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Cambridge University Press A Philosophers Manifesto
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Cambridge University Press The Government of Chance
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Cambridge University Press Christianity Philosophy and Roman Power
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Cambridge University Press The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics
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Cambridge University Press Stanley Cavells Democratic Perfectionism
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Cambridge University Press Ibn Khaldun Political Thought
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Cambridge University Press Ibn Khaldun Political Thought
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Cambridge University Press Intercultural Philosophy and Environmental Justice Between Generations
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Cambridge University Press The Political Writings of George Washington
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Cambridge University Press The Political Writings of George Washington
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Cambridge University Press Can Democracy Recover
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Cambridge University Press Systems Relations and the Structures of International Societies
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Cambridge University Press Why Read Wollstonecraft Today
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Cambridge University Press Political Rhetoric in Theory and Practice
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Cambridge University Press Political Rhetoric in Theory and Practice
This book combines classic statements of the theory of political rhetoric (Aristotle, Isocrates, Cicero) with an extraordinarily rich array of examples of actual political speeches, ancient and modern, on a great variety of themes. Students and general readers alike will find much to engage their interests.
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Cambridge University Press The Coerced Conscience
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Cambridge University Press The Third Sword
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Cambridge University Press The Third Sword
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Cambridge University Press Social Anarchism and the Rejection of Moral
Book SynopsisOutside philosophy departments, most self-identified anarchists are social anarchists who reject both the legitimacy of the state and private property. By contrast, most anarchist philosophers are of the pro-market variety. As a result, a philosopher has yet to write an analytic defence of social anarchism. Jesse Spafford fills this gap by arguing that social anarchism is a coherent philosophical position that follows from a more basic, plausible principle that constrains which moral theories are acceptable. In the process of articulating and defending social anarchism Spafford stakes out a number of bold and original positions (e.g. that people own themselves and nothing else), while providing novel solutions to some of classic problems of political philosophy (e.g. luck egalitarianism''s problem of stakes). His distinctive study offers an overarching, unified political theory while also advancing many of the more fine-grained debates that occupy political philosophers. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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Cambridge University Press Social Anarchism and the Rejection of Moral Tyranny
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Cambridge University Press The Right to Punish
Book SynopsisWhat gives international courts the authority to punish individuals for international crimes? Through a unique philosophical lens, this book explores why international courts are morally justified to pierce a state's sovereignty to punish individuals for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other mass human rights violations.
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Cambridge University Press On Global Learning
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Cambridge University Press PostTruth American Politics
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Cambridge University Press Morphogenesis Answers Its Critics
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Cambridge University Press Reconceiving Freedom from the Shadows of Slavery
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Cambridge University Press Empowering Affected Interests
Book SynopsisMany demands for democratic inclusion rest on a simple yet powerful idea. It''s a principle of affected interests. The principle states that all those affected by a collective decision should have a say in making that decision. Yet, in today''s highly globalized world, the implications of this ''All-Affected Principle'' are potentially radical and far-reaching. Empowering Affected Interests brings together a distinguished group of leading democratic theorists and philosophers to debate whether and how to rewrite the rules of democracy to account for the increasing interdependence of states, markets, and peoples. It examines the grounds that justify democratic inclusion across borders of states, localities, and the private sector, on topics ranging from immigration and climate change to labor markets and philanthropy. The result is an original and important reassessment of the All-Affected Principle and its alternatives that advances our understanding of the theory and practice of democracy. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Table of ContentsIntroduction Archon Fung and Sean W.D. Gray; Part I. Subjection, Interaction, Power and Domination: 1. Proximity principle, adieu Robert E. Goodin; 2. Equity, social justice, and the all-affected principle Mark E. Warren; 3. Two complaints about undemocratic exclusion Sean W. D. Gray; 4. Deterritorializing democratic legitimacy Melissa S. Williams: 5. Self-determination and the all-affected principle Anna Stilz; Part II. Membership Within and Beyond Borders: 6. The all-affected principle and immigration Joseph H. Carens; 7. Who should decide? Beyond the democratic boundary problem Laura Valentini; 8. Boundaries of political communities and the all-affected principle Tomer J. Perry; Part III. Taming Economic Power: 9. The all-affected principle and labor rights Carol C. Gould; 10. The all-affected principle and global political legitimacy Terry Macdonald; 11. Markets, fairness, and the all-affected principle Thomas Christiano; 12. The all-affected principle and climate change Melissa Lane; Part IV. Autonomy, Affectedness, and Associations: 13. Cities, structural power, and the all-affected principle Clarissa Rile Hayward; 14. Philanthropy and the all-affected principle Emma Saunders-Hastings and Rob Reich; 15. INGOs, the all-affected principle, and social justice organizations Jennifer C. Rubenstein.
