Jameson's first full-length engagement with Walter Benjamin's work.
The Benjamin Files offers a comprehensive new reading of all of Benjamin's major works and a great number of his shorter book reviews, notes and letters. Its premise is that Benjamin was an anti-philosophical, anti-systematic thinker whose conceptual interests also felt the gravitational pull of his vocation as a writer. What resulted was a coexistence or variety of language fields and thematic codes which overlapped and often seemed to contradict each other: a view which will allow us to clarify the much-debated tension in his works between the mystical or theological side of Benjamin and his political or historical inclination.
The three-way tug of war over his heritage between adherents of his friends Scholem, Adorno and Brecht, can also be better grasped from this position, which gives the Brechtian standpoint more due than most influential academic studies. Benjamin's corpus is an anticipation of contemporary theory in the priority it gives language and representation over philosophical or conceptual unity; and its political motivations are clarified by attention to the omnipresence of History throughout his writing, from the shortest articles to the most ambitious projects. His explicit program – "to transfer the crisis into the heart of language" or, in other words, to detect class struggle at work in the most minute literary phenomena – requires the reader to translate the linguistic or representational literary issues that concerned him back into the omnipresent but often only implicitly political ones. But the latter are those of another era, to which we must gain access, to use one of Benjamin's favorite expressions.

《狱中书简》由朋霍费尔的好友埃伯哈特•贝特格在他遇难后整理出版，收录朋霍费尔在狱中写给亲友的书信、诗歌和杂感断简。其中既有他对一生所学与所思的深沉回忆，也有他与父母朋友之间感情真挚的通信。如果说他以前的创作多是他神学思想的记录，那么《狱中书简》更像是他脱去神学家外衣之后更真实的自我表达。他明知生命将歇，却依然正气凛然，在纳粹绞刑架下，发出一个圣徒最后的声音，他说，“这，就是终点。对我来说，是生命的开端。”

迪特里希·朋霍费尔（1906—1945），德国著名神学哲学家。本书是朋霍费尔被纳粹囚禁前写作的毕生的代表作，最终由后人编辑完成。带着德国若在战争中取胜则基督教文明不复存在的认识，朋霍费尔《伦理学》的写作充满了现实感、使命感，他在“伦理学”的论题下，从神学家的立场深入思考了现代的政治哲学、社会哲学和历史哲学问题。其论题涵盖面和思想尖锐性使得本书的重要性超过了朋霍费尔生前出版的主要论著，坚实地奠定了朋霍费尔作为二十世纪神学大思想家的历史地位。

This landmark book is now reissued in a new edition that has been vastly rewritten and updated to respond to recent Kantian literature. It includes a new discussion of the Third Analogy, a greatly expanded discussion of Kant's Paralogisms, and entirely new chapters dealing with Kant's theory of reason, his treatment of theology, and the important Appendix to the Dialectic.

本书初版于1983年，随即成为康德研究最重要的著作之一，被誉为由美国哲学家撰写的关于《纯粹理性批判》的“最全面和最扎实的”著作，标志着康德研究的重要转折。
本书对康德的先验观念论做出深入的解读和有力的辩护，涵括了两百年来关于《纯粹理性批判》的基本解读历史，以及当今康德学 界关于康德理论哲学的各种最强有力的纲领。促使学者们重新关注已经被忽视了很久的德国观念论，是康德研究领域不可绕过的著作。第二版于2004年由耶鲁大学出版社出版，在初版里程碑式的研究基础上进行了大幅修订和增补，对任何想要研读康德及其《纯粹理性批判》的学人而言都是不可或缺的重要读物。
阿利森的《康德的先验观念论》是一部有影响深远的、奠基性的著作，激起了文本上和哲学上的诸多评论。第二版相当于阿利森对这些评论做出的详尽的、令人赞叹的回应，结果这几乎成了一部新的著作，如初版一样深刻、充满创见、至关重要。阿利森还做了许多修订，他对人类认识的曲行性、人类理性的本性以及第三类比的论证所做的讨论都进入了全新的领域，他又一次成功地以新颖而有益的方式重述了基本论题，同时忠实于康德的文本与精神。
——罗伯特·皮平（Robert Pippin），芝加哥大学
本书第二版非常显著地扩展了初版经典的内容，讨论了最新的学术成果，并大幅度扩充了对先验辩证论的讨论。必读之作。
——卡尔·阿美瑞克斯（Karl Ameriks），圣母大学
本书极可能是迄今为止由美国哲学家所写成的关于《纯粹理性批判》的最全面和最扎实的著作。一部才华横溢的作品。
——刘易斯·怀特·贝克（Lewis White Beck），罗彻斯特大学
一部才思敏捷、组织严密并在哲学上富有创见的、不可或缺的著作。
—— 阿瑟·麦尔尼克
康德的《纯粹理性批判》是旷世奇著，自1781年出版以来已经根本改变了哲学的面貌、甚至在一定程度上改变了人类的思维。康德在其中考察知识的先验条件，而不是单纯的知识，他不再认同单纯由概念系统所支撑的传统形而上学，而是建立人类认识的基本条件，推动了哲学的认识论转向，同时开创了知识的自我检验机制。
——中文版导言一：陈虎平《康德<纯粹理性批判>的基本取向》
阿利森的《康德的先验观念论：一种解读和辩护》初版于1983年，它“标志着英语康德学界的一个转折点”[ 伽德纳（Sebastian Gardner）语，请参见Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 2005.9.4: http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/24853/?id=3761。]。在此书中，阿利森全面而深入地解读了哲学史上最艰深的作品之一——《纯粹理性批判》。他生动地诠释了一种高水准的学术研究对其研究对象应有的态度：一方面，他对康德的解读充满了同情，针对诸多评论者的批评，努力为康德辩护；另一方面，他对于康德论证中的困境也毫不隐讳。阿利森的出色研究激活了英语哲学界对康德观念论的兴趣。[ Tom Rockmore, Kant and Idealism, p. 194, Yale University Press: 2007.]再则，塞拉斯（Wilfried Sellars）在1956年的著名论文“经验论与心智哲学”一文中对意向性问题采取了一种康德式的处理，其后二十多年间，他一直致力于发展自己早期的这种康德哲学取向。两者的影响共同开启了20世纪80年代以来英语哲学界从分析哲学向康德、黑格尔回归的进程。
——中文版导言二：丁三东《阿利森的康德解读及其在英语康德学界的地位》

