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Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach by Martha C. Nussbaum 9780674072350
£19.20If a country's Gross Domestic Product increases each year, but so does the percentage of its people deprived of basic education, health care, and other opportunities, is that country really making progress? If we rely on conventional economic indicators,... -
Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction by Will Kymlicka
RRP: £52.99£49.95This edition of Will Kymlicka's best selling critical introduction to contemporary political theory has been fully revised to include many of the most significant developments in Anglo-American political philosophy in the last 11 years, particularly the... -
The Intellectual and His People: Staging the People Volume 2 by Jacques Ranciere
£12.37A classic collection of essay by Jacques Ranciere, that focuses on the ways in which radical philosophers understand the people they profess to speak for. The Intellectual and His People engages in an incisive and original way with current political and... -
Against Constitutionalism by Professor Martin Loughlin
RRP: £34.95£28.19A New Statesman Book of the YearA critical analysis of the transformation of constitutionalism from an increasingly irrelevant theory of limited government into the most influential philosophy of governance in the world today.Constitutionalism is... -
Hayek: A Life, 1899-1950 by Bruce Caldwell 9780226816821
RRP: £35.00£29.57The definitive account of the distinguished economist's formative years. Few twentieth-century figures have been lionized and vilified in such equal measure as Friedrich Hayek-economist, social theorist, leader of the Austrian school of economics,... -
Alasdair MacIntyre: An Intellectual Biography by Emile Perreau-Saussine
RRP: £83.00£72.11This award-winning biography, now available for the first time in English, presents an illuminating introduction to Alasdair MacIntyre and locates his thinking in the intellectual milieu of twentieth-century philosophy. Winner of the prestigious 2005... -
For a Left Populism by Chantal Mouffe
RRP: £9.99£8.17We are seeing the rise of a populist moment around the world on both the left and the right. Movements like Bernie Sander, Jeremy Corbyn, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have emerged in the midst of the neoliberal crisis. In this book, leading political... -
Treatise on Toleration Voltaire 9780241236628
RRP: £9.99£7.11Voltaire's Treatise on Toleration is one of the most important essays on religious tolerance and freedom of thought A powerful, impassioned case for the values of freedom of conscience and religious tolerance, Treatise on Toleration was written after the... -
The Rise of the Radical Right in the Global South by Rosana Pinheiro-Machado
RRP: £37.99£33.38The Rise of the Radical Right in the Global South is the first academic study-adopting an interdisciplinary and international perspective-to offer a comprehensive and groundbreaking framework for understanding the emergence and consolidation of different... -
Democracy: A User's Guide by Joss Sheldon 9781716792069
£13.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781716792069Author Joss SheldonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm -
Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli's Lifelong Quest for Freedom by Erica Benner
RRP: £10.99£7.77'A ripping read ... fascinating, charming, enjoyably unorthodox' Daily TelegraphWas Niccolo Machiavelli really the cynical schemer of legend - or was he a profound ethical thinker, who tried to save the democratic freedom of Renaissance Florence as it... -
Liberty by Isaiah Berlin
RRP: £36.99£35.31Liberty is a revised and expanded edition of the book that Isaiah Berlin regarded as his most important - Four Essays on Liberty, a standard text of liberalism, constantly in demand and constantly discussed since it was first published in 1969. Writing... -
Patriarcha: The Complete Political Works - Imperium Press by Robert Filmer 9781922602169
RRP: £15.99£11.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922602169Author Robert FilmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Imperium PressPublisher Imperium PressWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *... -
Killing in War by Jeff McMahan 9780199603572
RRP: £20.99£16.66Killing a person is in general among the most seriously wrongful forms of action, yet most of us accept that it can be permissible to kill people on a large scale in war. Does morality become more permissive in a state of war? Jeff McMahan argues that... -
In the Shadow of Justice: Postwar Liberalism and the Remaking of Political Philosophy by Katrina Forrester
RRP: £20.00£16.29A bold new history of postwar political philosophy and of how John Rawls transformed modern liberalismIn the Shadow of Justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the... -
The New World Disorder: how the West is destroying itself by Peter Neumann 9781915590145
RRP: £20.00£13.46'A far-sighted analysis of the world order, and an urgent warning of what the future may hold in store.' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads 'Excellent ... In the face of countries such as China and Russia challenging the US-led international... -
Delivery as Dispossession: Land Occupation and Eviction in the Post-Apartheid City by Zachary Levenson 9780197629253
RRP: £25.49£22.95A sweeping historical and political analysis with detailed ethnographic fieldwork of the politics of everyday life in postcolonial Africa. In post-apartheid South Africa, nearly a fifth of the urban population lives in shacks. Unable to wait any... -
Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI by Urs Gasser 9780691150680
RRP: £22.00£17.36How society can shape individual actions in times of uncertaintyWhen we make decisions, our thinking is informed by societal norms, “guardrails” that guide our decisions, like the laws and rules that govern us. But what are good guardrails in today’s... -
The Wellness Syndrome Carl Cederstroem (Stockholm University) 9780745655611
RRP: £15.99£14.41Not exercising as much as you should? Counting your calories in your sleep? Feeling ashamed for not being happier? You may be a victim of the wellness syndrome. In this ground-breaking new book, Carl Cederstroem and Andre Spicer argue that the... -
The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition by J. G. A. Pocock
RRP: £32.00£21.22Originally published in 1975, The Machiavellian Moment remains a landmark of historical and political thought. Celebrated historian J.G.A. Pocock looks at the consequences for modern historical and social consciousness arising from the ideal of the... -
