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  • The Platonic Political Art

    A Study of Critical Reason and Democracy

    de John R. Wallach ...
    In this first comprehensive treatment of Plato’s political thought in a long time, John Wallach offers a "critical historicist" interpretation of Plato. Wallach shows how Plato’s theory, while a radical critique of the conventional ethical and political practice of his own era, can be seen as having the potential for contributing to democratic discourse about ethics and politics today.The author ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

  • Envisioning Democracy

    New Essays after Sheldon Wolin’s Political Thought

    Edición de Terry Maley, John R. Wallach ...
    Few terms elicit such strong and varied feelings and yet have so little clarity as "democracy." Leaders of large states use "democracy" to designate their nations’ public character even as critics and rivals use the term to validate their own political perspectives. In Envisioning Democracy, the editors and contributors address the following questions: What does democracy mean today? What could it ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Democracy and Goodness

    A Historicist Political Theory

    de John R. Wallach ...
    Citizens, political leaders, and scholars invoke the term 'democracy' to describe present-day states without grasping its roots or prospects in theory or practice. This book clarifies the political discourse about democracy by identifying that its primary focus is human activity, not consent. It points out how democracy is neither self-legitimating nor self-justifying and so requires critical, ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

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  • Political Liberalism

    de John Rawls ...
    Series series Columbia Classics in Philosophy
    This book continues and revises the ideas of justice as fairness that John Rawls presented in A Theory of Justice but changes its philosophical interpretation in a fundamental way. That previous work assumed what Rawls calls a "well-ordered society," one that is stable and relatively homogenous in its basic moral beliefs and in which there is broad agreement about what constitutes the good life. ... Leer más

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  • The Idea of the Public Sphere

    A Reader

    de Hannah Arendt, Seyla Benhabib, James Bohman, John Dewey, Jon Elster, Nancy Fraser, Jürgen Habermas, Immanuel Kant, Alexander Kluge, Walter Lippmann, Niklas Luhmann, Oskar Negt, Bernhard Peters, John Rawls, Carl Schmitt, Joseph Schumpeter, G.W.F Hegel, Chantal Mouffe ...
    The notion of "the public sphere" has become increasingly central to theories and studies of democracy, media, and culture over the last few decades. It has also gained political importance in the context of the European Union's efforts to strengthen democracy, integration, and identity.The Idea of the Public Sphere offers a wide-ranging, accessible, and easy-to-use introduction to one of the most ... Leer más

    $47.99 USD

  • Understand Political Philosophy: Teach Yourself

    de Mel Thompson ...
    Understand Political Philosophy is an in-depth guide to the philosophers and political ideas who have shaped our society. Quickly and easily get to grips with the key thinkers and theories, from Aristotle to Wollstonecraft, from capitalism to utilitarianism. With exploration of contemporary issues and current debates, this book will put political philosophy in the context of the world we live in ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Models of Democracy

    de David Held ...
    The first two editions of Models of Democracy have proven immensely popular among students and specialists worldwide. In a succinct and far-reaching analysis, David Held provides an introduction to central accounts of democracy from classical Greece to the present and a critical discussion of what democracy should mean today.This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to take account ... Leer más

    $34.00 USD

  • The Idea of Human Rights

    de Charles R. Beitz ...
    The international doctrine of human rights is one of the most ambitious parts of the settlement of World War II. Since then, the language of human rights has become the common language of social criticism in global political life. This book is a theoretical examination of the central idea of that language, the idea of a human right. In contrast to more conventional philosophical studies, the ... Leer más

    $21.89 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory

    de John S Dryzek, Bonnie Honig, Anne Phillips ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Long recognized as one of the main branches of political science, political theory has in recent years burgeoned in many different directions. Close textual analysis of historical texts sits alongside more analytical work on the nature and normative grounds of political values. Continental and post-modern influences jostle with ones from economics, history, sociology, and the law. Feminist ... Leer más

    $51.29 USD

  • The Moral Foundations of Politics

    de Ian Shapiro ...
    When do governments merit our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? Ian Shapiro explores this most enduring of political dilemmas in this innovative and engaging book. Building on his highly popular Yale courses, Professor Shapiro evaluates the main contending accounts of the sources of political legitimacy. Starting with theorists of the Enlightenment, he examines the arguments put ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Extending Political Liberalism

    A Selection from Rawls's Political Liberalism, edited by Thom Brooks and Martha C. Nussbaum

    de Martha C. Nussbaum ...
    Series series To the Point
    Widely hailed as one of the most significant works in modern political philosophy, John Rawls's Political Liberalism (1993) defended a powerful vision of society that respects reasonable ways of life, both religious and secular. These core values have never been more critical as anxiety grows over political and religious difference and new restrictions are placed on peaceful protest and individual ... Leer más

    $1.99 USD

  • The Shadow of Unfairness

    A Plebeian Theory of Liberal Democracy

    de Jeffrey Edward Green ...
    In this sequel to his prize-winning book, The Eyes of the People, Jeffrey Edward Green draws on philosophy, history, social science, and literature to ask what democracy can mean in a world where it is understood that socioeconomic status to some degree will always determine opportunities for civic engagement and career advancement. Under this shadow of unfairness, Green argues that the most ... Leer más

    $27.59 USD