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PHILOSOPHICAL UNQUIET INVESTIGATIONS UNDERSTANDING INTO THE ESSENCE Gadamer’s Philosophical OF HUMAN FREEDOM Hermeneutics F. W. J. Schelling Nicholas Davey Translated and with an Introduction and Notes by Argues that Gadamer’s Jeff Love and philosophical hermeneutics Johannes Schmidt merits a radical reappraisal.

“This is the most enlightening introduction available to Gadamer’s Schelling’s masterpiece investigating evil and freedom. philosophical hermeneutics. It redefi nes transcendence and translation in hermeneutical terms, but it goes substantially beyond Jeff Love and Johannes Schmidt offer a fresh translation of this to offer an introduction to many topics in philosophical Schelling’s enigmatic and infl uential masterpiece, widely hermeneutics.” — Richard E. Palmer, coeditor of Dialogue and recognized as an indispensable work of German . : The Gadamer-Derrida Encounter The text is an embarrassment of riches—at once wildly adventurous and at the same time somberly prescient. In Unquiet Understanding, Nicholas Davey reappropriates the claimed that it was “one of the deepest works of German and radical content of Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics to thus also of ” and that it utterly undermined reveal that it offers a powerful critique of Nietzsche’s philosophy Hegel’s monumental Science of Logic before the latter had even of language, nihilism, and post-structuralist of appeared in print. Schelling carefully investigates the problem meaning. By critically engaging with the practical and ethical of evil by building on Kant’s notion of radical evil, while also implications of philosophical hermeneutics, Davey asserts that the developing an astonishingly original conception of freedom and importance of philosophical hermeneutics resides in a formidable personality that exerted an enormous (if subterranean) infl uence double claim that strikes at the heart of both traditional philosophy on the later course of European philosophy from Schopenhauer and deconstruction. He shows that to seek control over the fl uid and Kierkegaard through Heidegger to important contemporary nature of linguistic meaning with rigid conceptual regimes or theorists like Slavoj Zðizûek. to despair of such fl uidity because it frustrates hope for stable meaning is to succumb to nihilism. Both are indicative of a This translation of Schelling’s notoriously diffi cult and densely failure to appreciate that understanding depends upon the vital allusive work provides extensive annotations and translations of a instability of the “word.” This innovative book demonstrates that series of texts (by Boehme, Baader, Lessing, Jacobi, and Herder), Gadamer’s thought merits a radical reappraisal and that it is hard to fi nd or previously unavailable in English, whose presence more provocative than commonly supposed. in the Philosophical Investigations is unmistakable and highly signifi cant. This handy study edition of Schelling’s masterpiece will prove useful for scholars and students alike. “Elegantly written, this book provides an engaging, original, and challenging reading of Gadamer’s hermeneutics. “The unique combination of the most stringent power of Davey offers an insightful clarifi cation of the nature and specifi c conceptual thinking and of shattering references to our most contribution of hermeneutics as well as a revealing description of intimate experiences account for the Philosophical Investigations’ the wantonness of understanding.” — Jean Grondin, author of almost hypnotic power. It is quite simply, together with Hegel’s Sources of Hermeneutics Phenomenology of Spirit and two or three other works, one of the candidates for the greatest philosophical book ever written.” Nicholas Davey is Professor of Philosophy at the University of — Slavoj Zðizûek Dundee, Scotland.

At Clemson University, Jeff Love is Assistant Professor of German A volume in the SUNY series in and Russian and Johannes Schmidt is Assistant Professor Contemporary of German. Dennis J. Schmidt, editor

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THE PHILOSOPHER’S “I” DARWIN AND THE NATURE OF SPECIES Autobiography and the Search David N. Stamos for the Self J. Lenore Wright Examines Darwin’s concept of species in a philosophical context. Using works written over Since the 1859 publication of On the Origin of Species, the the course of 1,500 years, concept of “species” in biology has been widely debated, with its considers philosophers’ precise defi nition far from settled. And yet, amazingly, there have autobiographies as a genre been no books devoted to Charles Darwin’s thinking on the term of philosophical writing. until now. David N. Stamos gives us a groundbreaking, historical reconstruction of Darwin’s detailed, yet often misinterpreted, This book examines philosophers’ autobiographies as a genre of thoughts on this complex concept. philosophical writing. Author J. Lenore Wright focuses her attention on fi ve philosophical autobiographies: Augustine’s Confessions, Stamos provides a thorough and detailed analysis of Darwin’s Descartes’ Meditations, Rousseau’s The Confessions, Nietzsche’s extensive writings, both published and unpublished, in order Ecce Homo, and Hazel Barnes’s The Story I Tell Myself. In the to reveal Darwin’s actual species concept. Stamos argues that context of fi rst-person narration, she shows how the philosophers Darwin had a unique evolutionary species concept in mind, one in question turn their attention inward and unleash their analytical that was not at all a product of his time. Challenging currently rigor on themselves. accepted views that believe Darwin was merely following the species ascriptions of his fellow naturalists, Stamos works to Wright argues that philosophical autobiography makes prove that this prevailing, nominalistic view should be overturned. philosophical analysis necessary and that one cannot unfold This book also addresses three issues pertinent to the philosophy without the other. Her distinction between the ontological and of science: the modern species problem, the nature of concept rhetorical dimensions of the self creates a rich middle ground in change in scientifi c revolutions, and the contextualist trend in which questions of essence and identity bear upon existence. professional history of science.

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THE PRAGMATIC THE GIFT OF THE OTHER CENTURY Levinas and the Politics Conversations with of Reproduction Richard J. Bernstein Lisa Guenther Sheila Greeve Davaney and Warren G. Frisina, editors A philosophical exploration of birth, maternity, and Critically engages the work reproduction. of American philosopher Richard J. Bernstein. The Gift of the Other brings together a philosophical analysis The Pragmatic Century critically of time, embodiment, and ethical CONTRIBUTORS assesses the signifi cance of American responsibility with a feminist critique of philosopher Richard J. Bernstein’s the way women’s reproductive capacity has been theorized and Richard J. Bernstein intellectual contributions. Written by represented in Western culture. Author Lisa Guenther develops New School U. the ethical and temporal implications of understanding birth as Rebecca S. Chopp scholars who share with Bernstein a Colgate U. combined interest in the American the gift of the Other, a gift which makes existence possible, and Vincent Colapietro pragmatic tradition and contemporary already orients this existence toward a radical responsibility PA State U. religious thought, the essays explore for Others. Through an engagement with the work of Levinas, Sheila Greeve Davaney Beauvoir, Arendt, Irigaray, and Kristeva, the author outlines an Iliff School of Theology such diverse topics as Bernstein’s place Mary Doak as an interpreter of both American ethics of maternity based on the givenness of existence and a U. of Notre Dame and continental thought, the possibility feminist politics of motherhood which critiques the exploitation of Nancy K. Frankenberry of system building and analysis in an maternal generosity. Dartmouth Coll. Warren G. Frisina antimetaphysical age, the potential for Hofstra U. theological and ethical reinterpretation “Guenther presents an original, compelling, and lucid analysis of William D. Hart in contemporary society, and much birth as a gift that, if given rather than forced, grounds subjectivity, U. of NC more. Included are not only responses plurality, and ethical sociality. This is a groundbreaking work that Henry Samuel Levinson revises Levinas’s ethics for feminist reproductive politics, and U. of NC by Bernstein to each essay, but also Robert Cummings Neville two new essays by Bernstein himself it will have a signifi cant impact on key debates in existential Boston U. that orient readers to the central role phenomenology, feminist theory, bioethics, and biopolitics.” Gilya Gerda Schmidt has played throughout — Rosalyn Diprose, author of Corporeal Generosity: On Giving U. of TN the last century and also provide an with Nietzsche, Merleau-Ponty, and Levinas encomium to the continuing value of democratic ideals at a time when those ideals are threatened on Lisa Guenther is Lecturer in the Philosophy Department at many different fronts. The University of Auckland, New Zealand.

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RETURNING CRITICAL AFFINITIES TO IRIGARAY Nietzsche and Feminist Philosophy, Politics, African American Thought and the Question of Unity Jacqueline Scott and Elaine P. Miller and A. Todd Franklin, editors Maria Cimitile, editors Foreword by Robert Gooding-Williams Leading scholars examine the relation between Irigaray’s Explores convergences early writings and her later, between the of more political work. and African American thought. Luce Irigaray is one of the most CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS infl uential philosophers and theorists Critical Affi nities is the fi rst book to in the fi eld of feminist thought, and her Debra Bergoffen explore the multifaceted relationship Daniel W. Conway George Mason U. PA State U. work is considered both revolutionary Maria Cimitile between the philosophy of Friedrich Christa Davis Acampora and controversial. This volume Grand Valley State U. Nietzsche and various dimensions Hunter Coll., CUNY offers the fi rst critical assessment Penelope Deutscher of African American thought. A. Todd Franklin of the relation between her early Northwestern U. Exploring the connections between Hamilton Coll. Sara Heinämaa Robert Gooding-Williams poetic writings to her later political U. of Helsinki these two unlikely interlocutors, the Northwestern U. applied philosophy. Contributors Sara McNamara contributors focus on unmasking and Lewis Gordon examine how the question of sexual SUNY Stony Brook understanding the root causes and Temple U. difference has unfolded in a wealth Elaine P. Miller racially infl ected symptoms of various Kathleen Higgins Miami U. of Ohio U. of TX, Austin of different directions in Irigaray’s Ann Murphy manifestations of cultural malaise. They John Pittman later work, focusing on the areas of U. of New South Wales, contemplate the operative warrant for John Jay Coll. of Criminal nature and technology, social and Sydney, Australia reconstituted conceptions of racial Justice, CUNY political theory and praxis, ethics, Kelly Oliver identity and recognize the existential Jacqueline Scott Vanderbilt U. Loyola U., Chicago psychoanalysis, and phenomenology. Catherine Peebles and social recuperative potential of Paul C.Taylor They also address whether there has U. of NH the will to power. In so doing, they Temple U. been a radical conceptual “turn” in Gail Schwab simultaneously foster and exemplify a Cynthia Willett Irigaray’s thought by exploring the Hofstra U. nuanced understanding of what both Emory U. Margaret Whitford James J. Winchester of a “turn” as a return to themes U. of London traditions regard as “the art of the GA Coll. and State U. that have concerned her all along. Emily Zakin cultural physician.” The contributors By considering each of her views in Miami U. of Ohio connote daring scholarly attempts relation to the entirety of her work, Krzysztof Ziarek to explicate the ways in which clarifying the critical affi nities SUNY Buffalo readers will come to appreciate the between Nietzsche and various expressions of African American richness of her thought. thought not only enriches our understanding of each, but also enhances our ability to realize the broader ends of advancing the “This is an extremely important book for furthering discussion prospects for social and psychological fl ourishing. about the relationship between Irigaray’s early and later work. It also addresses a question central to feminist philosophy: “These essays complicate and … disrupt common notions of the do identity politics work?” — Danielle Poe, University of Dayton discursive options available to black studies. Rather than promote an afrocentric, diasporic, queered, or feminist black studies, they Elaine P. Miller is Associate Professor of Philosophy at tacitly envision a black studies charmed and unsettled by a seducer, Miami University of Ohio and author of The Vegetative Soul: by Nietzsche—a black studies richer in itself, newer to itself than From Philosophy of Nature to Subjectivity in the Feminine, also published by SUNY Press. Maria Cimitile is Associate before, full of new will and currents, full of new dissatisfactions.” Professor of Philosophy at Grand Valley State University. — from the Foreword by Robert Gooding-Williams

