Harvard University Press Philosophy 2019

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Philosophy

2019

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Thinking and Being

Irad Kimhi "To his admirers, Kimhi is a hidden giant, a profound thinker... Strives to do a lot in a short space, aiming to overthrow views about logic and metaphysics that have prevailed in philosophy for a century." --New York Times Book Review "This book is the most rewarding text by a living author that I have read in years. Kimhi is a philosopher of the highest caliber...It will have an immediate and powerful impact in a wide array of fields." --Sebastian R?dl, University of Leipzig 2018 2 tables 176 pp. $39.95 ? ?28.95 cloth 9780674967892

Thinking Off Your Feet

How Empirical Psychology Vindicates Armchair Philosophy Michael Strevens

"An impressive defense of armchair philosophy, as it is by and large currently practiced, and...an important contribution to the cognitive science of concepts. Philosophers as well as psychologists will benefit tremendously from reading this book." --Edouard Machery, University of Pittsburgh Belknap Press 2019 10 illus. 360 pp. $39.95 ? ?28.95 cloth 9780674986527

To Shape a New World

Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Edited by Tommie Shelby ? Brandon M. Terry

"Fascinating and instructive...Shelby and Terry may offer the best solution to the pain of thinking about King and our loss of him...King's philosophy, speaking to us through the written word, may turn out to constitute his most enduring legacy." --Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Review of Books

"A compelling work of philosophy, all the more so because it treats King seriously without inoculating him from the kind of critique important to both his theory and practice." --Los Angeles Review of Books Belknap Press 2018 464 pp. $35.00 ? ?25.95 cloth 9780674980754

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An Inquiry into Modes of Existence

An Anthropology of the Moderns Bruno Latour

Translated by Catherine Porter

"Magnificent...Latour's main message--that rationality is `woven from more than one thread'--is intended not just for the academic seminar, but for the public square--and the public square today is global as never before." --Times Literary Supplement 2018; 2013 520 pp. $22.95 ? ?16.95 paper 9780674984028

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The Limits of Blame

Rethinking Punishment and Responsibility Erin I. Kelly

H onorable Mention, Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize

"This book has an elegant humanity that is missing in many discussions of punishment...The Limits of Blame is a model for philosophers who aim to engage with the criminal justice system." --Victor Tadros, University of Warwick 2018 1 photo 240 pp. $35.00 ? ?25.95 cloth 9780674980778

Critique of Forms of Life

Rahel Jaeggi Translated by Ciaran Cronin

"Jaeggi combines...phenomenological attention to lived experience and an eye for social detail...She binds that together with a shrewd grasp of critical theory and the philosophical landscape of the present. Her footnotes alone would make a good book." --Terry Pinkard, European Journal of Philosophy Belknap Press 2018 1 table 416 pp. $45.00 ? ?35.95 cloth 9780674737754

Plato as Critical Theorist

Jonny Thakkar

"Jonny Thakkar follows in a tradition of political philosophers and theorists such as Charles Taylor, Michael Sandel, Michael Ignatieff, and Michael Walzer: theorists who work at the highest levels of intellectual rigor, but who are committed to their theoretical work making a political difference...A Platonically inspired idealist defense of modern democratic liberalism." --Jonathan Lear, University of Chicago 2018 392 pp. $39.95 ? ?28.95 cloth 9780674971769

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As If

Idealization and Ideals Kwame Anthony Appiah

A Seminary Co-op Notable Book of the Year "Appiah is a writer and thinker of remarkable range." --Thomas Nagel, New York Review of Books "Following his practice of producing short, concise, well-written, thoughtful books...Appiah again raises important questions." --Choice 2019; 2017 240 pp. $12.95 ? ?9.95 paper 9780674237711

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A Spirit of Trust

A Reading of Hegel's Phenomenology

Robert B. Brandom

Forty years in the making, this longawaited reinterpretation of Hegel's The Phenomenology of Spirit is a landmark contribution to philosophy by one of the world's best-known and most influential philosophers.

Available in May Belknap Press 2019 $45.00 ? ?32.95 cloth 9780674976818

Converts to the Real

Catholicism and the Making of Continental Philosophy

Edward Baring

In the most wideranging history of phenomenology since Herbert Spiegelberg's The Phenomenological Movement over fifty years ago, Baring uncovers a new and unexpected force--Catholic intellectuals--behind the growth of phenomenology in the early twentieth century, and makes the case for the movement's catalytic intellectual and social impact.

