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Thomas Brobjer revisits Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols (1888) and positions it as a rich and stimulating work that contains and summarizes much of Nietzsche's late philosophy, especially his unfinished magnum opus, The Revaluation of All Values. By...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781463354565Author Carlos Gonzalez IragoFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint PalibrioPublisher PalibrioWeight(grams) 140g

The author uses the work of the eminent Canadian philosopher, Charles Taylor, to develop a critique of those political perspectives that are based on instrumental ways to reason about the world, claiming that such perspectives invariably sever the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733201841Author Roger Lee BilbreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Roger Bilbrey & AssociatesPublisher Roger Bilbrey &...

This book is open access under a CCBY license. This book investigates child poverty from a philosophical perspective. It identifies the injustices of child poverty, relates them to the well-being of children, and discusses who has a moral responsibility...

This book introduces the concept of global modernity as a paradigm for the analysis of the contemporary era. Building on Parson's distinction between social, cultural, personal and organismic systems, it presents a four-dimensional scheme that aims to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528705509Author Thomas HobbesFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 644gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 29mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789811811272Author Andre VltchekFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Badak Merah Pte. Ltd.Publisher Badak Merah Pte. Ltd.Weight(grams) 127g

This compelling new book explores whether the ability of democratic procedures to produce correct outcomes increases the legitimacy of such political decisions. Mapping and critically engaging with the main theories of epistemic democracy, it...

The idea of social injustice is pivotal to much contemporary moral and political philosophy. Starting from a comprehensive and engaging account of the idea of social injustice, this book covers a whole range of issues, including distributive justice,...

This book is original in focusing on critical political economy, identifying its character and reviewing its continuing legacy. In doing so it throws new light on Hegel and Marx and a range of subsequent theorist. It also develops a perspective on topics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788026892250Author Jean-Jacques RousseauFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint E-ArtnowPublisher E-ArtnowWeight(grams) 152g

How can we confront the problems of diminished democracy, pervasive economic inequality, and persistent global poverty? Is it possible to fulfill the dual aims of deepening democratic participation and achieving economic justice, not only locally but...

The end of Stalinist Russia, China's change under Deng Xiaoping and the publication of previously unexplored documents of Marx in the MEGA2 opened a new epoch in the analysis of Marx. Marx's Discourse With Hegel is both a product and contribution to this...

Human Goodness presents an original, pragmatic moral theory that successfully revives and revitalizes the classical Greek concept of happiness. It also includes in-depth discussions of our freedoms, our obligations, and our virtues, as well as adroit...

This book discusses Marx’s thinking on human emancipation based on his critique of capitalism and the prospect of socialism. It analyzes the double relations between persons and things, and persons and persons by tracking Marx’s writings, including...

This book is a timely contribution to the public debate of morality and politics. Is political morality permissive of deception, manipulation and violence? Is there room for morality in international relations? Should torture be used in the 'war on...

This book focuses on the financing of religions, examining some European church-state models, using a philosophical methodology. The work defends autonomy-based liberalism and elaborates how this liberalism can meet the requirements of liberal neutrality...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605203829Author John Stuart MillFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 95g

There are greatly divergent modes of thinking and widely differing problems subsumed as belonging to the domain of eontemporary philosophy. Some philosophers may weil find that they have little more in eommon with their coileagues than their interest in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771703253Author Howard BurtonFormat HardbackPage Count 294Imprint Open Agenda Publishing Inc.Publisher Open Agenda Publishing Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528705585Author John Stuart MillFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Classic Books LibraryPublisher Classic Books LibraryWeight(grams) 204g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783748754Author David WeissmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Open Book PublishersPublisher Open Book PublishersWeight(grams) 304g

Whistleblowing is the public disclosure of information with the purpose of revealing wrongdoings and abuses of power that harm the public interest. This book presents a comprehensive theory of whistleblowing: it defines the concept, reconstructs its...

Multiculturalism is often thought to be defined by its commitment to diversity, inclusivity, sensitivity, and tolerance, but these established values sometimes require contrary practices of homogenization, exclusion, insensitivity, and intolerance...

Over the last four decades Jurgen Habermas has forged an innovative and much-discussed theory of contemporary capitalist society. Building on Max Weber's thesis that the dynamic of capitalism actually erodes individual freedom and the meaningfulness of...

A founder in 1830 of the National Colonization Society, Charles Tennant (1796-1873) advocated government support for emigration to Britain's colonies as a means of alleviating poverty at home and boosting the workforce overseas. Briefly representing St...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622734870Author Alexander ZistakisFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint Vernon PressPublisher Vernon PressWeight(grams) 567g

This book attempts to reveal Karl Marx's philosophical critique of the social being in capitalist societies from the text of Capital. Marxists' different understandings of Capital in different historical periods reveal the rich meaning of Capital, which...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789386101372Author Friedrich NietzscheFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Alpha EditionsPublisher Alpha Editions

In this book, Peter Ahrensdorf explores an overlooked but crucial role that Homer played in the thought of Plato, Machiavelli, and Nietzsche concerning, notably, the relationship between politics, religion, and philosophy; and in their debates about...

This new volume gives discursive shape to several key facets of the relationship among politics, theology and religious thought. Powerfully relevant to a wealth of further academic disciplines including history, law and the humanities, it sharpens the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605200477Author John Stuart MillFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 254g

This volume explores challenges posed by plurality, as understood by Hannah Arendt, but also the opportunities it offers. It is an interdisciplinary collection of chapters, including contributions from different traditions of philosophy, political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789395346320Author Jean-Jacques RousseauFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Delhi Open BooksPublisher Delhi Open BooksWeight(grams) 181g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788027305629Author PlatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint E-ArtnowPublisher E-ArtnowWeight(grams) 152g

This book examines "New Localism' - exploring how communities have turned towards more local concerns: my street, my town, my state, as an expression of dissatisfaction with globalization. It details the ideas that have created a political force...

Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904), the founding editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, and a writer on philosophy, ethics, and literature, was educated at Eton, King's College London and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he remained as a fellow and...

Global climate change is one of the most daunting ethical and political challenges confronting humanity in the twenty-first century. The intergenerational and transnational ethical issues raised by climate change have been the focus of a significant body...