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WW Norton & Co The Internet of Us
Book SynopsisWith far-reaching implications, this urgent treatise promises to revolutionize our understanding of what it means to be human in the digital age.Trade Review"A bracing challenge to Internet enthusiasts." -- Booklist"Lynch effectively presents the case for rationality against factional loyalties and insists that there should be vigorous promotion of scientific methods and thinking in public discourse. . . . An excellent, much-needed contribution to the constant battle to sort truth from falsity." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review"[Lynch] pursues his argument with commendable seriousness, clarity, and attunement to historical context….He has written an intelligent book that struggles honestly with important questions: Is the net turning us into passive knowers? Is it degrading our ability to reason? What can we do about this?" -- David Weinberger - LA Review of Books"[A] fascinating new book…Lynch has been writing about this topic for a long time, and passionately." -- Jill Lepore - The New Yorker"Lynch’s basic argument is that if we understand better the conditions under which knowledge is produced and disseminated—conditions he explores clearly and cogently—then we will become more ‘responsible' knowers." -- Wall Street Journal
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WW Norton & Co On Machiavelli
Book SynopsisAn essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Machiavelli.Trade Review"A brief and pithy summary of the contributions of Niccolò Machiavelli, a pivotal figure in modern political thought who is nevertheless often misunderstood…. Ryan’s summary is accompanied by fairly substantial extracts from Machiavelli’s key texts, allowing this book to serve as a teaching resource as well as a concise and readable introduction to its subject." -- Booklist"Alan Ryan captures Machiavelli’s hold on the modern moral imagination when he says, “The staying power of The Prince comes from…its insistence on the need for a clear-sighted appreciation of how men really are as distinct from the moralizing claptrap about how they ought to be.” This moral clarity remains bracing in an era like our own, when politicians hide the necessary ruthlessness of political life behind the rhetoric of family values and Christian principles …. We are still drawn to Machiavelli because we sense how impatient he was with the equivalent flummery in his own day, and how determined he was to confront a problem that preoccupies us too: when and how much ruthlessness is necessary in the world of politics." -- Michael Ignatieff - The Atlantic
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WW Norton & Co On Augustine
Book SynopsisNo philosopher speaks more immediately to the excesses of our twenty-first-century world and the limits of human reason than Augustine.
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Cornell University Press The Search for Historical Meaning Hegel and the
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewExtremely interesting. The best and most provocative treatment of postwar American conservatism yet written. * National Review *
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Cornell University Press Thackeray and Women
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Cornell University Press The Science of Modern Virtue
Book SynopsisThe Science of Modern Virtue examines the influence that the philosopher Rene Descartes, the political theorist John Locke, and the biologist Charles Darwin have had on our modern understanding of human beings and human virtue. Written by leading thinkers from a variety of fields, the volume is a study of the complex relation between modern science and modern virtue, between a kind of modern thought and a kind of modern action. Offering more than a series of substantive introductions to Descartes'', Locke''s, and Darwin''s accounts of who we are and the kind of virtue to which we can aspire, the book invites readers to think about the ways in which the writings of these seminal thinkers shaped the democratic and technological world in which modern human beings live.Thirteen scholars in this volume learnedly explore questions drawn from the diverse disciplines of political science, philosophy, theology, biology, and metaphysics. Let the reader be warned: The authors of
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Cornell University Press Leo Strauss and AngloAmerican Democracy
Book SynopsisLeo Strauss has been simultaneously condemned by the Left as an extreme opponent of liberal democracy and celebrated by the Right as a defender of Western civilization. Rejecting both of these portrayals, this title shifts the debate beyond the conventional parameters of our age.Trade ReviewGrant Havers' conservative-oriented critique of Leo Strauss' work is brave, counter-intuitive, and ultimately persuasive. * C2C Journal *In any revelatory study, there is always the moment when the reader thinks 'That's true. I should have seen that.' For me, that moment came with Havers's account—learned, subtle, and occasionally surprising—of Strauss's liberalism. * The American Conservative *One of the most thorough critiques to date of the political uses and abuses of Strauss's thought. * Perspectives on Politics *
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Cornell University Press Reason Revelation and the Civic Order
Book SynopsisFeatures essays that examine the relationship between political philosophy and faith. This volume also investigates the continued intellectual and political vitality of revelation as it is understood by its own adherents.
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Cornell University Press Edmund Burke for Our Time
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewByrne's prose is highly readable, and his reading of Burke both plausible and illuminating. * National Review *
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Cornell University Press Solzhenitsyn The HistoricalSpiritual Destinies
Book SynopsisThis study of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) and his writings focuses on his reflections on the religiopolitical trajectories of Russia and the West, understood as distinct civilizations. What perhaps most sets Russia apart from the West is the Orthodox Christian faith. The mature Solzhenitsyn returned to the Orthodox faith of his childhood...Trade ReviewLee Congdon's [book] offers the best guide in print to Solzhenitsyn's views, including their evolution, largely because Congdon accepts the writer for what he was: a Russian and Eastern Orthodox conservative – one and the same in Solzhenitsyn's mind. * Times Literary Supplement *Congdon's sociohistorical and political focus is formidable, and he brilliantly supports his premise that Solzhenitsyn's writings expose the nature of totalitarian power and its corruptive effects on human lives in Russia. Highly recommended. * Choice *Lee Congdon's book comprises a short introduction to the historical and cultural context important for understanding the Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's life and writings.[T]he book's lucid style and choice of illustrative examples make for easy and pleasant reading. * The Russian Review *One must applaud Lee Congdon, emeritus professor of history, James Madison University, for this timely volume. * The Wanderer *
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Temple University Press,U.S. Camus A Critical Examination
Book SynopsisOffers a comprehensive analysis of the thought of Albert Camus from a philosophical perspective. This book shows how Albert Camus' analysis of political action offers a radical and nondogmatic perspective from which contemporary struggles can gain significant illumination.Trade Review"I am indebted to David Sprintzen for his scholarly, detailed, reflective treatment of one of the more important philosophers of this century."—Robert E. Lauder, Canadian Philosophical Review"Camus enthusiasts will find a great deal to reminisce about, in this detailed presentation written by an admiring advocate of Camus's positions, articulate and unflinching even when these are ambiguous, incoherent, or simply remote and relevant only in the narrow context of Camus's dated quarrels with personal adversaries."—French Review"Sprintzen's book is a splendid invitation to join in an intense dialogue concerning human existence and the turbulent civilization in which Camus and his readers raise and attempt to answer questions. The synoptic analysis and delicate care which Sprintzen gives to virtually every important work of Camus show not only his master of Camus' literary corpus, but his determination to understand Camus' entire project.... I recommend it with enthusiasm."—Ronald E. Santoni, Denison UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction 1. Experiential Sources 2. The Death of God Part II: Dramatic Contours 3. The Stranger 4. The Myth of Sisyphus 5. Caligula Part III: Confrontation and Struggle 6. Social Dislocations 7. Society and Rebellion 8. Revolt and History 9. Metaphysical Rebellion 10. Confronting Modernity 11. The Fall Part IV: Visions and Possibilities 12. The Witness of Liberty 13. Searching for a Style of Life 14. Concluding in a Dialogic Mode Notes Bibliography Index
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American Maritain Association Human Nature Contemplation and the Political O
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Political Creativity
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Sakari Hänninen’s Political Creativity is an extraordinarily instructive textual encounter between Gramsci’s writings – which he presents comprehensively and with nuanced attention to detail – and his own, a contrapuntal writing style that challenges traditional reading practices and solicits fresh insights into Gramsci’s intellectual and political legacy. The book is an outstanding contribution not only to Gramsci studies but also to the craft of doing political theory.’ -- Michael J. Shapiro, University of Hawai’i, Manoa, US‘Sakari Hänninen's new book delightfully stirs up important insights about how Antonio Gramsci creatively imagined how to rethink political possibility. It is a whirlwind of important ideas that helps the reader understand that Gramsci's visionary thinking was grounded in practical political reality. It is a must read for activists and scholars alike.’ -- Sanford Schram, City University of New York, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to political creativity in situations of historical transformation, structural change and social struggle 1 In prison – exile 2 On intellectuals as mediators 3 With Hegel beyond Hegel 4 Struggle for objectivity 5 From philosophy to politics 6 Politics of transformation References
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Edward Elgar Publishing Memory Trauma and Narratives of the Self
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Handbook of the History and Philosophy of
