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Michel Foucault and the Politics of Freedom
Häftad, 2002
614 kr
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What is freedom? In this study, Thomas Dumm challenges the conventions that have governed discussions and debates concerning modern freedom by bringing the work of Michel Foucault into dialogue with contemporary liberal thought. While Foucault has been widely understood to have characterized the …
Thoreau's Nature
Ethics, Politics, and the Wild
Av Jane Bennett
Häftad, 2002
706 kr
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Thoreau's Nature: Ethics, Politics, and the Wild explores how Thoreau crafted a life open to "the Wild," a term that marks the startling element of foreignness in every object of experience, however familiar. Thoreau's encounters with nature, Bennett argues, allowed him to resist his all-too-human …
Emerson and Self-Reliance
Av George Kateb
Häftad, 2002
706 kr
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Ralph Waldo Emerson was a great moral philosopher. One of his principle contributions is the theory of self-reliance, a view of democratic individuality. During much of his life, Emerson was considered a radical thinker, and his opposition to established religious opinion was scandalous. Emerson's …
Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt
Inbunden, 2003
1561 kr
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Interpreting the work of one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt rereads Arendt's political philosophy in light of newly gained insights into the historico-cultural background of her work. Arguing against the standard interpretation of …
Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt
Häftad, 2003
600 kr
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Interpreting the work of one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt rereads Arendt's political philosophy in light of newly gained insights into the historico-cultural background of her work. Arguing against the standard interpretation of …
Aquinas and Modernity
The Lost Promise of Natural Law
Inbunden, 2008
1561 kr
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In this startling book, Drury overturns the long-standing reputation of Thomas Aquinas as the most rational exponent of the Christian faith. She reveals that Aquinas as one of the most zealous Dominicans (Domini Canes) or Hounds of the Lord. The book contains incisive criticisms of Aquinas's …
Aquinas and Modernity
The Lost Promise of Natural Law
Häftad, 2008
600 kr
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In this startling book, Drury overturns the long-standing reputation of Thomas Aquinas as the most rational exponent of the Christian faith. She reveals that Aquinas as one of the most zealous Dominicans (Domini Canes) or Hounds of the Lord. The book contains incisive criticisms of Aquinas's …
William James
Politics in the Pluriverse
Inbunden, 2007
1561 kr
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William James is known today strictly as a philosopher of pragmatism. Williams James: Politics in the Pluriverse challenges this understanding. Kennan Ferguson argues that James should instead be known as the progenitor of pluralism, one of the most influential and durable American political …
William James
Politics in the Pluriverse
Häftad, 2007
600 kr
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William James is known today strictly as a philosopher of pragmatism. Williams James: Politics in the Pluriverse challenges this understanding. Kennan Ferguson argues that James should instead be known as the progenitor of pluralism, one of the most influential and durable American political …
Merleau-Ponty and Modern Politics After Anti-Humanism
Av Diana Coole
Inbunden, 2007
1702 kr
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In this important new book, Diana Coole shows how existential phenomenology illuminates and enlivens our understanding of politics. Merleau-PontyOs focus on embodied experience allows us to approach political life in a manner that is both critical and engaged. With breadth of vision and penetrating …
Merleau-Ponty and Modern Politics After Anti-Humanism
Av Diana Coole
Häftad, 2007
643 kr
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In this important new book, Diana Coole shows how existential phenomenology illuminates and enlivens our understanding of politics. Merleau-PontyOs focus on embodied experience allows us to approach political life in a manner that is both critical and engaged. With breadth of vision and penetrating …
Carl Schmitt and the Intensification of Politics
Av Kam Shapiro
Inbunden, 2008
1278 kr
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This book explores Carl Schmitt's efforts to distinguish sources of sovereignty and political identity in an age of rapid and volatile social change. In Schmitt writings, Shapiro finds a dynamic conception of the relationship between political power and social form, organic traditions and their …
Carl Schmitt and the Intensification of Politics
Av Kam Shapiro
Häftad, 2010
516 kr
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This book explores Carl Schmitt's efforts to distinguish sources of sovereignty and political identity in an age of rapid and volatile social change. In Schmitt writings, Shapiro finds a dynamic conception of the relationship between political power and social form, organic traditions and their …
Publius and Political Imagination
Av Jason Frank
Inbunden, 2013
1420 kr
