Social and political philosophy

This book reconstructs and compares the social theories of modernity of Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin, two classic thinkers in German social thought.

This introductory textbook familiarizes students with ideas of key thinkers and perspectives related to postmodern thought and everyday life.

This book makes a compelling case for utilising experiences of resonance in various academic and societal fields.

This book investigates Turkey's departure from a 'flawed democracy' under Kemalist secularism, and its transitioning into Islamist authoritarian Erdoganism, through the lenses of informal law, legal pluralism, and legal hybridity.

This book comments on growing authoritarianism in democracy and suggests how it ought to be instead.

How Barbara Jordan used sacred and secular scriptures in her social activismUS Congresswoman Barbara Jordan is well-known as an interpreter and defender of the Constitution, particularly through her landmark speech during Richard Nixons 1974 impeachment hearings.

The book examines the dynamic processes of the various social, political, and cultural negotiations that representatives of Christian groups engage in within authoritarian societies in Greater China, where Christianity is deemed a foreign religious system brought to China by colonial rulers.

Salafism, comprised of fundamentalist Islamic movements whose adherents consider themselves the only saved sect of Islam, has been little studied, remains shrouded in misconceptions, and has provoked new interest as Salafists have recently staked a claim to power in some Arab states while spearheading battles against infidel Arab regimes during recent rebellions in the Arab world.

This volume asks, what is it like to be a child in a country where 25% of the population is under the age of 14?

This handbook presents an expansive exploration of critical theory, critical perspectives, critical praxis, and the impact on the research, theory, and practice of Human Resource Development (HRD).

This book addresses the urgent need for a large and systematic analysis of current interdisciplinary (ID) research and practice.

Since the dawn of civilisation philosophers and sages alike have been concerned about the potential for government to become a Leviathan-like monster.

This book seeks to better understand the meaning and implications of the UKs calamitous encounter with the COVID-19 global pandemic for the future of British neoliberalism.

Racism is one of the most polarizing conversations in our world and in the church.

This book is about the philosophical, historical, and interpretative aspects of Mencius.

What is driving political extremism in Pakistan?

In Religion and the Struggle for European Union, Brent F.

This book confronts the key questions surrounding comparative secularism in historical perspective.

This book addresses the issue of Christianity in public life in China through methodological and constructive approaches.

In the steamy summer of 1787, as America's founding fathers fashioned their Constitution, they told the most powerful institution in their new nation what it must not do: "e;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.

This book comprehensively investigates the position of China's working class between the 1980s and 2010s and considers the consequences of economic reforms in historical perspective.

By comprehensively exploring the theoretical questions raised by professional communication, this book provides an introduction to the philosophy of communication.

This book focuses on the written heritage of Muslims in the Philippines, the historical constitution of chancelleries within the Islamic sultanates, and the production of official letters to conduct local and international diplomacy.

This book looks into different forms of social exclusion in different societies or contexts.

Before military action, and even before mobilization, the decision on whether to go to war is debated by politicians, pundits, and the public.

Every week a terrorist attack, riot, or political scandal makes the headlinesand we feel the world around us shaking again.

Faith in the Voting Booth by National Association of Evangelicals leaders Leith Anderson and Galen Carey will help you clarify your own positions in light of your faith before you enter the voting booth.

A unique interreligious dialogue provides needed context for deeper understanding of interfaith relations, from ancient to modern timesFreedom is far from straightforward as a topic of comparative theology.

In Radical Arab Nationalism and Political Islam, Lahouari Addi attempts to assess the history and political legacy of radical Arab nationalism to show that it contained the seeds of its own destruction.

This book makes a relevant contribution to a Marxist critical explanation of social conflicts, social movements and protests.

Greek philosophers built great discussions about reality, which are still current in our times and still inspire today's great thinkers.

This book examines modernity itself.

This book explores the relationship between Confucianism and citizenship and the rise of Confucian citizens in contemporary China.

Love, Hate and the Leader is a memoir of growing up in a Fascist family in post-war Britain.

This book explores the relationship between Confucianism and citizenship and the rise of Confucian citizens in contemporary China.

Love, Hate and the Leader is a memoir of growing up in a Fascist family in post-war Britain.

The Routledge Handbook of Women and Early Modern European Philosophy is an outstanding reference source for the wide range of philosophical contributions made by women writing in Europe from about 1560 to 1780.

The Routledge Handbook of Women and Early Modern European Philosophy is an outstanding reference source for the wide range of philosophical contributions made by women writing in Europe from about 1560 to 1780.

Chapter 1 is the most important chapter in Capital, as well as the most difficult and the most controversial.

Die Tatsache des Fremd-Seins des Menschen seiner Um-Welt gegenüber erzeugt das Bedürfnis, diese ursprüngliche Spaltung zu überwinden.

Most countries on the African continent have ratified or acceded to several human rights treaties, including the Torture Convention and the African Charter on Human and People's Rights.

This book examines troupes, plays, festivals, performative practices, and audiences active during the final years of the Franco dictatorship and the beginning of the transition to democracy.

How do white people handle their own dominance while striving for racial reconciliation in a concrete church context in Cape Town?