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Cambridge University Press Empowering Affected Interests
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Cambridge University Press The Moral Prerequisites of the Criminal Law
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Cambridge University Press Philosophy Bullshit and Peer Review
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Cambridge University Press The Duty to Secure
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Cambridge University Press Lawless Zones Rightless Subjects
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Cambridge University Press Ideology and Revolution
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Cambridge University Press The Conduct of Politics
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Cambridge University Press Wrongful Discrimination
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Cambridge University Press Democracy Liberty and Judicial Review
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Cambridge University Press Leo Strauss and the Conservative Movement in America
Book SynopsisThis book offers a strikingly original interpretation of Leo Strauss, his 'political philosophy', and the connection of both to the American conservative movement. There is nothing essentially 'conservative' about what Strauss or his leading disciples have taught about politics or morals, instead they have been avid champions of American modernity.Trade Review'Paul Gottfried's book shows evidence of a lifetime of more intimate engagement with Straussians. He is respectful of the master, formed in 'a richer cultural world than his followers - indeed a Teutonic one that most of his prominent students detested'. Gottfried is clearly disappointed in Strauss's 'epigones', who are happy to refute their poorly informed but respectable critics on the Left but who refuse to engage in serious debate with their learned and perceptive critics on the Right.' Mark Shiffman, Modern Age'I've always wanted to read a critique of Strauss - and more particularly, of Straussianism - which didn't devolve into leftist hyperbole or paranoia. This is the first I've read. Gottfried's critique is really from the right - against Strauss's postmodern reading of texts … against the abolition of history as well as historicism, against the reclusiveness and defensiveness of the Straussian enclave, and against their fixation with Western weakness in which the world is forever 1938. He persuaded me that the core of Straussianism is political, not philosophical - and a true competitor to what I would call conservatism, properly understood. None of this takes away from the truly remarkable scholarship that Strauss and Straussians have given us, or their useful antidote to the idea that all our core debates about the world have been resolved. But it helps reveal the deeply un-conservative and profoundly radical nature of neoconservatism, and its mania for imperialism and Israel.' Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish'[The only book that] specifically offers a right-wing critique of this German-Jewish émigré professor who is so often assumed to be a right-winger himself … Paul Gottfried's book… is sufficiently magnanimous that it may lead readers to a new appreciation for Strauss.' Daniel McCarthy, The University BookmanTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. A significant life; 3. Constructing a methodology; 4. The method under assault; 5. Politics as practice; 6. Political theory as political practice; 7. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Challenge of Rousseau
Book SynopsisThe essays in this volume focus on Rousseau's genuine yet undervalued stature as a philosopher.Trade Review“Eve Grace and Christopher Kelly have assembled a fine collection of essays of exceptionally high quality. They more than meet ‘the challenge’ of showing that there is coherence, consistency, and rigor as well as creativity in Rousseau’s thought. The scholarship is exemplary, combining careful study of the original texts, clear argumentation, and critical engagement with existing commentaries.” – Catherine Zuckert, Notre Dame“This volume brings together in a well-orchestrated collection important new interpretations by the most dynamic contemporary Rousseau scholars, senior and junior, continental and American.” – Thomas L. Pangle, The University of Texas at Austin“These excellent essays are an irresistible invitation to engage Rousseau’s thought in all of its depth and complexity.” – Ruth Grant, Duke University“Marking the tricentennial of Rousseau’s birth, this collection of essays is strikingly fresh and new. Bringing together major scholars to reexamine the