MB - Political 2

Why has power in the West assumed the form of an "economy," that is, of a government of men and things? If power is essentially government, why does it need glory, that is, the ceremonial and liturg……続きを見る

Pontius Pilate is one of the most enigmatic figures in Christian theology. The only non-Christian to be named in the Nicene Creed, he is presented as a cruel colonial overseer in secular accounts, a……続きを見る

In this follow-up to The Kingdom and the Glory and The Highest Poverty, Agamben investigates the roots of our moral concept of duty in the theory and practice of Christian liturgy. Beginning with th……続きを見る

This book deals with the concept of post-Islamism from a mainly philosophical perspective, using political liberalism as elaborated by John Rawls as the key interpretive tool. What distinguishes thi……続きを見る

This book examines a wide array of phenomena that arguably constitute the most noxious, extreme, terrifying, murderous, secretive, authoritarian, and/or anti-democratic aspects of national and inter……続きを見る

Environmental Ethics and Behavioural Change takes a practical approach to environmental ethics with a focus on its transformative potential for students, professionals, policy makers, activists, and……続きを見る

What is the philosophy of religion? How can we distinguish it from theology on the one hand and the psychology/sociology of religious belief on the other? What does it mean to describe God as 'etern……続きを見る

This first volume in Rosa Luxemburg's Complete Works, entitled Economic Writings 1, contains some of Luxemburg's most important statements on the globalization of capital, wage labor, imperialism, a……続きを見る

Although Lenin and his fellow revolutionaries never called themselves Utopiansーbelieving strictly in a science of revolution, they considered Utopians to be merely dreamersーthey were enormously in……続きを見る

First published in 1985, Theories of Modern Capitalism provides a succinct study of Marxist and non-Marxist theories of Capitalism, its recent development, and the prospects of a transition to socia……続きを見る

Édouard Glissant was a leading voice in debates centering on the postcolonial condition and on the present and future of globalisation. Prolific as both a theorist and a literary author, Glissant st……続きを見る

Marx's early work is well known and widely available, but it usually interpreted as at best a kind of stepping-stone to the Marx of Capital. This book offers something completely different; it recon……続きを見る

Is mercy more important than justice? Since antiquity, mercy has been regarded as a virtue. The power of monarchs was legitimated by their acts of clemency, their mercy demonstrating their divine na……続きを見る

Creation and the giving of orders are closely entwined in Western culture, where God commands the world into existence and later issues the injunctions known as the Ten Commandments. The arche, or o……続きを見る

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 unnecessar……続きを見る

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Socialism has made a dramatic comeback in the 21st century. In the wake of financial crisis, mounting inequality and social decay, it seems more relevant than ever. Nobody who seeks to understand co……続きを見る

Rosa Luxemburg suscita ancora oggi un notevole fascino presso i lettori, gli studiosi, i militanti politici che vengono a contatto con la sua storia e con il suo pensiero, come è anche testimoniato ……続きを見る

Before it’s too late, a citizen’s initiative supported by the Civil Society may lead to the SYMBOLIC constitution of an embryo of African federal state : United States Of West Africa - USOWA / Les É……続きを見る

Nobody should really have to point out that political philosophy is political. Yet in this highly original and provocative book Lorna Finlayson argues that in fact it is necessary to do so. Offering……続きを見る

Is politics necessarily violent? Does the justifiability of violence depend on whether it is perpetrated to defend or upend the existing order – or perhaps on the way in which it is conducted? Is vi……続きを見る

El nuevo capitalismo del siglo XXI se rige por la "necropolítica" y el "gobierno privado indirecto". Ahora impera una nueva concepción de la soberanía: la de aquellos actores internacionales que dec……続きを見る

Looking at one's face in the mirror and finding one's self in the mirror are not the same. The former capacity is something we share with other animals; the latter is a skill: something we have to l……続きを見る

"Is it meaningful to call oneself a democrat? And if so, how do you interpret the word?" In responding to this question, eight iconoclastic thinkers prove the rich potential of democracy, along with……続きを見る

A study of communities in the Horn of Africa where reciprocity is a dominant social principle, offering a concrete countermodel to the hierarchical state. Over the course of history, people have dev……続きを見る

This collection is the first of three volumes of the Complete Works devoted to the central theme of Rosa Luxemburg's life and work-revolution. Spanning the years 1897 to the end of 1905, they contai……続きを見る

"He recopilado estos textos escritos durante los meses del estado de excepción debido a la emergencia sanitaria. Se trata de intervenciones concretas, en ocasiones muy breves, que buscan reflexionar……続きを見る

The book in your hand is about the church of God which has been hijacked by whims and caprices of men at the expense of simple biblical Christianity modeled after Christ. The church has for long bee……続きを見る

Why our belief in government by the people is unrealisticーand what we can do about it Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic ……続きを見る