Political
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The Narrow Passage: Plato, Foucault, and the Possibility of Political Philosophy
$24.99 Add to cartAmericans are more divided today than at any time since the Civil War. Our differences are not merely moral and political, but philosophical, and even spiritual. We hardly seem to experience the same
- Author: Ellmers, Glenn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 164177343X
- Language: English
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Mad World: War, Movies, Sex
$17.95 Add to cartIn a characteristically explosive barrage, Ljubljana’s most famous philosopher takes a passionate stance on the war in Ukraine, surveys the latest Hollywood blockbusters, and delivers detonations into
- Author: Zizek, Slavoj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1682194493
- Language: English
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Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk about It)
$19.95 Add to cartWhy our workplaces are authoritarian private governments-and why we can’t see it
One in four American workers says their workplace is a “dictatorship.” Yet that number almost certainly would be higher- Series: University Center for Human Values #44
- Author: Anderson, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 30, 2019
- ISBN10: 0691192243
- Language: English
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The Open Society and Its Enemies
$29.95 Add to cartA landmark defense of democracy that has been hailed as one of the most important books of the twentieth century
One of the most important books of the twentieth century, The Open Society and Its Enem- Series: Princeton Classics #115
- Author: Popper, Karl R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 808
- Publish Date: September 15, 2020
- ISBN10: 0691210845
- Language: English
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The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
$21.99 Add to cartNow featuring a new chapter on the rise of illiberalism worldwide.
As featured in the viral video “Rules for Rulers,” which has been viewed over fifteen million times. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and A- Author: Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 26, 2022
- ISBN10: 1541701364
- Language: English
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Why Marx Was Right
$17.95 Add to cartOne of the foremost Marxist critics of his generation forcefully argues against Marx’s irrelevancy
“[Eagleton is] a witty, insightful thinker with a penchant for glib asides and wry dashes of humor.- Author: Eagleton, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 0300231067
- Language: English
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Justice by Means of Democracy
$27.50 Add to cartFrom leading thinker Danielle Allen, a bold and urgent articulation of a new political philosophy: power-sharing liberalism.
At a time of great social and political turmoil, when many residents of t- Author: Allen, Danielle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 28 2023
- ISBN10: 022677709X
- Language: English
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Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism
$24.95 Add to cartJudith Butler follows Edward Said’s late suggestion that through a consideration of Palestinian dispossession in relation to Jewish diasporic traditions a new ethos can be forged for a one-state solut
- Author: Butler, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 26 2013
- ISBN10: 0231146116
- Language: English
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Politics
$12.95 Add to cartThe Politics is one of the most influential texts in the history of political thought, and it raises issues which still confront anyone who wants to think seriously about the ways in which human socie… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 15, 2009
- ISBN10: 0199538735
- Language: English
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Democracy’s Discontent: A New Edition for Our Perilous Times
$24.95 Add to cartA renowned political philosopher updates his classic book on the American political tradition to address the perils democracy confronts today.
The 1990s were a heady time. The Cold War had ended, and- Author: Sandel, Michael J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 28, 2022
- ISBN10: 0674270711
- Language: English
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The Second Treatise of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration
$7.00 Read moreA highly influential figure in the Age of Enlightenment in England and France, whose works helped inspire the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, John Locke was one of the most impo… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Locke, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 14 2002
- ISBN10: 0486424642
- Language: English
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Freedom: A Disease Without Cure
$28.00 Add to cartWe are all afraid that new dangers pose a threat to our hard-won freedoms, so what deserves attention is precisely the notion of freedom.
The concept of freedom is deceptively simple. We think we unde- Author: Zizek, Slavoj
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: October 05 2023
- ISBN10: 135035712X
- Language: English
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A Discourse on Inequality
$11.00 Add to cartIn A Discourse on Inequality, Rousseau sets out to demonstrate how the growth of civilization corrupts man’s natural happiness and freedom by creating artificial inequalities of wealth, power and soc… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 05 1985
- ISBN10: 0140444394
- Language: English
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Leviathan
$14.00 Add to cart“During the time men live without a common Power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called Warre”
Written during the turmoil of the English Civil War, Leviathan is an ambitio- Author: Hobbes, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 0141395095
- Language: English
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The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves
$33.00 Add to cartAlexandra Hudson, daughter of the “Manners Lady,” was raised to respect others. But as she grew up, Hudson discovered a difference between politeness–a superficial appearance of good manners–and tru
- Author: Hudson, Alexandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 1250277787
- Language: English
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The Society of the Spectacle
$9.99 Add to cart‘The Debordian analysis of modern life resonates more deeply and darkly than perhaps even its creator thought possible…’ – The New Yorker
‘Never before has Debord’s work seemed quite as relevant as i
- Series: Critical Editions
- Author: Debord, Guy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 01, 2021
- ISBN10: 1922491284
- Language: English
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Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
$14.95 Add to cartIt is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. After 1989, capitalism has successfully presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system – a situation that the
- Author: Fisher, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: December 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1803414308
- Language: English
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The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
$16.99 Add to cart“Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly.” —New Yorker
The famous bestseller with “concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of
- Series: Perennial Classics
- Author: Hoffer, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 19, 2010
- ISBN10: 0060505915
- Language: English
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Las 48 Leyes del Poder = The 48 Laws of Power
$32.95 Add to cartAmoral, merciless, ruthless, and above all, instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller combines three thousand years of the history of power into forty-eight clear and concise laws… [more below]
- Author: Greene, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 632
- Publish Date: September 01 2019
- ISBN10: 6075276912
- Language: Spanish
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Anarchy, State, and Utopia
$34.82 Add to cartThe foundational text of libertarian thought, named one of the 100 Most Influential Books since World War II (Times Literary Supplement)
First published in response to John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice- Author: Nozick, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 12 2013
- ISBN10: 0465051006
- Language: English
