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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIt takes work to maintain the centuries-old racial hierarchy in the United States. In How the Color Line Bends, through a sophisticated analysis of a school district secession effort in Baton Rouge, Nina Yancy shows us how White people, including progressives, do this work. The book has as much to teach us about the critical reflection needed of dominant social science practices and assumptions as of White identity and its political implications. * Katherine Cramer, Virginia Sapiro Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison *How the Color Line Bends is compelling. Yancy provides a well-written, deeply theoretical, and passionate examination of the ways in which Whites' racial identity shapes their understanding of local geography and racialized policies. This project is both methodologically broad and informed by a nuanced understanding of the historical context of national, regional, and local politics. I strongly recommend this timely and important book. * Vincent Hutchings, Hanes Walton Jr. Collegiate Professor in Political Science and Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan *How the Color Line Bends is a masterpiece of theory, method, and insight into White people's perspectives on segregation, the safety net, and affirmative action. Yancy goes deep into Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and broadly to metropolitan areas across the country to illustrate the importance and consequence of the advantaged perch from which White people form their policy preferences and politics. This book will fundamentally reorient the research on White racial attitudes. * Mary Pattillo, Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Northwestern University, and author of Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Chapter 1. Prejudice and Place Chapter 2. The Case of St. George and the Outsider Within Chapter 3. The White Perspective in a Divided City Chapter 4. The Geography of White Opposition to Welfare Chapter 5. Affirmative Action and the Threat of the Black Middle Class Chapter 6. Visibility and Responsibility Appendices References

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Book SynopsisFrom terrorist disputes to splinter offshoots, an inside look at how armed groups break apart. Terrorist, rebel, and insurgent groups are highly unstable. Amid fears of defeat and even death, intense disagreements have torn many organizations apart, from Syria to Iraq, Ireland to Spain. And while some of these divisions have preceded a group''s decline and eventual defeat, others have launched some of the most notorious and deadly organizations in recent history.In Divided Not Conquered, Evan Perkoski analyzes how armed groups fracture and how breakaway splinter groups behave. Perkoski takes an unprecedented look inside these organizations to understand the specific disagreements that cause groups to break apart, like those over ideology, leadership, and strategy. Drawing on research from organizational studies to social psychology, and leveraging analogies from business firms to religious sects, Perkoski shows how these disputes uniquely shape the behavior and survivability of emerginTrade ReviewThis book is an important addition to the literature on rebel group fragmentation. It offers a novel, nuanced argument and backs up its claims with a variety of tests. It also draws on new primary source material for the Irish Republican Army case study. This is essential reading for students, researchers, and practitioners studying why and how violent groups fragment. At times, Perkoski uses technical or specialized language that may be difficult for general readers to grasp. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisWild Democracy calls for a more anarchic, more courageous democracy. This is an ethic for people who know the rights they hold, and who struggle to rule themselves. This is an ethic for unfinished revolutions; an ethic for those who will not be mastered. This is an ethic for those who hold fast to the rights they have by nature. This is an ethic that requires courage. Democracy is always a risky business; full of promise and danger. The promise is the freedom to rule ourselves. The danger is fear: fear of the unknown, fear of the unruly, fear of one another, fear of anarchy. Fear leads to authoritarianism. The fearful look for a strong hand, a powerful leader, a protector, a gun. Anarchy leads to courage, to self-reliance, self-discipline, self-rule, and solidarity. Anarchy is the nursery of democracy. It is not anarchy we have to fear, it is authoritarianism.We have been taught to see the people as a problem to be managed. Anne Norton sees them as a source of strength. Anarchic democrTrade ReviewThe knowledge of the commons may not be common knowledge right now, but it will be one day because Anne Norton is its prophet. 'If we are to be democrats,' she says, 'we must learn anarchy.' That means practicing the discipline needed to live with others with whom we differ and joining with others to democratize law. Part ethics, part politics, part how-to book, Wild Democracy is a brilliant cri de coeur. Written for readers of all classes and backgrounds, this book is a powerful, empathic call to the democracy of ungovernability needed to counter tyranny, authoritarianism, the rule of experts or judges, today's faceless algorithms, and whatever's coming next. * Bonnie Honig, author of Shell-Shocked and A Feminist Theory of Refusal *Wild Democracy is a beautifully written manifesto, a path forward, a philosophical tone poem, a luscious essay, an inspiration, a very different way to see. Norton imagines what real democracy looks like—bold, anarchic, piratical—and guides us through its prospects and its pitfalls. This is the most exciting and iconoclastic book I've read in a long time. * James A. Morone, author of Republic of Wrath and Hellfire Nation *Wild Democracy is a democratic compass for the twenty-first century. Anne Norton brings a new, bold, and regenerating perspective on democracy, its practice, virtues, and ethics. This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about the present and the future of democracy. Norton shows us that democracy is not stable but is always open to change. Democratic life does not coincide with voting. It demands that people face the possibility of change with courage and discipline. Wild Democracy invites us to deeply rethink democracy as a form of life and togetherness. * Massimiliano Tomba, author of Insurgent Universality *Norton's new book Wild Democracy: Anarchy, Courage, and Ruling the Law sets out a capacious, anarchic, populist, energetic conception of democracy, above and beyond the narrow confines of political systems, lawmaking, and contemporary rivalries. * Samuel McIlhagga, Los Angeles Review of Books *This is a fine addition to literature in the past 20 years exploring how people throughout history challenged authoritarianism...Highly recommended. All readership levels. * Choice *The best work of democratic theory in decades. A provocation on every page, each indispensable for our times. * Wendy Brown, Institute for Advanced Study *Table of ContentsForward Theses for democrats I. Anarchy, courage, democracy 1. Anarchy is the shadow and salvation of democracy. Authoritarianism is the enemy. 2. For anarchy, we need the anarchic. 3. Democrats are shabby. 4. Fear is the enemy of the democrat. 5. If people are to rule themselves, they must have courage. 6. Democrats take risks. II. Free people keep something wild in them 1. Rebellion is not only a right: it is a duty. 2. The democratic citizen is both subject and sovereign. 3. Self rule is a discipline. 4. Empire is the enemy of the democratic. 5. Free people keep something wild in them. IV. The canon of Western political philosophy was forged against the people. 1. The canon of Western political philosophy was forged against the people. 2. Forget Athens. Forget democratic genealogies. V. Democracies are generative. Democracies are excessive. Democrats live with open hands. 1. Democracies are places of wild diversity. 2. The democratic disposition is cosmopolitan. 3. How free people love their countries. 4. Democracies are generative. Democracies are excessive. Democrats live with open hands. 5. All you need for democracy is humanity. VI. Taxes are how people pay for the work they do together. 1. Democratic politics is born from human fragility. 2. The strength of the poor is the strength of democracy. 3. Want and democratic drive. 4. Taxes are how the people pay for the work they do together. VII. Rights are born in the body. 1. Rights are grounded in the body. 2. People have the right to life, to liberty and to the pursuit of happiness. 3. People have the right to speak and to be silent. 4. People have the right to assemble. 5. People have the right to a place in the world. People have the right to move. 6. Rights are inalienable. 7. Rights are common. 8. Rights find their limits in the body. VIII. Free People rule the law. 1. Rights are above, below and beyond the law. Rights undergird the law. Rights elevate the law. 2. Rule law. Do not simply be ruled by it. 3. People should judge. 4. The people are wise. 5. Democracies depend on truth. 6. Truth prospers when the people rule. IX. Liberalism is a problem for democracy. 1. Undemocratic governments are unjust but not all democracies are just. Democracy is a necessary but not sufficient condition for justice. 2. The problem with liberalism 3. In defense of populism. 4. Institutions alone cannot ensure that the people rule. 5. How free people might choose their leaders. 6. Decentralization protects the rule of the people. 7. People can always recall their representatives, servants and officials. 8. Executive energy belongs to the many rather than the one. 9. The people, steering. X. Force is the enemy of the free. 1. Military power is a danger to democracy. 2. Free people go to war together or not at all. 3. Private weaponry is an offense to free people. 4. Punishment demeans the democratic. 5. Free people are not policed. XI. We have not yet finished with revolution. 1. Without free and courageous people, there are no democratic governments. 2. We are not democrats yet. We do not yet rule ourselves. 3. Self rule is a discipline. 4. We have not yet finished with revolution. 5. Democracy is not an idyllic state, democracy is a struggle. 6. Democracy is fugitive. XII. The time of the democratic is past, present and future. 1. Democracy is episodic 2. The time of democracy is a time of celebration. 3. The time of democracy is a time of danger. 4. The time of democracy is a time of creation 5. Democratic time is sacred time. 6. The time of the democratic is past, present, and future. XIII. People who rule themselves look both forward and back. 1. Democrats are conservative, progressive and radical. 2. Democracy moves upward. 3. Democracy moves downward. 4. People who rule themselves look both forward and back. XIV. Free people carry the democratic with them. 1. Assembly preserves the anarchic. Assembly nurtures the democratic. 2. Democracy belongs to the city. 3. Democracy belongs to the country. 4. Free people carry the democratic with them. They should carry it into the factory, the shop, the school. 5. Democracy cannot be fenced out of the economic realm or separated from the social. 6. The rule of the people lives and is endangered in each person's body. XV. The friends and enemies of the democratic and how to deal with them. 1. Equality is proper to democracy. 2. Inequality corrupts democracy. 3. Friendship teaches people to live democratic lives. 4. The enemies of the democratic and how to deal with them. XVI. Let us walk like gods. 1. In ruling themselves, people become divine. 2. The voice of the people is the voice of God. 3. The people sing. 4. The earth belongs to the living. Appendix of Imperatives Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisA unique analysis that looks at the true motivation of Trump supporters.The Authoritarian Personality, which was published by Theordor Adorno and a set of colleagues in the 1950s, was the first broad-based empirical attempt to explain why certain individuals are attracted to the authoritarian, even fascist, leaders that dominated the political scene in the 1930s and 1940s. Today, the concept has been applied to leaders ranging from Trump to Viktor Orban to Rodrigo Duterte. But is it really accurate to label Trump supporters as authoritarians?In The Securitarian Personality, John R. Hibbing argues that an intense desire for authority is not central to those constituting Trump''s base. Drawing from participant observation, focus groups, and especially an original, nationwide survey of the American public that included over 1,000 ardent Trump supporters, Hibbing demonstrates that what Trump''s base really craves is actually a specific form of security. Trump supporters do not strive for security in the face of all threats, such as climate change, Covid-19, and economic inequality, but rather only from those threats they perceive to be emanating from human outsiders, defined broadly to include welfare cheats, unpatriotic athletes, norm violators, non-English speakers, religious and racial minorities, and certainly people from other countries. The central objective of these securitarians is to strive for protection for themselves, their families, and their dominant cultural group from these embodied outsider threats.A radical reinterpretation of the support for Trumpism, The Securitarian Personality not only provides insight into a political movement that many find baffling and frustrating, but offers a compelling thesis that all observers of American political behavior will have to contend with, even if they disagree with it.Trade Review[T]his is an insightful psychological profile of the voters Trump is counting on in 2020. * Publishers Weekly *An illuminating look at the drivers of illiberal nativism - and of support for its chief modern exponent. * Kirkus *Trump enthusiasts are not who you think they are. In this smart, engaging psychological exploration, Hibbing punctures some popular stereotypes, shows us what really motivates them, and explains why they will be around long after President Trump exits the stage. * Larry M. Bartels, May Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science, Vanderbilt University *For years, John Hibbing has been one of the world's most fearless, creative, and adventurous political scientists, readily embracing and incorporating new discoveries in psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral genetics. He needs all of that and more to understand the dedicated, fervent Trump supporter. Hibbing's analysis — based on extensive interviews, participant observation, and public opinion polls — is extremely insightful and intuitively convincing. It is an outstanding, thought-provoking work of interdisciplinary scholarship. * John T. Jost, Co-Director of the Center for Social and Political Behavior and Professor, New York University, and author of A Theory of System Justification *Foundational work on the psychology of politics tests what makes Trump venerators psychologically unique. Unlike prior accounts, Hibbing puts aside theories of economic bitterness, feelings of fear, and authoritarianism. Drawing instead on evolutionary and political psychology, Hibbing combines insights from interviews and a unique survey to suggest that Trump venerators are continuing the evolutionary-long tradition of desiring security from outsiders. The first step to reducing the risks they pose to democratic processes, Hibbing suggests, is to understand that many of our fellow citizens have a fundamentally different and securitarian approach towards perceived outsiders. * Mark J. Brandt, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University *John Hibbing set out to understand the motivations not of Trump voters, but of his fire-breathing base. In doing so, he has produced an original, nuanced, fair-minded, and fascinating empirical account of what he labels the 'securitarian personality.' Hibbing argues that securitarians define one side of the most fundamental divide in modern societies. They will be a disruptive force in our politics well after Trump, one that must be understood and reckoned with. This important book makes compelling reading both for social scientists and Trump's strongest supporters and opponents. * Thomas E. Mann, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, and Resident Scholar, University of California, Berkeley *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Chapter 1: Barefoot Over Burning Coals Chapter 2: Scared, Resentful, Destitute Hillbillies? Chapter 3: Authoritarians Who Dislike Authority Chapter 4: The Phorgotten Phenotype Chapter 5: The Trump Venerator Next Door Chapter 6: Better Secure than Submissive Chapter 7: The Many Faces of Trump Veneration Chapter 8: Politics and Life after Trump References Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe questions and dilemmas of bioethics touch everyone. Should people who refuse to be vaccinated be treated for COVID-19, even if that displaces vaccinated patients with other serious conditions? What restrictions on abortion should there be, if any? Should women be paid to donate eggs? Bioethics: What Everyone Needs to Know discusses these and other similar questions facing the public today--as well as providing a way for thinking deeply about them.Steinbock and Menzel first examine major moral theories and how they can be used to analyze bioethical issues. They then provide historical background to the birth of bioethics and explain how it shifted from a paternalistic doctor knows best approach to respect for autonomy, a fundamental value in contemporary bioethics. Subsequent chapters cover advance directives, experimentation on human subjects, the definition of death, physician-assisted dying, abortion, disability, just healthcare systems, the allocation of scarce resources, pharmTrade ReviewThe book's coverage is excellent and more than sufficient to ground a robust understanding of contemporary bioethics. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Thomas Mann's Joseph Tetralogy: A "Musico-Literary Poetics" of Equality 3. A Right to the City: Toni Morrison's Literary Jazz 4. An Egalitarian Istanbul: Ethos's Cinematic Portraiture 5. Latinx Visibility: Architecture and Public History Notes Index

