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  • Free Speech: All That Matters

    by Alan Haworth ...
    Series series All That Matters
    What is free speech?; Why does it matter? These are pressing questions. In this book, Alan Haworth outlines and analyses the main arguments philosophers have advanced over the centuries, in an attempt to answer them clearly. He emphasises the strengths but also the weaknesses of those arguments, demonstrating that an understanding of both is essential if one is to to grasp the true nature and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Political Philosophy After 1945

    by Alan Haworth ...
    By the mid-twentieth century interest in political philosophy had dwindled, with one writer even pronouncing the subject ‘dead’. Things were to change in 1971, when the subject experienced a renaissance with the publication of John Rawls’s A Theory of Justice. The story didn’t end with Rawls however, as other avenues through which to approach the subject became available.In Political Philosophy ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • Free Speech

    by Alan Haworth ...
    Series series Problems of Philosophy
    Free Speech is a philosophical treatment of a topic which is of immense importance to all of us.Writing with great clarity, wit, and genuine concern, Alan Haworth situates the main arguments for free speech by tracing their relationship to contemporary debates in politics and political philosophy, and their historical roots to earlier controversies over religious toleration.Free Speech will appeal ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD

  • Anti-libertarianism

    Markets, philosophy and myth

    by Alan Haworth ...
    Free marketeers claim that theirs is the only economic mechanism which respects and furthers human freedom. Socialism, they say, has been thoroughly discredited. Most libertarians treat the state in anything other than its minimal, 'nightwatchman' form as a repressive embodiment of evil. Some reject the state altogether.But is the 'free market idea' a rationally defensible belief? Or do its ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • Totalitarianism and Philosophy

    by Alan Haworth ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Philosophy
    When Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin first came to power in the 1930s, their regimes were considered by many to represent a new and perplexing phenomenon. They were labelled ‘totalitarian’. But is ‘totalitarianism’ genuinely new, or is the word just another name for something old and familiar, namely tyranny?This is the first question to be addressed by Alan Haworth in this book, which explores the ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Understanding the Political Philosophers

    From Ancient to Modern Times

    by Alan Haworth ...
    Understanding the Political Philosophers is an absorbing and accessible introduction to the major philosophers and core texts of western political philosophy.Organised historically - beginning with Socrates and Plato, and concluding with post-Rawlsian theory - Alan Haworth presents the key ideas and developments with clarity and depth. Each chapter provides a concentrated study of a given thinker ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Men Who Made Labour

    by Alan Haworth, Dianne Hayter ...
    Celebrating the centenary of the Parliamentary Labour Party, this fascinating book commemorates the twenty-nine founding Labour MPs elected in 1906, including Labour’s first Prime Minister, first Chancellor of the Exchequer, first Minister of Labour, and a Nobel Peace Prize winner.With a foreword by Tony Blair, Men Who Made Labour focuses on the pioneers’ origins, expectations, world vision and ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • Moonshine Markets

    Issues in Unrecorded Alcohol Beverage Production and Consumption

    Edited by Alan Haworth, Ronald Simpson ...
    Series series ICAP Series on Alcohol in Society
    This text reports on patterns of consumption of non-branded alcohol in seven countries: Brazil, India, Mexico, Russia, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Using local consultants, investigators interviewed families in each country, in both rural and urban areas, on the subject of their drinking habits over a thirty-day period giving specific attention to their religious, educational and socio-economic ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Upland Habitats

    by Alan F. Fielding, Paul F. Haworth ...
    Series series Habitat Guides
    Upland Habitats presents a comprehensive illustrated guide to the habits wildlife and conservation of Britains last wilderness areas. These include: heather moors, sheep walk deer forest, blanket bogs, montane and sub-montane forests. The book examines the unique characteristics of uplands and the ecological processes and historical events that have shaped them since the end of the last glaciaton. ... Read more

    $129.99 CAD

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  • English-Speaking Justice

    by George Grant, Robin Lathangue ...
    George Grant's magnificent four-part meditation sums up much that is central to his own thought, including a critique of modern liberalism, an analysis of John Rawls's Theory of Justice, and insights into the larger Western philosophical tradition. This edition contains an introduction by Grant scholar Dr Robin Lathangue. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Francis Fukuyama

    and the end of history

    by Howard Williams, David Sullivan, E. Gwynn Matthews ...
    Series Book 1 - Political Philosophy Now
    Fukuyama's concept of the End of History has been one of the most widely debated theories of international politics since the end of the Cold War. This book discusses Fukuyama's claim that liberal democracy alone is able to satisfy the human aspiration for freedom and dignity, and explores the way in which his thinking is part of a philosophical tradition which includes Kant, Hegel and Marx. Two ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ethics Made Easy: Flash

    by Mel Thompson ...
    The books in this bite-sized new series contain no complicated techniques or tricky materials, making them ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely curious. Ethics Made Easy is a short, simple and to-the-point guide. In just 96 pages, the reader will discover all the key ideas, from altruism to utilitarianism. Ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely curious, Ethics Made ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD