Social and political philosophy Books

Throughout his career, Martin Heidegger read and reinterpreted his own writings. This was part of the entirely self-critical orientation of the journey in the landscape of thought.On My Own Publications is the first English-language translation of volume...

This book provides the first analysis of the reception and development of Lacanian psychoanalysis in Italy, offering a comprehensive account of the relevance and contributions of Italian Lacanians. It examines Italian Lacanianism through its distinctive...

Taking as its starting point the diagnosis that events such as the pandemic, the ecological crisis, and the increasingly volatile international situation have made our relationship to the world problematic, the book aims to survey the ways in which this...

For centuries, women's voices were silenced, their contributions erased, their histories forgotten. But silence is never absolute-history waits for us to listen.History Waits to Be Heard is not just a retelling of forgotten stories; it is an exploration...

In this long-awaited volume, Jeremy Shearmur collects the most important writings Popper made in the years after The Open Society was first published. Many are published here for the first time.

As the title suggests, this book is a wake-up call to my fellow Americans ... to get themselves back on the road that brought America to greatness over a long historical process, one lasting over three centuries − from the early 1600s until America...

"Fallacies of Socialism Exposed: Being a Reply to the Manifesto of the Democratic Federation" presents a critical examination of socialist doctrines. Authored by Friedrich Max Müller, Samuel Smith, and Maria D. Weston, this work meticulously dissects...

"Reflections on the Politics of Ancient Greece" offers a detailed examination of the political systems and philosophies that shaped ancient Greek civilization. Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren delves into the structures and dynamics of various Greek...

Em "O problema da guerra", Alfredo Pimenta oferece uma reflexão profunda sobre as causas e as consequências da guerra, especialmente no contexto da Primeira Guerra Mundial. Escrito em 1916, o livro examina as dimensões políticas, sociais e...

Discours philosophiques sur l'homme considéré relativement à l'état de nature & à l'état de société, written by P.G.B. (Giacinto Sigismondo Gerdil), explores philosophical perspectives on humanity...

El socialismo al desnudo, subtitled O sea, el regimen socialista a la luz de la historia y de la filosofía, by Eugenio Manzanedo, offers a critical examination of socialism through the lenses of history and philosophy. Published in 1919, this...

Della Filosofia Del Diritto, Volume 2, by Diodato Lioy, presents an in-depth exploration of the philosophy of law. This volume delves into various aspects of jurisprudence, offering insights into legal theory and its philosophical underpinnings. Lioy's...

"La Fórmula Del Progreso" by Emilio Castelar is a significant work exploring the concepts of progress from a political and philosophical perspective. Written in Spanish, this book delves into the historical and theoretical aspects of political science,...

Der Völkergedanke Im Aufbau Einer Wissenschaft Vom Menschen (The Idea of the People in the Construction of a Science of Man) by Adolf Bastian, published in 1881, explores the foundations of a science centered on the concept of 'Volk' or 'people'...

The book is totally preoccupied with thinking beyond existing political thought and institutions. It recognizes that irrespective of who or where we are, and no matter if we know it or not, "we" now all live in "the end times." Most explicitly, this...

The story of a 19th century Staten Island town that nurtured the careers of nationally significant reformers, abolitionists, and transcendentalists.This book traces five decades of community life in a nineteenth-century Staten Island neighborhood...

New essays on early Greek natural philosopher Parmenides, who is perhaps the originator of metaphysics.Inquiring into Being is a study of Parmenides, the early Greek pre-Socratic philosopher often credited as the first metaphysician and whose sole...

A feminist reading of how Heidegger may have responded to an unanswered questioned he posed in 1923, "Problem: What is woman?" while using his thought to better understand how contemporary society replies to questions in the realms of law, bioethics,...

Focuses on key aspects of Robert Esposito's thought and explores the ways in which some major contemporary thinkers have been crucial interlocutors in their elaboration.Political Ontology, Community, and Institutions offers a broad view of the current...

Offers a holistic approach to Michel Foucault's thought, introducing the idea of practical philosophy as an original interpretative framework.Michel Foucault's thought, Maddalena Cerrato writes, may be understood as practical philosophy. In this...

The myth of good AI offers a bold new approach to understanding artificial intelligence and its implications for human security. Dismantling the 'good AI' narrative pedalled by tech giants, the book exposes the full extent of AI's nefarious impact on...

On May 4, 1970 the Ohio National Guard fired bullets into college students in a non-violent demonstration at Kent State University.  They were protesting the Vietnam War and Cambodia Campaign of illegal bombing by the United States Government and...

What is Europe? Who is European? What do Europe and European identity mean in the twenty-first century? This collection of sixteen essays seeks to answer these questions by focusing on Europe as it is seen through its own eyes and through the eyes of...

The message of The People vs The Elite is straight-forward, persuasive, and difficult to argue against. The central thesis is that a global power elite – a small group of individuals, mainly bankers, along with other multi-billionaire members of...

A philosophical investigation of the concept of interiority, presenting readers with its unmined aspects and senses.A philosophical exploration of the concept of interiority, Rethinking Interiority presents readers with its unmined aspects and senses,...

The book discusses the major schools of China's traditional political thoughts, including the Confucian School, the Mohists' School, the Daoists' School and the Legalists' School. The book offers an accurate depiction of ancient Chinese intellectuals and...

This edited book expands the applicability of peace journalism research beyond war to cover terrorism and radicalization, an issue that has not yet been touched by peace journalism scholars.

This edited collection brings to light the rare virtues and uncommon merits of Raymond Aron, the main figure of French twentieth-century liberalism. The Companion to Raymond Aron is an essential supplement to Aron's autobiography Mémoires (1984) and main...

The persistence of war as a feature of modern life is examined through issues of identity and difference, that is, the construction of 'self' and 'other' as individual or community. Key texts relating specifically to identity and war are addressed,...

In this exciting new study, Don Dombowsky proposes that the foundation of Nietzsche's political thought is the aristocratic liberal critique of democratic society. But he claims that Nietzsche radicalizes this critique through a Machiavellian conversion,...

This book offers an important reappraisal of Schelling's philosophy and his relationship to German Idealism. Focusing on Schelling's self-critique in early identity philosophy the author rejects those criticisms of Schelling made by both Hegel and...

The latest volume of Culture and Civilization gathers contemporary exponents of critical theory, specifically those based in the Frankfurt School of social thinking. Collectively, this volume demonstrates the continuing intellectual viability of critical...

This book examines democracy in recent Chinese-language philosophical work. It focuses on Confucian-inspired political thought in the Chinese intellectual world from after the communist revolution in China until today. The volume analyzes six significant...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...