Pluralism, Pragmatism and American Democracy
Callaway defends democratic individualism against more collectivist and corporatist tendencies in contemporary neo-pragmatism, and draws upon up-to-date political analysis in order to justify America’s long republican tradition.
Ethics of Social Consequences
This anthology showcases new and unconventional views of many traditional moral values, such as humanity, human dignity, justice and responsibility. The contributions analyse these values and approaches from the point of view of non-utilitarian consequentialism.
This text represents a mirror of Kantian studies in North America. It gathers papers presented at the various study groups of the North American Kant Society, along with contributions from hosts, session chairs, and keynote speakers.
The Metamorphoses of Philosophy I
Charting 3000 years of Western thought, this book explores how philosophical ideas emerge from the interplay of culture, cognition, and values. This first volume traces philosophy’s origins to its peak in ancient Greece, with a compelling contrast to classical Chinese thought.
Global Democracy and Human Self-Transcendence
By examining the dynamics of self-transcendence for both individuals and humanity as a whole, this study illuminates the definitive relationship between self-transcendence and global democracy, describing our transition from personal consciousness to global consciousness.
Metamorphosis through Conscious Living
This collection proposes that engagement with the sacred is what makes research and practice transpersonal, the sacred ‘other’ that lives both within and beyond us as individuals and unique cultures.
Kant’s Shorter Writings
Spanning the entire intellectual career of Kant, this work highlights the importance of the thinker’s shorter writings. It contrasts with other such studies of his work, which typically focus on a specific part of his career, and on either his theoretical or practical philosophy.
This book breaks frontiers. It deals with human beings and their intrinsic relationship with time in the space of a week. In a search for the days’ identities, the book identifies the particular characteristics of each day, revealing that we are literally the days of the week.
Giffin explores how Patrick White and his post-war contemporaries all commented on the consequences of God’s death. He shows how they worked with a shared pattern of tropes to search for the light and dark aspects of western consciousness and the civilization it has produced.
Instinct, Tradition and Reason
“What has made men good is neither nature nor reason, but tradition.”
Building upon FA Hayek’s concepts, this timely book creates a compelling account of the moral foundations of human achievement and articulates a morality fit for the unique times in which we are living.
Though trapped by the anthropocentrism of the Western tradition, Giorgio Agamben’s work provides conceptual tools to move beyond the limits he himself cannot cross. This book analyzes these limits in his philosophy while exploring the powerful potential that lies within them.
This book challenges our perspective on politics, exploring the profound connection between the political realm and our intimate, emotional lives. It reveals how our choices are intertwined with self-awareness and healing, offering a path to harmonize politics with our humanity.
How do we respond to the big questions of our time in our daily lives? By exploring power relations and the climate crisis, this book translates the abstract into the concrete and the political into the personal. It offers conceptual beginnings for showing up differently.
When does an event become historical experience: at the moment it occurs, or later as it is remembered? This work argues that history is a relationship between the present of the historian and the past, a dynamic where history moves with us. It is for historians and researchers.
Gratitude and Palliative Care
Surprisingly, gratitude persists even at the end of life. This book explores profound gratitude in palliative care. Blending clinical experience and philosophy, it examines the transformative power of gratitude for patients, families, and professionals amidst serious illness.
The Canopy of the Old War
Religion’s power in war is undeniable. These presentations explore the ambivalence of religion, showing how it leads to extreme enmity. But violence does not have the last word. This book demonstrates religion’s function as the authentic expression of the meaning of our lives.
This book studies modern civil law through philosophical categories. It analyzes the dynamics between the internal and external, vertical and horizontal, and symmetry and asymmetry to reveal how legal subjects interact in a state of equilibrium.
Why does a psychopath like the Joker seem to have a sense of higher truths? This is the role of the Fool. This book explores how, as culture fragments, artists reveal darkness and show how expressions of meaninglessness are rites-of-passage, not a final destination.
Global Perspectives on Research, Theory, and Practice
This volume brings together rich thinking on gestalt therapy from Gestalt!, the pioneering electronic journal of the 1990s. Although the journal no longer exists, this book reclaims its great historical value and still-significant ideas.
Thomas Aquinas
John Paul II called Thomas Aquinas a “Doctor of Humanity” for affirming human dignity. This collection of papers explores the philosophical and theological thought of both men, applying their wisdom to challenges from political praxis to transhumanism.