Hannah Arendt’s authoritative report on the trial of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann includes further factual material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt’s postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose over her account.

"Zizek’s playful writing style presents the reader with apposite and amusing examples, from Franz Kafka to Jane Austen, which clarify and enliven his arguments. Zizek’s book bursts with reflection, observation, wit and raw iconoclastic conclusions. Zizek’s magnetic style and radical ideas are a welcome and inspiring breath of fresh air. It is possible that through revealing how we make sense of our past The Most Sublime Hysteric may help us to cultivate a better future."
——Morning Star
"The Most Sublime Hysteric clearly outlines the logic at the basis of the thought of the most important philosopher of our time. With care and precision, Zizek conjoins Hegel and Lacan, building the components of his own unique and powerful philosophical system. This long-awaited translation of Zizek's doctoral dissertation provides a valuable new point of entry to his work, appropriate for experts and newcomers alike."
——Jodi Dean, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
"Slavoj Zizek’s doctoral thesis on Hegel, Lacan, and the impasses of post-Hegelianism is as fresh today as it was in 1982. Written with his characteristic wit and exceptional lucidity, this book will clarify the foundational ideas of one of the greatest thinkers of our time."
——Kenneth Reinhard, University of California, Los Angeles
"What a fascinating document it is."
——Irish Left Review
What do we know about Hegel? What do we know about Marx? What do we know about democracy and totalitarianism? Communism and psychoanaly sis? What do we know that isn't a platitude that we've heard a thousand times - or a self-satisfied certainty? Through his brilliant reading of Hegel, Slavoj Zizek - one of the most provocative and widely-read thinkers of our time - upends our traditional understanding, dynamites every cliché and undermines every conviction in order to clear the ground for new ways of answering these questions.
When Lacan described Hegel as the ‘most sublime hysteric’, he was referring to the way that the hysteric asks questions because he experiences his own desire as if it were the Other's desire. In the dialectical process, the question asked of the Other is resolved through a reflexive turn in which the question begins to function as its own answer. We had made Hegel into the theorist of abstraction and reaction, but by reading Hegel with Lacan, Zizek unveils a Hegel of the concrete and of revolution - his own, and the one to come.
This early and dazzlingly original work by Zizek offers a unique insight into the ideas which have since become hallmarks of his mature thought. It will be of great interest to anyone interested in critical theory, philosophy and contemporary social thought.

This is a hugely important book that rediscovers three crucial, but long overlooked themes in German idealism: mythology, madness and laughter. "Mythology, Madness and Laughter: Subjectivity in German Idealism" explores some long neglected but crucial themes in German idealism. Markus Gabriel, one of the most exciting young voices in contemporary philosophy, and Slavoj Zizek, the celebrated contemporary philosopher and cultural critic, show how these themes impact on the problematic relations between being and appearance, reflection and the absolute, insight and ideology, contingency and necessity, subjectivity, truth, habit and freedom. Engaging with three central figures of the German idealist movement, Hegel, Schelling and Fichte, Gabriel and Zizek, who here shows himself to be one of the most erudite and important scholars of German idealism, ask how is it possible for Being to appear in reflection without falling back into traditional metaphysics. By applying idealistic theories of reflection and concrete subjectivity, including the problem of madness and everydayness in Hegel, this hugely important book aims to reinvigorate a philosophy of finitude and contingency, topics at the forefront of contemporary European philosophy.