Book SynopsisFeaturing contributions by distinguished scholars from ten countries, The Wiley Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Criminology provides students, scholars, and criminologists with a truly a global perspective on the theory and practice of criminology throughout the centuries and around the world. In addition to chapters devoted to the key ideas, thinkers, and moments in the intellectual and philosophical history of criminology, it features in-depth coverage of the organizational structure of criminology as an academic discipline world-wide. The first section focuses on key ideas that have shaped the field in the past, are shaping it in the present, and are likely to influence its evolution in the foreseeable future. Beginning with early precursors to criminology's emergence as a unique discipline, the authors trace the evolution of the field, from the pioneering work of 17th century Italian jurist/philosopher, Cesare Beccaria, up through the latest sociological and biosocial treTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors x Introduction 1Ruth Ann Triplett Part I Key Ideas, Thinkers, and Moments 13 Section 1 Precursors to Criminology as an Academic Discipline 15 1 Criminal Entryways in the Writing of Cesare Beccaria 17Matthew P. Unger, Jean]Philippe Crete, and George Pavlich 2 Researching Crime and Criminals in the 19th Century 32Peter Becker Section 2 Europe and the Founding of Criminology 49 3 Laughing at Lombroso: Positivism and Criminal Anthropology in Historical Perspective 51Paul Knepper 4 Criminology in 19th]Century France: Mainstays of the French “Environmental” Tradition 67Bruce DiCristina 5 Conflict and Crime: Marx, Engels, Marxist/Radical Criminology, and the Explanation of Crime 84Michael J. Lynch Section 3 Developing the Theoretical Foundation 103 6 The Extensive Legacy of Symbolic Interactionism in Criminology 105Jeffery T. Ulmer 7 The Chicago School and Criminology 123Wim Hardyns and Lieven J. R. Pauwels 8 Anomie, Strain, and Opportunity Structure: Robert K. Merton’s Paradigm of Deviant Behavior 140Mathieu Deflem 9 Differential Association, Differential Social Organization, and White]Collar Crime: Sutherland Defines the Field 156John M. Eassey and Marvin D. Krohn 10 The Foundation and Re]emergence of Classical Thought in Criminological Theory: A Brief Philosophical History 173Ray Paternoster and Daren Fisher 11 Crime, Deviance, and Social Control: Travis Hirschi and His Legacy 189Cesar J. Rebellon and Paul Anskat Section 4 Critique and Response 207 12 The Berkeley School of Criminology: The Intellectual Roots and Legacies 209Randolph R. Myers and Tim Goddard 13 Let Fury Have the Hour: The Radical Turn in British Criminology 222Travis Linnemann and Kyra A. Martinez 14 Three Strikes and You’re Out: A Short but Modern History of Biosocial Criminology 237John Paul Wright, Kevin M. Beaver, Jamie M. Gajos, and Catherine Sacarellos 15 Western Feminist Criminologies: Critiquing “Malestream” Criminology and Beyond 255Kaitlyn J. Selman and Molly Dunn 16 Criminalizing Race, Racializing Crime: Assessing the Discipline of Criminology through a Historical Lens 272Kideste Wilder Yusef and Tseleq Yusef 17 Shaming, Reintegration, and Restorative Justice: Braithwaite in Australia, New Zealand, and around the Globe 289Hee Joo Kim and Jurg Gerber Part II Criminology across the Globe: The Organization and Structure of Criminology as an Academic Discipline 307 18 Criminology in Argentina, 1870–1960 309Ricardo D. Salvatore 19 Criminology in Australia: A Global South Perspective 321Elaine Fishwick and Marinella Marmo 20 Criminology in Belgium: Crossing Borders, Reaching out Globally 334Tom Daems and Stephan Parmentier 21 Criminology in Brazil: Beyond “Made]in]the]North” Criminological Narratives 345Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt and Marília Montenegro Pessoa de Mello 22 Criminology in Canada: The Context of Its Criminology 360Paul Brantingham, Patricia Brantingham, and Bryan Kinney 23 Criminology in China 377Bill Hebenton and Susyan Jou 24 Criminology in Germany and the Gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft 392Kirstin Drenkhahn 25 Criminology in Lithuania: Restoring Paradigms 406Aleksandras Dobryninas 26 Criminology in Russia: From Criminal Law to Sociolegal Inquiry 422Olga Semukhina 27 Criminology in the United States: Contexts, Institutions, and Knowledge in Flux 437Joachim J. Savelsberg Index 453
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd House of Cards and Philosophy
Book SynopsisIs Democracy overrated? Does power corrupt? Or do corrupt people seek power? Do corporate puppet masters pull politicians' strings? Why does Frank talk to the camera? Can politics deliver on the promise of justice? House of Cards depicts our worst fears about politics today. Love him or loathe him, Frank Underwood has charted an inimitable course through Washington politics. He and his cohorts depict the darkest dealings within the gleaming halls of our most revered political institutions. These 24 original essays examine key philosophical issues behind the critically-acclaimed seriesquestions of truth, justice, equality, opportunity, and privilege. The amoral machinations of Underwood, the ultimate anti-hero, serve as an ideal backdrop for a discussion of the political theories of philosophers as diverse as Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and MaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Contemplating a House of Cards 1 Part I Socrates, Plato, and Frank 3 1 Of Sheep, Shepherds, and a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: The Cynical View of Politics in House of Cards and Plato’s Republic 5 James Ketchen and Michael Yeo 2 Being versus Seeming: Socrates and the Lessons of Francis Underwood’s Asides 16 John Scott Gray Part II Imagining Possibilities: American Ideals in House of Cards 29 3 Frank Underwood Gives the Ideal Society a Reality Check 31 Brian Kogelmann 4 “What Will We Leave Behind?” Claire Underwood’s American Dream 42 Sarah J. Palm and Kenneth W. Stikkers Part III Characterizing Frank: Übermensch or the Prince 53 5 Underwood as Übermensch: A Postmodern Play of Power 55 Leslie A. Aarons 6 Why Underwood Is Frankly Not an Overman 68 Matt Meyer 7 American Machiavelli 81 Greg Littmann 8 Machiavelli Would Not Be Impressed 92 Don Fallis 9 Is Frank the Man for the Job? House of Cards and the Problem of Dirty Hands 102 Tomer J. Perry Part IV Classical Liberalism and Democracy 113 10 Frank the Foole, Upon a House of Cards 115 Shane D. Courtland 11 Hobbes and Frank on Why Democracy Is Overrated 128 Steven Michels 12 “Democracy Is So Overrated”: The Shortcomings of Popular Rule 141 Brendan Shea 13 “Money Gives Power Well, a Run for Its Money”: Marx’s Observations on Why Capital and Not Frank Is Really in Charge of the White House 152 Chris Byron and Nathan Wood 14 Freedom and Democracy in a House of Fear 163 Roberto Sirvent and Ian Diorio Part V Intrapersonal Relationships, Sexuality, and Race in House of Cards 173 15 Under the Covers with the Underwoods: The Sexual Politics of the Underwood Marriage 175 Jason Southworth and Ruth Tallman 16 The Spice of White Life: Freddy and Racist Representations 187 Stephanie Rivera Berruz 17 Broken Friendships and the Pathology of Corporate Personhood in House of Cards 197 Myron Moses Jackson Part VI Existential Realities: Self-Love and Freedom 207 18 Praying to One’s Self, for One’s Self: Frank’s Ethics and Politics of Autoeroticism 209 Kody W. Cooper 19 Existential Freedom, Self-Interest, and Frank Underwood’s Underhandedness 219 J. Edward Hackett Part VII Let Me Be Frank with You: Agency, Aesthetics, and Intention 227 20 Rooting for the Villain: Frank Underwood and the Lack of Imaginative Resistance 229 László Kajtár 21 Frank Underwood’s Intentions 237 Angelica Kaufmann 22 Francis Underwood’s Magical Political Mystery Tour Is Dying to Take You Away; Dying to Take You Away, Take You Today 245 Austin Dressen and Charles Taliaferro Part VII Virtue and Character in House of Cards 255 23 Frank Underwood and the Virtue of Friendship 257 Katherine K. Johnson 24 Have You No Decency? Who Is Worse, Claire or Frank? 265 Randall Auxier President Frank Underwood’s White House Staff (Contributors) 282 Index 289
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Political Theory Without Borders
Book SynopsisPolitical Theory Without Borders offers a comprehensive survey of the issues that have shaped political theory in the wake of social and environmental globalization.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii About the Contributors viii 1 Political Theory Without Borders: An Introduction 1Robert E. Goodin and James S. Fishkin PART I Global Spillovers 5 2 To Prevent a World Wasteland: A Proposal 7George F. Kennan 3 Two Kinds of Climate Justice: Avoiding Harm and Sharing Burdens 18Simon Caney 4 The Human Right to Water and Common Ownership of the Earth 46Mathias Risse PART II Global Flows 75 5 Tax Competition and Global Background Justice 77Peter Dietsch and Thomas Rixen 6 Sovereign Debt, Human Rights, and Policy Conditionality 107Christian Barry 7 Justice in the Diffusion of Innovation 133Allen Buchanan, Tony Cole and Robert O. Keohane 8 From Migration in Geographic Space to Migration in Biographic Time: Views From Europe 162Claus Offe 9 On Citizenship, States, and Markets 206Ayelet Shachar and Ran Hirschl PART III Global Interventions 235 10 Colonialism as Structural Injustice: Historical Responsibility and Contemporary Redress 237Catherine Lu 11 The Judging of Nations: Some Comments on the Assessment of Regimes in the New States 260Clifford Geertz 12 From Humanitarian Intervention to the Responsibility to Protect 275Gareth Evans 13 The Misuse of Power, Not Bad Representation: Why It Is Beside the Point that No One Elected Oxfam 293Jennifer C. Rubenstein Index 322
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Rawls
Book SynopsisWide ranging and up to date, this is the single most comprehensive treatment of the most influential political philosopher of the 20th century, John Rawls.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Introduction 1 Jon Mandle and David A. Reidy Part I Ambitions 7 1 From Philosophical Theology to Democratic Theory: Early Postcards from an Intellectual Journey 9 David A. Reidy 2 Does Justice as Fairness Have a Religious Aspect? 31 Paul Weithman Part II Method 57 3 Constructivism as Rhetoric 59 Anthony Simon Laden 4 Kantian Constructivism 73 Larry Krasnoff 5 The Basic Structure of Society as the Primary Subject of Justice 88 Samuel Freeman 6 Rawls on Ideal and Nonideal Theory 112 Zofia Stemplowska and Adam Swift 7 The Choice from the Original Position 128 Jon Mandle Part III A Theory of Justice 145 8 The Priority of Liberty 147 Robert S. Taylor 9 Applying Justice as Fairness to Institutions 164 Colin M. Macleod 10 Democratic Equality as a Work-in-Progress 185 Stuart White 11 Stability, a Sense of Justice, and Self-Respect 200 Thomas E. Hill, Jr 12 Political Authority, Civil Disobedience, Revolution 216 Alexander Kaufman Part IV A Political Conception 233 13 The Turn to a Political Liberalism 235 Gerald Gaus 14 Political Constructivism 251 Aaron James 15 On the Idea of Public Reason 265 Jonathan Quong 16 Overlapping Consensus 281 Rex Martin 17 Citizenship as Fairness: John Rawls’s Conception of Civic Virtue 297 Richard Dagger 18 Inequality, Difference, and Prospects for Democracy 312 Erin I. Kelly Part V Extending Political Liberalism: International Relations 325 19 The Law of Peoples 327 Huw Lloyd Williams 20 Human Rights 346 Gillian Brock 21 Global Poverty and Global Inequality 361 Richard W. Miller 22 Just War 378 Darrel Moellendorf Part VI Conversations with Other Perspectives 395 23 Rawls, Mill, and Utilitarianism 397 Jonathan Riley 24 Perfectionist Justice and Rawlsian Legitimacy 413 Steven Wall 25 The Unwritten Theory of Justice: Rawlsian Liberalism versus Libertarianism 430 Barbara H. Fried 26 The Young Marx and the Middle-Aged Rawls 450 Daniel Brudney 27 Challenges of Global and Local Misogyny 472 Claudia Card 28 Critical Theory and Habermas 487 Kenneth Baynes 29 Rawls and Economics 504 Daniel Little 30 Learning from the History of Political Philosophy 526 S.A. Lloyd 31 Rawls and the History of Moral Philosophy: The Cases of Smith and Kant 546 Paul Guyer Index 567
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Criticism and Compassion The Ethics and Politics
Book SynopsisCriticism and Compassion: The Ethics and Politics of Claudia Card offers a unique perspective on the range of issues explored by Card during her distinguished career in philosophy. Investigates her work as an early leader in the development of feminist philosophy, challenging many preconceptions about the society's norms regarding gender, marriage, and motherhood Crossing many disciplinary boundaries, her concept of social death has come to play a significant role in multidisciplinary field of genocide studies This volume combines many of Claudia Card's important essays with recently commissioned essays by leading philosophers whose work has been influenced by Card The full scope of Card's philosophy is presented here - both in her own words and those of her critics and interpreters Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii Introduction 1ARMEN T. MARSOOBIAN AND ROBIN S. DILLON Part One: War, Genocide, and Evil 11 1 Rape as a Weapon of War 13CLAUDIA CARD 2 Addendum to “Rape as a Weapon of War” 27CLAUDIA CARD 3 Stoicism, Evil, and the Possibility of Morality 31CLAUDIA CARD 4 Women, Evil, and Gray Zones 41CLAUDIA CARD 5 Genocide and Social Death 61CLAUDIA CARD 6 The Paradox of Genocidal Rape Aimed at Enforced Pregnancy 79CLAUDIA CARD 7 Surviving Long-Term Mass Atrocities 93CLAUDIA CARD 8 Perpetrators and Social Death: A Cautionary Tale 113LYNNE TIRRELL 9 Claudia Card’s Concept of Social Death: A New Way of Looking at Genocide 133JAMES SNOW 10 Surviving Evils and the Problem of Agency: An Essay Inspired by the Work of Claudia Card 153DIANA TIETJENS MEYERS 11 Institutional Evils, Culpable Complicity, and Duties to Engage in Moral Repair 171ELIANA PECK AND ELLEN K. FEDER Part Two: Feminist Ethical Theory and Its Applications 193 12 Against Marriage and Motherhood 195CLAUDIA CARD 13 Gay Divorce: Thoughts on the Legal Regulation of Marriage 219CLAUDIA CARD 14 Challenges of Global and Local Misogyny 235CLAUDIA CARD 15 Taking Pride in Being Bad 253CLAUDIA CARD 16 Hate Crime Legislation Reconsidered 269MARCIA BARON 17 Misplaced Gratitude and the Ethics of Oppression 289ROBIN MAY SCHOTT 18 The Challenges of Extreme Moral Stress: Claudia Card’s Contributions to the Formation of Nonideal Ethical Theory 303KATHRYN J. NORLOCK 19 Radical Moral Imagination and Moral Luck 319MAVIS BISS 20 The American Girl: Playing with the Wrong Dollie? 331VICTORIA DAVION Index 345
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary
Book SynopsisIncluding original essays by leading scholars, this companion to the major contemporary social theorists covers the life and work of 13 major theorists such as Elias, Baudrillard, Habermas, Butler, Giddens and Bourdieu. Bibliographies of the theorists' works are included.Table of ContentsPreface. List Of Contributors. Introduction: Metatheorizing Contemporary Social Theorists: Todd Stillman. 1. Robert K. Merton: Piotr Sztompka. 2. Erving Goffman: Gary Alan Fine And Philip Manning. 3. Richard M. Emerson: Karen S. Cook And Joseph Whitmeyer. 4. James Coleman: Siegwart Lindenberg. 5. Harold Garfinkel: Anne Rawls. 6. Daniel Bell: Malcolm Waters. 7. Norbert Elias: Richard Kilminster And Stephen Mennell. 8. Michael Foucault: Barry Smart. 9. Jürgen Habermas: William Outhwaite. 10. Anthony Giddens: Christopher G. A. Bryant And David Jary. 11. Pierre Bourdieu: Craig Calhoun. 12. Jean Baudrillard: Douglas Kellner. 13. Judith Butler: Patricia T. Clough. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy
Book SynopsisThis collection of 24 essays, written by eminent philosophers and political theorists, brings together fresh debates on some of the most fundamental questions in contemporary political philosophy, including human rights, equality, constitutionalism, the value of democracy, identity and political neutrality.Trade Review"The papers and the way in which they are organized give a clear indication of the crucial issues that divide political philosophers and provide a useful overview of the terrain of contemporary political philosophy." (Political Studies Review, 1 January 2011) "The papers and the way in which they are organised give a clearn indication of the crucial issues that divide policitial phiosphers and provide a useful overview of the terrain of contemporary politicial philosophy." (Political Studies Review, 1 January 2011) “For those looking for a selection of some of the best work done today, it is strong collection.” (Metapsychology, October 2009)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction Thomas Christiano and John Christman. Questions of Method. 1. Facts and Principles G.A. Cohen. 2. Constructivism, Facts, and Moral Justification Samuel Freeman. 3. Reason and the Ethos of a Late-Modern Citizen Stephen White. Liberalism. Political Neutrality. 4. The Moral Foundations of Liberal Neutrality Gerald F. Gaus. 5. Perfectionism in Politics: A Defense Steven Wall. Liberty and Distributive Justice. 6. Individualism and Libertarian Rights Eric Mack. 7. Left-Libertarianism and Liberty Peter Vallentyne. Equality. 8. Illuminating Egalitarianism Larry S. Temkin. 9. A Reasonable Alternative to Egalitariansim John Kekes. Democracy and Its Limits. The Value of Democracy. 10. The Supposed Right to a Democratic Say Richard Arneson. 11. Democracy: Instrumental vs. Non-Instrumental Value Elizabeth Anderson. Deliberative Democracy. 12. Deliberative Democracy Russell Hardin. 13. Reflections on Deliberative Democracy Constitutionalism Joshua Cohen. 14. Constitutionalism—A Skeptical View Jeremy Waldron. 15. Constitutionalism Larry Alexander. Persons, Identity and Difference. Individualism and Community. 16. Individualism and the Claims of Community Richard Dagger. 17. Liberalism, Communitarianism, and the Politics of Identity Margaret Moore. Identity and the Politics of Difference. 18. Relational Liberalism and Demands for Equality, Recognition and Group Rights Anthony S. Laden. 19. Structural Injustice and the Politics of Difference Iris Marion Young. Global Justice. Cosmopolitanism. 20. Cosmopolitanism and Justice Simon Caney. 21. Distributive Justice at Home and Abroad Jon Mandle. Human Rights. 22. The Dark Side of Human Rights Onora O’Neill. 23. A Defense of Welfare Rights as Human Rights James W. Nickel. .
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy
Book SynopsisThis new edition of A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy has been extended significantly to include 55 chapters across two volumes written by some of today''s most distinguished scholars. New contributors include some of today's most distinguished scholars, among them Thomas Pogge, Charles Beitz, and Michael Doyle Provides in-depth coverage of contemporary philosophical debate in all major related disciplines, such as economics, history, law, political science, international relations and sociology Presents analysis of key political ideologies, including new chapters on Cosmopolitanism and Fundamentalism Includes detailed discussions of major concepts in political philosophy, including virtue, power, human rights, and just war Trade Review“The Companion will serve as a useful resource for undergraduates and researchers alike. The diverse selection of expert contributors is impressive.” (ARBA Online, March 2009) "Strongly recommended. University libraries catering for courses in politics, philosophy, law or the social sciences will all find useful material here, and should consider it for acquisition." (Reference Reviews, February 2009) "As a whole the volume serves as a fine survey for the advanced undergraduate student and a good reference work for the professional seeking connections to ideas outside a narrow specialization. Summing Up: Recommended." (CHOICE)Table of ContentsVolume I. Preface to the First Edition ix Preface to the Second Edition xi Contributors xii Introduction xvi PART I: DISCIPLINARY CONTRIBUTIONS 3 1 Analytical Philosophy 5 PHILIP PETTIT 2 Continental Philosophy 36 DAVID WEST 3 History 69 RICHARD TUCK 4 Sociology 88 KIERAN HEALY 5 Economics 118 GEOFFREY BRENNAN 6 International Political Economy 153 RICHARD HIGGOTT 7 Political Science 183 ROBERT E. GOODIN 8 International Relations 214 HELEN V. MILNER 9 Legal Studies 226 TOM CAMPBELL PART II: MAJOR IDEOLOGIES 255 10 Anarchism 257 RICHARD SYLVAN with ROBERT SPARROW 11 Conservatism 285 ANTHONY QUINTON with ANNE NORTON 12 Cosmopolitanism 312 THOMAS POGGE 13 Feminism 332 JANE MANSBRIDGE and SUSAN MOLLER OKIN 14 Liberalism 360 ALAN RYAN 15 Marxism 383 BARRY HINDESS 16 Fundamentalisms 403 R. SCOTT APPLEBY 17 Socialism 414 PETER SELF with MICHAEL FREEDEN Volume II. Contributors. PART III: SPECIAL TOPICS 441 18 Autonomy 443 GERALD DWORKIN 19 Civil Society 452 RAINER FORST 20 Community and Multiculturalism 463 WILL KYMLICKA 21 Contract and Consent 478 JEAN HAMPTON 22 Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law 493 C. L. TEN 23 Corporatism and Syndicalism 503 BOB JESSOP 24 Criminal Justice 511 NICOLA LACEY 25 Democracy 521 AMY GUTMANN 26 Dirty Hands 532 C. A. J. COADY 27 Discourse 541 ERNESTO LACLAU 28 Distributive Justice 548 PETER VALLENTYNE 29 Efficiency 563 RUSSELL HARDIN 30 Environmentalism 572 JOHN PASSMORE with STEPHEN GARDINER 31 Equality 593 RICHARD J. ARNESON 32 Federalism 612 WILLIAM H. RIKER with ANDREAS FØLLESDAL 33 Historical Justice 621 MARTHA MINOW 34 Human Rights 628 CHARLES R. BEITZ 35 International Distributive Justice 638 PHILIPPE VAN PARIJS 36 Intellectual Property 653 SEANA VALENTINE SHIFFRIN 37 Just War 669 JEFF McMAHAN 38 Legitimacy 678 RICHARD E. FLATHMAN 39 Liberty 685 CHANDRAN KUKATHAS 40 Personhood 699 TIMOTHY MULGAN 41 Power 709 FRANK LOVETT 42 Property 719 ANDREW REEVE 43 Republicanism 729 KNUD HAAKONSSEN 44 Responsibility: Personal, Collective, Corporate 736 CHRISTOPHER HEATH WELLMAN 45 Rights 745 JEREMY WALDRON 46 Secession and Nationalism 755 ALLEN BUCHANAN 47 Sociobiology 767 ALLAN GIBBARD 48 Sovereignty and Humanitarian Military Intervention 781 MICHAEL DOYLE 49 The State 793 PATRICK DUNLEAVY 50 States of Emergency 804 DAVID DYZENHAUS 51 Toleration 813 STEPHEN MACEDO 52 Totalitarianism 821 EUGENE KAMENKA 53 Trust and Social Capital 830 BO ROTHSTEIN 54 Virtue 842 WILLIAM A. GALSTON 55 Welfare 852 ALAN HAMLIN Index 865
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Making Sense of Human Rights
Book SynopsisThis fully revised and extended edition of James Nickel's classic study explains and defends the contemporary conception of human rights. Combining philosophical, legal and political approaches, Nickel explains international human rights law and addresses questions of justification and feasibility. New, revised edition of James Nickel''s classic study. Explains and defends the conception of human rights found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and subsequent treaties in a clear and lively style. Covers fundamental freedoms, due process rights, social rights, and minority rights. Updated throughout to include developments in law, politics, and theory since the publication of the first edition. New features for this edition include an extensive bibliography and a chapter on human rights and terrorism. Trade Review"This is an outstanding book. Nickel sets a new standard for clear thinking on this crucial topic. No book comes close as an introduction to the theory of human rights." Leif Wenar, University of Sheffield "The new edition of James Nickel's classic work is a major contribution to the philosophical study of human rights. The book will be widely admired for its clarity and range and for the power and creativity of its arguments." John Tasioulas, University of OxfordTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. The Contemporary Idea of Human Rights. 2. Human Rights as Rights. 3. Making Sense of Human Rights. 4. Starting Points for Justifying Rights. 5. A Framework for Justifying Specific Rights. 6. The List Question. 7. Due Process Rights and Terrorist Emergencies. 8. Economic Liberties as Fundamental Freedoms. 9. Social Rights as Human Rights. 10. Minority Rights. 11. Eight Responses to the Relativist. 12. The Good Sense in Human Rights. Bibliography and References. Appendixes. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The European Convention on Human Rights. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Brief History of Justice
