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Adolpheby Benjamin Constant, Margaret Mauldon, Patrick ColemanISBN 0192839276 (0-19-283927-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adolphe'Book summary:Adolphe enjoys all the advantages of a noble birth and an intellectual ability, yet he is haunted by the meaninglessness of life. Thus, he merely seeks distraction in the pursuit of the beautiful, but older and married Ellenore. The young Adolphe, inexperienced in the language of love, falls for her unexpectedly and falters under the burden of an illicit love that is destructive to his public career. Unable to commit himself fully to Ellenore, and yet unwilling to face the pain he would cause by leaving her, Adolphe finds himself incapable of resolving an increasingly tragic situation.
Written in a clear and thoughtful style, Adolphe (1816) reveals Constant's own experiences in love, while reflecting his anxieties for the possibility of any authentic commitment to someone other than ourselves, whether emotional or political, in a disenchanted world. [via]More editions of Adolphe:
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American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Centuryby Kevin PhillipsISBN 0143038281 (0-14-303828-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century'Book summary:An explosive examination of the coalition of forces that threatens the nation, from the bestselling author of American Dynasty[via]In his two most recent bestselling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and economic forces that ruleand imperilthe United States, tracing the ever more alarming path of the emerging Republican majoritys rise to power. Now Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the current age of global overreach, fundamentalist religion, diminishing resources, and ballooning debt under the GOP majority. With an eye to the past and a searing vision of the future, Phillips confirms what too many Americans are still unwilling to admit about the depth of our misgovernment.
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The Analectsby Confucius, Raymond Stanley DawsonISBN 0192839209 (0-19-283920-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Analects'Book summary:Few individuals have shaped their country's civilization more profoundly than the Master Kong, better-known as Confucius (551-479 BC). His sayings and those of his disciples form the foundation of a distinct social, ethical, and intellectual system. They have retained their freshness and vigor throughout the two and a half millennia of their currency, and are still admired even in today's China.
This lively new translation offers clear explanatory notes by one of the foremost scholars of classical Chinese, providing an ideal introduction to the Analects for readers who have no previous knowledge of the Chinese language and philosophical traditions. [via] 
Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, 1798-1939by Albert Habib HouraniISBN 0192850393 (0-19-285039-3)
Hardcover, Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs [by] Oxford U.P.
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Augustineby Henry ChadwickISBN 0192875345 (0-19-287534-5)
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Augustine: A Very Short Introductionby Henry ChadwickISBN 0192854526 (0-19-285452-6)
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Burkeby C. B. MacPhersonISBN 0192875183 (0-19-287518-3)
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Capitalby David McLellan, Karl MarxISBN 0192831224 (0-19-283122-4)
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Capitalby Karl MarxISBN 0192838725 (0-19-283872-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Capital'Book summary:A classic of early modernism, Capital combines vivid historical detail with economic analysis to produce a bitter denunciation of mid-Victorian capitalist society. It has proved to be the most influential work in twentieth-century social science; Marx did for social science what Darwin had done for biology.
This is the only abridged edition to take into account the whole of Capital. It offers virtually all of Volume 1, which Marx himself published in 1867; excerpts from a new translation of "The Result of the Immediate Process Production"; and a selection of key chapters from Volume 3, which Engels published in 1895. [via]More editions of Capital:
Capitalism: A Very Short Introductionby James FulcherISBN 0192802186 (0-19-280218-6)
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The City of Ladiesby Christine De Pizan, Rosalind Brown-GrantISBN 0143037544 (0-14-303754-4)
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The Claim of Reason: Wittgenstein, Skepticism, Morality, and Tragedyby Stanley CavellISBN 0195031954 (0-19-503195-4)
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Clausewitz and the Stateby Peter ParetISBN 0195019881 (0-19-501988-1)
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Condition of the Working Class in Englandby David McLellan, Friedrich EngelsISBN 0192829556 (0-19-282955-6)
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Condition of the Working Class in Englandby Friedrich Engels, David McLellanISBN 0192836889 (0-19-283688-9)
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The Confessionsby Garry Wills, St AugustineISBN 0143039512 (0-14-303951-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions'Book summary:[via]Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustines Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Willss translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustines Confessions continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Wills brings his superb gifts of analysis and insight to this ambitious translation of the entire book.
