This is the first English translation of what many consider to be the most original work of Chinese philosophy produced in the twentieth century; it is also one of the least understood. Xiong’s New Treatise represents the first substantive attempt to respond to the modernist challenge of providing Chinese philosophy with “system,” and he did this in the form of an ontology. The central metaphysical problem Xiong grappled with in New Treatise—and indeed throughout his life—was the relation between the ontological and the phenomenal. Read more ...

István Bibó (1911–1979) was a Hungarian lawyer, political thinker, prolific essayist, and minister of state for the Hungarian national government during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. This magisterial compendium of Bibó’s essays introduces English-speaking audiences to the writings of one of the foremost theorists and psychologists of twentieth-century European politics and culture. Elegantly translated by Péter Pásztor and with a scholarly introduction by Iván Zoltán Dénes, the essays in this volume address the causes and fallout of European political crises, postwar changes in the balance of power among countries, and nation-building processes. Read more ...