A comprehensive analysis of the transformations of ancient history in early Chinese texts.

Comprehensive overview of the entire spectrum of works by one of twentieth-century France’s most original thinkers.

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

Confucian philosopher Xunzi’s moral thought is considered in light of the modern focus on self-realization.

Explores the philosophical, literary, and psychoanalytic significance of film endings.

Engages the work and career of the philosopher Hugh J. Silverman.

Reframes philosophical understanding of, and engagement with, tragedy.

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

A literary and historical analysis of the structure and meaning of recurrent symbols, images, and actions employed in Plato’s dialogues.

Presents a twenty-first-century, progressive, liberal Confucianism.

Examines how Aristotle posits political philosophy and the experience of friendship as a means to bind strictly intellectural virtue with morality.

The first study of Strauss’s confrontation with modern science and its methods.

Essays on one of Fichte's best known and most controversial works.

Discusses how just war theory needs to be revised to better secure and respect human rights.

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.

Offers essays demonstrating the critical relevance of Irigaray’s thought of sexual difference for addressing contemporary ethical and social issues.

Proposes that cinematic time is not a fixed idea, but a dynamic exchange between film and viewer.

A creative study of Maurice Blanchot’s theory of literary voice.

Using Chinese thought, explores how non-Western thought can structure generally applicable social and political theory.

A contemporary philosophy of religion that offers a phenomenology of love.

Deepens our understanding of power through a survey of how its dynamics have been understood from ancient times to the present.

A history of the concept of God through the lens of process thought.

Describes a Platonic personal spirituality based on reason that is readily accessible to people today.

A comprehensive exploration of the philosophical issues raised by mysticism.

European scholars discuss Leo Strauss as a major figure in the history of philosophy.