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Book SynopsisTaking full extent of S.R. Slings'new Greek text of the Republic, Reeve has given us a translation at once both accurate and limpid. Loving attention to detail and deep familiarity with Plato's thought are evident on every page.Trade Review"Taking full advantage of S. R. Slings' new Greek text of the Republic, Reeve has given us a translation both accurate and limpid. Loving attention to detail and deep familiarity with Plato's thought are evident on every page. Reeve's brilliant decision to cast the dialogue into direct speech produces a compelling impression of immediacy unmatched by other English translations currently available." —Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto"Reeve's new translation can be highly recommended for its accurate and readable rendering of the original. . . . Those who read the Republic for the first time or for pleasure are sure to find this the most attractive and accessible translation currently available." —Naoko Yamagata, in Journal of Classics Teaching"David Reeve's long and devoted engagement with Plato's Republic, evidenced in his highly-regarded revision of George Grube's translation, issues now in a completely new translation of his own. In this version, Socrates' narration of his conversation with Glaucon and Adeimantus et al. is converted so far as possible into dramatically gripping and effective direct speech. Its increased accessibility promises to make it the number-one choice for undergraduate courses." —John Cooper, Princeton University "Reeve's new translation of Plato's Republic will be of value both to students approaching the work for the first time and, and a handy version for the more advanced reader. The translation is solid, the format and scholarly apparatus make it very accessible." —Thomas Cooksey, in The Classical OutlookTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements; Maps. Genealogical Charts. Time Line; SELECTIONS: Acusilaus; Aelian; Aeschylus; Andron; Antoninus Liberalis; Apollodorus; Archilochus; Arrian; Babrius; Bacchylides; Bion; Callimachus; Cleanthes; Conon; Cornutus; Critias; Diodorus of Sicily; Eratosthenes; Euripides; Fulgentius; Hellanicus; Heraclitus; Herodorus; Herodotus; Hesiod; The Homeric Hymns; Horace; Hyginus; Longus; Lucian; Lucretius; Ovid; Palaephatus; Parthenius; Pausanias; Pherecydes; Pindar; Plato; Plutarch; Proclus; Sallustius; Sappho; Semonides; Simonides; Sophocles; Statius; Theocritus; Theophrastus; Thucydides; Vergil; Xenophanes; Xenophon; Appendix One: Linear B Sources (by Thomas G. Palaima); Appendix Two: Inscriptions; Appendix Three: Papyri; Note on Texts and Translations. Names and Transliterations. Index/Glossary.

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Book SynopsisThe only extant treatise on statecraft from classical India, the Arthsastra is an invaluable resource for understanding ancient South Asian political thought; it also provides a comprehensive and unparalleled panoramic view of Indian society during the period between the Maurya (320-185 BCE) and Gupta (320-497 CE) empires.This volume offers modern English translations of key selections, organized thematically, from the Arthasastra. A general Introduction briefly traces the arc of ancient South Asian history, explains the classical Indian tradition of statecraft, and discusses the origins and importance of the Arthasastra. Thorough explanatory essays and notes set each excerpt in its intellectual, political, and cultural contexts.Trade Review"It's of great value to nonspecialists to have this classic work of political theory and political prudence available. This carefully edited and lucidly commented volume will be useful for both research and for courses on the comparative history of politics and civilizations." --Randolph C. Head, University of California, RiversideThe translations are the collaborative product of the two leading authorities today on the Arthasastra. . . . Their work is consistently, meticulously accurate throughout, yet written in the most straightforward and direct manner imaginable. The material prefatory to each translated section is, again, clear and accessible. . . . Complex matters are effectively distilled in plain language, and the key issues brought out. Superb on all counts. I have been awaiting such a volume for a long time. --Timothy Lubin, Washington and Lee UniversityMcClish and Olivelle's general Introduction to the Arthasastra is destined to become a classic in the field of South Asian studies; they have translated the text itself in an accessible style that students and general readers alike will comprehend and enjoy. --James Frey, University of Wisconsin, OshkoshTable of ContentsIntroduction; Authorship & Date: The Cāṇakya Legend, The Composer of the Arthaśāstra: the Historical Kauṭilya, Date & Location of the Arthaśāstra; Historical Context: The Indus Valley Period, The Vedic Period, The Classical Period; Arthaśāstra: Text & Tradition: The Concept of "artha", The Genre of Śāstra, The Tradition of Statecraft, Structure & Style of the Text; The World of the Arthaśāstra: Kingship & Royal Authority, Ruling a Kingdom, The King's Administration, The Layout of the Kingdom, Society, Religion & Ethics, Conquest & Success. The Arthaśāstra -- How to be Good King; The Kingdom; Central Administration; The Judiciary; Internal Security & Suppression of Criminal Activities; Foreign Affairs; War; Index of Passages.

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Book SynopsisBarcelona Prose is a collection of autobiographical essays by the gifted translator, literary scholar, and dissident, Efim Etkind. These engaging, deeply psychological vignettes capture the reality of daily life and work in the Soviet Union. Unlike other memoirists who have faced hardships, Etkind's tone is never cruel or embittered. Told through the lens of a practiced scholar, he captures the absurdity of a cultural-political experiment that destroyed his family’s life, his own career, and that of many of his colleagues. By the time of Etkind’s death, he did not rework these essays into a continuous narrative. Originally published in Russian, this first-ever English translation prepared by Etkind’s daughter presents his memoirs as a document of his time, without any changes or abridgements. The editors’ additions are limited to several notes, proofreading of quotes, and checking or inserting the full forms of the characters’ names.Table of ContentsIn Lieu of a ForewordHe Outsmarted UsFull Repair!The Marquis de Lapunaise The Russian Intelligentsia: Two GenerationsLooking through the Walls The DoubleFerenc, Count BatthyányEbensee“On the Sly”How We Lived“The Blond Hidden in a Bottle”Triumph of SpiritUp the Down StairscaseIt Turned Out OkayAbout the AxeLast MeetingPavel Antokolsky: Generation of the BlindCousin“The Other”The Cowardice of a Brave ManTwo Jewish Fates: Reading the Diaries of Victor Klemperer“Youth in a Military Blouse” of My ContemporaryAfterword: A Knight of Culture by David BetheaList of Names

