From Kant to Kierkegaard, from Hegel to Heidegger, continental philosophers have indelibly shaped the trajectory of Western thought since the eighteenth century. Although much has been written about these monumental thinkers, students and scholars lack a definitive guide to the entire scope of the continental tradition. The most comprehensive reference work to date, this eight-volume History of Continental Philosophy will both encapsulate the subject and reorient our understanding of it. Beginning with an overview of Kant’s philosophy and its initial reception, the History traces the evolution of continental philosophy through major figures as well as movements such as existentialism, phenomenology, hermeneutics, and poststructuralism. The final volume outlines the current state of the field, bringing the work of both historical and modern thinkers to bear on such contemporary topics as feminism, globalization, and the environment. Throughout, the volumes examine important philosophical figures and developments in their historical, political, and cultural contexts.The first reference of its kind, A History of Continental Philosophy has been written and edited by internationally recognized experts with a commitment to explaining complex thinkers, texts, and movements in rigorous yet jargon-free essays suitable for both undergraduates and seasoned specialists. These volumes also elucidate ongoing debates about the nature of continental and analytic philosophy, surveying the distinctive, sometimes overlapping characteristics and approaches of each tradition. Featuring helpful overviews of major topics and plotting road maps to their underlying contexts, A History of Continental Philosophy is destined to be the resource of first and last resort for students and scholars alike.Volume 1: Kant, Kantianism, and Idealism: The Origins of Continental PhilosophyEdited by Thomas Nenon Introduction, Thomas Nenon1. Immanuel Kant's Turn to Transcendental Philosophy, Thomas Nenon2. Kant's Early Critics: Jacobi, Reinhold, Maimon, Richard Fincham3. Johann Gottfried Herder, Sonia Sikka4. Play and Irony: Schiller and Schlegel on the Liberating Prospects of Aesthetics, Daniel Dahlstrom5. Fichte and Husserl: Life-world, the Other, and Philosophical Reflection, Robert R. Williams6. Schelling: Philosopher of Tragic Dissonance, Joseph P. Lawrence7. Schopenhauer on Empirical and Aesthetic Perception and Cognition, Bart Vandenabeele8. G.W.F. Hegel, Terry Pinkard9. From Hegelian Reason to the Marxian Revolution, 1831-48, Lawrence S. Stepelevich10. Saint-Simon, Fourier, and Proudhon: "Utopian," French Socialism, Diane MorganVolume 2: Nineteenth-Century Philosophy: Revolutionary Responses to the Existing OrderEdited by Alan D. Schrift and Daniel ConwayIntroduction, Daniel Conway1. Feuerbach and the Left and Right Hegelians, William Clare Roberts2. Marx and Marxism, Terrell Carver3. Søren Kierkegaard, Alastair Hannay4. Dostoevsky and Russian Philosophy, Evgenia Cherkasova5. Life after the Death of God: Thus Spoke Nietzsche, Daniel Conway6. Hermeneutics: Schleiermacher and Dilthey, Eric Sean Nelson7. French Spiritualish Philosophy, F.C.T. Moore8. The Emergence of Sociology and its Theories: From Comte to Weber, Alan Sica9. Developments in Philosophy of Science and Mathematics, Dale Jacquette10. Peirce: Pragmatism and Nature after Hegel, Douglas R. Anderson11. Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art, 1840-1900, Gary Shapiro Volume 3: The New Century: Bergsonism, Phenomenology and Responses to Modern ScienceEdited by Keith Ansell-Pearson and Alan D. SchriftIntroduction, Keith Ansell-Pearson1. Henri Bergson, John Mullarkey2. Neo-Kantianism in Germany and France, Sebastian Luft and Fabien Capeillères3. The Emergence of French Sociology: Émile Durkheim and Marcel Mauss, Mike Gane4. Analytic and Continental Traditions: Frege, Husserl, Carnap, and Heidegger, Michael Friedman and Thomas Ryckman5. Edmund Husserl, Thomas Nenon6. Max Scheler, Dan Zahavi7. The Early Heidegger, Miguel de Beistegui8. Karl Jaspers, Leonard H. Ehrlich9. Phenomenology at Home and Abroad, Diane Perpich10. Early Continental Philosophy of Science, Babette Babich11. Ludwig Wittgenstein, John Fennell and Bob Plant12. Freud and Continental Philosophy, Adrian Johnston13. Responses to Evolution: Spencer's Evolutionism, Bergsonism, and Contemporary Biology, Keith Ansell-Pearson, Paul-Antoine Miquel and Michael VaughanVolume 4: