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 […]
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.
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 […]
Derrida-Levinas. An Alliance Awaiting the Political
Drawing on the relationship between Derrida and Levinas and on the unresolved tension between their philosophical corpuses, this book aims to offer new possible interpretations […]
Phenomenology and Pathography of Memory
The concept of memory has always been a crucial topic in philosophical discourse. This book re-traces the thought of major philosophers such as Edmund Husserl, […]
Democracy and Truth. The Conflict Between Political and Epistemic Virtues
The book explores the latest debates in the field of social epistemology, concerning epistemic justification of democracy. On the one side, we find those who […]
On the Darkness of the Will
“For the will desires not to be dark, and this very desire causes the darkness” (Jacob Boehme). Moving through the fundamental question of this paradox, […]
Beyond Anthropocentrism. Thoughts for a Post-Human Philosophy
Roberto Marchesini presents a timely proposal within post-human philosophy in order to overcome the centuries-long separation between human beings, non-human animals and technology. This book […]
Rethinking the nietzschean Concept of Untimely
After the publication of Nietzsche’s Untimely Meditations (Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen), the term ‘Untimely’ was introduced widely in philosophical studies, not merely in Nietzschean contexts. Although this […]
Epicurus’s Pharmacy
Since antiquity, Epicurus’ thought has been compared to a powerful drug able to cure the pains of the soul that have always tormented man preventing […]