Emma Ingala, Cillian Ó Fathaigh, Gavin Rae eds. Transformation in Contemporary French Philosophy – Edinburgh University Press, July 2026

Unfortunately no paperback yet, and even the e-book is very expensive.

Traces the articulation of the concept of transformation across twentieth-century French philosophy, from Bergson to Malabou

• Engages contemporary French philosophy through the notion of transformation
• Reveals that the notion of transformation is heterogeneous and itself subject to transformation
• Offers innovative readings of individual thinkers within this periodisation
• Includes chapters on thinkers – such as Cornelius Castoriadis, Paul Ricoeur, Raymond Ruyer, Gilbert Simondon, Michel Serres – that are often ignored in discussions of contemporary French philosophy

This collection brings together an international range of specialists to explore the multi-faceted ways in which twentieth-century French philosophy affirms the fundamental importance of transformation. The essays enhance our understanding of how various individual French philosophers have conceived the term, including the innovative implications of their respective conceptions. They show that although emphasis is often placed on its heterogeneity and the differences between its proponents, twentieth-century French philosophy is fundamentally, if implicitly, shaped around a common focus on the primordial importance of transformation.

By engaging with the thinking of Bergson, Sartre, Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, Fanon, Deleuze, Foucault, Derrida, Kristeva, Ricœur, Ruyer, Simondon, Serres, Castoriadis and Malabou, the contributors also rethink a range of issues, including ethics, information, ontology and politics.