Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Sartre’s Existential Psychoanalysis

Knowing Others

Mary Edwards, Cardiff University, UK Integrating Sartre’s existential psychoanalysis into his overarching philosophical project, this book demonstrates how Sartre’s determination to solve the long-standing philosophical conundrum of the problem of other minds drove him not only to incorporate insights from Descartes, Husserl, Freud and Marx into his existential philosophy, but also to develop a psychoanalytic method rooted in that philosophy. Uncovering the great, yet overlooked philosophical significance of Sartre’s psychoanalysis, Mary Edwards explores the role it played in the development of his existentialism, whilst bringing Sartre’s existential psychoanalysis into a new and productive dialogue with current philosophical and psychological debates.

UK November 2022 • US November 2022 • 288 pages • 2 bw illus HB 9781350173477 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350173484 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781350173491 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic

Lacan

A Genealogy

Miguel de Beistegui, University of Warwick, UK and ICREA, Spain Miguel de Beistegui provides a genealogical account of Lacan’s work as a whole, from his early writings on paranoid psychosis to his later work on the real and surplus enjoyment. Beistegui argues that Lacan's work requires an in-depth genealogy to chart and interpret his key concept of desire. Desire is a crucial thread throughout because it lies at the heart not only of liberal political economy, psychiatry and psychopathology, and the various discourses of recognition that shape our current politics of identity, but also of the manner in which we understand, experience and indeed govern ourselves, ethically and politically.

UK December 2022 • US December 2022 • 184 pages PB 9781350190818 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350190771 ePub 9781350190795 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781350190788 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic

Practicing Empathy

Pragmatism and the Value of Relations

Mark Fagiano, Washington State University, USA In this study of the value and moral features of empathy, Mark Fagiano acknowledges the ambiguity surrounding the term and offers a unified theory that includes rival definitions. Based on relations, he resolves the problem of conflicting definitions of empathy by distinguishing between three kinds: the relations of feeling into, feeling with, and feeling for, each of which has been defined historically as a type of empathy. Grounded in the philosophical tradition of American Pragmatism, Fagiano’s pragmatic, and contextualist philosophy of empathy provides a valuable starting point for answering some of the most pressing questions surrounding empathy today.

UK October 2022 • US October 2022 • 272 pages • 8 bw illus HB 9781350281660 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350281684 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781350281677 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic Adorno, Benjamin, and Deleuze

Joseph Weiss, Appalachian State University, USA Combining the philosophy and musicology of T.W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin, and Gilles Deleuze, this book makes an original contribution to the field of aesthetics and critical theory. Highlighting previously hidden connections between music, nature, history and technology, Joseph Weiss explores the dynamic relationship between these fields. Engaging with an eclectic range of 20th-century theorists, from Primo Levi to Angela Davis, as well as a diverse range of musical forms, from the lullaby to the electroacoustic, Weiss outlines a bold new aesthetics of music.

UK December 2022 • US December 2022 • 200 pages PB 9781350244078 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350174962 ePub 9781350174986 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781350174979 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic

New Realism and Contemporary Philosophy

Edited by Gregor Kroupa, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia & Jure Simoniti, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia In continental ontology, speculative realist thinkers are grappling with the genealogy of their ideas in modern philosophical history. The debate over what this new kind of realism could be has been controversial. This open access volume confronts this debate and brings together major authors including Slavoj Žižek and Adrian Johnston. This insightful discussion between contemporary realists and their critics demonstrates how the real battleground of new ideas lies not in developing 20th-century philosophical motifs, but rather in rethinking modern philosophical milestones. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on www. bloomsburycollections.com.

UK March 2022 • US March 2022 • 240 pages PB 9781350336278 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350101777 ePub 9781350101784 ePdf 9781350101760 Bloomsbury Academic

The Moral Philosophy of Maria Montessori

Agency and Ethical Life

Patrick R. Frierson, Whitman College, USA In the first scholarly exposition of Maria Montessori’s moral philosophy, Patrick R. Frierson presents an empirically-grounded ethics that takes its start from our tendency to strive for excellence and emphasizes mutual respect, social solidarity, and love. Weaving this educationalist’s ethics with theory from Nietzsche, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, and Marx, Frierson places Montessori in the context of the history of philosophy. His study effectively unites philosophy and education, showing how human ethical life can be enhanced through a moral theory based on the pedagogy for young children that makes use of moral concepts, second-order reflection, and social organization.

UK November 2022 • US November 2022 • 272 pages HB 9781350176379 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350176393 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781350176386 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic