Review Journal of Political Philosophy Volume 8.2
Revolutions
This work makes new contributions not only to the study of particular revolutions, but to developing a philosophy of revolution itself. Inspired by Eric Voegelin and Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, the tension between their philosophies adds to its unique richness.
Russell Revisited
Bertrand Russell played a central role in modern philosophy. How do we account for the abiding interest in him? Accessibility. This collection of recent scholarship serves as a testament to the value of Russell’s diverse contributions to challenging philosophical issues.
This book explores philosopher George Santayana’s provocative views on America—a topic no one has yet considered in a serious way. It argues that the impartiality of Santayana’s philosophy, its transcendence of cultural limits, makes it a living philosophy.
Jean-Paul Sartre spent his life trying to write a book on ethics. This study examines his three incomplete attempts, from his post-war existentialist notes to the dialectical ethics of his later years and the final interviews before his death.
This collection of essays reflects the richness of Sartre’s vision of the human condition. A multinational team of contributors assesses the relevance of his work in the 21st century.
Science, Mysticism and Psychical Research
Science, mysticism, and psychical research are thought to be irreconcilable. This book reveals the revolutionary synthesis of mathematician Michael Whiteman, who fused modern physics with ancient mystical texts, informed by a lifetime of psychic experience.
Seeds of Liberty, Justice, Peace, and Democracy in Early America
Amid widespread religious and political bigotry, William Penn, a Quaker, dared to bring relief to the suffering. He provided a safe haven in early America where liberty, justice, peace, and democracy ruled, sowing seeds that became the basis for the US Constitution.
How do we see and write about perception? The act of vision is profoundly impure, entangled with other senses, memory, and dreams. This volume explores the reciprocal relationship between seer and seen and the core concepts of visual perception theory.
This book explores the thought of pragmatist and semiotics founder Charles Sanders Peirce. Contributions by leading scholars are divided into three areas: Semiotics and the Logic of Inquiry, Abduction and Mathematics, and Peirce and the Western Tradition.
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.
Will explores polarities through a set of seventy mini-meditations on opposite states of moral and emotional life. He studies the operational energy at play, which is partly prayer or mantra and partly half-completed logical conundrum.
This collection of essays presents fresh perspectives on familiar Sartrean subjects and novel approaches to neglected ones. Scholars offer surprising new angles, viewing Sartre through Pop-Art, jazz, and dialogues with figures like Dennett, Badiou, and Genet.
Shadowlines
Globalization is transforming life for women in Asia. New opportunities for work and migration can be empowering, but also enslaving. How do women experience these changes? This volume places their testimony at the center.
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.”
Shifting the Geography of Reason
In a world offering few options, this courageous celebration of thinking asserts the value of intelligence and the urgent need to build new intellectual homes.
Skepticism, Causality and Skepticism about Causality (Volume 10
This volume studies causality and skepticism from medieval to modern philosophy. Essays contrast Aquinas’s idea of a first mover with Hume’s account of successive events, re-evaluating the Aristotelian paradigm against modern science and Cartesian skepticism.
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