central themes of Rousseau’s complex system, the volume sheds important new light on almost every subject it touches. While the authors have their differences, all agree on the need to treat Rousseau with the greatest philosophical seriousness. A first-rate collection.” – Arthur Melzer, Michigan State University“The Challenge of Rousseau promises to demonstrate Rousseau’s status as a thinker of the first rank, and it amply delivers. Editors Eve Grace and Christopher Kelly have assembled a diverse and impressive collection of essays, written by some of the most important scholars working on Rousseau in both the United States and France. The Challenge of Rousseau makes the case for Rousseau’s status as a thinker of the first rank by exploring Rousseau’s engagement with his philosophical predecessors; by directing new attention to Rousseau’s contributions in theology, epistemology, and the natural sciences; and by opening fresh perspectives on Rousseau’s political writings. Every essay contains some valuable insight; all are lucidly argued and feature meticulous attention to the texts of Rousseau and his philosophical interlocutors. This collection will be an invaluable resource to anyone seeking a full appreciation of Rousseau’s considerable intellectual achievements or a concise introduction to the best of the secondary literature.” – Joseph R. Reisert, Colby CollegeTable of ContentsIntroduction Eve Grace and Christopher Kelly; Part I. Politics and Economics: 1. Rousseau and the illustrious Montesquieu Christopher Kelly; 2. Political economy and individual liberty Ryan Patrick Hanley; Part II. Science and Epistemology: 3. The presence of sciences in Rousseau's trajectory and works Bruno Bernardi and Bernadette Bensaud-Vincent; 4. Epistemology and political perception in the case of Rousseau Terence Marshall; Part III. The Modern or Classical, Theological or Philosophical, Foundations of Rousseau's System: 5. On the intention of Rousseau Leo Strauss; 6. On Strauss on Rousseau Victor Gourevitch; 7. Built on sand: moral law in Rousseau's Second Discourse Victor Gourevitch; 8. Rousseau and Pascal Matthew W. Maguire; Part IV. Rousseau as Educator and Legislator: 9. The measure of the possible: imagination in Rousseau's philosophical pedagogy Richard Velkley; 10. Rousseau's French revolution Pamela K. Jensen; 11. Rousseau's challenge to Locke (and to us) Jonathan Marks; 12. Stalking Puer Robustus: Hobbes and Rousseau on the origin of human malice Susan Meld Shell; Part V. Unease, Happiness, and Death: 13. Rousseau's unease with Locke's uneasiness John T. Scott; 14. Montaigne and Rousseau: some reflections Pierre Manent.
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Cambridge University Press Politeia in Greek and Roman Philosophy
Book SynopsisThis book explores how politeia (constitution) structures both political and extra-political relations throughout the entire range of Greek and Roman thought. Topics include the vocabulary of politics, the practice of politics, the politics of value, and the extension of constitutional order to relations with animals, gods and the cosmos.Trade Review'… a superbly and flawlessly edited collection that includes a general introduction which discusses the ample connections between Schofield's work and the volume's papers.' Thornton C. Lockwood, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction Verity Harte and Melissa Lane; Part I. The Vocabulary of Politics: 1. The political art in Plato's Republic Alexander Long; 2. Putting history in its place: Plato, Thucydides, and the Athenian politeia Cynthia Farrar; 3. Platonizing the Spartan politeia in Plutarch's Lycurgus Melissa Lane; 4. The body politic: Aëtius on Alcmaeon on isonomia and monarchia Jaap Mansfeld; 5. Latin philosophy and Roman law Miriam Griffin; Part II. The Practice of Politics: 6. The Platonic manufacture of ideology, or how to assemble awkward truth and wholesome falsehood Robert Wardy; 7. Plato's politics of ignorance Verity Harte; 8. The political skill of Protagoras Nicholas Denyer; 9. Proclus and politics Jonathan Barnes; Part III. The Politics of Value: 10. Relativism in Plato's Protagoras Catherine Rowett; 11. Justice writ large and small in Republic IV Myles Burnyeat; 12. An aesthetic reading of Aristotle's Ethics Richard Kraut; 13. The Stoic sage in the original position Mary Margaret McCabe; Part IV. Politics Extended: Animals, Gods, Cosmology: 14. Aristotle on the natural sociability, skills and intelligence of animals Geoffrey Lloyd; 15. Gods and men in Xenophanes James Warren; 16. Socrates and his gods: from the Euthyphro to the Eudemian Ethics Christopher Rowe; 17. The atheist underground David Sedley; Malcolm Schofield bibliography, 1970–2012.
