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Essays on Schopenhauer and Nietzsche by Christopher Janaway is a rigorous exploration into the philosophical underpinnings and existential inquiries posed by two of the most influential thinkers of the 19th century. This work is a collection of fourteen essays that go into the relationship between Schopenhauer’s pessimistic worldview and Nietzsche’s radical critique of that very…

Schopenhauer and the Nature of Philosophy by Jonathan Head offers a detailed examination of Arthur Schopenhauer’s metaphilosophy, a dimension of his thought that has, until now, been largely overshadowed by his more well-known ideas on metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics. This book ventures into the unexplored terrain of Schopenhauer’s conception of philosophy itself, revealing a rich…

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s The Phenomenology of Spirit, first published in 1807, stands as a monumental achievement in the realm of modern philosophy, encapsulating a pivotal shift in understanding consciousness, self-awareness, and the evolution of human experience. In this seminal work, Hegel presents a profound exploration of the development of self-consciousness and its relation to…

The Rigor of Angels by William Egginton is an ambitious and exhilarating intellectual journey that transcends the boundaries of literature, science, and philosophy, deftly interweaving the lives and thoughts of three towering figures—Jorge Luis Borges, Werner Heisenberg, and Immanuel Kant—to explore the elusive and multifaceted nature of reality. Egginton’s work is both a profound meditation…

Laurenzo Vinciguerra examines Spinoza’s critique of false or superstitious religion, focusing extensively on the interpretation of the Bible. Spinoza’s inquiry beginns with the first six chapters of his “Theological-Political Treatise.” Here, Spinoza utilizes a combination of philosophical reasoning and biblical exegesis to argue that Scripture does not constrain philosophical inquiry. This distinction is crucial for…

In the contemporary landscape of philosophical inquiry, the problem of normativity, as it manifests in moral and ethical theory, remains a central and contentious issue. Christian Krijnen’s Concepts of Normativity: Kant or Hegel? endeavours to illuminate this ongoing debate by juxtaposing the normative frameworks of two monumental figures in philosophy: Immanuel Kant and Georg Wilhelm…

Anna Tomaszewska’s Kant’s Rational Religion and the Radical Enlightenment offers a transformative examination of Immanuel Kant’s engagement with religion, situating his theological and philosophical perspectives within the broader context of Enlightenment thought. The book challenges the prevailing view of Kant as a moderate Enlightenment thinker who sought merely to reconcile faith with reason. Instead, Tomaszewska…

In the rich and intellectually significant work, Baumgarten’s Elements of First Practical Philosophy, edited and translated by Courtney D. Fugate and John Hymers, with Lawrence Pasternack and Pablo Muchnik as series editors, we encounter a critical English translation of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten’s seminal work. This translation, significant for its comprehensive approach, integrates not only Baumgarten’s…

In Kant and the Transformation of Natural History, Andrew Cooper offers an analysis that places Kant’s contributions within a broader context of the Enlightenment’s intellectual upheavals. This scholarly work presents the first systematic examination of Kant’s conceptualization of natural history, arguing that Kant’s influence on the field was both profound and transformative, yet also deeply…

The Coherence of Kant’s Doctrine of Freedom by Bernard Carnois, as translated by David Booth, is an examination of one of the most pervasive concepts in Immanuel Kant’s philosophy: the idea of freedom. The term ‘freedom’ permeates Kant’s philosophical corpus, appearing in contexts as varied as cosmology, morality, and theology. It is a concept that…

Béatrice Longuenesse’s I, Me, Mine: Back to Kant, and Back Again stands as a significant contribution to contemporary philosophical discourse, presenting an ambitious approach to the age-old questions surrounding self-consciousness and the use of the first-person pronoun ‘I’. This work goes through the complex terrain of self-reference and personal identity, exploring these themes through a…

In Lewis White Beck’s Early German Philosophy: Kant and His Predecessors, the evolution of German philosophy is traced from its embryonic stages through to the late 18th century, providing a thorough exploration of its development and the context that shaped it. Beck’s scholarship offers a panoramic view of German intellectual history, foregrounding the distinctive trajectory…

Lewis White Beck’s Studies in the Philosophy of Kant is a testament to the depth and scholarly acumen that Beck, a preeminent philosopher and Kant specialist, brought to his rigorous exploration of Immanuel Kant’s oeuvre. Published in 1965, this collection of Beck’s essays represents his scholarly engagement with Kantian thought, reflecting Beck’s dual role as…

Andrew Seth’s The Development from Kant to Hegel stands as a key contribution to the study of German philosophy, especially within the English-speaking academic world. This scholarly work, written during Seth’s tenure as a Hibbert Travelling Scholar in the summer of 1880, offers a rich exposition of the evolution of philosophical thought from Immanuel Kant…

