Political science and theory

Migration dominates contemporary politics across the world, and there has been a corresponding surge in political theorizing about the complex issues that it raises.

This volume of conversations between Alain Badiou and Peter Engelmann focuses on the concrete political situation in the world of today.

In this book the influential philosopher Jacques Ranci re, in discussion with Peter Engelmann, explores the enduring connection between politics and aesthetics, arguing that aesthetics forms the fundamental basis for social and political upheaval.

Human beings universally dream of a better world.

We have entered the gateway to the apocalypse.

For almost two decades, China has claimed that its expanding economy benefits Europe, stimulating European growth, exports, and employment.

In this series of interviews and dialogues which took place between 1981 and 2003, Paul Ricoeur addresses some of the central questions of political philosophy and ethics: justice, violence, war, the environmental crisis, the question of evil, ethical and political action in the polis.

Populism is the key political phenomenon of the 21st century.

The Anthropocene has become central to understanding the intimate connections between human life and the natural environment, but it has fractured our sense of time and possibility.

Gold remains a highly prized and impactful resource within the global economy.

The world has been sleep-walking into cyber chaos.

Bol var Echeverr a was one of the leading philosophers and critical theorists in Latin America and his work on capitalism and modernity offers a distinctive account, informed by the experiences of Latin American societies, of the social and historical forces shaping the modern world.

From the shores of Europe to the Mexican-US border, mass migration is one of the most pressing issues we face today.

Socialism has made a dramatic comeback in the 21st century.

We are inclined to see terrorist attacks as an aberration, a violent incursion into our lives that bears no intrinsic relation to the fundamental features of modern societies.

Is democracy the best form of government?

In recent times, US-Russia relations have deteriorated to what both sides acknowledge is an all time low.

Islamophobia is a term that has existed since the nineteenth century.

The present ecological mutation has organized the whole political landscape for the last thirty years.

Ever since the Industrial Revolution energy has been a key driver of world politics.

How do Americans think about foundational political questions?

All political communities must make decisions about how to regulate the treatment of animals.

In an era of accelerating technology and increasing complexity, how should we reimagine the emancipatory potential of feminism?

Modern political revolutions since the 18th century have swept away traditional systems of domination by declaring that all men are created equal .

The pace of modern life is undoubtedly speeding up, yet this acceleration does not seem to have made us any more happy or content.

Amartya Sen is one of the world s best-known voices for the poor, the destitute and the downtrodden and an inspiration for policy makers and activists across the globe.

The essence of libertarianism is the view that coercive political institutions, such as the state, are justified only insofar as they function to protect each person s liberty to pursue their own goals and well-being in their own way.

Few political ideas are as divisive and controversial for some and yet taken for granted by others as the ownership of private property.

Alexis de Tocqueville, a French aristocrat paradoxically famous for his insights into democracy and equality, is one of history s greatest analysts of American society and politics.

From flag-waving to the singing of national anthems, the practices and symbols ofpatriotism are inescapable, and modern politics is increasingly full of appeals topatriotic fervour.

From citizens paying taxes to employees following their bosses' orders and kids obeying their parents, we take it for granted that a whole range of authorities have the power to impose duties on others.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau is one of the most controversial philosophers of the eighteenth century, and his groundbreaking work still provokes heated debate in contemporary political theory.

Leo Strauss s lifelong intellectual mission was to recover classical rationalism , a pursuit that has made him a controversial figure to this day.

For most Western governments, defending against the threat of infectious disease is now an accepted security priority.

It is now conventional wisdom to see the great policy challenges of the 21st century as inherently transnational.

We have long since lost our faith in the idea that human beings could achieve human happiness in some future ideal state a state that Thomas More, writing five centuries ago, tied to a topos, a fixed place, a land, an island, a sovereign state under a wise and benevolent ruler.

Social capital is a principal concept across the social sciences and has readily entered into mainstream discourse.

Should African and Muslim-majority countries be obliged to protect LGBT rights, or do such rights violate their cultures?

Republicanism is a centuries-old political tradition, yet its precise meaning has long been contested.

Claims to self-determination are rife in world politics today.

The election of an unabashedly patriarchal man as US President was a shock for many despite decades of activism on gender inequalities and equal rights, how could it come to this?

We are living in a period of great uncertainty.

Recently there has been an extraordinary international revival of interest in Hannah Arendt.

Shocks, from natural disasters to military catastrophes, have long been exploited by the state to impose privatization, cuts and rampant free markets.

God is dead, but his presence lives on in politics.

Over the past century alone, Russia has lived through great achievements and deepest misery; mass heroism and mass crime; over-blown ambition and near-hopeless despair always emerging with its sovereignty and its fiercely independent spirit intact.

Today Syria is a country known for all the wrong reasons: civil war, vicious sectarianism, and major humanitarian crisis.

Introduction to any complex international conflict is enriched when the voices of the adversaries are heard.

People so often focus on the negative aspects of politics, like greed and corruption, but without politics we would be lost.

Conservatism is often labelled as a disposition , tradition , or even a set of knee-jerk reactions, rather than an ideology, and its suspicion of grand theorising has lent itself to this characterization.