Step into the Stream of Sacred Feminine PowerOshun: Goddess of Love and Waters offers a powerful exploration of this cherished deity's myth, magic, and meaning across cultures and traditions.
'This fascinating intellectual history of imagined paradises takes us from Thomas More to Ursula K Le Guin' (Guardian)Utopia is not somewhere you can go.
When social reformers blame the current ills of Western culture on the loss of community, they often evoke an ideal past in which societies were characterized by shared values, respect for tradition, commitment to the common good, and similar attributes.
From the caveman selecting the right stick to the Babylonian priest who predicted an eclipse and claimed credit for it, the weaponization of knowledge is as old as human civilization.
Peter Iver Kaufman explores how various Christian leaders throughout history have used forms of "e;political theology"e; to merge the romance of conquest and empire with hopes for political and religious redemption.
Russell Hanson discovers in the history of democratic rhetoric in the United States a series of essential contests"e; over the meaning of democracy that have occurred in periods of political and socio-economic change.
Stephen Salkever shows that reading Aristotle is a starting point for discussing contemporary political problems in new ways that avoid the opposition between liberal individualism and republican communitarianism, between the politics of rights and the politics of virtues.
Fred Greenstein, an acknowledged authority in this field, lays out conceptual and methodological standards for carrying out personality-and politics inquiries, ranging from psychological case studies of single actors, through multi-case analyses of types of political actors, to aggregative analyses of the impact of individuals and types of individuals on political systems and processes.
Writing from a country shattered by two World Wars and by Nazi barbarism, Friedrich Meinecke, Germany's foremost historian of this century, was deeply troubled by the problem of reconciling power and justice in international affairs.
"e;The picture of Hume clinging timidly to a raft of custom and artifice, because, poor skeptic, he has no alternative, is wrong,"e; writes John Stewart.
The interpreter of Marx's writings faces the task of reconciling, on the one hand, Marx's frequent explicit condemnations and criticisms of morality and, on the other, the obvious way in which his world-view reflects substantive moral judgments.
«El pensamiento en acción» recoge una selección esencial de textos de Francisco Giner de los Ríos, donde se funden pensamiento filosófico y compromiso vital.
Aristotle noted that "e;equality"e; is the plea not of those who are satisfied but of those who seek change, and the word has long been invoked in the name of social reform.
The threat to the survival of humankind posed by nuclear weapons has been a frightening and essential focus of public debate for the last four decades and must continue to be so if we are to avoid destroying ourselves and the natural world around us.
Graham Walker boldly recasts the debate over issues like constitutional interpretation and judicial review, and challenges contemporary thinking not only about specifically constitutional questions but also about liberalism, law, justice, and rights.
Widely recognized as one of the most original and profound philosophers that the medieval Islamic world produced, Alfarabi (870-950) wrote many works of political philosophy addressing the issues that dominated Greek political thought as well as new questions raised by the advent of revealed religion.
American democracy faces severe challenges today, as everyday life gathers pace, national borders become increasingly porous, and commodity culture becomes more dominant.
Tracing the development of French political thought in the seventeenth century, Nannerl Keohane explores a quite different emphasis on the indivisibility of sovereignty and the expression of interests rather than rights.
This book is intended as an equivalent to or substitute for that "e;more reflective reading"e; which Rousseau considered essential to an understanding of his ideas.
In America today, the problem of achieving racial justice--whether through "e;color-blind"e; policies or through affirmative action--provokes more noisy name-calling than fruitful deliberation.
'A joy' Philippe Sands'Glorious' David SpiegelhalterA fascinating, enchanting and personal look at the meaning of luck, and the way in which it has shaped our shared history and continues to inflect our day to day lives.
Max Arthur, bestselling author of the hugely popular 'Forgotten Voices' series, recaptures the day-to-day lives of working people in the Edwardian era.
A global perspective on the nature and evolution of nationalism, from the early modern era to the presentThe current rise of nationalism across the globe is a reminder that we are not, after all, living in a borderless world of virtual connectivity.
Why ';hopeful pessimism' is not a contradiction in terms but a powerful source of moral and political commitmentThe climate debate is rife with calls for optimism.
An entertaining introduction to ancient Chinese thinkersand what they can teach us about today's most pressing political questions in China and beyondChina's most original, diverse, and fascinating political debates took place more than two millennia ago, but they have profoundly shaped Chinese political thinking and practice ever since and, remarkably, their influence on the country's leaders is only growing today.
An entertaining introduction to ancient Chinese thinkersand what they can teach us about today's most pressing political questions in China and beyondChina's most original, diverse, and fascinating political debates took place more than two millennia ago, but they have profoundly shaped Chinese political thinking and practice ever since and, remarkably, their influence on the country's leaders is only growing today.
Why ';hopeful pessimism' is not a contradiction in terms but a powerful source of moral and political commitmentThe climate debate is rife with calls for optimism.
Nearly two years before his powerful Communist Manifesto, Marx (1818-1883) co-wrote The German Ideology in 1845 with friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels expounding a new political worldview, including positions on materialism, labor, production, alienation, the expansion of capitalism, class conflict, revolution, and eventually communism.
Nearly two years before his powerful Communist Manifesto, Marx (1818-1883) co-wrote The German Ideology in 1845 with friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels expounding a new political worldview, including positions on materialism, labor, production, alienation, the expansion of capitalism, class conflict, revolution, and eventually communism.
The uses of shame (and shamelessness) in spheres that range from social media and consumerism to polarized politics and mass violenceToday, we are caught in a shame spirala vortex of mutual shaming that pervades everything from politics to social media.
A global perspective on the nature and evolution of nationalism, from the early modern era to the presentThe current rise of nationalism across the globe is a reminder that we are not, after all, living in a borderless world of virtual connectivity.
