Books in the Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy series

Engages with the thinking of the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) in order to propose innovative responses to 21st-century problems actively contributing to global conflict. This work presents an elucidation of the practical significance of Ricoeur's thinking and a contribution to resolving socio-political conflicts in the 21st century.

The idea of 'hope' has received significant attention in the political sphere. But is hope just wishful thinking, or can it be something more than a political catch-phrase? This book argues that hope can be understood existentially, or on the basis of what it means to be human.

A collection of essays exploring the relevance of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's work in contemporary aesthetics and political theory. It attempts to explore and extend the creative rupture that Deleuze and Guattari produce in the Capitalism and Schizophrenia project.

Constructs, problematizes and defends a Deleuzian philosophy of history. Drawing on Deleuze's philosophy of time, this title identifies key ideas and suggestions related to the philosophy of history from Deleuze and Guattari's major writings - including the seminal contemporary texts "Anti-Oedipus", "A Thousand Plateaux", and more.

Maurice Merleau-Ponty is widely known for his emphasis on embodied perceptual experience. This book emphasises the historical and intersubjective underpinnings of Merleau-Ponty's late accounts, in relation to rationality, institution and community, and examines its implications.

Maurice Merleau-Ponty is widely known for his emphasis on embodied perceptual experience. This monograph explores the theoretical status of Merleau-Ponty's contributions to epistemology and rationality in his account of phenomenology.

Focuses on intersubjectivity and empathy and addresses the related issues of validity, the degrees of evidence with which something can be experienced, and the different senses of 'objective' in Husserl's texts. This book shows that empathy, and thus other subjects, are related to one's knowledge on the view offered in each of Husserl's texts.

Presents an examination of the philosophy of Paul Ricoeur that focuses on his specific concept of interpretation. This book explores the philosophical resources provided by Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics in dealing with the challenges of a world framed by globalization.

Addresses the question of whether it is possible to coherently think the notion of grace strictly in terms of immanence. This book develops a model for the thought of an immanent grace that avoids the traps of both obscurantism and banality.

Offers a comprehensive survey of Heidegger's ideas on technology and modernity. This book integrates environment into philosophy and political theory, offering a constructive critique of modernity with some helpful suggestions for establishing a readiness for blue sky scenarios for the future.

A collection of essays providing a comprehensive overview of the thought of Gilles Deleuze, one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Each essay addresses a central issue in Deleuze's philosophy (and that of his regular co-author, Felix Guattari).

Gadamer's study of the divine is an application of philosophical hermeneutics and phenomenological in its descriptions of temporality and the experience of art. This monograph shows how Gadamer provides us with a richly textured study of the divine that finds its bearings in Heidegger and the Greeks.

Offers an interpretation of the work of Slavoj Zizek, one of the world's leading contemporary thinkers, through a study of his relationship with the work of Martin Heidegger. This book finds limitations in Zizek's relationship with Heidegger, specifically in his ambivalence about Heidegger's technophobia.

Sets forth an examination of Heidegger's phenomenology between 1924 and 1929, during which time Heidegger was concerned with a radical temporalization of thought. This book seeks to reconstruct Heidegger's radical phenomenology through an interpretation of his published and unpublished works of the period.

A contribution to Deleuze studies, this book argues that Deleuze's thought, far from carrying out a critique of representation, is in fact an account of its genesis. It also describes the way in which Edmund Husserl theorized the production of meaning and representation.

Focuses on the concept of Angst, a concept central to Heidegger's thought. This monograph questions the role of Angst in Heidegger's discussion of death.

Derrida wrote a vast number of texts for particular events across the world, as well as a series of works that portray him as a voyager. This book explores the conditions of Derrida's writing and his contribution to philosophy, literature, critical and cultural theory.

Re-evaluates Deleuze and Guattari's legacy in philosophy, literary criticism and cultural studies since the early 1980s. This work offers an analysis of the reception of the "Capitalism and Schizophrenia" project by such key figures as Jameson, Zizek, Badiou, Hardt, Negri and Agamben.

Reveals the philosophical context of Heidegger's return to Aristotle in his early works and thereby advances a reinterpretation of the background to Heidegger's forceful critique of the primacy of theoretical reason in the Western philosophical tradition, as well as his radical reconception of the very nature of philosophical thinking.

Examines the relationship between mathematics and ontology in Heidegger's thought, from his earliest writings, through "Being and Time", up to and including his work of the 1930s. This book charts the unfamiliar territory of Heidegger's conception of mathematics, and explores the relationship between time and number in "Being and Time".

Compares the respective oeuvre of two seminal thinkers of 20th century, Emmanuel Levinas and Albert Camus. This title explores each thinker's congruent and complimentary metaphysical and political rationale in opposing tyranny. It emphasises the religious component in Levinas's depiction of Hitlerism as paganism.

Explores the points of engagement between Jacques Derrida and a host of other European thinkers in order to counter recent claims that the era of deconstruction is finally drawing to a close. This book rereads Derrida in order to renew deconstruction's various conceptions of language, poetry, philosophy, institutions, difference and the future.

Argues that Heidegger's question of being cannot be separated from the question of nature and culture, and that the history of being describes the growing predominance of culture and technology over nature. This work proposes that we turn to Heidegger's thought in order fully to understand this crisis.

Offers the first full-length interpretation of the thought of Martin Heidegger with respect to irony. This title attempts to show that the essence of this irony lies in uncertainty, and that the entire project of onto-heno-chronophenomenology, therefore needs to be called into question.

Offers an account of Richard Rorty's attempt to reconcile deconstruction with the American pragmatist and liberal traditions. This book argues that Rorty's powerful reading protocol is motivated by the necessity to contain the risks of Derrida's critique of Western philosophy and politics.

Merleau-Ponty's "Phenomenology" reconstructs Merleau-Ponty's treatment of the problem of ideal objects. The author describes Merleau-Ponty's early attempt to found ideal objects on pre-linguistic, perceptual experience and shows that Merleau-Ponty ultimately came to see the shortcomings of this initial view.

Bringing together three contemporary French philosophers, Alain Badiou, Etienne Balibar, and Jacques Ranciere, the author examines the political aspects of their work. He also identifies and explores problems in each of Badiou, Balibar and Ranciere's work, arguing that none offers a wholly convincing approach.

Published posthumously, "Contributions to Philosophy" casted Heidegger's philosophy in a new light against the opinion of "Being and Time". This book provides the reader with an overview of the significance of "Contributions", its genesis and production, as well as the interpretations and its position in the received body of work on Heidegger.