Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP)
Having its roots in phenomenology and existentialism, the SPEP series has brought out an impressive selection of works fundamental to continental philosophy for nearly five decades, including works by and about Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Paul Ricoeur, and Edmund Husserl. In addition to making classic authors and texts available to contemporary readers, SPEP is committed to providing translations of key international books and to publishing a new generation of thinkers. It provides a forum for promising scholarly studies on contemporary figures and welcomes significant contributions to pressing philosophical topics and existential problems.
Series editor: Anthony J. Steinbock
Founding editor: James M. Edie
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Gadamer’s Hermeneutics
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This book provides a comprehensive and critical account of Gadamer’s hermeneutical philosophy. Robert J. Dostal shows that at the heart of Gadamer’s enterprise is the thesis that “being that can be understood is language.”
The Possibility of Philosophy
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The Possibility of Philosophy presents the notes Maurice Merleau‑Ponty prepared for three courses he taught at the Collège de France. Two of these courses were the last he taught before his unexpected death in 1961.
Turning Emotion Inside Out
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Edward S. Casey invites us to rethink our emotions as fundamentally emerging from outside and around the self, redirecting our attention from the subjective sources of emotion to what reaches us from outside the domain of the subject.
Knowing by Heart
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Drawing on and developing the phenomenological work of figures such as Edmund Husserl and Max Scheler, Knowing by Heart details the various feelings and feeling‑states that pertain to matters of the heart.
Cognition and Work
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In Cognition and Work, Max Scheler offers an early critique of American pragmatism and demonstrates the dynamic relation that not only the human being but all living beings have to the environment they inhabit.
Between Heidegger and Novalis
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
This book brings the poet and philosopher Novalis into dialogue with the work of Martin Heidegger, demonstrating that both should be understood principally as thinkers of relation.
Original Forgiveness
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In Original Forgiveness, Nicolas de Warren challenges the widespread assumption that forgiveness is always a response to something that has incited it. Rather than considering forgiveness...
Self-Awareness and Alterity
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
In Self-Awareness and Alterity, Dan Zahavi provides a sustained argument that phenomenology, especially in its Husserlian version, can contribute something decisive to our understanding of self-awareness.
Husserl and the Idea of Europe
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This book argues that Husserl’s reflections on Europe led him to develop the most compelling and radical interpretation on the intersubjective, communal, and historical dimensions of his phenomenology.
Force, Drive, Desire
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Force, Drive, Desire: A Philosophy of Psychoanalysis develops a philosophical foundation of psychoanalysis.

Gadamer’s Hermeneutics
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
The Possibility of Philosophy
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Turning Emotion Inside Out
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Knowing by Heart
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Cognition and Work
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
In Cognition and Work, Max Scheler offers an early critique of American pragmatism and demonstrates the dynamic relation that not only the human being but all living beings have to the environment they inhabit.
Between Heidegger and Novalis
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Original Forgiveness
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Self-Awareness and Alterity
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Husserl and the Idea of Europe
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Force, Drive, Desire
Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy