Luft's Books

Books Written, Translated, or Edited by
Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., M.L.S.
in Chronological Order

Last update: 18 July 2024

1. Hegel, Hinrichs, and Schleiermacher on Feeling and Reason in Religion: The Texts of Their 1821-22 Debate, edited, translated, and with introductions by Eric von der Luft, also including a new critical edition of the German text of Hegel's "Hinrichs Foreword" (Studies in German Thought and History, vol. 3). Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, May 1987. ISBN 0-88946-352-2 (hardback). OCLC # 15252011 (print), 478283240 (print), 876337637 (print), 925033541 (print), 478283240 (e-book).

2. Schopenhauer: New Essays in Honor of his 200th Birthday / Essais nouveaux en l'honneur de son 200e anniversaire / Neue Aufs tze zu Ehren seines 200sten Geburtstags, edited by / sous la direction de / herausgegeben von Eric von der Luft, with a foreword by / avec une pr face par / mit einem Vorworte von Richard Taylor, and with bibliographies compiled by / et avec bibliographies dress es par / und mit Literaturverzeichnissen zusammengetragen von David E. Cartwright & Eric von der Luft (Studies in German Thought and History, vol. 10). Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, December 1988. ISBN 0-88946-311-5 (hardback). OCLC # 18716034 (print), 224702797 (print), 463721253 (print), 883375343 (print), 901318775 (print), 906523164 (print), 645893458 (e-book).

3. State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse [i.e., SUNY Upstate Medical University], Library. Thirty-Five Treasures of Special Collections, designed and edited, ... introduction ... written, and ... items ... selected, described, and photographed by Eric v.d. Luft. Kennett Square, Pennsylvania: KNA Press, September 1993. OCLC # 28489710 (print).

4. Luft, Eric v.d. God, Evil, and Ethics: A Primer in the Philosophy of Religion. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, August 2004. ISBN 978-0-9655179-1-1 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-933237-37-4 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 55945255 (print), 255268010 (print), 644062904 (e-book).

5. Luft, Eric v.d., SUNY Upstate Medical University: A Pictorial History. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, September 2005. ISBN 978-1-933237-34-3 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-933237-35-0 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 60708583 (print), 255269353 (print), 666945769 (e-book), 816311846 (e-book).

6. Luft, Eric v.d., How I Became a Life Master Playing the Weak No Trump. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, July 2006. ISBN 978-0-9655179-0-4 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-933237-38-1 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 70480187 (print), 666945762 (e-book).

7. Luft, Eric v.d., A Socialist Manifesto. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, June 2007. ISBN 978-1-933237-07-7 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-933237-08-4 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-54-1 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-08-4 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 137223751 (print), 191893966 (e-book), 816311836 (e-book).

8. Tzara, Tristan, The Gas Heart: The Dada Anti-Masterpiece of Drama, introduction, commentary, staging, and a new translation by Eric v.d. Luft. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, February 2008. ISBN 978-1-933237-12-1 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-933237-43-5 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-43-5 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 191888367 (print), 666945775 (e-book), 816311854 (e-book).

9. Luft, Eric v.d., The Inscribed List: or, Why Librarians Are Crazy: Hilarious Real Names of Real People from Library Catalogs. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, May 2008. ISBN 978-1-933237-01-5 (hardback). ISBN 978-1-933237-45-9 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 226262568 (print), 666945772 (e-book).

10. Schmidt, Karl, The Individual, translated, annotated, and with an introduction by Eric v.d. Luft. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, June 2008. ISBN 978-1-933237-17-6 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-933237-40-4 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-40-4 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 435418211 (print), 910191190 (print), 729013389 (e-book).

11. Luft, Eric v.d., Die at the Right Time! A Subjective Cultural History of the American Sixties. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, October 2009. ISBN 978-0-9655179-2-8 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-933237-39-8 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-39-8 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 137223726 (print), 769119142 (print), 671804168 (e-book).

