Social and political philosophy Books

Looking at two of the key paradigms of the post-Cold War era - national sovereignty, and human rights - this book examines the possibilities for their reconciliation from a global perspective. Scholars and students of human rights, migration, nationalism...

What role should (non-normative) facts such as people's confined generosity and scarcity of resources play in the normative theorising of political philosophers? The chapters in this book investigate different aspects of this broad question. Political...

The aim of this book is to foster a more explicit and direct discussion of the concept of sacrifice and its importance in moral philosophy.Acts of self-sacrifice have a special place in our moral lives. We admire and celebrate those who give up their...

Queering Modernist Translation explores translations by Ezra Pound, Langston Hughes, and H.D. through the concept of queering translation. As Bancroft argues, queering translation is an intersectional lens for gleaning identity and socio-cultural issues...

C. G. Jung famously declared that it is not the psyche that is in us, but rather we who are in the psyche. Updating this insight, the second volume of Wolfgang Giegerich's Collected English Papers examines what must be regarded as the most...

Although we tend to associate social transformation with major events, historical turning points, or revolutionary upheaval, Revolutionary Routines argues that seemingly minor everyday habits are the key to meaningful change.Through its account of...

Volume 1 of The Writings of Thomas Paine encapsulates the intellectual fervor of a revolutionary era. Paine's incendiary essays, including Common Sense, ignite the flames of independence, shaping the very fabric of American ideology. A compelling...

A filosofia chinesa é explorada neste livro através de uma leitura ampla e dinâmica, abrangendo desde clássicos como os Analectos de Confúcio e o Tao Te Ching de Laozi até nomes menos conhecidos pelo...

Quante volte l'Italia e l'italiani dovranno dire grazie alla Destra storica e a tutte le grandi personalità politiche che guidarono la nazione all'interno dell'alveo delle democrazie liberali europee?La mente per definizione, che guidò l'Italia...

"The Possessed: Or, The Devils Part III" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky's is a seminal work in Russian literature, renowned for its exploration of existentialism, Dostoevskian themes, and psychological depth. Set against the backdrop of Russian society, this...

"The Possessed: Or, The Devils Part II" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky's is a seminal work in Russian literature, renowned for its exploration of existentialism, Dostoevskian themes, and psychological depth. Set against the backdrop of Russian society, this novel...

"The Possessed: Or, The Devils Part I" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky's is a seminal work in Russian literature, renowned for its exploration of existentialism, Dostoevskian themes, and psychological depth. Set against the backdrop of Russian society, this novel...

"The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia" by Thomas Dixon Jr., published in 1903, presents a narrative that blends elements of utopian ideals, social critique, romance, and conflict. Set within a fictional utopian society, the novel explores Dixon's...

The inclusion of disabled students in university sports has been a topic of discussion for some time. While there are numerous initiatives aimed at increasing participation, there are still many barriers that prevent disabled students from taking part...

Taiwan and Poland, although many differences, were given as interesting cases of democratization. Both processes of democratization started in a similar time, and were influenced by the economi factors, international environment, and had important...

The book highlights president Tsai Ing-wen's unique role in shaping Taiwan's new identity and strengthening its potential on the international stage. A kind of pun expressed in the formula of "democracy diplomacy" reflects what is the core of the policy...

Should historical injustices always be repaired? Upon scrutinising public institutions and present holdings, it becomes evident that many are partially the result of past injustices. Consequently, the imperative to rectify and repair historical...

~ Collector's Edition ~ Laminated Hardback with Jacket ~In a conversation that spans the nature of justice, morality, and the ideal society, a group of thinkers explores the foundations of a just life. Through the character of Socrates, they debate the...

عامل عمده اتفاقات ناخوشایند این روزها، نوع رفتار ما انسانهاست. بی توجهی به آینده و عواقب ناشی از رفتار بیخردانه در پایین ترین سطح جامعه یعنی خانواده تا بالاترین سطح آن که در تعیین سیاست های کلان حکومتی موثر است، منجر به بروز اتفاقهایی می شود که اغلب آنها...