- A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with French flaps and luxurious packaging
- Features a new introduction by the author
- Only four of the thirteen chapters of Garry Wills's translation of Confessions have appeared previously
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The Confessionsby Henry Chadwick, St AugustineISBN 0192817795 (0-19-281779-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions'Book summary:In his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity, and his Confessions is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative, Augustine relates his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of power at the imperial court in Milan, his struggle against the domination of his sexual nature, his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage, and the recovery of the faith his mother Monica had taught him during his childhood.
Now, Henry Chadwick, an eminent scholar of early Christianity, has given us the first new English translation in thirty years of this classic spiritual journey. Chadwick renders the details of Augustine's conversion in clear, modern English. We witness the future saint's fascination with astrology and with the Manichees, and then follow him through scepticism and disillusion with pagan myths until he finally reaches Christian faith. There are brilliant philosophical musings about Platonism and the nature of God, and touching portraits of Augustine's beloved mother, of St. Ambrose of Milan, and of other early Christians like Victorinus, who gave up a distinguished career as a rhetorician to adopt the orthodox faith. Augustine's concerns are often strikingly contemporary, yet his work contains many references and allusions that are easily understood only with background information about the ancient social and intellectual setting. To make The Confessions accessible to contemporary readers, Chadwick provides the most complete and informative notes of any recent translation, and includes an introduction to establish the context.
The religious and philosophical value of The Confessions is unquestionable--now modern readers will have easier access to St. Augustine's deeply personal meditations. Chadwick's lucid translation and helpful introduction clear the way for a new experience of this classic. [via]More editions of The Confessions:
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Confessionsby Saint Augustine, Henry ChadwickISBN 0192833723 (0-19-283372-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confessions'Book summary:In his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity, and his Confessions is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative, Augustine relates his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of power at the imperial court in Milan, his struggle against the domination of his sexual nature, his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage, and the recovery of the faith his mother Monica had taught him during his childhood. Now, Henry Chadwick, an eminent scholar of early Christianity, has given us the first new English translation in thirty years of this classic spiritual journey. Chadwick renders the details of Augustine's conversion in clear, modern English. We witness the future saint's fascination with astrology and with the Manichees, and then follow him through scepticism and disillusion with pagan myths until he finally reaches Christian faith. There are brilliant philosophical musings about Platonism and the nature of God, and touching portraits of Augustine's beloved mother, of St. Ambrose of Milan, and of other early Christians like Victorinus, who gave up a distinguished career as a rhetorician to adopt the orthodox faith. Augustine's concerns are often strikingly contemporary, yet his work contains many references and allusions that are easily understood only with background information about the ancient social and intellectual setting. To make The Confessions accessible to contemporary readers, Chadwick provides the most complete and informative notes of any recent translation, and includes an introduction to establish the context. The religious and philosophical value of The Confessions is unquestionable--now modern readers will have easier access to St. Augustine's deeply personal meditations. Chadwick's lucid translation and helpful introduction clear the way for a new experience of this cla [via]
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The Confessionsby St Augustine, Henry ChadwickISBN 0192817744 (0-19-281774-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions'Book summary:In his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity, and his Confessions is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative, Augustine relates his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of power at the imperial court in Milan, his struggle against the domination of his sexual nature, his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage, and the recovery of the faith his mother Monica had taught him during his childhood.
