by Carol Macdonald
Our philosophy books are provocative and ambitious, promising readers an intellectual adventure. We work collaboratively with a diverse community of authors, editors and reviewers dedicated to publishing at the cutting edge of scholarship, shaping the way we think about our changing world.
Deleuze and Guattari Studies
Among the many highlights on the philosophy list is the work of Gilles Deleuze. We published our first books on this French philosopher’s work in 2000. From there we have built the premier resource of secondary literature in Deleuze and Guattari Studies which remains the backbone of our list. Within this field we publish the newest research, critical introductory guides and edited collections. Our Deleuze Connections series, edited by Ian Buchanan, is our longest-running philosophy series and it continues to inspire and open new frontiers. The Deleuze & Guattari Studies journal launched in 2007, aligning our books and journal publishing, which is an expanding feature of our programme.
Establishing breadth and depth
From this position of strength in depth within contemporary Continental philosophy we developed our portfolio to bring breadth and range by establishing a number of series which give the list focus and a clear identity. Explore the full range of our Philosophy series.
Speculative Realism, edited by Graham Harman and launched in 2014, was at the forefront of dynamic new trends and includes some of our best-selling titles by Manuel DeLanda, Tristan Garcia and Markus Gabriel.
Our commitment to publishing seminal works in translation has found pace in recent years and is best showcased by our Spinoza Studies series edited by Filippo Del Lucchese, featuring an all-star cast of Spinoza scholars. These works open up new possibilities for reading and interpreting Spinoza.
Beyond this series we have forthcoming translations of classic texts, The Theory of Incorporeals in Ancient Stoicism by Émile Bréhier and Theory of Strangers: Science of People, Democracy and Non-Psychoanalysis by François Laruelle, which will appeal across a range of our readers. Translations of work by Jean-Claude Milner, Félix Guattari and Raymond Ruyer are also in the pipeline.
Reflecting the growth of the environmental humanities, we have two new series which speak to the need to address our accelerating crises. Geotheory edited by Paul Kingsbury and Arun Saldanha and Animalities edited by Matthew Chrulew create intellectual homes for theoretically driven engagements with pressing world issues. Look out for the launch of Geotheory next year.
Aligning books and journals
Incitements book series editor Dimitris Vardoulakis, along with Magdalena Zolkos, launched Philosophy, Politics and Critique with the first issue offering a range of responses to the questions: What is philosophy? What is politics? What is critique?
The Journal of Social and Political Philosophy edited by Paul Patton addresses the new challenges facing social and political thought in the twenty-first century and bridges with his New Horizons book series co-edited with Clayton Chin and Lasse Thomassen.
Alongside our research programme, we’re proud to publish The Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Complete Works of Alfred North Whitehead, one of the 20th-century’s most original and significant philosophers. For the first time, this critical edition brings together his complete published works and previously unpublished lectures, papers and correspondence in a series of critically edited volumes.
What’s coming next?
Future developments include Contemporary Nietzsche Studies edited by Daniel Conway and Vanessa Lemm, which will show that Nietzsche’s philosophy remains vital and generative for a new generation of thinkers, scholars, leaders and readers. Psychoanalytic Acts edited by Nadia Bou Ali, Surti Singh and Gabriel Tupinambá will strive to salvage what in psychoanalysis remains crucial for finding a way out of our contemporary crisis-ridden and catastrophic times.
What’s more, look out for the launch of a progressive new series, originating in our local philosophy department at the University of Edinburgh. Thinking World Philosophies edited by Takeshi Morisato will publish translations of primary sources, edited collections and monographs in world philosophies. We will see the shape of philosophy change as it engages with intellectual traditions from Africa, India, China, Japan, Korea, and Middle Eastern countries, including Islamic, Arab, Latin American, Native American and Indigenous philosophies.
About Carol Macdonald
Carol Macdonald is a Publisher at Edinburgh University Press. She commissions in Philosophy and Art and Visual Culture.
You can contact her at Carol.Macdonald@eup.ed.ac.uk.
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