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Leo Strauss's Defense of the Philosophic Life
Reading "What Is Political Philosophy?"
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
Leo Strauss’s What Is Political Philosophy? addresses almost every major theme in his life’s work and is often viewed as a defense of his overall philosophic approach. Yet precisely because the book is so foundational, if we want to understand Strauss’s notoriously careful and complex thinking...
by Niccolo Machiavelli, Wayne A. Rebhorn
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
The Prince and Other Writings, by Niccolo Machiavelli, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics* *series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some...
Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes
Dead Body Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes explores Shakespeare’s political outlook by comparing some of the playwright’s best-known works to the works of Italian political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli and English social contract theorist Thomas Hobbes. By situating Shakespeare ‘between’...
Classical Social Contract Theory
The Classical Social Contract Theories of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau Compared
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2009
Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: 80%= good, University of Kerala (Department of Political Science), course: Political Theory- Liberal Tradition, language: English, abstract: This essay compares the classical social contract...
Political Philosophy
What It Is and Why It Matters
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
What is political philosophy? Ronald Beiner makes the case that it is centrally defined by supremely ambitious reflection on the ends of life. We pursue this reflection by exposing ourselves to, and participating in, a perennial dialogue among epic theorists who articulate grand visions of what constitutes...
The Politics of Eloquence
David Hume's Polite Rhetoric
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
History has shown us that the power of political speech can be put to both positive and manipulative ends - while rhetoric is a powerful tool for those who seek to persuade others to adopt their views, it can also be employed to foment factionalism and undermine the very basis of a democratic society....
Dreaming in Dark Times
Six Exercises in Political Thought
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
What do dreams manage to say—or indeed, show—about human experience that is not legible otherwise? Can the disclosure of our dream-life be understood as a form of political avowal? To what does a dream attest? And to whom?
Blending psychoanalytic theory with the work of such political...
Making the Future
Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Taken together, Chomsky's essays present a powerful counter-narrative to official accounts of the major political events of the past four years: the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; the U.S. presidential race; the ascendancy of China; Latin America's leftward turn; the threat of nuclear proliferation...
The Communist Experience in America
A Political and Social History
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Arguments about whether distinctive features of American society, culture, political structure, economic system, or population account for the relative weakness of American radicalism have engaged historians, sociologists, and political scientists for decades. Influential concepts such as frontier...
The Tea Party
A Brief History
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
The Tea Party burst on the national political scene in 2009–2010, powered by right-wing grassroots passion and Astroturf big money. Its effect on electoral politics and the political process is undeniable, but the message, aims, and staying power of the loosely organized groups seem less clear....
The Big Con
Crackpot Economics and the Fleecing of America
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2008
The scam of supply-side economics is clearly and convincingly explained in “a classic of political journalism” (Michael Lewis).
Jonathan Chait has written for a range of publications, from the Wall Street Journal to the Washington Post, and considers himself a moderate. But he’s convinced...
Winning Your Election the Wellstone Way
A Comprehensive Guide for Candidates and Campaign Workers
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2008
As the 2008 presidential race dominates political discussion and media coverage worldwide, thousands of lesser-known local contests are being hard-fought in our neighborhoods, cities, and states. Winning Your Election the Wellstone Way is based on the work of Wellstone Action, a leading-edge progressive...
Maine
The Dynamics of Political Change
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2005
Christian Potholm has worked as a political insider and activist for much of the last forty years, dividing his time between the classroom and the election arena. By analyzing the interactive ebbs and flows of political campaigns, Potholm uses both quantitative and qualitative analysis to understand...
Inventing Al Gore
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
A “balanced, insightful” biography of the politician that “shows how the pressure to succeed has shaped virtually every aspect of Gore’s career” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Why did Al Gore, after angry opposition to the Vietnam War, submit to the draft? What happened in Vietnam...