Now, Henry Chadwick, an eminent scholar of early Christianity, has given us the first new English translation in thirty years of this classic spiritual journey. Chadwick renders the details of Augustine's conversion in clear, modern English. We witness the future saint's fascination with astrology and with the Manichees, and then follow him through scepticism and disillusion with pagan myths until he finally reaches Christian faith. There are brilliant philosophical musings about Platonism and the nature of God, and touching portraits of Augustine's beloved mother, of St. Ambrose of Milan, and of other early Christians like Victorinus, who gave up a distinguished career as a rhetorician to adopt the orthodox faith. Augustine's concerns are often strikingly contemporary, yet his work contains many references and allusions that are easily understood only with background information about the ancient social and intellectual setting. To make The Confessions accessible to contemporary readers, Chadwick provides the most complete and informative notes of any recent translation, and includes an introduction to establish the context.
The religious and philosophical value of The Confessions is unquestionable--now modern readers will have easier access to St. Augustine's deeply personal meditations. Chadwick's lucid translation and helpful introduction clear the way for a new experience of this classic. [via]More editions of The Confessions:
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Confessions of a Sinnerby St AugustineISBN 0146002032 (0-14-600203-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confessions of a Sinner'Book summary:Book 1.His infancy and boyhood up to age 14. He speaks of his inability to remember the sins he almost certainly committed during this time. Children serve as insight into what man would be if it weren't for being socialized into waiting one's turn. Book 2.Augustine finds himself amongst bad companions, which leads him to commit theft and succumb to lust. Augustine comes from a good family and has never wanted for food. In this chapter, he explores the question of why he and his friends stole pears when he had many better pears of his own. He explains the feelings he experienced as he ate the pears and threw the rest away to the pigs. Augustine argues that he most likely would not have stolen anything had he not been in the company of others who could share in his sin. Some insight into group mentality is given. Book 3.His studies at Carthage, his conversion to Manichaeism and continued indulgences in lust between 16 and 19. The work outlines Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. It is widely seen as the first Western autobiography and was an influential model for Christian writers throughout the following 1000 years of the Middle Ages. It is not a complete autobiography, nonetheless, provide an unbroken record of his development of thought and is the most complete record of any single person from the 4th and 5th centuries. In the work St. Augustine writes about how much he regrets having led a sinful and immoral life. He discusses his regrets for following the Manichaean religion and believing in astrology. He writes about Nebridius's role in helping to persuade him that astrology was not only incorrect but evil, and St. Ambrose's role in his conversion to Christianity. He shows intense sorrow for his sexual sins, and writes on the importance of sexual morality. The books were written as prayers to God, thus the title, based on the Psalms of David. [via]
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Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introductionby Simon CritchleyISBN 0192853597 (0-19-285359-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction'Book summary:In this enlightening new Very Short Introduction, Simon Critchley shows us that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices, with a compelling range of problems all too often ignored by the analytic tradition. He discusses the ideas and approaches of philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Habermas, Foucault, and Derrida. He also introduces key concepts such as existentialism, nihilism, and phenomonology, by explaining their place in the Continental tradition.
The perfect guide for anyone interested in the great philosophers, this volume explains in lucid, straightforward language the split between Continental and Anglo-American philosophy and the importance of acknowledging Continental philosophy.
About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam. [via]More editions of Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction:
Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Governmentby Robert HiggsISBN 0195049675 (0-19-504967-5)
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Culture & Anarchyby Matthew Arnold, Jane GarnettISBN 0192805118 (0-19-280511-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Culture & Anarchy'Book summary:Matthew Arnold's famous series of essays, which were first published in book form under the title Culture and Anarchy in 1869, debate important questions about the nature of culture and society. Arnold seeks to find out what culture really is, what good it can do, and if it is really necessary. He contrasts culture, which he calls the study of perfection, with anarchy, the mood of unrest and uncertainty that pervaded mid-Victorian England.
This edition reproduces the original book version, revealing the immediate historical context and controversy of the piece. The introduction and notes broaden out the interpretative approach to Arnold's text, elaborating on the complexities of the religious context. The book also reinforces the continued importance of Arnold's ideas its influences in the face of the challenges of multi-culturalism and post-modernism.
