New Book: Phenomenology of Emotions (Cambridge University Press)

I am delighted to announce the publication of our edited volume Phenomenology of Emotions: Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychopathology, and Psychotherapy (Cambridge University Press, 2026), co-edited with Philipp Schmidt-Boddy, Thomas Fuchs, and Christian Tewes.

The volume explores the interrelations between emotions, embodiment, and vulnerability through a phenomenological perspective. Scholars of philosophy, psychology, and psychiatry investigate how the fragilities of embodied existence shape emotions, how these vulnerabilities become visible in psychopathological conditions, and how they figure in therapeutic contexts. A central theme is that emotions can be understood as experiences lived through and enacted — not merely endured — showing them as fundamental to human selfhood and agency.

The volume brings together twenty-one chapters by established researchers including Matthew Ratcliffe, Jan Slaby, Sara Heinämaa, Natalie Depraz, Thomas Fuchs, Shaun Gallagher, Joel Krueger, and many others.

My own contributions to the volume are the introductory chapter “Emotions and Vulnerability: Phenomenology, Psychopathology, and Psychotherapy” (co-authored with Philipp Schmidt-Boddy, Thomas Fuchs, and Christian Tewes), and Chapter 19, “Transformative Trust: Interpersonal Autonomy, Affectivity, and Vulnerability in Trust and Its Relevance for Psychotherapy” (co-authored with Daniel Vespermann).

The book is available from Cambridge University Press: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009627269