After Utopia: The Decline of Political Faith (Shklar Judith N.)(Paperback)

After Utopia: The Decline of Political Faith (Shklar Judith N.)(Paperback)

A political philosophy classic from one of the foremost political thinkers of the twentieth centuryAfter Utopia was Judith Shklar's first book, a harbinger of her renowned career in political philosophy. Throughout the many changes in political thought during the last half century, this important

Political Thought and Political Thinkers (Shklar Judith N.)(Paperback)

Legalism: Law, Morals, and Political Trials (Shklar Judith N.)(Paperback)

Legalism deals with the area between political theory and jurisprudence. Its aim is to bridge the intellectual gulf separating jurisprudence from other kinds of social theory by explaining why, in the view of historians and political theorists, legalism has fallen short in its approach to both

Obyčejné neřesti - Judith N. Shklarová

Kapitální či hlavní hříchy patřily spolu s kontrastními ctnostmi k východiskům morálního i politického myšlení západní civilizace. S nástupem moderní politiky však z jejich stínu stále výrazněji vystupují nekanonická pokřivení lidské povahy, pro něž si Judith

Obyčejné neřesti - Judith N. Shklarová - e-kniha

eBook:,Kapitální či hlavní hříchy patřily spolu s kontrastními ctnostmi k východiskům morálního i politického myšlení západní civilizace. S nástupem moderní politiky však z jejich stínu stále výrazněji vystupují nekanonická pokřivení lidské povahy, pro něž si Judith

The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind (Butler Judith)(Paperback)

'Judith Butler is the most creative and courageous social theorist writing today.' - Cornel West 'Judith Butler is quite simply one of the most probing, challenging, and influential thinkers of our time.' - J. M. Bernstein Judith Butler's new book shows how an ethic of nonviolence must be connected

Emancipation After Hegel: Achieving a Contradictory Revolution (McGowan Todd)(Paperback)

Hegel is making a comeback. After the decline of the Marxist Hegelianism that dominated the twentieth century, leading thinkers are rediscovering Hegel's thought as a resource for contemporary politics. What does a notoriously difficult nineteenth-century German philosopher have to offer the

The Anatomy of National Fantasy: Hawthorne, Utopia, and Everyday Life (Berlant Lauren)(Paperback)

Examining the complex relationships between the political, popular, sexual, and textual interests of Nathaniel Hawthorne's work, Lauren Berlant argues that Hawthorne mounted a sophisticated challenge to America's collective fantasy of national unity. She shows how Hawthorne's idea of citizenship

Dispossession: The Performative in the Political (Butler Judith)(Paperback)

Dispossession describes the condition of those who have lost land, citizenship, property, and a broader belonging to the world. This thought-provoking book seeks to elaborate our understanding of dispossession outside of the conventional logic of possession, a hallmark of capitalism, liberalism,

The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind (Butler Judith)(Pevná vazba)

'Judith Butler is the most creative and courageous social theorist writing today.' - Cornel West 'Judith Butler is quite simply one of the most probing, challenging, and influential thinkers of our time.' - J. M. Bernstein Judith Butler's new book shows how an ethic of nonviolence must be connected

The Faith of the Faithless: Experiments in Political Theology (Critchley Simon)(Paperback)

The return to religion has arguably become the dominant theme of contemporary culture. Somehow, the secular age seems to have been replaced by a new era where political action flows directly from theological, indeed cosmic, conflict. The Faith of the Faithless lays out the philosophical and

Unsettling Utopia: The Making and Unmaking of French India (Namakkal Jessica)(Paperback)

After India achieved independence from the British in 1947, there remained five scattered territories governed by the French imperial state. It was not until 1962 that France fully relinquished control. Once decolonization took hold across the subcontinent, Western-led ashrams and utopian

Black Mass - Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia (Gray John)(Paperback / softback)

Tears down the religious, political and secular beliefs that we insist are fundamental to human project. This title examines interaction of terrorism, declining world resources, human myths of redemption and a flawed belief in Western democracy, and shows us how a misplaced faith in our ability to

The Utopia Reader (Claeys Gregory)(Paperback)

The Utopia Reader compiles primary texts from a variety of authors and movements in the history of theorizing utopias. Utopianism is defined as the various ways of imagining, creating, or analyzing the ways and means of creating an ideal or alternative society. Prominent writers and scholars across

Utopia - The History of an Idea (Claeys Gregory)(Paperback / softback)

A worldwide survey on the idea of utopia, from classical mythology to contemporary science

On Property (Walcott Rinaldo)(Paperback)

The next instalment in a new series of short nonfiction books modeled after 18th century political pamphlets--compare with Penguin's Great Idea series, but instead of reprints, these are original essays, 20,000 to 35,000 words, by contemporary writers and thinkers about contemporary issues. The

Egypt: Faith After the Pharaohs (Fluck Cacilia)(Paperback)

The first millennium in Egypt saw a transition from an ancient pantheon of pagan gods to the one God of the three Abrahamic faiths. Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities were established in succession and peacefully co-existed for long periods of time periodically interrupted by conflict and

16-And-A-Half Ways to Upgrade Your Faith (Wallington Bob)(Paperback)

After the spiritual highs of a Christian retreat, it can seem like the rest of the year is spiritually downhill until the next conference or retreat. But what if there was a way to help make your faith life defy this downward spiral? What if you could leave the retreat and watch your spiritual life

The Ethics of Liberty (Rothbard Murray N.)(Paperback)

The authoritative text on the libertarian political position In recent years, libertarian impulses have increasingly influenced national and economic debates, from welfare reform to efforts to curtail affirmative action. Murray N. Rothbard's classic The Ethics of Liberty stands as one of the most

The Decline of the West (Spengler Oswald)(Paperback)

Since its first publication more than eighty years ago, The Decline of the West has ranked as one of the most widely read and talked about books of our time. A sweeping account of Western culture by a historian of legendary intellect, it is an astonishingly informed, forcefully eloquent,

Battle for Crete (Hall Spencer John)(Paperback)

After two years' extensive research the author has written a thorough account of the political and military background to the German invasion of Crete and the bitter fighting that followed the first airborne assault on an island in history. The book tells of confused negotiations between the

Thinking Antagonism: Political Ontology After Laclau (Marchart Oliver)(Paperback)

Ernesto Laclau (1935-2014) was one of the major theoretical voices on the Left. His concept of antagonism is the cornerstone of his theory of hegemony and the organising concept in his political ontology. Oliver Marchart presents the main features of this ontology and tracks the development of

Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline (Montesquieu)(Paperback / softback)

Helena Normanton and the Opening of the Bar to Women (Bourne Judith)(Paperback)

The book describes how her ambition was forged as a child after seeing her mother patronised by a solicitor. It tells how the press were quick to pigeon-hole and harass her, leading to disciplinary proceedings for 'self-advertising'. Enmeshed in a world of men, Helena Normanton faced a constant