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Jason Frank’s Publius and Political Imagination is the first volume of the Modernity and Political Thought series to take as its focus not a single author, but collaboration between political thinkers, in this very special case the collective known by the pseudonym: Publius. Frank's revisionist …
Impressions of Hume
Cinematic Thinking and the Politics of Discontinuity
Inbunden, 2013
1349 kr
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Davide Panagia’s Impressions of Hume: Cinematic Thinking and the Politics of Discontinuity is volume fifteen of Modernity and Political Thought, the Rowman & Littlefield series in contemporary political theory. Through close attention to Hume’s theories of sensation, Davide Panagia conceptualizes …
Augustinian Imperative
A Reflection on the Politics of Morality
E-bok, 2002
670 kr
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An entirely new interpretation of one of the most seminal and widely read figures in the history of political thought, The Augustinian Imperative is also "an archaeological investigation into the intellectual foundation of liberal societies." Drawing support from Nietzsche and Foucault, Connolly …
Carl Schmitt and the Intensification of Politics
Av Kam Shapiro
E-bok, 2008
561 kr
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This book explores Carl Schmitt''s efforts to distinguish sources of sovereignty and political identity in an age of rapid and volatile social change. In Schmitt writings, Shapiro finds a dynamic conception of the relationship between political power and social form, organic traditions and their …
Impressions of Hume
Cinematic Thinking and the Politics of Discontinuity
E-bok, 2013
595 kr
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Davide Panagia’s Impressions of Hume: Cinematic Thinking and the Politics of Discontinuity is volume fifteen of Modernity and Political Thought, the Rowman & Littlefield series in contemporary political theory. Through close attention to Hume’s theories of sensation, Davide Panagia conceptualizes …
John Rawls
Liberalism and the Challenges of Late Modernity
Inbunden, 2014
1286 kr
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Donald Moon’s John Rawls: Liberalism and the Challenges of Late Modernity is distinguished not only by the originality of its contribution to the literature on one of the most important political philosophers of the 20th century, but for an argument that will be accessible to students as well as …
Deleuze's Political Vision
Inbunden, 2015
1212 kr
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French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the psychiatrist-activist Félix Guattari’s 1980 book A Thousand Plateaus is widely recognized as a masterpiece of twentieth-century Continental philosophy. Until now, however, few scholars have dared to explain the book’s political importance. Deleuze’s …
Unsettling the World
Edward Said and Political Theory
Inbunden, 2022
1566 kr
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Unsettling the World is the first book-length treatment of Edward Said’s influential cultural criticism from the perspective of a political theorist. Arguing that the generative power of Said’s thought extends well beyond Orientalism, the book explores Said’s writings on the experience of exile, …
Lincoln
The Ambiguous Icon
Inbunden, 2018
1175 kr
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The judgment that Abraham Lincoln is the finest president in the history of the United States borders on self-evident. This status tends to disable the very possibility of a more critical understanding or appreciation, one that does not work, explicitly or implicitly, within the taken-for-granted …
Impressions of Hume
Cinematic Thinking and the Politics of Discontinuity
Häftad, 2016
560 kr
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Davide Panagia’s Impressions of Hume: Cinematic Thinking and the Politics of Discontinuity is volume fifteen of Modernity and Political Thought, the Rowman & Littlefield series in contemporary political theory. Through close attention to Hume’s theories of sensation, Davide Panagia conceptualizes …
Publius and Political Imagination
Av Jason Frank
Häftad, 2016
560 kr
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Jason Frank’s Publius and Political Imagination is the first volume of the Modernity and Political Thought series to take as its focus not a single author, but collaboration between political thinkers, in this very special case the collective known by the pseudonym: Publius. Frank's revisionist …
Merleau-Ponty and Modern Politics After Anti-Humanism
Av Diana Coole
E-bok, 2007
701 kr
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In this important new book, Diana Coole shows how existential phenomenology illuminates and enlivens our understanding of politics. Merleau-PontyOs focus on embodied experience allows us to approach political life in a manner that is both critical and engaged. With breadth of vision and penetrating …
Lincoln
The Ambiguous Icon
Häftad, 2021
576 kr
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The judgment that Abraham Lincoln is the finest president in the history of the United States borders on self-evident. This status tends to disable the very possibility of a more critical understanding or appreciation, one that does not work, explicitly or implicitly, within the taken-for-granted …
Unsettling the World
Edward Said and Political Theory
Häftad, 2022
546 kr
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Unsettling the World is the first book-length treatment of Edward Said’s influential cultural criticism from the perspective of a political theorist. Arguing that the generative power of Said’s thought extends well beyond Orientalism, the book explores Said’s writings on the experience of exile, …