In Ethics of the Real, Alenka Zupančič presents a rigorous presentation of the relationship between Immanuel Kant’s moral philosophy and Jacques Lacan’s psychoanalytic theory. This study examines how Kant’s Enlightenment ethics, with its emphasis on universal moral law, can be reinterpreted through Lacan’s psychoanalytic concept of the Real, resulting in a radical reassessment of both…

Immanuel Kant’s stature in the history of philosophy is foundational, and his influence stretches across the intellectual traditions of the modern era, redefining the contours of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics. His impact on the philosophical landscape is a testament to the depth and breadth of his critical thought, and it is this expansive influence…

Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason remains a cornerstone in the history of philosophy, and its influence stretches far beyond the boundaries of its original publication in 1781. At the heart of Kant’s philosophy is a revolutionary attempt to resolve what he saw as the impasses of metaphysics through his critical method, which seeks to…

Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, first published in 1781 and subsequently revised in 1787, represents a seminal contribution to the landscape of Western philosophy. As one of the most challenging yet influential works ever produced, it serves as a profound investigation into the nature of human cognition, knowledge, and the limits of reason itself.…

Kant and Artificial Intelligence, edited by Hyeongjoo Kim and Dieter Schönecker, presents the relationship between Immanuel Kant’s philosophical principles and the rapidly evolving domain of artificial intelligence (AI). This volume is a sophisticated overview of how Kantian thought can both elucidate and be challenged by contemporary AI advancements, offering a comprehensive philosophical analysis that addresses…

Paul Guyer’s Kant (Second Edition) is an essential and authoritative guide to the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. With an acute focus on Kant’s central conception of autonomy, Guyer illuminates the profound depths of Kant’s thought, making a compelling case for the interconnectedness of Kant’s diverse philosophical inquiries. This expanded edition offers a thorough exploration of…

In the pantheon of philosophical giants, Immanuel Kant stands as a colossus whose ideas have profoundly shaped the landscape of Western thought. Lucien Goldmann’s seminal work, Immanuel Kant, extrapolates the breadth and depth of Kant’s intellectual legacy, offering a comprehensive introduction to his philosophical universe. This profound study, translated into English by Robert Black, stands…

Adam Kotsko’s Žižek and Theology offers an extensive and nuanced analysis of Slavoj Žižek’s engagement with Christian theology, providing an indispensable guide for readers seeking to navigate the complex intersections between Žižek’s dialectical materialism and theological thought. In this detailed examination, Kotsko goes into Žižek’s broader intellectual trajectory and its convergence with theological themes, contextualizing…

The Reception of Paul the Apostle in the Works of Slavoj Žižek by Ole Jakob Løland offers an erudite overview of Slavoj Žižek’s unique engagement with the Apostle Paul, a figure traditionally associated with Christian theology. This pioneering work is the first comprehensive study dedicated to Žižek’s complex interpretations of Paul’s epistles, examining how Žižek…

Stanislas Breton’s A Radical Philosophy of Saint Paul stands as a great contribution to contemporary Continental philosophy, where it intersects with theological inquiry and political theory in ways that continue to reverberate through modern intellectual thought. Breton, a renowned French philosopher and theologian, challenges the reader to engage with the apostle Paul not merely as…

Hegel and the Infinite, edited by Slavoj Žižek, is an ambitious exploration of the enduring relevance of Hegel’s thought in contemporary philosophy, politics, and religion. This volume brings together a diverse array of prominent thinkers, including Catherine Malabou, Antonio Negri, John D. Caputo, Bruno Bosteels, Mark C. Taylor, and Žižek himself, alongside others, to engage…

Bernard M.G. Reardon’s Hegel’s Philosophy of Religion offers an analysis of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s complex and often enigmatic views on religion. Reardon positions Hegel as a central figure in modern philosophy, whose ideas have been the subject of intense scrutiny, admiration, and controversy. Despite the difficulties inherent in interpreting Hegel’s thought, particularly his dense…

In Images of the Present Time, Alain Badiou presents an illuminating and multifaceted philosophical inquiry into the nature of contemporaneity and the challenge of living authentically within one’s own era. Spanning nearly three years of seminars from 2001 to 2004, this volume captures Badiou’s engagement with the existential and philosophical dilemmas of our time, against…

Alain Badiou’s Infinite Thought: Truth and the Return to Philosophy represents a monumental effort to redefine the concept of truth and reassert the importance of philosophy in contemporary intellectual discourse. Badiou addresses the profound crisis that philosophy faced in the 20th century, marked by the rise of poststructuralism and postmodernism, movements which questioned the very…

In The Century, Alain Badiou goes on an ambitious intellectual journey, seeking to re-examine the twentieth century not from the perspective of external judgment, but from the vantage point of the century itself. This crucial work is not an attempt to absolve or condemn the century, nor does Badiou assume the burden of defending it.…

