This essay investigates why “ontology” has become an increasingly important topic for a
number of contemporary political philosophers. It is divided into two parts, the first of which …

Rich with analyses of concepts from deconstruction, systems theory, and post-Marxism, with
critiques of fundamentalist thought and the war on terror, this volume argues for developing …

In recent years, bioaesthetics has used the latest discoveries in evolutionary studies and
neuroscience to provide new ways of looking at art and aesthetics. Carsten Strathausen’s …

Across a spectrum of academic disciplines, the topic of globalization is at the forefront of
contemporary efforts to understand a dynamically changing world society. How might critical …

Examining the relationship between German poetry, philosophy, and visual media around
1900, Carsten Strathausen argues that the poetic works of Rainer Maria Rilke, Hugo von …

Carl Schmitt's Hamlet or Hecuba (1956) is a peculiar text. For one, it stands out as the only
detailed interpretation of a literary work that Schmitt ever produced. This is not to deny …

Having just recently passed away at the age of one-hundred-and-one, Ernst Jiinger was
truly a witness to the twentieth century. Given his official recognition as a major literary figure …

Jacques Lacan significantly influenced Althusser's accounts of ideology and the subject.
Althusser's belief that science is a discourse without a subject parallels Lacan's belief that in the …

Deleuze is a philosopher of lines, not points. This means, first of all, that Deleuze thinks along
lines instead of reflecting on points, because he grants full ontological autonomy to the line…

Posthumanism is difficult to put into focus. Even a cursory look at recent scholarship reveals
the disparate, and often contradictory, notions of the posthuman in circulation today—not to …