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Book SynopsisBarcelona Prose is a collection of autobiographical essays by the gifted translator, literary scholar, and dissident, Efim Etkind. These engaging, deeply psychological vignettes capture the reality of daily life and work in the Soviet Union. Unlike other memoirists who have faced hardships, Etkind's tone is never cruel or embittered. Told through the lens of a practiced scholar, he captures the absurdity of a cultural-political experiment that destroyed his family’s life, his own career, and that of many of his colleagues. By the time of Etkind’s death, he did not rework these essays into a continuous narrative. Originally published in Russian, this first-ever English translation prepared by Etkind’s daughter presents his memoirs as a document of his time, without any changes or abridgements. The editors’ additions are limited to several notes, proofreading of quotes, and checking or inserting the full forms of the characters’ names.Table of ContentsIn Lieu of a ForewordHe Outsmarted UsFull Repair!The Marquis de Lapunaise The Russian Intelligentsia: Two GenerationsLooking through the Walls The DoubleFerenc, Count BatthyányEbensee“On the Sly”How We Lived“The Blond Hidden in a Bottle”Triumph of SpiritUp the Down StairscaseIt Turned Out OkayAbout the AxeLast MeetingPavel Antokolsky: Generation of the BlindCousin“The Other”The Cowardice of a Brave ManTwo Jewish Fates: Reading the Diaries of Victor Klemperer“Youth in a Military Blouse” of My ContemporaryAfterword: A Knight of Culture by David BetheaList of Names

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Book SynopsisThis book deals with the values of medicinal plants and associated knowledge(s) in the field of bioprospecting in post-apartheid South Africa. Bioprospecting, the use of genetic or biological resources for commercial purposes, is a profit-oriented enterprise facing new challenges with the rise of human rights and biodiversity politics. This new situation has led to claims for political leverage made by indigenous communities, as well as to claims for national and local cultural identity and heritage. The picture presented here contributes to the widely discussed yet so far unresolved question of how to appropriately share benefits, and how to protect indigenous knowledge in this field.Trade Review"The reading of the book is [...] a journey through a country that is still a mystery to many Western Europeans and is associated with murder and manslaughter rather than with the natural capital this country possesses." Thomas Feltes, https://polizei-newsletter.de, 239 (2020), translated from German

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Book SynopsisIn the Global South, Indigenous and Native people continue to live under colonial relations within formally independent nation-states. Sebastian Garbe offers a critical perspective on contemporary expressions of international solidarity and transnational advocacy. He combines approaches from critical race and decolonial studies with an activist ethnography on networked spaces of encounters created through solidarity activism by Mapuche and non-Mapuche actors. Departing from those experiences, this book not only presents potential pitfalls of transnational advocacy but suggests new ways of understanding and practicing solidarity.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Still Loving Solidarity?; Theorising Solidarity and New Transnational Social Movements; An Ethnography of and in Solidarity; Solidarity and the Transnational Cultural Politics of Autonomy; Transnational Mapuche Advocacy; A Critique of Whiteness and Maputhusiasm in Solidarity; Critical Practices and Assemblages of Solidarity; Conclusion; Epilogue: Towards a Reconstitution; References; Appendix; List of Figures; List of Tables.

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Book SynopsisBrusselss idea of a wider Europe implies that Europeanisation is not limited to EU member states. The EU can, so it claims, also exert impact beyond its borders. One of the channels of external EU influence is cooperation between Europarties and parties outside the Union. Through mutual visits and joint activities, non-EU parties become internationally socialised, i.e., are exposed to the Europarties norms as well as values, and experience the rules as well as practices that shape European party-building. What are the incentives for Europarties and non-EU parties to cooperate with each other? What kind of, and how much, impact did cooperation have on party development in post-Soviet Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine? Based on eighty interviews with party officials, international donors and academics, Maria Shagina outlines the set of motivations that trigger cooperation between Europarties and non-EU parties, analyses the impact of cooperation on party ideology, organisational structure, and inter-party behaviour in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, and explores the implications of this cooperation on the standardisation, consolidation, and democratisation of the non-EU party systems. Her findings shed light on how prestige and domestic factors impede the penetration of EU norms and values in the non-EU party structures, and point to the failures of Europarties to adequately address problems of party-development in Eastern Europe. The book reveals the ways in which cooperation with Europarties has paradoxically contributed to the ossification of the status quo and impaired the development as well as the consolidation of democracy in the three Eastern Partnership states.

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Book SynopsisWith a focus on real-world problems and debates, Issues in Political Theory is the clearest and most engaging introduction to political theory and how it is applied to address a range of global challenges. Its team of expert contributors introduce students to important concepts, key thinkers, and major texts in political theory, while extended case studies at the end of each chapter show students how to apply theoretical ideas to real contemporary issues and debates. The text is supported by online resources, which include additional case studies intended to give students confidence in using theory to shed light on key issues, and a range of additional teaching and learning resources.Trade ReviewThe best introduction to the study of political theory... It provides a clear, concise, and structured introduction to the most important themes and debates in the field, and proposes a wide palate of concepts and approaches to reflect the diversity of political theory. * Charles Devellennes, Kent University *Engagingly written, attractive in its format and presentation, and provides a good balance between real-world issues and introductory political theory. * Stephen Winter, University of Auckland *Table of ContentsIntroduction Robert Jubb, Catriona McKinnon, and Patrick TomlinPolitical Obligation Keith HyamsLiberty Ian CarterCrime and Punishment Massimo RenzoDemocracy Thomas ChristianoPower David OwenEquality and Social Justice Jonathan WolffToleration Anna Elisabetta GaleottiMulticulturalism Monica MookherjeeGender Clare ChambersGlobal Poverty Zofia StemplowskaHuman Rights Tom CampbellSovereignty and Borders Sarah FineWar and Intervention Helen FroweThe Environment Simon Caney

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Book SynopsisThis project explores the ethics and methods of research in diverse forced migration contexts and proposes new ways of thinking about and documenting displacement. Contributors reflect honestly on both what has worked and what has not, providing useful points of discussion for future research by both established and emerging researchers.Trade Review“Documenting Displacement advances and challenges our thinking and approach to conducting ethically sound research with people on the move. It effectively questions our more traditional research tools and approaches while providing guidance in how to explore alternatives.” Susan McGrath, York University

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Book SynopsisWho was primarily responsible for the prosecution of the Troubles and their attendant toll of the dead, the injured, and the emotionally traumatized? Who Was Responsible for the Troubles? is an original and controversial work that captures the terror and the pain but also the hope of life and pursuit of happiness in a deeply divided society.Trade ReviewKennedy is a leading authority on the Northern Ireland conflict and his book combines rigor with absorbing, elegant prose and a sense of moral purpose that is rare in academic writing.” John Connelly, author of From Peoples into Nations: A History of Eastern Europe

