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Trigger Warnings: political correctness and the rise of the right by Jeff Sparrow 9781911617075
RRP: £14.99£9.80A timely examination of progressive politics in the era of radical populism. Since 2016, western democracies have experienced a series of political earthquakes, spectacularly upending conventional political wisdom. Everywhere, outsider politicians... -
Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements by Deva R. Woodly 9780197603956
RRP: £23.49£19.97Examining the significance of the Movement for Black Lives, Reckoning uncovers a broadly applicable argument for the democratic necessity of social movements. Barack Obama famously said that the purpose of social movements is to get a seat at the... -
Liberalism in Dark Times: The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century by Joshua L. Cherniss
RRP: £35.00£28.14A timely defense of liberalism that draws vital lessons from its greatest midcentury proponentsToday, liberalism faces threats from across the political spectrum. While right-wing populists and leftist purists righteously violate liberal norms, theorists... -
Liberalism and Democracy by Norberto Bobbio
RRP: £11.99£10.06Liberalism and democracy have long been assumed to exist in a complementary relationship, if not always an entirely easy one. This book scrupulously investigates the reason for this alliance and the sources of its tensions, providing a lucid and succinct... -
After Kant: The Romans, the Germans, and the Moderns in the History of Political Thought by Michael Sonenscher
RRP: £45.00£35.72Tracing the origins of modern political thought through three sets of arguments over history, morality, and freedomIn this wide-ranging work, Michael Sonenscher traces the origins of modern political thought and ideologies to a question, raised by... -
Spinoza's Political Psychology: The Taming of Fortune and Fear by Justin Steinberg 9781107141308
RRP: £90.00£81.03Spinoza's Political Psychology advances a novel, comprehensive interpretation of Spinoza's political writings, exploring how his analysis of psychology informs his arguments for democracy and toleration. Justin Steinberg shows how Spinoza's political... -
Modern Social Theory: An Introduction by Austin Harrington
RRP: £56.99£53.61This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the core topics, theories and debates in modern social theory. Fourteen chapters have been written by leading specialists in the field, providing up-to-date guidance on the full sweep of the modern... -
The Ethics of War: Classic and Contemporary Readings Gregory M. Reichberg (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo) 9781405123785
RRP: £33.95£30.98The Ethics of War is an indispensable collection of essays addressing issues both timely and age-old about the nature and ethics of war. * Features essays by great thinkers from ancient times through to the present day, among them Plato, Augustine,... -
We are the Revolution!: Rudolf Steiner, Joseph Beuys and the Threefold Social Impulse by Ulrich Roesch 9781906999520
RRP: £11.99£9.70Freedom for the spiritual-cultural life, equality and democracy for human rights, initiative and solidarity for the economic sphere! Revolutions happen when society does not change and evolve. Stagnation and resistance create a situation in which a leap... -
To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Tommie Shelby
RRP: £33.95£27.81Martin Luther King, Jr., may be America's most revered political figure, commemorated in statues, celebrations, and street names around the world. On the fiftieth anniversary of King's assassination, the man and his activism are as close to public... -
American Muckraker: Rethinking Journalism for the 21st Century by James O'Keefe 9781637580905
RRP: £28.00£16.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637580905Author James O'KeefeFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Post Hill PressPublisher Post Hill PressWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 157mm... -
Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy by Kojin Karatani
RRP: £19.99£17.54In Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy-published originally in Japanese and now available in four languages-Kojin Karatani questions the idealization of ancient Athens as the source of philosophy and democracy by placing the origins instead in Ionia,... -
India: the road ahead by Mark Tully 9781846041624
RRP: £15.99£11.61Since the Indian economy was liberated from bureaucratic, socialist controls in 1991, it has developed rapidly. A country once renowned for the backwardness of its industries, its commerce and its financial market is now viewed as potentially one of the... -
Manifestoes: Provocations of the Modern by Janet Lyon
RRP: £29.99£26.50For more than three hundred years, manifestoes have defined the aims of radical groups, individuals, and parties while galvanizing revolutionary movements. As Janet Lyon shows, the manifesto is both a signal genre of political modernity and one of the... -
Marxism and Intersectionality: Race, Gender, Class and Sexuality Under Contemporary Capitalism by Ashley J Bohrer
RRP: £33.99£30.09What does the development of a truly robust contemporary theory of domination require? Ashley J. Bohrer argues that it is only by considering all of the dimensions of race, gender, sexuality, and class within the structures of capitalism and imperialism... -
Toward a Political Philosophy of Race by Falguni A. Sheth 9780791493984
£25.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791493984Author Falguni A. ShethFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Into the Cannibal's Pot: Lessons for America from Post-Apartheid South Africa by Ilana Mercer 9780984907014
RRP: £17.95£13.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984907014Author Ilana MercerFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Stairway PressPublisher Stairway PressWeight(grams) 440g -
For the Good of the World: Is Global Agreement on Global Challenges Possible? by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £9.99£6.75'A must read' Gordon Brown 'A truly excellent book' Sir David King The three biggest challenges facing the world today, in A. C. Grayling's view, are climate change, technology and justice. In his timely new book, he asks: can human beings agree... -
The Intolerable Present, the Urgency of Revolution: Minorities and Classes by Maurizio Lazzarato
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635901818Author Maurizio LazzaratoFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher Semiotext (E) -
The Myth of the 20th Century by Alfred Rosenberg 9780995721586
RRP: £49.99£44.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995721586Author Alfred RosenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint Black Kite PublishingPublisher Black Kite PublishingWeight(grams) 626g -