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Book SynopsisSince the mid-2000s Venezuela has been ranked one of the most violent countries in the world as homicides and police violence skyrocketed. Much has been written about the country's turn to Chavismo but scholarship has ignored what will perhaps be the revolution's most important legacy: how Chavista policies transformed coercive power and the security landscape. In Policing the Revolution, Rebecca Hanson provides the first in-depth analysis of policing and security policies during the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, focusing on the experiences of three groups: police officers, police reformers, and residents of neighborhoods most affected by violence. Drawing on ethnographic, interview, and survey research collected over ten years, she analyzes how security policies within the context of the pink tide and later turn to authoritarianism contributed to the expansion of lateral violence and the pluralization of non-state armed actors. Far from the always-already authoritarian project

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Book SynopsisPolitical controversy about migration is becoming more frequent, more heated, and for certain groups, decidedly more urgent. This raises pressing questions not only in the realms of policy-making and public discourse, but also for philosophical accounts of migration. Do liberal states have the right to exclude unwanted outsiders, or should all borders be open? How should we begin to theorize the morality of refugee and asylum policy? If states can exclude unwanted outsiders, what ethical principles govern the determination of who gets in? Justice, Migration, and Mercy offers a way in which these questions might be answered by providing a vision of how we can understand the political morality of migration. Michael Blake offers a novel, and plausible, account of the right to exclude on which that right is grounded on a more fundamental right to avoid unwanted forms of political relationship. Far from simply justifying exclusion, however, Blake examines the best justifications for exclusTrade ReviewThe literature on migration in political philosophy is by now mature, and well-trodden argumentative paths map the contours of its central questions. This makes it all the more impressive that Michael Blake's Justice, Migration, and Mercy manages to navigate those questions in a novel and genuinely distinctive way, as well as to chart out new routes for exploration in the terrain of debate. It will prove valuable to both students of migration in political philosophy, for the lucidity with which it approaches its central questions and relates them to contemporary migration politics (especially in the USA), and to partisans in the debates in which Blake engages, for the original perspective that it articulates and for Blake's thoughtful engagement with his interlocuters. * Jamie Draper, Res Publica *What is unique about Blake's book is that he goes beyond justice to argue that mercy creates other obligations for us to take care of other people, regardless of whether those people have rights in justice to that sort of care. It is a strength of his book that it inspires us to think beyond simply what liberal states must do to avoid being unjust, to the virtues that such states ought to cultivate to become morally better political communities. * Renée Nicole Souris, Philosophia *In conclusion, Michael Blake's new book is a relevant contribution to the migration ethicsliterature to the extent that it introduces a major challenge to the open borders position whileinviting migration scholars to get rid of the restraints of justice by enriching their moral vocabulary. * Mario Josue Cunningham Matamoros, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice *Michael Blake's book offers a distinctive and illuminating perspective on questions about immigration. Blake is a well known political philosopher, and this book has his characteristic clarity, precision, and sharpness. The book is aimed at a wider audience than his fellow philosophers, however. It is filled with examples, stories, and links to current political debates that will help ordinary readers to understand why it is important both to reflect carefully about highly contested issues and to expand the moral vocabulary that dominates conventional discussions of immigration. It is an engaging and provocative read. * Joseph H. Carens, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto *In the increasingly polarized literature on migration, Blake's approach will be controversial. The book defends some bracing conclusions: Blake argues that would not be unjust for the state to deport undocumented migrants, to prevent the spouses and family members of its own citizens from settling, and to close its borders to all would-be migrants except refugees (though these acts would be unmerciful). Still, even those who disagree (as I do) with these policy conclusions will find the book of considerable philosophical interest. Blake connects migration ethics to a broader picture of what states owe members and outsiders in a world structured as a system of separate legal jurisdictions. This is a real innovation in the migration literature, and an idea worth building upon. * Anna Stilz, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *For several years Michael Blake has been among the most important contributors to the philosophical literature on immigration. This book is therefore greatly anticipated and develops a number of fruitful arguments....[T]his is one of the most important books on immigration policy in the past few years and should be read by those with an interest in the topic, as well as by people hoping to develop accounts of virtues other than justice in political philosophy. * Matt Lister, Ethics *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter One: On Morality and Migration Chapter Two: Justice and the Excluded, Part One: Open Borders Chapter Three: Justice and the Excluded, Part Two: Closed Borders Chapter Four: Justice, Jurisdiction, and Migration Chapter Five: Coercion and Refuge Chapter Six: Choosing and Refusing: On Migration, Exclusion, and the Bigot's Veto Chapter Seven: People, Places, and Plans: On Love, Migration, and Documentation Chapter Eight: Reciprocity, the Undocumented, and Jeb Bush Chapter Nine: On Mercy in Politics Chapter Ten: Migration and Mercy Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFlexible Authoritarianism challenges the idea that the transnational rise of authoritarianism is a backlash against economic globalization and neoliberal capitalism. Flexible authoritarianism--a form of government that simultaneously incentivizes a can-do spirit and suppresses dissent--reflects the resonance between authoritarian and neoliberal ideologies in today''s comeback of strongman rule. The book conveys the look and feel of flexible authoritarianism in Russia through the eyes of up-and-coming youth. Drawing on field observations, in-depth interviews, and analyses of documents and video clips, Anna Schwenck demonstrates how flexible authoritarianism is stabilized ideologically by the insignia of cool start-up capitalism and by familiar cultural forms such as the summer camp. It critically evaluates how loyalty to the regime--the order underlying political and economic life in a polity--is produced and contested among those young people who seek key positions in politics, business, the public sector, or creative industries.Trade ReviewThis is a truly excellent and original work of cultural and political sociology, asking questions profoundly important for understanding the legitimation, acceptance, and enthusiasm for 'flexible authoritarianism' in many contexts but vitally important for understanding burning questions provoked by Russia's 2022 war on Ukraine and responses to it from within Russia, particularly those of younger people. * Nancy Ries, Professor of Anthropology, Colgate University *Why citizens submit to the limits on personal freedoms that characterize collective life under conditions of authoritarianism is a puzzle that scholars of this regime type frequently confront. Anna Schwenck's concept of 'flexible authoritarianism' provides an answer. No political regime is completely authoritarian-rather, it usually provides its members with opportunities for autonomy as well as the imposing constraints. Deftly reasoned and engagingly written, her analysis contributes substantially to the study of authoritarian governments while providing a nuanced account of totalitarianism in action. As authoritarian governments flourish, Schwenck's work will no doubt stand as an essential source. * Mabel Berezin, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for European Studies, Cornell University *Why is Putin's regime so popular? Anna Schwenck's Flexible Authoritarianism helps solve this puzzle. Focusing on the Russian government's approach to youth, Schwenck's study reveals key mechanisms that help the regime build a loyal cadre. With insightful analysis grounded in unique fieldwork inside Russian government-sponsored summer camps in Russia's far-flung regions, this important book sheds new light on the sources of stability for authoritarian regimes. * Valerie Sperling, Clark University *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Flexible Authoritarianism, Loyalty, and Quests for Change 2. Interlude: Entrepreneurial Start-Up Culture Meets Soviet-Style Suspicions: Reflections on Two Russian Youth-Leadership Camps 3. Soviet Traditions in Service of Flexible Authoritarianism 4. How Flexible Authoritarianism Looks and Feels 5. Loyal Youths' Individualist Quests for Change: Self-Development for the Good of All 6. Professionalizing Patriots: The Branding and Staging of Heroic Masculinity 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisTackling perhaps the most contentious and socially urgent political movement of the last century, Scott R. Sehon lays bare the arguments for and against socialism, investigating their logical scaffolding and revealing exactly what is assumed in charged and often vital discussions of labor conditions and human well-being. Sehon provides a straightforward presentation and logical analysis of the arguments to make very clear which arguments work, and which do not.While the book aims to be fair to the arguments from both sides, Sehon ultimately sides with socialism and maintains that the arguments indicate that we should move in a strongly democratic socialist direction. Nearly every contemporary counterclaim to socialism is addressed and interrogated, and even the more dubious arguments in favor of socialism are taken up. Naturally, the defender of capitalism will deny these premises and claim that capitalism better promotes human well-being; many capitalists also claim that socialism doe

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This Oxford Handbook will be the definitive study of political ideologies for years to come. The diversity of ideology studies is represented by a mixture of the range of theories that illuminate the field, combined with an appreciation of the changing complexity of concrete ideologies and the emergence of new ones.

