Social and political philosophy Books

First published in English in 1935, this is a critical appraisal of contemporary thought in the post-World War One era in the light of Marxism.

This collection of essays brings together Zygmunt Bauman and a number of internationally distinguished legal scholars who examine the influence of Bauman's recent works on social theory of law and socio-legal studies. Contributors focus on the concept of...

Tamás Nyirkos provides a timely and essential reassessment of the concept of the "tyranny of the majority" for the study of democracy today. The analysis is divided into three parts: the first discusses the "prehistory" of majority tyranny; the second...

Free speech has been a historically volatile issue in higher education. In recent years, however, there has been a surge of progressive censorship on campus. This wave of censorship has been characterized by the explosive growth of such policies as...

What does it imply for Nigerian philosophers to conscientiously and engagingly reflect on Nigeria as a place of philosophy and as a dynamic plural context of socioeconomic, political, cultural and ethnic problems? Any answer to this question...

Interest in the study of Marx's thought has shown a revival in recent years, with a number of newly established academic societies, conferences, and journals dedicated to discussing his thought. This book brings together distinguished and up-and-coming...

The enormous financial cost of criminal justice has motivated increased scrutiny and recognition of the need for constructive change, but what of the ethical costs of current practices and policies? Moreover, if we seriously value the principles of...

A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. Cyborgs in Latin America explores the ways cultural expression in Latin America has grappled with the changing relationships between technology...

In 1964, Augusto Del Noce assembled in a book some of his best works on Marxism, atheism, and the history of modern philosophy. The result was Il problema dell'ateismo, which he always regarded as foundational to his way of thinking. The book remains his...

Western civilization is over. So begins Jan Zwicky's trenchant exploration of the root of global cultural and ecological collapse: a way of thinking that is also linked to some of the West's most noted achievements.The Renaissance merged imperial...

James Tully is one of the world's most influential political philosophers at work today. Over the past thirty years - first with Strange Multiplicity (1995), and more fully with Public Philosophy in a New Key (2008) and On Global Citizenship (2014) -...

Especially when there is a lot of political rhetoric in the air, those of us with strong political convictions are inclined to reflect on just why we hold certain views even as others who are basically like us hold very different ones. Social scientists...

""An Inquiry Into Socialism"" is a book written by Thomas Kirkup in 1907. The book explores the ideology of socialism and its historical development, as well as its potential for solving various social and economic problems. Kirkup examines the key...

A Second Letter to Edmund Burke is a political essay written by Joseph Price in 1782. The book is a response to Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, which criticized the French Revolution and advocated for preserving the traditional...

Generating Images of Stratification is a self-contained presentation of a theoretical research program that deals with a significant explanatory problem relating to social inequality and that constructs generative theoretical...

Like most discussions within the tradition of rights-talk, this study is motivated by the desire to promote the idea that rights are moral assets that people should acquire in the course of their membership within social and...

Previously we found ourselves stuck in production, substitution, and proximal situations presenting dangers reflected in philosophies and arts such as fatalism, acquiescence, and guilt. At history's end no language exists other than the sheer animality...

Where is it? What is it? Thinking about events, acting, characters, idiots, rights, truth and fate: The answers are found among Public, Persons, and Prerogatives. Ancient and modern ideas move and merge in this approach.

With great subtlety and eerie detail, the author provides descriptions of cities, along with several working definitions of motion, and possible critiques therein. From here examples and metaphors arise.

""Istituzioni Di Dritto Di Natura E Delle Genti V1-3: Del Dritto Di Natura"" ����� un'opera scritta da Francesco Melillo nel 1857. Questo libro ����� diviso in tre volumi e tratta del diritto naturale e delle leggi che regolano le relazioni tra gli...

""Intorno Ai Governi Rappresentativi: Studii (1859)"" di Prospero Padoa ����� un saggio che esplora il tema dei governi rappresentativi. L'autore analizza le diverse forme di governo rappresentativo, come la monarchia costituzionale e la repubblica, e...

""Im Wirbel: Ein Buch Aus Der Anarchie Des Lebens"" ist ein Buch des ������sterreichischen Schriftstellers Carl Morburger, das im Jahr 1899 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Werk besch�����ftigt sich mit dem Thema Anarchie und untersucht die Ideen und...

Il libro ""Il Sistema Filosofico Di Vincenzo Gioberti (1848)"" di T. Zarelli ����� un'analisi approfondita del sistema filosofico di Vincenzo Gioberti, un filosofo e teologo italiano del XIX secolo. L'autore esplora le opere di Gioberti, tra cui...

Il libro ""Il Problema Dei Riformatorj: Appunti (1894)"" di Ugo Conti ����� una raccolta di appunti sull'argomento della riforma sociale. L'autore esplora il tema della riforma in vari aspetti, tra cui l'educazione, la politica e l'economia. Il libro...

Il Principe Perfetto: E Ministri Adattati Documenti Politici E Morali Corredati D'Emblemi (1816) di Mendo, Andrea ����� un libro che tratta di politica e morale. Il libro contiene documenti politici e morali corredati d'emblemi. Inoltre, il libro parla...