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POSTPHENOMENOLOGY THE THINGS A Critical Companion to Ihde THEMSELVES Evan Selinger, editor Phenomenology and the Return to the Everyday Critically engages the work H. Peter Steeves of the philosopher Don Ihde. Essays on phenomenological Postphenomenology is the fi rst encounters with the world. book devoted exclusively to the interpretation and advancement Taking Edmund Husserl’s dictum to of prominent phenomenologist heart yet fi nding in it a new direction, Don Ihde’s landmark contributions to The Things Themselves is an attempt CONTRIBUTORS history, philosophy, sociology, science, to return philosophy to the world and, sound studies, and technology studies. in so doing, know ourselves and our place in that world anew. The Albert Borgmann Ihde has made a direct and lasting book deals with the myriad ways in which a phenomenological U. of MT impact on the study of technological approach to philosophy can inform commonplace experiences Richard Cohen UNC experience across the disciplines and understanding. From a trip to Disneyland to a morning Robert Crease and acquired an international spent watching television exercise shows, from the commitment SUNY Stony Brook following of diverse scholars along to become a vegetarian to the choice to become a political Andrew Feenberg the way, many of whom contribute to revolutionary, this book breaks down the barrier between theory Simon Fraser U. Peter Galison Postphenomenology, including Albert and praxis, demanding that we both investigate and hold Harvard U. Borgmann, who characterizes Ihde as ourselves accountable to this world. Written in an accessible yet Donna J. Haraway being “among the most interesting and philosophically rigorous style, H. Peter Steeves not only attempts U. of CA, Santa Cruz provocative contemporary American to return philosophy to the world but also to return philosophy to Don Ihde SUNY Stony Brook philosophers.” The contributors the nonspecialist, to those simply interested in the simplest things, Lenore Langsdorf situate, assess, and apply Ihde’s the things themselves that fi ll our lives but inevitably, and most Southern IL U. philosophy with respect to the primary wondrously, prove anything but simple. Hans Lenk themes that his oeuvre emphasizes. Karlsruhe U., Germany Judy Lochhead They not only clarify Ihde’s work, “H. Peter Steeves is a phenomenologically oriented hybrid of SUNY Stony Brook but also make signifi cant contributions Roland Barthes and Jean Baudrillard, and not only is he quite as Carl Mitcham to the philosophy of technology, good as they are, his writing also offers a strong argument for CO School of Mines phenomenology, hermeneutics, Finn Olesen why we need to expand the reach of phenomenology rather than U. of Aarhus, Denmark and the philosophy of science. set it aside. Steeves has an extraordinary eye for the revealing Andrew Pickering A comprehensive response from Ihde empirical detail. His essays on Disneyland and Las Vegas are U. of IL, Urbana-Champaign concludes the volume. masterpieces in the hermeneutics of irreality. His powers of Trevor Pinch Cornell U. observation are those of a writer or a painter, and his essay on Robert C. Scharff “Ihde’s response to his critics … pushes Cézanne is quite as revealing as Merleau-Ponty’s classic. This U. of NH him to critically assess the long-term is a highly original book, full of ideas, and it brilliantly applies Evan Selinger development of his research program, phenomenology to our real (and unreal) experience. It will have RIT and to clarify and explain his vision Vivian Sobchack a major impact on the fi eld.” — , author of The Step UCLA of both his work and fi elds of study.” Back: Ethics and Politics after Deconstruction Paul B. Thompson — Trish Glazebrook, author of MI State U. Heidegger’s Philosophy of Science “H. Peter Steeves’ extraordinary book is phenomenology at its Peter-Paul Verbeek U. of Twente, Enschede, very best.” — David Farrell Krell, DePaul University The Netherlands Evan Selinger is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute Donn Welton H. Peter Steeves is Associate Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Stony Brook of Technology and the coeditor (with DePaul University. He is the author of Animal Others: On Ethics, Don Ihde) of Chasing Technoscience: Ontology, and Animal Life, also published by SUNY Press, and Matrix for Materiality. Founding Community: A Phenomenological-Ethical Inquiry.

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DEMOCRATIZING WORDS IN BLOOD, TECHNOLOGY LIKE FLOWERS Andrew Feenberg’s Philosophy and Poetry, Critical Theory of Technology Music and Eros in Hölderlin, Tyler J. Veak, editor Nietzsche, and Heidegger Babette E. Babich The fi rst volume to critically engage the work of A philosophical exploration of Andrew Feenberg. the power that poetry, music, and the erotic have on us. Largely because of the Internet and the new economy, technology has Why did Nietzsche claim to become the buzzword of our culture. CONTRIBUTORS have “written in blood”? Why But what is it, and how does it affect Albert Borgmann did Heidegger remain silent after World War II about his our lives? More importantly, can we U. of MT participation in the Nazi Party? How did Hölderlin’s voice Simon Cooper control and shape it, or does it control Monash U., Gippsland, and the voices of other, more ancient poets come to echo us? In short, can we make technology Australia in philosophy? Words in Blood, Like Flowers is a classical more democratic? Using the work of Gerald Doppelt UC, San Diego expression of continental philosophy that critically engages the Andrew Feenberg, one of the most Andrew Feenberg intersection of poetry, art, music, politics, and the erotic in an important and original fi gures in the Simon Fraser U., Vancouver exploration of the power they have over us. While focusing Trish Glazebrook fi eld of philosophy of technology, Dalhousie U., Halifax on three key fi gures—Hölderlin, Nietzsche, and Heidegger— as a foundation, the contributors to Larry A. Hickman this volume covers a wide range of material, from the Southern IL U., Carbondale this volume explore these important Andrew Light Ancient Greeks to the vicissitudes of the politics of our times, questions and Feenberg responds. NYU and approaches these and other questions within their David J. Stump U. of San Francisco hermeneutic and historical contexts. In the 1990s, Feenberg authored Paul B. Thompson MI State U. three books that established him Iain Thomson Working from primary texts and a wide range of scholarly as one of the leading scholars in a U. of NM sources in French, German, and English, this book is an important rapidly developing fi eld, and he is Tyler J. Veak Savannah, GA contribution to philosophy’s most ancient quarrels not only with one of the few to delineate a theory Edward J. Woodhouse poetry, but also with music and erotic love. for democratizing technological Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. design. He has demonstrated the “Babich’s scholarship is exceptionally wide-ranging; she is among shortcomings of traditional theories of technology and argued for the foremost Nietzsche scholars; her arguments are provocative; what he calls “democratic rationalization” where actors intervene and her style is fl uent and elegant.” — Véronique M. Fóti, in the technological design process to shape it toward their author of Epochal Discordance: Hölderlin’s Philosophy of Tragedy own ends. In this book, the contributors analyze foundational issues in Feenberg’s work, including questions of human nature, “This is a work of great scholarship and philosophical sensitivity biotechnology, gender, and his readings of Heidegger, and that draws impressively on German literature and thought. This is they also examine practical issues, including democratizing by no means an antiquarian book, but one that is fully engaged technology, moral evaluation, and environmentalism. with contemporary issues in which these fi gures are important, issues ranging from philosophical complicity in tyranny to the “The subject of this volume is very important. Feenberg’s work hermeneutics of architecture to the notion of the real in Nietzsche deserves attention, as does the question about democratization and Lacan.” — Gary Shapiro, author of Alcyone: Nietzsche on of technology. The contributors not only reveal hidden dimensions Gifts, Noise, and Women in Feenberg’s work, but also make interesting contributions to broader discussions in philosophy of technology and Babette E. Babich is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham critical theory. I particularly liked the response by Feenberg.” University and is the editor of Habermas, Nietzsche, and Critical — David M. Kaplan, editor of Readings in the Philosophy Theory and the author of Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Science: of Technology Refl ecting Science on the Ground of Art and Life, also published by SUNY Press. Tyler J. Veak is an independent scholar who received his Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies at Virginia Tech and has A volume in the SUNY series in taught at St. Andrews Presbyterian College. Contemporary Continental Philosophy Dennis J. Schmidt, editor OCTOBER I 256 pp $27.95 pb 0-7914-6918-2 AUGUST I 400 pp $83.50 hc 0-7914-6917-4 8 b/w photographs $85.00 jacketed hc 0-7914-6835-6 celebrating 40 years I 1966–2006 www.sunypress.edu I 31 PHILOSOPHY

