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American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme Court: The Making of Justiceby David E. WilkinsISBN 0292791097 (0-292-79109-7)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme Court: The Making of Justice'Book summary:"Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, even more than our treatment of other minorities, reflects the rise and fall in our democratic faith," wrote Felix S. Cohen, an early expert in Indian legal affairs.
In this book, David Wilkins charts the "fall in our democratic faith" through fifteen landmark cases in which the Supreme Court significantly curtailed Indian rights. He offers compelling evidence that Supreme Court justices selectively used precedents and facts, both historical and contemporary, to arrive at decisions that have undermined tribal sovereignty, legitimated massive tribal land losses, sanctioned the diminishment of Indian religious rights, and curtailed other rights as well.
These case studies--and their implications for all minority groups--make important and troubling reading at a time when the Supreme Court is at the vortex of political and moral developments that are redefining the nature of American government, transforming the relationship between the legal and political branches, and altering the very meaning of federalism.
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The Attribute to Godby Arthur W. PinkISBN 1589603206 (1-58960-320-6)
Hardcover, Sovereign Grace Publishers, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Attribute to God'Book summary:The foundation of our knowledge of God rests upon knowing what he is like. Without understanding God's attributes, we have a skewed perception of him--often one cast in our own image. We need more than just a theoretical knowledge of God in order to worship him as he desires. This classic work of Arthur W. Pink invites readers to discover the truth about seventeen attributes of God, including his sovereignty, immutability, patience, love, faithfulness, and much more. Pink shows readers a God who is alive, all-powerful, and active in his creation. The perfect introductory text, The Attributes of God also has enough depth and meat to satisfy the more experienced reader. [via]
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Beyond the Bounds: Open Theism and the Undermining of Biblical Christianityby John Piper, Justin Taylor, Paul Kjoss HelsethISBN 1581344627 (1-58134-462-7)
Softcover, Crossway Books
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The Bondage of the Willby Martin LutherISBN 1932307079 (1-932307-07-9)
Softcover, Emerald House Group Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bondage of the Will'Book summary:This edition of the Bondage of the Will was translated by Henry Cole in 1823. "Free will was no academic question to Luther; the whole Gospel of the grace of God, he held, was bound up with it, and stood or fell according to the way one decided it . . . . It is not the part of a true theologian, Luther holds, to be unconcerned, or to pretend to be unconcerned, when the Gospel is in danger . . . . The doctrine of the Bondage of the Will in particular was the corner-stone of the Gospel and the foundation of faith'' (40-41, emphasis added). ''In particular, the denial of free will was to Luther the foundation of the Biblical doctrine of grace, and a hearty endorsement of that denial was the first step for anyone who would understand the Gospel and come to faith in God. The man who has not yet practically and experimentally learned the bondage of his will in sin has not yet comprehended any part of the Gospel" "Justification by faith only is a truth that needs interpretation. The principle of sola fide [by faith alone] is not rightly understood till it is seen as anchored in the broader principle of sola gratia [by grace alone]; . . . for to rely on ones self for faith is not different in principle from relying on ones self for works" The Bible teaches that faith itself is and has to be, a gift of God, by grace, and not of self (Ephesians 2:8). It is safe to deduce that for Luther, any evangelist who advocates free will has not only ''not yet comprehended any part of the Gospel,'' but also that he has not yet preached the Gospel at all; his is a counterfeit gospel.Luther was ordered to recant his teachings on threat of excommunication. Luther thundered, ''Unless I am convinced by Scriptures and plain reason [for Luther, this meant logic], my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything. Here I stand, I can do no other!" [From a review in The Trinity Review] Martin Luther (1483-1546) shattered the structure of the Medieval Church by demanding that the authority for doctrine and practice be the Scriptures rather than popes or councils, and ignited the famous Protestant Reformation. The Roman Catholic hierarchy could not refute his logic, so they attempted to have him killed. But he was protected by Frederic. It has been said that more books have been written about Luther than about any other person except Jesus Christ. 164 pages, hard cover [via]
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Bound Only Once: The Failure of Open Theismby Douglas WilsonISBN 1885767846 (1-885767-84-6)
Softcover, Canon Press
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Boundaries in Question: New Directions in International Relationsby John MacMillan, Andrew LinklaterISBN 1855672669 (1-85567-266-9)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Classes in Contemporary Capitalismby Nicos Poulantzas, David FernbachISBN 0902308068 (0-902308-06-8)
Hardcover, Verso Books
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Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle for Global Justiceby Geoffrey RobertsonISBN 1595580719 (1-59558-071-9)
Softcover, New Press, The
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For centuries it seemed an impossible dream that international institutions could ever tell nation-states how to treat their own citizens. But after a century in which 160 million lives have been wasted by war, genocide, and torture, the worldwide human rights movement is gaining popular and political strength.
