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The struggle between the urgencies of instinct and the restrictions of civilization is addressed throughout the works of Sigmund Freud, and in Civilization ...

Defective Institutions overturns the basis of institutionalism. Faith in classic institutions―exposed as clamorously inadequate by the failure of governan...

In This Classic About Economics, Freedom, And The Relationship Between The Two, Milton And Rose Friedman Explain How Our Freedom Has Been Eroded And Our Pro...

Since Its Publication In 1974, Scholars Throughout The Humanities Have Adopted G M A Grube's Masterful Translation Of The Republic As The Edition Of Choice ...

The book has been variously described as the first to analyze the role of the political elite; as the one that established the independence of politics from...

In This Classic About Economics, Freedom, And The Relationship Between The Two, Milton And Rose Friedman Explain How Our Freedom Has Been Eroded And Our Pro...

Until yesterday, no society had seen marriage as anything other than a conjugal partnership: a male-female union. What Is Marriage? identifies and defends ...

World-renowned Jesus scholar Marcus J. Borg shows how we can live passionately as Christians in today's world by practicing the vital elements of Christian...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDonald Trump beat 16 Republican challengers and Hillary Rodham Clinton to win the presidency. Now he must beat the Deep State to k...

In The Moral Habitat, Barbara Herman offers a new and systematic interpretation of Kant's moral and political philosophy. The study begins with an investiga...

The Socialist Phenomenon Is A Powerful Survey Of Socialism And Socialist Thought From Ancient Times To The Present Day. Most Assume That Socialism And Commu...

In America today, the problem of achieving racial justice—whether through "color-blind" policies or through affirmative action—provokes more noisy name...

since It Appeared In 1971, John Rawls's A Theory Of Justice Has Become A Classic. The Author Has Now Revised The Original Edition To Clear Up A Number Of ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant ...

the Political Treatise, Spinoza's Final Work, Is A Largely Theoretical Inquiry Into The Fundamental Principles Of Political Philosophy. This Edition Offers...

Liberty : The Very Idea -- Liberty And Its Competitors -- Liberty And Rights -- Liberty Of The Mind -- Sex -- Back To Work -- The Spirit Of Liberty. Charles...

This book consists of two parts: the essay "The Idea of Public Reason Revisited," first published in 1997, and "The Law of Peoples," a major reworking of ...

This latest addition to the Oxford Readings in Philosophy series covers a topic which is one of the focal points of much of the current work in moral and po...

discourses On Livy (1531) Demonstrates Machiavelli's Fundamental Preference For The Republicanism Of Ancient Rome. In An Age When Political Absolutism Was...

Bad decisions down to a science. D'oh-mocracy at its finest. Brexit. Trump. Ford Nation. In this timely book, David Moscrop asks why we make irrational pol...

In Warrior Politics, the esteemed journalist and analyst Robert D. Kaplan explores the wisdom of the ages for answers for today’s leaders. While the modern ...

In this collection of interviews, Derrick Jensen discusses the destructive dominant culture with ten people who have devoted their lives to undermining it. ...

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Strivers; 1. Recognizing The Ethical Costs Of Upward Mobility; 2. Situating Ethical Costs In Context; 3. Nav...

The concept of individualism has gone through a fundamental change, according to distinguished political theorist Nadia Urbinati. In the nineteenth century,...

Theories of social justice are necessarily abstract, reaching beyond the particular and the immediate to the general and the timeless. Yet such theories, a...

Publisher's Description -- Hunger Is As Old As History Itself. Indeed, It Appears To Be A Timeless And Inescapable Biological Condition. And Yet Perceptions...

Extracted from: Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding, and Concerning the Principles of Morals, By David Hume. Reprinted from The Posthumous Edition ...

Susan Bordo Untangles The Myths, Ideologies, And Pathologies Of The Modern Female Body. Bordo Explores Our Tortured Fascination With Food, Hunger, Desire, A...

The Prince (Italian: Il Principe) is a 16th-century political treatise, by the Italian diplomat and political theorist, Niccolò Machiavelli. From correspon...

Are there "natural laws" that govern the ways in which humans behave and organize themselves, just as there are physical laws that govern the motions of a...

Straw Dogs Is A Work Of Philosophy, Which Sets Out To Challenge Our Most Cherished Assumptions About What It Means To Be Human. From Plato To Christianity, ...

Political consultant Doug Schoen has been the power-behind-the-throne to Presidents, Prime Ministers and even a politician-priest whose brother was a mafia ...

In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with. Taking ten of the most common objec...

Examines The Meaning Of Justice In A Variety Of Situations And Asks The Reader To Morally And Politically Reflect On Each Topic. Doing The Right Thing -- Th...

In This Translation, Michel De Certeau Anticipates Current Debates Surrounding Multicultralism And Social Diversity, Providing A Prescient Critique Of Ident...

Canadians have relatively few binding national myths, but one of the most pervasive and enduring is the conviction that the country is doomed. In 1965 Geor...

in This Book, The Author Is Attempting To Make Sense, As A Philosopher, Of The Ideas Of Rationality Put Forward By Economists, Sociologists, And Political T...

The works of Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) ranged from the early Thoughts on the Education of Daughters to The Female Reader, a selection of texts for gi...

worshipped By Her Fans, Denounced By Her Enemies, And Forever Shadowed By Controversy And Scandal, The Novelist And Philosopher Ayn Rand Was A Powerful Thi...

This volume is designed to provide a coherent and systematic presentation of the Marxist world outlook as given by the great exponents themselves. It is the...

mark Twain's Skeptical Assessment Of Free Will, And Determinism, Religious Belief, And The Nature Of Humanity. He Put Off Publishing It For 25 Years, And Th...