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The End of Phenomenology: Metaphysics and the New Realism (Speculative Realism)
by Tom SparrowIn the 20th century, phenomenology promised a method that would get philosophy 'back to the things themselves'. But phenomenology has always been haunted by the spectre of an anthropocentric antirealism. Tom Sparrow shows how, in the 21st century, speculative realism aims to do what phenomenology could not: provide a philosophical method that disengages the human-centred approach to metaphysics in order to chronicle the complex realm of nonhuman reality. Through a focused reading of the methodological statements and metaphysical commitments of key phenomenologists and speculative realists, Sparrow shows how speculative realism is replacing phenomenology as the beacon of realism in contemporary Continental philosophy. He draws on phenomenologists including Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty and Levinas, speculative realism's original creators Graham Harman, Quentin Meillassoux, Ray Brassier and Iain Hamilton Grant and key figures in speculative realism's second wave, including Ian Bogost and Timothy Morton.
Quentin Meillassoux: Philosophy in the Making (Speculative Realism)
by Graham HarmanQuentin Meillassoux's entry into the philosophical scene marks the beginning of a new epoch: the end of the transcendental approach and the return to realist ontology. Harman's beautifully written and argued book provides not just an introduction to Meillassoux, but much more: one authentic philosopher writing about another - a rare true encounter. It is not only for those who want to understand Meillassoux, but also for those who want to witness a radical shift in the entire field of philosophy. It is a book that will shake the very foundations of your world!Slavoj Žižek, philosopher and psychoanalystAn in-depth study of the emerging French philosopher Quentin MeillassouxQuentin Meillassoux has been described as the most rapidly prominent French philosopher in the Anglophone world since Jacques Derrida in the 1960's. With the publication of After Finitude (2006), this daring protégé of Alain Badiou became one of the world's most visible younger thinkers.In this book, his fellow Speculative Realist, Graham Harman, assesses Meillassoux's publications in English so far. Also included are an insightful interview with Meillassoux and first-time translations of excerpts from L'Inexistence divine (The Divine Inexistence), his famous but still unpublished major book.
Plastic Sovereignties: Agamben and the Politics of Aesthetics (Incitements)
by Arne De BoeverThrough a sustained engagement with the work of the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben, and against the background of contemporary political phenomena, Arne De Boever explores what positive political possibilities the notion of sovereignty might still hold. Using the philosophy of Catherine Malabou, he argues that these possibilities reside in an aesthetic reconceptualisation of sovereignty as a plastic power that is able to give, receive and explode the forms of our political future.
The Diaries of Katherine Mansfield: Including Miscellaneous Works (The Collected Works of Katherine Mansfield)
by Gerri Kimber Claire DavisonPreviously only available as edited excerpts or as largely unedited transcriptions, Katherine Mansfield’s diaries and notebooks have been re-transcribed and minutely edited for the first time, and are presented in this volume with precise historical, cultural and biographical contextual information. The entries show Mansfield’s evolution as a writer as well as the impact of her era on early drafts of her mature writings. This volume also contains fascinating new material never previously published – poem-cycles, letters, Mansfield’s own illustrations, and the last materials she was working on in the final weeks of her life. A detailed index facilitates cross-reading and referencing for scholars and general readers alike.
The Invention of a People: Heidegger and Deleuze on Art and the Political (Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies)
by Janae SholtzThe Invention of a People explores the residual relation between Heidegger’s thought and Deleuze’s novelty. Contextualising the problematic of a people-to-come within a larger political and philosophical context, Janae Sholtz casts Deleuze’s project is cast as both an extension and radicalization of the Heideggerian themes of immanence, ontological difference and the transformative potential of art. Sholtz invents creative encounters which act as provocations from the outside, opening new lines of flight and previously unthought terrain. Ultimately she develops a diagrammatic image of a people-to-come that is constantly in flux and can answer the demands of the untimely future.
Space, Politics and Aesthetics (Taking on the Political)
by Mustafa DikeçMustafa Dikeç reveals the aesthetic premises that underlie Hannah Arendt, Jean-Luc Nancy and Jacques Rancière's political thinking, and demonstrates how their politics depend on the construction and apprehension of worlds through spatial forms and distributions. Exploring these dimensions of the political, he argues that politics is about how perceive and relate to the world. Space is a form of appearance and a mode of actuality, and the disruption of such forms and modes is the sublime element in politics.
Deleuze and the Naming of God: Post-Secularism and the Future of Immanence (Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies)
by Daniel Colucciello BarberDeleuze’s philosophy of immanence, with its vigorous rejection of every appeal to the beyond, is often presumed to be indifferent to the concerns of religion. Daniel Barber shows that this is not the case. Addressing the intersection between Deleuze’s thought and the notion of religion, he proposes an alliance between immanence and the act of naming God. In doing so, he gives us a way out of the paralysing debate between religion and the secular. What matters is not to take one side or the other, but to create the new in this world.
