Acumen
Acumen is an independent publisher of academic books and journals in philosophy, classical studies and history of ideas for students, lecturers and researchers in institutions of higher education worldwide.
In keeping with the best practices of academic publishing, each of our titles goes through a rigorous process of peer review prior to publication. Standards of production are similarly high. Our titles are reasonably priced and almost all are available in paperback.
Acumen draws its authors from the UK, North America and throughout the world and aims to publish books that, without any compromise to scholarship, are accessible to the widest of academic readerships.
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(ADORNO) COOK, Theodore. Theodore Adorno: Key Concepts. Acumen. 2008.
£15.00Paperback, 224pp., NEW, Adorno continues to have an impact on disciplines as diverse as philosophy, sociology, psychology, cultural studies, musicology and literary theory. An uncompromising critic, even as Adorno contests many of the premises of the phil Learn More -
(ADORNO) COOK, Theodore. Theodore Adorno: Key Concepts. Acumen. 2008.
£45.00Hardback, 224pp., NEW, Adorno continues to have an impact on disciplines as diverse as philosophy, sociology, psychology, cultural studies, musicology and literary theory. An uncompromising critic, even as Adorno contests many of the premises of the philo Learn More -
(AGAMBEN) MILLS, Catherine. The Philosophy of Agamben. Acumen. 2008.
£45.00Hardback, 176pp., NEW, Giorgio Agamben has gained widespread popularity in recent years for his rethinking of radical politics and his approach to metaphysics and language. However, the extraordinary breadth of historical, legal and philosophical sources Learn More -
(AGAMBEN) MILLS, Catherine. The Philosophy of Agamben. Acumen. 2008.
£15.00Paperback, 176pp., NEW, Giorgio Agamben has gained widespread popularity in recent years for his rethinking of radical politics and his approach to metaphysics and language. However, the extraordinary breadth of historical, legal and philosophical sources Learn More -
(ARMSTRONG, David) MUMFORD, Stephen. David Armstrong. Acumen. 2007.
£50.00Hardback, 224pp., NEW, The ideas of David (D. M.) Armstrong have helped shape contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of mind. His work presents an integrated and systematic view of the world, with numerous interconnections between the topics of propertie Learn More -
(ARMSTRONG, David) MUMFORD, Stephen. David Armstrong. [Philosophy Now]. Acumen. 2007.
£18.00Card covers-soft bound, x+206pp., very good copy. Learn More -
(ARMSTRONG, David) MUMFORD, Stephen. David Armstrong. [Philosophy Now]. Acumen. 2007.
£16.00Card covers-soft bound, x+206pp., NEW. Learn More -
(BOURDIEU) GRENFELL, Michael James. Pierre Bourdieu: Key Concepts. Acumen. 2008.
£45.00Hardback, 256pp., NEW, The French social philosopher Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002) is now recognised as one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century. In a career of over fifty year Bourdieu studied a wide range of topics: education, culture, art, poli Learn More -
(BOURDIEU) GRENFELL, Michael James. Pierre Bourdieu: Key Concepts. Acumen. 2008.
£15.00Paperback, 256pp., NEW, The French social philosopher Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002) is now recognised as one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century. In a career of over fifty year Bourdieu studied a wide range of topics: education, culture, art, pol Learn More -
(BRANDOM) WANDERER, Jeremy. Robert Brandom. Acumen. 2008.
£15.00Paperback, 256pp., NEW, Jeremy Wanderer offers students a clear introduction to Brandom’s project, in particular to his monumental work Making It Explicit, one of the most significant (and daunting) works of philosophy of recent years. Wanderer gives read Learn More -
(BRANDOM) WANDERER, Jeremy. Robert Brandom. Acumen. 2008.
£45.00Hardback, 256pp., NEW, Jeremy Wanderer offers students a clear introduction to Brandom’s project, in particular to his monumental work Making It Explicit, one of the most significant (and daunting) works of philosophy of recent years. Wanderer gives reade Learn More -
(CAMUS) FOLEY, John Albert Camus. Acumen. 2008.
£50.00Hardback, 288pp., NEW, Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, encompassing philosophy, literature, politics and history, John Foley examines the full breadth of Camus’s ideas to provide a comprehensive and rigorous study of his political and philosophica Learn More -
(CAMUS) FOLEY, John. Albert Camus. Acumen. 2008.
