Conceptualizes the question of witness and responsibility, following the Holocaust, using continental philosophy, theology, and literary theory.

Argues that Confucianism can be important to the contemporary, global conversation of philosophy and should not be confined to an East Asian context.

Traces the decentered formulation of self at the heart of Paul Ricoeur's philosophy from his earliest works to his most recent.

Argues that Aristotle used the most traditional Greek ideas about the gods to develop and defend his physical, metaphysical, and ethical teachings.

Presents a new option in theology, "pragmatic historicism" which emerges out of the historicist assumptions of recent Western thought and resists both confessionalism and universalism.

Leading scholars explore the later thought of Merleau-Ponty and its central role in the modernism-postmodernism debate.

Carl Olson is Professor of Religious Studies at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania. His previous books include The Indian Renouncer and Postmodern Poison: A Cross-Cultural Encounter and The Theology and Philosophy of Eliade: A Search for the Centre.

Diverse voices explore the possibility of doing metaphysics in light of contemporary critiques.

Engages Levinas and Heidegger on the provocative issue of an ethics of things.

Traces variations of theism in Whitehead's principle works, identifying a major problem in conventional understanding of process theism and constructing an original and provocative solution.

Argues that philosophical reflection today must include the findings of depth psychology and the critical study of non-ordinary states of consciousness.

Leading scholars consider Hegel's philosophy of art and its contemporary significance.

Argues that there is an undeniable and essentially historical dimension to logic.

Translated from the Dutch, this book offers a systematic interpretation of Heidegger's thought, focusing particularly on recently published works.

Offers a pragmatically oriented reconstruction of the central issues of time.

When Nixon orders the bombing of Cambodia, a university erupts in protest, irrevocably altering the lives of students and faculty, and disrupting the process of storytelling itself.

A new English translation of Schelling’s unfinished magnum opus, complete with a contextualizing introduction by the translator.

Argues that in order to reinvigorate our moral inheritances we must endeavor not only to live well, but also to live better.

Explores the thought of twentieth-century philosopher Michael Polanyi.

These "narralogues" combine story and argument, moving from Socratic dialogue to outright narrative, and ultimately making the case that fiction is a medium for telling the truth.

A systematic study of Wang Bi's (226-249) commentary on the Laozi, this book provides the first systematic study of a Chinese commentator's scholarly craft and introduces a highly sophisticated Chinese way of reading the Taoist classic, one that differs greatly from Western interpretations.

Constitutes a thoughtful survey of contemporary hermeneutics in its historical context.

In this companion volume to the national public television documentary of the same name, interviews of philosophy luminaries expose the relevance of philosophy to everyday life.

Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.

Examines the history, philosophy and hermeneutics, and law and literature of formative Judaism.