This book explores the radical Islamist mindset by adopting the philosophical category of revolutionary Gnosticism. Already used for the study of other revolutionary phenomena such […]
Category: Philosophy
Mimesis International brings together a selection of books addressing a range of fundamental ideas within the latest, global philosophical debates. Presenting well known thinkers together with emerging voices, our books are written in a clear and concise way, making them suitable both for academics, postgraduate and undergraduate students.
Troubled Legitimization. Habermas’ Critique of Late Capitalism
The current study takes on the task of focussing on Habermas’ long and productive first phase in the 1960s and 1970s. The book begins with […]
Varieties of Causal Explanation in Medical Contexts
Far from being the sole mode of explaining diseases, explanation in terms of – mostly probabilistic – causes has prompted wide and lively debate. Focusing […]
The Imaginative Mind. Imagination’s Role In Human Cognition And Culture
What is the role of imagination in human cognition and culture? This book explores the hypothesis that such role is larger than we commonly think: […]
Rethinking Moral Responsibility
Should we blame our neighbour for forgetting to water our plants? To what extent are people responsible for the consequences of their actions? When is […]
Thus Replied Zarathustra
Throughout Western universities, ancient Greek philosophy is seen as the oldest tradition of wisdom, yet the Zoroastrian way of life can be traced back to […]
Cinema and Ontology
The essays presented in this volume investigate the relationship between cinema and ontology. This investigation unfolds, on the one hand, through an ontological understanding of […]
Althusser and Contingency
The notion of contingency plays a central role in Althusser’s attempt to recast Marxist philosophy and to free the Marxist conception of history from notions […]
Pragmatism and Vagueness. The Venetian Lectures
For most early pragmatists, including the founder C. S. Peirce and L. Wittgenstein, vagueness was a real and universal principle and not a mere defect […]