The Kyoto School is the most important philosophical current in Japan during the 20th century. There is a growing interest in Japanese philosophy, as well […]
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.
Beyond the Bible, Beyond the West. The “Eros” of Interpretation
Reading can become the grave of meaning or the place of its resurrection. It becomes a tomb when meanings follow one another uninterruptedly, but in […]
Initiatic Religious Experience in Neoplatonism
This volume, written from a diachronic perspective, is devoted to the initatic and deeply transformative dimension of religious experience in Neoplatonic philosophy which aims at […]
Critique of Liberal Reason. A Philosophy of Contemporary History
Our historical period is characterized by a vision of liberal heritage and a capitalist economic path. But it is far from obvious what “liberal” really […]
The gesture
Written by four hands, the current volume moves on two planes that fruitfully intersect and sometimes conflict in their interpretations. On the one hand, Petar […]
Richard Price and the Foundation of Virtue. Some Historical Roots of Contemporary Ethics in a Review of the Principal Questions in Morals
Although little known, Richard Price’s A Review of the Principal Questions in Morals (1758) is one of the most relevant texts of eighteenth-century moral philosophy. […]
Just in time. Theorising the contemporary
The interdisciplinary essays collected in this volume problematise the idea of ‘contemporary’ as the present. Adopting various philosophical, art theoretical and literary approaches, they demonstrate […]
On Fear. Perception and Strategies of Control in Seventeenth-century Philosophy
The volume considers the theories of the passions in Hobbes, Descartes and Spinoza. Particular attention is given to the passion of fear, highlighting how these […]
Moral Freedom in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
What do we mean by moral freedom? What are the necessary conditions required for it? Do the exponential advances and pervasive applications of artificial intelligence […]