Leading philosophers bring new methods and aims to the practice of philosophy, showing how they can serve their communities and civilization. This anthology is valuable for philosophers, professionals in education and helping disciplines, and the general public.
Thinking in Constellations
This collection of provocative essays demonstrates how Walter Benjamin’s “constellation” method provides a new understanding of the Humanities. It challenges assumptions of linearity and progression, going beyond disciplinary boundaries.
Toward New Philosophical Explorations of the Epistemic Desire to Know
This collection explores curiosity from many philosophical perspectives of relevance to various fields and disciplines. It offers unique engagements with what motivates us to ask questions and how this motivation operates from an ethical, cultural and political point of view.
Nietzsche and Transhumanism
This collection deals with the question of whether or not Nietzsche can be seen as a precursor of transhumanism or not, addressing a variety of issues to show if there is a close connection between transhumanist concerns for progress and technology and Nietzsche’s ideas.
Taking Business Ethics Seriously
What is the “good life”? This book presents a passionate argument against the compartmentalization that separates such timeless questions from our professional lives. It makes the case for aligning business with a life worth living and treating people ethically in all realms.
Applied Logotherapy
This monograph is a seminal contribution to applied and clinical logotherapy and existential analysis which draws on Dr Viktor Frankl’s Viennese School of philosophical psychology, from therapeutic techniques, to the mass neurotic triad of aggression, addiction, and depression.
Discomfort and Moral Impediment
This book connects human suffering with morality. It explores our condition through the moral requirements of not harming or manipulating, and questions the ethics of responsible procreation and the moral quality of abstention.
Senses, Affects and Archaeology
Senses and affects are not just physiological tools, but practices that constantly update our position in the world. Understanding how we are educated within these practices is the first step towards decolonizing our worldview and freeing our senses.
Reflections on Society and Academia
Herbst addresses a wide spectrum of concerns within the social sciences, as well as higher education and design and planning issues. His work allows for an easy and holistic assessment of publications that cover various themes and were written during the past two decades.
Nature and Life
Explore contemporary trends in environmental philosophy and applied ethics. An essential reference for researchers and general readers, this book examines the ethical issues transforming our lives, uniquely focusing on both Western and non-Western approaches.
The Truly Infinite Universe
By bringing speculative philosophy into conversation with quantum cosmology, this book develops Hegel’s metaphysics and Hawking’s theory on the origins of spacetime, revealing the universe as a self-generating, self-organizing, self-enclosed whole.
We are caught in the mirror, under its spell. Mirrors direct us without our awareness because we do not perceive them as they are. This book explores a philosophy of mirrors through art and culture, opening up their hidden world and offering a challenge to organization theory.
To make philosophy relevant, the author argues philosophers must go beyond their specializations to clarify how things hang together. This book has a novel emphasis on public morality, understanding it from an evolutionary perspective to raise moral standards.
This book tackles legal analogical reasoning, critiquing traditional approaches. It advances a new account, drawing from psychology, that makes analogy’s unique properties understandable and reveals the scientific basis for the almost mystical faith in its power.
Ágnes Heller and Hannah Arendt
This book reconstructs a timely conversation between Hannah Arendt and Ágnes Heller on the malaises of modernity. Two great thinkers enlighten the great moral and political problems of our time, from the demise of totalitarianism to the perennial problems of this century.
Shadows of Being
This book studies shadows as symbolic forms, connecting their meaning in philosophy and art with their role in modern science. It considers topics from Ancient Greece to contemporary virtual reality and the internet as our parallel “shadow world.”
This book offers a precise way of “looking at things” to re-define the relationship between film and political philosophy. It provides new reflections on the domain’s themes, appealing to academics interested in political philosophy, media studies, and cultural studies.
Despite the enduring popularity of the works of Shadhiliyya master Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah, there has been no systematic analysis of his worldview. This book is the first study to highlight the interconnections in his writings, building a new understanding of his Sufism.
Exploring business ethics through history, philosophy, and biology, this book addresses today’s key concerns, from wealth inequality to sustainability. It is an invitation to make the world a better place by engaging in ethical thought.
This publication features presentations given at the 14th International Conference on Philosophical Practice, and will be of significance and interest not only for philosophers and philosophical practitioners, but also for psychotherapists, counsellors, and other professionals.