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Book SynopsisWhat are the causes of war? To answer this question, Waltz examines the ideas of major thinkers throughout the history of Western civilization. He explores works both by classic political philosophers, such as St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, and Rousseau, and by modern psychologists and anthropologists to discover ideas intended to explain war among states and related prescriptions for peace.Trade ReviewIn this thoughtful inquiry into the views of classical political theory on the nature and causes of war, Professor Waltz follows three principal themes or images: war as a consequence of the nature and behavior of man, as an outcome of their internal organization of states, and as a product of international anarchy. Foreign Affairs Despite the changes in the world, the text stands as a classic effort to explain why men and nations fight. Military ReviewTable of ContentsForeword, by by William T.R. Fox Introduction The First Image: International Conflict and Human Behavior Some Implications of the First Image: The Behavioral Sciences and the Reduction of Interstate Violence The Second Image: International Conflict and the Internal Structure of States Some Implications of the Second Image: International Socialism and the Coming of the First World War The Third Image: International Conflict and International Anarchy Some Implications of the Third Image: Examples from Economics, Politics, and History Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAxel Honneth has been instrumental in advancing the work of the Frankfurt School of critical theorists. His essays, collected here, address the possibilities of continuing this tradition through radically changed theoretical and social conditions.Trade ReviewThis book is welcome and needed; I highly recommend it to all those interested in social justice. It offers a sophisticated, exceptionally well-crafted answer to a highly pertinent question: what social scientific criteria are there for making normative judgments about why and how Western civilization should change? -- Ronjon Paul Datta * Studies in Social Justice *This volume is a significant contribution to the debates over the history of the Frankfurt School and the contemporary relevance of critical social theory. Axel Honneth’s work provides a subtle reading of history that is less concerned with putting its products in their place—though he does do that in an exemplary fashion—than in highlighting what is living and vibrant in those products for contemporary thought. -- Christopher F. Zurn, University of Massachusetts BostonThese essays reflect a deep familiarity with each individual author while also serving to advance the particular approach characterizing Axel Honneth’s work: a focus on the theme of suffering and moral struggle as the point of departure for a more ambitious, ‘reconstructive’ form of social criticism. As such, this volume makes a very significant contribution to the continuing relevance of the critical theory of the Frankfurt School for contemporary forms of social criticism. -- Kenneth Baynes, Syracuse UniversityTable of ContentsPreface1. The Irreducibility of Progress: Kant's Account of the Relationship Between Morality and History2. A Social Pathology of Reason: On the Intellectual Legacy of Critical Theory3. Reconstructive Social Criticism with a Genealogical Proviso: On the Idea of "Critique" in the Frankfurt School4. A Physiognomy of the Capitalist Form of Life: A Sketch of Adorno's Social Theory5. Performing Justice: Adorno's Introduction to Negative Dialectics6. Saving the Sacred with a Philosophy of History: On Benjamin's "Critique of Violence"7. Appropriating Freedom: Freud's Conception of Individual Self-Relation8. "Anxiety and Politics": The Strengths and Weaknesses of Franz Neumann's Diagnosis of a Social Pathology9. Democracy and Inner Freedom: Alexander Mitscherlich's Contribution to Critical Social Theory10. Dissonances of Communicative Reason: Albrecht Wellmer and Critical TheoryAppendix: Idiosyncrasy as a Tool of Knowledge: Social Criticism in the Age of the Normalized IntellectualNotesBibliography

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFascinating and instructive…Shelby and Terry may offer the best solution to the pain of thinking about King and our loss of him…King’s philosophy, speaking to us through the written word, may turn out to constitute his most enduring legacy. -- Annette Gordon-Reed * New York Review of Books *To Shape a New World firmly situates Dr. King in the canon of American political thought. An extraordinary group of scholars grapple with the subtlety and nuance of King’s political philosophy, and they set the stage for a renewed engagement with his broader work. This is a must-read in our time. -- Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Princeton UniversityThe collection brings together a series of impressive scholars—Cornel West, Martha Nussbaum, and Robert Gooding-Williams among them—to look at King’s understudied writings on economic inequality, just-war theory, and voting rights…To Shape a New World is a compelling work of philosophy, all the more so because it treats King seriously without inoculating him from the kind of critique important to both his theory and practice. -- Shivani Radhakrishnan * Los Angeles Review of Books *To Shape a New World is a milestone in the study of Martin Luther King, Jr., essentially a sanctified figure in American life, whose actual ideas are rarely interrogated in any depth, either in the public realm or in academic circles. What makes this volume particularly striking is the exceptionally high quality of the essays, which are analytically rigorous, impressively researched, and often profoundly original. They highlight the limits of common narratives about King and the civil rights movement, showing the shifts in his own thinking and the unconventional nature of many of his arguments. This is a path-breaking book. -- Aziz Rana, Cornell UniversityThis is a powerful and invaluable collection of essays on Dr. King. I hope it will inspire an entirely new generation of readers to go back and immerse themselves in Dr. King’s language and thought and hear and heed his prophetic voice. -- Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children’s Defense FundKing’s theology, philosophy, and nonviolent prophetic engagement are needed now more than any time since his death. In his last speech, Dr. King said that when it comes to the struggle for love and justice, ‘nothing would be more tragic than for us to turn back now.’ We must embrace his challenge in this moment and commit to go forward together, not one step back. -- Rev. Dr. William J. Barber IIWhile his birthday has become a national holiday and schoolchildren across the nation and the world know the words of his most famous speeches, there are still many aspects of his life and work that remain lesser known. * Time *Looks at the work of Dr. King as a philosopher, rather than a political figure. By examining some lesser-known writings, the authors draw the conclusion that Dr. King was a much more radical thinker than his watered-down legacy would suggest. * Vox *King was not simply a compelling speaker, but a deeply philosophical intellectual…King drew on theological, economic, and historical ideas to inform his philosophical thinking…We still have much to learn from him. -- Olivia Goldhill * Quartz *King’s own scholarship is refreshingly illuminated in To Shape a New World. -- Colin Grant * Prospect *[An] ambitious, illuminating volume…The collection facilitates rigorous engagement with King’s thought in its own time and place but also presses the question of what we ought to do with it in this current ‘age of impunity and mendacity.’ -- Erin R. Pineda * Journal of the History of Philosophy *Reimagines King as a political thinker for our—and for all—time. * The Point *This book demonstrates the necessity of revisiting King’s philosophy and creed of nonviolence…Perhaps most importantly, this collection gives us a clear look at the mechanisms of the nonviolent approach, a different option to discrimination instead of submission or violent resistance. * Kirkus Reviews *[A] robust and wide-ranging collection...The book as a whole displays the pliability and dynamism of King’s thought, applying it to circumstances both recent (Barack Obama’s presidency) and far in the past (the practice of slavery in 18th- and 19th-century America). Throughout, King’s voice is placed within a community of philosophers…As the nation approaches the 50th anniversary of King’s assassination, this work demonstrates, for anyone who needs convincing, the continued and vital importance of his thinking. * Publishers Weekly *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Honorable Mention for the Jervis Schroeder Prize, American Political Science Association International History & Politics Section""With chapters on the rise of China, how to meld political economy questions into classical realist theories, and even exploring the potential weaknesses and shortfalls of classical realism, An Unwritten Future thoughtfully assesses the question of what it would mean in practice to reinsert classical realist perspectives into ongoing policy debates."---Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs"An enlightening reevaluation of an enduring theory that might continue to yield important insights about world politics today." * Choice *"Erudite and contentious. It is the kind of work that could only be written by a senior scholar building upon and summing up a long, distinguished career’s work in the field. . . . Its views and astonishing breadth of knowledge are on display not only in its wide-ranging historical and exegetical text but also in its extensive footnotes with their numerous analytic observations. . . . all will be dazzled by the range of the learned discussion."---Arthur Stein, Perspectives on Politics"Kirshner's commanding plea for the resurgence of classical realism could not be more timely." * Political Science Quarterly *"Kirshner's timely, insightful, and thought-provoking book proposes a much-needed renewal of classical realism. This important contribution highlights the need for policy-makers and scholars to appreciate the theory's insights more fully."---Charlotte Hulme, International Affairs"An important new book. . . . Kirshner aims to rehabilitate classical realism in International Relations."---Sumantra Maitra, Law & Liberty"A compelling case for reviving classical realism as a guide to understanding contemporary problems."---Joshua Rovner, Englesberg Ideas"Kirshner reclaims the timeless value that Classical Realism offers for the study of international relations."---Christoph Rohde, Zeitschrift fuer Aussen & Sicherheitspolitik

