Political ideologies and movements Books

Anarchism-literally, a society without government-is less a political philosophy than it is a temperament. Anarchists are defiant people who seek to organize for the purpose of destroying organization. For its adherents, anarchism means a grand struggle...

China has always been something of a mystery to Westerners. For one genera-tion, Mao Zedong and his followers were simple "agrarian reformers," while for another they were the "communist emperor and his blue ants." In the 1970s, some of the finest...

This work on the decline of French radicalism was conceived after the fall of the Berlin Wall as an essay on the decline and decay of the revolutionary idea in European politics. The theme provided an organizing principle for Roger Kaplan's analysis of...

Nationalism, the state of mind in which the individual's supreme loyalty is owed to the nation-state, remains the strongest of political emotions. As a historical phenomenon, it is always in flux, changing according to no preconceived pattern. In The New...

The Intellectual European New Right (ENR), also known as the nouvelle droite, is a cultural school of thought with origins in the revolutionary Right and neo-fascist milieux. Born in France in 1968, it situated itself in a Gramscian mould exclusively on...

Having survived the process of modernization and reasserted themselves in public life, religious traditions play an increasingly important public role in shaping and defining social institutions and interactions. This book examines Rawls's theory of...

This topical new book seeks to understand the relationship between elite dynamics and strategies and the lack of profound political change in Algeria after 1995, when the country's military rulers returned to electoral processes. Using evidence from...

Contrary to the expectations of many people, China's recent economic growth has not led to the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party. In fact, the Party has recently carried out a peaceful and orderly transition to the so-called fourth generation of...

This is the first comprehensive study of Russian political and social thought in the post-Communist era. The book portrays and critically examines the conceptual and theoretical attempts by Russian scholars and political thinkers to make sense of the...

The aim of the book is to stimulate the realignment of political, theoretical and philosophical thinking that is now beginning in response to global warming. The author provides an examination of the theories of the most prominent social...

The major problems facing the world as it gets used to the twenty-first century are global inequality, poverty, war and militarism, oppression, exploitation and ecological sustainability. Far from solving these problems, economic and political...

The present collection contains papers of the first national workshop organised by the All India Progressive Forum (AIPF) on '21st Century Socialism' in Hyderabad. Socialism is a controversial issue, rendered more controversial by the great collapse of...

This book explores how nationalism and multilateralism transform international society and global governance. It does so by comparing the governance model of the EU - a constitutionalised and increasingly polycentric form of multilateralism, with...

This book makes a critical analysis of West Bengal's Left Front regime (1977-2011) and explores the causes of its collapse under three sgments; inquiry into issues of political management; evaluation of various policy initiatives; and examination of...

First published in 1983. The primary argument of this book is that there is a coherent tradition of liberal thinking that extends from L. S. Mill, through liberals like T. H. Green, Bernard Bosanquet, L. T. Hobhouse and John Dewey to John Rawls. The...

First published in 1984. This study critically examines the conceptions of social class employed by Marx and by modern Marxist writers, to probe their problematic areas and to propose certain modifications to those conception. The author also tests the...

This book presents an analysis of classical Russian Populism, shown as an ideological structure within which many positions were possible. Walicki studies the confrontation of Populism and Marxism: changing attitudes toward Marxism in the Populist milieu...

Renowned historian Andrzej Walicki here challenges the conventional understanding of the rise of nationalism and the nation-building process in East-Central Europe. Arguing that the views advanced by Hans Kohn and others are marred by an inadequate...

Letters Of An Englishman On Louis Napoleon, The Empire, And The Coup D�������Etat is a book written by The London Times in 1852. The book consists of a series of letters written by an Englishman who was living in France during the reign of Louis Napoleon...

Baron Dercsenyi's Researches For A Philanthropical Remedy Against Communism is a book written by Janos Lajos Dercsenyi in 1847. The book explores the issue of communism and offers a potential solution to the problem. Dercsenyi, a Hungarian aristocrat and...

R�����publiqueR�����flexions Politiques Sur L�������Administration Int�����rieure De La Pologne (1775) est un livre �����crit par Monarchie, Le Citoyen Libre D'Une R�����publique. Ce livre traite de l'administration int�����rieure de la Pologne et des...

