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Afflicted Powers: Capital And Spectacle In A New Age Of Warby Michael Watts, T. J. Clark, Joseph Matthews, RetortISBN 1844670317 (1-84467-031-7)
Softcover, Verso Books
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Also Sprach Zarathustraby Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheISBN 140680827X (1-4068-0827-X)
Softcover, Echo Library
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American Conservatism: An Encyclopediaby Jeffrey O. Nelson, Bruce FrohnenISBN 1932236449 (1-932236-44-9)
Softcover, Isi Books
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Animal Farmby George OrwellISBN 1595404295 (1-59540-429-5)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Farm'Book summary:Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the Shortest Serious Novel It's OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed, or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of the farm depend on us. Day and night, we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution, cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed, the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted, no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm. Satire Animal Farm may be, but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse, Boxer, having given his all to his comrades, is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed, but given the history of the Russian people since 1917, his pessimism has an air of prophecy. --Joyce Thompson [via]
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Animal Farmby Ian Woodldridge, George OrwellISBN 1854597892 (1-85459-789-2)
Softcover, Hern Books, Limited, Nick
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Farm'Book summary:Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the Shortest Serious Novel It's OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed, or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of the farm depend on us. Day and night, we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution, cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed, the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted, no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm. Satire Animal Farm may be, but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse, Boxer, having given his all to his comrades, is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed, but given the history of the Russian people since 1917, his pessimism has an air of prophecy. --Joyce Thompson [via]
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The Athenian Constitutionby AristotleISBN 1419152785 (1-4191-5278-5)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Athenian Constitution'Book summary:[They were tried] by a court empanelled from among the noble families, and sworn upon the sacrifices. The part of accuser was taken by Myron. They were found guilty of the sacrilege, and their bodies were cast out of their graves and their race banished for evermore. In view of this expiation, Epimenides the Cretan performed a purification of the city. [via]
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Candideby Francois M. VoltaireISBN 1416500308 (1-4165-0030-8)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide'Book summary:Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed. Candide is such a book. Penned by that Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, Voltaire, Candide is steeped in the political and philosophical controversies of the 1750s. But for the general reader, the novel's driving principle is clear enough: the idea (endemic in Voltaire's day) that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and apparent folly, misery and strife are actually harbingers of a greater good we cannot perceive, is hogwash.
Telling the tale of the good-natured but star-crossed Candide (think Mr. Magoo armed with deadly force), as he travels the world struggling to be reunited with his love, Lady Cunegonde, the novel smashes such ill-conceived optimism to splinters. Candide's tutor, Dr. Pangloss, is steadfast in his philosophical good cheer, in the face of more and more fantastic misfortune; Candide's other companions always supply good sense in the nick of time. Still, as he demolishes optimism, Voltaire pays tribute to human resilience, and in doing so gives the book a pleasant indomitability common to farce. Says one character, a princess turned one-buttocked hag by unkind Fate: "I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our most melancholy propensities; for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one's very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?"--Michael Gerber [via]
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Candideby Gita May, Henry Morley, Francois M. Voltaire, Alan Odle, Lauren WalshISBN 159308028X (1-59308-028-X)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide'Book summary:[via]Candide, by Voltaire, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.
One of the finest satires ever written, Voltaires Candide savagely skewers this very optimistic approach to life as a shamefully inadequate response to human suffering. The swift and lively tale follows the absurdly melodramatic adventures of the youthful Candide, who is forced into the army, flogged, shipwrecked, betrayed, robbed, separated from his beloved Cunégonde, and tortured by the Inquisition. As Candide experiences and witnesses calamity upon calamity, he begins to discover thatcontrary to the teachings of his tutor, Dr. Panglossall is perhaps not always for the best. After many trials, travails, and incredible reversals of fortune, Candide and his friends finally retire together to a small farm, where they discover that the secret of happiness is simply to cultivate one's garden, a philosophy that rejects excessive optimism and metaphysical speculation in favor of the most basic pragmatism.
Filled with wit, intelligence, and an abundance of dark humor, Candide is relentless and unsparing in its attacks upon corruption and hypocrisyin religion, government, philosophy, science, and even romance. Ultimately, this celebrated work says that it is possible to challenge blind optimism without losing the will to live and pursue a happy life.
