Rethinking Political and International Theory – serie
Visar alla böcker i serien Rethinking Political and International Theory. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
22 produkter
Human Dignity
Perspectives from a Critical Theory of Human Rights
Av Amos Nascimento, Matthias Bachmann
Häftad, 2021
619 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Connecting three generations of critical theorists, this edited collection focuses on the mutual complementarity between the concept of "human dignity" and the theory and practice of human rights.Human dignity has recently emerged as a controversial theme in the philosophy of human rights and has …
Rethinking Hobbes and Kant
The Role and Consequences of Assumption in Political Theory
Av Chia-Yu Chou
Häftad, 2021
691 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Rethinking Hobbes and Kant argues that predominant approaches to the theoretical relationship between Hobbes and Kant have reached conclusions that were pre-digested in assumptions about the ‘isms’ which these two writers are propounding. Chou shows how these assumptions have inhibited commentators …
Grand Narratives in Critical International Theory
Inbunden, 2024
2512 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Critical international theory has the task of providing orientation to human beings in better understanding their conditions of existence, how those conditions came to assume their contemporary characteristics, and what immanent potential they might hold for emancipatory transformation. The …
Grand Narratives in Critical International Theory
Häftad, 2025
706 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Critical international theory has the task of providing orientation to human beings in better understanding their conditions of existence, how those conditions came to assume their contemporary characteristics, and what immanent potential they might hold for emancipatory transformation. The …
Creativity and Limitation in Political Communities
Spinoza, Schmitt and Ordering
Häftad, 2021
689 kr
Lägg i varukorg
There is an inherent tension between popular and establishment powers in political communities. With anti-establishment sentiment on the rise across Western democracies, exploring the underpinnings of this dualism and rethinking theories of political life within states is of paramount importance. …
Human Dignity
Perspectives from a Critical Theory of Human Rights
Av Amos Nascimento, Matthias Bachmann
Inbunden, 2018
2126 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Connecting three generations of critical theorists, this edited collection focuses on the mutual complementarity between the concept of "human dignity" and the theory and practice of human rights.Human dignity has recently emerged as a controversial theme in the philosophy of human rights and has …
Real Green
Sustainability after the End of Nature
Häftad, 2016
559 kr
Lägg i varukorg
What would a sustainable society look like? How could it be achieved? By challenging conventional wisdom about the ecological crisis and reframing the traditional values of green politics "Real Green; Sustainability after the End of Nature" offers new answers to the key questions of the …
Knowing al-Qaeda
The Epistemology of Terrorism
Av Christina Hellmich, Andreas Behnke
Häftad, 2016
849 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Despite a plethora of studies devoted to it, the current understanding of al-Qaeda and the threat it poses remains vague and ambiguous. Is al-Qaeda a rigidly structured organisation, a global network of semi-independent cells, a franchise, or simply an ideology? What role did Osama bin Laden play …
Human Rights, Human Dignity, and Cosmopolitan Ideals
Essays on Critical Theory and Human Rights
Av Matthias Lutz-Bachmann, Amos Nascimento
Häftad, 2016
892 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book makes a significant contribution to the on-going international dialogue on the meaning of concepts such as human rights, humanity, and cosmopolitanism. The authors propose a new agenda for research into a Critical Theory of Human Rights. Each chapter pursues three goals: to reconstruct …
Concert of Civilizations
The Common Roots of Western and Islamic Constitutionalism
Häftad, 2017
635 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Are Western and Islamic political and constitutional ideas truly predestined for civilizational clash? In order to understand this controversy The Concert of Civilizations begins by deriving and redefining a definition of constitutionalism that is suitable for comparative, cross-cultural analysis. …
Politics of Misrecognition
Av Majid Yar, Simon Thompson m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
805 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The past several decades have seen the emergence of a vigorous ongoing debate about the 'politics of recognition'. The initial impetus was provided by the reflections of Charles Taylor and others about the rights to cultural recognition of historically marginalized groups in Western societies. …
