Places anxiety at the heart of the aesthetic experience.

Presents John Dewey’s theory of inquiry and applies it to various areas of the primary, middle, and secondary school curricula.

Takes Heidegger’s later thought as a point of departure for exploring the boundaries of post-conceptual thinking.

Reconciles the conflict between these two seemingly diverse traditions.

Examines the ethical, legal, and political dimensions of military intervention for humanitarian reasons.

Brings an ecotheological perspective to postmodern gift theory.

An engagement between Confucianism and the philosophy of Richard Rorty.

Examines the influence of Aristotle and Kant on the nineteenth-century social theory of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber.

Considers Bataille’s work from an explicitly philosophical perspective.

Philosophers and social theorists of color examine how racism can creep into defensive forms of nationalism.

Provides multiple and accessible perspectives on trauma both as a condition and as a cultural phenomenon.

Key text never before in English by central figure of the Negritude movement.

Aims to transform logic into a reflection on the nature of language.

Psychoanalytic perspective on what Western philosophers from Socrates to Foucault have called “the art of living.”

Considers the ethics and challenges of biotechnology.

Essays from the singular experience of Buddhist social critic and philosopher David R. Loy on classic and contemporary concerns.

Traces the roots of logos in different cultural milieux.

A study of attitudes towards tragedy in both democratic and nondemocractic political theory.

Addresses historical skepticism by presenting histories as testable theories of the past.

Connects Merleau-Ponty’s thought to themes and issues central to continental philosophy today.

Argues for the contemporary importance of Thucydides and Plato for both democratic political theory and democratic citizens.

A lively and highly readable commentary on one of Plato’s most beloved dialogues.

A study and translation of a tantric contemplative manual and the commentary on it.

Examines Jean-Paul Sartre’s antiracist politics and his contributions to critical race theories, postcolonialism, and Africana existentialism.

Explores the significance of Dewey’s thought on democracy for the contemporary world.