Gita May is Professor of French at Columbia University. She has published extensively on the French Enlightenment, eighteenth-century aesthetics, the novel and autobiography, and women in literature, history, and the arts.
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Candide Ou L'Optimismeby VoltaireISBN 2070302393 (2-07-030239-3)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Candide, Or, Optimismby Francois M. VoltaireISBN 0882951009 (0-88295-100-9)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide, Or, Optimism'Book summary:This edition is essentially that of Richard Aldington edited with reference to the French editions by Andr Morize and George R. Havens. Norman L. Torrey's introduction is a brief commentary on Voltaire's central purpose of reducing the doctrine of philosophical optimism to absurdity. Also included are a list of principal dates in the life of Voltaire and a selected bibliography. [via]
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Confessionsby Jean-Jacques RousseauISBN 1853264652 (1-85326-465-2)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confessions'Book summary:When it was first published in 1781, The Confessions scandalised Europe with its emotional honesty and frank treatment of the author's sexual and intellectual development. Since then, it has had a more profound impact on European thought. Rousseau left posterity a model of the reflective life - the solitary, uncompromising individual, the enemy of servitude and habit and the selfish egoist who dedicates his life to a particular ideal. The Confessions recreates the world in which he progressed from incompetent engraver to grand success; his enthusiasm for experience, his love of nature, and his uncompromising character make him an ideal guide to eighteenth-century Europe, and he was the author of some of the most profound work ever written on the relation between the individual and the state. [via]
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The Confessions of J. J. Rousseauby Jean-Jacques RousseauISBN 141421510X (1-4142-1510-X)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseauby Edmund Wilson, Jean-Jacques RousseauISBN 1417926856 (1-4179-2685-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau'Book summary:1923. Translated from the French. With a preface by Edmund Wilson. Rousseau, philosopher and Father of the Romantic Movement, The Confessions is his landmark autobiography. Both brilliant and flawed, it is nonetheless beautifully written and remains one of the most moving human documents in all of literature. In this work, Rousseau frankly and sincerely settles accounts with himself in an effort to project his true image to the world. In so doing he reveals the details of a man who paid little regard to accepted morality and social conventions. [via]
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Contingency, Hegemony, Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the Leftby Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler, Ernesto LaclauISBN 185984278X (1-85984-278-X)
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The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of AmericaISBN 1882577981 (1-882577-98-1)
Softcover, Cato Inst
Find This BookBook summary:The documents which would birth and shape a nation are bound together here in one beautiful edition. The philosophies upon which the United States of America was founded have influenced the entire world. Within the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America, these philosophies are distilled to their very essence. These texts retain a special significance far beyond their roles within the government of a single nation, and this significance is best embodied in that immortal statement which begins with We hold these truths to be self-evident... [via]
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The Decline of the Westby Oswald Spengler, Helmut Werner, Arthur Helps, Charles Francis AtkinsonISBN 1400097002 (1-4000-9700-2)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Decline of the West'Book summary:Since its first publication more than eighty years ago, The Decline of the West has ranked as one of the most widely read and talked about books of our time. A sweeping account of Western culture by a historian of legendary intellect, it is an astonishingly informed, forcefully eloquent, thrillingly controversial work that advances a world view based on the cyclical rise and fall of civilizations.
