Publisher's Synopsis
The first handbook-length examination of the history and philosophy of the concept of transformation and transformative experience, a fundamental but overlooked subject in philosophy
Includes non-western perspectives from Arabic, Chinese and Indian philosophy as well as philosophers who have made fundamental contributions to the idea of transformation, including Plato, Spinoza, Hegel, Mill, Wittgenstein and William James
Clearly organised into four parts, covering the full historical span of transformation from classical philosophy to the Twentieth century
