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How to Be a Successful Philosopher: A Guide to Contemporary Thought

How to Be a Successful Philosopher: A Guide to Contemporary Thought

Micali, Stefano

Hardcover

Philosophy

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 24, 2026

ISBN10: 1350618047
ISBN13: 9781350618046
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Dec 24 2026
Pages: 144
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.08 Depth: 7.79
Language: English

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 today's most successful philosophical works, radical gestures-reversals of common sense and conventional wisdom, provocations, and heresies-all too readily translate into standardized slogans and spectacles, 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 Zizek) 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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