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Democracy: A Very Short Introductionby Bernard CrickISBN 019280250X (0-19-280250-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Democracy: A Very Short Introduction'Book summary:No political concept is more used, and misused, than that of democracy. Nearly every regime today claims to be democratic, but not all "democracies" allow free politics, and free politics existed long before democratic franchises.
This book is a short account of the history of the doctrine and practice of democracy, from ancient Greece and Rome through the American, French, and Russian revolutions, and of the usages and practices associated with it in the modern world. It argues that democracy is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for good government, and that ideas of the rule of law, and of human rights, should in some situations limit democratic claims. [via]More editions of Democracy: A Very Short Introduction:
Displacement, Asylum, Migration: The Oxford Amnesty Lectures 2004by Kate E. TunstallISBN 0192807242 (0-19-280724-2)
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Divided Societies: Class Struggle in Contemporary Capitalismby Ralph MilibandISBN 0192852345 (0-19-285234-5)
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The Education of Henry Adamsby Henry Adams, Ira Bruce NadelISBN 0192823698 (0-19-282369-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Education of Henry Adams'Book summary:Many great artists have had at least intermittent doubts about their own abilities. But The Education of Henry Adams is surely one of the few masterpieces to issue directly from a raging inferiority complex. The author, to be sure, had bigger shoes to fill than most of us. Both his grandfather and great-grandfather were U.S. presidents. His father, a relative underachiever, scraped by as a member of Congress and ambassador to the Court of St. James. But young Henry, born in Boston in 1838, was destined for a walk-on role in his nation's history--and seemed alarmingly aware of the fact from the time he was an adolescent.
It gets worse. For the author could neither match his exalted ancestors nor dismiss them as dusty relics--he was an Adams, after all, formed from the same 18th-century clay. "The atmosphere of education in which he lived was colonial," we are told,
revolutionary, almost Cromwellian, as though he were steeped, from his greatest grandmother's birth, in the odor of political crime. Resistance to something was the law of New England nature; the boy looked out on the world with the instinct of resistance; for numberless generations his predecessors had viewed the world chiefly as a thing to be reformed, filled with evil forces to be abolished, and they saw no reason to suppose that they had wholly succeeded in the abolition; the duty was unchanged.
Here, as always, Adams tells his story in a third-person voice that can seem almost extraplanetary in its detachment. Yet there's also an undercurrent of melancholy and amusement--and wonder at the specific details of what was already a lost world.Continuing his uphill conquest of the learning curve, Adams attended Harvard, which didn't do much for him. ("The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught.") Then, after a beer-and-sausage-scented spell as a graduate student in Berlin, he followed his father to Washington, D.C., in 1860. There he might have remained--bogged down in "the same rude colony ... camped in the same forest, with the same unfinished Greek temples for workrooms, and sloughs for roads"--had not the Civil War sent Adams père et fils to London. Henry sat on the sidelines throughout the conflict, serving as his father's private secretary and anxiously negotiating the minefields of English society. He then returned home and commenced a long career as a journalist, historian, novelist, and peripheral participant in the political process--a kind of mouthpiece for what remained of the New England conscience.
