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by Johanna Oksala
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
What is political philosophy? A philosophical study of political ideas such as authority, freedom, justice and democracy? An inquiry into the best form of government? An attempt to rationally justify forms of authority? Johanna Oksana asks exactly these questions as she opens this brilliant new guide...
by Professor Erik Albæk, Professor Arjen van Dalen, Dr Nael Jebril
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Political journalism is often under fire. Conventional wisdom and much scholarly research suggest that journalists are cynics and political pundits. Political news is void of substance and overly focused on strategy and persons. Citizens do not learn from the news, are politically cynical, and are...
Thinking After Europe
Jan Patocka and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Jan Patočka, perhaps more so than any other philosopher in the twentieth century, managed to combine intense philosophical insight with a farsighted analysis of the idea and challenges facing Europe as a historical, cultural and political signifier. As a political dissident in communist Czechoslovakia...
Democracy's Reconstruction
Thinking Politically with W.E.B. Du Bois
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
In Democracy's Reconstruction, the latest addition to Cathy Cohen and Fredrick Harris's Transgressing Boundaries series, noted political theorist Lawrie Balfour challenges a longstanding tendency in political theory: the disciplinary division that separates political theory proper from the study of...
Radical Future Pasts
Untimely Political Theory
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Written by both well-established and rising scholars, Radical Future Pasts seeks to open up new possibilities for theoretical inquiries and engagements with practical political struggles. Unlike conventional "state of the discipline" collections, this volume does not summarize the history...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Over the centuries, the question of "good" or "effective" governance has undergone several transformations and ramifications to fit within certain social, cultural and historical contexts. What defines political knowledge? What is the measure of expert political leadership? Various...
International Political Theory after Hobbes
Analysis, Interpretation and Orientation
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2011
The idea of international political theory after Hobbes is a timely and lively focus through which to raise key questions about international politics, and to set up dialogues between historical political theory and contemporary theories of international relations about the legacy of Hobbes in international...
Radical Political Theology
Religion and Politics After Liberalism
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
In the 1960s, the strict opposition between the religious and the secular began to break down, blurring the distinction between political philosophy and political theology. This collapse contributed to the decline of modern liberalism, which supported a neutral, value-free space for capitalism. It...
The Second Birth
On the Political Beginnings of Human Existence
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
Most scholars link the origin of politics to the formation of human societies, but in this innovative work, Tilo Schabert takes it even further back: to our very births. Drawing on mythical, philosophical, religious, and political thought from around the globe—including America, Europe, the Middle...
Political Analysis
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Political Analysis provides an accessible and engaging yet original introduction and distinctive contribution, to the analysis of political structures, institutions, ideas and behaviours, and above all, to the political processes through which they are constantly made and remade. Following an innovative...
The Practice of Political Theory
Rorty and Continental Thought
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2018
Recent political thought has grappled with a crisis in philosophical foundations: how do we justify the explicit and implicit normative claims and assumptions that guide political decisions and social criticism? In The Practice of Political Theory, Clayton Chin presents a critical reconstruction of...
Revolution and Counterrevolution
Change and Persistence in Social Structures
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
This collection of Lipset's major essays in political sociology is in a real sense a follow-up or sequel to Political Mind and The First New Nation. It provides a broad panorama of continuing interest, developing a sociological perspective in comparative and historical analysis, with particular reference...
Totalitarianism and Political Religions Volume III
Concepts for the Comparison Of Dictatorships - Theory & History of Interpretations
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2008
Available for the first time in English language translation, the third volume of Totalitarianism and Political Religions completes the set. It provides a comprehensive overview of key theories and theorists of totalitarianism and of political religions, from Hannah Arendt and Raymond Aron to Leo...
Political Philosophy
A Beginners' Guide for Students and Politicians
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2019
Politicians invoke grand ideas: social justice, democracy, community, liberty, equality. But what do these ideas really mean? How can politicians across the political spectrum appeal to the same values?
This fourth edition of Adam Swift's highly readable introduction to political philosophy...