Available in May 2019 $49.95 ? ?35.95 cloth 9780674988378

Conscious Experience

A Logical Inquiry Anil Gupta

A distinguished philosopher offers a novel account of experience and reason, and develops our understanding of conscious experience and its relationship to thought: a new reformed empiricism.

Available in February 2019 $45.00 ? ?32.95 cloth 9780674987784

Why Free Will Is Real

Christian List

A crystal-clear, scientifically rigorous argument for the existence of free will, challenging what many scientists and scientifically minded philosophers believe.

"List does as advertised, advancing a novel, intriguing view of free will and making a thoughtful case for the thesis that free will, as he conceives of it, is real. This book is a pleasure to read."

--Alfred Mele, Florida State University

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Good Enough

Daniel S. Milo

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The Emotional Mind

Stephen T. Asma ? Rami Gabriel

Available in April $29.95 ? ?21.95 cloth 9780674980556

The Fall of Language

Alexander Stern

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John Rawls

Andrius Galisanka

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A Secular Age

Charles Taylor A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year A Globe & Mail Best Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Tablet Best Book of the Year "A work of stupendous breadth and erudition." --New York Times Book Review "One finds big nuggets of insight, useful to almost anybody with an interest in the progress of human society." --The Economist Belknap Press 2018; 2007 896 pp. $22.95 ? ?18.95 paper 9780674986916

The Ethics of Authenticity

Charles Taylor

"Charles Taylor is a philosopher of broad reach and many talents, but his most striking talent is a gift for interpreting different traditions, cultures and philosophies to one another... [This book is] full of good things." --Alan Ryan, New York Times Book Review 2018; 1992 160 pp. $16.95 ? ?12.95 paper 9780674987692 Not for sale in Canada

Dignity

Its History and Meaning Michael Rosen

"Dignity deserves to be widely read...There can be no doubt [Rosen] has widened our horizons." --Simon Blackburn, Times Literary Supplement "Penetrating and sprightly...Rosen rightly emphasizes the centrality of Catholicism in the modern history of human dignity...A wonderful guide to the recent German constitutional thinking about human dignity." --Samuel Moyn, The Nation 2018; 2012 200 pp. $14.95 ? ?10.95 paper 9780674984059

Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly

Judith Butler

A Times Higher Education Book of the Week "Everything that a book about our planet in the 21st century should be...Butler demonstrates a clear engagement with an aspect of the world that is becoming in many political contexts almost illicit to discuss: the idea that capitalism, certainly in its neoliberal form, is failing to provide a liveable life for the majority of human beings." --Times Higher Education Mary Flexner Lectures of Bryn Mawr College 2018; 2015 256 pp. $15.95 ? ?11.95 paper 9780674983984

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Self and Soul

A Defense of Ideals Mark Edmundson

A n Artery Best Book of the Year A n Art of Manliness Best Book of the Year

"An impassioned critique of Western society, a relentless assault on contemporary complacency, shallowness, competitiveness, and self-regard...Edmundson writes with a Thoreau-like incisiveness and fervor...[A] powerful, heartfelt book." --Michael Dirda, Washington Post 2018; 2015 304 pp. $18.95 ? ?13.95 paper 9780674984004

Adorno and Existence

Peter E. Gordon

"A perceptive philosophical inquiry." --Samuel Freeman, New York Review of Books

"Gordon, in a detailed, sensitive, fair-minded way, leads the reader through Adorno's various, usually quite vigorous, rhetorically pointed attacks on both transcendental and existential phenomenology from 1930 on...[A] singularly illuminating study." --Robert Pippin, Critical Inquiry 2018; 2016 272 pp. $19.95 ? ?15.95 paper 9780674986862

Collective Choice and Social Welfare

An Expanded Edition Amartya Sen

"Straddling economics, philosophy, and logic, Amartya Sen's Collective Choice and Social Welfare is widely recognized as a transformative and seminal work that shaped modern welfare economics...The publication of this classic after so many years, in an enlarged edition, is an occasion for celebration." --Indian Express 2018; 2017 640 pp. $19.95 paper 9780674919211 United States and its dependencies only

The Enigma of Reason

Hugo Mercier ? Dan Sperber

"A comprehensive and well-motivated overview of the contemporary scientific and philosophical literature on reasoning." --Science "Brilliant...Turns reason's weaknesses into strengths, arguing that its supposed flaws are actually design features that work remarkably well...Timely and necessary." --Financial Times 10 photos, 7 illus., 2 tables 408 pp. North America only Available now 2017 $29.95 ? ?21.95 cloth 9780674368309 Available in April 2019 $18.95 paper 9780674237827

