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How to be a Successful Philosopher
A Guide to Contemporary Thought
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What does it take to be an influential thinker today? Which topics should one address? What are the ingredients of a philosophical bestseller? These questions point to broader concerns: what forms of thought dominate the present? Do intellectuals still exist? And what role do social media...
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What does it take to be an influential thinker today? Which topics should one address? What are the ingredients of a philosophical bestseller?
These questions point to broader concerns: what forms of thought dominate the present? Do intellectuals still exist? And what role do social media play in shaping the pursuit of truth? In todayβs most successful philosophical works, radical gesturesβreversals of common sense and conventional wisdom, provocations, and heresiesβall too readily translate into standardized slogans and spectacles. These are perfectly suited to the marketplace of ideas, with its demand for pre-packaged novelty and shock value.
With sharp irony and incisive wit, Micali turns a critical eye to today's philosophical bestsellers. Combining analytical precision with wide-ranging expertise across philosophical traditions, he exposes the strategies behind contemporary philosophical success. From the prophet of a bygone dystopia (think Giorgio Agamben) and the spectacular performer (think Slavoj Ε½iΕΎek) to the advocate of a social cause (think Judith Butler), How to be a Successful Philosopher advances original philosophical reflections whilst offering a critique from within.
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ISBN: 9781350618046
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 24 December 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Audience: Tertiary education
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Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 144
About the Author
Stefano Micali is Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and the Chair of the Husserl-Archives: Centre for Phenomenology and Continental Philosophy at the KU Leuven, Belgium. He is the author of Phenomenology of Anxiety (2022), Tra lβaltro e se stessi (2020), ΓberschΓΌsse der Erfahrung (2008), and Esperienze temporali (2008). He has co-edited several volumes focusing on the relation between psychopathology and philosophy such as Bilderfahrung und Psychopathologie (2014) and Das ΓΌberforderte Subjekt (2018).
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