Social & politisk filosofi

This book argues for the centrality of Georg Simmel's social theory to the relational and processual emphases that are often considered as much more recent developments in social theory. Situating Simmel's work in particular with respect to New Vi...

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Ingen överraskning om I grunden god blir den nya Sapiens för år 2020" The Guardian I grunden god fick mig att se mänskligheten på ett nytt sätt." Yuval Noah Harari I grunden god handlar om en idé som är urgammal men som ofta glömts bort ...

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The concept of toleration plays a central role in pluralistic societies. It designates a stance which permits conflicts over beliefs and practices to persist while at the same time defusing them, because it is based on reasons for coexistence in c...

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This leading text provides an ideal foundation for study and research in political science, bringing together renowned figures in the field to introduce the key approaches and methods used in the study of politics. The fully revised fourth edition...

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Nina Björk har i olika sammanhang skrivit utmanande om politik i tjugofem år. Inte sällan har hennes åsikter väckt starka reaktioner. Över tid går det att se att argumentationen har haft en kärna: hennes meningsmotståndare har hävdat att hon vill ...

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This book advances systems thinking by introducing a new philosophy of systemic knowing. It argues that there are inescapable limits to rational understanding. Humankind has always depended on extended ways of knowing to complement the rational-an...

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This Oxford Reader contains 140 essential readings covering the most important debates in the Western political tradition and presents samples of the major political ideologies. Issues discussed include; the role of human nature in determining soc...

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Nina Björk har i olika sammanhang skrivit utmanande om politik i tjugofem år. Inte sällan har hennes åsikter väckt starka reaktioner. Över tid går det att se att argumentationen har haft en kärna: hennes meningsmotståndare har hävdat att hon vill ...

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Challenging the normalization of a capitalist reality in which environmental destruction and catastrophe have become 'second nature', Towards a Critical Theory of Nature offers a bold new theoretical understanding of the current crisis via the wor...

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This Handbook sets a new agenda for theoretical and practical explorations of citizenship, analysing the main challenges and prospects informing today's world of increased migration and globalization. It will also explore new forms of membership a...

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År 1972 utkom en bok med titeln "Från Platon till Lenin: de politiska idéernas historia" skriven av idéhistorikern Sven-Eric Liedman, sedermera känd professor och författare till uppmärksammade böcker som "I skuggan av framtiden: mo...

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This book examines the Condorcet Jury Theorem and how its assumptions can be applicable to the real world. It will use the theorem to assess various familiar political practices and alternative institutional arrangements, revealing how best to tak...

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Across the West, hard-right leaders are surging to power on platforms of ethno-economic nationalism, Christianity, and traditional family values. Is this phenomenon the end of neoliberalism or its monstrous offspring? In the Ruins of Neoliberalism...

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Demokratin är det enda politiska system genom världshistorien som lagt sitt öde i händerna på de egna medborgarna. Det gör den baserat på den grundläggande föreställningen att individen är det centrala, inte kollektivet, och att medborgarna har fö...

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I "Om revolutionen" analyserar filosofen Hannah Arendt ett fenomen som präglat den moderna tidens historia. Hon följer revolutionsidén från den amerikanska och den franska revolutionen via den ryska till Ungernupproret i sin egen samtid ...

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År 1972 utkom en bok med titeln "Från Platon till Lenin : de politiska idéernas historia" skriven av idéhistorikern Sven-Eric Liedman, sedermera känd professor och författare till uppmärksammade böcker som "I skuggan av framtiden : modernitetens i...

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År 1972 utkom en bok med titeln "Från Platon till Lenin: de politiska idéernas historia" skriven av idéhistorikern Sven-Eric Liedman, sedermera känd professor och författare till uppmärksammade böcker som "I skuggan av framtiden: modernitetens idé...

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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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This book aims to rethink systemic intervention to enhance its relevance for supporting social change in the 21st century. It offers a new systems philosophy and methodology, focusing upon the fundamental importance of exploring value and boundary...

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Exploring phenomenological philosophy as it relates to psychiatry and the social world, this book establishes a common language between psychiatrists, anti-psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers. Phenomenology and the Social Context of Ps...

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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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**SUNDAY 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, founding...

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This book advances an economic model of contemporary republicanism that is ideologically centre-left.

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This study considers freedom of speech and the rules of engagement in the public sphere; good government, civic responsibility, and public education; and the foundations of religion and society, as seen through the eyes of seventeenth-century Dutc...

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This widely-used and highly-acclaimed text provides a comprehensive and balanced introduction to the main theoretical perspectives on nationalism. The 3rd edition has been revised and updated throughout and includes a new chapter on the practical ...

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An investigation of the roots of the alliance between free-market neoliberals and social conservatives. Why was the discourse of family values so pivotal to the conservative and free-market revolution of the 1980s and why has it continued to exert...

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"Nu finns 'Totalitarismens ursprung' äntligen i bragdöversättning av Jim Jakobsson. Att läsa den är som en olidlig vandring ner i en europeisk kolgruva; mörkret förtätas, syret tunnas ut, hettan från helvetet stiger." Per Wirtén i Expres...

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A concise, lucid and thought-provoking introduction to the most important questions of political philosophy, organised around the major issues. Wolff provides the structure that beginners' need, whilst also introducing some distinctive ideas of hi...

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Children: Rights and Childhood is widely regarded as the first book to offer a detailed philosophical examination of children's rights. David Archard provides a clear and accessible introduction to a topic that has assumed increasing relevance sin...

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In one of the most influential philosophical works ever writen, John Stuart Mill explores the risks and responsibilities of liberty. Examining the tyranny that can come both from government and from the herd-like opinion of the majority, Mill prop...

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