SUNY series in Constructive Postmodern Thought
Mothership Connections
Contributes a black Atlantic perspective to postmodernism, theology, and metaphysics.
Whitehead's Philosophy
Demonstrates myriad points of connection between Whitehead's philosophy and mainstream philosophical traditions.
Physics and Whitehead
Leading scholars explore the connections between quantum physics and process philosophy.
The Virtue of Nonviolence
A study in comparative virtue ethics.
Higher Education in the Making
Argues for a pragmatic canon always in need of renovation.
Process and Difference
Leading scholars explore the relationship between deconstructive theory and process thought.
The End of Modern Medicine
Proposes a radically reconfigured medical model centered on mind-body interaction.
Postmodernism and Public Policy
Develops a naturalistic postmodern perspective to make constructive proposals about a wide range of topics now in public discussion.
Living and Value
Based on an ecologically inspired wordview, defends ethics against skepticism and irrealism.
World in Process
Shows how modern physics supports basic claims of process philosophy.
Religion and Scientific Naturalism
Articulates a metaphysical position capable of rendering both science and religious experience simultaneously and mutually intelligible.
Spiritual Titanism
A comparative philosophical consideration of the extremes of humanism, or "Titanism," this book critiques trends in Eastern and Western philosophy and examines solutions to them.
The Tacit Mode
Explores the thought of twentieth-century philosopher Michael Polanyi.
Knowing and Value
Offers a postmodern theory of knowledge based on an ecological worldview that stresses real relations and the pervasiveness of values.
A Society Fit for Human Beings
Argues for a humanistic cultural reformation to counter our materialistic values and science-dominated intellectual life and shows how this would affect our lives and transform our society.
Kazantzakis and God
Examines the concept of God which emerges from the writings of Nikos Kazantzakis and argues that he was a process theist.
Transforming Human Culture
Explains how human social evolution has led both to worthwhile achievements and moral horrors and provides perspective on today's planetary crisis by viewing it as a transition within the larger picture ...
Parapsychology, Philosophy, and Spirituality
Examines why parapsychology has been held in disdain by scientists, philosophers, and theologians, explores the evidence for ESP, psychokinesis, and life after death, and suggests that these phenomena provide support for a meaningful postmodern spirituality.
Earth Summit Ethics
An international group of environmental philosophers and educators propose ways universities can produce and promote ecological literacy and environmental ethics.
Jewish Theology and Process Thought
Presents essays by Jewish thinkers who have found process thought to be a useful framework for contemporary Jewish thought and a set of conversations between Jewish and Christian thinkers on the appropriateness of process thought for Judaism and Christianity.
Being and Value
This book shows the vital relationship between human life and the philosophical placement of value, emphasizing the now-occurring transition from the old mechanical world view to the postmodern alternative inspired by ecology.
The Social Self in Zen and American Pragmatism
This is the first book on East-West comparative thought to critically analyze the Zen Buddhist model of self in modern Japanese philosophy from the standpoint of American pragmatism.
Postmodern Politics for a Planet in Crisis
Argues that the planetary crisis, which has been produced by modernity, demands a postmodern politics.
Founders of Constructive Postmodern Philosophy
In presenting Peirce, James, Bergson, Whitehead, and Hartshorne as members of a common and distinctively postmodern trajectory, this book casts the thought of each of them in a new light. It also suggests ...
Ecological Literacy
The most important discoveries of the 20th century exist not in the realm of science, medicine, or technology, but rather in the dawning awareness of the earth's limits and how those limits will affect ...
The Ignorant Perfection of Ordinary People
This book examines how the spiritual longings of ordinary people have shaped the most progressive political and cultural movements of the twentieth century and given birth to a new postmodern perspective ...
Sacred Interconnections
Shows the interconnections between postmodernism, religion, politics, economics, and art.
Primordial Truth and Postmodern Theology
Proposes religious philosophies to succeed the waning worldview of modernity.
Varieties of Postmodern Theology
Sorts out the confusion created by the use of the term “postmodern” in relation to widely divergent theological positions.
God and Religion in the Postmodern World
Addressed to readers who have found liberal theology empty or who believe that one cannot be religious and fully rational and empirical at the same time.
Spirituality and Society
This book takes a genuinely new spiritual stance reflecting the emergence of a post-modern science and differing from the relativistic nihilism that calls itself postmodern but is really modernism extended ...
The Reenchantment of Science
Describes the move from modern, mechanistic science to a post-modern, organismic science.