Philosophy
The Disintegration of Community
Analysis of this important Mexican philosopher's social, cultural, and political writings.
Levinas, Adorno, and the Ethics of the Material Other
A provocative examination of the consequences of Levinas’s and Adorno’s thought for contemporary ethics and political philosophy.
The Primary Way
A unique work on the underlying ontology, cosmology, and moral philosophy of the Yijing.
Édouard Glissant, Philosopher
Translation of Alexandre Leupin’s award-winning study of Édouard Glissant’s entire work in relation to philosophy.
Thinking Difference with Heidegger and Levinas
Highlights the extent to which the two thinkers share a common philosophical framework, while also demonstrating how Levinas shifts the orientation of philosophical thinking from truth to justice.
American Aesthetics
Proposes a distinctly American approach to aesthetic judgment and practice.
Jouissance
A comprehensive discussion of an important but elusive Lacanian concept within the field of psychoanalysis, as well as its relevance for philosophy, literature, gender, and queer studies.
Image and Argument in Plato's Republic
Argues that images are at the heart of the dialogue’s philosophical argumentation.
The World after the End of the World
Examines themes of loss and mourning in the late work of Derrida.
Carl Schmitt between Technological Rationality and Theology
Situates Schmitt's legal scholarship in the context of debates regarding whether his thought was more theological or technocratic.
The Historical Mind
Timely and provocative asessment of various cultural, moral, and political problems in "post-constitutional" America.
Adult Life
Drawing from philosophy and psychology, offers a clear and compelling interpretation of what it means to be an adult.
Suffrage and Its Limits
Reflects on the legacy and limits of suffrage in New York State as a way to understand present-day issues with women's social and political rights, as well proposes ideas for future progress.
Time in Exile
Proposes a theoretically rich treatment of temporality within exile as "gerundive" time.
Announcements
A study of novelty through analyses of the language of announcement in revolutionary texts.
Merleau-Ponty at the Gallery
A study of the significance of the visual arts in Merleau-Ponty's aesthetics in relation to the work of five artists not known or discussed by him.
Modernity as Exception and Miracle
Proposes "the extraordinary" as a defining characteristic of modernity.
E-Co-Affectivity
Offers an interdisciplinary investigation of affectivity in various forms of life.
Leo Strauss and the Theopolitics of Culture
This archive-based study of the philosophy of Leo Strauss provides in-depth interpretations of key texts and their larger theoretical contexts.
On Metaphysical Necessity
Emphasizes the importance of metaphysical necessity to both philosophical theology and, through it, to moral and political theory.
Thinking Life with Luce Irigaray
A broad exploration of Irigaray’s philosophy of life and living.
Epistemic Responsibility
Develops a new kind of epistemological position that highlights virtue over more standard epistemological theories.
Manufactured Uncertainty
Wide-ranging critique of the epistemological and ethical assumptions that underlie contemporary debates concerning climate change.
Hyperthematics
Presents a new and unique method for developing principles to be applied in creating and increasing value.
Confucianism's Prospects
Challenges descriptions of East Asian societies as Confucian cultures and communitarian Confucian models as a political alternative to liberal democracy.