In a book that has been called "an epic work" by The Times (London), Geoffrey Robertson, one of the world's leading human rights lawyers, weaves together disparate strands of history, philosophy, international law, and politics to show how an identification of the crime against humanity, first defined at Nuremberg, has become the key that unlocks the closed door of state sovereignty, enabling the international community to bring tyrants and torturers to heel.
This newly revised and expanded edition features additional chapters on Iraq and Guantánamo, and incorporates insights from the author's experience since 2002 as a UN appeals judge for the Special Court on war crimes in Sierra Leone. Robertson also brings us up to date on the trials against Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein and the International Criminal Court at Darfur. [via]More editions of Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle for Global Justice:
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Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility: Biblical Perspectives in Tensionby D. A. CarsonISBN 1579108598 (1-57910-859-8)
Softcover, Wipf & Stock Pub
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Does God Have a Future?: A Debate on Divine Providenceby Christopher A. Hall, John SandersISBN 0801026040 (0-8010-2604-0)
Softcover, Baker Academic
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The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparteby Karl Marx, D. D. L.ISBN 1595690239 (1-59569-023-9)
Softcover, Mondial
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End of Sovereignty: The Politics of a Shrinking and Fragmenting Worldby Joseph A. Camilleri, Jim FalkISBN 185278699X (1-85278-699-X)
Softcover, Elgar Publishing Limited, Edward
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The Enemy: An Intellectual Portrait of Carl Schmittby Gopal BalakrishnanISBN 185984359X (1-85984-359-X)
Softcover, Analytical Psychology Club of San Francisco, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Enemy: An Intellectual Portrait of Carl Schmitt'Book summary:The writings of Carl Schmitt form what is arguably the most disconcerting, original, and yet still unfamiliar body of twentieth-century political thought. In the English-speaking world, he is terra incognita, a name associated with Nazism, the author of a largely untranslated oeuvre forming no recognizable system, coming to us from a disturbing place and time in the form of fragments. The Enemy is a comprehensive intertextual reconstruction and analysis of all of Schmitt's major works - his books, articles and pamphlets from 1919 - 1950 - presented in an arresting narrative form. This form reveals the complex ways in which his ideas took shape in the intertwining time lines of civil and world wars and retraces the path of his interventions on the constantly shifting battlefield of the inter-war era. The lines of thought which emerge out of this meticulous study on democracy, constitutional law and international law will be startling to those who know nothing about Schmitt, as well as to those who have had to rely on the existing secondary literature to form an opinion of him. For the first time, the stature and topicality of this disturbing figure is incontrovertibly demonstrated. [via]
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Evangelism & the Sovereignty of Godby J. I. PackerISBN 0877846804 (0-87784-680-4)
Softcover, Intervarsity Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God'Book summary:The mystery and seeming paradox between evangelism and God's sovereignty has been causing disagreements and confusion among Christians since the beginning of the 20th century. In Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God, J.I. Packer reveals that a faulty understanding of the Bible leads to the assessment that these doctrines are foes rather than friends. By debunking the erroneous view that "robust faith in the absolute sovereignty of God is bound to undermine any adequate sense of human responsibility" toward evangelism, the author adeptly moves through the obstacle course of tricky theology with ease and grace, allowing the reader a more complete understanding of the mystery of salvation. Packer manages to tackle an overwhelming piece of doctrinal truth and contain it within the subject of evangelism by concisely determining what evangelism is and what it is not. "It is our widespread and persistent habit of defining evangelism in terms, not of a message delivered, but of an effect produced in our hearers." This error is corrected when one is renewed in his or her knowledge of the sovereignty of God. Of course, fault is found on the other side as well, with those who so heavily rely on God's sovereignty to save the lost that they are lazy in obeying God's command to share the Gospel. Packer insists that love for God, at the very least, should draw one out of this stagnation and that the coupling of these seemingly diabolical doctrines will make one bold in speech, patient in God's timing, and prayerful for the salvation of others. --Jill Heatherly [via]