NIETZSCHE EPOCHAL DISCORDANCE AND PARADOX Hölderlin’s Philosophy RogeŒrio Miranda de Almeida of Tragedy Translated by Véronique M. Fóti Mark S. Roberts Examines the German poet Translated from the French, Hölderlin’s philosophical this book analyzes the insights into tragedy. paradoxes that fundamen- tally characterize Nietzsche’s Friedrich Hölderlin must be considered philosophy and texts. not only a signifi cant poet but also a philosophically important thinker within German Idealism. In both Newly translated into English, this book analyzes the paradoxical capacities, he was crucially preoccupied with the question of discourse that fl ows through and fundamentally characterizes tragedy, yet, surprisingly, this book is the fi rst in English to explore Nietzsche’s writings. Examining Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy; fully his philosophy of tragedy. Focusing on the thought of Hegel, Human, All Too Human; Beyond Good and Evil; On the Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Reiner Schürmann, Véronique M. Fóti Genealogy of Morals; and The Antichrist; RogeŒrio Miranda de discusses the tragic turning in German philosophy that began at Almeida patiently opens these texts to the multiplicity of truths the close of the eighteenth century to provide a historical and that unfold through the process of continuous reinterpretation and philosophical context for an engagement with Hölderlin. She goes reevaluation. Never formally defi ning the contradictions within on to examine the three fragmentary versions of Hölderlin’s own Nietzsche’s conception of metaphysics, religion, art, science, and tragedy, The Death of Empedocles, together with related essays, philosophy, Miranda de Almeida acknowledges instead that the and his interpretation of Sophoclean tragedy. Fóti also addresses history of thought, and the development of Nietzsche’s writings the relationship of his character Empedocles to the pre-Socratic in particular, is an interplay of forces and drives, encroachment philosopher and concludes by examining Heidegger’s dialogue and surrender, construction and destruction, overcoming and with Hölderlin concerning tragedy and the tragic. transformation, lack and fulfi lment, satisfaction and dissatisfaction, pleasure and displeasure, pain and delight. This book reveals “Original, interesting, and carefully argued, this book makes an the endless perspectives and truths that Nietzsche creates important contribution by demonstrating that Hölderlin must be and transforms. taken seriously for his work in philosophy. Among its numerous strengths, Fóti’s study contextualizes Hölderlin’s philosophy “Drawing on the broad tradition of the ‘French Nietzsche,’ this of tragedy within larger currents of post-Kantian continental book offers a rich tapestry of refl ections on the multiplicities still philosophy, recognizes that Hölderlin’s overall approach to to be mined in Nietzsche’s thought, including the tragedy appears not as a rigid position, but rather emerges of art and appearance, on woman and dissimulation, through a number of transformations in the course of his productive as well as morality, religion, and, of course, paradox.” life, and sheds new light on several celebrated texts by Hölderlin, — Babette E. Babich, author of Words in Blood, such as his ‘Remarks on Oedipus’ and ‘Remarks on Antigone.’” Like Flowers: Philosophy and Poetry, Music and Eros — Theodore D. George, author of Tragedies of Spirit: Tracing in Hölderlin, Nietzsche, and Heidegger Finitude in Hegel’s Phenomenology

RogeŒrio Miranda de Almeida is Professor of Philosophy at Véronique M. Fóti is Professor of Philosophy at Saint Anselmo College and Visiting Professor of Theology at the Penn State at University Park and the author of Vision’s Invisibles: Gregorian University and of Philosophy at Beda College, all in Philosophical Explorations, also published by SUNY Press, and Rome, Italy. He is the author of Nietzsche e Freud: Eterno Retorno Heidegger and the Poets: Poieµsis/Sophia/Techneµ. e CompulsaÅo à RepeticçaÅo. Mark S. Roberts has translated and coedited several books, including (with Anna Alexander) A volume in the SUNY series in High Culture: Refl ections on Addiction and Modernity, Contemporary Continental Philosophy also published by SUNY Press. Dennis J. Schmidt, editor

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NIETZSCHE, HEIDEGGER, TRAGEDIES OF SPIRIT AND DAOIST THOUGHT Tracing Finitude in Hegel’s Crossing Paths In-Between Phenomenology Katrin Froese Theodore D. George