Book SynopsisA Brief History of Justice traces the development of the idea of justice from the ancient world until the present day, with special attention to the emergence of the modern idea of social justice.Trade Review“Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through graduate students; general readers.” (Choice, 1 March 2012) Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Prologue: From the Standard Model to a Sense of Justice 7 1 The Terrain of Justice 15 2 Teleology and Tutelage in Plato's Republic 38 3 Aristotle's Theory of Justice 63 4 From Nature to Artifice: Aristotle to Hobbes 89 5 The Emergence of Utility 116 6 Kant's Theory of Justice 142 7 The Idea of Social Justice 167 8 The Theory of Justice as Fairness 196 Epilogue: From Social Justice to Global Justice? 223 Glossary of Names 233 Source Notes 239 Index 257
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Citizenship Inclusion and Democracy
Book SynopsisIn Citizenship, Inclusion, and Democracy, six expert contributors explore the conceptual and empirical significance of the work of leading contemporary political philosopher, Iris Marion Young, and her work in the field of education. Illuminates the discussion about the centrality of public education. Explores the idea of an inclusive, publicly mandated, system if education by looking at the topics of citizenship, group-based politics, social justice, difference, democracy, equality, and inclusion in education. Includes a thorough introduction from editor Mitja Sardoc, and a response essay from Iris Marion Young. Table of ContentsForeword viiMichael A. Peters Introduction 1Mitja Sardoč 1 Education and the Politics of Difference: Iris Young and the Politics of Education 5Avigail Eisenberg 2 Multiculturalism and Citizenship: A critical response to Iris Marion Young 23Ronald Beiner 3 Iris Marion Young and Political Education 37Elizabeth Frazer 4 Democracy, Social Justice and Education: Feminist Strategies in a Globalising World 55Penny Enslin 5 Towards a Contextualized Analysis of Social Justice in Education 67Sharon Gewirtz 6 Iris Marion Young’s Imaginations of Gift Giving: Some Implications for the Teacher and the Student 81Simone Galea 7 Education in the Context of Structural Injustice: A symposium Response 91Iris Marion Young Notes on Contributors 103
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Basic Income
Book SynopsisBasic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research presents a compilation of six decades of Basic Income literature. It includes the most influential empirical research and theoretical arguments on all aspects of the Basic Income proposal. Includes six decades of the most influential literature on Basic Income Includes unpublished and hard-to-find articles The first major compendium on one of the most innovative political reform proposals of our age Explores multidisciplinary views of Basic Income, with philosophical, economic, political, and sociological views Features contributions from key and well-known philosophers and economists, including Atkinson, Simon, Friedman, Fromm, Gorz, Offe, Rawls, Pettit, Van Parijs, and more Presents the best theoretical and empirical arguments for and against Basic Income Table of ContentsAbout the Editors xi Introduction: The Idea of an Unconditional Income for Everyone xiii Karl Widerquist, Yannick Vanderborght, José A. Noguera, and Jurgen De Wispelaere Part I: Freedom 1 Introduction: Freedom and Basic Income 2 Karl Widerquist 1. The Psychological Aspects of the Guaranteed Income 5 Erich Fromm 2. The Case for a Negative Income Tax: A View from the Right 11 Milton Friedman 3. Why Surfers Should Be Fed: The Crazy-Lazy Challenge 17 Philippe Van Parijs 4. Optional Freedoms 23 Elizabeth Anderson 5. A Republican Right to Basic Income 26 Philip Pettit 6. Why We Demand a Basic Income 32 Karl Widerquist Part II: Justice 39 Introduction: Theories of Justice and Basic Income 40 Karl Widerquist 7. Left-libertarianism and a Global Rent Payment 43 Nicolaus Tideman and Peter Vallentyne 8. Guaranteed Income as a Replacement for the Welfare State 49 Charles Murray 9. A Capitalist Road to Communism 52 Robert van der Veen and Philippe Van Parijs 10. Why Marxists and Socialists Should Favor Basic Income 55 Michael Howard 11. Basic Income and the Common Good 62 Bill Jordan 12. Associations and Basic Income 72 Bill Jordan Part III: Reciprocity and Exploitation 79 Introduction: Reciprocity and Exploitation 80 Karl Widerquist 13. Brief Comments on Leisure Time 85 John Rawls 14. Liberal Equality, Exploitation, and the Case for an Unconditional Basic Income 87 Stuart White 15. Clamshell Rents? How Resource Equality Causes Exploitation 93 Gijs Van Donselaar 16. Basic Income and the Work Ethic 101 Brian Barry 17. Fairness to Idleness: Is There a Right Not to Work? 105 Andrew Levine 18. Basic Income, Self-respect, and Reciprocity 114 Catriona McKinnon 19. Reciprocity and the Guaranteed Income 123 Karl Widerquist 20. The Morality of the Universal Grant Versus the Ethics of Paid Work 134 Robert van der Veen Part IV: Feminism 141 Introduction: The Feminist Response to Basic Income 142 Yannick Vanderborght and Karl Widerquist 21. Is One Man’s Ceiling Another Woman’s Floor? 145 Ann Withorn 22. Why Basic Income does not Promote Gender Equality 149 Ann S. Orloff 23. A Gender Analysis of Basic Income 153 Ingrid Robeyns 24. A Basic Income for Feminists? 163 Tony Fitzpatrick 25. Free-riding and the Household 173 Carole Pateman 26. Promoting Gender Equity Through a Basic Income 178 Ailsa McKay 27. Good for Women 186 Anne Alstott Part V: Economics 189 Introduction: The Economics of Basic Income 190 Karl Widerquist, José A. Noguera, and Yannick Vanderborght 28. The Case for an Income Guarantee 195 James Tobin 29. What Can We Learn from the Agathotopians? 200 James Meade 30. Basic Income and Effi ciency 205 Philippe Van Parijs 31. Basic Income as a Basis for Small Business 210 Bart Nooteboom 32. What (If Anything) Can We Learn from the Negative Income Tax Experiments? 216 Karl Widerquist 33. Efficiency and Participation: The Basic Income Approach 230 Bill Jordan 34. Subsidize Wages 235 Edmund Phelps 35. Universal Basic Income and the Flat Tax 240 Herbert A. Simon 36. Democracy and General Welfare 242 James M. Buchanan 37. Basic Income and Social Power 246 Koen Raes 38. Cost Estimates for a Basic Income in the United States 255 Charles M.A. Clark Part VI: Post-productivism 259 Introduction: Basic Income as a Post-productivist Policy 260 José A. Noguera and Karl Widerquist 39. Ecologism and Basic Income 263 Tony Fitzpatrick 40. A Green Case for Basic Income? 269 Philippe Van Parijs 41. A Non-productivist Design for Social Policies 275 Claus Offe 42. A Post-productivist Welfare Regime 283 Robert E. Goodin 43. Demoralizing the Labor Market: Could Jobs be Like Cars and Concerts? 289 Bert Hamminga 44. Beyond the Wage-based Society 297 André Gorz 45. The Relevance of Basic Income for Post-industrial Economies 307 Fred Block Part VII: Implementation 311 Introduction: The Implementation of Basic Income 312 Karl Widerquist, José A. Noguera, Yannick Vanderborght, and Jurgen De Wispelaere 46. The Shadow of Speenhamland 315 Fred Block and Margaret Somers 47. The Stability of Basic Income 331 Jos de Beus 48. Basic Income and the Welfare State 339 Samuel Brittan 49. Basic Income and Contributory Pensions 346 José A. Noguera 50. Basic Income as a Minimally Presumptuous Social Welfare Policy 351 Robert E. Goodin 51. The Basic Income Guarantee as an Exit Option 357 Joel Handler and Amanda Sheely Babcock 52. Practical Bottlenecks in the Implementation of a Universal Basic Income 360 Jurgen De Wispelaere and Lindsay Stirton Part VIII: Institutions 369 Introduction: Institutional Versions and Cognates of Basic Income 370 José A. Noguera 53. A Global Resources Dividend 375 Thomas W. Pogge 54. From Euro-Stipendium to Euro-Dividend 392 Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght 55. Negative Income Tax: The Original Idea 398 Milton Friedman 56. The Case for a Progressive Negative Income Tax 402 Fred Block and Jeff Manza 57. Stakeholding versus Basic Income 417 Bruce Ackerman and Anne Alstott 58. Reciprocity-sensitive Forms of Basic Income 429 Stuart White 59. Participation Income 435 Anthony B. Atkinson 60. The Trilemma of Participation Income 439 Jurgen De Wispelaere and Lindsay Stirton 61. Sabbatical Grants 447 Claus Offe and Johan de Deken 62. A Uniform Refundable Tax Credit 453 Lily L. Batchelder, Fred T. Goldberg Jr., and Peter R. Orszag 63. A Household Basic Income 461 Luis Sanzo and Rafael Pinilla 64. A Coming-of-Age Grant versus a Community Capital Grant 464 Guy Standing Part IX: Politics 471 Introduction: Politics 472 Yannick Vanderborght, José A. Noguera, and Karl Widerquist 65. Political Strategies for Basic Income 477 David Purdy 66. The Lack of Political Support for an Income by Right 485 Bill Cavala and Aaron Wildavsky 67. The Ambiguities of Basic Income from a Trade Union Perspective 497 Yannick Vanderborght 68. Basic Income and Social Europe 509 Fritz Scharpf 69. Is Basic Income Politically Feasible in a Social Europe? 516 Philippe Van Parijs 70. Basic Income in the South 523 Philippe Van Parijs 71. How Cash Transfers Promote the Case for Basic Income 527 Guy Standing 72. Basic Income and the New Class Struggle 548 Philippe Van Parijs 73. A “Package Solution” for Basic Income 555 Claus Offe, Ulrich Mückenberger and Ilona Ostner 74. Pathways from Here 560 Claus Offe Index 564
£126.85
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Brief History of Liberty
Book SynopsisThrough a fusion of philosophical, social scientific, and historical methods, A Brief History of Liberty provides a comprehensive, philosophically-informed portrait of the elusive nature of one of our most cherished ideals.Trade Review"Although the book has a strongly classical liberal flavour, it also contains some interesting discussion of positive liberty. For one thing, Schmidtz and Brennan argue that the progress of negative liberty in western societies has massively expanded almost everyone's range of real options. For another, they suggest that this greater (negative and positive) external freedom can open the way to a greater internal or psychological" freedom". (The Philosophers' Magazine, 13 August 2010) "Its brevity and simplicity is perhaps understandable, given the historical focus and ambitious scope of the book, and the authors' evident desire to get the light, entertaining and up-beat narrative moving." (The Philosopher's Magazine, August 2010)"The book weaves together a number of figures in social, political, philosophical, economic, and even psychological theory, in a way not commonly found, and it does so rather effectively." (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, September 05, 2010) "Schmidtz and Brennan offer their readers insights into the freedom debate by following it through the broad sweep of Western history...[A Brief History of Liberty]... comprehensive notes and bibliographies and...deserve[s] to be taken seriously by those with an interest in liberty." (The Philosopher, summer 2010)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction: Conceptions of Freedom 1 1 A Prehistory of Liberty: Forty Thousand Years Ago 30 2 The Rule of Law: ad 1075 60 3 Religious Freedom: 1517 93 4 Freedom of Commerce: 1776 120 5 Civil Liberty: 1954 169 6 Psychological Freedom, the Last Frontier: 1963 208 Bibliography 244 Index 261
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Utopias