He was not, by any measure but his own, a failure. And the proof of the pudding is The Education of Henry Adams itself, which remains among the oddest and most enlightening books in American literature. It contains thousands of memorable one-liners about politics, morality, culture, and transatlantic relations: "The American mind exasperated the European as a buzz-saw might exasperate a pine forest." There are astonishing glimpses of the high and mighty: "He saw a long, awkward figure; a plain, ploughed face; a mind, absent in part, and in part evidently worried by white kid gloves; features that expressed neither self-satisfaction nor any other familiar Americanism..." (That would be Abraham Lincoln; the "melancholy function" his Inaugural Ball.) But most of all, Adams's book is a brilliant account of how his own sensibility came to be. A literary landmark from the moment it first appeared, the Autobiography confers upon its author precisely that prize he felt had always eluded him: success. --James Marcus [via]
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The Elementary Forms of Religious Lifeby Emile Durkheim, Carol Cosman, Mark S. CladisISBN 0192832557 (0-19-283255-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elementary Forms of Religious Life'Book summary:In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912), Emile Durkheim sets himself the task of discovering the enduring source of human social identity. He investigates what he considered to be the simplest form of documented religion - totemism among the Aborigines of Australia. For Durkheim, studying Aboriginal religion was a way 'to yield an understanding of the religious nature of man, by showing us an essential and permanent aspect of humanity'. The need and capacity of men and women to relate to one another socially lies at the heart of Durkheim's exploration, in which religion embodies the beliefs that shape our moral universe.
The Elementary Forms has been applauded and debated by sociologists, anthropologists, ethnographers, philosophers, and theologians, and continues to speak to new generations about the intriguing origin and nature of religion and society. This new, lightly abridged edition provides an excellent introduction to Durkheim's ideas. [via]More editions of The Elementary Forms of Religious Life:
The Enforcement of Moralsby Patrick DevlinISBN 0192850180 (0-19-285018-0)
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Engels: A Very Short Introductionby Terrell CarverISBN 0192804669 (0-19-280466-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Engels: A Very Short Introduction'Book summary:It is by no means absurd to say that Engels invented Marxism. His work did more than Marx's to attract and make converts to the most influential political movement of modern times. He was not only the father of dialectical and historical materialism--the official philosophies of history and science in many communist countries--but was also the first Marxist historian, anthropologist, philosopher, and commentator on early Marx.
In his later years Engels developed his materialist interpretation of history, his chief intellectual legacy, which has had revolutionary effects on the arts and social sciences. Terrell Carver traces its source and its effect on the development of Marxist theory and practice, assesses its utility, and discusses the difficulties which Marxists have encountered in defending it.
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Force and Statecraft: Diplomatic Problems of Our Timeby Gordon A. Craig, Alexander L. GeorgeISBN 0195031164 (0-19-503116-4)
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Francis Baconby Francis Bacon, Brian VickersISBN 0192820257 (0-19-282025-7)
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Friedrich Nietzsche on Rhetoric and Languageby Carole Blair, David J. Parent, Sander L. GilmanISBN 0195051599 (0-19-505159-9)
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Friedrich Nietzsche on Rhetoric and Languageby Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Sander L. Gilman, Carole Blair, David J. ParentISBN 0195051602 (0-19-505160-2)
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The Frozen Republic: How the Constituiton Is Paralyzing Democracyby Daniel LazareISBN 0156004941 (0-15-600494-1)
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G. K. Chesterton: Radical Populistby Margaret CanovanISBN 0151357005 (0-15-135700-5)
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Globalizing Rights: The Oxford Amnesty Lectures 1999by Matthew GibneyISBN 0192803050 (0-19-280305-0)
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Great Political Thinkers: Plato to the Presentby William Ebenstein, Alan O. EbensteinISBN 0155078895 (0-15-507889-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Political Thinkers: Plato to the Present'Book summary:Celebrating its fiftieth year in publication, GREAT POLITICAL THINKERS is an indispensable text for all students of political philosophy. This text contains portions of great works in their original form to whet the appetite and to encourage discussion within the classroom. By providing historical context and current scholarship, Alan Ebenstein builds upon the framework of influences that have shaped current political thoughts and theories. [via]
