Social and political philosophy

The Political Economy of Youth and Migration examines lived experiences to critique how the youth-NGO sector (youth complex) manages the fault lines of global capitalism and limits young peoples' activities.

This book challenges the long-prevailing interpretation of China’s legal tradition as “virtue given priority over penalty,” arguing that this proposition is a projection of modern Western rule-of-law discourse and fails to accurately reveal the structure of traditional Chinese legal thought.

This book challenges the long-prevailing interpretation of China’s legal tradition as “virtue given priority over penalty,” arguing that this proposition is a projection of modern Western rule-of-law discourse and fails to accurately reveal the structure of traditional Chinese legal thought.

This book brings together the scholarship on the topic of Friendship during the Medieval period.

This book brings together the scholarship on the topic of Friendship during the Medieval period.

Compromise is critical to democratic policymaking, but it can be hard to find on Capitol Hill.

Compromise is critical to democratic policymaking, but it can be hard to find on Capitol Hill.

This volume offers collective exploration of major aspects of Christian Wolff's ethics.

This volume offers collective exploration of major aspects of Christian Wolff's ethics.

Esta obra de Rahel Jaeggi y Robin Celikates ofrece un panorama amplio y riguroso de las cuestiones fundamentales de la filosofia social, entendida como abordamiento filosofico de los fenomenos que emergen en la vida en sociedad.

There is now clear scientific consensus that, without immediate and decisive action, the world risks climate catastrophe.

Aime Cesaire is due a major critical reinterpretation and that is exactly what this book carries out.

Aime Cesaire is due a major critical reinterpretation and that is exactly what this book carries out.

Carbon emissions of global health care activities comprise 4-5% of total world emissions, placing the health care industry on par with the food sector.

There is now clear scientific consensus that, without immediate and decisive action, the world risks climate catastrophe.

Carbon emissions of global health care activities comprise 4-5% of total world emissions, placing the health care industry on par with the food sector.

Tracing a developing fascination with rhythm's significance, its patterns, and its measures, across philosophy, psychology, science, and the whole range of arts, Rhythmical Subjects shows how and why attention to rhythm came to serve as connective tissue between fields of inquiry at a time when modern disciplines were still in the process of formation or consolidation.

Tracing a developing fascination with rhythm's significance, its patterns, and its measures, across philosophy, psychology, science, and the whole range of arts, Rhythmical Subjects shows how and why attention to rhythm came to serve as connective tissue between fields of inquiry at a time when modern disciplines were still in the process of formation or consolidation.

What can we learn from a violent human society that can bring an end to the violence itself?

Broad-based community organizing (BBCO) is perhaps the most widely used form of political participation supported by American religious institutions today.

Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported to the Americas in the eighteenth century.

Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported to the Americas in the eighteenth century.

Broad-based community organizing (BBCO) is perhaps the most widely used form of political participation supported by American religious institutions today.

This is the pioneering book that investigates reputation laundering at an institutional - state - level.

How does hope for peace form and proliferate in the seemingly hopeless reality of conflict, and why do despair and fear often prevail?

While many solutions have been proposed to combat misinformation on social media, most are either ineffective, expensive, or do not work at scale.

From terrorist disputes to splinter offshoots, an inside look at how armed groups break apart.

"e;Letter from Birmingham Jail"e; is perhaps the most beloved and widely read work by Martin Luther King, Jr.

The urgency and complexity of contemporary social justice issues facing the world today mean that activists, scholars, and storytellers need a readily available compendium of cutting-edge scholarship on media and social justice.

How does hope for peace form and proliferate in the seemingly hopeless reality of conflict, and why do despair and fear often prevail?

People are treated differently as a result of their looks.

Many democratic societies currently struggle with issues around knowledge: fake news, distrust of experts, a fear of technocratic tendencies.

The emergence of citizenship, some 4,000 years ago, was a hinge moment in human history.

The fifteen essays by distinguished philosopher of race Robert Bernasconi that are collected here demonstrate why the critical philosophy of race needs to take a historical turn.

The fifteen essays by distinguished philosopher of race Robert Bernasconi that are collected here demonstrate why the critical philosophy of race needs to take a historical turn.

Skill-selective immigration policies, through which states favor the admission of highly-skilled migrants over low-skilled migrants, are a familiar component of the immigration landscape.

Skill-selective immigration policies, through which states favor the admission of highly-skilled migrants over low-skilled migrants, are a familiar component of the immigration landscape.

What do we owe to each other simply out of respect, or concern, for our common humanity?

Atheism is a familiar kind of skepticism about religion.

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Philosophy reconnects with daily life in these conversations with eight renowned thinkers-the uncut interviews from the documentary film Examined Life.

Scholars in diverse fields now agree on the importance of investigating the impact of consumption practices on the global environment, quality of life, and international justice.

Ongoing debates among political theorists revolve around the question of whether the overarching goal of Confucianism--serving the people's moral and material wellbeing--is attainable in modern day politics without broad democratic participation.

We are all subjected to the power of the state and other entities such as the EU.

Rational Sentimentalism develops a novel theory of the sentimental values.

The Dispersion of Power is an urgent call to rethink centuries of conventional wisdom about what democracy is, why it matters, and how to make it better.

The Dispersion of Power is an urgent call to rethink centuries of conventional wisdom about what democracy is, why it matters, and how to make it better.

Most people use money almost every day, and financial assets have become so important to modern life that they determine our fate both as individuals and as societies.

What do we owe future people?

What do we owe future people?