Social and political philosophy

The book offers a nuanced and innovative analyses of the emergence of an inclusive secular democratic state paradigm which incorporates the sacred within the framework of secular democracy in the Muslim World.

This ebook contains Aristotle's complete works.

«Cuando un pueblo entiende que a veces la ley no es la ley, sino un instrumento arbitrario del poder, ha realizado una operación subjetiva y política de primer orden».

This book explores a variety of interconnected themes central to contemporary Marxist theory and its further development as a critical social theory.

This book explores a variety of interconnected themes central to contemporary Marxist theory and its further development as a critical social theory.

This fascinating book uncovers the hidden stories behind Pakistans fixation with blasphemytales of revenge, political scheming and sovereign betrayal.

The Arab revolutions of 2011 were a transformative moment in the modern history of the Middle East, as people rose up against long-standing autocrats throughout the region to call for bread, freedom and dignity.

Although Irans Islamic Revolution had an electrifying effect on Shiite movements in Lebanon, Iraq, the Gulf and Saudi Arabia, there exists a tendency to explain away much of Shiite politics in the Middle East as inextricably linked to Iranian foreign policy.

The World As I See It reveals the idealistic, spiritual, and witty side of this great intellectual.

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BC, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man.

'The Communist Manifesto' is the classic work of economics that initiated one of the greatest movements of political change that the world has ever seen.

Part science fiction, part dystopian fantasy, part radical socialist tract, Jack London's The Iron Heel offers a grim depiction of warfare between the classes in America and around the globe.

Leviathan rigorously argues that civil peace and social unity are best achieved by the establishment of a commonwealth through social contract.

TO ACHIEVE THE EXTRAORDINARY, FIRST EMBRACE THE UNKNOWN .

The revered Bible scholar and author of The Historical Jesus explores the Christian culture warsthe debates over church and statefrom a biblical perspective, exploring the earliest tensions evident in the New Testament, and offering a way forward for Christians today.

Shedding new light on the fundamental philosophical problem of time, leading Italian philosopher Giacomo Marramao offers a solution to today's 24/7 culture.

Las transformaciones en los sistemas y hábitos de consumo y de producción, los cambios en los medios de comunicación y de transporte masivos, la innovación tecnológica en el ámbito tanto de la medicina como militar, las consecuencias en la modificación del ecosistema terrestre, así como el acceso cada vez más amplio a la información y a modos de pensamiento que erosionan toda forma de tradición y localismo constituyen un fenómeno complejo que desafía nuestro modo de entender el mundo contemporáneo al mismo tiempo que la necesidad de teoría se vuelve cada vez más una cuestión de supervivencia.

Varios ejes articulan este libro.

Este libro presenta un estudio sobre una serie de experiencias generadas por grupos que autogestionan espacios: clubes y centros culturales; relacionando el arte con el territorio.

América Latina ha avanzado de modo importante (aunque con regresiones e insuficiencias) en la construcción de la ciudadanía política, sin embargo en otras esferas (cultural, civil y social) aún se está lejos del afianzamiento de derechos ciudadanos efectivos.

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»Kaum ein anderer Denker veranschaulicht die Widersprüche des heutigen Kapitalismus besser als Slavoj Žižek.

Originally published in 1975, this anthology of essays focusses on the historical dimension of class inequality which has long concerned both sociologists and social philosophers but has often been neglected in literature.

Originally published in 1975, this anthology of essays focusses on the historical dimension of class inequality which has long concerned both sociologists and social philosophers but has often been neglected in literature.

Lo que aquí llamamos «an-arquía» no debe confundirse con el anarquismo tradicional.

An apparently contradictory yet radically urgent collection of texts tracing the genealogy of a controversial current in contemporary philosophy.

This book examines transnational civil society-based democracy-promoting resistance activities in Asia in a global era, focusing on the cases of Myanmar and Palestine.

Originally published in 1978, this book presents a philosophical analysis of the principle of equality, and is also a study of the institutional implications of that principle in the field of social policy.

Originally published in 1978, this book presents a philosophical analysis of the principle of equality, and is also a study of the institutional implications of that principle in the field of social policy.

Do you believe you think independently?

This book is a critical examination of John Rawls's account of the normative grounds of international law, arguing that Rawls unjustifiably treats groups - rather than particular persons - as foundational to his model of international justice.

A landmark study of Rousseau's theological and religious thought.

The ongoing neoliberalisation of education is complex, varied and relentless.

The ongoing neoliberalisation of education is complex, varied and relentless.

¿Cómo podemos ser buenos antepasados?

'Jesús y John Wayne' es una amplia historia revisionista de los últimos setenta y cinco años del evangelismo blanco que revela cómo los evangélicos han trabajado para sustituir al Jesús de los Evangelios por un ídolo de la masculinidad ruda y el nacionalismo cristiano, o en palabras de un capellán moderno, por "un malote espiritual".

La ética territorial colectiva (e.

«Este libro reúne textos de Joseph Ratzinger/Benedicto XVI en torno a un hilo conductor: su gran apuesta —a los creyentes y a los no creyentes— de vivir y organizar nuestra convivencia 'como si Dios existiera'.

There are many shades of Conservatism in our society.

The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Rights, is a book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality (1754).

Lacan en las lógicas de la emancipación.

Esta obra es la traducción castellana de Écrits sur l'histoire (1963-1968) aparecidos en París el año 2018.

In Pakistan, myriad constituencies are grappling with reinterpreting women's rights.

Since the 1920s, scholars have promoted a set of manuscripts, long abandoned by Marx and Engels, to canonical status in book form as The German Ideology, and in particular its 'first chapter,' known as 'I.

With these lectures Foucault inaugurates his investigations of truth-telling in the ethical domain of practices of techniques of the self.

Comedy, Seriously provides a philosophical interpretation of comedy and argues that comedy displays a particular kind of rationality that reflects philosophical thinking.

This collection of essays articulates theoretical and philosophical arguments, and advances practical applications, as to why animals ought to matter to social work, in and of themselves.

Giorgio Agamben, a philosopher both celebrated and reviled, is among the prominent voices in contemporary Italian thought today.