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INTRODUCTORY TEXTBOOKS NEW Gender Theory in Troubled Times KATHLEEN LENNON & RACHEL ALSOP University of Hull; University of York ‘Lennon and Alsop have put paid to the idea that gender theory is remote from the social and political concerns of global feminisms. With measured analyses but no fence-sitting, the authors are reliable guides to the genderrace-trans-queer controversies that animate our everyday lives.’ Stella Sandford, Kingston University ‘This is a rare book of theory that speaks as effectively to a new student of gender as to the well-read feminist scholar. By weaving their critique of essentialism throughout their eloquent and fairminded summaries of major thinkers, Lennon and Alsop have created a masterpiece rich in concrete, contemporary examples. This is intersectional theorizing at its interdisciplinary best.’ Myra Marx Feree, University of Wisconsin-Madison ‘Conceptually sophisticated yet clear and accessible, this book is a must-have text for students exploring feminist and gendered approaches to the urgent issues of our time.’ Ruth Holliday, University of Leeds This timely and necessary intervention revisits gender theory for contemporary times. The authors explore the multiple strands which go into making our gendered identities and refuse a singular ‘truth about gender’, resulting in the ideal critical overview. 229 x 152mm • 272 pages • UK December 2019, US February 2020 HB • 978-0-7456-8301-0 • £55.00 / $69.95 / €67.90 PB • 978-0-7456-8302-7 • £17.99 / $24.95 / €21.90 ebook available An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge Second Edition DAN O’BRIEN Oxford Brookes University ‘It is the best book of its kind in this area available today… O’Brien has a distinctive approach, using many colourful examples and illustrations, and maintains a lively and readable style throughout, without becoming superficial. It covers a very wide range of epistemological topics, and the additions in this new edition enhance its value.’ Mark Tebbit, University of Reading ‘This is an excellent introduction to the theory of knowledge, comprehensive in scope but also accessible throughout, and written in an engaging style. Highly recommended.’ Duncan Pritchard, University of Edinburgh ‘It is a perfect introduction for students and people interested in knowledge and the theory of knowledge.’ Waterstones Amsterdam 246 x 171mm • 256 pages • 2016 HB • 978-0-7456-6431-6 • £55.00 / $74.95 / €67.90 PB • 978-0-7456-6432-3 • £17.99 / $24.95 / €23.90 ebook available Neo-Confucianism A Philosophical Introduction STEPHEN C. ANGLE & JUSTIN TIWALD Wesleyan University; San Francisco State University ‘This landmark work on Neo-Confucianism provides a tremendously helpful survey of the conceptual terrain that the thinkers in this tradition negotiated in their different ways and brings many more important thinkers onto the scene in dialogue with better-known figures such as the Cheng brothers, Zhu Xi, and Wang Yangming.’ David B. Wong, Duke University ‘A lucid, accessible, and highly readable introduction to the world of Neo-Confucian philosophy. The authors succeed admirably in unpacking what the Neo-Confucian thinkers meant and not just surveying what they said, and in doing so Angle and Tiwald encourage the reader to engage with Neo-Confucian ideas.’ John Makeham, China Studies Research Centre, La Trobe University 229 x 152mm • 320 pages • 2017 HB • 978-0-7456-6248-0 • £55.00 / $69.95 / €67.90 PB • 978-0-7456-6249-7 • £17.99 / $26.95 / €23.90 ebook available Phenomenology An Introduction STEPHAN KÄUFER & ANTHONY CHEMERO Franklin & Marshall College; University of Cincinnati ‘A remarkably thorough and comprehensible account of the history of phenomenology that offers illuminating commentary on the work of Kant, Wundt, Husserl, Heidegger, Gestalt psychologists, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, and Gibson. The chapter on Kant as a phenomenologist is especially instructive. The book also surveys several promising phenomenology-inspired approaches in cognitive science, and opens questions for debate regarding enactivism, the sensorimotor approach, and dynamical systems theory.’ Hubert Dreyfus, University of California, Berkeley 229 x 152mm • 256 pages • 2015 HB • 978-0-7456-5147-7 • £55.00 / $69.95 / €67.90 PB • 978-0-7456-5148-4 • £16.99 / $24.95 / €21.90 ebook available Continental Philosophy An Introduction Second Edition DAVID WEST Australian National University ‘David West’s interpretations of the major figures of continental philosophy are succinct and insightful.’ William R. Schroeder, University of Illinois 229 x 152mm • 368 pages • 2010 HB • 978-0-7456-4581-0 • £60.00 / $74.95 / €73.90 PB • 978-0-7456-4582-7 • £17.99 / $26.95 / €23.90 ebook available WWW.POLITYBOOKS.COM 12
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Empathy DEREK MATRAVERS The Open University ’A very enjoyable, highly nuanced, and historically astute discussion of the concept of empathy.’ Karsten Stueber, author of Rediscovering Empathy 216 x 138mm • 176 pages • 2017 HB • 978-0-7456-7074-4 • £50.00 / $64.95 / €61.90 PB • 978-0-7456-7075-1 • £15.99 / $22.95 / €19.90 ebook available Probability DARRELL ROWBOTTOM Lingnan University ’Easy and fun to read, this book is a thoughtprovoking introduction to a wide range of important theories and issues about the nature of probability.’ Timothy Williamson, University of Oxford 216 x 138mm • 192 pages • 2015 HB • 978-0-7456-5256-6 • £50.00 / $64.95 / €61.90 PB • 978-0-7456-5257-3 • £15.99 / $22.95 / €19.90 ebook available Well-Being BEN BRADLEY Syracuse University ‘In recent decades, philosophers have made serious progress in answering the hugely important question of what, ultimately, makes life good for anyone. Ben Bradley is one of these philosophers, and this insightful, accessible, informed, and open-minded book is an outstanding survey of where the debate now stands.’ Roger Crisp, University of Oxford 216 x 138mm • 144 pages • 2015 HB • 978-0-7456-6272-5 • £45.00 / $64.95 / €55.90 PB • 978-0-7456-6273-2 • £14.99 / $19.95 / €18.90 ebook available Moral Responsibility MATTHEW TALBERT West Virginia University ‘An excellent, accessible, but subtle account of the philosophical notion of moral responsibility and its problems.’ Elinor Mason, University of Edinburgh 216 x 138mm • 192 pages • 2015 HB • 978-0-7456-8058-3 • £50.00 / $64.95 / €61.90 PB • 978-0-7456-8059-0 • £15.99 / $22.95 / €19.90 ebook available KEY CONCEPTS IN PHILOSOPHY Emotion CAROLYN PRICE The Open University ‘This is a splendid book: clearly written, empirically informed, philosophically astute and a pleasure to read.’ Michael Brady, University of Glasgow 216 x 138mm • 208 pages • 2015 HB • 978-0-7456-5635-9 • £50.00 / $64.95 / €61.90 PB • 978-0-7456-5636-6 • £15.99 / $22.95 / €19.90 ebook available Virtue HEATHER D. BATTALY California State University, Fullerton ‘This is an extremely impressive introduction to the concept of virtue.’ Jason Baehr, Loyola Marymount University 216 x 138mm • 208 pages • 2014 HB • 978-0-7456-4953-5 • £45.00 / $59.95 / €55.90 PB • 978-0-7456-4954-2 • £16.99 / $24.95 / €21.90 ebook available Persons and Personal Identity AMY KIND Claremont McKenna College ’This valuable book provides an amazingly accessible and comprehensive overview of the modern personal identity debate.’ Marya Schechtman, University of Illinois at Chicago 216 x 138mm • 176 pages • 2015 HB • 978-0-7456-5431-7 • £50.00 / $64.95 / €61.90 PB • 978-0-7456-5432-4 • £15.99 / $22.95 / €19.90 ebook available Truth CHASE WRENN University of Alabama ‘This is a splendid book.  It is clear, it is comprehensive, and Wrenn’s pedagogy is outstanding.’ William Lycan, University of North Carolina 216 x 138mm • 216 pages • 2014 HB • 978-0-7456-6323-4 • £50.00 / $64.95 / €61.90 PB • 978-0-7456-6324-1 • £14.99 / $22.95 / €18.90 ebook available See backlist for more titles in the Key Concepts in Philosophy series. WWW.POLITYBOOKS.COM 13

