Publisher: Oxford University Press
This new edition of Will Kymlicka's best selling critical introduction to contemporary political theory has been fully revised to include many of the most significant developments in Anglo-American political philosophy in the last 11 years, particularly the new debates on political liberalism, deliberative democracy, civic republicanism, nationalism, and cultural pluralism.The book now […]
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Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Pri
John Stuart Mill is one of the hallowed figures of the liberal tradition. By examining Mill's arguments in On Liberty in light of his other writings, this work reveals a Mill very different from the saint of rationalism so central to liberal thought. It shows that Mill was […]
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Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
This volume provides an unequaled introduction to the thought of chief contributors to the Western tradition of political philosophy from classical Greek antiquity to the twentieth century. Written by specialists on the various philosophers, this third edition has been expanded significantly to include both new and revised essays.
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Publisher: Polity Press
This study works out the legal and political implications of Jurgen Habermas's theoretical approach discussed in The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. It examines debates on the role of law and the prospects for the development of democracy in contemporary societies.
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
'Justice' and 'democracy' have alternated as dominant themes in political philosophy over the last fifty years. Since its revival in the middle of the twentieth century, political philosophy has focused on first one and then the other of these two themes. Rarely, however, has it succeeded in holding them in joint focus. […]
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Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Pri
The contributors reexamine aspects of Hannah Arendt's life and thought, including: her complex identity as a German Jew; her commitment to and critique of Zionism and the state of Israel; her works on totalitarianism, Nazism, and the Eichmann trial; and her connections to German culture.
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Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
This introduction to Nietzsche's thought seeks to demonstrate his significance as a philosopher and political theorist, highlighting his critique of liberalism in both its philosophical and political forms.
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Publisher: Pluto Press
This introduction to political philosophy explores the history of ideas and ways of thinking about society. Beginning with Plato's Utopia, Cohen goes on to discuss political philosophies from Niccolo Machiavelli's Psychology of the State through to Hobbes' Wicked World.
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Emmanuel Levinas is one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century and is best known for his work on ethics and theology. Even though he has been very influential in literature and cultural theory, the political implications of his work have so far been neglected. Levinas & the Political […]
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Political Game Theory is a self-contained introduction to game theory and its applications to political science. The book presents choice theory, social choice theory, static and dynamic games of complete information, static and dynamic games of incomplete information, repeated games, bargaining theory, mechanism design, and a mathematical appendix covering logic, real analysis, […]
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