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What does it mean for the people to actually rule? Formal democracy is an empty and cynical shell, while the nationalist Right claims to advance its anti-democratic project in the name of ‘the People’. How can the Left respond in a way that is true to both its radical...
Editeur :
Polity
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2018-08-28
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Radical Futures
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This book introduces the methodology and basic concepts of Dussel’s ethics of liberation. Enrique Dussel is one of the principal founders of the philosophy of liberation in Latin America. Frederick B. Mills discusses how, for Dussel, we can realize our...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-08-20
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Connecting Virtues examines the significant advances within the fast-growing field of virtue theory and shows how research has contributed to the current debates in moral philosophy, epistemology, and political philosophy. Includes groundbreaking chapters offering...
Editeur :
Wiley
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2018-08-20
Collection :
Metaphilosophy
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This book considers Karl Marx’s ideas in relation to the social and political context in which he lived and wrote. It emphasizes both the continuity of his commitment to the cause of full human emancipation, and the role of his critique of political economy in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-08-18
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This book offers a radical new interpretation of Georg Lukács’s History and Class Consciousness, showing for the first time how the philosophical framework for his analysis of society was laid in the drafts of a philosophy of art that he planned but never...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-08-14
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By 2100, the human population may exceed 11 billion. Having recently surpassed 7.5 billion, it has trebled since 1950. Are such numbers sustainable, given a deepening environmental crisis? Can so many live well? Or should world population be controlled? The population...
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Polity
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2018-08-08
Collection :
Political Theory Today
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From citizens paying taxes to employees following their bosses' orders and kids obeying their parents, we take it for granted that a whole range of authorities have the power to impose duties on others. However, although authority is often accepted in practice, it looks...
Editeur :
Polity
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2018-08-08
Collection :
Key Concepts in Political Theory
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Carole Pateman is one of the leading political theorists writing today. This wide-ranging volume brings together for the first time a selection of her work on democratic theory and her feminist critique of mainstream political theory. The volume includes substantial...
Editeur :
Polity
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2018-07-11
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From flag-waving to the singing of national anthems, the practices and symbols ofpatriotism are inescapable, and modern politics is increasingly full of appeals topatriotic fervour. But if no-one chooses where they were born, and our ethicalobligations transcend...
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Polity
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2018-07-10
Collection :
Key Concepts in Political Theory
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States claim the right to choose who can come to their country. They put up barriers and expose migrants to deadly journeys. Those who survive are labelled ‘illegal’ and find themselves vulnerable and unrepresented. The international state system advantages the lucky...
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Polity
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2018-06-28
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1516 verfasste Thomas Morus mit seinem Buch Utopia den Entwurf einer „idealen“ Gesellschaft. In den darauffolgenden 500 Jahren wurden zahlreiche Utopien, Mätopien oder auch Dystopien mit unterschiedlichsten Gesellschaftsentwürfen geschrieben. Der Band thematisiert aus...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2018-06-27
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Recently there has been an extraordinary international revival of interest in Hannah Arendt. She was extremely perceptive about the dark tendencies in contemporary life that continue to plague us. She developed a concept of politics and public freedom that serves as a...
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Polity
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2018-06-11
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The word ‘fascism’ sometimes appears to have become a catch-all term of abuse, applicable to anyone on the political right, from Hitler to Donald Trump and from Putin to Thatcher. While some argue that it lacks any distinctive conceptual meaning at all, others have...
Editeur :
Polity
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2018-06-11
Collection :
Key Concepts in Political Theory
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Politics is the process by which communities collectively decide to pursue certain courses of action. It is, as such, always a matter of judgment. Courses of action are chosen at least in part because they are somehow adjudged better than the alternatives, and this has...
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Polity
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2018-06-04
Collection :
Key Concepts in Political Theory
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While much has been written on both political obligation and the justification of punishment, there has been little sustained effort to link the two.
In Playing Fair, Richard Dagger aims to fill this gap and provide a unified theory of political obligation and the...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-06-01
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The lives of wealthy people have long held an allure to many, but the lives of wealthy Russians pose a particular fascination. Having achieved their riches over the course of a single generation, the top 0.1 percent of Russian society have become known for ostentatious...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-05-29
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"At the hands of a minor talent, profiles are often flat, two-dimensional outlines of a thinker’s intellectual physiognomy. At the hands of a master like Jürgen Habermas, they can become something far more substantial and profound. With astonishing economy, Habermas...
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Polity
Parution :
2018-05-21
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This book addresses the problem of fully explaining Socrates’ motives for philosophic interlocution in Plato’s dialogues. Why, for instance, does Socrates talk to many philosophically immature and seemingly incapable interlocutors? Are his motives in these cases moral,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-05-17
Collection :
Recovering Political Philosophy
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Ten new essays critique the practice armed humanitarian intervention, and the 'Responsibility to Protect' doctrine that advocates its use under certain circumstances. The contributors investigate the causes and consequences, as well as the uses and abuses, of armed...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-05-10
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Ten new essays critique the practice armed humanitarian intervention, and the 'Responsibility to Protect' doctrine that advocates its use under certain circumstances. The contributors investigate the causes and consequences, as well as the uses and abuses, of armed...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-05-10
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