Book SynopsisThis brief history connects the past and present of utopian thought, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, right up to present day visions of cyberspace communities and paradise. Explores the purpose of utopias, what they reveal about the societies who conceive them, and how utopias have changed over the centuries Unique in including both non-Western and Western visions of utopia Explores the many forms utopias have taken prophecies and oratory, writings, political movements, world''s fairs, physical communities and also discusses high-tech and cyberspace visions for the first time The first book to analyze the implicitly utopian dimensions of reform crusades like Technocracy of the 1930s and Modernization Theory of the 1950s, and the laptop classroom initiatives of recent years Trade Review"Segal does not shy away from bold definitions and delineations to separate utopias from millenarianism and science fiction, from abstract utopias and daydreams. ...Utopias is an accessible and thought-provoking introduction to utopias and utopianism and will appeal to scholars, students, and the general reader alike." (Utopian Studies, 1 October 2015) "In the capable hands of Howard P. Segal, professor of history at the University of Maine, technology rightfully has an important role in the imagination of alternative societies. His concise, well-written book covers utopias ancient and modern, Western and non-Western, and it is not limited to fiction conventionally labeled utopian but includes world’s fairs, social science, digital media, prophecies, millennial movements, and science fiction." (Technology and Culture, 1 October 2015) “To conclude: Segal’s book on utopias is a well-made treatise on an important aspect of European and American history. He convincingly shows that utopias had a political, as well as an economic, relevance. The view on the interaction between different cultural systems, such as art, politics, religion, technology, and economics, is a great strength of the book. It shows how complex processes around utopian visions have been, and how relevant they are for the implementation and change of different cultural spheres.” (Religion, 30 May 2015) “Segal does a good job of surveying the history of utopias, particularly focusing on the connections with science and technology. Histories of this topic tend to highlight the religious or cultural motivations for writing about or creating utopian societies, but here the author expands the discussion to include virtual communities … This text provides a unique approach for teaching history and the history of science. Highly recommended: general readers; lower-division undergraduates and above.” Choice (1 February 2013) “Segal brings considerable scholarship and experience to bear, particularly on the historical intersections between technology and utopia ... [He] covers several continents and many centuries, addressing key texts and thinkers ... [and] supplies impressive coverage and thoughtful interpretations.” Times Higher Education (12 July 2012) Table of ContentsPreface xi Introduction 1 1 The Nature of Utopias 5 Utopias Defined 5 Utopias Differ from both Millenarian Movements and Science Fiction 8 Utopias' Spiritual Qualities are Akin to those of Formal Religions 9 Utopias'Real Goal: Not Prediction of the Future but Improvement of the Present 12 How and When Utopias are Expected to be Established 13 2 The Variety of Utopias 16 The Global Nature of Utopias: Utopias are Predominantly but not Exclusively Western 16 The Several Genres of Utopianism: Prophecies and Oratory, Political Movements, Communities, Writings, World's Fairs, Cyberspace 24 3 The European Utopias and Utopians and Their Critics 47 The Pioneering European Visionaries and Their Basic Beliefs: Plato's Republic and More's Utopia 47 Forging the Connections Between Science, Technology, and Utopia 50 The Pansophists 53 The Prophets of Progress: Condorcet, Saint-Simon, and Comte 55 Dissenters from the Ideology of Unadulterated Scientific and Technological Progress: Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin, and William Morris 58 The Expansive Visions of Robert Owen and Charles Fourier 60 The "Scientific"Socialism of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 66 4 The American Utopias and Utopians and Their Critics 74 America as Utopia: Potential and Fulfillment 74 The Pioneering American Visionaries and their Basic Beliefs in America as Land of Opportunity: John Adolphus Etzler, Thomas Ewbank, and Mary Griffith 78 America as "Second Creation": Enthusiasm and Disillusionment 81 5 Growing Expectations of Realizing Utopia in the United States and Europe 89 Later American Technological Utopians: John Macnie Through Harold Loeb 89 Utopia Within Sight: The American Technocracy Crusade 96 Utopia Within Reach: "The Best and the Brightest"—Post-World War II Science and Technology Policy in the United States and Western Europe and the Triumph of the Social Sciences 99 On Misreading Frankenstein: How Scientific and Technological Advances have Changed Traditional Criticisms of Utopianism in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 123 6 Utopia Reconsidered 139 The Growing Retreat from Space Exploration and Other Megaprojects 139 Nuclear Power: Its Rise, Fall, and Possible Revival—Maine Yankee as a Case Study 142 The Declining Belief in Inventors, Engineers, and Scientists as Heroes; in Experts as Unbiased; and in Science and Technology as Social Panaceas 157 Contemporary Prophets for Profit: The Rise and Partial Fall of Professional Forecasters 160 Post-colonial Critiques of Western Science and Technology as Measures of "Progress"169 7 The Resurgence of Utopianism 186 The Major Contemporary Utopians and Their Basic Beliefs 186 Social Media: Utopia at One's Fingertips 193 Recent and Contemporary Utopian Communities 194 The Star Trek Empire: Science Fiction Becomes Less Escapist 199 Edutopia: George Lucas and Others 203 The Fate of Books and Newspapers: Utopian and Dystopian Aspirations 217 8 The Future of Utopias and Utopianism 234 The "Scientific and Technological Plateau"and the Redefinition of Progress 234 Conclusion: Why Utopia Still Matters Today and Tomorrow 241 Further Reading 261 Index 269
£28.45
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Utopias
Book SynopsisThis brief history connects the past and present of utopian thought, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, right up to present day visions of cyberspace communities and paradise. Explores the purpose of utopias, what they reveal about the societies who conceive them, and how utopias have changed over the centuries Unique in including both non-Western and Western visions of utopia Explores the many forms utopias have taken prophecies and oratory, writings, political movements, world''s fairs, physical communities and also discusses high-tech and cyberspace visions for the first time The first book to analyze the implicitly utopian dimensions of reform crusades like Technocracy of the 1930s and Modernization Theory of the 1950s, and the laptop classroom initiatives of recent years Trade Review"Segal does not shy away from bold definitions and delineations to separate utopias from millenarianism and science fiction, from abstract utopias and daydreams. ...Utopias is an accessible and thought-provoking introduction to utopias and utopianism and will appeal to scholars, students, and the general reader alike." (Utopian Studies, 1 October 2015) "In the capable hands of Howard P. Segal, professor of history at the University of Maine, technology rightfully has an important role in the imagination of alternative societies. His concise, well-written book covers utopias ancient and modern, Western and non-Western, and it is not limited to fiction conventionally labeled utopian but includes world’s fairs, social science, digital media, prophecies, millennial movements, and science fiction." (Technology and Culture, 1 October 2015) “To conclude: Segal’s book on utopias is a well-made treatise on an important aspect of European and American history. He convincingly shows that utopias had a political, as well as an economic, relevance. The view on the interaction between different cultural systems, such as art, politics, religion, technology, and economics, is a great strength of the book. It shows how complex processes around utopian visions have been, and how relevant they are for the implementation and change of different cultural spheres.” (Religion, 30 May 2015) “This text provides a unique approach for teaching history and the history of science. Highly recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates and above. (Choice, 1 February 2013) “Segal brings considerable scholarship and experience to bear, particularly on the historical intersections between technology and utopia ... [He] covers several continents and many centuries, addressing key texts and thinkers ... [and] supplies impressive coverage and thoughtful interpretations.” (Times Higher Education, 12 July 2012) Table of ContentsPreface xi Introduction 1 1 The Nature of Utopias 5 Utopias Defined 5 Utopias Differ from both Millenarian Movements and Science Fiction 8 Utopias' Spiritual Qualities are Akin to those of Formal Religions 9 Utopias'Real Goal: Not Prediction of the Future but Improvement of the Present 12 How and When Utopias are Expected to be Established 13 2 The Variety of Utopias 16 The Global Nature of Utopias: Utopias are Predominantly but not Exclusively Western 16 The Several Genres of Utopianism: Prophecies and Oratory, Political Movements, Communities, Writings, World's Fairs, Cyberspace 24 3 The European Utopias and Utopians and Their Critics 47 The Pioneering European Visionaries and Their Basic Beliefs: Plato's Republic and More's Utopia 47 Forging the Connections Between Science, Technology, and Utopia 50 The Pansophists 53 The Prophets of Progress: Condorcet, Saint-Simon, and Comte 55 Dissenters from the Ideology of Unadulterated Scientific and Technological Progress: Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin, and William Morris 58 The Expansive Visions of Robert Owen and Charles Fourier 60 The "Scientific"Socialism of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 66 4 The American Utopias and Utopians and Their Critics 74 America as Utopia: Potential and Fulfillment 74 The Pioneering American Visionaries and their Basic Beliefs in America as Land of Opportunity: John Adolphus Etzler, Thomas Ewbank, and Mary Griffith 78 America as "Second Creation": Enthusiasm and Disillusionment 81 5 Growing Expectations of Realizing Utopia in the United States and Europe 89 Later American Technological Utopians: John Macnie Through Harold Loeb 89 Utopia Within Sight: The American Technocracy Crusade 96 Utopia Within Reach: "The Best and the Brightest"—Post-World War II Science and Technology Policy in the United States and Western Europe and the Triumph of the Social Sciences 99 On Misreading Frankenstein: How Scientific and Technological Advances have Changed Traditional Criticisms of Utopianism in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 123 6 Utopia Reconsidered 139 The Growing Retreat from Space Exploration and Other Megaprojects 139 Nuclear Power: Its Rise, Fall, and Possible Revival—Maine Yankee as a Case Study 142 The Declining Belief in Inventors, Engineers, and Scientists as Heroes; in Experts as Unbiased; and in Science and Technology as Social Panaceas 157 Contemporary Prophets for Profit: The Rise and Partial Fall of Professional Forecasters 160 Post-colonial Critiques of Western Science and Technology as Measures of "Progress"169 7 The Resurgence of Utopianism 186 The Major Contemporary Utopians and Their Basic Beliefs 186 Social Media: Utopia at One's Fingertips 193 Recent and Contemporary Utopian Communities 194 The Star Trek Empire: Science Fiction Becomes Less Escapist 199 Edutopia: George Lucas and Others 203 The Fate of Books and Newspapers: Utopian and Dystopian Aspirations 217 8 The Future of Utopias and Utopianism 234 The "Scientific and Technological Plateau"and the Redefinition of Progress 234 Conclusion: Why Utopia Still Matters Today and Tomorrow 241 Further Reading 261 Index 269
