Books in the Philosophy, Aesthetics and Cultural Theory series

An original reading of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy through the paradoxical logic of expression that clarifies Merleau-Ponty's subtle phenomenological and existential methodology.

Offers a fresh account of Continental aesthetic thought in the 20th Century. Surveying 100 years of writing on art, this book explores five major themes that have been central to European aesthteic theory: Life, Form, Consciousness, Action and Feeling.

An examination of Derrida's work on myth and language, offering a postmodern, deconstructive theory of myth. It argues that the insights of deconstruction and complexity theory demand a re-examination of mythos (narrative, story, myth) in terms of its disseminative propensities and its disruptive interplay with logos (language, structure, word).

While Giorgio Agamben is most widely known for his political philosophy, at least a third of his output is dedicated to unique, technical and revelatory readings of literature. This title offers an account of all Giorgio Agamben's philosophical work on literature.

A study of the relationship between early modern European philosophy and the history of the book. It examines the philosophical mobilization of metaphors for print, inscription, reading and knowledge organization in early modern philosophical texts in continental Europe.

Examines the relation between absence and chance in Derrida's work and through that a re-examination of the relation between war and literature. This book argues for the importance of the relation between absence and chance in Derrida's work in thinking about war and literature.

Part of "The Philosophy, Aesthetics and Cultural Theory" series, this book offers an examination of Foucault's reflections on visual art. It traces his thought as it engages with the work of visual artists from the seventeenth century to the contemporary period.

Re-Enchantment of the World advances a critique of consumer capitalism that draws on Freud and Marx to construct an utterly contemporary analysis of our time. The book explores the cognitive, affective, social and economic effects of the 'proletarianization' of the consumer in late capitalism.