Philosophy
Truth and Interpretation
A resolute defense of philosophy and hermeneutics against the threats of dogmatism and relativism.
Ultimates
A new theology of ultimate realities and a new theory of religion to back it up addressed to believers, unbelievers, and scholars of all traditions.
Catastrophe and Redemption
Offers a striking new reading of Agamben’s political thought and its implications for political action in the present.
Redeeming Words
Probing study of how literature can redeem the revelatory, redemptive powers of language.
Hans Jonas's Ethic of Responsibility
Articulates the fundamental importance of ontology to Hans Jonas’s environmental ethics.
Kristeva's Fiction
Psychoanalytic perspectives on Kristeva's fiction.
Kant and the Concept of Race
Late eighteenth-century writings on race by Kant and four of his contemporaries.
Moments of Disruption
Explores the ethical and political implications of Levinas’s and Sartre’s accounts of human existence.
Goodbye, Kant!
A penetrating and freewheeling evaluation of Kant's magnum opus.
Dramatic Experiments
A major new interpretation of the philosophical significance of the oeuvre of Denis Diderot.
Auden's O
Explores the rise of the idea of nothing in Western modernity and how its figuration is transforming and offering new possibilities.
Beyond Oneness and Difference
Continues the author’s inquiry into the development of the Chinese philosophical concept Li, concluding in Song and Ming dynasty Neo-Confucianism.
The Barbarian Principle
Essays exploring a rich intersection between phenomenology and idealism with contemporary relevance.
Listening to Ourselves
Contemporary African philosophy in indigenous African languages and English translation.
Fichte's Vocation of Man
New perspectives on Fichte’s best known and most popular work.
In the Spirit of Critique
Offers a new perspective on the political significance of the Hegelian dialectical legacy.
What We Want Is Free, Second Edition
Explores how contemporary artists use gifts, barter, and other forms of nonmonetary exchange as a means and medium of artistic production.
Emplotting Virtue
A rich hermeneutic account of the way virtue is understood and developed.
Good White People
Argues for the necessity of a new ethos for middle-class white anti-racism.
Hegel's Theory of Imagination
A comprehensive account of the role of the imagination in Hegel's philosophy.
Wonder and Generosity
A compelling understanding of equality and difference in public life.
Thinking the Poetic Measure of Justice
A new reading of justice engaging the work of two philosophical poets who stand in conversation with the work of Martin Heidegger.
Africa, Asia, and the History of Philosophy
A historical investigation of the exclusion of Africa and Asia from modern histories of philosophy.
Issues in Military Ethics
Reflections on, and analysis of, ethical issues facing military service in the United States.
Essays on Hegel's Philosophy of Subjective Spirit
The first English-language collection devoted to Hegel’s Philosophy of Subjective Spirit.