Philosophy as World Literature

Philosophy as World Literature, 1st Edition, is a textbook written by Jeffrey R. Di Leo and published by Bloomsbury Academic USA. The volume investigates philosophical writing through the framework of world literature, examining how philosophical thought connects across international literary networks.

The text considers how major works circulate across borders, engage translation, and operate in varied dialects. It addresses historical philosophical writing, including Plato's dialogues, Augustine's confessions, and Nietzsche's aphorisms, as literary forms.

Intended for a college audience in philosophy and literary criticism, the collection reinterprets the traditional divide between philosophers and poets around the shared problem of worlding, emphasizing translation, migration, colonization, and alterity.