynasty Confucian thinker Zhu Xi’s hylomorphic intuitions to put forward that the unity of material objects depends on special immaterial parts, or ‘forms’, enabling hylomorphism to remain a plausible framework Demonstrating the far-reaching points of theoretical contact between Western and Confucian thought, this book shines new light on a classic problem in contemporary metaphysics

UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 224 pages

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Spinoza in Twenty-First-Century American and French Philosophy

Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Moral and Political Philosophy

Edited by Jack Stetter, Loyola University New Orleans, USA & Charles Ramond, Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis, France

Here is a unique opportunity to discover the most consequential and sophisticated aspects of American and French Spinoza research today Structured according to the themes of Spinoza’s philosophy, including metaphysics, philosophy of mind, moral philosophy and political philosophy, this collection features the work of over twenty philosophers in dialogue with one another .

UK March 2023 US March 2023 440 pages

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Bloomsbury Studies in Modern German Philosophy

Courtney D. Fugate, Florida State University, USA & Anne Pollok, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany

Kant and the Problem of Nothingness A Latin American Study and Critique

Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla

Translated by Addison Ellis, The American University in Cairo, Egypt

Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla, a highly respected Latin American philosopher, published the first study of Kant’s concept of nothingness in 1965 This translation of Mayz Vallenilla’s groundbreaking work makes it available in English for the first time. Mayz Vallenilla’s interpretation has much in common with Heidegger’s own approach to Kant, as well as the neo-Kantian tradition in the early 20th century Accompanied by translator’s notes and a glossary, Addison Ellis' translation includes extensive commentary and an introduction providing historical context and references to the original sources in German

UK January 2024 • US January 2024 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus

HB 9781350277786 • £85 00 / $115 00

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Nietzsche’s 'Ecce Homo' and the Revaluation of All Values

Dionysian Versus Christian Values

Thomas H. Brobjer, Uppsala University, Sweden

Challenging the standard interpretation of Nietzsche’s last published work, Ecce Homo, as mere autobiography, Thomas H Brobjer provides an analysis of Ecce Homo as fundamental to his unfinished masterwork on the revaluation of all values Brobjer situates his late work in the desire to undermine the system of Christian values that Nietzsche believed were unchecked as the standard moral gauge for his time In this context, Ecce Homo is able to take a new place within the history of philosophy, with Brobjer providing a complete corrective to its reception as a self-referential text full of eccentricities and little philosophical significance.

UK December 2023 • US December 2023 • 210 pages

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Critical Theory and the Critique of Antisemitism

Hope and the Kantian Legacy New Contributions to the History of Optimism

Edited by Katerina Mihaylova, MLU HalleWittenberg, Germany & Anna Ezekiel, University of York, UK

Reconstructing and analysing a variety of approaches to hope in late 18th- and 19th-century German philosophy, this collection explores perspectives on hope from Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Schopenhauer, Beck, Hoffbauer, Kierkegaard and others . Drawing on expertise from a diverse group of contributors, chapters consider different aspects of the concept of hope, including the rationality of hope, appropriate and inappropriate applications of hope and the function of hope in relation to religion and society The collection constitutes a valuable resource for exploring the development of this important concept in post-Kantian German philosophy

UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 384 pages

HB 9781350238084 • £130 00 / $175 00

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Hans-Herbert Kögler’s Critical Hermeneutics

Edited by Kurt C. M. Mertel, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates & L'ubomír Dunaj, University of Vienna, Austria

This is the first volume to expand upon and critique Hans-Herbert Kögler’s distinctive approach to critical theory: critical hermeneutics The relevance and fruitfulness of Kögler’s work has never been greater Building upon his theories of selfhood as reflexive, international contributors explore the methodological, theoretical and applicative scope of critical hermeneutics and, in doing so, address some of the most pressing problems facing global society, from multilingual education to the urgent need for intercultural dialogue

UK December 2023 • US December 2023 • 312 pages

PB 9781350228672 • £28 99 / $39 95

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The Philosophy of Rabbi Shalom Ber Schneersohn

Edited by Marcel

Stoetzler, Bangor University, UK

This volume provides a systematic re-examination of the Frankfurt School’s theory of antisemitism

Uncovering how critical theory differs from mainstream socialist or liberal critiques of antisemitism, this book reveals the connections between the Frankfurt School’s writing on antisemitism and other pressing societal issues, including patriarchy and racism more broadly This volume further employs critical theory to scrutinise antisemitism in right- and leftwing politics and develops, in its critique of antisemitism, a critique of capitalism, asking: why does capitalist society seem bound to produce antisemitism? And how do we challenge it?