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In its ambition and execution, The State resembles such canonical works of political philosophy as Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan (1651) or Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Du contrat social (1762) and will likely be counted among them in time."---Adam Coleman, The Irish Times"[I]mportant, timely, and original."---Donald Bello Hutt & Victoria Kristan, Res Publica

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Book SynopsisNew perspectives on the role of collective responsibility in modern politicsTrade Review"Leviathan on a Leash [is] an extremely refreshing and rewarding read; indeed, I struggle to think of any other work that so successfully draws on and revises Hobbes’s ideas to make such an important intervention into contemporary debates."---Robin Douglass, Hobbes Studies

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An astute and engaging work of intellectual history. . . . Mr. Douglass’s book insightfully probes Mandeville’s account of prideful sociability, testing it against the criticism of, among others, David Hume."---Jeffrey Collins, Wall Street Journal"Mandeville’s Fable is an enviably learned volume. Lucidly written and judicious in tone, Douglass’ treatment of Mandeville as a social philosopher par excellence sets a high bar for scholars who hope to walk the interpretive tightrope between intellectual history and philosophy as effortlessly as he does."---Glory M. Liu, Centre for the Study of Governance & Society"[Mandeville’s Fable] is a work of serious scholarship. . . . Douglass provides a clear and compelling account of Mandeville’s moral and social thought, one that establishes its subject as a serious thinker whose provocative and ‘unsettling’ . . . ideas retain today their power to provoke and unsettle."---Brandon Turner, Perspectives on Politics"[An] excellent book." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisExamining the politics of nuclear power over the last 50 years, this study relates broad trends in American politics to changes in the regulation of the nuclear industry to show how federal policies in this area have been made, implemented and altered.

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Book SynopsisHow is Britain enacting colonialism at home?Trade Review'Forceful ... Re-centres coloniality in Britain's past and present in a way that articulates what so many of us experience as the embodied reality of being in Britain, but so rarely get space to voice: that colonialism and its continued methods of control' -- Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, poet and author of 'Postcolonial Banter' (Verve Poetry Press, 2019)'An excellent and intelligently argued book. It neatly charts the transformation of colonial techniques 'at home' and how Britain was reconfigured in postcolonial terms' -- Gurminder K Bhambra, author of 'Rethinking Modernity: Postcolonialism and the Sociological Imagination' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)'An indispensable read for those who want to both understand and put aside the at once Eurocentric and nationalist lens of Brexit debates' -- Angela Mitropoulos, author of 'Contract & Contagion: From Biopolitics to Oikonomia' (Minor Compositions, 2012) and 'Pandemonium Proliferating Borders of Capital and the Pandemic Swerve' (Pluto, 2020)'A must-read for understanding Britain today. Britain is colonial, and the beauty of Trafford's riveting book is to show just how much this simple fact explains of recent British history' -- Nick Srnicek, author of 'Platform Capitalism, Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work' (Polity Press, 2016)'Evocative ... unflinchingly unveils the workings of race as a 'technology that forms part of the machinery of colonialism'. Essential reading for an understanding of how and why white Britishness negates those who are 'in, but not of' it' -- Alana Lentin, Associate Professor of Cultural and Social Analysis at Western Sydney University and author of 'Why Race Still Matters' (Polity, 2020)'A fascinating exposé of Britain as an ongoing colonial project. Deftly provides us with the counternarratives we need to think imaginatively about how to dismantle and ultimately end British colonialism' -- Dr Nadine El-Enany, Co-Director, Centre for Research on Race and Law and author of '(B)ordering Britain: Law, Race and Empire' (MUP, 2019)Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements 1. The Mouth of a Shark 2. Extractive Entanglements Across Alien Territories 3. Policing Empire after Empire 4. Homeland Warfare and Differential Racism 5. Extinction Politics 6. The End of Britain Notes Indicative Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe classic text on the history and theory of fascism, revised for the twentieth anniversary of its first publicationTrade Review'David Renton's thoughtful and open-minded study shines a light on this often misunderstood political current and contains vital lessons for anti-fascists today' -- Daniel Trilling, author of 'Lights in the Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe''An invaluable book showing us again why and how Marxists have been the best interpreters and fighters against fascism. Renton's updates make this even more urgent reading for taking on the return of fascist ideas in our time' -- Bill V. Mullen, author of 'James Baldwin: Living in Fire''This book is so much more than a historical survey because Renton’s detailed description of the development, growth and successful establishment of pre-war fascist regimes chimes worryingly with contemporary times' -- Morning Star'Fascism: History and Theory not only remains a thorough account of interwar Marxism’s understanding of fascism, but also provides a strong argument for a vital understanding of fascism, both in analysis and as practice' -- ROAR'A nuanced and intelligent discussion of what constitutes fascism' -- CounterpunchTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Anti-Fascist Wager 1. Interwar Fascism 2. An Alternative Method 3. Marxists against Mussolini and Hitler 4. Benjamin, Gramsci, Trotsky 5. Beyond 1933 6. Marxists and the Holocaust Conclusion: A Specific Form of Reactionary Mass Movement Notes Index