This work of comparative Examines tragedy in Hegel’s philosophy envisions Phenomenology of Spirit. a cosmological whole that celebrates difference. In Tragedies of Spirit, Theodore D. George engages Hegel’s In this book, Katrin Froese Phenomenology of Spirit to explore juxtaposes the Daoist texts of the philosophical signifi cance of Laozi and Zhuangzi with the tragedy in post-Kantian continental thought of Nietzsche and Heidegger to argue that there is thought. George follows lines of inquiry originally developed a need for rethinking the idea of a cosmological whole. by Nietzsche, Heidegger, Gadamer, and Derrida, and takes By moving away from the quest for certainty, Froese suggests as his point of departure the concern that Hegel’s speculative a way of philosophizing that does not seek to capture the whole, philosophy forms a summit of modernity that the present historical but rather becomes a means of affi rming a connection to it, time is called to interrogate. Yet, George argues that Hegel’s one that celebrates difference rather than eradicating it. larger speculative ambitions in the Phenomenology compel him to turn to the resource of tragedy in order to give voice to issues Human beings have a vague awareness of the infi nite, but they of incommensurability, discontinuity, otherness, strife, and crisis. are nevertheless fi nite beings. Froese maintains that rather than From this standpoint, Hegel’s interest in the tragic proves to be bemoaning the murkiness of knowledge, the thinkers considered more pervasive and to run deeper than has previously been here celebrate the creativity and tendency to wander through recognized. The author shows that Hegel’s reliance upon the that space of not knowing, or “in-between-ness.” However, for tragic not only stretches and tests assumptions of speculative Neitzsche and the early Heidegger, this in-between-ness can philosophy, but also illuminates original insights into human often produce a sense of meaninglessness that sends individuals fi nitude. While situating Hegel’s approach to tragedy as part of on a frenetic quest to mark out space that is uniquely their own. a broader response to Kant, George also contextualizes Hegel’s Laozi and Zhuangzi, on the other hand, paint a portrait of the interest in tragedy with reference to fi gures in German Idealism self that provides openings for others rather than deliberately and Romanticism, such as Schelling, Hölderlin, and Schlegel. forging an identity that it can claim as its own. In this way, human beings can become joyful wanderers that revel in the movements of the Dao and are comfortable with their own fi nitude. Froese “This is an important contribution to the current reception of also suggests that Nietzsche and Heidegger are philosophers at Hegel. Lucid and concise, it displays an admirable command a crossroads, for they both exemplify the modern emphasis of both the continental and the Anglo-American scholarship of on self-creation and at the same time share the Daoist insight into Hegel. Even more importantly, it is both faithful to Hegel’s project, the perils of excessive egoism that can lead to misguided attempts yet keenly aware of the subterranean possibilities that Hegel’s to master the world. insistence on the triumph of speculative unity excludes. George clearly indicates Hegel’s contribution to our understanding of the “This is an excellent book, knowledgeable, clear, and well written. German retrieval of Greek tragedy as well as tragic elements that It brings forth important issues that are of contemporary concern elude Hegel’s speculative interests. Overall, it is both a fi ne work and will no doubt pave the way for future comparative studies of scholarship, addressing a largely neglected theme, and a fi ne in the traditions being discussed.” — Joanne D. Birdwhistell, piece of philosophizing in its own right.” — Jason M. Wirth, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey author of The Conspiracy of Life: Meditations on Schelling and His Time Katrin Froese is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Philosophy at the University of Calgary and the author of Theodore D. George is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Rousseau and Nietzsche: Toward an Aesthetic Morality. Texas A&M University.

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FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE OPPENHEIMER’S CHOICE ON THE PHILOSOPHY Refl ections from OF RIGHT AND Moral Philosophy THE STATE Richard Mason Nikos Kazantzakis Translated and with an Studies J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Introduction, Notes, choice to accept leadership and Additional Comments of the Manhattan Project. by Odysseus Makridis In 1942, J. Robert Oppenheimer accepted the leadership of the First English translation of Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Nikos Kazantzakis’s 1909 Laboratory, which produced the fi rst doctoral dissertation on Nietzsche. atomic bomb three years later. This book examines the ethics of Oppenheimer’s choice to take that job and our judgment of This book represents the fi rst English translation of Nikos his acceptance, leading to the larger question of the meaning Kazantzakis’s 1909 dissertation on Friedrich Nietzsche’s political of moral judgment itself. Through an analysis of Oppenheimer’s and legal philosophy. Before Kazantzakis became one of the best- choice, Richard Mason explores questions of responsibility, the known modern Greek writers, he was an avid student of Nietzsche’s justifi cation for the pursuit of scientifi c curiosity, the purity of thought, discovering Nietzsche while studying law in Paris from research, and many other topics of interest in scientifi c ethics. 1907 to 1909. This powerful assessment of Nietzsche’s radical This unique look at one man’s choice brings out the necessary political thought is translated here from a restored and authentic step from personal detail to abstract refl ection—it may be easy to recent edition of the original. Its deep insights are unencumbered praise or condemn Oppenheimer’s choice, but less easy to justify by the encrustations that generations of Nietzsche’s admirers and our praise or condemnation. Oppenheimer’s Choice establishes detractors have deposed on the original Nietzschean corpus. the possibility of this kind of moral philosophy—neither “applied” The book also offers a revealing glimpse into the formative stage nor “practical” ethics, but instead a sustained concentration of Kazantzakis’s thought. on a single choice, and what it means.

“Thanks to the efforts of the translator, Kazantzakis’s bold, “This book presents a telling case, one that is undeniably diffi cult appreciative interpretation of Nietzsche is now available to to ‘place’ from the standpoint of moral judgment or moral Anglophone readers. While other fi gures from the period offered theory. There are many books on Oppenheimer and many, their thoughts on Nietzsche, none approaches the stature and of course, on moral philosophy, but none I know that bring genius of Kazantzakis. This book opens a unique window onto them together. This makes the book unique.” — Ramsey Eric Ramsey, the European intellectual scene at the beginning of the twentieth coauthor of Leaving Us to Wonder: An Essay on the Questions century.” — Daniel W. Conway, author of Nietzsche and the Science Can’t Ask Political Richard Mason is a Fellow of Wolfson College at the University Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957) is the author of Zorba of Cambridge. He is the author of Understanding Understanding the Greek, The Last Temptation of Christ, and the modern Greek and Before Logic, both published by SUNY Press, and The God epic Odyssey. Odysseus Makridis is Assistant Professor in of Spinoza. Philosophy and the Humanities at Fairleigh Dickinson University and the translator of Letters and Sayings of Epicurus. A volume in the SUNY series in Philosophy George R. Lucas Jr., editor JULY I 124 pp $50.00 hc 0-7914-6731-7 JULY I 192 pp $55.00 hc 0-7914-6781-3

