Philosophy
Encountering the Impossible
The first academic explanation for how spectators use their imaginations as part of the experience and appreciation of popular fantasy filmmaking.
The Seasons
Pioneering essays that demonstrate the significance of the seasons for philosophy, environmental thought, anthropology, cultural studies, aesthetics, poetics, and literary criticism.
Leo Strauss and Contemporary Thought
Broadens the horizons of Strauss’s thought by initiating dialogues between him and figures with whom little or no dialogue has yet occurred.
The Amorous Imagination
Building on Jean-Luc Marion’s phenomenology of love this book takes up the “question of the Other” and argues that through the interpretive activities of the amorous imagination lovers come to experience one another as the Beloved.
Continental Theory Buffalo
Revisits, reassesses, and reclaims the legacy of May '68 in light of our present cultural and historical emergency.
Buddhist Literature as Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy as Literature
Explores the relationship between literature and philosophy in classical and contemporary Buddhist texts.
The Play of Light
Juxtaposes five contemporary French poets, illuminating the philosophical elements of their work while making their sometimes difficult writing newly accessible.
Jews Out of the Question
A provocative study of opposition to anti-Semitism in contemporary political philosophy.
Human Becomings
Offers an in-depth exposition of the Confucian conception of persons as the starting point of Confucian ethics.
Contribution to the Correction of the Public's Judgments on the French Revolution
First translation into English of Fichte’s major work on the French Revolution.
Reconsidering the Life of Power
Offers a compelling intercultural perspective on body, art, self, and society.
The Aesthetic Clinic
Examines experimental art and literature by women alongside psychoanalysis and philosophy to develop a new understanding of sublimation and aesthetic experience.
Critique in German Philosophy
Traces a conceptual history of critique in German philosophy from the eighteenth century to the present.
Human Beings or Human Becomings?
Argues that Confucianism and other East Asian philosophical traditions can be resources for understanding and addressing current global challenges such as climate change and hunger.
Decolonizing American Philosophy
Wide-ranging examination of American philosophy's ties to settler colonialism and its role as both an object and a force of decolonization.
The Split Economy
Draws on philosophy, economics, theology, and psychoanalytic theory to reveal a fundamental dynamic of capitalism.
Before Identity
Aims to introduce a greater degree of theoretical rigor to the discipline of Japan studies as a whole.
The Primary Way
A unique work on the underlying ontology, cosmology, and moral philosophy of the Yijing.
The Disintegration of Community
Analysis of this important Mexican philosopher's social, cultural, and political writings.
Tastemakers and Tastemaking
Considers how and why taste persists in the analysis of Mexican film and television by looking at key figures and their impact on the curation of violence.
Theosophy across Boundaries
Offers a new approach to Theosophy that takes into account its global dimensions and its interaction with highly diverse cultural contexts.
Taxation in Utopia
An interdisciplinary exploration of utopian political philosophy from the neglected perspective of taxation.
Moral Responsibility in Twenty-First-Century Warfare
Confronts the ethical challenges of warfare carried out by artificial intelligence.
Endangered Excellence
A fresh look at Aristotle’s political theory with attention to the resonance of his thought for contemporary concerns.
John Dewey's Later Logical Theory
A study of the development of Dewey's logic from 1916-1937 leading up to his final 1938 book on the subject.