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Book SynopsisOver the course of its history, the US Supreme Court has emerged as the most powerful judiciary unit the world has ever seen. Paul Moreno offers a deep dive into its transformation from an institution paid little notice by the public to one whose decisions are analysed and broadcast by major media outlets across America.

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Book SynopsisAristotle listed moderation as one of the moral virtues. He also defined virtue as the mean between extremes, implying that moderation plays a vital role in all forms of moral excellence. But moderation''s protean character—its vague and ill-defined omnipresence in judgment and action—makes it exceedingly difficult to grasp theoretically. At the same time, moderation seems to be the foundation of many contemporary democratic political regimes, because the competition between parties cannot properly function without compromise and bargaining. The success of representative government and its institutions depends to a great extent on the virtue of moderation, yet the latter persists in being absent from both the conceptual discourse of many political philosophers and the campaign speeches of politicians fearful of losing elections if they are perceived as moderates.Aurelian Craiutu aims to resolve this paradox. Examining the writings of prominent twentieth-century thiTrade Review"Superb and timely." * Peter Wehner, New York Times *"I've been inspired by Aurelian Craiutu's great book Faces of Moderation." * David Brooks, New York Times *"[Craiutu] has written a work that challenges readers to consider the complexity of moderation, raising interesting questions about its effects and contexts, and has thereby enriched the discussion. In the spirit of the moderates, may the conversation continue so this virtue and others are better appreciated." * Society *"Stimulating and learned, Faces of Moderation displays the virtue of moderation in the very act of highlighting exemplary cases of the virtue in action from throughout the twentieth-century, granting readers a grounded understanding of its uses and limits. Aurelian Craiutu's conclusion, with its call for moderation in a hyperpartisan age, is intellectually moving and lyrically written." * Samuel Moyn, Yale University *"Aurelian Craiutu is devoted to rehabilitating what he believes to be, correctly in my view, the forgotten virtue of moderation. He demonstrates a considerable mastery of the topic and his knowledge of the central figures is impeccable." * Steven Smith, Yale University *Table of ContentsPrologue. In Search of an Elusive Virtue Chapter 1. The Ethos of Moderation Chapter 2. The Lucidity of Moderation: Raymond Aron as a "Committed Observer" Chapter 3. Moderation as an Antidote to Monism: Isaiah Berlin's Cold War Liberalism Chapter 4. Meekness as a Face of Moderation: Norberto Bobbio's Politics of Dialogue Chapter 5. Moderation and Trimming: Michael Oakeshott's Politics of Skepticism Chapter 6. Radical Moderation and the Search for Moral Clarity: Adam Michnik's Lesson Epilogue. Beyond the Golden Mean Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisThe death of a chief executive, regardless of the circumstances is always a moment of reckoning and reflection. This volume brings together renowned and emerging scholars to examine how different generations and communities of Americans have eulogized and remembered US presidents since George Washington’s death in 1799.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPrelude | 1 Timothy J. Huzar Introduction: Adriana Cavarero, Feminisms, and an Ethics of Nonviolence | 7 Timothy J. Huzar and Clare Woodford Scenes of Inclination | 33 Adriana Cavarero Leaning Out, Caught in the Fall: Interdependency and Ethics in Cavarero | 46 Judith Butler How to Do Things with Inclination: Antigones, with Cavarero | 63 Bonnie Honig Scherzo Thinking Materialistically with Locke, Lonzi, and Cavarero | 93 Olivia Guaraldo Études Cavarero, Kant, and the Arcs of Friendship | 109 Christine Battersby Bad Inclinations: Cavarero, Queer Theories, and the Drive | 121 Lorenzo Bernini Querying Cavarero’s Rectitude | 131 Mark Devenney From Horrorism to the Gray Zone | 141 Simona Forti Violence, Vulnerability, Ontology: Insurrectionary Humanism in Cavarero and Butler | 151 Timothy J. Huzar Queer Madonnas: In Love and Friendship | 161 Clare Woodford Coda | 177 Adriana Cavarero Bibliography | 187 List of Contributors | 199 Index | 203

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Book SynopsisHowever divergent their analyses may be in other ways, some prominent anti-capitalist critics have remained critical of contemporary debates over reparative justice for groups historically oppressed and marginalized on the basis of race, gender, sexual identity, sexual preference, and/or ability, arguing that the most these struggles can hope to produce is a more diversity-friendly capital. Meanwhile, scholars of gender and sexuality as well as race and ethnic studies maintain that, by elevating the socioeconomic above other logics of domination, anti-capitalist thought fails to acknowledge specific forms and experiences of subjugation. The thinkers and activists who appear in Totality Inside Out reject this divisive logic altogether. Instead, they aim for a more expansive analysis of our contemporary moment to uncover connected sites of political struggle over racial and economic justice, materialist feminist and queer critique, climate change, and aesthetic value. The re-imagined aTable of ContentsIntroduction: Totality Inside Out Kevin Floyd, with Brent Ryan Bellamy, Sarah Brouillette, Sarika Chandra, Chris Chen, and Jen Hedler Phillis | 1 1 Let the Dead Bury the Dead: Race, Gender, and Class Composition in the U.S. after 1965 Tim Kreiner | 29 2 (Un)making Value: Reading Social Reproduction through the Question of Totality Marina Vishmidt and Zoe Sutherland | 67 3 Tripartheid: How Global White Supremacy Triumphs through Neoliberalism Arthur Scarritt | 91 4 Remapping the Race/Class Problematic Sarika Chandra and Chris Chen | 135 5 On Artistic Autonomy as a Bourgeois Fetish Sarah Brouillette and Joshua Clover | 192 6 Ecology with Totality: The Case of Morton’s Hyperobjects and Klein’s This Changes Everything Brent Ryan Bellamy | 211 Acknowledgments | 237 List of Contributors | 239 Index | 243

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Book SynopsisIn this, his third volume on the history of political ideas, Vogelin continues his exploration of political thought, illuminating the great figures of the high Middle Ages and particulary focusing on the ""civilizational schism"" which resulted in the disappearance of the ""sacrum imperium"".

