Political
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On the Unseriousness of Human Affairs: Teaching, Writing, Playing, Believing, Lecturing, Philosophizing, Singing, Dancing
$21.99 Read moreIn this wise and witty book, acclaimed author James Schall illuminates a fundamental truth that will shock ceaselessly busy and ambitious Americans: human affairs are unserious.
Following Plato, Schal- Author: Schall, James V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 205
- Publish Date: March 31 2012
- ISBN10: 1610170253
- Language: English
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Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime
$14.95 Add to cartThe present ecological mutation has organized the whole political landscape for the last thirty years. This could explain the deadly cocktail of exploding inequalities, massive deregulation, and conve… [more below]
- Author: LaTour, Bruno
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: November 13 2018
- ISBN10: 1509530576
- Language: English
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Scepticism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThroughout history scepticism and the urge to question accepted truths has been a powerful force for change and growth. Today, as we are bombarded by adverts, scientific studies praising the latest su… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Pritchard, Duncan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: December 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198829167
- Language: English
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The End of History and the Last Man
$22.00 Add to cartEver since its first publication in 1992, the New York Times bestselling The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. “Profoundly realistic and important…supremely timely… [more below]
- Author: Fukuyama, Francis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0743284550
- Language: English
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Democracy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Democracy refers to both ideal and real forms of government. The concept of democracy means that those governed — the demos — have a say in gov- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Zack, Naomi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0192845063
- Language: English
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Phaedo
$11.95 Add to cartThe Phaedo is acknowledged to be one of Plato’s masterpieces, showing him both as a philosopher and as a dramatist at the height of his powers. For its moving account of the execution of Socrates, the… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 019953893X
- Language: English
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Centers of Progress: 40 Cities That Changed the World
$17.95 Read more“In this superb book, Chelsea Follett takes the reader on a time-travel cruise through the great flash points of human activity to catch innovations that have transformed human lives.” –From the fore
- Author: Follett, Chelsea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: September 19, 2023
- ISBN10: 1952223652
- Language: English
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Reclaiming Freedom
$19.95 Read more“A curious thing has happened within American culture,” Aziz Rana writes. “The language of freedom has been claimed almost entirely by the political right.” Can it be reclaimed?
Freedom has a dual leg- Author: Rana, Aziz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: January 02 2024
- ISBN10: 194651179X
- Language: English
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The Narrow Passage: Plato, Foucault, and the Possibility of Political Philosophy
$24.99 Read moreAmericans 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 Add to cartA 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 Read moreWe 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