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THE TIME OF LIFE SPEAKING Heidegger and E÷thos FROM ELSEWHERE William McNeill A New Contextualist Perspective on Meaning, Explores the notion of eµthos Identity, and Discursive Agency in Heidegger’s thought. JoseŒ Medina

The Time of Life explores Heidegger’s Develops a contextualist rethinking of ethics and of the ethical view of identity, agency, in terms of an understanding of the and discursive practices. original Greek notion of eµthos. Engaging the ethical in Heidegger’s In Speaking from Elsewhere, author thought in relation to Aristotle, Michel JoseŒ Medina argues for the critical Foucault, and Friedrich Hölderlin, William McNeill examines and transformative power of speech from marginalized locations the way in which Heidegger’s thought shifts our understanding by articulating a contextualist view of meaning, identity, and of ethics away from a set of theoretically constructed norms, agency. This contextualism draws from different philosophical principles, or rules governing practice toward an understanding traditions (Wittgenstein, pragmatism, and feminist theory) and of the ethical as our concrete way of Being in the world. crosses disciplinary boundaries (philosophy, cultural studies, women’s studies, and sociology) to underscore both the diversity Central to this study is the consideration of the ethical in relation of voices and viewpoints and the openness of discursive to time: the time of biological life, the time of human life contexts and practices. Expressing a robust notion of discursive as biographical and historical, the temporality of human action, responsibility, Medina contends that, as speakers and members of and the historicality of human thought. In addition, this book linguistic communities, we cannot elude the obligation to open up critically examines the predicament of ethical responsibility in discursive spaces for new voices and to facilitate new dialogues a scientifi c-technological era, considering how the world of that break silences and empower marginalized voices. modern science and technology call upon us to rethink the nature of ethical responsibilities. “This is a groundbreaking and genuinely novel contribution to an emerging school of Wittgenstein interpretation. It combines “McNeill’s scholarship on Heidegger is excellent, and he careful attention to the texts with deep and broad connections writes clearly and with great lucidity and insight on thoughts to issues of general interest as well as of much theoretical and questions that are quite difficult to articulate.” concern.” — Naomi Scheman, coeditor of Feminist Interpretations — Daniela Vallega-Neu, author of The Bodily Dimension of Ludwig Wittgenstein in Thinking “Medina’s book defends an original thesis, is extremely readable, “McNeill’s knack for explicating the kernel of Heidegger’s and manages to interweave analytic philosophy of language, often-thorny argumentation is on full display throughout the book, continental thought, postmodernism, and feminist philosophy with and his ability to render the diffi culty posed by Heidegger’s dense ease and elegance.” — Barbara Fultner, translator of Truth and thinking into the most cogent expression is most remarkable.” Justifi cation by Jürgen Habermas — Jeffrey L. Powell, Marshall University JoseŒ Medina is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt William McNeill is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University University and the author of The Unity of Wittgenstein’s Philosophy: and is the author of The Glance of the Eye: Heidegger, Aristotle, Necessity, Intelligibility, and Normativity, also published by and the Ends of Theory, also published by SUNY Press. SUNY Press, and Language: Key Concepts in Philosophy, and the coeditor (with David Wood) of Truth: Engagements Across A volume in the SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy Philosophical Traditions. Dennis J. Schmidt, editor OCTOBER I 272 pp JUNE I 254 pp $70.00 hc 0-7914-6915-8 $70.00 jacketed hc 0-7914-6783-X

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THE INCARNALITY HEGEL AND LANGUAGE OF BEING Jere O’Neill Surber, editor The Earth, Animals, and the Body in Heidegger’s Thought The fi rst anthology exclusively Frank Schalow devoted to Hegel’s linguistic thought.