Phenomenology: Responses and DevelopmentsEdited by Leonard Lawlor Introduction, Leonard Lawlor1. Dialectic, Difference and the Other: The Hegelianizing of French Phenomenology, John Russon2. Existentialism, S. K. Keltner and Samuel J. Julian3. Sartre and Phenomenology, William L. McBride4. Continental Aesthetics: Phenomenology and Antiphenomenology, Galen A. Johnson5. Merleau-Ponty at the Limits of Phenomenology, Mauro Carbone6. The Hermeneutic Transformation of Phenomenology, Daniel L. Tate7. The Later Heidegger, Dennis Schmidt8. Existential Theology, Andreas Grossmann9. Religion and Ethics, Felix Ó Murchadha10. The Philosophy of the Concept, Pierre Cassou-Noguès11. Analytic Philosophy and Continental Philosophy: Four Confrontations, Dermot MoranVolume 5: Critical Theory to Structuralism: Philosophy, Politics and the Human SciencesEdited by David Ingram Introduction, David Ingram1. Carl Schmitt and Early Western Marxism, Christopher Thornhill2. The Origins and Development of the Model of Early Critical Theory in the Work of Max Horkheimer, Erich Fromm, and Herbert Marcuse, John Abromeit3. Theodor Adorno, Deborah Cook4. Walter Benjamin, James McFarland5. Hannah Arendt: Rethinking the Political, Peg Birmingham6. Georges Bataille, Peter Tracey Connor7. French Marxism in its Heyday, William McBride8. Black Existentialism, Lewis R. Gordon9. Ferdinand de Saussure and Linguistic Structuralism, Thomas F. Broden10. Claude Lévi-Strauss, Brian C. J. Singer11. Jacques Lacan, Ed Pluth12. Late Pragmatism, Logical Positivism, and their Aftermath, David IngramVolume 6: Poststructuralism and Critical Theory's Second GenerationEdited by Alan D. Schrift Introduction, Alan D. Schrift1. French Nietzscheanism, Alan D. Schrift2. Louis Althusser, Warren Montag3. Michel Foucault, Timothy O'Leary4. Gilles Deleuze, Daniel W. Smith5. Jacques Derrida, Samir Haddad6. Jean-François Lyotard, James Williams7. Pierre Bourdieu and the Practice of Philosophy, Derek Robbins8. Michel Serres, David F. Bell9. Jürgen Habermas, Christopher F. Zurn10. Second Generation Critical Theory, James Swindal11. Gadamer, Ricoeur, and the Legacy of Phenomenology, Wayne J. Froman12. The Linguistic Turn in Continental Philosophy, Claire Colebrook13. Psychoanalysis and Desire, Rosi Braidotti and Alan D. Schrift14. Luce Irigaray, Mary Beth Mader15. Cixous, Kristeva, and Le Dœuff: Three "French Feminists," Sara Heinämaa16. Deconstruction and the Yale School of Literary Theory, Jeffrey T. Nealon17. Rorty Among the Continentals, David R. HileyVolume 7: After Poststructuralism: Transitions and TransformationsEdited by Rosi Braidotti Introduction, Rosi Braidotti1. Postmodernism, Simon Malpas2. German Philosophy after 1980: Themes Out of School, Dieter Thomä3. The Structuralist Legacy, Patrice Maniglier4. Italian Philosophy Between 1980 and 1995, Silvia Benso and Brian Schroeder5. Continental Philosophy in the Czech Republic, Josef Fulka, Jr.6. Third Generation Critical Theory: Benhabib, Fraser, and Honneth, Amy Allen7. French and Italian Spinozism, Simon Duffy8. Radical Democracy, Lasse Thomassen9. Cultural and Postcolonial Studies, Iain Chambers10. The "Ethical Turn" in Continental Philosophy in the 1980s, Robert Eaglestone11. Feminist Philosophy: Coming of Age, Rosi Braidotti12. Continental Philosophy of Religion, Bruce Ellis Benson13. The Performative Turn and the Emergence of Post-Analytic Philosophy, José Medina14. Out of Bounds: Philosophy in an Age of Transition, Judith Butler and Rosi BraidottiVolume 8: Emerging Trends in Continental PhilosophyEdited by Todd May Introduction, Todd May1. Rethinking Gender: Judith Butler and Feminist Philosophy, Gayle Salamon2. Recent Developments in Aesthetics: Badiou, Rancière, and Their Interlocutors, Gabriel Rockhill3. Rethinking Marxism, Emily Zakin4. Thinking the Event: Alain Badiou's Philosophy and the Task of Critical Theory, Bruno Bosteels5. Rethinking Anglo-American Philosophy: The Neo-Kantianism of Davidson, McDowell, and Brandom, John Fennell6. Rethinking Science as Science Studies: Latour, Stengers, Prigogine, Dorothea Olkowski7. European Citizenship: A Postnationalist Perspective, Rosi Braidotti8. Postcolonialism, Postorientalism, Postoccidentalism: The Past That Never Went Away and the Future That Never Arrived, Eduardo Mendieta9. Continental Philosophy and the Environment, Jonathan Maskit10. Rethinking the New World Order: Responses to Globalization/American Hegemony, Todd May