Deleuze and Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus: A Critical Introduction and Guide (Critical Introductions and Guides)
by Brent AdkinsThe sheer volume and complexity of Deleuze and Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus can be daunting. What is an assemblage? What is a rhizome? What is a war machine? What is a body without organs? What is becoming-animal? Using clear language and numerous examples, each chapter of this guide analyses an individual plateau and examines the tendencies toward both stasis and change for each assemblage found there – be it social, political, psychological, musical, biological or linguistic.
Deliberative Democracy: Issues and Cases (Critical Connections Ser.)
by Stephen Elstub Peter McLavertyLeading democratic theorists address the key issues that surround the theory and practice of deliberative democracy. They outline the problems faced by deliberative democracy in the context of the available empirical evidence, survey potential solutions and put forward new and innovative ideas to resolve these issues.
Understanding Torture (Contemporary Ethical Debates)
by J. Jeremy WisnewskiUnderstanding Torture surveys the massive literature surrounding torture, arguing that, once properly understood, there can be no defense of torture in any circumstances.
The Deleuze Dictionary Revised Edition (Philosophical Dictionaries)
by Adrian ParrThis dictionary is dedicated to the work of Gilles Deleuze, providing an in-depth and lucid introduction to a leading figure in continental philosophy.
The Foreign Policy of Lyndon B. Johnson: The United States and the World, 1963-1969
by Jonathan ColmanA fresh, up-to-date and balanced overview of Johnson's policies across a range of theatres and issues with the aim of generating a proper understanding of his successes and failures in foreign policy.
Derrida and Hospitality: Theory and Practice (Edinburgh University Press)
by Judith StillThe first full-length study of hospitality in the writings of Jacques Derrida
Gilles Deleuze's Philosophy of Time: A Critical Introduction and Guide (Critical Introductions and Guides)
by James WilliamsThis book provides an overall interpretation of Deleuze's philosophy alongside a critical introduction to one of the most important unifying ideas in his work: the construction of new and important philosophies of time.
Women's Rights as Multicultural Claims: Reconfiguring Gender and Diversity in Political Philosophy (Edinburgh University Press)
by Monica MookherjeeThis book attempts to reconfigure feminism in a way that responds to cultural diversity. The author contends that a discourse of rights can be formulated and that this task is crucial to negotiating a balance between women's interests and multicultural claims.
Wittgenstein and Political Theory: The View from Somewhere
by Christopher C. RobinsonThis book, newly available in paperback, relates Wittgenstein's philosophy to a range of problems and trends in contemporary political theory.
Deleuze and the Body (Deleuze Connections)
by Laura Guillaume Joe HughesThis book will be important reading for those with an interest in Deleuze, but also in performance arts, film, and contemporary culture.
The Lyotard Dictionary (Philosophical Dictionaries)
by Stuart SimDrawing on a multidisciplinary team of experts, The Lyotard Dictionary provides a clear and accessible introduction to all of his main concepts, contextualising these within his work as a whole and relating him to his contemporaries.
Julia Kristeva and Feminist Thought
by Birgit SchippersThis book appraises the relationship between contemporary feminism and Julia Kristeva, a major figure in Continental thought. It addresses the conflicting range of feminist responses to Kristeva's key ideas and Kristeva's equally conflicting as well as ambiguous position vis-á-vis feminism.
Politics of the Gift: Exchanges in Poststructuralism (Crosscurrents)
by Gerald MooreGerald Moore shows how the problematic of the gift drives and illuminates the last century of French philosophy. By tracing the creation of the gift as a concept, from its origins in philosophy and the social sciences, right up to the present, Moore shows its central importance for a poststructuralist understanding of the relation between philosophy and politics.
Deleuze and Ethics (Deleuze Connections)
by Nathan Jun Daniel W. SmithDeleuze is perhaps best known for his influential works in philosophical interpretation; epistemology; metaphysics; and political economy. The essays in this collection explore, uncover, and trace the ethical dimension of Deleuzian philosophy along diverse trajectories and, in so doing, endeavour to reclaim that philosophy as moral philosophy.
Postcolonial Agency: Critique and Constructivism (Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies)
by Simone BignallNewly available in paperback, this book complements and balances the attention given by postcolonial theory to the revitalisation and recognition of the agency of colonised peoples.
The Edinburgh Critical History of Nineteenth-Century Philosophy (The Edinburgh Critical History of Philosophy)
by Alison StoneThe Edinburgh Critical History of Philosophy is a seven-volume reference work on the history of philosophy. This volume surveys the key issues and debates distinct to nineteenth-century philosophy.
The Agamben Dictionary (Philosophical Dictionaries)
by Alex Murray Jessica WhyteThis the first dictionary dedicated to the work of Giorgio Agamben, the radical Italian philosopher. Bringing together leading scholars in the field, it provides a unique and comprehensive introduction to his work, offering readers a range of clear and concise entries on all the key topics of Agamben's oeuvre.