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Cambridge University Press Securitizing Islam Identity and the Search for Security
Book SynopsisSecuritizing Islam examines the impact of 9/11, focusing on the ways in which identities in Britain have been affected in relation to Islam. Croft looks at how the promotion of Britishness has in part led to Muslims being seen as a threat to security.Trade Review'… combines theory with an empirically rich discussion of both historical and contemporary British identity … Securitizing Islam is a stimulating and important book that should be read and debated not only within the field of securitization theory, but by anyone interested in the relationship between security, national identity and Islam.' Frank Foley, European Political ScienceTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Ontological security and Britishness; 2. A post-Copenhagen securitisation theory; 3. 'Two World Wars and one World Cup': constructing contemporary Britishness; 4. 'New Britishness' and the 'new terrorism'; 5. The construction of ontological insecurity; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Rule of Law and the Measure of Property
Book SynopsisIn this book, developed from the 2011 Hamlyn Lectures, Jeremy Waldron examines the nature of the relationship between property rights and the Rule of Law in which he uses the clash between property rights and environmental legislation to give us a deeper understanding of the Rule of Law.Trade Review'This accessible and highly engaging book shows Waldron's versatility as he moves from the Lucas case on constitutional protection for beachfront property besieged by environmental legislation to work on the rule of law by Dicey, Epstein, Hayek, and Raz. At every point [he] advances the debate between procedural and substantive versions of the rule of law and their implications for property holdings - all this with a grace and fluidity of expression that makes this book a pleasure to read.' Stephen Munzer, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles'In The Rule of Law and the Measure of Property Jeremy Waldron examines with his characteristic style and insight the relation, such as there is, between private rights and the rule of law. That the protection of private rights, in particular property rights, broadly construed, is an essential function of the rule of law is now widely promoted, especially in the literature on economic development, and Waldron provides a most welcome corrective to that view.' J. E. Penner, Head of Law, University College London'Even by his own high standards, Jeremy Waldron's Hamlyn Lectures are stunning. Taking on defenders of the idea that our rights to private property trump any legislature's right to limits or restrict them, from John Locke in the seventeenth century to Richard Epstein in the twenty-first, he demonstrates just how shaky the foundations of that view really are. He is no enemy to the idea of the rule of law, but he is a devastating critic of the claim that the rule of law privileges private property above all else. The lectures are tightly argued, but written with a dry wit that makes them a continuous pleasure to read, a genuine case of great learning lightly worn.' Alan Ryan, Princeton UniversityTable of Contents1. The classical Lockean picture and its difficulties; 2. A substantive Rule of Law?; 3. In defense of legislation.