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Dark Ghettos

Injustice, Dissent, and Reform Tommie Shelby

N orth American Society for Social Philosophy Book Award A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year

"Provocative...[Shelby] challenge[s] the assumption, common to liberals and conservatives alike, that ghettos are `problems' best addressed with narrowly targeted government programs or civic interventions." --New York Times Book Review Belknap Press 2018; 2016 352 pp. $19.95 ? ?14.95 paper 9780674984073

Butterfly Politics

Changing the World for Women With a New Preface Catharine A. MacKinnon

A Seminary Co-op Notable Book of the Year A Times Higher Education Book of the Week

"MacKinnon adapts a concept from chaos theory in which the tiny motion of a butterfly's wings can trigger a tornado half a world away. Under the right conditions, she posits, small actions can produce major social transformations." --New York Times Belknap Press 2019; 2007 512 pp. $19.95 ? ?14.95 paper 9780674237667

The Ordinary Virtues

Moral Order in a Divided World Michael Ignatieff

Z?calo Book Prize, Z?calo Public Square A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

"Combines powerful moral arguments with superb storytelling." --New Statesman

"Engaging...The ordinary virtues are...a moral vernacular by which members of different ethnic and religious groups are able to live, if not together, then side by side." --Times Literary Supplement 272 pp. Available now 2017 $27.95 ? ?20.95 cloth 9780674976276 Available in April 2019 $14.95 ? ?10.95 paper 9780674237490

Origin of the German Trauerspiel

Walter Benjamin

Translated by Howard Eiland

Origin of the German Trauerspiel was Walter Benjamin's first full, historically oriented analysis of modernity. Thoroughly annotated with a philological and historical introduction and other explanatory and supplementary material, this rigorous and elegant new translation brings fresh understanding to a cardinal work by one of the twentieth century's greatest literary critics. 2019 336 pp. $19.95 ? ?14.95 paper 9780674744240

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No Morality, No Self

Anscombe's Radical Skepticism James Doyle

"A major contribution to Anscombe studies."

--Roger Teichmann, University of Oxford

"An absolutely remarkable achievement... This book will bring Anscombe's thought to the forefront of ethical theory."

--Sergio Tenenbaum, University of Toronto

2018 $39.95 ? ?28.95 cloth 9780674976504

The TwentyFive Years of Philosophy

A Systematic Reconstruction Eckart F?rster

Translated by Brady Bowman

"[A] masterful book... F?rster's command of the historical sources is most impressive. Moreover, this book is clearly written, and Bowman's translation is commendable. Scholars and graduate students will welcome this masterpiece."

--Choice

2017 $24.95 ? ?17.95 paper 9780674975477

The Meaning of Belief

Religion from an Atheist's Point of View Tim Crane

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

A Publishers Weekly Best Religion Book of the Year

"[A] thoughtful book...In a spirit of reconciliation, Crane proposes to paint a more accurate picture of religion for his fellow unbelievers."

--New York Times Book Review

2017 $24.95 ? ?17.95 cloth 9780674088832

Changing the Subject

Philosophy from Socrates to Adorno Raymond Geuss

"Combines polyglot philological rigor with supple intellectual sympathy, and it is all presented--as Geuss puts it-- hilaritatis causa, or in a spirit of fun...This bracing and approachable book [demonstrates] that there is life in philosophy yet."

--Times Literary Supplement

2017 $29.95 ? ?21.95 cloth 9780674545724

Reading Wittgenstein with Anscombe, Going On to Ethics

Cora Diamond

"It is becoming increasingly evident to many that Elizabeth Anscombe's writings on Wittgenstein are just as wonderful as the rest of

her work. This book shows what is less appreciated: that Cora Diamond is one of our finest readers of both Wittgenstein and Anscombe."

--James Conant, University of Chicago

2019 $39.95 ? ?28.95 cloth 9780674051683

The Art of Being

Poetics of the Novel and Existentialist Philosophy

Yi-Ping Ong

Honorable Mention, Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize

"Brilliant...A beautifully conceived book that brings existentialist philosophy into creative dialogue with literary texts. Full of original and compelling insights into the philosophical content of the novels examined, the intricate readings are absorbing and show how literature subtly reaches beyond itself into our lives."

--Garry L. Hagberg, Bard College

2018 $45.00 ? ?32.95 cloth 9780674983656

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