Apocalypse and/or Metamorphosis by Norman O. Brown
RRP: £25.00£19.59Here is the final volume of Norman O. Brown's trilogy on civilization and its discontents, on humanity's long struggle to master its instincts and the perils that attend that denial of human nature. Following on his famous books "Life Against Death" and... -
Authority and the Metaphysics of Political Communities by Gabriele De Anna
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book explores the metaphysics of political communities. It discusses how and why a plurality of individuals becomes a political unity, what principles or forces keep that unity together, and what threats that unity can be faced with.In Part I, the... -
The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl R. Popper
RRP: £25.00£19.93A landmark defense of democracy that has been hailed as one of the most important books of the twentieth centuryOne of the most important books of the twentieth century, The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy... -
EcoLaw: Legality, Life, and the Normativity of Nature by Margaret Davies 9780367652012
RRP: £21.99£19.34This book re-imagines law as ecolaw.The key insight of ecological thinking, that everything is connected to everything else - at least on the earth, and possibly in the cosmos - has become a truism of contemporary theory. Taking this insight as a... -
Nietzsche, Politics and Modernity by David Owen 9780803977679
RRP: £50.99£44.60Written in a clear and engaging style, this text demonstrates Nietzsche's significance as a philosopher and as a political theorist by highlighting his critique of liberalism (in both its philosophical and political forms) and by elaborating the form of... -
Hatred of Democracy by Jacques Ranciere
£12.77In this vehement defence of democracy, Jacques Ranciere explodes the complacency of Western politicians who pride themselves as the defenders of political freedom. As America and its allies use their military might in the misguided attempt to export a... -
Politics and the Arts: Letter to M. D'Alembert on the Theatre by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 9780801490712
RRP: £15.99£11.77This excellent translation makes available a classic work central to one of the most interesting controversies of the eighteenth century: the quarrel between Rousseau and Voltaire. Besides containing some of the most sensitive literary criticism ever... -
Charles Baudelaire: A Lyric Poet in the Era of High Capitalism by Walter Benjamin
£16.01Walter Benjamin, one of the foremost cultural commentators and theorists of this century, is perhaps best known for his analyses of the work of art in the modern age and the philosophy of history. Yet it was through his study of the social and cultural... -
The Attack of the Blob: Hannah Arendt's Concept of the Social by Hanna Fenichel Pitkin
RRP: £30.00£29.25This study seeks to resolve the paradox of Hannah Arendt's ideas; that she intended her work to liberate and empower and to restore our capacity for concerted political action whilst at the same time developed a metaphor of "the social" as an alien, all... -
The Oxford Handbook of Carl Schmitt by Jens Meierhenrich 9780190943998
RRP: £44.49£42.18The Oxford Handbook of Carl Schmitt collects thirty original chapters on the diverse oeuvre of one of the most controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) was a German theorist whose anti-liberalism continues to inspire... -
After Evil: A Politics of Human Rights by Robert Meister 9780231150378
RRP: £30.00£23.69The way in which mainstream human rights discourse speaks of such evils as the Holocaust, slavery, or apartheid puts them solidly in the past. Its elaborate techniques of "transitional" justice encourage future generations to move forward by creating a... -
The Machinery of Government: Public Administration and the Liberal State by Joseph Heath 9780197628324
RRP: £24.99£22.52In political theory, the traditional model of state power was that elected officials make policy decisions which are then faithfully executed by a lower cadre of public servants. The complexity of the modern state, however, leaves this model outdate. The... -
Just Work for All: The American Dream in the 21st Century Joshua Preiss (Minnesota State University, USA) 9780367694883
RRP: £39.99£35.06This is a book about the American Dream: how to understand this central principle of American public philosophy, the ways in which it is threatened by a number of winner-take-all economic trends, and how to make it a reality for workers and their... -
Resistance and Decolonization by Amilcar Cabral 9781783483754
RRP: £38.00£33.51How can a people overthrow 500 years of colonial oppression? What can be done to decolonize mentalities, economic structures, and political institutions? In this book, which includes the first translation of the text 'Analysis of a Few Types of... -
The Structural-Anarchism Manifesto: (The Logic of Structural-Anarchism Versus The Logic of Capitalism) by Michel Luc Bellemare Ph D 9780978115135
RRP: £13.19£11.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978115135Author Michel Luc Bellemare Ph DFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Blacksatin PublicationsPublisher Blacksatin PublicationsWeight(grams) 263g -
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought by Gerhard Bowering 9780691134840
RRP: £92.00£73.41The first encyclopedia of Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today, this comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible reference provides the context needed for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond. With... -
Cicero: Political Philosophy by Malcolm Schofield
£26.43This book offers an innovative analytic account of Cicero's treatment of key political ideas: liberty and equality, government, law, cosmopolitanism and imperialism, republican virtues, and ethical decision-making in politics. Cicero (106-43 BC) is well... -
Is Self-Determination a Dangerous Illusion? David Miller 9781509533473
RRP: £9.99£8.95Claims to self-determination are rife in world politics today. They range from Scottish and Catalonian campaigns for independence to calls for the devolution of power to regions and cities. But is self-determination meaningful or desirable in the... -
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J Sandel
RRP: £19.00£11.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374532505Author Michael J SandelFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)... -
Love's Body, Reissue of 1966 edition by Norman O. Brown
RRP: £25.00£19.59Originally published in 1966 and now recognized as a classic, Norman O. Brown's meditation on the condition of humanity and its long fall from the grace of a natural, instinctual innocence is available once more for a new generation of readers. Love's...