£16.00Paperback, 288pp., NEW, Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, encompassing philosophy, literature, politics and history, John Foley examines the full breadth of Camus’s ideas to provide a comprehensive and rigorous study of his political and philosophic Learn More -
(DAVIDSON) JOSEPH, Marc. Donald Davidson. Acumen. 2004.
£17.00Paperback, 256pp., NEW, Donald Davidson's work has been of seminal importance in the development of analytic philosophy and his views on the nature of language, mind and action remain the starting point for many of the central debates in the analytic trad Learn More -
(DAVIDSON) JOSEPH, Marc. Donald Davidson. Acumen. 2004.
£50.00Hardback, 256pp., NEW, Donald Davidson's work has been of seminal importance in the development of analytic philosophy and his views on the nature of language, mind and action remain the starting point for many of the central debates in the analytic tradi Learn More -
(DELEUZE) STIVALE, Charles. Gilles Deleuze: Key Concepts. Acumen. 2005.
£45.00Hardback, 224pp., NEW, Gilles Deleuze is now regarded as one of the most radical philosophers of the twentieth century. His work has become hugely influential across a range of subjects, from philosophy and literature to art, architecture and cultural stu Learn More -
(DELEUZE) STIVALE, Charles. Gilles Deleuze: Key Concepts. Acumen. 2005.
£15.00Paperback, 224pp., NEW, Gilles Deleuze is now regarded as one of the most radical philosophers of the twentieth century. His work has become hugely influential across a range of subjects, from philosophy and literature to art, architecture and cultural st Learn More -
(DERRIDA) DOOLEY, Mark & Liam KAVANAGH. The Philosophy of Derrida. Acumen. 2006
£16.00Paperback, 184pp., NEW, For more than forty years Jacques Derrida unsettled and disturbed the presumptions underlying many of our most fundamental philosophical, political, and ethical conventions. In The Philosophy of Derrida, Dooley and Kavanagh examine Learn More -
(DERRIDA) DOOLEY, Mark & Liam KAVANAGH. The Philosophy of Derrida. Acumen. 2006.
£45.00Hardback, 184pp., NEW, For more than forty years Jacques Derrida unsettled and disturbed the presumptions underlying many of our most fundamental philosophical, political, and ethical conventions. In The Philosophy of Derrida, Dooley and Kavanagh examine Learn More -
(DUMMETT) WEISS, Bernard. Michael Dummett. Acumen. 2002.
£50.00Hardback, 208pp., NEW, Michael Dummett's approach to the metaphysical issue of realism through the philosophy of language, his challenge to realism, and his philosophy of language itself are central topics in contemporary analytic philosophy and have infl Learn More -
(DUMMETT) WEISS, Bernard. Michael Dummett. Acumen. 2002.
£17.00Paperback, 208pp., NEW, Michael Dummett's approach to the metaphysical issue of realism through the philosophy of language, his challenge to realism, and his philosophy of language itself are central topics in contemporary analytic philosophy and have inf Learn More -
(EINSTEIN) KENNEDY, J.B. Space, Time and Einstein. Acumen. 2003.
£15.00Paperback, 256pp., NEW, This introduction to one of the liveliest and most popular fields in philosophy is written specifically for a beginning readership with no background in philosophy or science. Step-by-step analyses of the key arguments are provided Learn More -
(EINSTEIN) KENNEDY, J.B. Space, Time and Einstein. Acumen. 2003.
£45.00Hardback, 256pp., NEW, This introduction to one of the liveliest and most popular fields in philosophy is written specifically for a beginning readership with no background in philosophy or science. Step-by-step analyses of the key arguments are provided Learn More -
(FOUCAULT) MAY, Todd. The Philosophy of Foucault. Acumen. 2006.
£45.00Hardback, 192pp., NEW, Todd May follows Foucault's itinerary from his early history of madness to his posthumously published lectures and shows how the question of who we are remains constantly at or just below the surface of Foucault's writings. By appro Learn More -
(FOUCAULT) MAY, Todd. The Philosophy of Foucault. Acumen. 2006.
£15.00Paperback, 192pp., NEW, Todd May follows Foucault's itinerary from his early history of madness to his posthumously published lectures and shows how the question of who we are remains constantly at or just below the surface of Foucault's writings. By appr Learn More
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