Phenomenology / Ethics & Moral Philosophy

A Philosophy of Perception

Manuel DeLanda, University of Pennsylvania, USA Bringing together phenomenology and materialism, two perspectives seemingly at odds with each other, leading international theorist, Manuel DeLanda, has created an entirely new theory of visuality. Engaging the scientific (biology, ecological psychology, neuroscience and robotics), the philosophical (idea of 'the embodied mind') and the mathematical (dynamic systems theory), DeLanda forms a synthesis of how to see in the 21st century. A transdisciplinary and rigorous analysis of how vision shapes what matters.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 240 pages PB 9781350263956 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781350263949 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350263970 • £17.99 / $23.44 ePdf 9781350263963 • £17.99 / $23.44 Series: Theory in the New Humanities • Bloomsbury Academic

An Existential Phenomenology of Addiction

Anna Westin, St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, UK Using the philosophy of Emmanuel Lévinas and Søren Kierkegaard, An Existential Phenomenology of Addiction examines how the experience of addiction engages both mental and physical phenomena situated within the existence of a particular human life. Thus mapping out an existential phenomenology of subjectin-relation, Westin combines this with contemporary addiction discourse, to argue that the concept of subject as ‘addict’, as found in the Twelve Steps Program and disease models of addiction, ought to be replaced with the free and relational identity of subject as ‘addicted’.

UK August 2021 • US August 2021 • 256 pages PB 9781350262362 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350114227 ePub 9781350114234 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350114210 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

A Philosophy of Comparisons

Theory, Practice and the Limits of Ethics

Hartmut von Sass, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany In the first philosophical analysis of the practice and ethics of comparative procedures, Hartmut von Sass expands on the significance of comparison. Elucidating the ramified structure of comparing, he suggests a typology of comparisons before introducing the notion of comparative injustice and the limits of comparisons. He elaborates on comparing as practice by relating comparing to three relative practices – describing, orienting, and giving examples. This approach allows von Sass to clarify the idea of the incomparable, distinguish between different versions of incomparability and shed light on important ethical aspects of comparisons today.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 288 pages HB 9781350184381 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350184404 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350184398 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic Fredrik Westerlund, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Through a detailed chronological interpretation of how Heidegger worked through the problem of phenomena, Fredrick Westerlund develops an overview of the main stages of his philosophical development, from the early Freiburg lectures, 1919-1923, the publication of Being and Time, 1927, up to his later thinking stretching from the mid-1930s to the early 1970s. Focusing on this problem shines new light on the philosophical logic and motives behind the central changes in Heidegger's thinking. Westerlund persuasively argues that Heidegger's radical historicism ultimately makes him unable to account either for the truth of our understanding or for the ethical-existential significance of others.

UK August 2021 • US August 2021 • 288 pages PB 9781350262331 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350086470 ePub 9781350086494 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350086487 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Philosophical Reflections on Black Mirror

Edited by Dan Shaw, Late of Lock Haven University, USA, Kingsley Marshall, Falmouth University, UK & James Rocha, California State University, Fresno, USA Black Mirror is a cultural phenomenon. It is a creative, sometimes shocking examination of modern society and the improbable consequences of technological progress. The episodes, typically set in an alternative present or the near future, usually have a dark and satirical twist that provokes intense questioning both of the self and society at large. Drawing upon thinkers such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Pierre Hadot and Michel Foucault, this book uncovers how Black Mirror acts as ‘philosophical television’ questioning human morality and humanity’s vulnerability when faced with the inexorable advance of technology.

UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 224 pages HB 9781350162143 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350162198 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350162167 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

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 2021 • US October 2021 • 456 pages HB 9781350088573 • £130.00 / $175.00 ePub 9781350088597 • £117.00 / $153.74 ePdf 9781350088566 • £117.00 / $153.74 Bloomsbury Academic