A groundbreaking The fi rst anthology explicitly dedicat- exploration of Heidegger ed to Hegel’s linguistic thought, Hegel and embodiment, from which and Language presents various facets a radical ethical perspective of a new wave of Hegel scholarship. emerges. The chapters are organized around themes that include the possibility CONTRIBUTORS of systematic philosophy, truth and objectivity, and the relation of Hegel’s The Incarnality of Being addresses Martin Heidegger’s tendency Will Dudley Williams Coll. thought to analytic and postmodern to neglect the problem of the body, an omission that is further Katharina Dulckeit approaches to language. While there refl ected in the fi eld of Heidegger scholarship. By addressing the Butler U. is considerable diversity among the corporeal dimension of human existence, author Frank Schalow Catherine Kellogg U. of Alberta various approaches to and assess- uncovers Heidegger’s concern for the materiality of the world. David Kolb ments of Hegel’s linguistic thought, This allows for the ecological implications of Heidegger’s thought Bates Coll. the volume as a whole demonstrates to emerge, specifi cally, the kinship between humans and animals Chong-Fuk Lau Darmstadt U. of Tech., that not only was language central and the mutual interest each has for preserving the environment Germany for Hegel, but also that his linguistic and the earth. By advancing the theme of the “incarnality of Claire May thought still has much to offer con- being,” Schalow brings Heidegger’s thinking to bear on various Art Inst. of Atlanta John McCumber temporary philosophy. The book also provocative questions concerning : UCLA includes an extensive introductory sexuality, the intersection of human and animal life, the precarious Angelica Nuzzo survey of the linguistic thought of the future of the earth we inhabit, and the signifi cance that reclaiming Brooklyn Coll., CUNY Katrin Pahl entire German Idealist movement and our embodiment has upon ethics and politics. USC the contemporary issues that emerged Jeffrey Reid from it. “This is an intellectually informed, well-researched, and rigorously U. of Ottawa Jere O’Neill Surber argued study. The issue of the body and embodiment in Heidegger U. of Denver “By presenting a panorama of has been especially underexamined and/or misunderstood and Kevin Thompson competent scholarship on the theme this book promises to radically correct that. While faithfully DePaul U. Jim Vernon of Hegel and language, this collection articulating Heidegger’s thought, Schalow also critically examines York U., Atkinson opens up a number of perspectives on his arguments and suggests valuable alternative strategies how to read Hegel and his thought. and possibilities, for example, to Heidegger’s own later It is exciting, and the material is reading of itself. This is a valuable work.” well organized and covers a number of critical themes.” — Eric Sean Nelson, coeditor of Addressing Levinas — John W. Burbidge, author of Hegel on Logic and Religion: The Reasonableness of Christianity Frank Schalow is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Orleans. He is the author of many books, “This book contains a range of distinct considerations brought including The Renewal of the Heidegger-Kant Dialogue: to bear on Hegel’s views and uses of language. The essays are Action, Thought, and Responsibility, also published by not mere expositions of Hegel’s views but are serious attempts at SUNY Press, and Heidegger and the Quest for the Sacred: interpretation of the signifi cance of Hegel’s views, evaluation of From Thought to the Sanctuary of Faith. the cogency and intelligibility of his position, and suggestions as to how these views relate to Hegel’s philosophical predecessors A volume in the SUNY series in and to later philosophy of language.” — David A. Duquette, Environmental Philosophy and Ethics editor of Hegel’s History of Philosophy: New Interpretations J. Baird Callicott and John van Buren, editors

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THE CAGE KANT’S PRAGMATIC Must, Should, and ANTHROPOLOGY Ought from Is Its Origin, Meaning, David Weissman and Critical Signifi cance Holly L. Wilson Philosophical examination of the relationship of normativity The fi rst comprehensive and freedom. examination in English of Kant’s Anthropology from Hume argued that is does not a Pragmatic Point of View. entail ought; that we cannot infer necessity or obligation from any This book offers the fi rst account description of actual states of in English of the origin, meaning, affairs. His philosophical heirs continue to argue that nothing and critical signifi cance of ’s Anthropology from outside ourselves constrains us. The Cage maintains, contrary a Pragmatic Point of View. Kant’s book is not empirical psychology, to Humean tradition, that reality is a set of nested contexts, but rather a type of cosmopolitan philosophy meant to teach each distinguished by intrinsic norms. Author David Weissman students to think for themselves and thus be free to actualize offers an innovative exploration of these norms intrinsic to their full human destiny. Author Holly L. Wilson innovatively human life, including practical affairs, morals, aesthetics, and explores how the “philosophical anthropology” exhibited in culture. In this critical examination of character formation and Kant’s Anthropology challenges contemporary theories of the conditions for freedom, Weissman suggests that eliminating human nature, including behaviorism and evolutionary theory. context (because of regarding it as an impediment to freedom) She also details how Kant based his work on the critically impoverishes character and reduces freedom. He concludes grounded faculty of teleological judgment and how this type that positive freedom—the freedom to choose and to act— of philosophy of experience is consistent with Kant’s overall has no leverage apart from the contexts where character forms critical theory. The portrait of Kant that emerges is one of and circumstances provide opportunities to express one’s a humane teacher who cared about his students and their thoughts, tastes, or talents. acquisition of prudence and wisdom.

“The great strength of The Cage is that Weissman develops “Wilson persuasively argues that the Anthropology should a metaphysical theory of communitarianism that is itself be read in light of Kant’s principle of teleological judgment. communitarian. Rigorously coherent without falling into the She undertakes the important task of demonstrating how Kant’s trap of holism, and respecting the freedom and integrity of view of the predispositions, as articulated in the Anthropology, particular entities and persons without falling into the trap of is an important part of the overall systematic-critical philosophy.” atomism, Weissman shows us how the values that both constrain — Sharon Anderson-Gold, author of Unnecessary Evil: and liberate us are objective features of the natural world.” History and Moral Progress in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant — George Allan, author of The Patterns of the Present: Interpreting the Authority of Form Holly L. Wilson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. “I do not know of any philosopher who writes so engagingly and insightfully about such controversial and complex topics A volume in the SUNY series in Philosophy George R. Lucas Jr., editor as David Weissman. What is truly remarkable is that he never purchases clarity at the price of simplifi cation: he takes up AUGUST I 208 pp inherently diffi cult matters in a consistently clear and engaging $60.00 hc 0-7914-6849-6 manner.” — Vincent M. Colapietro, author of Fateful Shapes of Human Freedom: John William Miller and the Crises of Modernity

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