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All human beings are born and all human beings die. In these two ways we are finite: our lives begin and our lives come to an end. Historically philosophers have concentrated attention on our mortality--and comparatively little has been said about being born and how it...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-09-26
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Throughout history scepticism and the urge to question accepted truths has been a powerful force for change and growth. Today, as we are bombarded by adverts, scientific studies praising the latest superfoods, and political rhetoric, a healthy amount of scepticism is...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-09-26
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Throughout history scepticism and the urge to question accepted truths has been a powerful force for change and growth. Today, as we are bombarded by adverts, scientific studies praising the latest superfoods, and political rhetoric, a healthy amount of scepticism is...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-09-26
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The Anthropocene has become central to understanding the intimate connections between human life and the natural environment, but it has fractured our sense of time and possibility. What implications does that fracturing have for how we should think about politics in...
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Polity
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2019-09-24
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Is it defensible to use the concept of a right? Can we justify rights' central place in modern moral and legal thinking, or does the concept unjustifiably side-line those who do not qualify as right-holders? Rowan Cruft develops a new account of rights. Moving beyond...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-09-12
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Is it defensible to use the concept of a right? Can we justify rights' central place in modern moral and legal thinking, or does the concept unjustifiably side-line those who do not qualify as right-holders? Rowan Cruft develops a new account of rights. Moving beyond...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-09-12
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Ideengeschichte ist die Grundlage jeder Ideenpolitik. Sie ist nur interessant durch ihren grundsätzlichen Gegenwartsbezug. Ideen können gefährlich sein, denn sie haben Konsequenzen, wenn sie die Wahrnehmungen leiten. Darin liegt eine der großen Provokationen....
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J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2019-08-26
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In 2011, Egypt witnessed more protests than any other country in the world. Counter to the received narrative, Amy Austin Holmes argues that the ousting of Mubarak in 2011 did not represent the culmination of a revolution or the beginning of a transition period, but...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-08-01
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau is one of the most controversial philosophers of the eighteenth century, and his groundbreaking work still provokes heated debate in contemporary political theory. In this book, Céline Spector, one of the world’s foremost experts on Rousseau’s...
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Polity
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2019-07-24
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Dieser Band betrachtet Zeitdiagnose als eine notwendige wissenschaftliche Aufgabe und als eine entscheidende Möglichkeit, gegenwartsrelevante Forschung voranzutreiben und interdisziplinäre Perspektiven zu entwickeln. Der erste Teil des Buches stellt eine Theorie der...
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J.B. Metzler
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2019-07-24
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This book presents the concept of ‘unstaging’ war as a strategic response to the failure of the discourse and institutions of peace.This failure is explained by exploring the changing character of conflict in current and emergent global circumstances, such as...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-07-24
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In almost every human society some people get more and others get less. Why is inequity the rule in these societies?In The Origins of Unfairness, philosopher Cailin O'Connor firstly considers how groups are divided into social categories, like gender, race, and...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-07-18
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In almost every human society some people get more and others get less. Why is inequity the rule in these societies?In The Origins of Unfairness, philosopher Cailin O'Connor firstly considers how groups are divided into social categories, like gender, race, and...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-07-18
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While many are born into prosperity, hundreds of millions of people lead lives of almost unimaginable poverty. Our world remains hugely unequal, with our place of birth continuing to exert a major influence on our opportunities. In this accessible book, leading...
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Polity
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2019-07-12
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The natural resources of the earth – from oil and water to minerals and land – are crucial to our basic economic and social existence. But who is entitled to control, use and benefit from them? Should anyone ‘own’ the natural bounty of our planet? In this book,...
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Polity
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2019-07-12
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Violence – from state coercion to wars and revolutions – remains an enduring global reality. But whereas it is often believed that the point of constitutional politics is to make violence unnecessary, others argue that it is an unavoidable element of politics. In this...
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Polity
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2019-07-12
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Political Theory Today
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Liberals blame the global retreat of liberal democracy on globalisation and authoritarian leaders. Only liberalism, so they assume, can defend democratic rule against multinationals or populists at home and abroad. In this provocative book, Adrian Pabst contends that...
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Polity
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2019-07-12
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Against the backdrop of an alarming rise in authoritarianism and the crisis of liberal democracy, few would consider extoling the virtues of politics today. Yet in this lively dialogue with journalist Aude Lancelin, leading French thinker Alain Badiou argues that it is...
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Polity
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2019-07-12
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Although we live in a period of unprecedented globalization and mass migration, many contemporary western liberal democracies are asserting their sovereignty over who gets to become members of their polities with renewed ferocity. Citizenship matters more than ever. In...
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Polity
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2019-07-09
Collection :
Key Concepts in Political Theory
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Idiots burn books for the same reason philosophers write them – they matter. But why exactly do political philosophy books matter, not to mention the hundreds of articles published every year? In part because they are interesting, but also because they are influential....
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Polity
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2019-07-09
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