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In this volume Axel Honneth deepens and develops his highly influential theory of recognition, showing how it enables us both to rethink the concept of justice and to offer a compelling account of the relationship between social reproduction and individual identity formation.

In this clear and accessible book, Gernot B hme places philosophical ethics in the context of our individual and social lives.

What does it mean to live dangerously?

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Worldwide, human lives are rapidly improving.

In The Excessive Subject: A New Theory of Social Change, Molly Anne Rothenberg uncovers an innovative theory of social change implicit in the writings of radical social theorists, such as Pierre Bourdieu, Michel de Certeau, Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau, and Slavoj ?

Until recently, "e;continental"e; philosophy has been tied either to the German tradition of phenomenology or to French post-structuralist concerns with the conditions of language and textuality.

In 1944 Horkheimer and Adorno warned that industrial society turns reason into rationalization, and Polanyi warned of the dangers of the self-regulating market, but today, argues Stiegler, this regression of reason has led to societies dominated by unreason, stupidity and madness.

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From the books and heretics burnt on the pyres of the Inquisition to self-immolations at protest rallies, from the massive burning of oil on the global scale to inflammatory speech, from the imagery of revolutionary sparks ready to ignite the spirits of the oppressed to car bombings in the Middle East, fire proves to be an indispensable element of the political.

This is a classic Marxist study first published in 1924 - one of the principal Soviet contributions to jurisprudence theory.

For statesmen, friendship is the lingua franca of politics.

In this age of nearly unprecedented partisan rancor, you'd be forgiven for thinking we could all do with a smaller daily dose of politics.

What do we know about war crimes and justice?

In this lively and accessible book, Matt Matravers considers the role of responsibility in politics, morality and the law.

The problem of evil perennially vexes theology, but many theologians have abandoned the project of theodicy, or the theological explanation of evil, as either fruitless or hopeless.

'The capacity to affect and to be affected'.

This book addresses the material devices used to represent and manipulate numerical concepts.

With his insightful and wide-ranging theory of recognition, Axel Honneth has decisively reshaped the Frankfurt School tradition of critical social theory.

The idea of progress guided human expectations and actions for over two centuries.

The most accessible expression of Fran ois Laruelle's non-philosophical, or 'non-standard', thought, General Theory of Victims forges a new role for contemporary philosophers and intellectuals by rethinking their relation to victims.

Displaying the distinctive combination of narration and philosophy for which he is well known, this new book by Peter Sloterdijk develops a radically new account of globalization at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

An original interpretation of a key concept of Hegel''s philosophy with implications for the correct understanding of his entire legacy

Normativity is what gives reasons their force, makes words meaningful, and makes rules and laws binding.

"e;At the hands of a minor talent, profiles are often flat, two-dimensional outlines of a thinker s intellectual physiognomy.

Compte tenu de l'intérêt suscité par la médecine chinoise en Europe, cet ouvrage présente pour la première fois une analyse de l'histoire des idées en médecine chinoise depuis ses débuts, il y a plus de deux millénaires jusqu'à nos jours, associée à une comparaison avec l'histoire de la médecine occidentale.

The philosophy of Paul Ricoeur is rarely viewed through the lens of political philosophy, and yet questions of power, and of how to live together in the polis, were a constant preoccupation of his writings.

Robert Service 700107BlrubIt has now been a little over a century since the publication of Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity.

At a time when rapidly evolving technologies, political turmoil, and the tensions inherent in multiculturalism and globalization are reshaping historical consciousness, what is the proper role for historians and their work?

The emergence of modern sciences in the seventeenth century profoundly renewed our understanding of nature.

How can we resolve conflicts as Christ commanded?

In his major investigation into the nature of humans, Peter Sloterdijk presents a critique of myth - the myth of the return of religion.

This classic book by Theodor W.

Contemporary understanding of human subjectivity has come a long way since the Cartesian 'thinking thing' or Freud's view of the self struggling with its unconscious.

A narcissistic president is determined not to leave office.

During the eighteenth century, some of the most popular British poetry showed a responsiveness to animals that anticipated the later language of animal rights.

In this new book, Bauman examines how we have moved away from a 'heavy' and 'solid', hardware-focused modernity to a 'light' and 'liquid', software-based modernity.

Should governments give special rights to ethnic and cultural minorities?

An investigation into the foundations of democratic societies and the ongoing struggle over the power of concentrated wealthMuch of our politics today, Paul Starr writes, is a struggle over entrenchment—efforts to bring about change in ways that opponents will find difficult to undo.

Drawing on her clinical practice and pioneering efforts in workaholism Dr Killinger describes the personality traits and psychological, philosophical, historical, and familial influences that help develop and maintain integrity.

Inheritance of the Meek: The Return to Hidden Forest is a fast-paced and heartwarming story about how a group of friends discover the importance of questioning old beliefs and of embracing renewal.

This is a classic Marxist study first published in 1924 - one of the principal Soviet contributions to jurisprudence theory.

Despite the fact that Confucius and Rumi were born in different periods and places, both were born at a time of social upheaval and political turmoil.

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With this title the author believes he has arrived, like Pilgrim in the 'Celestial City', at the end of his long and at times extremely arduous philosophical journey, which began back in the early 1970s and beyond which he believes no meaningful progress could now be made, since the axes and pseudo-axes, about which he has revolved much of his mature writings, have finally been resolved in a way and to an extent it would be impossible to improve upon, much less overhaul, not least in respect of their relationships with gender and class, together with the 'moral' implications that such relationships entail in what becomes a veritable 'apotheosis' of his ethics.

In a well-known text called The Communist Hypothesis , first published in 2007, the renowned philosopher Alain Badiou breathed fresh life into the idea of communism as an intellectual representation that provides a critical perspective on existing politics and offers a systemic alternative to capitalism.