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Cambridge University Press The Original Position
Book SynopsisAt the centre of John Rawls''s political philosophy is one of the most influential thought experiments of the twentieth century: which principles of justice would a group of individuals choose to regulate their society if they were deprived of any information about themselves that might bias their choice? In this collection of new essays, leading political philosophers examine the ramifications and continued relevance of Rawls''s idea. Their chapters explore topics including the place of the original position in rational choice theory, the similarities between Rawls''s original position and Kant''s categorical imperative, the differences between Rawls''s model and Scanlon''s contractualism, and the role of the original position in the argument between Rawls and other views in political philosophy, including utilitarianism, feminism, and radicalism. This accessible volume will be a valuable resource for undergraduates, as well as advanced students and scholars of philosophy, game theoryTrade Review'… this is an impressive collection of essays on one of the most influential ideas in modern moral and political philosophy … Taken together, these twelve discussions are about as comprehensive and relevant as any volume on the original position of this length could be.' Samuel Freeman, University of Pennsylvania'Although the original position argument became famous over forty years ago, it's testimony to John Rawls's immense creativity is that an accurate assessment of its strengths and weaknesses is still emerging. Tim Hinton's collection of lucid and thought-provoking essays will play an invaluable role in this welcome process, and also casts new light on work by several of the leading philosophers who have engaged with the argument, including G. A. Cohen, Ronald Dworkin, and T. M. Scanlon. The volume could be read with profit by specialists and students alike.' Andrew Williams, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies and Universitat Pompeu FabraTable of ContentsList of abbreviations; Introduction: the original position and The Original Position – an overview Timothy Hinton; 1. Justice as fairness, utilitarianism, and mixed conceptions David O. Brink; 2. Rational choice and the original position: the (many) models of Rawls and Harsanyi Gerald Gaus and John Thrasher; 3. The strains of commitment Jeremy Waldron; 4. Our talents, our histories, ourselves: Nozick on the original position argument John Christman; 5. Rawls and Dworkin on hypothetical reasoning Matthew Clayton; 6. Feminist receptions of the original position Amy R. Baehr; 7. G. A. Cohen's critique of the original position David Estlund; 8. Liberals, radicals, and the original position Timothy Hinton; 9. The original position and Scanlon's contractualism Joshua Cohen; 10. The 'Kantian roots' of the original position Andrews Reath; 11. Stability and the original position from Theory to Political Liberalism Paul Weithman; 12. The original position in the law of peoples Gillian Brock; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Process Tracing
Book SynopsisThere are a growing number of scholars who study politics by conducting rich empirical case studies. This book highlights process tracing - a method that plays a central role in organizing and measuring these empirics. Drawing upon numerous examples, it provides grounded, practical advice on conducting process tracing well.Trade Review'Bennett and Checkel have assembled an impressive group of scholars on the cutting-edge methodological issues involved in process tracing, while at the same time providing concrete, practical advice for scholars who wish to use this technique of analysis in a variety of different research programs. As a result of this dual approach, this volume represents a steep change from earlier methodological studies on process tracing and fills a real gap in scholarship. There is no doubt that it will be compulsory reading on graduate-level courses in qualitative methodology for a long time to come.' Giovanni Capoccia, University of Oxford'Bennett and Checkel's remarkable book will bring process tracing to the attention of a wide spectrum of disciplines - sociology, anthropology, history, public policy analysis and beyond. This valuable tool for causal inference has been developed primarily by political scientists, and their volume will accelerate much wider adoption of the method.' David Collier, Robson Professor, University of California, Berkeley'This volume is the next milestone in the dynamic debate over causal mechanisms and the standards and practices of process tracing. These contributions by leading figures in the discipline covering a broad range of topics and research areas are a must-read for anyone interested in and using qualitative methods.' Ingo Rohlfing, Bremen International Graduate School of Social SciencesTable of ContentsPreface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Process tracing: from philosophical roots to best practices Andrew Bennett and Jeffrey T. Checkel; Part II. Process Tracing in Action: 2. Process tracing the effects of ideas Alan M. Jacobs; 3. Mechanisms, process, and the study of international institutions Jeffrey T. Checkel; 4. Efficient process tracing: analyzing the causal mechanisms of European integration Frank Schimmelfennig; 5. What makes process tracing good? Causal mechanisms, causal inference, and the completeness standard in comparative politics David Waldner; 6. Explaining the Cold War's end: process tracing all the way down? Matthew Evangelista; 7. Process tracing, causal inference, and civil war Jason Lyall; Part III. Extensions, Controversies, and Conclusions: 8. Improving process tracing: the case of multi-method research Thad Dunning; 9. Practice tracing Vincent Pouliot; 10. Beyond metaphors: standards, theory, and the 'where next' for process tracing Jeffrey T. Checkel and Andrew Bennett; Appendix. Disciplining our conjectures: systematizing process tracing with Bayesian analysis.