£69.30
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Porn Philosophy for Everyone
Book SynopsisThis anthology takes the ever-controversial discussion of pornography out of solely academic circles; it expands the questions about porn that academics might tackle and opens the conversation to those who know it bestthe creators and users of porn. Features essays on non-traditional issues in porn, including celebrity sex tapes, virtual sex, S&M, homosexual porn, and technology's impact on the porn industry Features fascinating insights from psychologists, a lawyer, and an English professor, as well as industry insiders such as Dylan Ryder A fun, entertaining, and philosophically provocative approach to pornography, written for the general reader Trade Review"I liked several of the papers, such as Woollard's "Cheating with Jenna," which draws useful distinctions between cheating on one's partner and getting sexual enjoyment from porn, which makes a worthwhile point, and Roger Pipe's "Something for Everyone," which provides a useful history of porn. Both of these articles, as many others in the book, could be useful in an undergraduate course." (Metapsychology, February 2011) Table of ContentsAcknowledgments (Dave Monroe). Foreword: Filling in the Cave (Gram Ponante). Dirty Mindedness: An Introduction to Porn - Philosophy for Everyone (Dave Monroe). Part I: Lights, Camera, Action!: Sundry Sexy Thoughts. 1 The Jizz Biz and Quality of Life (Dylan Ryder and Dave Monroe). 2 Strange Bedfellows: The Interpenetration of Philosophy and Pornography (Andrew Aberdein). Part II: The Pornographic Mind: Psychology and Porn. 3 Yes. Yes! Yes!! What do Mona's Moans Tell us About her Sexual Pleasure? (Anne K. Gordon and Shane W. Kraus). 4 Pornography as Simulation (Theodore Bach). 5 Brothers' Milk: The Erotic and the Lethal In Bareback Pornography (Casey McKittrick). Part III: Between the Sheets: Porn Ethics and Personal Relationships. 6 Strange Love, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Porn (Tait Szabo). 7 Cheating with Jenna: Monogamy, Pornography and Erotica (Fiona Woollard). 8 Celebrity Sex Tapes: A Contemporary Cautionary Tale (Darci Doll). Part IV: Talking Dirty: Legal Issues and Free Speech. 9 One Man’s Trash is another Man’s Pleasure: Obscenity, Pornography, and the Law (Jacob M. Held). 10 What’s Wrong with Porn? (Mimi Marinucci). 11 Bumper Stickers and Boobs: Why the Free Speech Argument for Porn Fails (J.K. Miles). Part V: The Art of Dirty: Porn and Aesthetic Value. 12 The ‘Fine Art’ of Pornography? The Conflict Between Artistic Value and Pornographic Value (Christopher Bartel). 13 An Unholy Trinity: The Beautiful, The Romantic and The Vulgar (Lawrence Howe). 14 The Problem with the Problem with Pornography (David Rose). Part VI: Porn and Technology. 15 Something for Everyone: Busty Latin Anal Nurses in Leather and Glasses (Roger T. Pipe). 16 Sex, Lies and Virtual Reality (Matthew Brophy). Part VII: Kink: Alternative Porn and BDSM. 17 What Do Heterosexual Men Get Out of Consuming Girl-Girl Pornography? (Chad Parkhill). 18 Hit Me With Your Best Shot: The ‘Violent’ Controversy Surrounding SM Porn (Ummni Khan). 19 Ruminations of a Dominatriz: An Interview with Mz. Berlin (Mz. Berlin and Dave Monroe). Appendix A: Notes on Contributors.
£13.95
John Wiley & Sons Inc Fashion Philosophy for Everyone
Book SynopsisIf you just can''t decide what to wear, this enlightening guide will lead you through the diverse and sometimes contradictory aspects of fashion in a series of lively, entertaining and thoughtful essays from prominent philosophers and writers. A unique and enlightening insight into the underlying philosophy behind the power of fashion Contributions address issues in fashion from a variety of viewpoints, including aesthetics, the nature of fashion and fashionability, ethics, gender and identity politics, and design Includes a foreword by Jennifer Baumgardner, feminist author, activist and cultural critic, editor of Ms magazine (1993-7) and regular contributor to major women''s magazines including Glamour and Marie-Claire Trade Review“Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through graduate students; general readers. (Choice, 1 August 2012) "All in all, this is a valuable text not just because of the marriage of the academic with the everyday, but because of the diverse issues that it touches on. It's a well-rounded effort and even the most jaded fashion person will find something new between its covers." (The Licentiate, 26 September 2011) Table of ContentsForeword ix Jennifer Baumgardner Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Jessica Wolfendale and Jeanette Kennett Part 1 Being Fashionable and Being Cool 13 1 What Makes Something Fashionable? 15 Anya Farennikova and Jesse Prinz 2 Fashion, Illusion, and Alienation 31 Nick Zangwill 3 Tryhards, Fashion Victims, and Effortless Cool 37 Luke Russell Part 2 Fashion, Style, and Design 51 4 The Aesthetics of Design 53 Andy Hamilton 5 Share the Fantasy: Perfume Advertising, Fashion, and Desire 70 Cynthia A. Freeland 6 Computational Couture: From Cyborgs to Supermodels 88 Ada Brunstein Part 3 Fashion, Identity, and Freedom 103 7 Wearing Your Values on Your Sleeve 105 Daniel Yim 8 Fashion and Sexual Identity, or Why Recognition Matters 120 Samantha Brennan 9 Slaves to Fashion? 135 Lauren Ashwell and Rae Langton 10 Fashion Dolls and Feminism: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Barbie? 151 Louise Collins Part 4 Can We Be Ethical and Fashionable? 167 11 Sweatshops and Cynicism 169 Matthew F. Pierlott 12 Women Shopping and Women Sweatshopping: Individual Responsibility for Consumerism 18 Lisa Cassidy 13 A Taste for Fashion 199 Marguerite La Caze Notes on Contributors 215
£14.95
Johns Hopkins University Press The Political Philosophy of Thomas Paine
Book SynopsisOn balance we may think of Paine as a secular preacher for the rule of reason.Trade ReviewA compelling portrait of Thomas Paine as a serious, complex, and often surprising writer... This is a very useful volume for new students of US political thought, as well as for scholars seeking a quick but illuminating overview of Paine's writings and philosophy. Choice 2010 Fruchtman's concise analysis is tightly focused... A coherent vision of Paine's work, encompassing his many contradictions. Times Literary Supplement 2010 An insightful addition to a literature on an under-appreciated democratic theorist. -- Mario Feit New Political Science 2010 After reading The Political Philosophy of Thomas Paine readers will recognise consistencies in Paine's work that reveal, if not a systematic 'political philosophy', certainly a marvellous political thinker. -- Jeffrey D. Hilmer Political Studies Review 2011 Jack Fruchtman's compact study of the political philosophy of Thomas Paine constitutes the fifth volume in the series, The Political Philosophy of the American Founders, edited by Garrett Ward Sheldon. Fruchtman's study adds more luster to the fine reputation already enjoyed by this series in progress... [T]he reader desirous of perusing a cogent and thought-provoking exposition and analysis of Paine's writings should consider reading, first, this monograph, multum in parvo, by Jack Fruchtman. Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer Fruchtman is a Paine enthusiast, and if this succinct account does not provide the same biographical stir one gets from other works (his earlier book included), it is nonetheless a great way for the newcomer to appreciate the range, diversity, and raw power and brilliance of Paine's ideas. Claremont Review of Books 2011Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Paine's Political Thought in Historical Context2. Faith and Reason, Human Nature and Sociability3. Common Sense, Authority, and Autonomy4. Permanent Revolution and Constitution Making5. From a "Hamiltonian" Spirit to Public Welfare6. Public Spirit, Civic Engagement, and Evolutionary ChangeConclusionAppendix: A Note on Paine's American National ConsciousnessNotesRecommended ReadingIndex
£22.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Justice Dissent and the Sublime
Book SynopsisCanuel draws interesting connections between the debate about beauty and justice and issues in cosmopolitanism, queer theory, and animal studies.Trade ReviewArticulated by a careful, sensitive, and provocative writer, this critique is refreshing and valuable. -- Robert Barsky Review 19 Justice, Dissent, and the Sublime remains instructive in its portrayal of the various ways that theories inevitably relapse back into what they attempt to undo. In addition, interspersed throughout the chapters, Canuel offers convincing and powerful readings of major romantic texts. -- Luke Donahue Modern Philology Mark Canuel's provocative, lucid, and intelligent Justice, Dissent, and the Sublime challenges the dominant critical trend in the discourse of the sublime. The Year's Work in English Studies Subtly written, thought-provoking. -- Steve Vine Modern Language ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Beautiful People2. Justic and the Romantic Sublime3. The Reparative Impulse4. Biopolitics and the Sublime5. Aesthetics and Animal TheoryNotesIndex
£40.95
Temple University Press,U.S. The Burden of Overrepresentation
Book SynopsisThe Burden of Over-representation artfully explores three curious racial moments in sport: Jackie Robinson's expletive at a Dodgers spring training game; the transformation of a formality into an event at the end of the 1995 rugby World Cup in South Africa; and a spectral moment at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Grant Farred examines the connotations at play in these moments through the lenses of race, politics, memory, inheritance and conciliation, deploying a surprising cast of figures in Western thought, ranging from Jacques Derrida and Friedrich Nietzsche to Judith Butler, William Shakespeare, and Jesus-the-Christ. Farred makes connection and creates meaning through the forces at play and the representational burdens of team, country and race. Farred considers Robinson's profane comments at black Dodgers fans, a post-match exchange of thank yous on the rugby pitch between white South African captain François Pienaar and Nelson Mandela, and being haunted by the ghost of Derrida on the oTrade Review“Grant Farred has long been our ‘prose laureate’ at the intersection of sports, philosophy, and politics. With The Burden of Over-representation, he outdoes himself: looking at critical, forgotten moments in our sports history with a lens utterly original and entirely his own.”—Dave Zirin, Sports Editor, The Nation magazine“In binding together his abiding passions—literary theory, sport, and Africa (and its diaspora)—and spurring them to illuminate one another, Grant Farred delivers his best work yet. Three extraordinary moments in sport in three parts of the globe are the texts on which he unleashes his incandescent mind, unmatched political acumen, and glorious way with words. The Burden of Over-representation is also an exceptional contribution to the study of racial significations in this mad species of ours.”—Wendy Brown, Class of 1936 First Chair, University of California, Berkeley
£69.70
Temple University Press,U.S. The Great Refusal
