A masterful new account of old regime France by one of the world's most prominent political philosophersFrance before 1789 traces the historical origins of France's National Constituent Assembly of 1789, providing a vivid portrait of the ancien regime and its complex social system in the decades before the French Revolution.
A political philosophy classic from one of the foremost political thinkers of the twentieth centuryAfter Utopia was Judith Shklar's first book, a harbinger of her renowned career in political philosophy.
An expanded and updated edition of a classic work on human rights and global justiceSince its original publication, Basic Rights has proven increasingly influential to those working in political philosophy, human rights, global justice, and the ethics of international relations and foreign policy, particularly in debates regarding foreign policy's role in alleviating global poverty.
Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any fieldThe ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous-and massive-Lives, including politicians and generals such as Pericles, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony.
A leading political theorist's groundbreaking defense of ideal conceptions of justice in political philosophyThroughout the history of political philosophy and politics, there has been continual debate about the roles of idealism versus realism.
How central banks and independent regulators can support rather than challenge constitutional democracyUnelected Power lays out the principles needed to ensure that central bankers and other independent regulators act as stewards of the common good.
Ever since the shocking revelations of the fascist ties of Martin Heidegger and Paul de Man, postmodernism has been haunted by the specter of a compromised past.
From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a brisk, provocative book that shows what freedom really means-and requires-todayIn this pathbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein asks us to rethink freedom.
Eight hundred years ago, the Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France.
Dieses eBook: "Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
La meditación de Heidegger sobre nuestro tiempo, la era de la técnica, aparece como uno de los más profundos diagnósticos filosóficos acerca del mundo contemporáneo.
La Teoría de las Capacidades, desde sus inicios, persigue cambiar el foco de atención del bienestar estatal hacia las personas, postulando que si se quiere una verdadera redistribución de los recursos y las oportunidades, hay que cerciorarse que las acciones promovidas repercutan en el desarrollo de quienes habitan una nación y analizar lo que en verdad pueden ser o hacer.
Die Entwicklung einer großen DenkerinIn einer vollkommen neuen Edition ausgelegt auf vier Bände werden die einzelnen Texte und Vorträge Hannah Arendts veröffentlicht.
Composed in 1520 at a decisive moment in the Reformation, A Treatise on Christian Liberty presents Martin Luther's paradoxical thesis: the Christian is "e;a perfectly free lord of all"e; and yet "e;a perfectly dutiful servant of all.
In 'The Pictures of Slavery in Church and State (Complete Edition)' by John Dixon Long, readers are taken on a thought-provoking journey delving into the complex relationship between slavery, religion, and government.
Ob Naturkatastrophen in Folge des Klimawandels, die Corona-Pandemie oder der Überfall Russlands auf die Ukraine – in den letzten Jahren schien die Demokratie oft unfähig, sich angesichts unvorhersehbarer Krisen zu bewähren und zukunftsfähige Entscheidungen zu treffen.
Dieses eBook: "Gesammelte Werke: Anarchistische Schriften + Atheistische Essays + Politische Werke" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
In these hard times for liberty, On Freedom makes the case that freedom, once explored and understood, is the way forward PRESIDENT ZELENSKY'Visionary .
Thomas Hobbes's 'Leviathan (Complete Edition)' delves into the philosophical concept of the social contract and the role of government in securing peace and order.
'Pantheisticon, o fórmula per a celebrar una fraternitat socràtica' (1720), la darrera obra de Toland, és una brillant exposició de la força i la perennitat de la natura, un exercici d'interpretació del pensament clàssic i un irònic pamflet antireligiós en forma de litúrgia paròdica.
There is no Religion Higher than the Truth gathers the central impulse of Helena Blavatsky's theosophical vision: the claim that beneath the world's religions lies a perennial wisdom accessible through disciplined inquiry, comparative study, and spiritual intuition.
A new translation of Simone Weil's best-known work: a political, philosophical and spiritual treatise on what human life could beWhat do humans require to be truly nourished?
The Ethics of Immanuel Kant presents the central architecture of Kant's moral philosophy: the autonomy of rational agents, the categorical imperative, duty as the ground of moral worth, and the dignity of persons as ends in themselves.
Dieses eBook: "Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtsphilosophie" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
Race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexuality: in the past couple of decades, a great deal of attention has been paid to such collective identities.
A fresh introduction to-and bold new interpretation of-Machiavelli's PrinceIn Redeeming "e;The Prince,"e; one of the world's leading Machiavelli scholars puts forth a startling new interpretation of arguably the most influential but widely misunderstood book in the Western political tradition.
Isaiah Berlin's intellectual biography of Karl Marx has long been recognized as one of the best concise accounts of the life and thought of the man who had, in Berlin's words, a more "e;direct, deliberate, and powerful"e; influence on mankind than any other nineteenth-century thinker.
A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger ScrutonIn this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness.
In this controversial look at nationalism, Gregory Jusdanis offers a sweeping defense of the nation as a protector of cultural difference and a catalyst for modernization.
A leading historian reveals the radical origins of humanity's most cherished secular valuesDemocracy, free thought and expression, religious tolerance, individual liberty, political self-determination of peoples, sexual and racial equality-these values have firmly entered the mainstream in the decades since they were enshrined in the 1948 U.