12. Luft, Eric v.d., Ruminations: Selected Philosophical, Historical, and Ideological Papers, Volume 1. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, May 2010. ISBN 978-1-933237-25-1 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-764-8 (PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (e-book).

13. Schmidt, Karl, Love Letters Without Love, translated, annotated, and with an introduction by Eric v.d. Luft. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, September 2010. ISBN 978-1-933237-16-9 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-933237-41-1 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-41-1 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 806013491 (print), 891358386 (e-book).

14. Stearns, Isabel Scribner, The Nature of the Individual, edited by Eric v.d. Luft, with a foreword by Jude Jones. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, February 2011. ISBN 978-1-933237-18-3 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-933237-44-2 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-44-2 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 191899750 (print).

15. Feuerbach, Ludwig Andreas, Abelard and Heloise, or: The Writer and the Human: A Series of Humorous Philosophical Aphorisms (1834), translated and with an introduction by Eric v.d. Luft, with a foreword by Angela Moreira. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, February 2012. ISBN 978-1-933237-02-2 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-933237-00-8 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-61-9 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-86-2 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 806013493 (print), 891358301 (e-book).

16. Luft, Eric v.d., The Value of Suicide, volume 4 of Dynamic Humanism: An Excursion in Practical Speculative Philosophy. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, 2013 [i.e., December 2012]. ISBN 978-0-9655179-4-2 (this volume: Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-70-1 (this volume: EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-89-3 (this volume: PDF e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-05-3 (all 5 volumes: Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-72-5 (all 5 volumes: EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-705-1 (all 5 volumes: PDF e-book). OCLC # 891358382 (this volume: e-book), ___ (all 5 volumes: e-book).

17. Luft, Eric v.d., Ruminations: Selected Philosophical, Historical, and Ideological Papers, Volume 2, Dawns and Departures. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, March 2013. ISBN 978-1-933237-94-7 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-98-5 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-93-0 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 891358381 (e-book).

18. Hibben, John Grier, and Luft, Eric v.d., Hegel's Shorter Logic: An Introduction and Commentary. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, November 2013. ISBN 978-0-9655179-7-3 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-53-4 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-90-9 (PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (e-book).

19. Burke, Edmund, A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful with an Introductory Discourse Concerning Taste -- a new edition, edited by Eric v.d. Luft and Diane Davis Luft -- North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, January 2014. ISBN 978-1-62130-679-5 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-680-1 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-681-8 (PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (e-book).

20. Kotzebue, August von, The Organs of the Brain: A Farce in Three Acts, translated by Eric v.d. Luft, with an introduction, an essay, and an extensive bibliography of the first decade of phrenology. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, February 2014. ISBN 978-1-62130-689-4 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-690-0 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-691-7 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 1011220100 (e-book).

21. Penn, Sarah [pseudonym for Eric v.d. Luft], "I Wanna Do E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G-!" An Essay on Dissipation, Arrogance, and the Life of the Mind. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, July 2014.

22. Luft, Eric v.d., Un Manifiesto Socialista, traducido del Inglés por Tanya Davis-Castro. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, November 2014. ISBN 978-1-933237-73-2 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-74-9 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-92-3 (PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (e-book).

23. Martin Slotty, Kierkegaard's Epistemology: A Centrally Directed Assessment of the Efficacy of his Authorship, translated by Eric v.d. Luft from Die Erkenntnislehre S.A. Kierkegaards: Eine Würdigung seiner Verfasserwirksamkeit vom zentralen Gesichtspunkte aus (1915), with a foreword by M.G. Piety. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, February 2015. ISBN 978-1-933237-21-3 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-62130-721-1 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-722-8 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-46-6 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 913080330 (print), 1011233229 (e-book).

24. Kline, George L., On Hegel, edited by Eric v.d. Luft with a preface by William Desmond. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, July 2015. ISBN 978-1-62130-734-1 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-736-5 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-735-8 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 916529761 (e-book).

25. The Socialist Reader, edited by Eric v.d. Luft. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, September 2015. ISBN 978-1-62130-748-8 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-750-1 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-749-5 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 922701496 (e-book).

26. Luft, Eric v.d., Yoga for Fools. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, October 2015. ISBN 978-1-62130-747-1 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-62130-745-7 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-744-0 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-746-4 (PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (print), ___ (e-book).

27. Kleist, Heinrich von, The Broken Jug: A Dramatic Comedy About Thwarted Rape, translated by Eric v.d. Luft. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, March 2016. ISBN 978-1-62130-757-0 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-759-4 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-758-7 (PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (e-book).

28. Crawley, George A., Letters from the War: The Civil War Letters of a Union Sergeant from the Front to His Home in Walton, New York, and Related Letters, 1862-1864, Sgt. George A. Crawley, 144th New York State Volunteers, edited by his great-great-grandnephew, Eric v.d. Luft, with a foreword by Elisabeth Lee Rennie. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, April 2016. ISBN 978-1-62130-751-8 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-753-2 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-752-5 (PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (e-book).

29. Luft, Eric v.d., An Imaginary Conversation with Muhammad Ali. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, September 2016. ISBN 978-1-62130-717-4 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-933237-60-2 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-55-8 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-704-4 (PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (print), ___ (e-book).

30. Luft, Eric v.d., Pedigree of Eric v.d. Luft: Consisting of Luft, Meeker, Hanford, and Wooddy Genealogies in America, Sweden, and Great Britain: Lineages and Stories. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, February 2017. ISBN 978-1-62130-766-2 (hardback). OCLC OCLC # 1118694879 (hardback), ___ (e-book).

31. Luft, Eric v.d., Don't Complain That There's No Sauerkraut! Poems. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, March 2017. ISBN 978-1-62130-768-6 (paperback). OCLC # 1152526826 (print), ___ (e-book).

32. Hinrichs, Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm, The Essence of Ancient Tragedy: Presented in Lectures on Aesthetics Concerning the Two Oedipus Plays of Sophocles in General and the Antigone in Particular, translated by Eric v.d. Luft. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, August 2017. ISBN 978-1-62130-776-1 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-778-5 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-777-8 (PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (e-book).

33. Poems About Death, edited by Eric v.d. Luft. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, June 2018. ISBN 978-1-62130-783-9 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-62130-784-6 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-786-0 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-785-3 (PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (e-book).

34. Thomas Szasz: An Appraisal of His Legacy, edited by C.V. Haldipur, James L. Knoll IV, and Eric v.d. Luft. Oxford University Press, January 2019. ISBN 978-0-19-881349-1 (paperback). OCLC # 1110582516 (print), 1083341937 (e-book).

35. Walker, Mary Edwards, Hit: A Critical Edition of the Polemical Autobiography of America's First Woman Surgeon, edited by Eric v.d. Luft. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, February 2019. ISBN 978-1-62130-737-2 (Kindle e-book), 978-1-62130-739-6 (EPUB e-book), 978-1-62130-738-9 (PDF e-book). OCLC # 1119555577 (e-book).

36. Luft, Eric v.d., Ruminations: Selected Philosophical, Historical, and Ideological Papers, Volume 1, Part 1, The Infinite. - second edition, revised and corrected - North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, June 2019. ISBN 978-1-62130-700-6 (PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (e-book).

37. Bauer, Edgar, Critique's Quarrel with Church and State, translated by Eric v.d. Luft. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, June 2019. ISBN 978-1-62130-725-9 (Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-724-2 (EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-723-5 (PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (e-book).

38. Luft, Eric v.d., How the Conservatives Ruined America. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, March 2020. ISBN 978-1-62130-694-8 (Kindle e-book), 978-1-62130-695-5 (EPUB e-book), 978-1-62130-696-2 (PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (e-book).

39. Luft, Eric v.d., On the Duties of Philosophers, volume 1 of Dynamic Humanism: An Excursion in Practical Speculative Philosophy. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, August 2020. ISBN 978-0-9655179-3-5 (this volume: Kindle e-book), 978-1-933237-67-1 (this volume: EPUB e-book), 978-1-62130-708-2 (this volume: PDF e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-05-3 (all 5 volumes: Kindle e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-72-5 (all 5 volumes: EPUB e-book). ISBN 978-1-62130-705-1 (all 5 volumes: PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (e-book).

40. Luft, Eric v.d., Ruminations: Selected Philosophical, Historical, and Ideological Papers, Volume 1, Part 2, The Finite - second edition, revised and corrected - North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, September 2020. ISBN 978-1-62130-701-3 (PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (e-book).

41. Luft, Eric v.d., Maybe It's Too Early: Poems. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, March 2021. ISBN 978-1-62130-796-9 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-62130-793-8 (Kindle e-book), 978-1-62130-795-2 (EPUB e-book), 978-1-62130-794-5 (PDF e-book). OCLC # ___ (paperback. OCLC # ___ (e-book)

42. Luft, Eric v.d., How the Conservatives Ruined America - second edition, with an Appendix on Trumpism. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, October 2021. ISBN 978-1-62130-804-1 (Kindle e-book), 978-1-62130-805-8 (EPUB e-book), 978-1-62130-806-5 (PDF e-book).

43. Luft, Eric v.d., Ruminations: Selected Philosophical, Historical, and Ideological Papers, Volume 3, The Frozen Landscape. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, January 2022. ISBN 978-1-62130-697-9 (PDF e-book).

44. Luft, Eric v.d., Let's Play Bridge!. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, February 2022. ISBN 978-1-62130-824-9 (PDF e-book).

45. Luft, Eric v.d., Shelter for the Dharma Fox: A Memorial of Deborah Boe, Including her Previously Unpublished Poems. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, February 2022. ISBN 978-1-62130-828-7 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-62130-825-6 (Kindle e-book), 978-1-62130-826-3 (EPUB e-book), 978-1-62130-827-0 (PDF e-book).

46. Luft, Eric v.d., Ruminations: Selected Philosophical, Historical, and Ideological Papers, Volume 4, Gloria!. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, 2023 [i.e., December 2022]. ISBN 978-1-62130-741-9 (PDF e-book).

47. Geyser, Joseph, On Causality, translated and with an introduction by Eric v.d. Luft. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, September 2023. ISBN 978-1-62130-773-0 (PDF e-book).

48. Luft, Eric v.d., A Few of My Lives. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, 2024 [i.e., November 2023]. ISBN 978-1-62130-843-0 (PDF e-book), ISBN 978-1-62130-842-3 (EPUB e-book), ISBN 978-1-62130-841-6 (Kindle e-book).

49. Dilthey, Wilhelm, Poetic Imagination and Insanity, translated with commentary by Eric v.d. Luft. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, 2024 [i.e., December 2023]. ISBN 978-1-62130-844-7 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-62130-845-4 (Kindle e-book), ISBN 978-1-62130-846-1 (EPUB e-book), ISBN 978-1-62130-847-8 (PDF e-book).

50. Luft, Eric v.d., Form, Content, and Power: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art, vol. 5 of Dynamic Humanism: An Excursion in Practical Speculative Philosophy. North Syracuse, New York: Gegensatz Press, July 2024. ISBN 978-0-9655179-6-6 (this volume: Kindle e-book), 978-1-933237-71-8 (this volume: EPUB e-book), 978-1-62130-706-8 (this volume: PDF e-book). ISBN 978-1-933237-05-3 (all 5 volumes: Kindle e-book), 978-1-933237-72-5 (all 5 volumes: EPUB e-book), 978-1-62130-705-1 (all 5 volumes: PDF e-book).