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Book SynopsisThe collapse of European communist regimes provided social scientists with an opportunity to observe the birth of new political institutions and to examine the effect of political behavior on institutional change. This book explores the extent to which social capital affected the performance of one such institution, the Romanian county council.

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Book SynopsisFrom the contributors to The Conversation, a compelling essay collection on the world's water crises and the necessary steps to build a more sustainable and equitable water future for all. Water-related crises are affecting more and more communities, both in the United States and internationally. If we continue to delay upgrading our infrastructure and addressing rising environmental concerns, we risk further destabilizing already strained systemsor, worse, causing a catastrophic collapse. In The Conversation on Water, water scholar and professor Andrea K. Gerlak collects essays from The Conversation U.S. on critical issues related to water from leading experts in everything from public policy to environmental engineering. Gerlak pays special attention to the threats facing our water systems todaycovering insufficient infrastructure, climate change, and pollutionand integrates them with essays on technologies for harvesting water and Indigenous knowledge in governing the oceans. ShTable of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordPrefacePart I. Health and the Need for Clean Water1. Nearly 60 Million Americans Don't Drink Their Tap Water, Research Suggests—Here's Why That's a Public Health Problem2. The Importance of Replacing Lead Water Pipes from Coast to Coast3. Wildfires Are Contaminating Drinking Water Systems, and It's More Widespread Than People Realize4. Climate Change Threatens Drinking Water Quality across the Great Lakes5. PFAS "Forever Chemicals" Are Widespread and Threaten Human Health—Here's a Strategy for Protecting the PublicPart II. Digging Deeper to Get More Water6. Ancient Groundwater: Why the Water You're Drinking May Be Thousands of Years Old7. As Climate Change Parches the Southwest, Here's a Better Way to Share Water from the Shrinking Colorado River8. Farmers Are Depleting the Ogallala Aquifer Because the Government Pays Them to Do It9. Millions of Americans Struggle to Pay Their Water Bills—Here's How a National Water Aid Program Could Work10. Five Unusual Technologies for Harvesting Water in Dry Areas11. Why Wall Street Investors' Trading of California Water Futures Is Nothing to Fear—and Unlikely to Work AnywayPart III. Water in a Warming World12. Two-Thirds of Earth's Land Is on Pace to Lose Water as the Climate Warms—That's a Problem for People, Crops, and Forests13. Climate Change Is Making Ocean Waves More Powerful, Threatening to Erode Many Coastlines14. As Coastal Flooding Worsens, Some Cities Are Retreating from the Water15. Your Favorite Fishing Stream May Be at High Risk from Climate Change—Here's How to Tell16. Trees Are Dying of Thirst in the Western Drought—Here's What's Going On inside Their Veins17. California's Water Supplies Are in Trouble as Climate Change Worsens Natural Dry Spells, Especially in the Sierra Nevada18. For Flood-Prone Cities, Seawalls Raise as Many Questions as They Answer19. A 20-Foot Seawall Won't Save Miami—How Living Structures Can Help Protect the Coast and Keep the Paradise Vibe20. Sea Level Rise Is Killing Trees along the Atlantic Coast, Creating "Ghost Forests" That Are Visible from Space21. Climate Change Is Driving Rapid Shifts between High and Low Water Levels on the Great Lakes22. As Flood Risks Increase across the US, It's Time to Recognize the Limits of LeveesPart IV. The Lifeblood of Human Society23. For Native Americans, a River Is More Than a "Person"; It Is Also a Sacred Place24. Louisiana's Coastal Cultures Are Threatened by the Very Plans Meant to Save Their Wetlands and Barrier Islands25. Women Still Carry Most of the World's Water26. Coronavirus Spotlights the Link between Clean Water and Health27. Living near Water Can Be Beneficial to Your Mental Health—Here's How to Have More Blue Spaces in CitiesPart V. Preserving Our Oceans28. How Marine Protected Areas Help Safeguard the Ocean29. Where Does Plastic Pollution Go When It Enters the Ocean?30. Scientists Have Been Drilling into the Ocean Floor for 50 Years—Here's What They've Found So Far31. Blue Acceleration: Our Dash for Ocean Resources Mirrors What We've Already Done on Land32. Why Indigenous Knowledge Should Be an Essential Part of How We Govern the World's OceansContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisSince its publication in 1944, many Americans have described Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma as a defining text on US race relations. Here, Maribel Morey confirms with historical evidence what many critics of the book have suspected: it was not commissioned, funded, or written with the goal of challenging white supremacy.

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Book SynopsisIn the early history of Halifax (1749-1766), debt litigation was extremely common. People from all classes frequently used litigation and its use in private matters was higher than almost all places in the British Empire in the 18th century. In Law, Debt, and Merchant Power, James Muir offers an extensive analysis of the civil cases of the time as well as the reasons behind their frequency. Muir’s lively and detailed account of the individuals involved in litigation reveals a paradoxical society where debtors were also debt-collectors. Law, Debt, and Merchant Power demonstrates how important the law was for people in their business affairs and how they shaped it for their own ends. Trade Review'At the higher methodological level, the work both fascinates and provokes... Muir's book is an interesting, original, and important work, part of the new wave of regional scholarship that integrates greater Nova Scotia into the history of the eighteenth-century British Atlantic.' -- Barry Cahill Acadiensis February 2017Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Halifax, a community of litigants Chapter 3: Initiating Actions Chapter 4: Avoiding Trial Chapter 5: Going to Trial Chapter 6: Ending the Action Chapter 7: Appeals and Other Courts Chapter 8: Conclusion Appendix 1: Sources and Methods Appendix 2: Interpreting Occupational and Status Data Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn this elegant and personal new work, Michael P. Steinberg reflects on the story of Moses and the Exodus as a foundational myth of politics—of the formation not of a nation but of a political community grounded in universal law. Modern renderings of the story of Moses, from Michelangelo to Spinoza to Freud to Schoenberg to Derrida, have seized on the story's ambivalences, its critical and self-critical power. These literal returns form the first level of the afterlife of Moses. They spin a persistent critical and self-critical thread of European and transatlantic art and argument. And they enable the second strand of Steinberg's argument, namely the depersonalization of the Moses and Exodus story, its evolving abstraction and modulation into a varied modern history of political beginnings. Beginnings, as distinct from origins, are human and historical, writes Steinberg. Political constitutions, as a form of beginning, imply the eventuality of their own renewals and their own reconstitutions. Motivated in part by recent reactionary insurgencies in the US, Europe, and Israel, this astute work of intellectual history posits the critique of myths of origin as a key principle of democratic government, affect, and citizenship, of their endurance as well as their fragility. Trade Review"Personal in this book in all the right ways, Michael Steinberg reaches the human and universal by turning over the German-Jewish past and connecting it to contemporary politics."—Samuel Moyn, Yale University"Steinberg's application of Said's distinction between 'origins' and 'beginnings' to the Moses myth of political founding is a tour de force powerful enough to force a rethinking much beyond Freud or Assmann."—Omri Boehm, The New School for Social ResearchTable of ContentsIntroduction: Introduction 1. Moses and Modernism 2. Under Lincoln's Eyes 3. Hannah Arendt Crosses the Atlantic 4. Yaron Ezrahi: Democracy and the Post-Epic Nation