UK December 2023 US December 2023 272 pages

• £85 00 / $115 00

HB 9781350281370

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Language, Gender and Mysticism

Reuven Leigh, University of Cambridge, UK

Reuven Leigh provides the first in-depth introduction to the pioneering philosophy of Rabbi Shalom Schneersohn Bringing him into dialogue with key continental philosophers Emmanuel Levinas, Jacques Derrida and Julia Kristeva, this book reveals how Schneersohn’s views anticipated many prominent themes in 20th-century thought Beginning by uncovering and contesting the scholarly assumptions that have excluded traditional rabbinic thinkers from contemporary philosophy, Leigh seeks to correct this through a close reading of Schneersohn’s 1898 discourses

UK September 2023

HB 9781350341197

• US September 2023

• £85 00 / $115 00

ePub 9781350341210

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• £76 50 / $103 94

• £76 50 / $103 94

• 224 pages

Christianity after Christendom

Heretical Perspectives in Philosophical Theology

Martin Koci, University of Vienna, Austria

What comes after the end of Christendom?

Christianity has ceased to function as the dominant force in society and yet the Christian faith continues

How are we to understand Christianity in this ‘after’?

Bringing into conversation seven unorthodox or ‘heretical’ continental philosophers, including Jan Patocka, Jean-Luc Nancy, Gianni Vattimo and John D Caputo, Martin Koci boldly proposes that Christians must embrace the demise of Christianity as a meta-narrative and see their faith as an existential mode of being-in-the-world As such, he introduces new perspectives on the present and future of Christianity as an embodied religious tradition

UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 240 pages

HB 9781350322639 • £85 00 / $115 00

ePub 9781350322653 • £76 50 / $103 94

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For Revolt

Rancière, Abstract Space and Emancipation

Jussi Palmusaari, King's College London, UK

For Revolt: Rancière, Abstract Space and Emancipation presents an interpretation of Rancière's uncompromising view of emancipation, drawing on its invariably rational and Kantianmoralist basis Tracing a logic of abstract or empty space in all of Rancière's work, it contrasts the prevailing tendencies to emphasise Rancière's sensitivity to evolving historical forms and changing regimes of sensibility Through a critical discussion of Rancière in relation to other contemporary accounts of revolt and resistance, the book addresses the present predicament of emancipatory politics, its emphasis on the actualities of here and now and its difficulties to envisage programmatic realisations of radically alternative futures

• US December 2023

UK December 2023

HB 9781350274020 £85 00 / $115 00

ePub 9781350274006 £76 50 / $103 94

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The Power of Distraction Diversion and Reverie from Montaigne to Proust

Alessandra Aloisi, University of Oxford, UK

From reducing screen time to the Pomodoro Technique, we’re constantly being advised to avoid distraction if we want to live and work better But Alessandra Aloisi argues we’re missing the point Drawing on a broad range of European philosophy and literature, this book considers distraction not as a human imperfection, but as a creative, subversive and aesthetic capability Aloisi demonstrates not only the serendipity of distraction through creative case studies, from Manet to Black Mirror, but also its political value, as distraction provides what Bergson called a ‘slight revolt’ from the codes and behaviours that society dictates

UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 208 pages • 3 bw illus

HB 9781350342941 • £85 00 / $115

Michel Serres and French Philosophy of Science

Materiality, Ecology and Quasi-Objects

Massimiliano Simons, Ghent University, Belgium

This is the first systematic study of Serres’s work in the context of late 20th-century French philosophy of science that proposes new readings of his philosophy Massimiliano Simons creates a synthesis between Serres’s predecessors, Gaston Bachelard, Georges Canguilhem, and Louis Althusser as well as contemporary Francophone philosophers of science such as Bruno Latour and Isabelle Stengers Michel Serres and French Philosophy of Science takes in themes of materiality, religiosity, modernity and ecology to show how Serres’s philosophy can serve as a normative approach to science and technology in contemporary life

UK October 2023

• US October 2023

• 256 pages

• 256 pages

The Parallel Philosophies of Sartre and Nietzsche

Ethics, Ontology and the Self

Nik Farrell Fox, University of Lincoln, UK

Tracing the connections between the existentialist philosophies of these two philosophers, Nik Farrell Fox provides new readings of Nietzsche and Sartre attuned to questions of the self, politics and ethics Through engaging with new readings of Nietzsche and Sartre as authoritative strands of interpretation, this book identifies both philosophers as twin thinkers of a deconstructive and paradoxical logic Fox further re-examines their work in light of contemporary debates concerning posthumanism, vibrant materialism, quantum theory and speculative realism This volume presents two iconic existentialists as thoroughly contemporary thinkers whose complex, rich and sometimesambiguous philosophy illuminates our present existential situation

UK November 2023

PB 9781350248205

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• £28 99 / $39 95

• 272 pages

Previously published in HB 9781350248168

ePub 9781350248182

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Bloomsbury Academic

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• £76 50 / $103 94

PB 9781350247901

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Series: Michel Serres and Material Futures • Bloomsbury Academic

Visceral Prostheses

Somatechnics and Posthuman Embodiment

Margrit Shildrick, Stockholm University, Sweden

In the postmodern era, when the interface of bodies, biologies and technologies increasingly challenges the very notion of what counts as human, Margrit Shildrick proposes innovative understandings of the limits and possible extensions of posthuman embodiment Broadening our understanding of prostheses to include visceral organic prostheses, which involve any cellular material that cannot be identified with the self – including organ transplantation and the physiological process of microchimerism – Shildrick rejects both genetic and existential singularity She argues that prostheticised bodies should no longer be understood as irregular forms of normative embodiment, but as the irreducible experience of posthuman entanglements

• US October 2023

UK October 2023

PB 9781350224940

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• 272 pages

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Series: Theory in the New Humanities Bloomsbury Academic

C.S. Lewis on Higher Education

The Pedagogy of Pleasure

Stewart Goetz, Ursinus College, USA

For the first time Stewart Goetz uncovers C.S. Lewis’s overlooked views on the purpose of higher education and encourages us to rethink our reasons for attending university Drawing on Lewis’s general view of pleasure as the ultimate purpose of human life, Goetz explores how these views informed his justification of a university education He introduces us to Lewis’s utilitarian view that learning and knowledge are valuable when they lead to experiences of pleasure, presenting Lewis’s defence for his own involvement in higher education as a Christian, his response to naturalism in the academy and the practical issues of implementing Lewis’s thought

UK October 2023 US October 2023 256 pages

PB 9781350355118 £21 99 / $29 95 HB 9781350355125 £65 00 / $90 00

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The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability

Animal Dignity Philosophical Reflections on Non-Human Existence

Edited by Melanie Challenger, Independent Writer and Researcher, UK

The case for animal dignity is a pressing concern that leading thinkers and writers from Dame Jane Goodall to Martha Nussbaum argue society needs to embrace now Introducing readers to the concept of nonhuman animal dignity through its manifestation in history, law, science, philosophy, and literature, international authors provide a rich overview of the complex interplay between different species sharing the earth today United in recognizing the dignity of nonhuman animals, these essays suggest how applying this concept can lead to a flourishing environment in times of ecological destruction and climate breakdown

UK November 2023 • US November 2023 • 256 pages

PB 9781350331679 • £19 99 / $26 95 • HB 9781350331662 • £65 00 / $90 00

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On Bernard Stiegler

Philosopher of Friendship

Edited

by Shelley Lynn Tremain, Independent Researcher, Canada

Philosophies of Disability seeks to explore disability not as a closed off field of study but as a set of experiences and ways of thinking that intersect with almost every aspect of how we live today Disability is not separate from other processes of marginalisation and this book emphasises intersectional thinking that engages with disability and other urgent issues including race, gender, trans experience, animals and other beings, ageism, neurodiversity, immigration, prisons and fatness. Asking us to affirm otherness, this book is a crucial guide to oppositional thinking from an international, intersectional and inclusive collection of writers

UK December 2023 • US December 2023

• 608 pages

PB 9781350268906 • £28 99 / $39 95 • HB 9781350268890 • £90 00 / $120 00

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The Paralysis of Analysis in African American Studies

Corporate Capitalism and Black Popular Culture

Stephen C. Ferguson II, North Carolina State University, USA

The Paralysis of Analysis in African American Studies provides a philosophical examination of Black popular culture for the first time. From extensive discussion of the philosophy and political economy of Hip-Hop music through to a developed exploration of the influence of the postmodernism-poststructuralist ideology on African American studies, Stephen C Ferguson II argues how postmodernism ideology plays a seminal role in justifying the relationship between corporate capitalism and Black popular culture Chapters cover topics such as cultural populism, capitalism and Black liberation, the philosophy of Hip-Hop music and Harold Cruse’s influence on the ‘cultural turn’ in African American studies.