Creativity and Limitation in Political Communities
Spinoza, Schmitt and Ordering
Inbunden, 2017
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
There is an inherent tension between popular and establishment powers in political communities. With anti-establishment sentiment on the rise across Western democracies, exploring the underpinnings of this dualism and rethinking theories of political life within states is of paramount importance. …
Politics of Misrecognition
Av Majid Yar, Simon Thompson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The past several decades have seen the emergence of a vigorous ongoing debate about the 'politics of recognition'. The initial impetus was provided by the reflections of Charles Taylor and others about the rights to cultural recognition of historically marginalized groups in Western societies. …
Power, Judgment and Political Evil
In Conversation with Hannah Arendt
Av Danielle Celermajer, Andrew Schaap
Inbunden, 2010
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In an interview with Günter Gaus for German television in 1964, Hannah Arendt insisted that she was not a philosopher but a political theorist. Disillusioned by the cooperation of German intellectuals with the Nazis, she said farewell to philosophy when she fled the country. This book examines …
Institutionalizing Agonistic Democracy
Post-Foundationalism and Political Liberalism
Inbunden, 2011
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The first book length study of agonism as a mature account of democratic politics, Institutionalizing Agonistic Democracy provides a lucid overview of agonistic democratic theories and demonstrates the viability of this approach for institutional politics. Situating agonistic democracy within and …
Knowing al-Qaeda
The Epistemology of Terrorism
Av Christina Hellmich, Andreas Behnke
Inbunden, 2012
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Despite a plethora of studies devoted to it, the current understanding of al-Qaeda and the threat it poses remains vague and ambiguous. Is al-Qaeda a rigidly structured organisation, a global network of semi-independent cells, a franchise, or simply an ideology? What role did Osama bin Laden play …
Real Green
Sustainability after the End of Nature
Inbunden, 2012
1517 kr
Lägg i varukorg
What would a sustainable society look like? How could it be achieved? By challenging conventional wisdom about the ecological crisis and reframing the traditional values of green politics "Real Green; Sustainability after the End of Nature" offers new answers to the key questions of the …
Human Rights, Human Dignity, and Cosmopolitan Ideals
Essays on Critical Theory and Human Rights
Av Matthias Lutz-Bachmann, Amos Nascimento
Inbunden, 2014
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book makes a significant contribution to the on-going international dialogue on the meaning of concepts such as human rights, humanity, and cosmopolitanism. The authors propose a new agenda for research into a Critical Theory of Human Rights. Each chapter pursues three goals: to reconstruct …
Virtue and Economy
Essays on Morality and Markets
Av Andrius Bielskis, Kelvin Knight
Inbunden, 2015
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Interest in Aristotelianism and in virtue ethics has been growing for half a century but as yet the strengths of the study of Aristotelian ethics in politics have not been matched in economics. This ground-breaking text fills that gap. Challenging the premises of neoclassical economic theory, the …
Concert of Civilizations
The Common Roots of Western and Islamic Constitutionalism
Inbunden, 2015
2578 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Are Western and Islamic political and constitutional ideas truly predestined for civilizational clash? In order to understand this controversy The Concert of Civilizations begins by deriving and redefining a definition of constitutionalism that is suitable for comparative, cross-cultural analysis. …
Revolutionary Subjectivity in Post-Marxist Thought
Laclau, Negri, Badiou
Inbunden, 2014
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Since the onset of the Global Financial Crisis the ideas of Karl Marx have once again become prominent in social and political thought. This book turns to Marx’s theory of revolutionary subjectivity as a means of assessing the work of three contemporary global theorists: Ernesto Laclau, Antonio …
Rethinking Hobbes and Kant
The Role and Consequences of Assumption in Political Theory
Av Chia-Yu Chou
Inbunden, 2016
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Rethinking Hobbes and Kant argues that predominant approaches to the theoretical relationship between Hobbes and Kant have reached conclusions that were pre-digested in assumptions about the ‘isms’ which these two writers are propounding. Chou shows how these assumptions have inhibited commentators …
