Philosophy - Political

An apparently contradictory yet radically urgent collection of texts tracing the genealogy of a controversial current in contemporary philosophy.Accelerationism is the name of a contemporary political heresy: the insistence that the only radical political response to capitalism is not to protest, disrupt, critique, or...

In A Discourse on Inequality, Rousseau sets out to demonstrate how the growth of civilization corrupts man's natural happiness and freedom by creating artificial inequalities of wealth, power and social privilege. Contending that primitive man was equal to his fellows, Rousseau believed that as...

An original reflection on shame as the central feeling of our age -- the expression of an anger that is the necessary condition for new struggles Can shame become a source of political strength? Faced with injustice, growing inequality and systemic violence, we cry...

The best-selling author of A Philosophy of Walking returns to address the eternal subject of human conflict Russia's invasion of Ukraine seems to many like a throwback to another age, rattling Europe with memories of past horrors. But since the end of the Second...

The concepts of modernity and modernism are amongst the most controversial and vigorously debated in contemporary philosophy and cultural theory. In this intervention, Fredric Jameson--perhaps the most influential and persuasive theorist of postmodernity--excavates and explores these notions in a fresh and illuminating manner. The...

How a supposedly apolitical form of philosophy owes its continuing power to social and political forces Analytic philosophy is the leading form of philosophy in the English-speaking world. What explains its continued success? Christoph Schuringa argues that its enduring power can only be understood...

Since it appeared in 1971, John Rawls's A Theory of Justice has become a classic. The author has now revised the original edition to clear up a number of difficulties he and others have found in the original book.Rawls aims to express an essential...

Must the sins of America's past poison its hope for the future? Lately the American Left, withdrawing into the ivied halls of academe to rue the nation's shame, has answered yes in both word and deed. In Achieving Our Country, one of America's foremost...

A renowned political scientist's searing explanation for the rightward turn of global politics since the end of the Cold War. "A compelling analysis--profoundly challenging to so many Western assumptions--with an admirable blend of realism, imagination, unflinching criticism, and generosity." ―Rory Stewart, author The Places...

The "natural law" worldview developed over the course of almost two thousand years beginning with Plato and Aristotle and culminating with St. Thomas Aquinas in the thirteenth century. This tradition holds that the world is ordered, intelligible and good, that there are objective moral...

In the West, liberalism is hegemonic. Civilization is decaying all around us, yet liberal democrats have declared their system to be "the end of history." We are told there is "no alternative" to capitalism. The Left has abandoned socialism for "neoliberalism." The Right has...

An Unabridged Edition (Parts I and II) From 'The Writings Of Thomas Paine, ' Edited By Moncure Conway With All Charts and Tables, Notes and Footnotes, To Include A Chronology Of Paine's Life - Political Philosophy - Religious PhilosophyAuthor: Thomas PainePublisher: Merchant BooksPublished: 05/01/2010Pages:...

An exclusive new translation of the most perceptive and influential book ever written about American politics and society--"the bible on democracy" (The Texas Observer) This Library of America volume presents de Tocqueville's masterpiece in an entirely new translation--the first to fully capture his style...

Always Under Siege presents a remarkable and harrowing account of life in dark times that describes and embodies strategies of physical and moral survival. Irina Paperno brings to light the autobiographical chronicle (her "notes") of Olga Freidenberg (1890-1955), a pioneering Russian philologist and cultural...

Why are progressives so hostile to Israel?Listen to commentators and a pattern quickly emerges: the more liberal the speaker, the more likely they are to attack Israel. Worse, many liberals say things about Israel that are patently false. After the October 7 Hamas attack,...

"...Ned Ryun reveals the History of the Deep State, which has seized unConstitutional control over our Nation, and unleashed Death and Destruction on the World. This is not what our Founders' intended."--Donald Trump, president of the United States "...a much needed and timely eleventh-hour...

How the Odyssey illuminatesthe two sides of the American mind, from one of our most influential cultural commentators.The Odyssey is among the oldest-known written works. Yet it is somehow profoundly contemporary. Its themes are inescapably human: the desire to strike out for new adventures;...

The foundational text of libertarian thought, named one of the 100 Most Influential Books since World War II (Times Literary Supplement) First published in response to John Rawls' A Theory of Justice, Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia has since become one of the...

How the wisdom of Herodotus can fortify us against political falsehoods and violent extremism Nearly 2,500 years ago, the Greek writer Herodotus introduced the concept of objective truth derived from factual investigation and empirical deduction. Writing just before the start of the catastrophic Peloponnesian...

The most precise and accurate translation of one of the foundational works of Western thought, supported with effective, helpful notes and glossary One of the fundamental works of Western political thought, Aristotle's masterwork is the first systematic treatise on the science of politics. For...