{"product_id":"9783032006219","title":"Handbook of Transformative Philosophy","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHandbooks in Philosophy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eHandbook of Transformative Philosophy\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLydia Amir\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Ethics \u0026amp; Moral Philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Handbook offers a theoretical and practical guide to transformative philosophies, drawing on past theories still viable today and on contemporary approaches which prioritize key transformative notions. Bringing together international top scholars, this handbook breaks ground in its scope and depth, its erudition and originality, its theory and practice. The new field it defines ultimately addresses the question of what philosophy is, what it has been, and what it can be.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart I offers historical perspectives on the transformative power of philosophy from antiquity to the 21st century. Addressing first various epochs in Western philosophy (Ancient and Hellenistic Philosophies; Late modern and Medieval; Renaissance and modern philosophies), it also formulates the impact that Eastern philosophies, chiefly Hinduism, Buddhism, and Daoism, had on the west, and without which the last two centuries of transformative philosophy cannot be understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part II is divided thematically rather than historically and focuses on contemporary approaches to transformative philosophies. Each chapter addresses in depth one central notion, which, when brought to bear on practice, helps to define a new field in transformative philosophy. They include awareness, wonder, imagination, will, decision, experience, understanding, birth, autonomy, love, integrity, self-esteem, meaning, joy, humor, and happiness. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy unraveling the transformative power of philosophy, this handbook hopes to strengthen philosophy’s place in the academe as a force to reckon with. By enabling personal change for the benefit of the individual and the society in which we live, it answers contemporary concerns. By making explicit the transformative power of various philosophies, of different philosophic notions, and of philosophy itself as an ambitious discipline which critically changes one’s mind through the mixture of rational and non-rational elements, the Transformative Philosophy Handbook lays the ground for a new philosophic field, whose influence will transcend narrow concerns.  This Handbook appeals to students and researchers in academic philosophy and related disciplines.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #242424; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;\"\u003eProfessor\u003cstrong\u003e Lydia Amir \u003c\/strong\u003eteaches at the Philosophy Department at Tufts University. She is Founding President of the International Association for the Philosophy of Humor and Co-Director of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association. Her work as a philosophical practitioner, along her academic career, has been described in the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e in December 2023. Known for the thesis of \u003cem\u003eHomo risibilis\u003c\/em\u003e - the ridiculous human being – as a contemporary philosophy for our global times and an untimely contribution to philosophy’s perennial problems, she has published articles, essays, and monographs in ethics, the history and practice of philosophy, meta-philosophy, and humor. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #242424; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;\"\u003eOf relevance to the topics of the Handbook are \u003cem\u003eRethinking Philosophers’ Responsibility\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), \u003cem\u003eTaking Philosophy Seriously\u003c\/em\u003e (2018), \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy, Humor, and the Human Condition: Taking Ridicule Seriously\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), and the \u003cem\u003eIntroduction to Transformative Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e (forthcoming \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein Springer); the edited collections,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk27054572;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE;\"\u003ePracticing Philosophy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk84510336;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk27054572;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE;\"\u003e (2015, with Aleksandar Fatic) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk84510336;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE;\"\u003eNew Frontiers in Philosophical Practice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE;\"\u003e (2017); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #242424; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;\"\u003eThe Handbook of Philosophy of Humor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #242424; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;\"\u003e(Palgrave Macmillan), \u003cem\u003eThe Companion to the Philosophy of the Human Condition\u003c\/em\u003e (Brill), and the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eCompanion to\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLiving from Philosophy: Philosophy as a Way of Life\u003c\/em\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #242424; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;\"\u003e She edits, among others, the \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy of Humor Yearbook\u003c\/em\u003e, which she has founded along with four book series, de Gruyter Studies in Philosophy of Humor, Brill Series in the Philosophy of the Human Condition, de Gruyter Studies in Spinoza and his Legacy, and Lexington Series in Philosophical Practice that publishes monographs on transformative philosophy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 May 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032006219\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e641\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45228284706956,"sku":"9783032006219","price":251.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032006219_0bc5b6ef-8ea0-4f6e-b410-9fcaa8433523.jpg?v=1781060751","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032006219","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}