Philosophy
Reconstructing Democracy, Recontextualizing Dewey
Leading scholars challenge and reinvigorate the pragmatic method of John Dewey.
Religious Naturalism Today
Looks at the history and revival of religious naturalism, a spiritual path without a supreme being.
French Interpretations of Heidegger
A sustained philosophical engagement with significant and creative French interpreters of Heidegger.
Schelling's Dialogical Freedom Essay
Explores Schelling’s Essay on Human Freedom, focusing on the themes of freedom, evil, and love, and the relationship between his ideas and those of Plato and Kant.
Expanding Process
Brings Chinese Daoist and Confucian thought into conversation with Western process, pragmatic, and naturalist philosophy and theology.
Before the Voice of Reason
Provides a critique of reason, demanding that we take greater responsibility for nature and other people.
Montesquieu and His Legacy
Essays on Montesquieu and the influence of his thought from the eighteenth century to today.
Ritual and Deference
Brings Confucianism and Daoism into conversation with contemporary philosophy and the contemporary world situation.
Jacques Derrida's Ghost
A spirited reading of Derrida’s view of ethics as transcendental and performative.
Bergson-Deleuze Encounters
Explores the continuities and discontinuities in the work of Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze.
Living with Ambiguity
How a religion based on the sacredness of nature deals with the problem of evil.
The Trinity and Creation in Augustine
Looks at Augustine’s theology in light of environmental concerns.
Images of Thought
Explores the relationship between philosophy and art through the work of Cuban American artist Carlos Estévez.
The Ends of Solidarity
An in-depth look at the theory of solidarity of German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, serving also as a comprehensive introduction to his work.
The Philosopher as Witness
Responses to Fackenheim’s reflections on the centrality of the Holocaust to philosophy, Jewish thought, and contemporary experience.
Imagining Law
Essays consider Drucilla Cornell’s contributions to philosophy, political theory, and legal studies.
Identity, Memory, and Diaspora
Offers a detailed picture of the lives of Cuban Americans through interviews with artists, writers, and philosophers.
Un-Forgetting
Re-calling time lost.
The Browning of America and the Evasion of Social Justice
Considers the effects of the browning of America on philosophical debates over race, racism, and social justice.
Humans, Animals, Machines
Examines the overlap and blurring of boundaries among humans, animals, and machines.
Understanding Gregory Bateson
Essays and poems explore the contemporary relevance of Emerson’s work and thought.
Reading Ricoeur
Introduces readers to the work of Paul Ricoeur, one of the twentieth century’s leading philosophers.
Teaching Nonmajors
Delivers uncomplicated and useful techniques for better teaching to nonmajors in liberal arts courses.
Theophany
Situates Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite as a Neoplatonic philosopher in the tradition of Plotinus and Proclus.
Ellipsis
Examines poetic language in the work of Heidegger, Hölderlin, and Blanchot.