This abridgment presents the most significant of Oswald Spenglers arguments, linked by illuminating explanatory passages. It makes available in one volume a masterpiece of grand-scale history and far-reaching prophesy that remains essential reading for anyone interested in the factors that determine the course of civilizations. [via]More editions of The Decline of the West:
Did Somebody Say Totalitarianism?: Four Interventions in the (Mis)Use of a Notionby Slavoj ZizekISBN 1859844251 (1-85984-425-1)
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The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Karl Marx and the Communist Manifestoby Karl Marx, Friedrich EngelsISBN 087975446X (0-87975-446-X)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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The Elements of Law Natural And Politicby Thomas HobbesISBN 1419160753 (1-4191-6075-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The English Constitutionby Walter BagehotISBN 1421997800 (1-4219-9780-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The English Constitution'Book summary:THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION provides the most lucid and readable account of what has been termed the "Golden Age" of the nineteenth century constitution, before the advent of universal male suffrage and the rise of party as the overriding force in the British policy. Many of Bagehot's insights remain either true, as a statement of basic principle, or even if no longer strictly accurate, fascinating in their partial applicability today. they convey a sharp sense of how the constitution has radically changed since the Victorian era, and yet paradoxically at a more basic level, remained the same. [via]
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The Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo: Apology ; Crito ; Phaedoby Plato, Benjamin JowettISBN 0879754966 (0-87975-496-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo: Apology ; Crito ; Phaedo'Book summary:As the indisputable father of western philosophy, socrates stands as the archetype of free inquiry and intellectual honesty throughout history. He dared to explore the minds of men, to analyze the content of cherished beliefs, and to distinguish knowledge and truth from opinion. This philosophical gadfly irritated the people of athens, who tried him for corrupting their youth, and subsequently sentenced him to death for his "crime."in these four short works by plato, we come to experience the full range of socrates' penetrating mind. In the euthyphro, socrates searches after the truth about the nature of piety, even as he makes his way to athens to answer an indictment leveled against him.the apology recounts socrates' attempt to defend himself against the charge of impiety. Once condemned, socrates finds himself imprisoned to await death.the crito captures his views on his relationship with the state and what each has a right to expect from the other.finally, the phaedo recalls the death scene as socrates discusses the nature of the soul and immortality just before succumbing to the hemlock [via]
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For Marxby Louis Althusser, Ben BrewsterISBN 184467052X (1-84467-052-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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George Orwell Complete & UnabridgedISBN 0905712048 (0-905712-04-8)
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God & the Stateby M. BakuninISBN 1419121952 (1-4191-2195-2)
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A Grammar of the Multitude: For an Analysis of Contemporary Forms of Lifeby Paolo Virno, Sylvere LotringerISBN 1584350210 (1-58435-021-0)
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Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophyby Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelISBN 1573924806 (1-57392-480-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy'Book summary:Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was not only a great philosopher but a great historian of philosophy. He invented the idea of the philosophical tradition as a discussion among philosophers extending over centuries centering on a few main philosophical problems. The conceptual scheme, widely accepted in histories of philosophy, emerged in Hegel's lectures at the same time as German idealism itself. This new abridgment of a well-known edition makes the main insights of Hegel's famous Lectures on the History of Philosophy widely available in an inexpensive edition.
In this student-oriented text, Professor Tom Rockmore selects the most significant material in a one-volume abridgment. A short introduction explains the purpose and principles of the selections and assesses the continued importance of the work. This is followed by selections that include parts of the introduction to the discussion of Greek philosophy, as well as the sections on Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; the introduction to modern philosophy; and then the sections on Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and the "Final Result." [via]More editions of Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy:
The Man Versus the State: With Six Essays on Government, Society, and Freedomby Herbert SpencerISBN 0913966983 (0-913966-98-3)
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Marcus Tullius Ciceroes Thre Bokes of Dutiesby Nicolas Grimalde, Gerald O'Gorman, Marcus Tullius CiceroISBN 0918016932 (0-918016-93-2)
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Metapoliticsby Alain Badiou, Jason BarkerISBN 184467567X (1-84467-567-X)
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Mutual Aidby P. KropotkinISBN 140431945X (1-4043-1945-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mutual Aid'Book summary:Short excerpt: Paucity of life, under-populationnot over-populationbeing the distinctive feature of that immense part of the globe which we name Northern Asia, I conceived since then serious doubtswhich subsequent study has only confirmedas to the reality of that fearful competition for food and life within each species, which was an article of faith with most Darwinists... [via]
Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolutionby Peter KropotkinISBN 0900384360 (0-900384-36-0)