Book SynopsisHerbert Marcuse examined the subjective and material conditions of radical social change and developed the Great Refusal, a radical concept of the protest against that which is. The editors and contributors to the exciting new volumeThe Great Refusalprovide an analysis of contemporary social movements around the world with particular reference to Marcuse's revolutionary concept. The book also engages-and puts Marcuse in critical dialogue with-major theorists including Slavoj Žižek and Michel Foucault, among others. The chapters in this book analyze different elements and locations of the contemporary wave of struggle, drawing on the work and vision of Marcuse in order to reveal, with a historical perspective, the present moment of resistance. Essays seek to understand recent uprisings-such as the Zapatistas in Mexico, the Arab Spring, and the Occupy movement-in the context of Marcuse's powerful conceptual apparatus. The Great Refusalalso charts contemporary social movements againsTrade Review“This is certainly the time for a Marcuse revival!”—Fredric Jameson, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Professor of Comparative Literature, Duke University “One of the great 20th century critical theorists of domination and liberation, Herbert Marcuse has an enormous amount to say to our time. The Great Refusal makes this abundantly clear. The contributors draw Marcuse’s imaginative reworking of Hegel, Marx, Freud, and Weber into illuminating conversations with a diverse range of contemporary theorists and political movements. . .from those of the Zapatistas and Chinese factory workers to the Arab Spring and Occupy. This book is a treasure trove for scholars and activists alike.”—Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley
£73.80
Temple University Press,U.S. Toward a Pragmatist Sociology
Book Synopsis In Toward a Pragmatist Sociology, Robert Dunn explores the relationship between the ideas of philosopher and educator John Dewey and those of sociologist C. Wright Mills in order to provide a philosophical and theoretical foundation for the development of a critical and public sociology. Dunn recovers an intellectual and conceptual framework for transforming sociology into a more substantive, comprehensive, and socially useful discipline. Toward a Pragmatist Sociology argues that Dewey and Mills shared a common vision of a relevant, critical, public sociology dedicated to the solution of societal problems. Dunn investigates the past and present state of the discipline, critiquing its dominant tendencies, and offering historical examples of alternatives to conventional sociological approaches. By stressing the similar intellectual and moral visions of both men, Toward a Pragmatist Sociology provides an original treatment of two important America
£33.25
Temple University Press,U.S. Extraordinary Racial Politics
Book SynopsisExtraordinary Racial Politics explores the promise and perils of racially-based mass mobilizations and state emergencies.Trade Review“Drawing on thinkers such as Carl Schmidt, Fred Ho, Hannah Arendt, Michael Omi, and Howard Winant, Fred Lee explores a rich archive of racial struggles ranging from Indian removal to Japanese internment, from the civil rights movement to red power on Alcatraz Island to Asian-American activists at the International Hotel. His book is a timely reminder that even in the most perilous of times, the extraordinary is always latent within ordinary U.S. racial politics.”—Cristina Beltrán, Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University and author of The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity“With unusual elegance and perspicacity, Fred Lee’s Extraordinary Racial Politics challenges familiar accounts of racial continuity and change in American politics. Courageously forging new ground between ethnic studies and political theory, Lee challenges readers to reaffirm and remember our capacity for extraordinary politics as integral for revitalizing collective political belonging in the most profound sense of what we can and could be. Extraordinary Racial Politics will be of vital interest to all seeking to come to terms with the compulsive idiosyncrasies of racial politics in our own dark times."—Edmund Fong, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies and Political Science at the University of Utah and author of American Exceptionalism and the Remains of Race: Multicultural Exorcisms
£77.40
Temple University Press,U.S. Extraordinary Racial Politics
Book SynopsisExtraordinary Racial Politics explores the promise and perils of racially-based mass mobilizations and state emergencies.Trade Review“Drawing on thinkers such as Carl Schmidt, Fred Ho, Hannah Arendt, Michael Omi, and Howard Winant, Fred Lee explores a rich archive of racial struggles ranging from Indian removal to Japanese internment, from the civil rights movement to red power on Alcatraz Island to Asian-American activists at the International Hotel. His book is a timely reminder that even in the most perilous of times, the extraordinary is always latent within ordinary U.S. racial politics.”—Cristina Beltrán, Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University and author of The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity“With unusual elegance and perspicacity, Fred Lee’s Extraordinary Racial Politics challenges familiar accounts of racial continuity and change in American politics. Courageously forging new ground between ethnic studies and political theory, Lee challenges readers to reaffirm and remember our capacity for extraordinary politics as integral for revitalizing collective political belonging in the most profound sense of what we can and could be. Extraordinary Racial Politics will be of vital interest to all seeking to come to terms with the compulsive idiosyncrasies of racial politics in our own dark times."—Edmund Fong, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies and Political Science at the University of Utah and author of American Exceptionalism and the Remains of Race: Multicultural Exorcisms
£20.89
Temple University Press,U.S. Jewish SelfDetermination beyond Zionism Lessons
Book SynopsisTrade Review“An exciting, profound, and humane critical rethinking of Zionism as the ideological foundation of the Israeli state, Graubart’s alternative vision reinforces what Zionism might have become if its leaders had not opted for an exclusivist Jewish state necessitating the continuous repression, exploitation, and discrimination of the Palestinian people in their own homeland. The recent surge to the Israeli far right gives this fine book a timely urgency, especially for liberal Jews, who should be deeply disturbed by what has happened in Israel beneath the banner of Zionism.”—Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University, and author of Palestine’s Horizon: Toward a Just Peace“Jewish Self-Determination beyond Zionism is a recovery operation designed to provide tools for contemporary analysts to contend with the problems posed by the effective disappearance of diplomatic paths toward a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem. Graubart’s well-written and accurate summary of the sharp rightward trajectory Israel has taken in recent decades shows how many of the forecasts of the ‘Humanist Zionists,’ like Martin Buber and Hannah Arendt, have come true, and how decisive have been the ‘core pathologies’ that those thinkers identified.”—Ian Lustick, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality"There is much to learn from this thoughtful, well-researched, clearly written exegesis of the history of what the author calls 'Humanist Zionism' and his proposal for an alternative to Israel in its current configuration.... Summing Up: Recommended."—Choice
£77.40
University of Toronto Press After the New Atheist Debate
Book SynopsisThe first decade of the twenty-first century saw a number of best-selling books which not only challenged the existence of god, but claimed that religious faith was dangerous and immoral. The New Atheists, as writers such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett have become known, sparked a vicious debate over religion’s place in modern society.In After the New Atheist Debate, Phil Ryan offers both an elegant summary of this controversy and a path out of the cul-de-sac that this argument has become. Drawing on the social sciences, philosophy, and theology, Ryan examines the claims of the New Atheists and of their various religious and secular opponents and finds both sides wanting.Rather than the mutual demonization that marks the New Atheist debate, Ryan argues that modern society needs respectful ethical dialogue in which citizens present their points of view and seek to understand the positions of others. Lucidly writteTrade Review'After the New Atheist Debate offers a fascinating glimpse into the arguments, polemics, and caricatures this debate has inspired along with innovative suggestions concerning how we might better navigate our shared social context through meaningful dialogue.' -- Ian Alexander Reading Religion: A Publication of American Academy of Religion, November 2016 After the New Atheist Debate succeeds in shifting a weary and tension-filled intellectual exchange onto new ground... It conveys a powerful and much needed social message: there is hope for public discourse.' -- K.P, Scholaries European Journal of Theology, vol 25:02:2016 “ Phillip Ryan is a talented author. He writes with humour and subtlety... This is a lovely book." -- Tom Korski Blacklock's Reporter, Saturday February 7, 2015 'Ryan has written a lucid, balanced book on the New Atheist debate; free of rancor, invective, and name-calling... The work is highly recommended for detailing the logical and moral weaknesses in much New Atheist, anti-religious polemics.' -- Peter Admirand The Heythrop Journal vol 56:2015Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: The New Atheist Debate 1. Charges and Defence: An Overview 2. Faith, Reason, Radical Evil 3. Clashing Caricatures 4. The Serious and the Wishy-Washy Part Two: Life Together 5. New Atheist Ethics 6. The Defenders' Moral Foundations 7. Can We Live without Foundations? 8. Ethical Dialogue Conclusion: Is This Enough?
£20.69
University of Toronto Press Essays on French History and Historians
Book SynopsisJ.S. Mill's deep interest in French intellectual, political, and social affairs began in 1820 when, in his fourteenth year, he went to France to live for a year with the family of Sir Samuel Bentham. French became his second language, and France his second home, where he died and was buried in 1873. His interest in history began even earlier when, as a child of seven, he tried to imitate his father's labours on the History of British India; though he never wrote a history in his maturity, study of the past remained a passion and helped shape the philosophy of history that informed his views of society and ethics. His intense interest in contemporary French politics also led him to seek connections between historical developments and present trends, both seen by his from a Radical perspective approproate to what he believed to be an age of transition. The English historians of France, including Walter Scott and Thomas Carlyle, as well as the French, some of whom were themselve
£39.60
University of Toronto Press The Earlier Letters of John Stuart Mill 18121848
Book SynopsisThese volumes of Mill's letters have been awaited eagerly by all scholars in the field of nineteenth-century studies. They inaugurate most auspiciously the edition of the Collected Works of John Stuart Mill planned and directed by an editorial committee appointed from the Faculty of Arts and Science of the University of Toronto and from the University of Toronto Press.In this collection of 537 letters and excerpts of letters are included all the personal letters available. It contains 238 hitherto unpublished letters and 72 letters with previously unpublished passages. Letters previously published have been recollated whenever possible. All are meticulously edited and annotated.
