Social and political philosophy Books

Lord Brougham On Education is a book by Henry Brougham, published in 1839. The book is a collection of lectures and essays on the topic of education, delivered by Brougham over the course of several years. Brougham was a prominent British politician,...

Lettres Parisiennes, Partie 1: Sur Le D�����sir D������������tre Heureux (1758) est un livre �����crit par Armand Pierre Jacquin. Il est compos����� d'une s�����rie de lettres qui offrent une r�����flexion sur le d�����sir d'������tre heureux dans la vie...

""Lettre De M. De V... Avec Plusieurs Pieces Galantes Et Nouvelles De Differens Auteurs"" est un recueil de textes publi����� en 1744 par l'�����crivain fran�����ais Voltaire. Le livre contient une lettre de fiction �����crite par un personnage nomm�����...

Le livre ""Lettre D�������Un Anonime A Monsieur J. J. Rousseau (1766)"" �����crit par Luzac, Elie est une lettre anonyme adress�����e ������ Jean-Jacques Rousseau, l'un des plus grands �����crivains et philosophes du XVIIIe si�����cle. La lettre a...

Born of frustration with a stagnant status quo, Polemic for Democracycalls for a Second Constitutional Convention and presents a Frameworkfor pragmatic action.Starting with abolishing the Senate and expanding the House, the ninereforms of the Proposal...

Thomas Paine was an American political commentator and activist in the latter part of the eighteenth century. His writing covered a wide range of subjects, but were centered on his core beliefs of republicanism and the inherent rights of people. An early...

Jeder Mensch kennt die Angst.In der einen oder anderen Form beeinflusst sie unser Leben, unser Denken, unser Fühlen, unser Sein - mal intensiver, mal weniger intensiv.In diesem Buch untersucht der Bildungswissenschaftler Michael Siegmund diejenigen...

Philosophische Texte, die um das Thema Revolution kreisen, die Begriffe und Dimensionen wie Teleologie, Anthropologie klären wollen, die den Begriff der Geschichte und den Begriff der Revolution klären wollen. Die Texte verstehen sich als...

Ohne Wasser gäbe es kein Leben auf der Erde. Aber besteht auch ein Menschenrecht Wasser? Der Band gibt aus Sicht der politischen Philosophie und der Völkerrechtswissenschaft eine bejahende Antwort. Problematisch sind aber Inhalt und praktische Bedeutung...

Seit jeher gilt der Gesellschaftsvertrag als eine auf dem Sinai der Aufklärung empfangene, glückverheißende Weltgabe. Auflehnende Stimmen dawider sind längst im Dunkel verflossener Zeitalter verstummt. Indes lohnt ein Blick auf diejenigen Denker, welche...

What Kind of Regionalism? seeks to explore the value basis of regionalism in two northern European regions. By investigating two less favoured, politically defined regions, the author tries to complement previous accounts of regionalism in western...

Arendt understands morality not in terms of maxims or moral principles, neither in their abstract nor in their relativistic acceptation. There is an original question raised by Arendt that has not been taken seriously enough. This question has powerful...

Der Aufklärungsforscher Andreas Heyer thematisiert in seiner Studie die politische Anthropologie Rousseaus. Auf der Basis einer interpretativen Rekonstruktion des gesamten Werkes entwickelt er die These, dass Rousseau nicht nur auf dem Boden der...

Die gesammelten Schlüsseltexte, Interviews und Reden des Philosophen und Umweltpolitikers Herbert Gruhl (1921-1993) geben Zeugnis von seinem Denken und politischen Wirken in führenden Rollen der sich formierenden Ökologiebewegung und ihrer Parteien...

Werte setzen stets Grenzen. So entstehen Ethikräume, Kulturräume mit ihren je spezifischen Politiken. Doch was herrscht jenseits dieser Grenzen? Eine Welt anderer Wertvorstellungen? Eine Welt der Barbarei? Welche Rolle spielt wirklich Europas...

Die erste vollständige Übersetzung der Gedichte Machiavellis und ihre Analyse zeigen: Sein Werk ist nur in der Zusammenschau von Poesie und Prosa zu verstehen. Es enthält eine Systematik der literarischen Formen, die durch Beschränkung auf den Principe...

Im letzten Drittel des 19. und im ersten Drittel des 20. Jahrhunderts wurde von Carl Menger, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich August von Hayek und zahlreichen anderen Wirtschaftswissenschaftern die Österreichische Schule der...

In der politischen Theorie ist eine Reaktivierung der Themen Gerechtigkeit und Menschenrechte zu verzeichnen. In diesem Zusammenhang lohnt sich ein Blick auf das politische Denken Kants. Ein solcher Blick räumt mit dem Vorurteil der angeblichen...

