SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

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The World after the End of the World

Examines themes of loss and mourning in the late work of Derrida.

The Voice of Misery

A systematic study of testimony rooted in contemporary continental philosophy and drawing on literary case studies.

Eckhart, Heidegger, and the Imperative of Releasement

Provides the first systematic interpretation of Heidegger’s relation to Eckhart, centering on the idea that we must release ourselves in order to know the truth.

Merleau-Ponty and Contemporary Philosophy

Assesses the importance of Merleau-Ponty to current and ongoing concerns in contemporary philosophy.

Philosophers and Their Poets

Examines the role that poets and the poetic word play in the formation of philosophical thinking in the modern German tradition.

Merleau-Ponty between Philosophy and Symbolism

Argues that symbolism is an important and unique element of Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology.

Philosophy-Screens

Draws from twentieth-century French thought on film and aesthetics to address the philosophical significance of the pervasiveness of screens in contemporary technological life as well as the mutation of philosophy that such a pervasiveness seems to require.

The Cudgel and the Caress

Offers philosophical and psychological reflections on cruelty and tenderness.

The Ages of the World (1811)

The first English translation of the first of three versions of this unfinished work by Schelling.

Remnants of Hegel

An original philosophical exploration of the limits of Hegel's thought.

Aesthetic Reason and Imaginative Freedom

Shows the relevance of Schiller’s thought for contemporary philosophy, particularly aesthetics, ethics, and politics.

Statement on the True Relationship of the Philosophy of Nature to the Revised Fichtean Doctrine

Schelling's 1806 polemic against Fichte, and his last major work on the philosophy of nature.

Adorno's Poetics of Form

A critical study of the concept of form in Adorno’s writings on art and literature.

On the Essence of Language

This important early Heidegger text sheds new light on his later focus on language.

For Foucault

Calls for a Foucauldian approach to political thought that is intrinsically resistant to power and subordination to public policy.

God and the Self in Hegel

Argues that Hegel’s conception of God and the self holds the key to overcoming subjectivism in both philosophy of religion and metaphysics.

Biodeconstruction

Analyzes Derrida’s 1975 seminar “La vie la mort” as a deconstruction of biology with relevance to his work more broadly.

Plato's Statesman

Explores the interplay between the dramatic form of the dialogue and the basic themes it addresses.

Freedom from the Free Will

Brings Kafka’s fiction into conversation with philosophy and political theory.

Virtue in Being

A radical rethinking of ethics set within the development of a philosophical anthropology.

The Tragedy of Philosophy

Reframes philosophical understanding of, and engagement with, tragedy.

Poetic Fragments

Bilingual English-German edition of second collection published by the German poet, dramatist, and philosopher Karoline von Günderrode (1780–1806).

Without the Least Tremor

A reading of the death of Socrates as a self-sacrifice, with implications for ideas about suffering, wisdom, and the soul’s relationship to the body.

Schelling's Practice of the Wild

Reconsiders the contemporary relevance of Schelling’s radical philosophical and religious ecology.

Lectures on the Theory of Ethics (1812)

Lectures from the late period of Fichte’s career, never before available in English.