J-M Kuukkanen writes in his introduction that philosophers, theorists, and perhaps historians and other scholars interested in history are “eagerly looking for new organizing principles.” The informed and well-argued contributions to this collection offer many different organizing principles, drawing from both the analytic and continental traditions in relating not only history and philosophy but also broadly conceived forms of critical theory at times contesting anthropocentrism. The reader is offered insight into significant contemporary approaches as well as bases for developing complementary or divergent ones

Dominick LaCapra, Professor Emeritus of History, Cornell University, USA

This collection of essays by leading exponents of that ever-changing field, the philosophy of history, lives up to its design as a "conceptual map" of the intellectual terrain. Editor Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen has enlisted leaders from several generations to chart the future of a resurgent discourse. Above all, this work addresses the tension between the humanistic and the post-humanistic in the "time of the anthropocene." The call for cooperation between scholars endorsing popular history and the "more than human past" is timely and invigorating. Insofar as these essays forecast intellectual developments in the twenty-first century, the return of the philosophy of history should be celebrated.

Hans Kellner, Professor of History, NC State University, USA

[This book] should be of interest to all those concerned with that strained relationship between philosophy of history and the practices of historians as they try to navigate a way forward in the uncertain times that lie ahead.

Keith Jenkins, Emeritus Professor of Historical Theory, University of Chichester, UK