Social & Political Philosophy

A Collection of Philosophical Horrors

A.M. Moskovitz A.M. Moskovitz employs the lens and methods of horror writing to critique the excesses and absurdities of philosophy. Each story reveals disastrous and de-humanising effects of philosophies that are separated from real, lived experience (for example the absurdity of arguing over a sentence in Kant while the world burns around us). In addition to offering often humourous critiques of philosophy, these works are also pieces of philosophy themselves. From a Kafkaesque exploration of administrative absurdities to discursive violence, white supremacy and the living spectres of patriarchy, A.M. Moskovitz doesn't shy away from addressing the complex aspects of our lives.

UK November 2021 • US November 2021 • 224 pages PB 9781350191884 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350191877 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350191907 • £19.79 / $26.05 ePdf 9781350191891 • £19.79 / $26.05 Bloomsbury Academic

From Marx to Hegel and Back

Capitalism, Critique, and Utopia

Edited by Victoria Fareld, Stockholm University, Sweden & Hannes Kuch, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany The relation between Hegel and Marx is among the most important and most challenged in the history of philosophy. Given the contemporary renaissance of Marx and Marxist theories, how should we re-read the Hegel-Marx connection today? What place does Hegel have in contemporary critical thinking? With a particular focus on essential concepts like recognition and love, revolution, alienation, freedom, and the idea of critique, this fresh intervention into Hegelian and Marxian philosophy combines the unifying the ethical content of Hegel’s philosophy with the power of Marx’s social and economic critique of the contemporary world.

UK July 2021 • US July 2021 • 280 pages PB 9781350260993 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350082670 ePub 9781350082694 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350082687 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Philosophy and Community

Theories, Practices and Possibilities

Edited by Amanda Fulford, Edge Hill University, UK, Grace Lockrobin, Leeds University, UK & Richard Smith, Durham University, UK Public philosophy, or ‘doing philosophy’ in the community is an important and growing trend – revealed by not only the Parisian philosophy café but also the contemporary rise of grassroots projects like the Philosophy in Pubs movement. This book is the first to academically examine the theoretical contributions and practical applications of community philosophy. Bringing together voices from diverse contexts and subject areas, from political activism to religious environments, arts organisations, and prisons, this collection asks key questions: ‘How do you “do” philosophy with the public?’; 'Is community philosophy the same as academic philosophy?’; ‘Why is community philosophy important?' MacIntyre, Communication, and the Culture Wars

Jason Hannan, University of Winnipeg, Canada

"Hannan makes a forceful case for the renewed relevance of Alasdair MacIntyre's ethics of the virtues, grounded in a common way of life. Our age of extremes calls for a return to the Aristotelian tradition. What makes Hannan’s book especially attractive is his insistence on the anti-capitalist edge of MacIntyre's thought. Ethics Under Capital is a book for everyone

in search of a reliable compass in a stormy sea." Slavoj Žižek, Birkbeck Institute for Humanities, UK A philosophical exploration of post-truth politics, Hannan provides a re-evaluation of Alasdair MacIntyre, making explicit the socialist and revolutionary dimension of his political philosophy.

UK May 2021 • US May 2021 • 248 pages PB 9781350259539 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350080607 ePub 9781350080614 • £26.09 / $35.17 ePdf 9781350080591 • £26.09 / $35.17 Series: Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy • Bloomsbury Academic

The Philosophy of Henry Thoreau

Ethics, Politics, and Nature

Lester H. Hunt, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA In this book, Lester Hunt reveals that the writings of Henry Thoreau have a compelling philosophical dimension. Thoreau seldom argues for his ideas the way other philosophers do. Rather than setting up proofs designed to trap the reader into agreeing with him, he challenges the reader – by means of narratives, jokes, questions, and paradoxes – to recognize possibilities previously unknown. Thoreau’s own explorations led him to several distinctively philosophical theories: an intuitionist metaethics, an ethics based on virtue and self-realization, a politics that is fundamentally individualist and anarchist, and a secular religion in which nature is pre-eminent.

UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 184 pages PB 9781350254022 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350079021 ePub 9781350079045 • £26.09 / $35.17 ePdf 9781350079038 • £26.09 / $35.17 Bloomsbury Academic

UK July 2021 • US July 2021 • 280 pages PB 9781350260986 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350073401 ePub 9781350073425 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350073418 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic