MetaPower Institute · Publishing
Into the ring, the consulting room, the city and the stories people tell about themselves.
The publishing programme brings together philosophy, literary non-fiction, fiction, autobiography and historical editions. Each book approaches power, identity and human action through a different subject and form.
These titles and book projects are in preparation. Publication dates, final titles and edition details will be announced for each book.
10 book projects
De mens en de complexe situatie lezen
How does a room shape what people can see, say and do? From the staredown and the ringwalk to meetings and negotiations, this book examines power, perception, misdirection and the choices available under pressure.
Manuscript in development · Power Dynamics
Related research programmeMisdaad, macht en mythe
A historical and philosophical inquiry into jewel robbery, social codes and the making of a criminal legend. The book asks how a name brings different people and events together, how loyalty works and why an audience helps to make the myth.
Revised manuscript · In preparation
Memory, Identity and Cognitive Erosion
Who are we when memory and cognitive capacities change? A philosophical inquiry into the body, relationships, technology and the ways a person continues to be recognised by others.
Full working manuscript · In preparation
Related research programmePsychoanalytic inquiry in the situations of everyday life. A book about desire, defence, repetition and the possibility of acting differently, connecting inner experience with relationships and the world beyond the consulting room.
Second-edition manuscript
Related method projectEen roman. Een lichaam. Meerdere werelden.
An autobiographical novel moving through family histories, boxing, the criminal world and philosophy. A life lived across social worlds, asking how belonging is learned and what remains of a person through those changes.
Manuscript · Edition and publication route in development
A semi-biographical novel project connecting Marx, Maastricht, money and the distance between a life and its public story. Historical research provides the ground for a literary treatment of what the record leaves open.
Working title · Developed from the manuscript Marx in Maastricht
Herbenus 1485
A reading edition of Herbenus’s Latin account of Maastricht, with a modern Dutch translation, commentary and a walk through the city. Language and local history become ways of reading the places around us.
Working edition · Final publication title to be announced
A training and thinking framework connecting technique, strength, breathing, rhythm and perception. It examines how a boxer prepares, responds and reorganises through the demands of training and the ring.
Full working manuscript · In preparation
De eenzaamste wandeling in de sport
The walk before the fight: its history, rituals, music and unspoken rules. This focused text follows the ringwalk from the boxer’s experience to the spectacle seen by an audience.
Standalone working text · Publication format in development
English working title: A Boxer’s Philosophy
A planned book bringing boxing, philosophy and psychoanalytic inquiry together. The ring becomes a setting for thinking about the body, vulnerability, discipline and relations with others.
Book concept · Working title and scope in development
Our editorial and design team develops the text and the form in which it meets the reader.
MetaPower Press is part of MetaPower Institute. Its publishing programme connects the institute’s questions with books that can be read, discussed and returned to.
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