UK October 2023

• US October 2023

HB 9781350368941

• 256 pages

• £85 00 / $115 00

ePub 9781350368965

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• £76 50 / $103 94

• £76 50 / $103 94

• 2 bw illus

Edited by Jean-Luc Nancy

Bernard Stiegler invites us to question the relationship between a thinker's life and their thought For Stiegler, they were inextricable His life was one focused on friendship, but not friendships at a purely social level but ones that produced philosophy, politics, and existential truths Bringing together scholars who knew Stiegler, including Shaj Mohan, Achille Mbembe, Divya Dwivedi, and Emily Apter, this volume provides an original, and personal, insight into his life and philosophy Each piece gives a sense of the wide range of Stiegler’s work and how it affected the praxis of the philosopher in different parts of the world

UK December 2023 • US December 2023 • 176 pages • 20 bw illus

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A Philosophical History of Police Power

Melayna Lamb, University of Sussex, UK

This book demonstrates the manner in which police power exists in a complex relationship with sovereignty and law, in a form which is not reducible to implementation It argues for the centrality of order in any consideration of police and challenging a common narrative whereby a dynamic, interventionist sovereign power that follows from a belief of order as ‘artificial’ is replaced by a liberal, non-interventionist sovereign power that proceeds from a ‘natural’ order Moving through thinkers such as Hobbes, Hegel and Adam Smith the book shows the an-archic character of police power

UK January 2024 • US January 2024 • 256 pages • 1 b/w illus

HB 9781350204041 • £85 00 / $115 00

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African Democracy

Impediments, Promises, and Prospects

Edited by Jonathan O. Chimakonam, University of Pretoria, South Africa and Eberhard Karls, University of Tubingen, Germany & Isaiah A. Negedu, University of KwaZulu Natal, South

Africa

This is the first comprehensive examination of the social and political consequences of democracy in Africa Written from an African philosophical perspective, leading and emerging scholars explore the impact of democracy on the lived experience of the African people Looking in particular at the sub-Sahara, it reveals the influence that the failures of democracy have on fundamental needs, including allocation of primary resources, autonomy, welfare and women’s rights This pioneering volume gives an unflinching insight into the struggles caused by democracy in Africa, whilst also, crucially, pointing to its accomplishments and the future possibilities for African nations

Dialogue and Decolonization

Historical, Philosophical, and Political Perspectives

Edited by Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

By bringing together philosophers whose work on political philosophy, intellectual history and world philosophies push the boundaries of conventional scholarship, this collaborative collection opens up space in political philosophy for new approaches Each contribution responds to the challenges James Tully raises for comparative political thought Arranged around Tully’s opening chapter, contributors demonstrate the value of critical dialogue and point to the different attempts cultures make to understand their experiences Through the use of methods from various disciplines and culture, each interlocutor exemplifies the transformative power of genuine democratic dialogue across philosophical traditions

UK December 2023 • US December 2023 • 208 pages

HB 9781350360815 • £85 00 / $115 00

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Philosophies of Work in the Platonic Tradition

A History of Labor and Human Flourishing

Jeffrey Hanson, Harvard University, USA

In this historical survey of the Platonic tradition, Jeffrey Hanson draws on the work of its major thinkers to explain why our contemporary vocabulary for appraising labor and its rewards is too narrow By tracing out the Platonic lineage of work, Hanson argues why we should be explaining the value in appraising it as an element of a happy and flourishing human life, quite apart from its financial rewards. This original study of Plato and his inheritors’ ideas provides practical suggestions for how to approach work in a socially responsible manner in the 21st century and reveals the benefits of linking work and morality.

UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 294 pages

PB 9781350299467 • £28 99 / $39 95

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Pragmatist Feminism and the Work of Charlene Haddock Seigfried

Edited by Lee A. McBride III, College of Wooster, USA & Erin McKenna, University of Oregon, USA

A contemporary appraisal of the breadth, significance, and legacy of the work of Charlene Haddock Seigfried, this book brings together writings focused on pragmatist feminism/feminist pragmatism, contemporary pragmatism, William James and the reconstruction of philosophy, education and American philosophy in the 21st century Seigfried is a looming figure in American thought who coined the phrase 'pragmatist feminist' which has become an increasingly important concept in contemporary philosophy This book explores and pushes this theory and brings it into conversation with some of the most vibrant strands of current philosophy

UK December 2023

• US December 2023 • 384 pages

PB 9781350324947 • £39 99 / $54 95

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