Shows there is a strong religious impulse in postmodern literature and film.

Situates Lacan’s theory of the subject within contemporary philosophical debates over freedom and agency.

Philosophical explorations of the processes of globalization, particularly in the context of Latin America.

Examines the implications of Aristotle’s political thought for contemporary political theory.

Systematic comparison of Sartre and Adorno that focuses on their theories of the subject.

Shows how John Dewey’s visit to China from 1919 to 1921 influenced his social and political thought.

Leading scholars explore the full range and current significance of Carson’s work.

A postmodern critique of sociology’s presuppositions.

Introduction to Gregory Bateson’s unique perspective on the relationship of humanity to the natural world.

Explores the role language plays in the relationship between reality and utterance.

Argues convincingly, if counterintuitively, that modern medicine has little impact on longevity or mortality.

The definitive source book on philosophy and the city.

Draws connections between the life and writings of philosopher Sarah Kofman.

The first book-length philosophical study on the Presocratic influences in Plotinus’ Enneads.

A philosophical exploration of the problematic nature of the disposable.

Looks at the Confucian classic Mencius from a feminist perspective and uncovers the “maternal thinking” within the work.

Examines John Dewey’s ideas in the context of evolutionary theory.

Maintains that Lacanian psychoanalysis is the proper continuation of the line of thought from Spinoza to Marx.

Examines the postmodern implications of Whitehead’s metaphysical system.

Essays on contemporary issues in political philosophy.

A new translation of one of Maeterlinck’s four great nature essays.

Fiction writers and critics engage the aesthetic, political, philosophical, and cultural dimensions of contemporary fiction.

Explores how spiritual values are learned and mind and body developed through the practice of the Japanese arts.

A philosophical exploration of the power that poetry, music, and the erotic have on us.

Develops a contextualist view of identity, agency, and discursive practices.