Social & politisk filosofi

Albinism is one of the foremost disability and public health issues in Africa today. It often makes headlines in local, national and international medias and forms the basis for intense advocacy at all levels. This is primarily due to the harmful ...

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As the first translation into any modern language of Achenwall's Ius naturae, from the 1763 edition used by Immanuel Kant, this is an essential work for students and Kant scholars. For over twenty years, Kant used this book as the basis for his le...

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Why does art matter to us, and what makes it good? Why is the role of imagination so important in art? Illustrated with carefully chosen colour and black-and-white plates of examples from Michaelangelo to Matisse and Poussin to Pollock, Revealing ...

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This book combines a philosophical analysis of the idea of disadvantage with practical proposals for moving society in the direction of equality, by 'declustering disadvantage'. The analysis of the book will interest political philosophers, social...

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Vad kan vi lära av Hannah Arendt? Jo, att älska världen så mycket att vi tror att förändring är möjlig. Filosofen Hannah Arendts liv spänner över ett avgörande kapitel i västvärldens historia, en tid då våra idéer om människan och hennes värde, he...

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'Social construction' is a central metaphor in contemporary social science, yet it is used and understood in widely divergent and indeed conflicting ways by different thinkers. Most commonly, it is seen as radically opposed to realist social theor...

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Responsibility for Human Rights provides an original theoretical analysis of which global actors are responsible for human rights, and why. It does this through an evaluation of the different reasons according to which such responsibilities might ...

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Det politiska tänkandets historia berättar om de politiska idéernas utveckling i Västerlandet från Platon till våra dagar. En skildring av den politiska filosofins pånyttfödelse i vår egen tid, med tänkare som Arendt, Strauss, ...

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Research is defined by the Australian Research Council as "the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way so as to generate new concepts, methodologies, inventions and understandings". Resear...

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Political psychology is a dynamic subfield at the intersection of psychology and political science. The specific relationship between politics and social psychology has been steadily evolving in recent years, making it a compelling and exciting ar...

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Det öppna samhället och dess fiender är en av 1900-¿talets viktigaste böcker - på samma gång en kraftfull kritik av de totalitära ideologiernas intellektuella ursprung och ett kompromisslöst försvar för de demokratiska institutionerna och det öppn...

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»Vi befinner oss i en revolutionär tid; allting kan förändras. Besluten vi fattar nu kommer att forma framtiden.« Finansmannen George Soros har de senaste åren dragit på sig mäktiga fiender i USA, Ryssland och Europa på grund av sin långa kamp för...

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The definitive new translation of Max Weber's classic work of social theory-arguably the most important book by the foremost social theorist of the twentieth century. Max Weber's Economy and Society is the foundational text for the social sciences...

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Social theory is the theoretical core of the social sciences, clearly distinguishable from political theory and cultural analysis. This book offers a unique overview of the development of social theory from the end of the Second World War in 1945 ...

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A revised version of this essential interdisciplinary handbook.

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The present ecological mutation has organized the whole political landscape for the last thirty years. This could explain the deadly cocktail of exploding inequalities, massive deregulation, and conversion of the dream of globalization into a nigh...

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Institutions of Law presents the definitive statement of Sir Neil MacCormick's celebrated 'institutional' theory of law, defining law as 'institutional normative order' and explaining each of these three terms in depth. It provides a fresh and eng...

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»Förändringskraften i Kommunistiska manifestet har bara överträffats av Bibeln . Som litteratur är det ett mästerverk.« | The Guardian Kommunistiska manifestet hör till de politiska pamfletternas mästerverk. Karl Marx och Friedrich Engels förutsåg...

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Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Is it a person? An object? An idea? A theory? Each entails a different notion of social co...

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This book develops a theory of existential security. It demonstrates that the publics of virtually all advanced industrial societies have been moving toward more secular orientations during the past half century, but also that the world as a whole...

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This book brings together a set of essays on the philosophical foundations of human rights, along with critical replies. It is the first comprehensive survey of the topic, comprising of research essays from academics in the fields of law, philosop...

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Roger Scruton's How to be a Conservative presents the case for modern conservatism not in the terms of an elegy but rather as a practical example of how to live as a conservative despite the pressures to live otherwise. As he writes, the book 'is ...

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This is a much-needed new introduction to a field that has been transformed in recent years by exciting new subjects, ideas, and methods. It is designed for students in both philosophy and the social sciences. Topics include ontology, objectivity,...

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A broad-ranging and pluralistic textbook which highlights the rich variety of approaches to studying politics. Written by an international team of experts, this fully revised fourth edition offers cutting-edge coverage from fundamental to contempo...

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This classic work of constitutional theory analyzes the general structure of constitutional rights and their judicial application. It deals with a wide range of problems common to all systems of constitutional rights review - from balancing rights...

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Moderna samhällsteorier ges numera ut av Studentlitteratur AB. Denna nionde upplaga innehåller dock inga förändringar av innehållet jämfört med den åttonde upplagan. Moderna samhällsteorier består av tre delar. I den första ¿delen, Teore...

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Historien visar att politisk handling i hög grad bygger på politisk teori och filosofi. Kunskap om politisk filosofi är därför viktig för förståelsen av både den politiska historien och den dagsaktuella debatten. De politiska idéernas historia för...

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"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 Judi...

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** 'Could hardly be more relevant ... it feels like a light switch being flicked on' OWEN JONES Not being racist is not enough. We have to be antiracist. In this rousing and deeply empathetic book, Ibram X. Kendi, foundi...

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Philosophers and social scientists share a common goal: to explore fundamental truths about ourselves and the nature of the world in which we live. But in what ways do these two distinct disciplines inform each other and arrive at these truths? Th...

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