Ancient Philosophy

Nigel Tubbs, University of Winchester, UK Nigel Tubbs tells of Socrates’s return to a modern city. How and why he returns is never made clear. But he finds contemporary society at war with itself, deeply divided by power, privilege and prejudice, and a people who are sceptical that truth and enlightenment can be of any help. He questions this city, and the city arrests him. Facing trial he sets out his new vision for a just society. His challenge to us, and to the jury that will once again decide his fate, remains the same as before: the unexamined life is still not worth living.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 320 pages PB 9781350053717 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781350053700 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350053724 • £17.99 / $23.44 ePdf 9781350053694 • £17.99 / $23.44 Bloomsbury Academic

The Ethics of Epicurus and its Relation to Contemporary Doctrines

Jean-Marie Guyau Edited by Keith Ansell-Pearson, University of Warwick, UK & Federico Testa, University of Warwick, UK The first English translation of a compelling and highly original reading of Epicurus by Jean-Marie Guyau. This book has long been recognized as one of the most concerted attempts to explore this important yet controversial ancient philosopher, whose thought remains vital to contemporary culture. With an introduction that contextualizes the work of Guyau within French thought, and notes on both further reading and Epicurean scholarship more generally, this translation also acts as a critical introduction to the philosophy of Guyau and Epicurus.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 352 pages HB 9781350013919 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePub 9781350013926 • £81.00 / $106.83 ePdf 9781350013902 • £81.00 / $106.83 Bloomsbury Academic World English

Virtue Ethics and Contemporary Aristotelianism

Modernity, Conflict and Politics

Edited by Andrius Bielskis, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania, Eleni Leontsini, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania & Kelvin Knight, London Metropolitan University, UK This compelling volume relates Aristotelianism’s traditional virtue ethics to characteristically modern issues, such as the politics of economic power and egalitarian dispute. Featuring a contribution from Alasdair MacIntyre, the book bridges the gap between Aristotle’s philosophy and the multitude of contemporary Aristotelian theories in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, establishing the relevance of Aristotle’s thought today.

UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 236 pages PB 9781350251465 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350122178 ePub 9781350122192 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350122185 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition • Bloomsbury Academic The Legacy of China, Greece and Rome

Edited by Tom Angier, University of Cape Town, South Africa & Lisa A. 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 2021 • US October 2021 • 432 pages HB 9781350104327 • £130.00 / $175.00 ePub 9781350104341 • £117.00 / $153.74 ePdf 9781350104334 • £117.00 / $153.74 Bloomsbury Academic

Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition

Marco Sgarbi, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy

The Reception of Aristotle’s Poetics in the Italian Renaissance and Beyond

New Directions in Criticism

Edited by Bryan Brazeau, University of Warwick, UK Applying new interdisciplinary methods from book history, translation studies and history of the emotions, this book explores literary criticism and the reception of Aristotle's Poetics and other classical texts, including Horace’s Ars Poetica, Longinus's On the Sublime, in early modern Italy. Revisiting the translations, commentaries, lectures, and polemic treatises produced and placing several early modern Italian poetic texts in dialogue with twentieth-century literary theory for the first time, this book models contemporary practice and maps out avenues for future study.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 312 pages • 11 b/w illustrations PB 9781350251434 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350078932 ePub 9781350078956 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350078949 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition • Bloomsbury Academic

Early Modern Aristotelianism and the Making of Philosophical Disciplines

Metaphysics, Ethics and Politics

Danilo Facca, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Investigating the variety of ways in which Aristotelianism was understood and taught in European universities during the late Renaissance and Early Modern age, this book brings together the writings of major figures, including Peter Ramus and Bartholomäus Keckermann, as well as Ottaviano Ferrari, Philipp Scherb, Erns Soner and Franz Tidike, to reveal how innovative ideas from this period were actually formed through the reworking and distortion of Aristotelian concepts.

UK November 2021 • US November 2021 • 272 pages PB 9781350251441 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350130210 ePub 9781350130234 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350130227 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition • Bloomsbury Academic