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The future of Europe and the role it will play in the 21st century are among the most important political questions of our time. The optimism of a decade ago has now faded but the stakes are higher ……続きを見る

Four men in a cell in Rebibbia prison, Rome, awaiting trial on serious charges of subversion. One of them, the political thinker Antonio Negri, spends his days writing. Among his writings are twenty……続きを見る

The political history of the twentieth century can be viewed as the history of democracy’s struggle against its external enemies: fascism and communism. This struggle ended with the fall of the Berl……続きを見る

Not exercising as much as you should? Counting your calories in your sleep? Feeling ashamed for not being happier? You may be a victim of the wellness syndrome. In this ground-breaking new book, Car……続きを見る

In 1944 Horkheimer and Adorno warned that industrial society turns reason into rationalization, and Polanyi warned of the dangers of the self-regulating market, but today, argues Stiegler, this regr……続きを見る

Global Democratic Theory is the first comprehensive introduction to the changing contours of democracy in today’s hyperconnected world. Accessibly written for readers new to the topic, it considers ……続きを見る

M. Proudhon a le malheur d’être singulièrement méconnu en Europe. En France, il a le droit d’être mauvais économiste,  parce qu’il passe pour être bon phi……続きを見る

What does Carl Schmitt have to offer to ongoing debates about sovereignty, globalization, spatiality, the nature of the political, and political theology? Can Schmitt’s positions and concepts offer ……続きを見る

Jürgen Habermas is one of the most important German philosophers and social theorists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. His work has been compared in scope with Max Weber’s, and ……続きを見る

Women are gaining ground as presidents of Latin America. Women leaders in presidential systems (particularly women directly elected by the public) were generally limited to daughters and wives of ma……続きを見る

Virtually every constitutional order in the common law world contains a provision for executive clemency or pardon in criminal cases. This facility for legal mercy is not limited to a single place i……続きを見る

Situating privacy within the context of political philosophy, this book highlights the way in which struggles concerning the meaning of privacy have always been political. Different conceptions of p……続きを見る

As reports of genocide, terrorism, and political violence fill today’s newscasts, more attention has been given to issues of human rightsーbut all too often the sound bites seem overly simplistic. M……続きを見る

In this, the first major philosophical study of contingent pacifism, Larry May offers a new account of pacifism from within the Just War tradition. Written in a non-technical style, the book feature……続きを見る

La Religion est hostile à la science et au progrès : cette proposition, qu’on pourrait croire  dictée par l’impiété et la haine, est presque un article de foi……続きを見る

Human rights and their principles of interpretation are the leading legal paradigms of our time. Freedom of religion occupies a pivotal position in rights discourses, and the principles supporting i……続きを見る

Since the 1980s, the discipline of International Relations has seen a series of disputes over its foundations. However, there has been one core concept that, although addressed in various guises, ha……続きを見る

To probe the underlying premises of a liberal political order, John Rawls felt obliged to use a philosophical method that abstracted from many of the details of ordinary life. But this very abstract……続きを見る

One of the most complex doctrines in contemporary international law, jus cogens is the immediate product of the socialization of the international community following the Second World War. However, ……続きを見る

The purpose of this book is to provide background information needed to start and wisely participate in a worldwide conversation that could lead to a happier and less confrontational world. It does ……続きを見る

Le pyrrhonisme, après avoir frappé les idées, s’attaque aux mœurs. Le problème de la certitude philosophique  se trouve ainsi ramené au problème des dr……続きを見る

US Democracy Promotion in the Middle East seeks to explore the changes in US strategy towards democracy promotion in the Middle East during the Clinton and Bush administrations, with a particular fo……続きを見る

How do we go about imagining different and better worlds for ourselves? Collective Dreams looks at ideals of community, frequently embraced as the basis for reform across the political spectrum, as ……続きを見る

In Altruïsme; De kracht van compassie laat Matthieu Ricard zien hoe oprechte bezorgdheid voor het welzijn van anderen de redding kan zijn voor de uitdagingen van onze tijd. Matthieu Ricard, bekend v……続きを見る

Filosoof, bekend van The School of Life, laat aan de hand van beroemde filosofen zien hoe denken en tuinieren diep met elkaar verweven zijn. Met ‘Filosoferen in de tuin’ geeft publieksfilosoof Damon……続きを見る

Veelgeprezen biografie van iconische filosoof. Met zijn scherpe denken veranderde Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) de koers van de twintigste eeuw voorgoed. Dat laat de Britse filosoof Ray Monk zien ……続きを見る

Nelson Mandela 15 lessen over leven, liefde en leiderschap bevat zijn persoonlijke ervaringen in de politiek en zijn huwelijk. Deze heruitgave is een prachtige herinnering aan een groot man met een ……続きを見る

Klassieker van grootste hedendaagse filosoof over morele kwesties en ethische problemen ‘Michael Sandel beschikt in Rechtvaardigheid over het bewonderenswaardig talent om moderne, ingewikkelde ethis……続きを見る

Damon Young, een bekende publieksfilosoof van The School of Life, schrijft aanstekelijk over het denken over beweging en sport en laat zien hoe dit van oudsher een thema is in de filosofie. In ‘Filo……続きを見る

Hét meesterwerk van Sun-Tzu, ingeleid door H.J.A. Hofland, aangevuld met essays over de historische en culturele context. De kunst van het oorlogvoeren is ook toepasselijk in het huidige bedrijfslev……続きを見る