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Persons
Book SynopsisThis book offers a model of individual autonomy which takes into account the socially constructed nature of persons and their complex cultural and social identities, and provides a foundation for principles of justice for complex democracies marked by radical difference among citizens.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'The Politics of Persons is a rich and provocative work that makes a significant contribution both to autonomy theory and to political philosophy. Lively and erudite, it is a landmark work that is the most comprehensive treatment to date of how these two fields can, and should, interrelate. It should thus be read by all interested in either political philosophy or autonomy theory, and is absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in both.' James Stacey Taylor, The College of New JerseyReview of the hardback: 'John Christman's work is at the forefront of contemporary debates about the social and political dimensions of individual autonomy. In The Politics of Persons he extends his influential historical analysis of individual autonomy in two important ways: first, by grounding this analysis in a social and historical model of the political self; and second by defending an autonomy-based conception of justice and democracy. The Politics of Persons is an ambitious and significant contribution to the theory of autonomy.' Catriona Mackenzie, Macquarie UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction; Part I. Selves: 2. The social conception of the self: a critical taxonomy; 3. The post-modern subject; 4. The narrative self; 5. Memory, agency, and the self; Part II. Autonomy: 6. Political persons; 7. The historical conception of autonomy; 8. Relational autonomy; 9. The dynamics of social identities; Part III. Justice: 10. Justice over time: history, public reason, and political legitimacy; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Kants Doctrine of Right
Book SynopsisPublished in 1797, the Doctrine of Right is Kant's most significant contribution to legal and political philosophy. This commentary analyzes Kant's system of individual rights and guides readers through the most difficult passages of the Doctrine, explaining Kant's terminology, method and ideas in the light of his intellectual environment.Table of ContentsIntroduction and methods of interpretation; 1. The idea of the juridical state and the postulate of public law; 2. The state of nature and the three leges; Appendix. Iustitia tutatrix, iustitia commutativa, and iustitia distributiva and their differences; 3. The right to freedom; 4. The permissive law in the Doctrine of Right; 5. The external mine and thine; 6. Intelligible possession of land; 7. The 'state in the idea'; 8. The state in reality; 9. International and cosmopolitan law; 10. The 'idea of public law' and its limits; 11. Contract law I. Why must I keep my promise?; 12. Contract law II. Kant's table of contracts; 13. Criminal punishment; 14. The human being as a person; Appendix I. On the logic of 'ought' implies 'can'; Appendix II. The system of rules of imputation; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Performing Citizenship in Platos Laws
Book SynopsisThis book shows how Plato, in the Laws, theorizes citizenship as simultaneously a political, ethical, and aesthetic practice. Essential reading for all scholars interested in citizenship and the impact of rhetoric in shaping the forms and content of political discourse in societies.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Preliminaries; Part I. Performing Ordinary Virtue in Plato's Utopias: Citizenship, Desire and Intention: 1. Citizenship in Callipolis; 2. Citizenship in Magnesia; Part II. Citizenship and Performance in the Laws: 3. Choral performances, persuasion and pleasure; 4. Patterns of chorality in Magnesia; 5. Comedy and comic discourse in Magnesia; 6. Epilogue: on law, agency and motivation.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Liberalism
Book SynopsisLiberalism emerged as a tradition of political thought in Europe during the Enlightenment and extended throughout the continent and to America into the twentieth century. This volume provides an expert survey of liberal approaches and responses to a range of important topics including freedom, equality, toleration, religion, and nationalism.Table of ContentsIntroduction Steven Wall; Part I. Historical Perspectives: 1. American liberalism from colonialism to the Civil War and beyond Mark E. Button; 2. Liberalism and the morality of commercial society Jeremy Jennings; 3. Liberalism: 1900–40 Alan Ryan; Part II. Normative Foundations: 4. Contractarianism and the problem of exclusion Philip Cook; 5. Public reason liberalism Gerald F. Gaus; 6. Autonomy and liberalism: a troubled marriage? John Christman; 7. Liberalism, neutrality, and democracy Steven Wall; Part III. Topics and Concepts: 8. Contemporary liberalism and toleration Andrew J. Cohen; 9. Liberalism and equality Richard Arneson; 10. Disagreement and the justification of democracy Thomas Christiano; 11. Liberalism and economic liberty Jeppe von Platz and John Tomasi; 12. Liberalism and religion Nicholas Wolterstorff; 13. Liberalism and multiculturalism Daniel Weinstock; 14. Liberalism and nationalism Paul Kelly; Part IV. Challenges: 15. Feminist critiques of liberalism Linda M. G. Zerilli; 16. The republican critique of liberalism Frank Lovett; 17. The conservative critique of liberalism John Skorupski.
