Reading Continental Philosophy and the History of Thought: : Continental Philosophy and the History of Thought Bettina Bergo Lexington Books

Reading Continental Philosophy and the History of Thought

Description

This book frames the mission of the Continental Philosophy and History of Thought series at Lexington Books. International leading scholars contribute essays that explore and redefine the relationship between received arguments in contemporary Continental philosophy and various influential figures and arguments in the history of thought. By bringing Continental philosophy and the histories of thought into dialogue, editors Christian Lotz and Antonio Calcagno broaden the standard canon of what is considered Continental philosophy by including important yet understudied figures and arguments in the tradition; the chapters also deepen and contextualize significant movements and debate in the field by showing their rich historical underpinnings, thereby establishing new viewpoints in specific constituent subfields of philosophy. Reading Continental Philosophy and the History of Thought shows the growing richness of Continental philosophy via unexplored rethinking of the history of thought. The contributors expand Continental philosophy with and through the recovery of important historical developments, figures, and lines of thought.

Introduction by Christian Lotz and Antonio Calcagno

Part One: Rethinking the Constitutive Layers of the Histories of Philosophy
Chapter One: The Drift into Metaphysics: Jean-Luc Marion's Reading of the Relation between Francisco Suárez and René Descartes by Christina M. Gschwandtner
Chapter Two: Marjorie Glicksman Grene and Existentialism's Important Truths by Marguerite La Caze
Chapter Three: On Arendt and Luxemburg by Christian Lotz

Part Two: Imagining a New Social World
Chapter Four: The Ecological Challenge and the Metamorphosis of the World by Elena Pulcini
Chapter Five: Michel Serres and Ecological Crisis: Listening to the World's Expressions by Marjolein Oele and Brian Treanor
Chapter Six: Hegel, Antigone, and the Lynching of Emmett Till by Ryan Johnson
Chapter Seven: On the Lived Experience of Inauthentic Community: Gerda Walther and the Possibilities of Personal Freedom by Antonio Calcagno

Part Three: Politics and the History of Thought
Chapter Eight: María Zambrano and Hannah

Product details

Published	Nov 15 2023
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	240
ISBN	9781666932997
Imprint	Lexington Books
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Series	Continental Philosophy and the History of Thought
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Christian Lotz

Anthology Editor

Antonio Calcagno

Contributor

Bettina Bergo

Contributor

Christina M. Gschwandtner

Contributor

Ryan J. Johnson

Contributor

Marguerite La Caze

Contributor

Michael Naas

Contributor

Marjolein Oele

Contributor

Elena Pulcini

Contributor

Elvira Roncalli

Contributor

Brian Treanor

As the first publication in a promised series on the development of Continental philosophy, this volume focuses on “understudied thinkers and ideas” (p. 1) of the history of philosophy. The book is divided into three parts with ten essays in total. Part 1 explores the influence of less-known philosophers on Jean-Luc Marion, French existentialism, and Hannah Arendt. Part 2, comprising four essays, examines responses on the part of Continental thinkers to social issues of environmental destruction, racial oppression, and inauthentic communities. The third part addresses questions of political exile, the meaning of democracy, and biopolitics through major Continental thinkers such as Arendt, Jacques Derrida, and Emmanuel Levinas. The volume is largely successful in broadening the conception of Continental philosophy through introduction of Marjorie Glicksman Grene, Maria Zambrano, and Gerda Walther, and by exhibiting the relevance of Continental thought to contemporary issues of concern. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.”

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