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Hannah Arendt Karl Jaspers: Correspondence, 1926-1969by Karl Jaspers, Hannah Arendt, Lotte Kohler, Hans SanerISBN 0151078874 (0-15-107887-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hannah Arendt Karl Jaspers: Correspondence, 1926-1969'Book summary:The correspondence between Hannah Arendt and Karl Jaspers begins in 1926, when the twenty-year-old Arendt studied philosophy with Jaspers in Heidelberg. It is interrupted by Arendt's emigration and Jaspers's "inner emigration, " and it is resumed immediately after World War II. The initial teacher-student relationship develops into a close friendship, in which Jasper's wife, Gertrud, is soon included and then Arendt's husband, Heinrich Blucher. These letters show not only the way both philosophers lived, thought, and worked but also how they experienced the postwar years. Since neither ever dreamed that this correspondence would be published, and each had absolute trust in the other, they reveal themselves here - for the first time - in a personal and spontaneous way. Brilliant, vulnerable, forthright, Arendt speaks about America, her adopted country. About American universities, American politics from McCarthyism to Kennedy, American urban decay. She speaks about Germany, the country she left: its anti-Semitism, its guilt for the Holocaust, its politics. And about Israel, which she always supported as a Jew but also criticized, especially in her controversial book about the trial and execution of Adolf Eichmann in 1961. In his dialogue with Arendt, the thoughtful, generous, concerned Jaspers considers the question of the German essence, and of the Jewish character. He speaks about philosophers past and present - Spinoza, Heidegger. About old age and retirement. Corrupt journalism. Suicide. Man's future on this planet. Here is a fascinating dialogue between a woman and a man, a Jew and a German, a questioner and a visionary, both uncompromising in their examination of our troubledcentury.[via]More editions of Hannah Arendt Karl Jaspers: Correspondence, 1926-1969:
Hermeneutics As Politicsby Stanley RosenISBN 019504908X (0-19-504908-X)
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Hobbesby Richard TuckISBN 0192876686 (0-19-287668-6)
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Ideology and Political Lifeby John Miles, Kenneth Hoover, Vernon Johnson, Sara WeirISBN 0155074989 (0-15-507498-9)
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Ideology and Utopia: An Introduction to the Sociology of Knowledgeby Karl Mannheim, Louis Wirth, Edward ShilsISBN 0156439557 (0-15-643955-7)
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Imperialismby Hannah ArendtISBN 0156442000 (0-15-644200-0)
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An Introduction to Political Philosophyby Jonathan WolffISBN 0192892517 (0-19-289251-7)
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Invisible Citiesby Italo Calvino, William WeaverISBN 0156453800 (0-15-645380-0)
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Lessons of the Past: The Use and Misuse of History in American Foreign Policyby Ernest R. MayISBN 0195018907 (0-19-501890-7)
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Letters : 1925-1975by Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger, Andrew Shields, Ursula LudzISBN 0151005257 (0-15-100525-7)
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Liberal Tradition in America: An Interpretation of American Political Thought Since the Revolutionby Louis HartzISBN 0156512696 (0-15-651269-6)
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Liberalismby Leonard T. HobhouseISBN 0195003322 (0-19-500332-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Locke: A Very Short Introductionby John DunnISBN 0192803948 (0-19-280394-8)
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Main Currents of Marxism: The Breakdownby Leszek KolakowskiISBN 0192851098 (0-19-285109-8)
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Main Currents of Marxism: The Foundersby Leszek KolakowskiISBN 0192851071 (0-19-285107-1)
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The Mars Project: Journeys beyond the Cold Warby Peter SingerISBN 0192875116 (0-19-287511-6)
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Marx: A Very Short Introductionby Peter SingerISBN 0192854054 (0-19-285405-4)
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slaveby Frederick Douglass, Deborah E. McDowellISBN 0192832506 (0-19-283250-6)
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Nationalismby John Hutchinson, Anthony D. SmithISBN 0192892606 (0-19-289260-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nationalism'Book summary:Achieving prevalence as an ideology in the political and social ferment of late 18th-century Europe and America, nationalism first found expression during the course of such historical upheavals as the American and French Revolutions. Its founders and early sponsors--Rousseau, Herder, Fichte, Korais, and Mazzini--looked to nationalism as the manifestation of modern humanity's most essential aspirations: autonomy, unity, identity. Born of notions regarding popular freedom and sovereignty that had been gathering momentum for generations, it conjured up images of a modernizing West at once hungry for change and yearning for a return to age-old concepts of fraternity and ancient heritage. Since that time nationalism, having taken on countless different dimensions, remains a vital and dynamic force for change--whether for good or otherwise.