Toni Negri on Starting Again From Marx;Nicholas De Genova, Clara Lecadet and Shahram Khosravi on Deportation;Peter Hallward on Guy Lardreau's Later Voluntarism;Victoria Browne on the Politics of Miscarriage;Hanan Toukan on the Palestinian...

First-ever translation of Essai sur la fin d'une civilisation originally published in 1949. Our contemporary civilization is in distress. Society is unraveling, with rampant individualism, moral dissipation, identity crises, unchecked consumerism, and...

The author passes along scenarios he developed over the years--ponderings and writings trying to help himself think more critically--not to have you agree or disagree with him, but to encourage you to develop your own reasons to some of life’s most...

"Democracy and Education" is one of John Dewey's most famous classical works and is a landmark of progressive theory. He drove hard to develop strategies and methods for training students for social responsibility. Dewey is not only a giant of modern...

The title says it all. A collection of close to two hundred exposes and analyses of everyday sexist shit (and gender shit, since gender is aligned with sex) that pisses me off. Includes pieces previously published in The Philosophers' Magazine,...

From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rentFrån det ögonblick, då arbetet inte längre kan förvandlas till kapital, pengar eller jordräntawhen labour can no longer be converted into a social power capable of being...

From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rentTừ thời điểm lao động không còn có thể được chuyển đổi thành vốn, tiền hoặc tiền thuêwhen labour can no longer be converted into a social power capable of being...

From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rentOd trenutka, ko dela ni več mogoče pretvoriti v kapital, denar ali rentowhen labour can no longer be converted into a social power capable of being monopolisedko dela ni...

From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rentOd chvíle, keď sa práca už nedá premeniť na kapitál, peniaze alebo rentuwhen labour can no longer be converted into a social power capable of being monopolisedkeď sa práca...

From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rentÓn nóiméad nach féidir saothar a thiontú ina chaipiteal, ina airgead nó ina chíos a thuilleadhwhen labour can no longer be converted into a social power capable of being...

From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rentDin momentul în care munca nu mai poate fi convertită în capital, bani sau rentăwhen labour can no longer be converted into a social power capable of being monopolisedcând...

From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rentSiitä hetkestä lähtien, kun työtä ei voida enää muuttaa pääomaksi, rahaksi tai vuokraksiwhen labour can no longer be converted into a social power capable of being...

From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rentVanaf het moment dat arbeid niet meer kan worden omgezet in kapitaal, geld of rentewhen labour can no longer be converted into a social power capable of being...

From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rentOd trenutka kada se rad više ne može pretvoriti u kapital, novac ili rentuwhen labour can no longer be converted into a social power capable of being monopolisedkada se...

Discover the keys to happiness through the surprising wisdom of sandcastles and Ferris wheels. Dive into the study of happiness, explore the role of sandcastles as symbols of creativity, imperfection, and playfulness, and uncover the philosophy behind...

Dive into the vast and captivating world of philosophy with The Power of Philosophy. Explore the nature of reality, ethics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, language, aesthetics, existentialism, philosophy of science, and more. This comprehensive book...

The Athenian Constitution describes the political system of ancient Athens. The work consists of two parts. The first part, from Chapter 1 to Chapter 41, deals with the different forms of the constitution, from the trial of the Alcmaeonidae until 403 BC...

What would a "reappeared" Plotinus answer today if asked how we might build a divinely-ordered city? That is the question at the core of this unique book, and Stephen Clark takes us on a wide-ranging deep dive to uncover possible answers. To do so, he...

Psychiatry has to be taken seriously. An ever-increasing proportion of the population are prescribed long-term, powerful psychiatric drugs on opinions only, with no evidence of brain pathology. People who have broken no laws can be taken from their...

Even the scattered thoughts of a great thinker are worth pondering, and here are the "miscellaneous productions" of John Stuart Mill, one of the foremost intellectuals of the late 19th century. Collected by the author and first published in book form in...

One of the foremost figures of Western intellectual thought in the late 19th century, John Stuart Mill offered up examinations of human rights, personal and societal rights and responsibilities, and the striving for individual happiness that continue to...

Even the scattered thoughts of a great thinker are worth pondering, and here are the "miscellaneous productions" of John Stuart Mill, one of the foremost intellectuals of the late 19th century. Collected by the author and first published in book form in...

"This work is a testimony with regard to the method employed by Marx and Engels in arriving at their philosophical conclusions. It is the statement of the philosophical foundations of modern socialism by one who helped to lay them; it is an old man's...