Naples Sous Garibaldi: Souvenirs De La Guerre De L�������Independance (1861) est un livre �����crit par Louise Colet. Il s'agit d'un r�����cit de guerre qui se d�����roule ������ Naples pendant la p�����riode de l'ind�����pendance italienne en 1861...

Italy Under Victor Emmanuel V1: A Personal Narrative is a historical book written by Charles Arrivabene and first published in 1862. The book provides a detailed account of the political and social situation in Italy during the reign of Victor Emmanuel...

La Morale Appliqu�����e ������ la Politique V1: Pour Servir d'Introduction aux Observations (1822) est un livre �����crit par Etienne De Jouy. Ce livre explore la relation entre la morale et la politique et fournit une introduction aux observations sur...

The Life of John Redmond is a biography of the Irish nationalist politician, John Redmond, written by Warre Bradley Wells and originally published in 1919. The book provides a detailed account of Redmond's life, from his childhood in County Wexford to...

In this colletion of essays the eminent social scientist, Dr. P.C. Joshi, argues that Marxism needs to be extended beyond the traditional confines set by Lenin and Mao in order to remain relevant in societies in which individuals have freedom of...

This volume straddles between being a compilation of chapters exploring the fundamental conceptual categories within Marxism while engaging with those categories at the same time demonstrating the dynamic ability of the Marxian theoretical paradigm to...

This book argues that the principles and institutions of political liberalism are necessary conditions for achieving reliable stability amid conditions of pluralism. Only a political system of this sort can bring citizens' moral, religious, and political...

This book examines contemporary militant democracies in post-communist states in the European Union.

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 States,...

As capitalism continues with business as usual, climate change is fast expanding the gap between rich and poor between and within nations, and imposing unparalleled suffering on those least able to protect themselves. In THE GLOBAL FIGHT FOR CLIMATE...

Jorge García Montes was born in New York, United States, on october 19, 1898. His father, José María García Montes, was exiled during the war of Cuba's independence against the Spaniards. Later, he became the first Secretary of Finance in 1902 with the...

This pathbreaking collection of essays recasts the prevailing conceptions of the historical roots and role of the U.S. Communist Party and its social setting. The contributors focus on the movement that formed around the party and the popular culture it...

Revolutionary socialist movements have held out the promise, in both theory and practice, that women can achieve liberation through their participation in the revolutionary process. But many women in post-revolutionary societies have watched in...

Within many societies across the world, new social and political movements have sprung up that either challenge formal parliamentary structures of democracy and participation, or work within them and, in the process, fundamentally alter the ideological...

For the first time, this unique collection of essays brings the stories of New Theatre branches together from around the country, filling a vital space in Australian cultural history. Radical left-wing theatre history tales, told by theatre...

The Journal of Public Philosophy is the official publication of the Public Philosophy Society. The goal of the Journal is to publish papers, essays, and book reviews in the mode of classical philosophy. We seek to know the basic truths that are...

The book ""Economics of Liberty"" by John Beverley Robinson was published in 1916 and is a comprehensive study of the principles of classical liberalism and free-market economics. The author argues that the government should have minimal involvement in...

Des Malheurs De La Guerre, Et Des Avantages De La Paix: Discours Qui A Remporte Le Prix Au Jugement De L������� Academie Francoise, Au Mois De Janvier 1767 (1767) est un livre de Jean Francois De La Harpe. Ce livre est un discours qui a remport����� le...

The book titled ""Defense of Ecclesiastical Establishments: In Reply to Andrew Marshall's Letter to Andrew Thomson"" was written by an anonymous reviewer in 1830. The book is a response to a letter written by Andrew Marshall to Andrew Thomson, in which...

Il libro ""Daniele Manin E Venezia, 1804-1853"" scritto da Alberto Errera nel 1875, ����� una biografia dettagliata del patriota veneziano Daniele Manin. Il libro racconta la vita di Manin, dalla sua nascita nel 1804 fino alla sua morte nel 1853, e la...

""Free Trade in Capital"" is a book written by Alfred Egmont Hake in 1890. The book discusses the concept of free competition in the supply of capital to labor, and its impact on political and social issues of the time. Hake argues that a free market for...

""Free Man's Companion"" is a comprehensive book written by Abel Brewster and published in 1827. The book presents a wide range of moral, political, and philosophical views, examples, and explanations that are designed to serve as a guide for individuals...