Il libro ""Il Lato Nuovo D'Una Vecchia Questione: Appunti (1890)"" di Giuseppe Simili ����� una raccolta di appunti su una vecchia questione, ovvero la questione sociale e politica dell'Italia del XIX secolo. L'autore analizza i problemi della...

""Il III Volume del Capitale di Karl Marx: Esposizione Critica (1899)"" di Giuffrida, Vincenzo ����� un'opera che analizza in modo critico il terzo volume de ""Il Capitale"" di Karl Marx. Il libro, pubblicato nel 1899, ����� diviso in due parti. Nella...

Essais de Politique Internationale: L'Avenir de l'Europe Envisag����� au Double Point de Vue de la Politique de Sentiment et de la Politique d'Int�����r������t (1891) est un livre �����crit par C. E. Vigoureux. Ce livre explore l'avenir de l'Europe en se...

Essais De Jeremie Bentham, Sur La Situation Politique De L'Espagne (1823) est un livre �����crit par le philosophe et penseur politique anglais Jeremy Bentham. Dans ce livre, Bentham examine la situation politique de l'Espagne au d�����but du XIXe...

Le livre ""Esprit Moral Et Po�����tiques Du Dix-Neuvi�����me Si�����cle"" (1844) de Martin, Louis Auguste est une exploration de la litt�����rature et de la philosophie du XIXe si�����cle. L'auteur examine les �����uvres de grands �����crivains tels que...

In dem Buch ""Entwurf einer Geschichte der Rechtsphilosophie, mit besonderer R�����cksicht auf Socialismus und Communismus"" aus dem Jahr 1846 besch�����ftigt sich der Autor Heinrich Lintz mit der Entwicklung der Rechtsphilosophie und deren Einfluss auf...

""Entw�����rfe, Gedanken, Fragmente: Aus Nachgelassenen Papieren Zusammengestellt"" ist eine Sammlung von Schriften und Aufzeichnungen des ber�����hmten deutschen Komponisten Richard Wagner, die posthum im Jahr 1885 ver������ffentlicht wurden. Die Texte...

""Ensayo Hist������rico-Cr������tico Sobre La Obra De Lutero"" es un libro escrito por Jos����� Rog�����rio S�����nchez en 1897. Este ensayo analiza la obra del te������logo alem�����n Mart������n Lutero y su impacto en la Reforma Protestante del siglo...

""Ensayo Anal������tico Acerca De Las Leyes Naturales Del Orden Social: O Del Poder Del Ministro Y Del Subdito En La Sociedad (1823)"" es un libro escrito por Louis Gabriel Ambroise Bonald. En �����l, el autor analiza las leyes naturales que rigen el...

Die ""Encyklopadie Der Staatslehre"" von Albert Eberhard Friedrich Schaffle wurde im Jahr 1878 ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um ein umfassendes Werk, das sich mit der Theorie des Staates und der Staatsf�����hrung befasst. Das Buch beinhaltet eine...

El Concepto de Organismo Social (1896) es un libro escrito por Vicente Santamaria De Paredes que explora la idea de que las sociedades humanas son organismos vivos en constante evoluci������n. El autor argumenta que las sociedades tienen una estructura y...

El libro ""El Abogado del Se�����or Barrenechea y el Doctor Tovar o sea el Racionalismo Liberal y el Catolicismo"" escrito por Pedro Gual en 1871, es una obra que presenta dos puntos de vista opuestos sobre la religi������n y la pol������tica en la...

""Du Mouvement Et De La Resistance En Politique"" est un livre �����crit en 1847 par Alexandre Ferrier. Ce livre explore les concepts de mouvement et de r�����sistance en politique, en examinant comment ces forces sont ������ l'�����uvre dans la...

""Du Juste Milieu: Ou Du Rapprochement Des Extremes Dans Les Opinions"" est un livre �����crit par Johann Peter Friedrich Ancillon et publi����� en 1837. Ce livre explore le concept de ""juste milieu"" ou de rapprochement des extr������mes dans les...

El libro ""Discurso Imparcial: O Demostracion De Los Justos Limites A Que Se Extienden Y Reducen Los Derechos De Los Hijos Naturales (1802)"" escrito por Enrique Villar y Berm������dez de Castro, es una obra que trata sobre los derechos de los hijos...

Il libro ""Discorsi Filadelfici Ossia Fasti Dell' Ingegno Italiano"" scritto da Lorenzo Martini nel 1832 ����� una raccolta di discorsi e saggi che celebrano l'intelligenza e la creativit������ degli italiani. Il titolo ""Filadelfici"" si riferisce alla...

Das Buch ""Die Wahre Emancipation Der Frauen: Eine Schlichte Meinungsausserung"" wurde im Jahr 1891 vom Verlag Publisher R. Voigtlander's Verlag ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine Schrift, die sich mit der Frage der Emanzipation der Frauen...

""Die Vollendung des Sokrates: Immanuel Kants Grundlegung zur Reform der Sittenlehre"" ist ein Buch von Heinrich Romundt, das im Jahr 1885 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch besch�����ftigt sich mit Immanuel Kants Werk ""Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der...