Cartographies of Meaning
Publishing literary essays and cultural narratives with precision.
Cartographies of Meaning
Publishing literary essays and cultural narratives with precision.
About The Poliphilian Press
Our Mission
At The Poliphilian Press, we are dedicated to publishing authors who explore the intricate dance between civilisation and imagination. Our focus on literary essays and cultural narratives allows us to highlight works that reflect the depth of human experience.
Four Commitments
- To write with conduct, not opinion;
- To name structures, not trends;
- To remain faithful to the long view, even amid the urgency of the now;
- To craft language as a vessel for meaning.
Authors - Samples of the Current Cycle
The Grammar of Stewardship
Essays on institutional design, conduct, and cultural continuity in an incoherent age.
A collection of philosophical essays and field reflections on the moral and structural responsibilities of leadership.
Walking with Systems
A journey through bureaucracies, protocols, and human machines
A travelogue through the lived landscape of systems, public and private, written as a cultural narrative rather than a case study.
The Atlas of Unfinished Forms
Fragments, aphorisms, and sketches on design, presence, and purpose
A small-format book of short texts mapping meaning through ambiguity, drawing from authors like Borges, Calvino, and Eastern thought.
The Threshold and the Chamber
On Ritual, Civic Order, and the Architecture of Meaning
A meditation on symbolic forms and their enduring role in shaping collective life
The Silence Between Transmissions
On loss, perception, and the poetic nature of strategic thought
A lyrical exploration of quietness, strategy, and disappearance, blending operational insight with cultural analysis.
Letters from the Institutional Frontier
Dispatches from organisations, cities, and systems in transition
A semi-epistolary volume blending real and fictional letters from zones of civic, technological, or philosophical instability.