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Book SynopsisThis 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 new debates on political liberalism, deliberative democracy, civic republicanism, nationalism and cultural pluralism. The book now includes two new chapters on citizenship theory and multiculturalism, in addition to updated chapters on utilitarianism, liberal egalitarianism, libertarianism, socialism, communitarianism, and feminism. The many thinkers discussed include G. A. Cohen, Ronald Dworkin, William Galston , Carol Gilligan, R. M. Hare, Catherine Mackinnon, David Miller, Philippe Van Parijs, Susan Okin, Robert Nozick, John Rawls, John Roemer, Michael Sandel, Charles Taylor, Michael Walzer, and Iris Young. Extended guides to further reading have been added at the end of each chapter, listing the most important books and articles on each school of thought, as well as relevant journals and websites.Covering some of the most advanced contemporary thinking, Will Kymlicka writes in an engaging, accessible, and non-technical way to ensure the book is suitable for readers approaching these concepts for the first time. This second edition promises to build on the original edition''s success as a key text in the teaching of modern political theory.Trade ReviewReview of second edition: There is an effortless command of a range of arguments and theories, comprehensive and informed knowledge of the relevant sources, and a narrative which is highly accessible and at the same time organises the material intelligently. Kymlicka's own views are expressed but in a way that does not do a disservice to those he criticises. This is a fine example of an introductory text which does not mute its authors stance but which benefits from his partisan participation in the debates * Dr David Archard, University of St Andrews *Review of second edition: Kymlicka has an exceptional ability to present difficult material in an accessible manner that nevertheless allows the reader to understand why the issue is complex and why it matters. The chapters are clearly written, pitched at the right level, and cover the territory * Dr Matt Matravers, University of York *Review of second edition: (The) changes make this edition sill more attractive and useful than the first. Its depth, lucidity and rigour mark it out as one of the better introductions on the market for anyone who wishes seriously to engage with the important recent debates within contemporary liberal theory. It stands out as that rare introductory book that offers the hard analytical work required if one is really to get to grips with the issues. * THES *Review of first edition: Kymlicka has given us a superb book that might serve as a central text in both introductory and advanced courses in political philosophy...Kymlicka's striking achievement is to have presented a sophisticated philosophical analysis in clear, non-technical language readily intellible to any alternative reader... * David Stern, Teaching Philosophy *Review of first edition: ... For a higher-level undergraduate or graduate course on contemporary political philosophy it would be ideal. Moreover, it is a serious work in political philosophy deserving the attention and respect of the mature political-philosophical community * James Child, Philosophical Quarterly *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Utilitarianism ; 3. Liberal Equality ; 4. Libertarianism ; 5. Marxism ; 6. Communitarianism ; 7. Citizenship Theory ; 8. Multiculturalism ; 9. Feminism

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Book SynopsisLong recognized as one of the main branches of political science, political theory has in recent years burgeoned in many different directions. Close textual analysis of historical texts sits alongside more analytical work on the nature and normative grounds of political values. Continental and post-modern influences jostle with ones from economics, history, sociology, and the law. Feminist concerns with embodiment make us look at old problems in new ways, and challenges of new technologies open whole new vistas for political theory.This Handbook provides comprehensive and critical coverage of the lively and contested field of political theory, and will help set the agenda for the field for years to come. Forty-five chapters by distinguished political theorists look at the state of the field, where it has been in the recent past, and where it is likely to go in future. They examine political theory''s edges as well as its core, the globalizing context of the field, and the challenges presented by social, economic, and technological changes.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition 'This is a unique and impressive set of analyses about scholarship in political theory. It is comprehensive, as we would expect. Beyond that, it is remarkably creative in the way that Dryzek, Honig and Phillips have organized categories, and it includes much overdue reference to scholarship on non-Western and postcolonial thought.' * Iris Marion Young, Late Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. *'This extraordinary series offers 'state of the art' assessments that instruct, engage, and provoke. Both synoptic and directive, the fine essays across these superbly edited volumes reflect the ambitions and diversity of political science. No one who is immersed in the discipline's controversies and possibilities should miss the intellectual stimulation and critical appraisal these works so powerfully provide.' * Ira Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University *'Under the general editorship of Robert E. Goodin, a large group of intellectually attractive authors has charted the entire field of political science in an unbiased multi-paradigmatic way. Minerva's owl would make a nice logo for this monumental collective work of the Oxford Handbooks: what moves us forward is looking back at what we know.' * Claus Offe, Professor of Political Science, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin and Institute for Social Science, Humboldt University, Berlin. *Table of ContentsI. CONTEMPORARY CURRENTS; II. THE LEGACY OF THE PAST; III. POLITICAL THEORY IN THE WORLD; IV. STATE AND PEOPLE; V. JUSTICE, EQUALITY, AND FREEDOM; VI. PLURALISM, MULTICULTURALISM, AND NATIONALISM; VII. CLAIMS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT; VIII. THE BODY POLITIC; IX. TESTING THE BOUNDARIES; X. OLD AND NEW

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Book SynopsisTrust is indispensable, yet it can be dangerous. Without trusting others, we cannot function in society, or even stay alive for very long, but being overly-trustful can be a bad strategy too. Trust is pragmatic, but it also has a moral dimension: trustworthiness is a virtue, and well-placed trust benefits us all. In this Very Short Introduction, Katherine Hawley explores the key ideas about trust and distrust. Considerings questions such as ''Why do we value trust?'' and Why do we want to be trusted rather than distrusted?'', Hawley raises issues about the importance of trust in both the personal and public spheres, including family and relationships as well as politics and society. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of ContentsPROLOGUE: TRUST AND DISTRUST AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE; AFTERWORD: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING TRUSTWORTHY; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING

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Book SynopsisOne of the most far-reaching transformations in our era is the wave of digital technologies rolling over--and upending--nearly every aspect of life. Work and leisure, family and friendship, community and citizenship have all been modified by now-ubiquitous digital tools and platforms. Digital Technology and Democratic Theory looks closely at one significant facet of our rapidly evolving digital lives: how technology is radically changing our lives as citizens and participants in democratic governments. To understand these transformations, this book brings together contributions by scholars from multiple disciplines to wrestle with the question of how digital technologies shape, reshape, and affect fundamental questions about democracy and democratic theory. As expectations have whiplashed--from Twitter optimism in the wake of the Arab Spring to Facebook pessimism in the wake of the 2016 US election--the time is ripe for a more sober and long-term assessment. How should we take stock oTrade Review“At a moment when democracy around the world is being weakened, challenged, and attacked, this volume is a timely and essential addition that will help its audience understand the affordances—but also the very real detrimental effects—of social media in society on our governing principles and institutions. We urgently need this expert realist approach and global perspective if we are to have any chance of effectively engaging with these tech firms and their technologies and any hope of guarding democracy against the outsize impact of both.” -- Sarah T. Roberts, University of California, Los Angeles“This book serves the much-needed purpose of advancing the conversation about the impact of technology on democratic theory and the role of democratic theory in helping us to understand the relationship between technology and power. This diverse collection of essays addresses how to reimagine the informational diet of democracy, free speech and association, the boundaries of the demos and political exclusion. An important and engaging read!” -- Beth Simone Noveck, director, The Governance Lab"Ten papers examine how digital technologies shape, reshape, and affect fundamental questions about democratic practice and theory, focusing on how democratic ideals might provide a framework for understanding and shaping today’s digital transformation." * Journal of Economic Literature *"Each of the chapters is written in a clear and engaging manner and will not exclude students, nonspecialists, and, indeed, a wider interested and informed audience. This is to the editors’ credit. The drawback of tackling questions related to new technologies in book form is, as the authors admit, that the speed of events in the digital world means the arguments made here might be left behind very quickly. However, the timing of this book’s publication leaves it feeling instead rather prescient, in the sense that much of its content is now of a far wider interest than might otherwise have been the case. The call made by the contributors to this collection is now urgent, rather than just timely, and the arguments made here will be of significant influence on the theoretical reimagination of democracy that must surely follow." * Perspectives on Politics *"Drawing a necessarily wide scope, the volume includes theoretical work alongside the kind of novel empirical input necessary to give a full account of the ways in which democracy and digital technology intersect. Indeed, a strength of the book is that it does not focus solely on contributions from 'traditional' democratic theorists but includes researchers working in fields as diverse as communications, economics, and computer science. . . . As is made clear in the opening pages, this breadth is both a strength and a necessity, because the kinds of challenges presented to democratic theory by the structural changes brought by new technologies are unlikely to be resolved through conventional means." * Dacombe Review *"Digital Technology and Democratic Theory is an important contribution to a field previously overlooked by democratic theorists. In an age in which digital environments create new barriers to equal rights and political participation, the volume carefully assembles an array of cross-disciplinary perspectives and asks the question: is there a need for a digital democratic theory?" * LSE Review of Books *"Can we use digital technologies to forward democratic ends? In a collection of essays written by political scientists, computer scientists, and an array of other academics... Digital Technology and Democratic Theory offers answers to this question. The book could not be more timely." * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsIntroduction Lucy Bernholz, Hélène Landemore, and Rob Reich 1 Democracy and the Digital Public Sphere Joshua Cohen and Archon Fung 2 Open Democracy and Digital Technologies Hélène Landemore 3 Purpose-Built Digital Associations Lucy Bernholz 4 Digital Exclusion: A Politics of Refusal Seeta Peña Gangadharan 5 Presence of Absence: Exploring the Democratic Significance of Silence Mike Ananny 6 The Artisan and the Decision Factory: The Organizational Dynamics of Private Speech Governance Robyn Caplan 7 The Democratic Consequences of the New Public Sphere Henry Farrell and Melissa Schwartzberg 8 Democratic Societal Collaboration in a Whitewater World David Lee, Margaret Levi, and John Seely Brown 9 From Philanthropy to Democracy: Rethinking Governance and Funding of High-Quality News in the Digital Age Julia Cagé 10 Technologizing Democracy or Democratizing Technology? A Layered-Architecture Perspective on Potentials and Challenges Bryan Ford Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“A fascinating, readable biography of Friedrich Hayek. . . The book punctures some long-standing myths about Hayek . . . [and] deserves a wide audience.” * The Economist *“An engrossing story . . . [and] as detailed an account of the first half of Hayek’s life as anyone could ask for.” * Literary Review *“A propulsive read. The authors are expert guides to Hayek’s intellectual evolution. . . . [but] they are also perceptive guides to Hayek’s private life. . . . Caldwell and Klausinger have triumphantly succeeded.” * Prospect *“No one is likely to repeat this feat. . . . This is the definitive Hayek for our times.” -- Robert Skidelsky * Spectator *“The story, presented here with more detail than anyone has previously unfolded, is a simple and tragic one. . . . [Hayek’s] was a spectacular achievement, but one, in the end, that could not have been made by a gregarious man of deep friendships and profound personal commitments.” * Times Literary Supplement *"Anybody curious about [Hayek] is well served by the exhaustive account written by two historians of economic thought." * New Statesman *“A gloriously detailed and thoroughly reliable account of the first half of Hayek’s life.” * London Review of Books *"The first volume of what will surely be the definitive biography of Friedrich von Hayek. . . a deeply impressive work." * Project Syndicate *"In mind-stunning detail . . . Caldwell and Klausinger tell everything about Hayek's youth you wanted to know but were afraid to ask." -- Deirdre Nansen McCloskey * Reason Magazine *"The Hayek who emerges from this text is somewhat of a charming loner who maintained distance between himself and all but a small number of individuals . . . The fullness of Caldwell and Klausinger’s picture of Hayek’s life and ideas owes much to their comprehensive study of primary sources." * Law & Liberty *"Much has been written about Hayek’s work, but Hayek: A Life, 1899-1950 by Bruce Caldwell and Hansjoerg Klausinger stands as the definitive intellectual biography of Hayek." * History of Economic Ideas *"The biography excels in the way it embeds Hayek in his familial and social setting, and it demonstrates the extent to which his work was shaped, mainly in critical response, to the major intellectual developments of his age. Caldwell and Klausinger tell the story by providing a rich context of Hayek’s intellectual endeavors, first in Vienna and subsequently in London." * Independent Review *"One of the best biographies of any economist, covers anything you might wish to know, and with conceptual understanding. This is a fantastic book." * Marginal Revolution *"Caldwell and Klausinger have created an authoritative and superbly researched biography about one of the greatest intellectuals of the twentieth century . . . Based on tireless archival work, the authors have painstakingly assembled innumerable existing details regarding Hayek’s life and scientific work from an astonishing array of sources in order to create a coherent picture of one of the most complex and intriguing social scientists. This makes the book a thoughtful work and one of the finest biographies of economists." * Journal of the History of Economic Thought *“A magnificent achievement. Caldwell and Klausinger bring Hayek alive; they also bring his world alive. This is riveting reading, taken as biography, and it’s much more than that. It casts a bright new light on Hayek’s era, and on our own.” -- Cass R. Sunstein, coauthor of 'Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness'“Hayek: A Life, 1899–1950 is a triumph of both scholarship and biography. Caldwell and Klausinger have given us an instant classic, sure to stimulate and enrich debates about this most controversial, and still misunderstood, economist and social philosopher.” -- Joel Isaac, author of 'Working Knowledge: Making the Human Sciences from Parsons to Kuhn'"Admirers and opponents of Hayek alike will find much to savor in this deeply researched, sweeping biography. Even readers who well know Hayek and his times will be enlightened and enriched." -- Jennifer Burns, author of 'Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right'“Hayek: A Life, 1899–1950 is brilliant, comprehensive, and engaging. For any historian, social scientist, or philosopher interested in how ideas shaped the twentieth century and how the events of the twentieth century framed intellectual discourse, this is a must-read." -- Peter Boettke, author of 'Living Economics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow'“By far the most careful and comprehensive treatment of his early life and works, Hayek: A Life, 1899–1950 is an invaluable resource, full of remarkable discoveries.” -- Angus Burgin, author of 'The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free Markets since the Depression'"A profound and trustworthy biography.” * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung *“A monumental biography.” * Future of Freedom Foundation *"Excellently researched . . . this biography offers exciting insights.” * Der Standard (Austria) *"As the authors state, they intended this to be the definitive biography and they have achieved this ambition." * The Enlightened Economist *"This is without any doubt an out-standing biography that should become the go-to account of Hayek’s life as an economist." * Business Economics *A 2022 Notable Book * Seminary Co-Op *"This book is in every sense a monumental undertaking, for which we should be profoundly grateful." * The Critic *"This first volume of a monumental recounting of his life and thought will contribute to establishing [Hayek] firmly as one of the principal economists of the twentieth century." * Economic Affairs *“A fascinating hybrid between personal and intellectual biography . . . the biography is a major publishing event for everyone interested in Hayek’s intellectual development . . . We can now contemplate more deeply and with greater confidence the question as to what made Hayek a prominent economist, indeed one of the most accomplished and lauded economists of the twentieth century.” * History of Economics Review *"This biography contains wonderful material for understanding both the strengths and the limits of Hayek’s thought as it developed up to 1950. It is a major contribution to Hayek studies." * The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought *"This biography is remarkably comprehensive, and is of first-rate quality. It is, for such a scholarly work, surprisingly readable, and should be a key port of call for all students interested in Hayek’s work. Just because of the complexity of Hayek’s work, and the way in which ideas in different fields are interconnected, this study seems to me equally important for those who are sympathetic towards Hayek, as well as those who wish to make effective criticisms." -- Jeremy Shearmur * Society *"Hayek: A Life is crucial read for understanding liberal economic thought in the twentieth-century and how it influenced much of the economic thinking of Cold War era conservatism and capitalism, the politics of freedom and anti-communism, and continues to be an alluring alternative to the soft centralism and managerialism of new establishment erected in the aftermath of the Cold War and War on Terror." * VoegelinView *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I. A Viennese Youth 1. A Fin-de-Siècle Wedding 2. Family Life 3. At School 4. Austrian Politics and Anti-Semitism 5. At War Part II. A Broadening of Horizons 6. Back at Home in Postwar Austria 7. The University of Vienna 8. The Peripatetic Student: Fritz at University 9. Mises and the Geistkreis 10. Changes of Scene 11. The Trip to America Part III. The Making of an Economist 12. Return to Vienna 13. Hella Joins the Family 14. At the Institute for Business Cycle Research 15. The Young Academic Part IV. Hayek in 1930s England 16. Hayek Comes to LSE 17. The Encounter with Keynes 18. Defending Economic Theory and Interpreting Hitler 19. Socialism and Knowledge 20. Academic Life at LSE 21. The Battle for Young LSE Minds 22. Hayek and Austria 23. Domestic Affairs 24. The Hayek Family Debates Politics Part V. Fighting the Spirit of the Age 25. Liberalism: Its Adversaries and Allies 26. Hayek and London Go to War: The Abuse and Decline of Reason 27. Cambridge 28. A Sixpence Penguin Volume: The Road to The Road to Serfdom 29. Scientism and Popper 30. The Publication(s) of The Road to Serfdom Part VI. Changing Worlds 31. War’s End 32. Postwar Austria 33. Mont Pèlerin 1947 34. Hayek Looks for a Job 35. 1949—Hayek’s Annus Horribilis 36. Hayek versus Hayek Acknowledgments References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Cooper's reading is Platonic without being Platonist, i.e., he reads Rousseau in dialogue with Plato as understood by Straussian interpreters, such that political philosophy, not metaphysics, forms the core of Platonic thought." * Choice *"Written with a combination of true insight, grace, and humility, this book is the first of which I’m aware that undertakes to read Rousseau’s Reveries—his most beautiful but mysterious work—as a single, consistent but unfolding story: the tale of Rousseau’s journey into and then within the philosophic life." -- Arthur M. Melzer, author of The Natural Goodness of Man“In his new book, Dreaming of Justice, Waking to Wisdom, Cooper, gives us a fascinating account of what it means to live philosophically, through an analysis of Rousseau's Promenades of a Solitary Walker. While Rousseau's life may be peculiar in many ways Cooper brilliantly uses Rousseau’s account of that life to open up for us what the experience of philosophizing can be like. Highly recommended!” -- Michael Allen Gillespie, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsCitations and Abbreviations Preface Introduction: After the Cave Part I Chapter 1 The Life of Philosophy and the Life of Rousseau Chapter 2 The Reveries of the Solitary Walker: An Introduction Part II Chapter 3 “What Am I?”: First Walk Chapter 4 “A Faithful Record”: Second Walk Chapter 5 Becoming a Philosopher: Third Walk Chapter 6 Being a Philosopher: Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Walks Chapter 7 Becoming a More Perfect Philosopher: Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Walks Coda: The Love of Wisdom and the Wisdom of Love: Tenth Walk Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAmerica's Philosopher examines how John Locke has been interpreted, reinterpreted, and misinterpreted over three centuries of American history. The influence of polymath philosopher John Locke (16321704) can still be found in a dizzying range of fields, as his writings touch on issues of identity, republicanism, and the nature of knowledge itself. Claire Rydell Arcenas's new book tells the story of Americans' longstanding yet ever-mutable obsession with this English thinker's ideas, a saga whose most recent manifestations have found the so-called Father of Liberalism held up as a right-wing icon. The first book to detail Locke's trans-Atlantic influence from the eighteenth century until today, America's Philosopher shows how and why interpretations of his ideas have captivated Americans in ways few other philosophersfrom any nationever have. As Arcenas makes clear, each generation has essentially remade Locke in its own image, taking inspiration and transmuting his ideas to suitTrade Review"Arcenas has done valuable work in documenting Americans’ affection for an empiricist philosopher. Her discussion of twentieth-century scholarly debates over Locke’s significance, from Leo Strauss to J.G.A. Pocock, are accurate and well-expressed." * Wall Street Journal *“As Arcenas [shows], with detailed documentation and persuasive narrative . . . Americans deformed and truncated [Locke into] the alleged father of liberalism . . . With regard to ‘Locke’s polyvalent influence,’ Arcenas argues that for two centuries after his death he was almost omnipresent in colonial libraries, college reading lists, and periodical polemics, and almost as well known for counsel on card-playing and commonplacing as for epistemology or educational prescriptions.” * Times Literary Supplement *“Original and surprising.” * London Review of Books *“Clearly argued and written. . . . Arcenas convincingly demonstrates that colonists looked to Locke for guidance on matters involving child rearing and self-development, knowledge and its foundation, ways to read the Bible, and moral education, not so much as a guide to political principles. The text that early and mid-twentieth-century historians and political theorists such as Merle Curti, Carl Becker and Louis Hartz defined as the core of Lockean philosophy, the Two Treatises of Government, was not unknown to colonists, but it took a decided backseat to the Locke who reinvented the human mind, and when colonists went looking for political principles, Locke also took a backseat to Montesquieu and many others.” * Modern Intellectual History *"Arcenas’s thesis in this book is that John Locke 'stands—and has always stood—at the center of American intellectual life' (p.1), and that, paradoxically, his true significance to America has often been mischaracterized. . . . The book is enhanced with copious notes and an extensive bibliography. . . . Recommended." * Choice *"Remarkable. . . In America’s Philosopher, Professor Arcenas has produced an entertaining and insightful book of political historiography that enlivens America’s intellectual past and stimulates thinking about its present." * Montana The Magazine of Western History *"Arcenas’s work is eye-opening. She unveils the true role of Locke, a popular figure since colonial times, in shaping American society. Arcenas’s investigation takes us on a journey through archives, newspapers, syllabi, diaries, philosophy, history, theology, and so on, to illustrate the undeniable influence that Locke had on America’s identity." -- Mario I. Juarez-Garcia * The Independent Review *"Groundbreaking. . . we can and should value this book for making an impressive case for how each generation of Americans has read [Locke] with its own politically distorting lenses." * Chronicles Magazine *“A wonderfully wide-ranging and insightful history of John Locke’s changing reputation in America, moving from the early eighteenth century to the present with terrific scholarly command and authority. Locke’s invention, more than a century after the fact, as the key political theorist of the American Revolution is only the most striking of its findings. This book will surprise and inform every reader invested in the history of American political culture. There is simply nothing comparable in the existing literature.” * Daniel Rodgers, Princeton University *“If you thought you understood John Locke’s vital role in American thought, Arcenas’s fascinating book will make your jaw drop. Make no mistake, Locke has indeed been ‘America’s philosopher’ since his ideas first arrived in the early eighteenth century. But as readers will discover in her meticulously researched and absorbing study, Locke has mattered to Americans in ways wholly unexpected.” * Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, University of Wisconsin–Madison *“America’s Philosopher accomplishes two tasks at once: it brings to life the fullness of John Locke’s thought and tracks the multiple ways a dynamic and changing America engaged with varying aspects of that thought. Arcenas shows how the early modern British philosopher’s place in American thought and culture shifted over three centuries, from a cherished guide to child-rearing, education, and toleration in the eighteenth century to a one-dimensional libertarian hero in our own day. Drawing on common-place books and college curricula, the work of mid-century scholars and the speeches of senators, Arcenas tells this fascinating story with clarity and verve.” * Leslie A. Butler, Dartmouth College *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Locke’s Legacy in Early America Chapter 2: Locke’s Authority in the Revolutionary and Founding Eras Chapter 3: Problematizing Locke as Exemplar in the Early United States Chapter 4: Locke Becomes Historical Chapter 5: Making Locke Relevant Chapter 6: Locke and the Invention of the American Political Tradition Chapter 7: Lockean “-isms” Epilogue Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisState of Disappearance brings together abstract artistic testimony and witnessing with critical voices to ask deeper questions about extreme violence, the normalization of human vanishing, state and ideological complicity, and memorialization, along with wider concerns about what it means to be human in the twenty-first century.Trade Review“State of Disappearance contains many brilliant insights, punctuated powerfully by images of Chantal Meza's paintings.” Asha Varadharajan, Queen's University

