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Kant and the Culture of Enlightenment

Interprets Kant's conception of enlightenment within the broader philosophical project of his critique of reason.

Acting Beautifully

Addresses ethical and aesthetic issues in three major works by Henry James.

Heidegger and Aristotle

Interprets Heidegger’s phenomenological reading of Aristotle’s philosophy.

The Gods and Technology

An analysis of Heidegger’s philosophy of technology.

Heidegger and Rhetoric

Leading scholars address Heidegger’s 1924 lecture course, “Basic Concepts of Aristotelian Philosophy. ”

Chinese Theories of Reading and Writing

A groundbreaking work that uncovers an implicit system of hermeneutics in traditional Chinese thought and aesthetics.

The Wind and the Source

Explores the role of a significant yet elusive feature of the French landscape in literature, philosophy, and art.

The Role of History in Latin American Philosophy

Argues that there are original positions to be found in the work of Latin American philosophers.

Access to God in Augustine's Confessions

Continuing his groundbreaking reappraisal of the Confessions, Carl G. Vaught shows how Augustine's solutions to philosophical and theological problems emerge and discusses the longstanding question of the work's unity.

Between Transcendence and Historicism

Argues that the concept of the ethical is central to Hegel’s philosophy of art.

Madness and Death in Philosophy

Demonstrates the significance of the concepts of madness and death for the history of philosophy.

The Promise of Memory

Argues for a closer connection between memories of injustice and promises of justice as a means to overcome violence.

Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present

A comprehensive overview of the Islamic philosophical tradition.

Being in the Pampas

Explores the question of being through readings of Parmenides’s Poem, Zeno’s paradoxes, and Plato’s Parmenides.

A Platonic Philosophy of Religion

Explores the process or neoclassical interpretation of Plato's thought on God.

John Dewey, Confucius, and Global Philosophy

Bringing together the philosophies of John Dewey and Confucius, this work illustrates a means for cultural interaction and provides a model of global philosophy.

The Step Back

Explores the ethical and political possibilities of philosophy after deconstruction.

The Greek Concept of Nature

Explores the origin and evolution of the Greek concept of nature up until the time of Plato.

The Social Authority of Reason

Explores the social ramifications of Kant's concept of radical evil.

The Contradictions of Freedom

The essential companion to Simone de Beauvoir's celebrated novel.

The Active Life

A sustained reflection on philosopher John William Miller and the metaphysical presuppositions and implications of democracy.

Lyrical and Ethical Subjects

A wide-ranging attempt to develop a theory of ethical life from a hermeneutic understanding of language.

Women and Children First

A critique of public policy rhetoric from multiple feminist perspectives.

Alain Badiou

An introduction to Badiou's philosophical thought and its implications for other humanistic disciplines and the social sciences.

Sojourns

Heidegger's philosophical journal, written during his first visit to Greece in 1962, and appearing here in English for the first time.