Despite only recently becoming the subject of scholarly debate, nationalism has been the focus of a truly prodigious amount of writing. This important Oxford Reader makes the topic more accessible by offering a broad, authoritative treatment of the key contributions to the subject, while giving unprecedented depth to recent debates and issues. Edited by two of the field's most influential scholars, the readings are representative of the vast array of experience and scholarship that have shaped the concept of nationalism for over two centuries. From Ernest Renan's What is a Nation?, written in the 1880s, to the more current views of the 1990s, Nationalism gathers under one cover an impressive array of writing on everything from imagined communities to ethno-regional movements. In no other volume will students of politics, history, sociology, anthropology, international relations, and cultural studies have access to such a definitive appraisal of one of the modern world's most influential--and explosive--ideas. [via]More editions of Nationalism:
News from Nowhere or an Epoch of Rest: Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romanceby William Morris, David LeopoldISBN 0192801775 (0-19-280177-5)
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Nineteen Eighty-Fourby George Orwell, Peter DavisonISBN 0151660344 (0-15-166034-4)
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The year is 1984; the scene is London, largest population center of Airstrip One.
Airstrip One is part of the vast political entity Oceania, which is eternally at war with one of two other vast entities, Eurasia and Eastasia. At any moment, depending upon current alignments, all existing records show either that Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia and allied with Eastasia, or that it has always been at war with Eastasia and allied with Eurasia. Winston Smith knows this, because his work at the Ministry of Truth involves the constant "correction" of such records. "'Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'"
In a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is always Watching You and the Thought Police can practically read your mind, Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. He knows the Party's official image of the world is a fluid fiction. He knows the Party controls the people by feeding them lies and narrowing their imaginations through a process of bewilderment and brutalization that alienates each individual from his fellows and deprives him of every liberating human pursuit from reasoned inquiry to sexual passion. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.
Newspeak, doublethink, thoughtcrime--in 1984, George Orwell created a whole vocabulary of words concerning totalitarian control that have since passed into our common vocabulary. More importantly, he has portrayed a chillingly credible dystopia. In our deeply anxious world, the seeds of unthinking conformity are everywhere in evidence; and Big Brother is always looking for his chance. --Daniel Hintzsche [via]
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On Violenceby Hannah ArendtISBN 0156695006 (0-15-669500-6)
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The Orwell Readerby George OrwellISBN 0156701766 (0-15-670176-6)
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Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: Text, Sources, Criticismby Irving HoweISBN 0155658115 (0-15-565811-5)
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Playing Politics: The Nightmare Continuesby Michael LaverISBN 019285321X (0-19-285321-X)
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In both the world of politics and the world of games, outcomes are decided by calculated interactions between the players as they balance team tactics against self-interest, weigh up the risks, or use their bargaining power. A fun, lively, and accessible introduction to complex political concepts, Playing Politics is the only book available which uses games to teach politics. Throughout, Laver provides detailed commentary and analysis of how games and game theory relate to real political life.
Whether you are securing public funding to support a project or coming out on top in the opinion polls, the means by which you can win may be fair or foul. Anyone can have fun with these games, and by playing politics, get a feel for the fascinating complexity of the real thing. [via]More editions of Playing Politics: The Nightmare Continues:
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Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introductionby David MillerISBN 0192803956 (0-19-280395-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction'Book summary:This Very Short Introduction introduces readers to the key concepts of political philosophy: authority, democracy, freedom and its limits, justice, feminism, multiculturalism, and nationality. Accessibly written and assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, it encourages the reader to think clearly and critically about the leading political questions of our time.
