Hannah Arendt's work inspires many to stand in solidarity against authoritarianism, racial or gender-based violence, climate change, and right-wing populism.
Die Gefährdungen der Demokratie nehmen zu: Die Wahlerfolge rechtspopulistischer Parteien in Schweden und Italien, die Erosion des Rechtsstaats in Ungarn und Polen, die Konflikte mit autokratischen Regimen belegen dies ebenso wie der Verlust demokratischer Zivilkultur; Cancel Culture ist Teil einer zunehmend demokratiegefährdenden Praxis.
Deleuzo-Guattarian philosophy provides crucial insights for assessing the post-neoliberal era in this cutting-edge volume of anti-capitalist scholarship.
Esta obra es un análisis, una búsqueda por los sentidos más profundos de las afirmaciones de Byung-Chul Han, con toques críticos, que le otorgan al libro un valor propio, autónomo si se quiere, en relación con los textos del filósofo coreano.
Originally published in 1980, this book introduces students of social studies to ideas in moral, social and political philosophy which are useful for assessing social policy.
Si sentimos un escalofrío cuando Elon Musk, ebrio de victoria, esgrime el saludo fascista ante millones de personas, es porque de algún modo todos entendemos lo mismo: el orden del mundo está cambiando.
Originally published in 1980, this book introduces students of social studies to ideas in moral, social and political philosophy which are useful for assessing social policy.
While much has been written in recent years on death and dying, there has been little treatment of how people cope with death in the absence of religious belief, and virtually no examination of the potential political repercussions of a wider acceptance of mortality in American society.
First published in 1977 this book is both expository and critical and concentres on Hobbes' ethical and political theory, but also considering the effect on these of his metaphysics.
The nature of leadership and the human qualities that promote or inhibit it have a long history in Western thought and remain a central concern in modern societies.
The thinkers who have been most influential on the attitudes of the New Left are examined in this study by one of the leading critics of leftist orientations in modern Western civilization.
The thinkers who have been most influential on the attitudes of the New Left are examined in this study by one of the leading critics of leftist orientations in modern Western civilization.
Discusses whether the Basic Income Guarantee could offer an alternative to both laissez-faire and existing welfare systems in developed countries - often criticized by both advocates and critics of laissez-faire - thus opening a constructive dialog in policy discussion.
A comparative analysis of Islamist groups' ideological positioning toward nation-state, secularism, and democracy across different countries in the MENA region.
This book offers an original analysis of the primacy of media spectacle in the politics, social history, and major events of the 21st century which highlights the importance of critical analysis and interpretation of broadcasting, the Internet, and social meaning in understanding the key historical events and the multiple factors that produce them during the contemporary era.
In this eye-opening study at the intersection of psychoanalytic theory and political organization and thought, Elliott Schwebach explores why property can be understood to be oppressive and how political theory overlooks its unique significance as a pillar of social violence.
