Philosophy
The American Optic
Brings together critical race theory and psychoanalysis to examine African American and other diasporic African cultural texts.
Ethics of Writing
First English translation of Sini’s important work on the influence of writing and the alphabet on Western rationality.
Bound by the City
Explores the connections between sexual difference and political structure in ancient Greek tragedy.
Spirit, the Family, and the Unconscious in Hegel's Philosophy
Investigates the role of family in Hegel’s phenomenology.
Logos and Muthos
Explores the philosophical dimensions present in the works of ancient Greek poets and playwrights.
Heidegger's Neglect of the Body
Challenges conventional understandings of Heidegger’s account of the body.
Realism in Religion
A philosophical consideration of key religious issues from a pragmatist’s perspective.
Merleau-Ponty and the Possibilities of Philosophy
Leading scholars engage the later contributions of Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
Africa Writes Back to Self
Explores the metafictional strategies of contemporary African novels rather than characterizing them primarily as a response to colonialism.
Species, Serpents, Spirits, and Skulls
Explores the distinctions between science and pseudoscience.
At Home in the World
Explores how Darwin’s theory of human nature can inform educational philosophy.
The End of Comparative Philosophy and the Task of Comparative Thinking
A work of and about comparative philosophy that stresses the importance of language in intercultural endeavors.
Hegel and History
Comprehensive overview of Hegel’s thought on history.
Being and Time
A revised translation of Heidegger's most important work.
Radicalizing Levinas
Levinas ahead of his time--and himself--on politics, postcolonialism and globalization, animals and the environment, and science and technology.
Rewriting Difference
A transdisciplinary reader on Luce Irigaray's reading and re-writing of Ancient Greek texts.
The Dance of Person and Place
Uses the concept of "worldmaking" to provide an introduction to American Indian philosophy.
Representing Segregation
Examines racial segregation in literature and the cultural legacy of the Jim Crow era.
Governing the Female Body
A feminist and Foucauldian analysis of a variety of emerging gendered discourses.
John Dee's Occultism
A comprehensive look at the life and work of one of the towering figures of Renaissance mysticism.
America's Economic Moralists
Traces the history of two rival American economic moralities from colonial times to the present.
Psychoanalysis, Aesthetics, and Politics in the Work of Julia Kristeva
Considers the social and political significance of Kristeva’s oeuvre.
The Democratic Ideal and the Shoah
An original and revolutionary interpretation of the Jews’ destiny in modern politics.
Quantum Theory
Explores what can be known within quantum theory, with special emphasis on the difference between prediction and explanation.
Eros and Ethics
A comprehensive examination of Lacan’s seminar on ethics.