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Book SynopsisGabriele Pedullà—a leading Italian expert and acclaimed writer—provides a vivid and engaging introduction to Machiavelli’s life and works that sheds new light on his originality and relevance.Trade ReviewAmong the many books one could read on Machiavelli over the last decades, this one strongly stands out. Eloquently written, incisively argued, and with a view on the past and the present, Pedullà succeeds in elaborating both the many merits and multiple flaws, the attractiveness and the perilousness of the theoretical work this Italian thinker and statesman bequeathed to us. Everyone interested in the energy room of politics should definitely read this brilliant book. -- Axel Honneth, Jack B. Weinstein Professor of the Humanities, Columbia UniversityPedullà's On Niccolo Machiavelli will stand as the single most important introductory study of Machiavelli in any language. Covering biographical details and historical context as well as offering concise and astute analyses of Machiavelli's major writings, it is a work of great insight, depth, and originality. -- John P. McCormick, author of Reading Machiavelli: Scandalous Books, Suspect Engagements, and the Virtue of Populist PoliticsAn immensely rich analysis of Machiavelli’s achievement that integrates his political and literary writings with his life and view of religion. More than that, it goes on to explain his contested legacy from the time of his death to his present relevance today, making it quite unrivaled in its scope and appeal to a global and multifocused readership. -- Alison Brown, author of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici and the Crisis of Renaissance ItalyPedulla’s book serves as an excellent primer for Machiavelli’s work, offering the key through which to interpret his most controversial ideas. * ZME Science *But even grizzled veterans will find interest in Pedullà’s portrait of the Secretary as a political animal who was also a non-conformist and a critic of conventional wisdom. * Claremont Review of Books *Table of ContentsPreface: The Thinker of a Thousand Faces1. From Humanism to Politics2. The People’s Prince3. In the Garden with the Romans4. Comeback Kid5. BeyondChronologyFurther ReadingsIndex

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Book SynopsisOne of the greatest, most radical public thinkers of our time' ARUNDHATI ROY An accessible, powerful overview of Noam Chomsky''s political thoughtIn sixteen extended talks with Alternative Radio''s David Barsamian, Noam Chomsky explains: Why the ''war on drugs'' is really a war on poor people. How attacks on political correctness are attacks on independent thought. How historical revisionism has recast the United States as the victim in the Vietnam War. Widely recognized as one of the most original and important thinkers of our age, Chomsky''s trenchant analysis of current events is a breath of fresh air in a world more and more polluted by mainstream media.

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Book SynopsisAndy Beckett writes for the Guardian. He has also written for the Economist, The New York Times magazine, the London Review of Books and the Independent on Sunday. His previous books are When the Lights Went Out and Pinochet in Piccadilly.Trade ReviewAn anthology of an age . . . A book that offers so much pleasure and insight -- Ian Jack * Guardian *Austin Metros and Chariots of Fire, cricket balls and petrol bombs, Sloane Rangers and Boys from the Blackstuff . . . Andy Beckett's lively and even-handed account of two years in the life of modern Britons is bracingly anti-nostalgic. Focusing sharply on key players and events, he teases out the paradoxes of those sharp-elbowed and irony-free times, and leaves the reader with provoking questions about how we got here from there -- Hilary MantelPromised You a Miracle is intelligent, entertaining, readable, convincing and timely. It is history well told and properly done -- Daniel Finkelstein * The Times *Beckett is a lucid, focussed writer . . . There is a wry, shrewd humanity to his historical interests -- Richard Davenport-Hines * Observer *A breezy and very intelligent anatomy of the years 1980-82 . . . This is not conventional political history - and is all the better for it. Beckett is as interested in the flowering of independent television production companies and the regeneration of London's Docklands as he is in monetarism, the Falklands War and the assault on the trade unions -- Jonathan Derbyshire * Prospect *[A] gripping mixture of contemporary history and vivid reportage -- John Campbell * Independent *Those who lived through the early eighties - who spent all that time wondering what the hell was going to happen next - will enjoy Beckett's work because it validates what at times seemed like a waking dream, or sometimes a waking nightmare. For those too young, the book is valuable as a reminder that there were other times in recent history when it seemed everything was beginning to slide -- Jamie Kenny * Big Issue *Beckett has a fine eye for detail -- Andrew Neather * Evening Standard *[Beckett] mixes history, journalism and autobiography. He has a strong sense of place -- Richard Vinen * Literary Review *The appeal of Beckett's book is that he succeeds in showing rather than merely telling us why his chosen period was pivotal in the life of the nation. For those who lived through all the turbulence, as I did, it reawakens memories and helps reconnect you with the person you once were. For those who did not, or who cannot remember, it recounts well how an old nation roused itself from slumber and dared to change the course on which it seemed set -- Jason Cowley * New Statesman *

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Book SynopsisBecause We Say So is Noam Chomsky''s essential counter punch to American hegemonyIn 1962, the eminent statesman Dean Acheson enunciated a principle that has dominated global politics ever since: that no legal issue arises when the United States responds to a challenge to its ''power, position, and prestige''. In short, whatever the world may think, U.S. actions are legitimate because they say so. Spanning the impact of Edward Snowden''s whistleblowing and Palestinian-Israeli relations to deeper reflections on political philosophy and the importance of a commons to democracy, Because We Say So takes American imperialism head on.''Noam Chomsky is one of a small band of individuals fighting a whole industry. And that makes him not only brilliant, but heroic'' Arundhati Roy''The world''s greatest public intellectual'' ObserverTrade ReviewPublisher's description. From Edward Snowden and Palestinian-Israeli relations to political philosophy and the nature of democracy, Because We Say So offers a cross-section of perspectives on the question of America's ongoing hegemony. * Penguin *Chomsky is one of a small band of individuals fighting a whole industry. And that makes him not only brilliant, but heroic -- Arundhati RoyChomsky's work is neither theoretical, nor ideological: it is passionate and righteous * Times Literary Supplement *The world's greatest public intellectual * Observer *

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Book Synopsis''Arguably the most important intellectual alive'' New York Times on Noam ChomskyIn this collection of essays from 1969-2013, Noam Chomsky exposes the real nature of state power. With unrelenting logic, he holds the arguments of empire up to critical examination and shatters the myths of those who protect the power and privilege of the few against the interests and needs to the many.Including essays on subjects such as:* Human Intelligence and the Environment* Terror, Justice and Self-Defence* The Welfare-Warfare stateThis is an indispensable compilation of searing insights into the state of our world.Praise for Chomsky:''Noam Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . he may be the most widely read American voice on the planet today'' NYT Book Review''Will there ever again be a public intellectual who commands the attention of so many across the planet?''

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“To get the most out of the book, you do have to come to terms with McCloskey’s idiosyncratic prose style: simultaneously erudite, conversational and forthright”—Robert Colvile, The Times“Tragically, many of the topics and ideas covered here are ignored by most economists. Happily, Deirdre McCloskey writes about them with great insight, style, and clarity.”—Russ Roberts, author of How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life“Deirdre McCloskey is a truly humane liberal, and these essays show off her philosophy at its best.”—Tyler Cowen, author of Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero "Beginning with the simple but fertile idea that people should not push other people around, Deirdre McCloskey presents an elegant defense of 'true liberalism' as opposed to its well-meaning rivals on the left and the right. Erudite, but marvelously accessible and written in a style that is at once colloquial and astringent."—Stanley Fish, author of The First: How To Think About Hate Speech, Campus Speech, Religious Speech, Fake News, Post-Truth, and Donald Trump“With her usual panache and conviction, Deirdre McCloskey advocates an unfashionably sensible—and humane—political philosophy, reclaiming for the term ‘liberal’ its original meaning. Whatever you call it, the world needs more of her respect for freedom and individual dignity.”—Diane Coyle, University of Cambridge“Deirdre McCloskey’s book thoughtfully advances the important conversation of the Great Enrichment with the substance and style for which she is known.”—Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Laureate in Economics

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Book SynopsisHuman Rights and Social Justice: Key Issues and Vulnerable Populations is a comprehensive text that focuses on central issues of human rights and justice and links them directly with social work competencies and practice. Drawing attention to oppression and multiple forms of disadvantage and discrimination based on a person's identity and social location, this volume develops an integrated framework to advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice with vulnerable populations and communities across all three levels of practice. Each chapter, written by leading scholars in their respective fields, is designed to enhance students' awareness, knowledge, and understanding of key theories and issues related to diversity, human rights, and equity. Broken into sections providing theory, practice, and case study illustrations, the chapters will first explain and argue that each person, regardless of their position in society, has basic human rights. StTable of ContentsContributors Foreword Joseph Wronka Part 1. Setting the Foundation 1. Conceptualizing Human Rights and Social Justice Carole Cox and Tina Maschi 2. A Human Rights Framework for Integrated Practice Joseph Wronka Part 2. Key Issues 3. Oppression and Diversity: Race and Social Justice Cassandra E. Simon and Monique Constance-Huggins 4. Oppression and Diversity: Ethnicity, Culture, Religion Carole Cox 5. Economic Inequality and Social Justice Rosemary A. Barbera 6. Environment, Social Work and Environmental Justice Julie Drolet, Wasif Ali, Nicola Williams 7. Social Work and Health Equity: An Examination of the Five Dimensions of Access Rachelle Ashcroft and Keith Adamson Part 3. Vulnerable Populations 8. Supporting Youth Leaving Care in Rural Canada: Clinical Practice and Social Justice Anne Marie McLaughlin, Richard Enns, Susan Gallagher, Jesse Henton 9. Older Adults, Human Rights and Social Justice Carole Cox and Manoj Pardasani 10. Gender and Sexual Orientation: Equally Free to Be LGBTQIA+: This is Who I Am, and We Are! Tina Maschi, Sarah Malu, Padma Christie, Dean Adams, Rina Goldstein, Adriana Maya Kaye 11. Disability, Social Justice and Human Rights: The Experience of the United Kingdom Peter Simcock and Caroline Lee 12. The Human Rights of ‘Prisoners’: It is About People and Community, Not Prisons Tina Maschi, Keith Morgen, Adriana Maya Kaye 13. Women’s and Girls’ Rights are Human Rights Smitta Ekka Dewan. Sandra G. Turner, Rina Goldstein, Tina Maschi 14. Refugees and Migrants Stacey A. Shaw 15. Conclusions Carole Cox and Tina Maschi

