Continental Philosophy
Roberto Esposito
Analyzes key concepts and arguments in the work of one of Europe’s leading philosophers.
Atomistic Intuitions
An English translation of Bachelard's sixth book, in which he seeks to develop a metaphysical context for modern atomistic science.
The Symbolic Order of the Mother
Argues that affirming the irreducible differences between men and women can lead to more transformative politics than the struggle for abstract equality between the sexes.
Inheritance in Psychoanalysis
Anthology of recent, cutting-edge work in psychoanalysis and philosophy on the concept of inheritance.
The Last Fortress of Metaphysics
Examines the relationship of Derrida’s writings on architecture to his methodology of deconstruction and to deconstrutivism in architecture.
Statement on the True Relationship of the Philosophy of Nature to the Revised Fichtean Doctrine
Schelling's 1806 polemic against Fichte, and his last major work on the philosophy of nature.
The Essentialist Villain
The first book-length study of Bersani’s work, tracing the unfolding of his onto-ethics/aesthetics amidst numerous literary, artistic, and philosophical influences.
The Split God
Offers a critical Pentecostal philosophy of God that challenges orthodox Christianity.
Germs of Death
An analysis of Derrida’s early work engaging Plato, Hegel, and the life sciences.
Storytelling
An innovative philosophical meditation on the muteness of Holocaust survivors and the human faculty of storytelling.
The Holocaust and the Nonrepresentable
Argues that Holocaust representation has ethical implications fundamentally linked to questions of good and evil.
Adorno's Poetics of Form
A critical study of the concept of form in Adorno’s writings on art and literature.
The Poetry of Georges Bataille
Presents a new window into the literary, philosophical, and theological concerns of this enigmatic thinker and writer.
For Foucault
Calls for a Foucauldian approach to political thought that is intrinsically resistant to power and subordination to public policy.
Adventures in Phenomenology
Repositions Bachelard as a critical and integral part of contemporary continental philosophy.
Think Like an Archipelago
A career-spanning assessment of Glissant’s work as a philosophical project.
Biodeconstruction
Analyzes Derrida’s 1975 seminar “La vie la mort” as a deconstruction of biology with relevance to his work more broadly.
Satan and Apocalypse
Offers a profound vision of the Christian epic as the site of the modern apocalyptic reenactment of the original apocalypse.
The Debt of the Living
An analysis of theological and philosophical understandings of debt and its role in contemporary capitalism.
Plato's Statesman
Explores the interplay between the dramatic form of the dialogue and the basic themes it addresses.
Toward a Non-humanist Humanism
Assesses the limits and possibilities of humanism for engaging with issues of pressing political and cultural concern.
Containing Community
Analyzes the role of community in the writings of Giorgio Agamben, Roberto Esposito, and Jean-Luc Nancy.
Merleau-Ponty and the Face of the World
Assesses Merleau-Ponty’s contribution to ethics as calling for a poetic interplay between perception and imagination, and between silence and solidarity, that reveals our place in the world, and our obligations to ourselves and others.
Freedom from the Free Will
Brings Kafka’s fiction into conversation with philosophy and political theory.
Gaston Bachelard, Revised and Updated
Comprehensive overview of the entire spectrum of works by one of twentieth-century France’s most original thinkers.