During the 2016 US presidential election, the “Alt” or Alternative Right went from the margins to the mainstream of political debate when Hillary Clinton gave a speech trying to tar Donald Trump by tying him to White Nationalists, conspiracy...

The book constructs a new model for attaining power, challenging the traditional Machiavellian approach to construct power.

Revolutionizing Global Politics: An In-depth Exploration of Key Concepts, Strategies, and Research Methods in a Changing World Revolutionizing Global Politics: An In-depth Exploration of Key Concepts, Strategies, and Research Methods in a Changing World

My journey started with a tragedy, which led me to study youth suicide and the impact this has on young people and their families. I was shocked to discover how many young people fell through the cracks of our broken mental health system. Furthermore,...

Education, Philosophy This is a book very much of the moment. It presents a third way of teaching ethics for a modern world rife with the forces of suppression. Critiquing both neo-conservative and "neo-liberal" fashions, it puts forward in their...

Why am I always afraid?Why do we love bullies?What do you do when you get mugged?How do you cope with Vanity, Beauty, Fame and Sex,Gypsies, Geniuses and Organized Crime?Aging, Aspirations, Contentment, Confidence.Why stick around?The answers to these and...

America has a fever. It's not feeling well because a virus has infected this once vibrant and exceptional country. In an effort to find a cure, the author traces the history, development and symptoms of the behavioral virus infecting America. He...

Building a Virile Nation: The Private Sector Perspective presents a blueprint for every nation burdened by debilitating economic conditions and underdevelopment. It charts a course for sustainable economic development of nations as well as for propelling...

My book is a comedy and a social satire about how everyone starts out idealistically chomping at the bit to use their mind to the fullest. (“A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste” after all according to that Old School Traditional philosophy.)...

A collection of the author's philosophical essays, political allegories, prose and poetry.

The first edited volume solely dedicated to the philosophy of Adriana Cavaero.

Makes the case that the different stances Aristotle and Socrates take toward politics can be traced to their divergent accounts of friendship.

Putting at work a negative pedagogy centered around learning from unlearning, problematizes and boldly challenges today's culturalist discourses, camouflaged racisms, and masked fascisms.

Argues that truth, moral right, political right, and aesthetic value may be understood as arising out of a naturalist account of humanity, if naturalism is rightly conceived.

Five innovative essays demonstrating how Aristotle's biology is an integral part of Aristotle's understanding of the universe.

Investigates, by way of Derrida's engagements with Kant, how the foundations of modern constitutionalism can be differently conceived to address some of the challenges of the twenty-first century.

Offers a renovated form of Confucian liberalism that forges a reconciliation between the two extremes of anti-Confucian liberalism and anti-liberal Confucianism.

Fourteen Italian philosophers reflect on how the global experience of vulnerability and precariousness-of which the Covid-19 pandemic is but one example-compels us to rethink life and collective living.

Systematically addresses the philosophical implications of the postcolonial.

Draws on Plato to argue that Homer elevated private life as the locus of true friendship and the catalyst of the highest human excellence.

Illustrates how the notion of an ecological society remains a decisively political question.

Examines Bergson's work from the perspectives of critical philosophy of race and decolonial theory, placing it in conversation with theorists from Africa, the African Diaspora, and Latin America.

Explores why past generations of radical ecological and social justice scholarship have been ineffective, and considers the work of a new wave of scholarship that aims to reinvent the radical project and combat injustice.

Diagnoses our contemporary spatial experience as fundamentally totalitarian through a multilayered critical theory of space.We live today within a system in which state and corporate power aim to render space flat, transparent, and uniform, for only then...

Shows the relevance of Schiller's thought for contemporary philosophy, particularly aesthetics, ethics, and politics.This book seeks to draw attention to Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) as a philosophical thinker in his own right. For too long, his...

An original philosophical exploration of the limits of Hegel's thought.

A History of Political Economy is a comprehensive book written by Gustav Cohn and first published in 1894. The book traces the development of political economy from its earliest origins in ancient Greece and Rome to the modern era of the late 19th...

A History Of American Political Theories, written by Charles Edward Merriam and originally published in 1915, is a comprehensive exploration of the development and evolution of political thought in America. The book delves into the various political...