"Contemporary Perspectives in Critical and Social Philosophy" brings together a range of essays concerning ways of conceptualising modernities, subjectivities, and recognition. It highlights recent developments in German critical and social philosophy and includes essays by Martin Seel, Christoph Menke, Max Pensky, Andrew Bowie, and Karl Ameriks, and critical discussions of the works of Manfred Frank, Theodor Adorno and Axel Honneth.

John Rundell, Danielle Petherbridge, Jan Bryant, John Hewitt, and Jeremy Smith, are editors of the journal Critical Horizons published by Brill. Critical Horizons is an interdisciplinary journal that provides a forum for the critical analysis of issues and debates within critical and social theories and the traditions through which these concerns are often voiced. The journal is committed to publishing works that offer critical and insightful analyses of contemporary societies, as well as exploring the many dimensions of the human condition through which these critiques can be made.