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together philosophers to investigate the nature and normativity of group disagreement. Debates in the epistemology of disagreement have mainly been concerned with idealized cases of peer disagreement between individuals. However, most real-life disagreements are complex and often take place within and between groups. Ascribing views, beliefs, and judgments to groups is a common phenomenon that is well researched in the literature on the ontology and epistemology of groups. The chapters in this volume seek to connect these literatures and to explore both intra- and inter- group disagreements. They apply their discussions to a range of political, religious, social, and scientific issues. The Epistemology of Group Disagreement is an important resource for students and scholars working on social and applied epistemology; disagreement; and topics at the intersection of epistemology, ethics, and politics.Table of Contents1. The Epistemology of Group Disagreement: An IntroductionFernando Broncano-Berrocal and J. Adam Carter2. Deliberation and Group DisagreementFernando Broncano-Berrocal and J. Adam Carter 3. Disagreement Within Rational Collective AgentsJavier González de Prado Salas and Xavier Donato4. When Conciliation Frustrates the Epistemic Priorities of GroupsMattias Skipper and Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen 5. Intra-Group Disagreement and ConciliationismNathan Sheff6. Bucking the Trend – The Puzzle of Individual DissentSimon Barker7. Gender and Group DisagreementsMona Simion and Martin Miragoli8. Disagreement and Epistemic Injustice from a Communal PerspectiveMikkel Gerken9. Group Disagreement in ScienceKristina Rolin 10. Disagreement in a Group: Aggregation, Respect for Evidence, and SynergyAnna-Maria Asunta Eder 11. Why Bayesian Agents PolarizeErik J. Olsson12. The Mirage of Individual Disagreement: Groups are all that Stand between Humanity and Epistemic ExcellenceMaura Priest 13. A Plea for Complexity: The Normative Assessment of Groups’ Responses to TestimonyNikolaj Nottelmann

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Book SynopsisFascists in Exile tells the extraordinary story of the war criminals, collaborators and fascist ultranationalists who were resettled in Australia by the International Refugee Organisation between 1947 and 1952. It explores the far-right backgrounds and continuing political activism of these displaced persons in Australia, adding to our knowledge of the development of Australian anti-communism in the 1950s. These individuals argued that they had been caught between National Socialism and Soviet communism. What might that have meant for their migration and resettlement trajectories? Beyond âNazi-hunting,â what can this tell us about the challenge they posed to international and national forms, both in Europe and in Australia? This book demonstrates that fascist ideation could not only survive the warâs end but that it continued to be transnational and transcultural. At the same time, anti-fascist protests and then the war crimes investigations of the late 1980s exposed problematic pasts, a legacy with which Australia is still reckoning. The text will appeal to those with an interest in the far right, Australian migration and refugee issues. Trade Review“Jayne Persian’s book provides a gripping narrative of how war criminals entered Australia after 1945 and the lengthy debates that ensued. Sadly, as fascist ideologies spread once again, Persian’s searching account of Australia’s war crimes programme is both timely and instructive.”Martin Dean, War Crimes Historian “Jayne Persian vividly recounts the post-1945 resettlement of Displaced Persons including individuals who managed to conceal their wartime collaboration and complicity in war crimes. She reflects on the legacy of concealment and subsequent fitful attempts to prosecute when, decades later, the Australian government ceased turning a blind eye. Her book is a notable achievement and deserves to be widely read.”Peter Gatrell, Professor, University of Manchester, UK“Given the passage of time, one would have expected that World War II would have been confined to the dustbin of history. Yet, given the re-emergence of European fascist organisations, together with the increase of antisemitism, Jayne Persian’s new book, Fascists in Exile, is an important and timely publication. As recently demonstrated, the Croatian Ustase is alive and well in Australia. Persian’s concise account of the post-war Australian migration policies through the International Refugee Organisation sheds light on the origins of these fascist movements in Australia. It is a valuable, timely and important contribution to the literature.”Suzanne Rutland, Professor Emeritus, University of Sydney, Australia“An important book that, on the basis of solid archival work, clearly and fairmindedly illuminates a key aspect of the history of the Right in Australia in the second half of the twentieth century. This is the story of migrants from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union whose participation in Nazi war crimes in the Second World War, at first largely concealed from Australian view, were finally after decades subject to (unsuccessful) prosecution. But it is also the story of how the migrants’ anti-communist and anti-Soviet concerns, notably in the “Captive Nations” movement, impacted Australian anti-communism and thus helped to shape Australian politics”Sheila Fitzpatrick, Professor, Australian Catholic University, AustraliaTable of ContentsIntroduction Prologue: War Criminals, Collaborators, Quislings and Traitors 1. Screening for War Criminals: UNRRA and the IRO 2. Australian Migration Selection Policies and Processes 3. Anti-Fascist Protests 4. The ‘Whole Exiles’ Set-up in Australia 5. War Crimes Investigations Conclusion

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Book SynopsisEdited by A. John Simmons, one of our most distinguished theorists of political obligation (Jeremy Waldron), the Norton Library edition of Locke's Second Treatise of Government features the complete text of the sixth (1764) edition, which incorporated all of Locke's corrections to previous editions. Punctuation has been altered and spelling modernized wherever necessary to eliminate ambiguity and make the text more readable. Extensive endnotes explain obscure terms and references and clarify Locke's arguments. A thorough introduction situates the work in historical and intellectual context and, most importantly, traces its major themes and arguments to help readers approach the greatest English philosopher['s] (Antony Flew) most influential work with confidence and understanding.

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1954, Human Society in Ethics and Politics is Bertrand Russell's last full account of his ethical and political positions relating to both politics and religion. Ethics, he argues, are necessary to man because of the conflict between intelligence and impulse if one were without the other, there would be no place for ethics. Man's impulses and desires are equally social and solitary. Politics and ethics are the means by which we as a society and as individuals become socially purposeful and moral codes inculcate our rules of action.Table of ContentsIntroduction Preface Part 1: Ethics 1. Sources of Ethical Beliefs and Feelings 2. Moral Codes 3. Morality as a Means 4. Good and Bad 5. Partial and General Goods 6. Moral Obligation 7. Sin 8. Ethical Controversy 9. Is there Ethical Knowledge? 10. Authority in Ethics 11. Production and Distribution 12. Superstitious Ethics 13. Ethical Sanctions Part 2: The Conflict of Passions 14. From Ethics to Politics 15. Politically Important Desires 16. Forethought and Skill 17. Myth and Magic 18. Cohesion and Rivalry 19. Scientific Technique and the Future 20. Will Religious Faith Cure Our Troubles? 21. Conquest? 22. Steps Towards a Stable Peace 23. Prologue or Epilogue Index

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Book SynopsisArab nationalism has been one of the dominant ideologies in the Middle East and North Africa since the early twentieth century. However, a clear definition of Arab nationalism, even as a subject of scholarly inquiry, does not yet exist.Arab Nationalism sheds light on cultural expressions of Arab nationalism and the sometimes contradictory meanings attached to it in the process of identity formation in the modern world. It presents nationalism as an experienceable set of identity markers in stories, visual culture, narratives of memory, and struggles with ideology, sometimes in culturally sophisticated forms, sometimes in utterly vulgar forms of expression. Drawing upon various case studies, the book transcends a conventional history that reduces nationalism in the Arab lands to a pattern of political rise and decline. It offers a glimpse at ways in which Arabs have constructed an identifiable shared national culture, and it critically dissects conceptions aboTable of Contents1. Introduction: A Critique of Arab Nationalism2. The Trials and Tribulations of the Poet Fu’ad al-Khatib: A Biographical Essay on the Origins of Arab Nationalism3. Holding Up the Mirror: Imperialism and the Poetics of Cultural Pan-Arabism3.1. Saladin the Victor: National Saints, Great Men, and the Rise of the Individual 3.2. From the Glory of Conquest to Paradise Lost: Al-Andalus in Arab Historical Consciousness4. Of Kings and Cavemen: Museums and Nationalist Museology in Twentieth Century Egypt5. Damascus Transfers: Dead Bodies and their Translocal Meanings6. Nearly Victorious: The Art of Staging Arab Military Prowess7. Arab Nationalism, Fascism and the Jews8. Epilogue and Conclusion: Broken Narratives

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Book SynopsisAn ethical critique of existing approaches to sustainable development and international environmental cooperation, this book detailes the tensions, normative shifts and contradictions that currently characterize it.Table of Contents1. Introduction Part 1: Setting the Scene 2. Environmental Regimes: Medium for International Distributive Justice 3. Ideas of Justice and Global Environmental Sustainability Part 2: Empirical Analysis of Three Regime Texts 4. Managing a Global Commons: The United Nations Law of the Sea 5. The Global Waste Management Regime: The Basel Convention 6. Protecting the Global Atmosphere: The United Nations Framework Convention on the Climate Change (UNFCCC) Part 3: Exposition and Normative Critique of Dominant Approaches 7. Establishing the Core Ideas of Justice in the Three MEAs 8. A Critique of the Dominant Ideas of Justice in Relation to Sustainable Development 9. Global Environmental Justice and Neoliberal Environmental Governance 10. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisPreviously published as a special issue of the Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy, this collection brings together some of the most influential political contemporary philosophers to present a critical review of David Miller's co-national priority thesis and give a state-of-the-art overview of the prevailing positions on nationalism and global justice within political philosophy today. The redistribution schemes of our democratic societies drastically prioritize the needs of co-nationals above those of other human beings. Is this common practice legitimate or is it a form of collective egoism? Answering this question brings us to the heart of two of the most significant debates in contemporary political philosophy: those on nationalism and global justice. Within contemporary political philosophy, Miller is one of the few political theorists who occupies a prominent place in both debates. His central argument is that national boundaries cannot bTable of Contents1. David Miller’s Theory of Global Justice. A Brief Overview Helder De Schutter and Ronald Tinnevelt 2. National Responsibility and Global Justice David Miller 3. Human Rights and Equality in the Work of David Miller Leif Wenar 4. Reasonable Partiality for Compatriots and the Global Responsibility Gap Robert van der Veen 5. What do we owe others as a Matter of Global Justice and does National Membership Matter? Gillian Brock 6. National Responsibility, Reparations and Distributive Justice Kok-Chor Tan 7. Collective Responsibility and National Responsibility Roland Pierik 8. National and Statist Responsibility Jacob T. Levy 9. Global Justice, Climate Change and Miller’s Theory of Responsibility Margaret Moore 10. Global Justice as Justice for a World of Largely Independent Nations? From Dualism to a Multi-Level Ethical Position Ronald Tinnevelt and Helder De Schutter 11. Global Justice in Complex Moral Worlds. Dilemmas of Contextualized Theories Veit Bader 12. A Response David Miller

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Book SynopsisFor thirty years, Peter Singer's Practical Ethics has been the classic introduction to applied ethics. For this third edition, the author has revised and updated all the chapters and added a new chapter addressing climate change, one of the most important ethical challenges of our generation.Trade Review"....It is a widely read and widely taught introduction to the philosophical dimensions of practical moral problems.... All of the chapters have been revised and updated, and a chapter has been added on climate change. Singer's lucid style of exposition and argument are perfect for this sort of introductory text. Every library should have a copy of this book.... Highly recommended...." --J. H. Spence, Adrian College, CHOICE"...This third edition keeps the lucid style and provocative arguments of its predecessors, but with a more up to date perspective into current ethical challenges. This makes Practical Ethics not only an ideal text for university courses, but also for anyone who wants to dedicate some serious thinking into how she or he ought to live.... remains a relevant and welcome contribution to ethics." --Laura Cabrera, Institute for Biomedical Ethics, Basel University, Metapsychology Online ReviewTable of Contents1. About ethics; 2. Equality and its implications; 3. Equality for animals?; 4. What's wrong with killing?; 5. Taking life: animals; 6. Taking life: the embryo and the fetus; 7. Taking life: humans; 8. Rich and poor; 9. Climate change; 10. The environment; 11. Civil disobedience, violence and terrorism; 12. Why act morally?

