P H I L O S O P H Y – Ethics & Moral Philosophy / Continental Philosophy
Shaping a Modern Ethics
Politics of the Many
Benjamin Bennett, University of Virginia, USA
Edited by Benjamin Halligan, University of Wolverhampton, UK, Alexei Penzin, University of Wolverhampton, UK, Stefano Pippa, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy & Rebecca Carson, Royal College of Art, London, UK
The Humanist Legacy from Nietzsche to Feminism Does a single ethical system to which all humans could subscribe exist? The short answer is no, and most people would agree. Yet most people also subscribe to an idea of “human rights” presupposing just such a universal ethics. The same happens in philosophy: whilst most recognise Kant’s categorical imperative as theoretically untenable, efforts to repair the Kantian project have been questionable. Drawing on literature and philosophy, this book shows why the failure of a universal ethics is unavoidable, uncovering in its place a non-propositional ethics that Bennett presents as a collection of instances of a modern ethical “we”. UK August 2021 • US August 2021 • 216 pages PB 9781350262317 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350122857 ePub 9781350122871 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350122864 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic
Cinematic Art and Reversals of Power Deleuze via Blanchot
Eugene B. Young, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, USA Bringing together Deleuze, Blanchot, and Foucault, this book provides a detailed and original exploration of the ideas that influenced Deleuze’s thought leading up to and throughout his cinema volumes. In explicating the relationship between these key French theorists, Eugene B. Young provides important new insights for those working in literary and cinematic theory by advancing a new definition of art as that which eclipses the totalizing effects of power to express obscure ideas and values that are foreign to the world as we know it. UK November 2021 US November 2021 368 pages HB 9781350176096 • £95.00 / $130.00 ePub 9781350176119 • £85.50 / $112.04 ePdf 9781350176102 • £85.50 / $112.04 Bloomsbury Academic •
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Günther Anders’ Philosophy of Technology
From Phenomenology to Critical Theory Babette Babich, Fordham University, USA The first comprehensive exploration of the work of Gunter Anders. Anders' philosophy has become increasingly prescient in our technological age as his work predicts the prevalence of social media, ubiquitous surveillance and the turn to big data. Anders' ouevre also explored the technologies of nuclear power and the biotech concerns for the human and transhuman condition which have become so central to contemporary theory. Anders' relationship with key philosophers like Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin is also explored with a focus on the deep impact he made on his peers. A compelling rehabilitation of a thinker with profound contemporary relevance. UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 320 pages HB 9781350228580 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePub 9781350228603 • £81.00 / $106.83 ePdf 9781350228597 • £81.00 / $106.83 Bloomsbury Academic
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Contemporary Radical Thought and the Crisis of Agency
Protests in the 21st century are arranged around collectives as centreless, leaderless assemblages. This tendency towards proliferation has been theorized through the concept of multitude, most famously put forward by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri. This book problematizes the concept of multitude, exploring its strengths and weaknesses and assessing its relevance to contemporary movements within anti-globalization and anti-capitalist politics and activism. UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 272 pages HB 9781350105645 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350105669 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350105638 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic
The Real is Radical Marx after Laruelle
Jonathan Fardy, Idaho State University, USA The Real is Radical is centrally concerned with the explication and development of François Laruelle’s theory of “non-standard Marxism.” Fardy assembles a constellation of concepts designed to put Laruelle’s work into dialogue with diverse theoretical perspectives, including Althusser, Tronti, Adorno, Baudrillard, Kolozova and others while demonstrating the novelty and theoretical saliency of Laruelle’s work. The Real is Radical provides a much-needed introduction to non-standard Marxism and a useful starting point for the development of its theoretical potential. UK September 2021 • US September 2021 • 224 pages HB 9781350168077 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350168091 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350168084 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic
Capitalism’s Holocaust of Animals
A Non-Marxist Critique of Capital, Philosophy and Patriarchy Katerina Kolozova, University American College Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Kolozova, a leading interpreter of François Laruelle, uses a combination of Laruelle’s work, Marx’s critique of philosophy, and discussions originating in post-humanism to here offer a new philosophical perspective to capitalism’s economic exploitation of life and nature. From a distinctly pro-animal viewpoint, this book engages with this important and topical academic discussion, asking the question of what it means for us to think and act as humans in a capitalist society that promotes the mistreatment of animals. UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 184 pages PB 9781350253575 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350109681 ePub 9781350109698 • £26.09 / $35.17 ePdf 9781350109674 • £26.09 / $35.17 Bloomsbury Academic
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