Alain Badiou’s The One: Descartes, Plato, Kant, translated by Jacques Lezra and Susan Spitzer, with an insightful introduction by Kenneth Reinhard, is a seminal work that offers an exploration of the philosophical concept of oneness through the lens of three major figures: Descartes, Plato, and Kant. This text is part of Badiou’s extensive lecture series,…

Alain Badiou’s Deleuze: The Clamor of Being is a profound and audacious reexamination of Gilles Deleuze’s philosophical legacy, presenting a starkly different interpretation of Deleuze’s work. This critical volume, the first major work by Badiou available in English, not only offers a fresh perspective on Deleuze but also provocatively redefines what it means to be…

The Seminar of Alain Badiou: Nietzsche’s Anti-Philosophy, translated and edited by Wanyoung E. Kim from notes by Aimé Thiault and a transcription by François Duvert, gathers the 1992–1993 Paris seminar in which Alain Badiou made Nietzsche the inaugural figure of a larger itinerary through what he calls antiphilosophy—a name for those discourses that, while philosophically…

The Hegel Werke, edited by Karl Markus Michel and Eva Moldenhauer, is an unprecedented scholarly achievement, offering a comprehensive and accessible edition of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s extensive body of work. This twenty-volume edition spans over 11,000 pages, providing an organized and affordable resource for engaging with Hegel’s philosophical contributions. This collection brings together nearly…

Objective Fictions presents an innovative exploration into the interconnections between objectivity and fiction within contemporary philosophy. Edited by Adrian Johnston, Boštjan Nedoh, and Alenka Zupančič, this collection challenges entrenched dichotomies of realism versus nominalism by introducing the concept of ‘objective fictions’. These are not merely subjective constructs or illusions but are integral components that structure…

Politics and Teleology in Kant, edited by Paul Formosa, Avery Goldman, and Tatiana Patrone, is an examination of the relationship between teleology and politics in Immanuel Kant’s philosophy. This scholarly collection comprises fourteen essays from leading experts, each exploring the ways in which Kant’s political philosophy is influenced by his teleological understanding of nature and…

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, one of the most celebrated and esteemed figures in modern literature, offers an intellectual and spiritual tour de force in his seminal work, Orthodoxy. Chesterton, renowned for his prodigious output as a playwright, novelist, poet, literary commentator, essayist, and apologist, distils his vibrant and multifaceted philosophy into this compelling spiritual autobiography. Born…

In Absolute Recoil, Slavoj Žižek developed an ambitious philosophical project to redefine the contours of materialist thought in light of contemporary scientific and ideological challenges. The book is an audacious re-examination of dialectical materialism, which Žižek contends must evolve to account for the radical shifts in our understanding of reality brought about by quantum physics,…

Conceptual Harmonies by Paul Redding presents an innovative examination of G. W. F. Hegel’s Science of Logic by tracing the fine interconnections between philosophical and mathematical thought throughout history. Redding posits that Hegel’s work is deeply embedded within the evolution of European mathematics, a perspective that offers fresh insights into the often bewildering landscape of…

In Manifesto for Philosophy, Alain Badiou embarks on a formidable intellectual battle that challenges prevailing notions of philosophical demise in the modern era. Beginning with a provocative question—whether philosophy lies dead amidst the ruins of past certainties—Badiou confronts the aftermath of monumental philosophical earthquakes, from Nietzsche’s proclamation of God’s death to the deconstruction of the…

Mimesis, Expression, Construction brings to the forefront Fredric Jameson’s esteemed seminar on Theodor W. Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory, held at Duke University in 2003. This publication marks the first appearance in print of Jameson’s comprehensive engagement with Adorno’s complex and seminal treatise on modernist aesthetics. Painstakingly transcribed and edited from audio recordings by Octavian Esanu, this…

Michel Foucault’s Introduction to Kant’s Anthropology represents a pivotal scholarly engagement with Immanuel Kant’s Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View, penned as Foucault’s doctoral dissertation in 1961. This manuscript stands as a foundational text elucidating Foucault’s philosophical relationship with Kant and his engagement with the critical tradition of philosophy. The dense and insightful commentary…

The Politics of Truth by Michel Foucault offers a crucial exploration of the conceptual and historical intersections between enlightenment, political critique, and the evolution of modern philosophy. This comprehensive collection draws from a range of unpublished essays and lecture transcripts delivered by Foucault from 1978 to 1984, providing an essential lens into the final phase…

In Kant, Foucault, and Forms of Experience, Marc Djaballah offers a sophisticated analysis of the intellectual relationship between Immanuel Kant and Michel Foucault. This study proposes that Foucault’s historical analyses, often perceived as skeptical of universal knowledge, should instead be understood as a distinct variant of Kantian criticism. Djaballah argues that despite their apparent differences,…