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On Warby Karl Von Clausewitz, colonel J. GrahamISBN 1406505528 (1-4065-0552-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On War'Book summary:On War is perhaps the greatest book ever written about war. Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian soldier, had witnessed at first hand the immense destructive power of the French Revolutionary armies which swept across Europe between 1792 and 1815. His response was to write a comprehensive text covering every aspect of warfare. On War is both a philosophical and practical work in which Clausewitz defines the essential nature of war, debates the qualities of the great commander, assesses the relative strengths of defensive and offensive warfare, and - in highly controversial passages - considers the relationship between war and politics. His arguments are illustrated with vivid examples drawn from the campaigns of Frederick the Great and Napoleon Bonaparte. For the student of society as well as the military historian, On War remains a compelling and indispensable source. [via]
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One World: The Ethics of Globalisationby Peter SingerISBN 1877008451 (1-877008-45-1)
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Perpetual Peaceby Immanual Kant, Mary Campbell SmithISBN 1596055499 (1-59605-549-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Perpetual Peace'Book summary:Between states... no punitive war is thinkable because between them a relation of superior and inferior does not exist. Whence it follows that a war of extermination, where the process of annihilation would strike both parties at once and all right as well, would bring out perpetual peace only in the great graveyard of the human race. -from "Perpetual Peace" One of the most influential thinkers of the Western civilization, a man who profoundly shaped the mind-set of the modern world, examines war and human nature and concludes, bracingly, that global peace is inevitable. Far from an unattainable utopian fantasy, this 1795 essay lays out the requirements for peace, including republican governments, freedom of movement for citizens, and-prophetically-the formation of a league of nations. In this era of imperialistic ambitions and preemptive wars, Kant's insight is a profound reminder that peace is possible but must be actively pursued. Also available from Cosimo Classics: Kant's Analytic of the Beautiful and Perpetual Peace. German metaphysician IMMANUEL KANT (1724-1804) served as a librarian of the Royal Library, a prestigious government position, and as a professor at Königsberg University. His other works include Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (1764), Critique of Pure Reason (1781), and Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (1785). [via]
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Perpetual Peace, and Other Essays on Politics, History, and Moralsby Immanuel Kant, Ted HumphreyISBN 0915145472 (0-915145-47-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Perpetual Peace, and Other Essays on Politics, History, and Morals'Book summary:TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction. Bibliography. A Note on the Text.
1. Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Intent (1784)
2. An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment? (1784)
3. Speculative Beginning of Human History (1786)
4. On the Proverb: That May Be True in Theory, but Is of No Practical Use (1793)
5. The End of All Things (1794)
6. To Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch (1795)Glossary of Some German-English Translations. Index. [via]
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Philosophy of Historyby George HegelISBN 1594624224 (1-59462-422-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Philosophy of History'Book summary:Within the body of his work, Hegel's philosophy of history stands as a fascinating example of this influential German thinker's efforts to capture the multidimensional character of a broad theoretical framework. Hegel describes history as the evolution of freedom--as societies and cultures grow in awareness of, and appreciation for, the interaction of individuals with the rational goals and purposes of the greater whole. [via]
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The Political Writings of St. Augustineby Dino Bigongiari, Augustine, Henry PaolucciISBN 0895267047 (0-89526-704-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Political Writings of St. Augustine'Book summary:Taken from the complete works of St. Augustine, this collection has been arranged so as to give readers an organized, comprehensive view of the great African saint's political ideas. Included is an interpretive analysis by Dino Bigongiari. [via]
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Political Writings of St. Augustineby St. AugustineISBN 0895269414 (0-89526-941-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Political Writings of St. Augustine'Book summary:Taken from the complete works of St. Augustine, this collection has been arranged so as to give readers an organized, comprehensive view of the great African saint's political ideas. Included is an interpretive analysis by Dino Bigongiari. [via]
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The Principles of Morals and Legislationby Jeremy BenthamISBN 0879754346 (0-87975-434-6)
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Principles of Political Economyby J.S. MillISBN 1591021510 (1-59102-151-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Principles of Political Economy'Book summary:The standard economics textbook for more than a generation, John Stuart Mill's "Principles of Political Economy" (1848) was really as much a synthesis of his predecessors' ideas as it was an original economic treatise. Heavily influenced by the work of David Ricardo, and also taking ideas from Adam Smith and Thomas Malthus, Mill systematically demonstrated how important economic concepts could be applied to real-world situations. In his emphasis on realism, Mill thus took economics out of the realm of the abstract and placed it squarely within the context of society. For anyone with an interest in the history of economics or the history of ideas, this landmark work of classical economics makes for stimulating and in many respects still very relevant reading. [via]
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Property and Freedomby Richard PipesISBN 1860466796 (1-86046-679-6)
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Reading Capitalby Louis AlthusserISBN 1859841643 (1-85984-164-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reading Capital'Book summary:A landmark of French thought, and an intellectual revolution against dominant interpretations of Marx.