The Function of Criticism by Terry Eagleton
£13.71This wide-ranging book argues that criticism emerged in early bourgeois society as a central feature of a "public sphere" in which political, ethical, and literary judgements could mingle under the benign rule of reason. The disintegration of this... -
Taking Rights Seriously by Ronald Dworkin
RRP: £24.99£23.26A landmark work of political and legal philosophy, Ronald Dworkin's Taking Rights Seriously was acclaimed as a major work on its first publication in 1977 and remains profoundly influential in the 21st century. A forceful statement of liberal principles... -
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
RRP: £8.99£6.45In his Discourses (1755), Rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth, and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process. If inequality is intolerable - and Rousseau shows with unparalledled eloquence how it robs us not only of our... -
Joint Commitment: How We Make the Social World by Margaret Gilbert 9780190251956
RRP: £55.00£34.39In this wide-ranging collection of essays, distinguished philosopher Margaret Gilbert investigates the structure of our social world. People often speak of what we do, think, and feel, and of our values, conventions, and laws. Asking what we mean by such... -
Moral Matters: A Philosophy of Homecoming by Mark Dooley 9781472526151
RRP: £40.00£39.35Moral Matters: A Philosophy of Homecoming is Mark Dooley's attempt to offer an alternative to 'Cyberia'. It is a book about home, memory and identity. At a time when people are rapidly disengaging from those forms of life which once bound them together,... -
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels
RRP: £14.99£9.97The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884), was a provocative and profoundly influential critique of the Victorian nuclear family. Engels argued that the traditional monogamous household was in fact a recent construct, closely bound... -
Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence by G. A. Cohen 9780691070681
£41.52First published in 1978, this book rapidly established itself as a classic of modern Marxism. Cohen's masterful application of advanced philosophical techniques in an uncompromising defense of historical materialism commanded widespread admiration. In... -
Futurability: The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility by Franco "Bifo" Berardi
RRP: £9.99£8.17We live in an age of impotence. Stuck between global war and global finance, between identity and capital, we seem to be incapable of producing that radical change that is so desperately needed. Is there still a way to disentangle ourselves from a global... -
Diagnosing Social Pathology: Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Durkheim by Frederick Neuhouser
RRP: £29.99£26.34Can a human society suffer from illness like a living thing? And if so, how does such a malaise manifest itself? In this thought-provoking book, Fred Neuhouser explains and defends the idea of social pathology, demonstrating what it means to describe... -
The Selected Writings of Jan Patocka: Care for the Soul Jan Patocka 9781350139091
RRP: £25.99£21.22Jan Patocka's contribution to phenomenology and the philosophy of history mean that he is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Yet, his writing is not widely available in English and the Anglophone world remains... -
The Black Circle: A Life of Alexandre Kojève by Jeff Love
RRP: £22.00£17.36Alexandre Kojeve (1902-1968) was an important and provocative thinker. Born in Russia, he spent most of his life in France. His interpretation of Hegel and his notorious declaration that history had come to an end exerted great influence on French... -
The Ethics and Politics of Asylum: Liberal Democracy and the Response to Refugees by Matthew J. Gibney 9780521009379
RRP: £26.99£24.08Asylum has become a highly charged political issue across developed countries, raising a host of difficult ethical and political questions. What responsibilities do the world's richest countries have to refugees arriving at their borders? Are states... -
Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition by Roger Scruton 9781250170569
RRP: £24.99£14.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250170569Author Roger ScrutonFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint All Points BooksPublisher All Points BooksWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
In the World Interior of Capital: Towards a Philosophical Theory of Globalization Peter Sloterdijk (Karlsruhe School of Design) 9780745647692
RRP: £19.99£17.69Displaying the distinctive combination of narration and philosophy for which he is well known, this new book by Peter Sloterdijk develops a radically new account of globalization at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The author takes seriously... -
Museums and Wealth: The Politics of Contemporary Art Collections by Nizan Shaked 9781350045750
£70.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350045750Author Nizan ShakedFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Bloomsbury AcademicPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC -
Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead? by Steven Pinker
RRP: £7.99£5.79'It's just a brute fact that we don't throw virgins into volcanoes any more. We don't execute people for shoplifting a cabbage. And we used to.' -Steven Pinker 'The idea that because things have gotten better in the past they will continue to do so... -
How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well by Catherine Wilson 9781541672635
RRP: £30.00£17.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541672635Author Catherine WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 239mm * 155mm * 28mm -
Collected Works of Josef Stalin: Volume 1 by Josef V Stalin 9781088024997
£14.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088024997Author Josef V StalinFormat HardbackPage Count 340Imprint Iskra BooksPublisher Iskra BooksWeight(grams) 581g -
Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton by Nicholas McDowell 9780691154695
RRP: £30.00£23.69A groundbreaking biography of Milton’s formative years that provides a new account of the poet’s political radicalizationJohn Milton (1608–1674) has a unique claim on literary and intellectual history as the author of both Paradise Lost, the greatest... -
The Collected Works of Spinoza, Volume II by Benedictus de Spinoza 9780691167633
RRP: £50.00£40.12The Collected Works of Spinoza provides, for the first time in English, a truly satisfactory edition of all of Spinoza's writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the original-language texts, done by a...