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Cambridge University Press Empire and Modern Political Thought
Book SynopsisThis collection of original essays by leading historians of political thought examines modern European thinkers' writings about conquest, colonization and empire. The creation of vast transcontinental empires and imperial trading networks played a key role in the development of modern European political thought. The rise of modern empires raised fundamental questions about virtually the entire contested set of concepts that lay at the heart of modern political philosophy, such as property, sovereignty, international justice, war, trade, rights, transnational duties, civilization and progress. From Renaissance republican writings about conquest and liberty to sixteenth-century writings about the Spanish conquest of the Americas through Enlightenment perspectives about conquest and global commerce and nineteenth-century writings about imperial activities both within and outside of Europe, these essays survey the central moral and political questions occasioned by the development of oversTrade Review'… this book consists of twelve carefully written and tightly argued essays that add up to more than the sum of their parts … the study of modern imperialism will oblige political scientists (and historians) to move outside our comfort zones, and to embrace approaches that are expedient, eclectic and trans-disciplinary. This fine volume should work as a catalyst, stimulating and facilitating further work as the enterprise it surveys moves ahead.' Theodore Koditschek, Canadian Journal of HistoryTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Machiavelli's three desires: Florentine republicans on liberty, empire, and justice Mikael Hörnqvist; 2. Conquest and the just war: the 'School of Salamanca' and the 'affair of the Indies' Anthony Pagden; 3. Alliances with infidels in the European imperial expansion Richard Tuck; 4. John Locke: theorist of empire? David Armitage; 5. Montesquieu on empire and enlightenment Michael Mosher; 6. Edmund Burke on empire, self-understanding and sympathy Uday S. Mehta; 7. Adam Smith in the British empire Emma Rothschild; 8. Conquest, commerce, and cosmopolitanism in Enlightenment political thought Sankar Muthu; 9. Liberalism, nation, and empire: the case of J. S. Mill Pratap Bhanu Mehta; 10. Republicanism, liberalism, and empire in post-revolutionary France Jennifer Pitts; 11. Colonies and empire in the political thought of Hegel and Marx Gabriel Paquette; 12. Social theory in the age of empire Karuna Mantena; 13. Political theory of empire and imperialism: an appendix Jennifer Pitts.
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Cambridge University Press Kant Critique of Practical Reason Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
Book SynopsisThe Critique of Practical Reason is the second of Kant's three Critiques, one of his three major treatises on moral theory, and a seminal text in the history of moral philosophy. Originally published three years after his Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, the Critique provides further elaboration of the basic themes of Kant's moral theory, gives the most complete statement of his highly original theory of freedom of the will, and develops his practical metaphysics. This revised edition of Kant's Critique of Practical Reason - which contains Mary Gregor's acclaimed translation - is now the authoritative translation of this work. A substantial and lucid introduction by Andrews Reath places the mains themes of the Critique in the context of Kant's moral theory and his critical system. For this edition, the introduction has been revised and the guide to the secondary reading completely updated.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chronology; Further reading; Critique of Practical Reason: Preface; Introduction; Part I. Doctrine of the Elements of Pure Practical Reason: 1. The analytic of pure practical reason; 2. Dialectic of pure practical reason; Part II. Doctrine of the Method of Pure Practical Reason; Conclusion.
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