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INTRODUCTORY TEXTBOOKS

NEW

Gender Theory in Troubled Times KATHLEEN LENNON & RACHEL ALSOP University of Hull; University of York ‘Lennon and Alsop have put paid to the idea that gender theory is remote from the social and political concerns of global feminisms. With measured analyses but no fence-sitting, the authors are reliable guides to the genderrace-trans-queer controversies that animate our everyday lives.’ Stella Sandford, Kingston University ‘This is a rare book of theory that speaks as effectively to a new student of gender as to the well-read feminist scholar. By weaving their critique of essentialism throughout their eloquent and fairminded summaries of major thinkers, Lennon and Alsop have created a masterpiece rich in concrete, contemporary examples. This is intersectional theorizing at its interdisciplinary best.’ Myra Marx Feree, University of Wisconsin-Madison ‘Conceptually sophisticated yet clear and accessible, this book is a must-have text for students exploring feminist and gendered approaches to the urgent issues of our time.’ Ruth Holliday, University of Leeds This timely and necessary intervention revisits gender theory for contemporary times. The authors explore the multiple strands which go into making our gendered identities and refuse a singular ‘truth about gender’, resulting in the ideal critical overview. 229 x 152mm • 272 pages • UK December 2019, US February 2020 HB • 978-0-7456-8301-0 • £55.00 / $69.95 / €67.90 PB • 978-0-7456-8302-7 • £17.99 / $24.95 / €21.90 ebook available

An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge Second Edition DAN O’BRIEN Oxford Brookes University ‘It is the best book of its kind in this area available today… O’Brien has a distinctive approach, using many colourful examples and illustrations, and maintains a lively and readable style throughout, without becoming superficial. It covers a very wide range of epistemological topics, and the additions in this new edition enhance its value.’ Mark Tebbit, University of Reading ‘This is an excellent introduction to the theory of knowledge, comprehensive in scope but also accessible throughout, and written in an engaging style. Highly recommended.’ Duncan Pritchard, University of Edinburgh ‘It is a perfect introduction for students and people interested in knowledge and the theory of knowledge.’ Waterstones Amsterdam 246 x 171mm • 256 pages • 2016 HB • 978-0-7456-6431-6 • £55.00 / $74.95 / €67.90 PB • 978-0-7456-6432-3 • £17.99 / $24.95 / €23.90 ebook available

Neo-Confucianism A Philosophical Introduction STEPHEN C. ANGLE & JUSTIN TIWALD Wesleyan University; San Francisco State University ‘This landmark work on Neo-Confucianism provides a tremendously helpful survey of the conceptual terrain that the thinkers in this tradition negotiated in their different ways and brings many more important thinkers onto the scene in dialogue with better-known figures such as the Cheng brothers, Zhu Xi, and Wang Yangming.’ David B. Wong, Duke University ‘A lucid, accessible, and highly readable introduction to the world of Neo-Confucian philosophy. The authors succeed admirably in unpacking what the Neo-Confucian thinkers meant and not just surveying what they said, and in doing so Angle and Tiwald encourage the reader to engage with Neo-Confucian ideas.’ John Makeham, China Studies Research Centre, La Trobe University 229 x 152mm • 320 pages • 2017 HB • 978-0-7456-6248-0 • £55.00 / $69.95 / €67.90 PB • 978-0-7456-6249-7 • £17.99 / $26.95 / €23.90 ebook available

Phenomenology An Introduction STEPHAN KÄUFER & ANTHONY CHEMERO Franklin & Marshall College; University of Cincinnati ‘A remarkably thorough and comprehensible account of the history of phenomenology that offers illuminating commentary on the work of Kant, Wundt, Husserl, Heidegger, Gestalt psychologists, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, and Gibson. The chapter on Kant as a phenomenologist is especially instructive. The book also surveys several promising phenomenology-inspired approaches in cognitive science, and opens questions for debate regarding enactivism, the sensorimotor approach, and dynamical systems theory.’ Hubert Dreyfus, University of California, Berkeley 229 x 152mm • 256 pages • 2015 HB • 978-0-7456-5147-7 • £55.00 / $69.95 / €67.90 PB • 978-0-7456-5148-4 • £16.99 / $24.95 / €21.90 ebook available

Continental Philosophy An Introduction Second Edition DAVID WEST Australian National University ‘David West’s interpretations of the major figures of continental philosophy are succinct and insightful.’ William R. Schroeder, University of Illinois 229 x 152mm • 368 pages • 2010 HB • 978-0-7456-4581-0 • £60.00 / $74.95 / €73.90 PB • 978-0-7456-4582-7 • £17.99 / $26.95 / €23.90 ebook available

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