Human Science / Philosophy / Political

Pluralism, Democracy and Political Knowledge: Robert A. Dahl and his Critics on Modern Politics

by Hans Blokland

Taking his work as a point of reference, this book not only provides an illuminating history of political science, told via Dahl and his critics. It also offers a revealing analysis as to what progress we have...

Institutionalizing Agonistic Democracy: Post-Foundationalism and Political Liberalism

by Ed Wingenbach

Contemporary politics are characterised by the impossibility of agreement on fundamental values. This book examines the institutional alternatives available to democratic politics to determine which institutional...

In Sensible Judgement

by Max Deutscher

Opening with the landmark Mabo High Court case in Australia and with detailed reference to other significant debates of judgement of the twentieth century Max Deutscher seeks to explore and explain approaches...

True Freedom: Spinoza's Practical Philosophy

by Brent Adkins

True Freedom: Spinoza's Practical Philosophy focuses on the practicality of Spinoza's thought. This is revealed through the subsidiary themes of ethics as an experimentalism, Spinoza's conception of freedom,...

The Political Humanism of Hannah Arendt

by Michael H. McCarthy

This critical study of Arendt explores the sources and dangers of political alienation in the West from the citizen republics of classical antiquity to the consumer societies of modern liberal democracies. It...

4 Books by Niccolo Machiavelli

by Niccolo Machiavelli

4 Books by Niccolo Machiavelli

THE ART OF WAR

NICHOLAS MACHIAVEL'S PRINCE

DISCOURSES ON THE FIRST DECADE OF

HISTORY OF FLORENCE AND OF THE AFFAIRS OF ITALY

The A to Z of Marxism

by David Walker & Daniel Gray

The A to Z of Marxism covers the history of Marxism and all its thinkers and schools of thought in a comprehensive manner. This is done, through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds...

On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness

by Jacques Derrida

One of the world's most famous philosophers, Jacques Derrida, explores difficult questions in this important and engaging book. Is it still possible to uphold international hospitality and justice in the face...

Persons and Liberal Democracy: The Ethical and Political Thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II

by Edward Barrett

Moving from an historical analysis of the Catholic Church's gradual endorsement of liberal democracy to an explication of the ethical and political thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II, Persons and Liberal...

Sophocles and the Politics of Tragedy: Cities and Transcendence

by Jonathan N. Badger

Sophocles and the Politics of Tragedy?is an inquiry into a fundamental political problem made visible through the tragic poetry of Sophocles.?In part I?Badger offers a detailed exegesis of three plays:?Ajax,?...

Althusser and Law

by Laurent de Sutter

Althusser & Law is the first book specifically dedicated to the place of law in Louis Althusser's philosophy. The growing importance of Althusser's philosophy in contemporary debates on the left has - for...

Isaiah Berlin and the Politics of Freedom: 'Two Concepts of Liberty' 50 Years Later

by Bruce Baum & Robert Nichols

Since his death in 1997, Isaiah Berlin's writings have generated continual interest among scholars and educated readers, especially in regard to his ideas about liberalism, value pluralism, and "positive" and...

Perfectionism and Neutrality: Essays in Liberal Theory

by Klosko & Wall

Editors provide a substantive introduction to the history and theories of perfectionism and neutrality, expertly contextualizing the essays and making the collection accessible.

Origin, Ideology and Transformation of Political Parties: East-Central and Western Europe Compared

by Vít|Kopecek, Lubomír| Hloušek

In this book, Vít Hloušek and Lubomír Kopecek critically apply the party-families approach to political parties in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. By examining the political relevance...

Terrorism and the Politics of Social Change: A Durkheimian Analysis

by James Dingley

In this up-to-the-moment and politically relevant work, James Dingley dissects the role of social relations, culture and religion in impelling men and women to behave violently in defence of their own known...

Isolationist States in an Interdependent World

by Helga Turku

Using historical, comparative and inductive analysis, Helga Turku explains why states may choose to isolate themselves both domestically and internationally. The book examines extreme forms of self-imposed domestic...

War, Clausewitz and the Trinity

by Thomas Waldman

In this book, Waldman explores Clausewitz's central theoretical device for understanding war - the 'remarkable trinity' of politics, chance, and passion. Through an in-depth reinterpretation of On War and Clausewitz's...

Tocqueville: The Aristocratic Sources of Liberty

by Lucien Jaume & Arthur Goldhammer

Many American readers like to regard Alexis de Tocqueville as an honorary American and democrat--as the young French aristocrat who came to early America and, enthralled by what he saw, proceeded to write an...

Paul Ricoeur: The Promise and Risk of Politics

by Bernard P. Dauenhauer

Paul RicIur, with Rawls, Walzer, and Habermas as some of his main interlocuters, has developed a substantial and distinctive body of political thought. On the one hand, it articulates a rich conception of the...

The Republic

by Plato

The question The Republic sets out to define is "What is justice?" Given the difficulty of this task, Socrates and his interlocutors are led into a discussion of justice in the city, which Socrates suggests...