Theory and Philosophy

The Lesser Existences Étienne Souriau, an Aesthetics for the Virtual David Lapoujade 2021 Spring

On the complex aesthetics and ontology at work in Étienne Souriau’s unique oeuvre

Singularity Politics and Poetics Samuel Weber 2021 Spring

An influential thinker on the concept of singularity and its implications on politics, theology, economics, psychoanalysis, and literature

Fates of the Performative From the Linguistic Turn to the New Materialism Jeffrey T. Nealon 2021 Spring

A powerful new examination of the performative that asks “what’s next?” for this well-worn concept

Curiosity and Power The Politics of Inquiry Perry Zurn 2021 Spring

A trailblazing exploration of the political stakes of curiosity

The Dispossessed Karl Marx's Debates on Wood Theft and the Right of the Poor Daniel Bensaïd 2021 Spring

Excavating Marx’s early writings to rethink the rights of the poor and the idea of the commons in an era of unprecedented privatization

Clang Jacques Derrida 2020 Fall

A new translation of Derrida’s groundbreaking juxtaposition of Hegel and Genet, forcing two incompatible discourses into dialogue with each other

Prosthesis David Wills 2021 Spring

An examination of the presumed opposition between the natural human body and artificial inanimate objects

Intolerable Writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group (1970–1980) Michel Foucault and Prisons Information Group 2020 Fall

A groundbreaking collection of writings by Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group documenting their efforts to expose France’s inhumane treatment of prisoners

Universal Emancipation Race beyond Badiou Elisabeth Paquette 2020 Fall

A vital and timely contribution to the growing scholarship on the political thought of Alain Badiou

Gaian Systems Lynn Margulis, Neocybernetics, and the End of the Anthropocene Bruce Clarke 2020 Fall

A groundbreaking look at Gaia theory’s intersections with neocybernetic systems theory

A Silvan Tomkins Handbook Foundations for Affect Theory Adam J. Frank and Elizabeth A. Wilson 2020 Fall

An accessible guide to the work of American psychologist and affect theorist Silvan Tomkins

Invoking Hope Theory and Utopia in Dark Times Phillip E. Wegner 2020 Spring

An appeal for the importance of theory, utopia, and close consideration of our contemporary dark times

Thinking Plant Animal Human Encounters with Communities of Difference David Wood 2020 Spring

Collected essays by a leading philosopher situating the question of the animal in the broader context of a relational ontology

Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information Gilbert Simondon 2020 Spring

A long-awaited translation on the philosophical relation between technology, the individual, and milieu of the living

Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information, Volume II Volume II: Supplemental Texts Gilbert Simondon 2020 Spring

Unique access to archival material of a major thinker, including presentations, early drafts, and a thorough introduction to the history of the philosophical notion of the individual

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