1. Introduction Michael Campbell
2. Varieties of Transformation Michael Campbell
3. What Does it Take to be Transformed? Constantine Sandis
4. Irreversible Enlightenments: A Reading of Plato’s Meno Sophie Grace Chappell
5. Individual Epiphany, Social Change: Reflections on Some Conditions of Moral Possibility Nora Hämäläinen
6. A Light-Hearted Pessimism Ondřej Beran
7. Environment, Democracy, and Self-Transformation Piergiorgio Donatelli
8. Popular Culture and Transformative Experience Sandra Laugier
9. “Now touched by a wave:” Technology, Violence, and Imagination Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon
10. Coming Unstuck Michael Campbell
Biography
Michael Campbell is Assistant Professor in the Department of Ethics at Kyoto University, Japan. He has co-edited two volumes of Peter Winch’s previously unpublished writings - Spinoza on Ethics and Understanding (with S. Tropper, 2021) and Political Authority: Contract and Critique (with L. Reid, 2024). He is also the co-editor of Wittgenstein and Perception (with M. O'Sullivan, Routledge, 2013).
“By situating transformative experiences in their broader social and cultural contexts, this collection of essays by respected international scholars pushes a growing area of research in exciting new directions.”
Antony Aumann, Northern Michigan University, USA
