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  • Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality

    by G. A. Cohen ...
    Series series Studies in Marxism and Social Theory
    In this book G. A. Cohen examines the libertarian principle of self-ownership, which says that each person belongs to himself and therefore owes no service or product to anyone else. This principle is used to defend capitalist inequality, which is said to reflect each person's freedom to do as he wishes with himself. The author argues that self-ownership cannot deliver the freedom it promises to ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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    The Strategist

    How to Think About War and Politics

    by Eliot A. Cohen ...
    Narrated by Eric Meyers ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 12 min

    An authoritative introduction to strategy—its enduring essentials, its inherent challenges, and the ways it will change in the twenty-first centuryWe live in a world in which America's previous dominance has disappeared, violent states seek to remake the global order, and war itself has taken new forms. The Strategist is the definitive guide to the use of military means to achieve political ends. ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Finding Oneself in the Other

    by G. A. Cohen ...
    This is the second of three volumes of posthumously collected writings of G. A. Cohen, who was one of the leading, and most progressive, figures in contemporary political philosophy. This volume brings together some of Cohen's most personal philosophical and nonphilosophical essays, many of them previously unpublished. Rich in first-person narration, insight, and humor, these pieces vividly ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hockey in Broome County

    by Marvin A. Cohen, Michael J. McCann ...
    Series series Images of Sports
    The Broome Dusters played their first home game at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena on October 18, 1973. The game was symbolic of what was to come. Down 6-0, they fought back only to lose 8-7. Their fan support followed a similar pattern, lukewarm at first and then ferociously loyal. Hockey became a passion for local fans and has continued to be so to this day. When the Dusters disbanded, ... Read more

    $17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Strategist

    How to Think About War and Politics

    by Eliot A. Cohen ...
    An authoritative introduction to strategy—its enduring essentials, its inherent challenges, and the ways it will change in the twenty-first centuryWe live in a world in which America’s previous dominance has disappeared, violent states seek to remake the global order, and war itself has taken new forms. The Strategist is the definitive guide to the use of military means to achieve political ends. ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • If You're an Egalitarian, How Come You’re So Rich?

    by G. A. Cohen ...
    This book presents G. A. Cohen's Gifford Lectures, delivered at the University of Edinburgh in 1996. Focusing on Marxism and Rawlsian liberalism, Cohen draws a connection between these thought systems and the choices that shape a person's life. In the case of Marxism, the relevant life is his own: a communist upbringing in the 1940s in Montreal, which induced a belief in a strongly socialist ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • The Hollow Crown

    Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall

    by Eliot A. Cohen ...
    What Shakespeare’s plays can teach us about modern-day politicsWilliam Shakespeare understood power: what it is, how it works, how it is gained, and how it is lost.In The Hollow Crown, Eliot A. Cohen reveals how the battling princes of Henry IV and scheming senators of Julius Caesar can teach us to better understand power and politics today. The White House, after all, is a court—with intrigue and ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • If You're an Egalitarian, How Come You’re So Rich?

    by G. A. Cohen ...
    This book presents G. A. Cohen's Gifford Lectures, delivered at the University of Edinburgh in 1996. Focusing on Marxism and Rawlsian liberalism, Cohen draws a connection between these thought systems and the choices that shape a person's life. In the case of Marxism, the relevant life is his own: a communist upbringing in the 1940s in Montreal, which induced a belief in a strongly socialist ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Rescuing Justice and Equality

    by G. A. Cohen ...
    In this stimulating work of political philosophy, acclaimed philosopher G. A. Cohen sets out to rescue the egalitarian thesis that in a society in which distributive justice prevails, people’s material prospects are roughly equal. Arguing against the Rawlsian version of a just society, Cohen demonstrates that distributive justice does not tolerate deep inequality.In the course of providing a deep ... Read more

    $75.99 CAD

  • Rescuing Justice and Equality

    by G. A. Cohen ...
    In this stimulating work of political philosophy, acclaimed philosopher G. A. Cohen sets out to rescue the egalitarian thesis that in a society in which distributive justice prevails, people’s material prospects are roughly equal. Arguing against the Rawlsian version of a just society, Cohen demonstrates that distributive justice does not tolerate deep inequality.In the course of providing a deep ... Read more

    $75.99 CAD

  • Karl Marx's Theory of History

    A Defence

    by Gerald A. Cohen ...
    First published in 1978, this book rapidly established itself as a classic of modern Marxism. Cohen's masterful application of advanced philosophical techniques in an uncompromising defense of historical materialism commanded widespread admiration. In the ensuing twenty years, the book has served as a flagship of a powerful intellectual movement--analytical Marxism. In this expanded edition, Cohen ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

  • Supreme Command

    Soldiers, Statesmen and Leadership in Wartime

    by Eliot A. Cohen ...
    Series series A Study of Politics and Warfare
    **“An excellent, vividly written” (The Washington Post) account of leadership in wartime that explores how four great democratic statesmen—**Abraham Lincoln, Georges Clemenceau, Winston Churchill, and David Ben-Gurion—worked with the military leaders who served them during warfare.The relationship between military leaders and political leaders has always been a complicated one, especially in times ... Read more

    $19.50 CAD