MB - Political 1

Growing up in America made me think that I was as free as anyone could be. I ran into libertarianism and that changed everything. Do you want to find out the truth about freedom? The truth about why……続きを見る

In Necropolitics Achille Mbembe, a leader in the new wave of francophone critical theory, theorizes the genealogy of the contemporary world, a world plagued by ever-increasing inequality, militariza……続きを見る

When many people are involved in an activity, it is often difficult, if not impossible, to pinpoint who is morally responsible for what, a phenomenon known as the ‘problem of many hands.’ This term ……続きを見る

Robert A. Levine – former high official of the United States Federal Government – wrote in the New York Times of 9 January 1999 an article entitled: "What the EU Needs Is a Copy of 'The Federalist P……続きを見る

Ian Crombie’s impressive volumes provide a comprehensive interpretation of Plato’s doctrines. Volume 2 deals with more technical philosophical topics, including the theory of knowledge, philosophy o……続きを見る

This book analyses the problems of current just war theory, and offers a more stable justificatory framework for non-intervention in international relations. The primary purpose of just war theory i……続きを見る

This book examines fundamental questions about funding for the arts: why should governments provide funding for the arts? What do the arts contribute to daily life? Do artists and their publics have……続きを見る

While human rights have been enjoying unprecedented salience, the concept of the citizen has been significantly challenged. Rising ethical concerns, the calling into question of state sovereignty, a……続きを見る

Hannah Arendt and the History of Thought, edited by Daniel Brennan and Marguerite La Caze, enrichens and deepens scholarship on Arendt’s relation to philosophical history and traditions. Some contri……続きを見る

These essays, written over more than thirty years of Vincent L. Wimbush’s career as a scholar, provide a response to the nearly universal, persistent, and sedimented modern-world hyper-signification……続きを見る

Este ensayo explora una relación particular que se extiende constantemente y se reconfigura a escala global: la relación de la hostilidad. Retomando algunos de los temas ya abordados en sus obras pr……続きを見る

I denne bog undersøger filosof Christian Lambek samfundet ud fra en tilgang, der tilstræber at formulere en sekulær moral. Lambeks grundtanke er, at livet må leves gennem vækst og udvikling og såled……続きを見る

'A must-read for psychotherapists, doctors and everyone else who enjoys connecting ideas' Philippa Perry 'Compassionate and challenging, warmly human and coolly rigorous. . . I am now thinking afres……続きを見る

Une initiative citoyenne de la société civile et des citoyens, en 2020, peut amener à constituer SYMBOLIQUEMENT cet embryon de l’Etat Fédéral Africain : Les États-Unis d’Afrique de l’Ouest - EUAO / ……続きを見る

This book offers a critical examination of certain ideas and valuesーsuch as remembering, forgiveness, story-telling through Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, etc.ーthat under-gird the transitio……続きを見る

Christian Lambek var en af de vigtige tidlige filosoffer i Danmark. I dette værk om menneskets indre, bevæger Lambek sig på grænsen mellem politisk filosofi og psykolog i et forsøg på at etablere en……続きを見る

Until deep into the 20th century, empire remained a source of pride for European states and their politicians. The 21st century, however, has seen the unexpected emergence of certain European states……続きを見る

Warum führte das Attentat von Sarajewo, das serbische Nationalisten am 28.Juni 1914 auf Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand und seine Frau verübten, zum Ersten Weltkrieg? Ist Europa in den Krieg „hineingeschl……続きを見る

What is symbolic representation? Since Hanna Pitkin’s seminal The Concept of Representation, the symbolic has been the least studied dimension of political representation. Innovatively adopting a di……続きを見る

Each country in southern Africa has a unique history but in all of them socio-economic inequalities and high poverty levels weaken the governments’ legitimacy and represent a challenge to models of ……続きを見る

In January 1682, William Culliford, a loyal and experienced officer in the King's customs service, began an extraordinary journey under Treasury orders to investigate the integrity and efficiency of……続きを見る

In the wake of the Iraq war, the term Old Europe was appropriated by politicians, civil society and social movement actors alike to rally in defence of supposedly social and civilized values against……続きを見る

In this wide-ranging study of French intellectuals who represented the Spanish Civil War as it was happening and in its immediate aftermath, Martin Hurcombe explores the ways in which these individu……続きを見る

In Marx passato, presente, futuro, Umberto Melotti mostra la grande ricchezza dell’articolata analisi marxiana, tuttora rilevante per una corretta messa a fuoco dei problemi e delle prospettive dei ……続きを見る

What does political agency mean for those who don't know what to do or can't be bothered to do it? This book develops a novel account of collective emancipation in which freedom is achieved not thro……続きを見る

Comment parler de progrès au sujet de l'économie mondialisée quand la grande majorité de la population en pâtit ? La mondialisation de l’économie devait engendrer pour tous une ère de liberté et de ……続きを見る

Free-market economics has attempted to combine efficiency and freedom by emphasizing the need for neutral rules and meta-rules. These efforts have only been partly successful, for they have failed t……続きを見る

Introducing the most famous work of the nineteenth-century radical thinkers Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, this comprehensive reader's guide to the Communist Manifesto explores the key themes, idea……続きを見る

Human genetic engineering may soon be possible. The gathering debate about this prospect already threatens to become mired in irresolvable disagreement. After surveying the scientific and technologi……続きを見る

A standout contribution to post-secular IR theory, this book addresses issues of global politics, from cooperation to conflict, and shows how a religious metaphor, the pilgrim, can help us to rethin……続きを見る