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Book SynopsisIf China seems unstoppable, so too does its leader Xi Jinping. As General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of China, he commands over 1.4 billion people, in a vast country that spans the prosperous megacities of Beijing and Shanghai and desperately poor rural regions where families still struggle with malnutrition. Today, Xi Jinping faces a series of monumental challenges that would make other global leaders tremble: a trade war with the USA, political unrest in Hong Kong, accusations of genocide in Xinjiang, stuttering economic growth and a devastating global pandemic that originated inside China. But who is Xi Jinping and what does he really want? To rejuvenate China and bring economic prosperity to all its people? To challenge American supremacy and turn China into the world’s dominant power? Avoiding both sycophantic flattery and outright condemnation, this new biography by Stefan Aust and Adrian Geiges gets inside the head of one of the world’s most mysterious leaders. Skilfully unravelling the hidden story of Xi Jinping’s life and career, from his early childhood to his rise to the pinnacles of the Party and the State, they flesh out his views and uncover how he became the most powerful man in the world. This biography of China’s leader will be indispensable for anyone interested in China and where it is heading.Trade Review"While the US and Europe focus on the threat posed by Vladimir Putin, their bigger challenge comes from Xi Jinping. But what drives the Chinese president? In this wide-ranging book, journalists Aust and Geiges consider this question by exploring the strengths and weaknesses of the man behind the personality cult. A useful primer on a figure who will shape all our futures."Jonathan Watts, Former East Asia correspondent for the Guardian and president of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China "This book about Xi Jinping is an original account of the current political condition in China and the trajectory of this political figure of our time. Enriched by authentic details, it tells an untellable story that is grand in scope. Both the book’s starting point and its development are interesting and engaging. It traces historical happenings, conveys the characteristics of our time, and demonstrates the authors’ in-depth understanding of the subject matter. This depth in the individualized narrative is most needed when we look at politics and history."Ai Weiwei"At this crucial time, it’s more important than ever to understand who Xi is and where he came from, all of which can help us better grasp the direction in which he is leading China. That’s the task undertaken by Stefan Aust and Adrian Geiges in their new biography of the Chinese leader."The Diplomat"excellent... a well-reasoned and fascinating account"New Internationalist“Refreshing and thought-provoking.”Diplomatic Courier“A valuable primer for those who don’t know much about today’s China or its leader.”Rana Mitter“One of the best China books of the year.”Bookish Asia"fascinating"Times Literary Supplement“a good introduction to contemporary China viewed from the perspective of Xi’s rule.” Sydney Morning Herald“a compelling and informative biography of China's leader that will prove to be indispensable reading for anyone interested in China and where it is heading as a global power…unreservedly recommended"Midwest Book ReviewTable of Contents‘Seek Truth from Facts’ …1 Who Cares If a Sack of Rice Falls over in China? Since the emergence of Covid-19, we know that we all should 2 Xi Jinping’s Family Background: The Formative Years From Chinese nightmare to Chinese dream 3 A Colourful Character in a Uniform Crowd Xi Jinping, husband of a folk singer 4 The Fight against Corruption Stalin as role model 5 Persecuted by Mao – Revered Like Mao Xi’s relationship with China’s towering father figure 6 Confucianism and Communism How to combine what does not belong together 7 From 5G to TikTok Xi Jinping’s China: between a bright digital future and an Orwellian surveillance state 8 The Dalai Lama and the Uyghurs How friends of the Xi family became their enemies 9 Xi for Future The eco-president 10 The New Silk Road Xi’s path to global power 11 Peace as Part of China’s DNA? The trade war and the troubled relationship with the US 12 Why Xi Jinping Fears Hong Kong and Taiwan The other, democratic China 13 Will the Whole World Benefit from the Chinese Dream? From Chinese nightmare to Chinese dream Notes Sources Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisArtificial Life After Frankenstein brings the insights born of Mary Shelley''s legacy to bear upon the ethics and politics of making artificial life and intelligence in the twenty-first century.What are the obligations of humanity to the artificial creatures we make? And what are the corresponding rights of those creatures, whether they are learning machines or genetically modified organisms? In seeking ways to respond to these questions, so vital for our age of genetic engineering and artificial intelligence, we would do well to turn to the capacious mind and imaginative genius of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851). Shelley''s novels Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) and The Last Man (1826) precipitated a modern political strain of science fiction concerned with the ethical dilemmas that arise when we make artificial life—and make life artificial—through science, technology, and other forms of cultural change.In