Miller first investigates how political philosophy tackles basic ethical questions such as 'how should we live together in society?' He furthermore looks at political authority, discusses the reasons society needs politics in the first place, explores the limitations of politics, and asks if there are areas of life that shouldn't be governed by politics. Moreover, he explores the connections between political authority and justice, a constant theme in political philosophy, and the ways in which social justice can be used to regulate rather than destroy a market economy.
In his travels through this realm, Miller covers why nations are the natural units of government and wonders if the rise of multiculturalism and transnational co-operation will change all this, and asks in the end if we will ever see the formation of a world government.
About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam. [via]More editions of Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction:
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Political Thoughtby Michael Rosen, Jonathan Wolff, Catriona McKinnonISBN 0192892789 (0-19-289278-9)
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This Oxford Reader contains 140 key writings on political thought, covering issues about human nature and its relation to society, the extent to which the powers of the State are justified, the tension between liberty and rights, and the way resources should be distributed. Topics such as international relations, minority rights, democracy, socialism, and conservatism are also discussed by contributors ranging from Plato and Aristotle to Foucault, Isaiah Berlin, and Martin Luther King. [via]More editions of Political Thought:
Politics: A Very Short Introductionby Kenneth MinogueISBN 0192853880 (0-19-285388-0)
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Quest for Communityby R. A. NisbetISBN 0195007034 (0-19-500703-4)
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Reading Nietzscheby Robert C. Solomon, Kathleen M. HigginsISBN 019504858X (0-19-504858-X)
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Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writingsby Walter BenjaminISBN 0156762455 (0-15-676245-5)
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Samuel Johnsonby Samuel JohnsonISBN 0192813404 (0-19-281340-4)
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Selected Essaysby David Hume, Stephen Copley, Andrew EdgarISBN 0192836218 (0-19-283621-8)
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Selected Subaltern Studiesby Ranajit Guha, Gayatri Chakravorty SpivakISBN 0195052897 (0-19-505289-7)
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Selected Writingsby William Hazlitt, John CookISBN 0192838008 (0-19-283800-8)
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Shades of Freedom: Racial Politics and Presumptions of the American Legal Processby A. Leon HigginbothamISBN 0195038223 (0-19-503822-3)
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Social Contract Essays by Locke, Hume and Rousseauby Ernest BarkerISBN 0195003098 (0-19-500309-8)
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Socialism: A Very Short Introductionby Michael NewmanISBN 0192804316 (0-19-280431-6)
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Not just another history of socialist ideas, this book aims for a different approach that looks at practice as well as theory--centering on the contrast between Communism and Social Democracy. The relationship between socialism and notions of democracy, freedom, and equality is also discussed. Newman brings the subject entirely up to date by tackling contemporary forms of socialism. While the book's focus is on Europe and the Soviet Union, it is set in a broader geographical context. Newman's fresh approach to the subject enables the reader to re-evaluate socialism.
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Speak Out!: Speeches, Open Letters, Commentariesby Gunter GrassISBN 0156847167 (0-15-684716-7)
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Symposiumby Plato, Christopher Gill, Desmond LeeISBN 0143037536 (0-14-303753-6)
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Three Essays on Liberty: Representative Government the Subjection of Womenby John Stuart Mill, Jack StillingerISBN 0192830139 (0-19-283013-9)
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Tom Paine And Revolutionary Americaby Eric FonerISBN 0195021827 (0-19-502182-7)
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Uncertain Victory: Social Democracy And Progressivism in European And American Thought, 1870-1920by James T. KloppenbergISBN 0195037499 (0-19-503749-9)
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Western Political Theory: Ancient and Medieval, Part 1by Lee C. McDonaldISBN 0155952978 (0-15-595297-8)
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Western Political Theory: From Machiavelli to Burkeby Lee C. McDonaldISBN 0155952986 (0-15-595298-6)
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