If often denied and repressed, the Anthropocene has returned naturalism to the center of the possibility of social philosophy. In this splendid and timely series of essays, the classical defenders of naturalism in social theory—from Hegel and Nietzsche through to Dewey, Beauvoir, Wittgenstein, Adorno and Horkheimer—are provided with emphatic elaboration and defense. Singularly and collectively, these essays demonstrate the defining characteristics of the kind of naturalism necessary for a Critical Theory of society today.

Jay M. Bernstein, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Philosophy, New School for Social Research

A timely and insightful collection of essays. Naturalist positions in ethics and philosophy of science are commonplace, it is high time that social philosophy starts making explicit its opposition to and reliance on naturalistic ideas. With this collection, the debate is on!

Arto Laitinen, Tampere University