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Book SynopsisExpanding the insights of Arlette Farge and Michel Foucault’s Disorderly Families into policing, public order, (in)justice, and daily life What might it mean for ordinary people to intervene in the circulation of power between police and the streets, sovereigns and their subjects? How did the police come to understand themselves as responsible for the circulation of people as much as things—and to separate law and justice from the maintenance of a newly emergent civil order? These are among the many questions addressed in the interpretive essays in Archives of Infamy.Crisscrossing the Atlantic to bring together unpublished radio broadcasts, book reviews, and essays by historians, geographers, and political theorists, Archives of Infamy provides historical and archival contexts to the recent translation of Disorderly Families by Arlette Farge and Michel Foucault. This volume includes new translations of key texts, including a radio address Foucault gave in 1983 that explains the writing process for Disorderly Families; two essays by Foucault not readily available in English; and a previously untranslated essay by Farge that describes how historians have appropriated Foucault.Archives of Infamy pushes past old debates between philosophers and historians to offer a new perspective on the crystallization of ideas—of the family, gender relations, and political power—into social relationships and the regimes of power they engender. Contributors: Roger Chartier, Collège de France; Stuart Elden, U of Warwick; Arlette Farge, Centre national de recherche scientifique; Michel Foucault (1926–1984); Jean-Philippe Guinle, Catholic Institute of Paris; Michel Heurteaux; Pierre Nora, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Michael Rey (1953–1993); Thomas Scott-Railton; Elizabeth Wingrove, U of Michigan.Trade Review"Listening to the voices rising from the archives, grasping the distant echoes of confrontations with power, exhuming the tenuous grain of tiny existences—this is what Michel Foucault chose to do. Does the philosopher’s gesture conflict with the historical understanding of archival material? This look back at an exciting debate asks: is it possible to build together a concern for anonymous lives, a literary passion for documentary fragments, and the desire to make a history of the discourses and practices of power?" —Judith Revel, Université Paris Nanterre"The book should be of interest to Foucault scholars, political scientists, historians of eighteenth century France, as well as general readers."—Foucault Studies

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Book SynopsisA field guide to a nonfascist life at the end of the world as we know itA Guerrilla Guide to Refusal is an unexpected approach to philosophy from a guerrilla-logic point of view. Harnessing critical theory to creatively reimagine counterinsurgency, guerrilla warfare, and interventions beyond the political mainstream, it takes us on a journey through anarchist infowar, queer outlaws, and black insurgency—through a subterranean network of communiques, military documents, contemporary art, political slogans, adversarial blogs, and captive media. In doing so, it provides powerful new insight into contemporary political movements that pose no demands, refuse labels, and offer no solutions.Written to both inspire and provoke, A Guerrilla Guide to Refusal urges us to think through the refusal to participate in politics as usual. Author Andrew Culp demonstrates how evasion can combatively deny the existing order its power. Focusing on punk cinema, anarchist pamphlets, feminist art projects, hacker manifestos, and guerrilla manuals, he foregrounds invisibility as a novel force of disruption. He draws on concepts of criminality, fugitivity, and anonymity to bring a more nuanced understanding of how power makes things—and people—visible.The book’s unique format is that of a theoretical manual, comprising freestanding segments instead of blueprints. Poised to reach beyond the academy into activist circles, this potent theory-in-action intervention forces us to reconsider the terrain upon which our struggles against patriarchy, anti-Blackness, capitalism, and the state operate.Trade Review"In this moment of miasma, Andrew Culp opens an aperture on a politics of negation that lives and breathes only for itself. A Guerrilla Guide to Refusal taps the vein of revolt, recognizing that its lifeblood already flows through our societies. For Culp, the cry for liberation is an ever-present reverberation that echoes across the beautiful wilderness that is life." —Simon Springer, author of The Anarchist Roots of Geography: Toward Spatial EmancipationTable of ContentsIntroduction: Underground PhilosophyI. Anonymity1. The Guerrilla Force of Liberation2. Propaganda of the Deed3. The Voice of Bullets and Bombs4. Messages without a Sender5. The Sprawl6. The Politics of AsymmetryII. Criminality7. Society with Sexual Characteristics8. Excitement and Exposure9. A Heart That Burns and Burns10. We Are Bad, but We Could Be Worse11. We Don’t12. Making Illness into a WeaponIII. Fugitivity13. Uprising14. Self-Abolition15. Searing Flesh16 Captive Media17. Black Out18. Trapped between Withdrawal and HypervisibilityConclusion: Communism at the End of the WorldAcknowledgmentsNotes Index

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Book SynopsisIn capitalism human beings act as if they are mere animals. So we hear repeatedly in the history of modern philosophy. Indifference and Repetition examines how modern philosophy, largely coextensive with a particular boost in capitalism’s development, registers the reductive and regressive tendencies produced by capitalism’s effect on individuals and society. Ruda examines a problem that has invisibly been shaping the history of modern, especially rationalist philosophical thought, a problem of misunderstanding freedom. Thinkers like Descartes, Kant, Hegel, and Marx claim that there are conceptions and interpretations of freedom that lead the subjects of these interpretations to no longer act and think freely. They are often unwillingly led into unfreedom. It is thus possible that even “freedom” enslaves. Modern philosophical rationalism, whose conceptual genealogy the books traces and unfolds, assigns a name to this peculiar form of domination by means of freedom: indifference. Indifference is a name for the assumption that freedom is something that human beings have: a given, a natural possession. When we think freedom is natural or a possession we lose freedom. Modern philosophy, Ruda shows, takes its shape through repeated attacks on freedom as indifference; it is the owl that begins its flight, so that the days of unfreedom will turn to dusk.Table of ContentsForeword: Frank Ruda’s Philosophical Oeuvre by Alain Badiou | vii Preface to the English Edition: Freedom as Slavery | xi List of Abbreviations | xxv Introduction: Indifference and the History of Philosophical Rationalism | 1 1 Descartes and the Transcendental of All My Future Errors | 13 2 Kant and the Fall into Natural Necessity | 47 3 Hegel, the Dead Disposition, and the Mortification of Freedom | 82 Conclusion: Toward Another Type of Indifference | 113 Translator’s Afterword by Heather H. Yeung | 127 Acknowledgments | 133 Notes | 135 Bibliography | 171 Index | 183

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Book SynopsisFor the first time, this book compiles original documents from Science for the People, the most important radical science movement in U.S. history. Between 1969 and 1989, Science for the People mobilized American scientists, teachers, and students to practice a socially and economically just science, rather than one that served militarism and corporate profits. Through research, writing, protest, and organizing, members sought to demystify scientific knowledge and embolden ""the people"" to take science and technology into their own hands. The movement's numerous publications were crucial to the formation of science and technology studies, challenging mainstream understandings of science as ""neutral"" and instead showing it as inherently political. Its members, some at prominent universities, became models for politically engaged science and scholarship by using their knowledge to challenge, rather than uphold, the social, political, and economic status quo. Highlighting Science for the People's activism and intellectual interventions in a range of areas - including militarism, race, gender, medicine, agriculture, energy, and global affairs - this volume offers vital contributions to today's debates on science, justice, democracy, sustainability, and political power.

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