A new volume of philosophical essays by Bernard Williams. The book is a successor to Problems of the Self, but whereas that volume dealt mainly with questions of personal identity, Moral Luck centres on questions of moral philosophy and the theory of rational action. That whole area has of course been strikingly reinvigorated over the last deacde, and philosophers have both broadened and deepened their concerns in a way that now makes much earlier moral and political philosophy look sterile and trivial. Moral Luck contains a number of essays that have contributed influentially to this development. Among the recurring themes are the moral and philosophical limitations of utilitarianism, the notion of integrity, relativism, and problems of moral conflict and rational choice. The work presented here is marked by a high degree of imagination and acuity, and also conveys a strong sense of psychological reality. The volume will be a stimulating source of ideas and arguments for all philosophers and a wide range of other readers.

Gareth Evans, one of the most brilliant philosophers of his generation, died in 1980 at the age of thirty-four. He had been working for many years on a book about reference, but did not complete it before his death. The work was edited for publication by John McDowell, who contributes a Preface.

"Virilio offers a cool, precise look at an impending future in which reality shall simply cease to exist. Highly recommended." -- ChoiceSurveying art history as well as the technologies of war and urban planning, one of France's leading intellectuals provides an introduction to a new "logistics of the image."

Paul Virilio is a challenging and original thinker whose work on technology, state power and war is increasingly relevant today. Exploring Virilio's main textsfrom their political and historical contexts,and case studies from contemporary culture and media in order to explain his philosophical concepts, Ian James introduces the key themes in Virlio's work, including: speed virtualization war politics art. As technological and scientific innovations continue to set the agenda for the present and future development of culture, communications, international economy, military intervention and diverse forms of political organization, Virilio's unique theoretical and critical insights are of enormous value and importance for anyone wishing to understand the nature of modern culture and society.

Speed and Politics (first published in France in 1977) is the matrix of Virilio's entire work. Building on the works of Morand, Marinetti, and McLuhan, Virilio presents a vision more radically political than that of any of his French contemporaries: speed as the engine of destruction. Speed and Politics presents a topological account of the entire history of humanity, honing in on the technological advances made possible through the militarization of society. Paralleling Heidegger's account of technology, Virilio's vision sees speed--not class or wealth--as the primary force shaping civilization. In this "technical vitalism," multiple projectiles--inert fortresses and bunkers, the "metabolic bodies" of soldiers, transport vessels, and now information and computer technology--are launched in a permanent assault on the world and on human nature. Written at a lightning-fast pace, Virilio's landmark book is a split-second, overwhelming look at how humanity's motivity has shaped the way we function today, and what might come of it.

本书由一座座“高原”组成，每一座高原都将不同的主题构成错综复杂的网络，这些主题则与众多学科关联在一起。德勒兹和加塔利将艺术、数学、地质学、生物学、语言学、人类学、历史学、动物行为学、文学、音乐、政治理论、经济学等学科的资源转变、折叠，在此基础上，概念的地壳不断隆起，形成了稳定的地标——高原。散布于书中的“根茎”式的思维方式或许是人类历史上最具创造力的，因为它已经触动了建筑、文学、舞蹈、电影、新媒体等众多非哲学领域的琴弦。

这部极具原创性的著作，通过对劳动、工作和行动；权力、暴力和体力；地球和世界，以及财产和财富等诸概念的区分，强调了人在面临现代社会高度科技化、自动化和经济现代化情境下，仍然具有的“复数性”和开端启新的行动能力，从而重树人们对于人类事务的信念和希望。这本曾被欢呼为“参与式民主的教科书”，将批判的目光投向我们当前认为理所当然的思考和行为方式。时隔50年，这《人的境况》的原创性仍然像当时一样令人瞩目，并能激发起新的思想和讨论。

A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then—diminishing human agency and political freedom, the paradox that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our actions—continue to confront us today. This new edition, published to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of its original publication, contains an improved and expanded index and a new introduction by noted Arendt scholar Margaret Canovan which incisively analyzes the book's argument and examines its present relevance. A classic in political and social theory, The Human Condition is a work that has proved both timeless and perpetually timely.

Quentin Meillassoux's entry into the philosophical scene marks the beginning of a new epoch: the end of the transcendental approach and the return to realist ontology. Harman's beautifully written and argued book provides not just an introduction to Meillassoux, but much more: one authentic philosopher writing about another - a rare true encounter. It is not only for those who want to understand Meillassoux, but also for those who want to witness a radical shift in the entire field of philosophy. It is a book that will shake the very foundations of your world! Slavoj ae'iae'ek, philosopher and psychoanalyst An in-depth study of the emerging French philosopher Quentin Meillassoux Quentin Meillassoux has been described as the most rapidly prominent French philosopher in the Anglophone world since Jacques Derrida in the 1960's. With the publication of After Finitude (2006), this daring protege of Alain Badiou became one of the world's most visible younger thinkers. In this book, his fellow Speculative Realist, Graham Harman, assesses Meillassoux's publications in English so far. Also included are an insightful interview with Meillassoux and first-time translations of excerpts from L'Inexistence divine (The Divine Inexistence), his famous but still unpublished major book.