Reading Capital is an attempt to topple the entire edifice of Western Marxism, and rebuild it from the original foundations. Establishing a rigorous program of symptomatic reading that cuts through the silences and lacunae of Capital to reveal its philosophical core, Louis Althusser interprets Marxs structural analysis of production as a revolutionary breakthe basis of a completely new science. Building on a series of Althussers conceptual innovations, including 'overdetermination and social formation, Étienne Balibar explores the historical and structural facets of production as Marx understood them, scrutinizing many of the most fundamental points in Capital, as though for the first time. [via] 
Reading Capitalby Etienne Balibar, Louis AlthusserISBN 0902308807 (0-902308-80-7)
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Real World of Democracyby C. B. MacPhersonISBN 0887845304 (0-88784-530-4)
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Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity And Political Theoryby Bhikhu C. ParekhISBN 1403944539 (1-4039-4453-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity And Political Theory'Book summary:[via]This important and much acclaimed book rapidly became a classic on first publication. In it, Bhikhu Parekh shows that the Western tradition of political philosophy has very limited theoretical resources to cope with cultural diversity. He then discusses how it can be revised and what new conceptual tools are needed. The core of the book addresses the important theoretical questions raised by contemporary multicultural society, especially the nature and limits of intercultural equality and fairness, national identity, citizenship, and cross-cultural political discourse. The new second edition includes a substantial additional chapter addressing key issues.More editions of Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity And Political Theory:
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The Society of the Spectacleby Guy DebordISBN 0942299795 (0-942299-79-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Society of the Spectacle'Book summary:The Das Kapital of the 20th century. An essential text, and the main theoretical work of the situationists. Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960's up to the present, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism, and everyday life in the late 20th century. This new edition is the Ken Knabb translation. Certainly it has the most "modern" design of all three editions, as well as a short new introduction from the translator. [via]
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Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animalsby John GrayISBN 1862075964 (1-86207-596-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals'Book summary:John Gray's Straw Dogs attempts to present a world view in which humans are not central and which argues against the humanist belief in progress. The heart of the book is summed up in the idea that modern humanists have still not come to terms with Darwin, still not come to terms with the idea that humans are like other animals. Christians and modern humanists in the Platonic-Cartesian tradition typically think of humans enjoying a special relationship to God, or a special status in nature in a way that other animals do not. Even the great debunkers--philosophers such as Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Heidegger--end up making human beings the centre of things or the end point of some world-historical process. By contrast, in a Taoist, Shinto, Hindu or animist culture Darwin's discovery would have been easily accommodated since these faiths see humans and other animals as kin.
In short, for Gray, humanism is nothing more than "a secular religion thrown together from decaying scraps of Christian myth". Gray champions James Lovelock's view of the Earth as a self-regulating system whose behaviour resembles, in some ways, that of an organism. The Gaia hypothesis is the backdrop to Gray's apparently relentless pessimism about the fate of humankind. What it teaches us is that this self-regulating system has no need of humanity, does not exist for the sake of humanity, and will regulate itself in ignorance of humanity's fate.
Straw Dogs can be usefully compared with Mary Midgely's excellent Science and Poetry since both take off from the view of man as animal while sharing similar views about the cultural role of philosophy. Both encourage us to overcome the Platonic-Cartesian-Kantian philosophical tradition while stressing the importance of Gaia in emphasising our essential continuity with the physical and natural world. For Gray, humans "think they are free, conscious beings, when in truth they are deluded animals". Straw Dogs could have been made to stretch for 500 large pages. Instead you get 200 small pages of gold; simple, concise, riveting.--Larry Brown [via]
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Theory of Democracy Revisitedby Giovanni SartoriISBN 0934540470 (0-934540-47-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Theory of Democracy Revisited'Book summary:This is part two of a two-volume set. "Democracy is, in part, a debate about what democracy is. With "The Theory of Democracy Revisted", Sartori offers an overview of classical and contemporary issues. All students of politics will find his arguments provocative, whether or not they agree with his conclusions." (Jean Bethke Eishtain, University of Massachusetts, Amherst). [via]
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Thus Spake Zarathustraby Friedrich NietzcheISBN 1406792047 (1-4067-9204-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra'Book summary:He's one of the most debated thinkers of the 19th century: Nietzsche and his works have been by turns vilified, lauded, and subjected to numerous contradictory interpretations, and yet he remains a figure of profound import, and his works a necessary component of a well-rounded education. In this essential book, which Nietzsche himself called his "deepest," the philosopher uses ancient mythology and biblical parody to develop his concept of the "superman," the ultimate human triumph over conformity, religion, morality, even civilization itself. Later corrupted out of all recognition by Nazi philosophy, this extraordinary work is, in fact, the basis for 20th-century existentialism and one of the finest examples of modern literature in any language. German psychologist and philosopher FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE (1844-1900) was appointed special professor of classical philology at the University of Basel at the precocious age of 24, but soon found himself dissatisfied with academic life and created an alternative intellectual society for himself among friends including composer Richard Wagner, historian Jakob Burckhardt, and theologian Franz Overbeck. Among his philosophical works are Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, and Ecce Homo. [via]
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Thus Spake Zarathustraby Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheISBN 1406510866 (1-4065-1086-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra'Book summary:Classic work by the German philologist, philosopher and author. Hard to categorize, the work is a treatise on philosophy, a highly praised work of literature, and in parts a collection of poetry and in others a parody of and amendment to the Bible. Consisting largely of speeches by the book's tragic hero and prophet Zarathustra, the work's content extends across a vast range of styles and subject matter. Nietzsche himself described the work as "the deepest ever written". [via]
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Thus Spake Zarathustraby Thomas Common, H. James Birx, Friedrich NietzscheISBN 0879758619 (0-87975-861-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra'Book summary:Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) has been proclaimed the seminal figure of modern philosophy as well as one of the most creative and critically influential geniuses in the history of secular thought. "Writing in blood" and "philosophizing with a hammer," Nietzsche scathingly criticized modern civilization's basic ideas, beliefs, and values, and boldly proclaimed that "God is dead," thereby fathering atheistic existentialism.
Thus Spake Zarathustra is Nietzsche's masterpiece. Rich in irony, poetry, and symbolism, this unique volume presents the German philosopher's major concepts: the master and slave moralities, a pervasive will to power, the heroic overman transcending good and evil, and an eternal recurrence of the same dynamic universe. [via]More editions of Thus Spake Zarathustra:
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Thus Spoke Zarathustraby Robert C. Solomon, Kathleen M. Higgins, Friedrich Nietzsche, Clancy MartinISBN 1593082789 (1-59308-278-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra'Book summary:[via]Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Considered by many to be the most important philosopher of modern times, Friedrich Nietzsche influenced twentieth-century ideas and culture more than almost any other thinker. His best-known book, Thus Spoke Zarathustrapublished in four parts in the last two decades of the nineteenth centuryis also his masterpiece, and represents the fullest expression of his ideas up to that time.
A unique combination of biblical oratory and playfulness, Thus Spoke Zarathustra chronicles the wanderings and teachings of the prophet Zarathustra, who descends from his mountain retreat to awaken the world to its new salvation. Do not accept, he counsels, what almost two thousand years of history have taught you to call evil. The Greeks knew better: Goodness for them was nobility, pride, and victory, not the Christian virtues of humility, meekness, poverty, and altruism. The existence of the human race is justified only by the exceptional among usthe superman, whose self-mastery and strong will to power frees him from the common prejudices and assumptions of the day.
These and other concepts in Zarathustra were later perverted by Nazi propagandists, but Nietzsche, a despiser of mass movements both political and religious, did not ask his readers for faith and obedience, but rather for critical reflection, courage, and independence.
Kathleen M. Higgins and Robert C. Solomon are both professors of philosophy at the University Texas at Austin. Together, they have written What Nietzsche Really Said and A Short History of Philosophy and co-edited Reading Nietzsche.
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The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontologyby Slavoj ZizekISBN 1859842917 (1-85984-291-7)
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The Ticklish Subject confronts Deconstructionists and Habermasians, cognitive scientists and Heideggerians, feminists and New Age obscurantists by unearthing a subversive core to this elusive spectre, and finding in this core the indispensable philosophical point of reference of any genuinely emancipatory politics. [via]More editions of The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontology:
Treatise of Civil Government and a Letter Concerning Tolerationby John Locke, Charles L. ShermanISBN 0891975195 (0-89197-519-5)
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Trial and Death of Socratesby PlatoISBN 0915144158 (0-915144-15-8)
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Two Faces of Liberalismby John GrayISBN 1565846788 (1-56584-678-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Two Faces of Liberalism'Book summary:Following in the footsteps of the widely praised False Dawn, John Gray's new book offers a thoughtful and provocative analysis of the failure of traditional liberalism to keep up with the complex political realities of today's increasingly divided world. John Gray, hailed as "one of Britain's leading public intellectuals" by the Wall Street Journal, argues that in its beginning, liberalism contained two contradictory philosophies of tolerance. In one, it put forward the enlightenment project of a universal civilization. In the other, it framed terms for peaceful coexistence between warring communities and between different ways of life. Developed at a time when society was dominated by a single way of life, each of these liberal ideals of toleration has many historic achievements to its credit. But how relevant is traditional liberalism in a world where Kosovo represents the collapse of the spirit of cohabitation?In a spirited attack on today's liberal orthodoxies, Gray argues that establishing a modus vivendi among the different cultures and regimes of our time should be at the heart of contemporary liberalism. In this major contribution to political theory, Gray proposes a new framework for a liberal thought that addresses these burning issues. [via]
Varieties of Fascism: Doctrines of Revolution in the Twentieth Centuryby Eugene WeberISBN 089874444X (0-89874-444-X)
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A Vindication of the Rights of Men, in a Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Occasioned by His Reflections on the Revolution in France and a Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjectsby Mary Wollstonecraft, David Lorne Macdonald, Kathleen Dorothy ScherfISBN 1551110881 (1-55111-088-1)
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Voltaire: Candideby Haydn Trevor MasonISBN 1853993697 (1-85399-369-7)
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1414505396 (1-4145-0539-6)
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Walden And Civil Disobedienceby Henry David Thoreau, Jonathan LevinISBN 1593082088 (1-59308-208-8)
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Henry David Thoreau was a sturdy individualist and a lover of nature. In March, 1845, he built himself a wooden hut on the edge of Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, where he lived until September 1847. Walden is Thoreaus autobiograophical account of his Robinson Crusoe existence, bare of creature comforts but rich in contemplation of the wonders of nature and the ways of man. On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience is the classic protest against government's interference with individual liberty, and is considered one of the most famous essays ever written. This newly repackaged edition also includes a selection of Thoreau's poetry.Jonathan Levin is Dean of the School of Humanities and Professor of Literature and Culture at SUNY-Purchase. His research interests include nineteenth- and twentieth-century American literature and culture, modernism and modernity, and environmental studies. He is the author of The Poetics of Transition: Emerson, Pragmatism, and American Literary Modernism, as well as numerous essays and reviews.
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L'hermeneutique Du Sujet: Cours Au College De France, 1981-1982by Michel Foucault, Alessandro Fontana, Francois Ewald, College de France, Frederic GrosISBN 2020308002 (2-02-030800-2)
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Peau Noir Masques Blancsby Frantz FanonISBN 2020006014 (2-02-000601-4)
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Asi Hablo Zaratustra / Thus Spoke Zarathustraby Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheISBN 1583488073 (1-58348-807-3)
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Candido, O El Optimismoby VoltaireISBN 140683260X (1-4068-3260-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candido, O El Optimismo'Book summary:The novella begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not outright rejecting optimism, advocating an enigmatic precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".
Desde un punto de vista sardónico, la obra sigue las peripecias del protagonista Cándido en su primer encuentro con el precepto del optimismo leibniziano de que «todo sucede para bien en este, el mejor de los mundos posibles» y en una serie de aventuras subsecuentes que refutan de forma dramática el famoso precepto a pesar del obstinamiento con el que el personaje se aferra a éste.
La novela satiriza la filosofía de Leibniz, y es un muestrario de los horrores del mundo del siglo XVIII. En Cándido, Leibniz está representado por el filósofo Pangloss, tutor del protagonista. A pesar de observar y experimentar una serie de infortunios, Pangloss afirma repetidamente que «tout est au mieux» («todo sucede para bien») y que vive en «le meilleur des mondes possibles» («el mejor de los mundos posibles»).
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