£68.85
University of Toronto Press Brewing Legal Times
Book SynopsisIn Brewing Legal Times, Emily Grabham boldly draws on perspectives from actor-network theory, feminist theory, and legal anthropology to advance our understanding of law and time.Trade Review‘Emily Grabham’s book is path-breaking theorization of regulation and a pioneering methodological demonstration. It delivers insights not only in relation to the author’s chosen examples, but also far beyond – including circumstances in which humans themselves are treated as objects.’ -- Carol J. Greenhouse * Journal of Law & Society vol 44:03:2017 *"I was gripped from page to page as if reading a novel, being drawn into the various worlds that Grabham describes and, more so, into the conceptual world which this book creates...This book will be a provocative and generative resource for a wide range of interdisciplinary scholars looking for new ways to understand the worlds which seemingly mundane legal practices create." -- Sarah Keenan, University of London * Feminist Legal Studies, vol 26 *Table of ContentsIntroduction: 'The Eagerness of Objects' Chapter One: 'Praxiographies' of Law and Time Chapter Two: Progression Chapter Three: A Likely Story Chapter Four: Transition Chapter Five: Balance Epilogue: Apple Crates and Hinges
£38.70
University of Toronto Press Wittgenstein and the Study of Politics
Book SynopsisIn Wittgenstein and the Study of Politics, Michael Temelini outlines an innovative new approach to understanding the political implications of Wittgenstein’s philosophy. Most political philosophers who have approached Wittgenstein have done so through the idea of therapeutic skepticism, implying politics that privilege conservatism or non-interference. Temelini interprets Wittgenstein differently, emphasizing his view that we come to understand the meanings of words and actions through a dialogue of comparison with other cases. Examining the work of Charles Taylor, Quentin Skinner, and James Tully, Temelini highlights the ways in which all three, despite their differences, share a common debt to that dialogical approach.A cogent explanation of how Wittgenstein’s epistemology and ontology can shed light on political issues and offer a solution to political challenges, Wittgenstein and the Study of Politics highlights the importance of WittgensteinTrade Review'Temelini does an excellent demolition job on the second-raters who for far too long have dominated the reception of Wittgenstein in political thought, such as the woeful conservative readers of Wittgenstein.' -- Juliette Harkin & Rupert Read Review of Politics vol 78:02:16 'In this valuable book, Temelini offers a comparative dialogical reading of Charles Taylor, Quentin Skinner, and James Tully on Wittgenstein's positive political thought...Important for political theorists and scholars of Wittgenstein.' -- M.W. Wetsmoreland Choice Magazine vol 53:04:2015 "Wittgenstein and the Study of Politics will appeal both to political theorists who are interested in the resources offered by Wittgenstein and to those seeking to get a grip on the style of political theorizing practised by Taylor, Skinner, and Tully." -- David Owen, Professor of Social and Political Philosophy, Division of Politics and International Relations, University of SouthamptonTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Therapy, Scepticism, and Leaving the World Alone 2. The Primacy of Training in a Shared Form of Life 3. Wittgenstein's Method of Perspicuous Representation 4. Charles Taylor's Wittgensteinian Aspects 5. Quentin Skinner: Wittgenstein and the Historical Approach to Political Thought 6. James Tully's Aspectival Approach to the Study of Politics
£41.65
University of Toronto Press Lonergan in the World
Book SynopsisIn his philosophical classic Insight, Catholic philosopher and theologian Bernard Lonergan introduced the concept of self-appropriation – the personal search for knowledge of the self, and through that of the world – as the basis for systematic philosophical investigation.In Lonergan in the World, James L. Marsh argues, clearly and passionately, that self-appropriation can serve as the basis for philosophical, ethical, and even political and economic thought. Comparing and applying Lonergan’s principles to major trends in contemporary philosophy, including phenomenology, hermeneutics, postmodernism, analytic philosophy, and Marxism, Marsh uncovers the philosophical and the socio-political implications of Lonergan’s work and its value as the basis for a search for justice and self-understanding.Drawing on Marsh’s more than forty years of studying and teaching Lonergan’s thought, Lonergan in the World is a boTable of ContentsPreface 1. Self-Appropriation: Lonergan's Pearl of Great Price 2. Thought and Expression in Lonergan 3. Continental Hermeneutics: A Lonerganian Response 4. Self-Appropriation and Alterity 5. The Unity of the Right and the Good in Lonergan's Ethics 6. Rationality and Mystery in Lonergan 7. Post-modernism: A Lonerganian Retrieval and Critique 8. Self-Appropriation, Polymorphism, and Differance 9. Lonergan and Marx on Economics and Social Theory: Some Preliminary Reflections 10. Intellectual, Moral, and Religious Conversion as Radical Political Conversion 11. Self-Appropriation, Contemplation, and Resistance 12. On Really Living 13. Self-Appropriation as a Way of Life Conclusion Notes Index
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University of Toronto Press Skepticism and Political Thought in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Book SynopsisSurveying the use of skepticism in works by Hobbes, Descartes, Hume, Smith, and Kant, among others, these essays demonstrate the pervasive impact of skepticism on the intellectual landscape of early modern Europe.Trade Review‘The volume features thorough, well documented, and wide-ranging scholarship on both primary and secondary texts, drawing from literature, political treatises, moral theory and of course philosophy.’ -- Kristen Irwin * International Journal for the Study of Skepticism vol 7:2017 *Table of ContentsIntroduction (John Christian Laursen and Gianni Paganini) 1. Neither Philosophy Nor Politics? The Ancient Pyrrhonian Approach to Everday Life (Emidio Spinelli) 2. La Mothe Le Vayer and Political Skepticism (Daniel Brunstetter) 3. Hobbes and the French Skeptics (Gianni Paganini) 4. Questionnnements sceptiques et politiques de la fable: les "autres mondes" du libertinage erudite (Jean-Charles Darmon) 5. Obeying the Laws and Customs of the Country: Living in Disorder and Barbarity. The Powerlessness of Political Skepticism According to the Discours sceptiques of Samuel Sorbiere (Sylvia Giocanti) 6. Bernard Mandeville's Skeptical Political Philosophy (Rui Romao) 7. David Hume: Skepticism in Politics? (Andrew Sabl) 8. Denis Diderot and the Politics of Materialist Skepticism (Whitney Mannies) 9. Rousseau: Philosophical and Religious Skepticism and Political Dogmatism (Maria Jose Villaverde) 10. Skepticism and Political Economy (Pierre Force) 11. Can a Skeptic be a Reformer? Skepticism in Morals and Politics during the Enlightenment: the Case of Voltaire (Rodrigo Brandao) 12. From General Skepticism to Complete Dogmatism: Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville (Sebastien Charles) 13. Karl Friedrich Staudlin's Diagnosis of the Political Effects of Skepticism in Late 18th Century Germany (John Christian Laursen)
£54.00
University of Toronto Press After the New Atheist Debate
Book SynopsisThe first decade of the twenty-first century saw a number of best-selling books which not only challenged the existence of god, but claimed that religious faith was dangerous and immoral. The New Atheists, as writers such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett have become known, sparked a vicious debate over religion’s place in modern society.In After the New Atheist Debate, Phil Ryan offers both an elegant summary of this controversy and a path out of the cul-de-sac that this argument has become. Drawing on the social sciences, philosophy, and theology, Ryan examines the claims of the New Atheists and of their various religious and secular opponents and finds both sides wanting.Rather than the mutual demonization that marks the New Atheist debate, Ryan argues that modern society needs respectful ethical dialogue in which citizens present their points of view and seek to understand the positions of others. Lucidly writteTrade Review'After the New Atheist Debate offers a fascinating glimpse into the arguments, polemics, and caricatures this debate has inspired along with innovative suggestions concerning how we might better navigate our shared social context through meaningful dialogue.' -- Ian Alexander Reading Religion: A Publication of American Academy of Religion, November 2016 After the New Atheist Debate succeeds in shifting a weary and tension-filled intellectual exchange onto new ground... It conveys a powerful and much needed social message: there is hope for public discourse.' -- K.P, Scholaries European Journal of Theology, vol 25:02:2016 “ Phillip Ryan is a talented author. He writes with humour and subtlety... This is a lovely book." -- Tom Korski Blacklock's Reporter, Saturday February 7, 2015 'Ryan has written a lucid, balanced book on the New Atheist debate; free of rancor, invective, and name-calling... The work is highly recommended for detailing the logical and moral weaknesses in much New Atheist, anti-religious polemics.' -- Peter Admirand The Heythrop Journal vol 56:2015Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: The New Atheist Debate 1. Charges and Defence: An Overview 2. Faith, Reason, Radical Evil 3. Clashing Caricatures 4. The Serious and the Wishy-Washy Part Two: Life Together 5. New Atheist Ethics 6. The Defenders' Moral Foundations 7. Can We Live without Foundations? 8. Ethical Dialogue Conclusion: Is This Enough?
£41.65
University of Toronto Press Herder
Book SynopsisAmong his generation of intellectuals, the eighteenth-century German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder is recognized both for his innovative philosophy of language and history and for his passionate criticism of racism, colonialism, and imperialism. A student of Immanuel Kant, Herder challenged the idea that anyone – even the philosophers of the Enlightenment – could have a monopoly on truth.In Herder: Aesthetics against Imperialism, John K. Noyes plumbs the connections between Herder’s anti-imperialism, often acknowledged but rarely explored in depth, and his epistemological investigations. Noyes argues that Herder’s anti-rationalist epistemology, his rejection of universal conceptions of truth, knowledge, and justice, constitutes the first attempt to establish not just a moral but an epistemological foundation for anti-imperialism. Engaging with the work of postcolonial theorists such Dipesh Chakrabarty and Gayatri Spivak, this book is a vTrade Review‘A profound source of philosophical interpretation, which is very close to the source, in which Herder’s significance for the current discourse of global history and anti-imperialism is of surprising actuality.’ -- Michael Maurer * H-Soz-u-Kult March 2017 *‘While displaying a remarkable suppleness, Noyes strikes a cogent, yet nuanced balance between probing, sensitive readings of Herder’s and his Enlightenment contemporaries’ texts on the one hand, and, on the other, deliberative, thought-provoking critical commentary on current Herder scholarship.’ -- David R. Greeves * Arcadia vol 52:03:2017 *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Postcolonial Theory and Herder's Anti-Imperialism Chapter 1: From Epistemology to Aesthetics Chapter 2: From Organic Life to the Politics of Interpretation Chapter 3: From Human Restlessness to the Politics of Difference Chapter 4: From the Location of Language to the Multiplicity of Reason Chapter 5: From Human Diversity to the Politics of Natural Development Chapter 6: The Aesthetics of Revolution and the Critique of Imperialism Conclusion: Herder, Postcolonialism, and the Antinomy of Universal Reason
£51.00