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive volume ranges across the entire spectrum of contemporary sociological inquiry, as seen by Durkheim. It also includes secondary readings by social thinkers of today, connecting the classic writings of Durkheim to contemporary issues. Organizes Durkheim''s writings thematically, in a comprehensive collection Includes selections from Durkheim''s best-known writings as well as less widely-known texts that explore the themes of modern sociology Contains secondary readings by key contemporary social thinkers today Connects the classic writings of Durkheim to contemporary issues Includes a substantial editorial introduction by a leading Durkheim scholar Trade Review"Durkheim was the most deliberate and the most penetrating theorist among the classical sociologists. Emirbayer’s judicious selection of texts, matched with contemporary selections from among the best of modern sociology, shows how central Durkheimian themes have been in the increasing sophistication of sociological ideas through the end of the twentieth century, and beyond." Randall Collins, University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsIntroduction. Emile Durkheim: Sociologist of Modernity. Mustafa Emirbayer. Part I: Sociological Methodology:. 1. An Agenda for Sociology. Introduction. Durkheim Selections:. Suicide. Modern Selections:. Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste. Pierre Bourdieu. Part II: A Topography of Modernity. 2. Social Structure and Collective Consciousness. Introduction. Durkheim Selections:. The Division of Labor in Society. On Institutional Analysis. Modern Selections:. Open Schools – Open Society?. Basil Bernstein. 3. Culture and Symbolic Classification. Introduction. Durkheim Selections:. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. Primitive Classification. Sociology and Philosophy. Modern Selections. The Royal Touch: Sacred Monarchy and Scrofula in England and France. Marc Block. The Savage Mind. Levi Strauss. Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo. Mary Douglas. Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance. Kai Erikson. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Michel Foucault. 4. Collection Emotions and Ritual Process. Introduction. Durkheim Selections:. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. Essays on Morals and Education. Modern Selections:. The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure. Victor Turner. On Face-Work. Erving Goffman. The Nature of Deference and Demeanor. Erving Goffman. Stratification, Emotional Energy, and Transient Emotions. Randall Collins. Historical Events as Transformations of Structures: Inventing Revolution at the Bastille. William H. Sewell, Jr. 5. Individual and Collective Agency. Introduction. Durkheim Selections:. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. The Evolution of Educational Thought. Modern Selections:. Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste. Pierre Bourdieu. Culture and Political Crisis: “Watergate” and Durkheimian Sociology. Jeffrey C. Alexander. Part III: The Institutional Order of Modern Societies. Introduction. 6. The Modern State. Durkheim Selections:. The Division of Labor in Society. On Institutional Analysis. Professional Ethics and Civic Morals. Modern Selections:. Selections from the Prison Notebooks. Antonio Gramsci. Civil Religion in America. Robert Bellah. 7. The Modern Economy. Introduction. Durkheim Selections:. The Division of Labor in Society. Socialism and Saint-Simon. The Division of Labor in Society. Modern Selections:. The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia. James C. Scott. The Moral Dimension: Toward a New Economics. Amitai Etzioni. 8. Civil Society (1): Occupational Groups and Family. Introduction. Durkheim Selections:. Suicide. The Division of Labor in Society. On Institutional Analysis. Modern Selections:. To Empower People: From State to Civil Society. Peter L. Berger and Richard John Neuhaus. 9. Civil Society (2): Education. Introduction. Durkheim Selections:. Education and Sociology. Moral Education. The Evolution of Educational Thought. Modern Selections:. The School Class as a Social System: Some of Its Functions in American Society. Talcott Parsons. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom: bell hooks. Part IV: Morality and Modernity. 10. Individuality and Autonomy. Introduction. Durkheim Selections:. The Division of Labor in Society. Suicide. Moral Education. Sociology and Philosophy. On Morality and Society. Modern Selections:. The Nature of Deference and Demeanor. Erving Goffman. Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children. Viviana Zelizer. Appendix: Dourheim's Methodological Manifesto:. The Rules of Sociological Method. Emile Durkheim.

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Book SynopsisIncluding three of his most famous and important essays, Utilitarianism, On Liberty, and Essay on Bentham, along with formative selections from Jeremy Bentham and John Austin, this volume provides a uniquely perspicuous view of Mill''s ethical and political thought. Contains Mill''s most famous and influential works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty as well as his important Essay on Bentham. Uses the 1871 edition of Utilitarianism, the last to be published in Mill''s lifetime. Includes selections from Bentham and John Austin, the two thinkers who most influenced Mill. Introduction written by Mary Warnock, a highly respected figure in 20th-century ethics in her own right. Provides an extensive, up-to-date bibliography with the best scholarship on Mill, Bentham and Utilitarianism. Trade Review"Anyone interested in the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill will be pleased to have the essential readings in one volume and grateful to Mary Warnock for her informative and insightful introduction." William H. Shaw, San Jose State University "The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism "The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection." John Stuart Mill, On LibertyTable of ContentsIntroduction by Mary Warnock 1 BENTHAMAn Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (chapters I–V) 17 MILL Bentham (from Dissertations and Discussions, volume I) 52 On Liberty 88 Utilitarianism 181 Appendix AUSTIN The Province of Jurisprudence Determined. Lecture II 236 Bibliography 252 Chronological table 255 Index 257

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Book SynopsisWhat exactly is neoliberalism, and where did it come from? This volume attempts to answer these questions by exploring neoliberalism’s origins and growth as a political and economic movement. Now with a new preface.Trade ReviewThe volume’s contributors make heavy use of original archival materials and make good on the editors’ promise to expose the complexity, nuance and plurality of neoliberal thought—a belief system that has constructed and re-constructed itself and the world… The Road from Mont Pèlerin is indispensable for anyone wishing to gain an understanding of neoliberalism, whether as an end in itself or as a means for constructing alternative, non-neoliberal futures. -- Daniel Kinderman * Critical Policy Studies *The Road from Mont Pèlerin reminds us that social movements succeed by drawing in many others who undertake the work that actually drives the movement forward. The book is full of stories of those individuals and related organizations that formed strategies, carried out the logistics and legwork, and brought legislators and others into contact with [Mont Pèlerin Society] ideas. In other words, if you work on post-war history of economics, there is almost no reason not to read this book. -- Ross B. Emmett * Journal of the History of Economic Thought *The Road from Mont Pèlerin uncovers and lays bare the origins of one of the most important political phenomena of our time—the development of the neoliberal discourse coalition that has come to shape the modern political economy. -- Frank Fischer, Rutgers UniversityThis excellent book contributes significantly to our understanding of the origins of neoliberalism and its transformation into political discourse and policy. -- Steven Lukes, New York UniversityA fascinating and important book, one that speaks in radical, perceptive, and provocative ways to contemporary debates around neoliberalism. -- Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia

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Book SynopsisWendy Brown diagnoses a late-modern nihilism that trivializes values—including truth itself—and reduces politics to narcissism and power-mongering. Rereading Max Weber, who saw a similar predicament in his own time, Brown seeks to reground political action in responsibility and reorient classrooms to the critical thinking citizens need today.Trade ReviewDistinguished political theorist Wendy Brown revisits Weber’s lectures, struck by the resonance between our present moment and the plight of Weber’s audience. Universities are menaced by political and economic forces, as corrupt but charismatic demagogues reshape the social sphere. Can Weber’s stringent inspiration be a guide? -- Kieran Setiya * Los Angeles Review of Books *What makes Brown’s book especially well worth reading is her impressive ability to show how key themes in Weber’s scholarship—including his emphasis on the defining characteristics of modernity, including disenchantment, rationalization, bureaucracy, efficiency, predictability, calculability and control and on subjective meaning—speak to our own time. -- Steven Mintz * Inside Higher Ed *For Brown, scholarship and teaching are callings in the Weberian sense to the extent that they demand a range of renunciations (of political propagandizing, moral preaching, and practical payoff), but she departs from Weber in her far more optimistic assessment of scholarship’s role in ‘developing an informed, politically engaged citizenry.’ -- Len Gutkin * Chronicle of Higher Education *Presses us to think more carefully and imaginatively about the relationships among human freedom, human value, and something beyond purely human concerns, be it truth, God, or Gaia. -- Maeve Cook * Commonweal *Worth reading…A timely reminder of the nihilistic air we breathe. It’s easy to lose sight of this situation, especially if we’re caught up in defending some particular worldview or policy proposal. A well-crafted reminder of fundamental features of the contemporary human condition is always beneficial. -- Mark K. Spencer * Law & Liberty *In recent years, Brown has been best known for her critical analysis of neoliberal rationality and the way it has weakened resources for political action…What she finds most valuable in Weber’s ethos, not least in its implications both for the left and for the academy, is the willingness to face uncomfortable truths without lapsing into wishful thinking or despair. -- William Davies * London Review of Books *An exquisite meditation on Max Weber’s classic lectures on knowledge and politics as vocations. -- Samuel Moyn * Critical Inquiry *[Nihilistic Times] is a passionate book about passion. It falls into what is now a long post-Weberian tradition of works seeking a transformative solution to the apparently irresolvable dilemmas and conflicts of the moment in the form of a spiritual revolution. -- Stephen Turner * Society *In Nihilistic Times, the most important political theorist of her generation models how to think with someone else. Through a spirited engagement with Max Weber, Wendy Brown confronts the challenge of creating meaning in a disturbed age. To read this book is to rediscover what the real work of higher education is. -- Kathryn Lofton, author of Consuming ReligionDrawing inspiration from Max Weber, as well as Friedrich Nietzsche, Wendy Brown boldly and incisively argues that nihilism underpins our current social, economic, and political crises. Brown is one of the most original political theorists writing today, and her analytically astute engagement with Weber’s Vocation Lectures is essential reading for everyone who harbors hope for a democratic repair of the world. -- Robert Gooding-Williams, author of In the Shadow of Du BoisIn two luminous essays, Wendy Brown rereads Max Weber’s two iconic Vocation Lectures from a century ago. Retooling Weber’s attacks on nihilistic politics and nihilistic science, Brown helps us understand—and resist—current nihilisms, like techno-rationalism and demagoguery. She gives us back what should be our highest political value: the shared act of creating values, in a feeling–thinking way. -- Paul North, author of Bizarre-Privileged Items in the UniverseIn Max Weber, Wendy Brown finds an unexpected ally and a surprising contemporary who gives her the key to a post-nihilist strategy. It is the only chance we have of restoring meaning to politics, namely by shaping the world democratically and regaining control without destroying the world and our very sense of what is real. Both a masterful interpretation of Weber and a most urgent, necessary intervention in political discourse, Brown's book leads us to a new Weber for the left and a way out of what she calls our present-day ‘pre-apocalyptic survivalism.' A most exciting book that will change how we understand our disturbing times. -- Rahel Jaeggi, author of Critique of Forms of Life

