Continental Philosophy Books

New and Published Books

1. Jurisdiction in Deleuze: The Expression and Representation of Law

   By Edward Mussawir

   Jurisdiction in Deleuze: The Expression and Representation of Law explores an affinity between the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and jurisprudence as a tradition of technical legal thought. The author addresses and reopens a central aesthetic problem in jurisprudence: the difference between the...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
2. Genealogy and Ontology of the Western Image and its Digital Future

   By John Lechte

   Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies

   With the emerging dominance of digital technology, the time is ripe to reconsider the nature of the image. Some say that there is no longer a phenomenal image, only disembodied information (0-1) waiting to be configured. For photography, this implies that a faith in the principle of an "...

   Published April 2nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Adorno, Habermas and the Search for a Rational Society

   By Deborah Cook

   Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

   Published January 29th 2012 by Routledge
4. Heidegger and the Romantics

   The Literary Invention of Meaning

   By Pol Vandevelde

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

   While there are many books on the romantics, and many books on Heidegger, there has been no book exploring the connection between the two. Pol Vandevelde’s new study forges this important link. Vandevelde begins by analyzing two models that have addressed the interaction between literature and...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
5. The Phenomenology of Moral Normativity

   By William Smith

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory

   Why should I be moral? Philosophers have long been concerned with the legitimacy of morality’s claim on us—especially its ostensible aim to motivate certain actions of all persons unconditionally. This problem of moral normativity has received extensive treatment in analytic moral theory, but...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
6. Authenticity as an Ethical Ideal

   By Somogy Varga

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Authenticity has become a widespread ethical ideal that represents a way of dealing with normative gaps in contemporary life. This ideal suggests that one should be true to oneself and lead a life expressive of what one takes oneself to be. However, many contemporary thinkers have pointed out that...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
7. Descartes' Natural Philosophy

   Edited by Stephen Gaukroger, John Schuster, John Sutton

   Series: Routledge Studies in Seventeenth Century Philosophy

   The most comprehensive collection of essays on Descartes' scientific writings ever published, this volume offers a detailed reassessment of Descartes' scientific work and its bearing on his philosophy. The 35 essays, written by some of the world's leading scholars, cover topics as diverse as...

   Published November 9th 2011 by Routledge
8. On Paul Ricoeur

   Narrative and Interpretation

   Edited by David Wood

   Series: Warwick Studies in Philosophy and Literature

   Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge
9. Law's Trace: From Hegel to Derrida

   By Catherine Kellogg

   Law's Trace argues for the political importance of deconstruction by taking Derrida’s reading of Hegel as its point of departure. While it is well established that seemingly neutral and inclusive legal and political categories and representations are always, in fact, partial and exclusive, among...

   Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
10. Divine Violence

    Walter Benjamin and the Eschatology of Sovereignty

    By James Martel

    Divine Violence looks at the question of political theology and its connection to sovereignty. It argues that the practice of sovereignty reflects a Christian eschatology, one that proves very hard to overcome even by left thinkers, such as Arendt and Derrida, who are very critical of it. These...

    Published October 3rd 2011 by Routledge