Philosophy / Political

The Open Society and Its Enemies (New One-Volume Edition)

by Karl Raimund Popper, E. H. Gombrich & Alan Ryan

One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of...

Socratic Charis: Philosophy without the Agon

by Lisa Atwood Wilkinson

This work offers an evaluation of Plato’s portrayal of “Socrates” in relation to models of the ancient Greek “agon”, oral poetic performance, and the practices of “xenia”. The author reinterprets...

Why Not Socialism?

by G. A. Cohen

Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise book, one of the world's leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles...

Arab-Jewish Activism in Israel-Palestine

by Marcelo Svirsky

Not just another book on Israel and Palestine, Arab-Jewish Activism in Israel-Palestine sets out to re-conceptualise the relationship between resistance and power in ethnically segregated spaces in general and...

The Ashgate Research Companion to Secession

by Aleksandar Pavkovic & Peter Radan

This research companion has three complementary aims. First, to offer an overview of the current theoretical approaches to secession in the social sciences, international relations, legal theory, political theory...

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...

Imagining the Possible: Radical Politics for Conservative Times

by Stephen Eric Bronner

Jean-Paul Sartre originally made the term engagement a part of the existentialist vocabulary following WWII. It imples the responsibility of intervening in social or political conflicts in the hope of fostering...

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...