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Book SynopsisLegality is a profound work in analytical jurisprudence, the branch of legal philosophy which deals with metaphysical questions about the law. In this book, the author shows how law can be thought of as a set of plans to achieve complex human goals.Trade ReviewLegality is the most important contribution about the nature of law in recent years and a book that raises the bar for future work in jurisprudence. With admirable clarity, Shapiro argues that legal systems should not be understood simply in terms of rules, but instead as highly complex tools for creating and applying plans. His account offers an illuminating alternative to the literature and challenges much received wisdom. -- Thom Brooks * Times Higher Education *It cannot be doubted that Shapiro’s book, which clarifies and advances analytical jurisprudence, is bound to be a classic text. -- Ekow Yankah * Jotwell *[Legality] is a sympathetic, accessible, and highly readable exposition of the theories that have preceded it. It is now one of the best single-authored introductions to the subject. It is also a significant contribution. Moreover, it is an apologia for the subject itself, and for the method of conceptual analysis as a way of uncovering the nature and grounds of law… Both as a defense and example of analytic jurisprudence…this book is unrivalled. -- William A. Edmundson * Jurisprudence *This book is…imaginative, incisive, fair to interlocutors, and written with elegance and wit… It is essential reading for philosophers of law. -- Mark C. Murphy * Law and Philosophy *I feel confident that Legality is one of the very best books in general jurisprudence in many, many years… I suspect that Legality will become a standard work for students of law and philosophy… Everyone who engages in the academic study of law should read Legality—it is that important. -- Lawrence B. Solum * Legal Theory blog *Rich and vibrant with jurisprudential ambition… There are lots of riches in Scott Shapiro’s book… I have not been able to convey how well this book is written or how much light the author is able to shed along the way on various issues in the philosophy of law… It shows that the idea of planning can indeed cast light on the problems of jurisprudence without necessarily blinding us to other analogies and other sources of insight. -- Jeremy Waldron * Michigan Law Review *Scott Shapiro’s Legality is a rich and ambitious discussion of law’s fundamental nature. Almost every page is provocative, touching upon many of the most interesting, complicated and controversial areas within this area of inquiry. -- Stefan Sciaraffa * Oxford Journal of Legal Studies *Legality makes a contribution to the field that no student of jurisprudence can ignore. -- Judith Baer * Political Science Quarterly *Shapiro has produced a work of enduring significance. -- Frederick Schauer * Yale Law Journal *Highly recommended. * Choice *A strikingly original, highly accessible, and well-worked-out theory of the nature of law. Shapiro is on the positivist side, but a tremendous strength of the book is that it engages deeply and sympathetically with natural law and anti-positivist theorists. Everyone serious about the philosophy of law needs to read this book. -- Mark Greenberg, University of California, Los AngelesAn outstanding contribution—almost certainly the most important book on its topic since Dworkin’s Law’s Empire. Legality develops a novel and forceful account of the nature of law, but the engagements with other prominent accounts are so resolutely fair and powerfully presented that, were I to suggest one book for someone wanting to understand contemporary debates in jurisprudence, this would be it. -- Arthur Ripstein, University of Toronto

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is a polished and carefully wrought argument—really, an extended series of arguments—on an urgent topic by one of the best political theorists in the world. -- Russell Muirhead, Dartmouth CollegeDavid Miller is one of the world’s leading political philosophers and an expert on immigration. Strangers in Our Midst is a lucid, succinct, and accessible statement of his views on this important topic. -- Joseph Carens, University of TorontoA cool dissection of some of the main moral issues surrounding immigration and worth reading for its introductory chapter alone. Moreover, unlike many progressive intellectuals, Miller gives due weight to the rights and preferences of existing citizens and does not believe an immigrant has an automatic right to enter a country…Full of balanced judgments and tragic dilemmas. -- David Goodhart * Evening Standard *[Miller’s] timely book Strangers in Our Midst: The Political Philosophy of Immigration may not be the first treatise of its kind, but it aims to be the first to combine such an abstract approach to the topic with such a strong dose of realism. -- James Ryerson * New York Times Book Review *A lean and judicious defense of national interest…In Miller’s view, controlling immigration is one way for a country to control its public expenditures, and such control is essential to democracy. -- Kelefa Sanneh * New Yorker *Much like the title, this book proves to be provocative in its discussion of the philosophy of immigration. Miller provides a broad and deep inquiry into immigration issues found in the current political, social, and global culture that will likely stimulate thought and discourse around this important topic. Miller challenges readers to question the current systems that people are familiar with, examine values, and take a humanistic approach to the question of what is right. He then shepherds readers through analyzing such difficult questions as what is national identity, who should be allowed to leave, where should they be allowed to go, and under what conditions? Once they arrive, what are their rights, and how should they be treated? The author thoroughly examines these questions while thoughtfully considering legal theory, ethics, political philosophy, human rights issues, and economic considerations. Immigration, emigration, and refugee status continue to be hot topics in world news and national politics, and Miller’s book is successful in presenting differing views followed by careful analysis and thought-provoking arguments about immigration from a global perspective. -- P. Butler * Choice *Miller is generous about refugees but makes a strong case for limiting migrant numbers. It is clear to him that refusing migrants entry on the basis of race is immoral and illegal, but he stoutly denies that capping numbers is inherently unjust…One of the strengths of his extremely lucid book is that it manages to state a strong moral and philosophical case against maximal cosmopolitanism and open borders without using this as any kind of excuse to ignore humanitarian catastrophe. -- Rowan Williams * New Statesman *Strangers in Our Midst is not a handbook of political solutions, nor a roadmap to equitable immigration policies. Rather, it is a work of political and moral theory…Miller is most useful not in proposing answers to which everyone will subscribe, but in proposing questions in such a way and within such a context that there can be common moral ground among those who disagree on specifics, and thus an improved prospect of progress toward workable and effective solutions. -- Richard J. Hoskins * Christian Century *

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Book SynopsisPessimism is thought of as an exclusively negative stance that inevitably leads to resignation. Even when pessimism looks like utter truth, we are told that it makes the worst of a bad situation. This book challenges the received wisdom about pessimism, arguing that there is an unrecognized yet vibrant pessimistic philosophical tradition.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2006 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Philosophy, Association of American Publishers "Mr. Dienstag aims to rescue pessimism from the philosophical sidelines, where it has been shunted by optimists of all ideologies. The book is seductive, because pessimists are generally more engaging and entertaining than optimists, and because, as the author notes, 'the world keeps delivering bad news.' It is almost tempting to throw up one's hands and sign on with Schopenhauer."--Adam Cohen, The New York Times "The pessimism that Joshua Foa Dienstag seeks to celebrate in his engaging book can be joyful... Philosophical pessimism is an ethic that offers practices to tackle a mistaken belief in human progress... His version of pessimism is of the best sort because it leads to activity."--Mark Vernon, Times Literary Supplement "[An] absorbing study... Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit examines the pessimistic tradition in all its variants--cultural, metaphysical and existential--and analyzes the works of some of its chief practitioners... When at his best in making his case for the vitality and pertinence of pessimism, Mr. Dienstag may well cause readers to wonder whether they should take up pessimism as their own philosophy."--Joseph Epstein, Wall Street Journal "A necessary corrective to the unfettered optimism or faith in progress seen in recent world history... [C]omprehensive, readable, and thought provoking."--Library Journal "Joshua Foa Dienstag's rich and subtle book blows away ... facile and narrow-minded understandings of pessimism, which invariably reduce it to little more than a mood or a character trait. Dienstag ... holds that pessimism is a serious and coherent philosophical perspective... Pessimistm: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit is a work of exact scholarship... [T]he value of the book comes from its brilliant nuances."--Scott McLemee, Newsday "Dienstag's gallery of incompatibles proves that pessimists can't be made to march in step, even as a coherent philosophical tradition. And the other thing that this densely argued, but always lively and engaging, book successfully proves is that pessimism works best when it drops the arguments in its favor and settles for bitter laughter."--Lawrence Klepp, Weekly Standard "These studies are quite insightful. A critic might object that, in attempting to discern the limits of meliorism, pessimism fails to recognize that those limits themselves may be discerned only in hindsight. Pessimism might respond that this is itself another instance of those limits... Highly recommended."--Choice "Dienstag manages to make Nietzschean pessimism seem attractive--even to optimists."--Raymond B. Marcin, Review of Politics "Dienstag's ... book is not just a study in political theory but a challenge to its contemporary practice, and for this he deserves our gratitude... [B]old, original and admirable."--Ryan Patrick Hanley, American Political Science Review "Pessimism was a very enjoyable read and I would recommend it to anyone who is remotely interested in the theme. The author's use of aphorisms at the end of the book was especially stirring, as it was clear that the author was enjoying his subject. Dienstag's work is creative and learned, and even with the critical remarks above, is well argued and will hopefully open up a space where more research into this marginalized tradition will arise."--Michael Bruce, Metapsychology Online Reviews "There is much to admire in [this] book, especially [its] ambitious scope and original choice of characters... Dienstag's book is a balanced appraisal and a nuanced endorsement of a long tradition in modern thought, that attempts to reframe the history of political thought so that pessimism becomes one of its major strands."--Aurelian Craiutu, European Journal of Political TheoryTable of ContentsPREFACE ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv ABBREVIATIONS xvii PART I CHAPTER ONE: The Anatomy of Pessimism 3 PART II CHAPTER TWO: "A Philosophy That Is Grievous but True": Cultural Pessimism in Rousseau and Leopardi 49 CHAPTER THREE: "The Evils of the World Honestly Admitted": Metaphysical Pessimism in Schopenhauer and Freud 84 CHAPTER FOUR "Consciousness Is a Disease": Existential Pessimism in Camus, Unamuno, and Cioran 118 PART III CHAPTER FIVE: Nietzsche's Dionysian Pessimism 161 CHAPTER SIX: Cervantes as Educator: Don Quixote and the Practice of Pessimism 201 CHAPTER SEVEN: Aphorisms and Pessimisms 226 CHAPTER EIGHT: Pessimism and Freedom (The Pessimist Speaks) 244 AFTERWORD 265 BIBLIOGRAPHY 273 INDEX 283

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Book SynopsisIsaiah Berlin was born in Riga, now capital of Latvia, in 1909. When he was six, his family moved to Russia, and in Petrograd in 1917 Berlin witnessed both Revolutions - Social Democratic and Bolshevik. In 1921 he and his parents emigrated to England, where he was educated at St Paul's School, London, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Apart from his war service in New York, Washington, Moscow and Leningrad, he remained at Oxford thereafter - as a Fellow of All Souls, then of New College, as Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, and as founding President of Wolfson College. He also held the Presidency of the British Academy. His published work includes Karl Marx, Russian Thinkers, Concepts and Categories, Against the Current, Personal Impressions, The Sense of Reality, The Proper Study of Mankind, The Roots of Romanticism, The Power of Ideas, Three Critics of the Enlightenment, Freedom and Its Betrayal, Liberty, The Soviet Mind and Political Ideas in Trade ReviewThese lectures are astonishing for their lucidity and power * Wall Street Journal *Berlin at his best: forceful without being bombastic, energetic without exaggerating, erudite without showing off -- Peter Watson * Times Higher Educational Supplement *This is one of the most important books on the history of ideas in Berlin's oeuvre... Extremely compelling -- Mark Lilla, University of Chicago

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Book SynopsisNeutrality has, supposedly, long been a pillar of the Irish national identity. But examining the concept reveals it to be a vague, flimsy and elastic notion that, throughout history, various governments have been happy to stretch or, in some cases, abandon entirely. Today, warfare has expanded to include cyberattacks, environmental concerns, election interference and disinformation. If our traditional idea of warfare is changing, should our idea of neutrality change, too?In this timely and thought-provoking examination of a core tenet of Irish society, Conor Gallagher explores the practical and ethical implications of choosing a side. He asks, in the face of aggression, is it right to sit back and do nothing?And is it even possible to be neutral in such an interconnected world?

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