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Evangelism and the Sovereignty of Godby J. I. PackerISBN 083081339X (0-8308-1339-X)
Softcover, InterVarsity Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God'Book summary:The mystery and seeming paradox between evangelism and God's sovereignty has been causing disagreements and confusion among Christians since the beginning of the 20th century. In Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God, J.I. Packer reveals that a faulty understanding of the Bible leads to the assessment that these doctrines are foes rather than friends. By debunking the erroneous view that "robust faith in the absolute sovereignty of God is bound to undermine any adequate sense of human responsibility" toward evangelism, the author adeptly moves through the obstacle course of tricky theology with ease and grace, allowing the reader a more complete understanding of the mystery of salvation. Packer manages to tackle an overwhelming piece of doctrinal truth and contain it within the subject of evangelism by concisely determining what evangelism is and what it is not. "It is our widespread and persistent habit of defining evangelism in terms, not of a message delivered, but of an effect produced in our hearers." This error is corrected when one is renewed in his or her knowledge of the sovereignty of God. Of course, fault is found on the other side as well, with those who so heavily rely on God's sovereignty to save the lost that they are lazy in obeying God's command to share the Gospel. Packer insists that love for God, at the very least, should draw one out of this stagnation and that the coupling of these seemingly diabolical doctrines will make one bold in speech, patient in God's timing, and prayerful for the salvation of others. --Jill Heatherly [via]
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Federal Courts: Habeas Corpusby Larry W. YackleISBN 1587785064 (1-58778-506-4)
Softcover, Foundation Press
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Freedom of the Willby Jonathan EdwardsISBN 1589600088 (1-58960-008-8)
Hardcover, Sovereign Grace Pub
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Freedom of the Will: (Freedom of Will)by Jonathan EdwardsISBN 1846856191 (1-84685-619-1)
Softcover, Meadow Books
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God's Lesser Glory: The Diminished God of Open Theismby Bruce A. WareISBN 1581342292 (1-58134-229-2)
Softcover, Crossway Books
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Great Books of the Western Worldby Encyclopdia Britannica, inc., Robert Maynard HutchinsISBN 0852291639 (0-85229-163-9)
Hardcover, Encyclopdia Britannica
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Books of the Western World'Book summary:The Iliad (Ancient Greek ?????, Ilias) is, together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, a supposedly blind Ionian poet. The epics are considered by most modern scholars to be the oldest literature in the Greek language. The Iliad concerns events during the tenth and final year in the siege of the city of Ilion, or Troy, by the Greeks. The Odyssey (Greek: ????????, Odusseia)is commonly dated circa 800 to 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer's Iliad and mainly concerns the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses) in his long journeys after the fall of Troy and when he at last returns to his native land of Ithaca. [via]
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Hegemony: The New Shape of Global Powerby John A. AgnewISBN 1592131530 (1-59213-153-0)
Softcover, Temple University Press
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History of the Theory of Sovereignty Since Rousseauby Charles E. MerriamISBN 1886363765 (1-886363-76-5)
Hardcover, Lawbook Exchange Ltd
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Hobbes: Leviathanby Thomas Hobbes, A. P. MartinichISBN 1551117509 (1-55111-750-9)
Softcover, Broadview Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hobbes: Leviathan'Book summary:This Broadview edition of Hobbes's classic work of political philosophy includes the full text of Part I (Of Man), Part II (Of Commonwealth), and the Review and Conclusion. The appendices, which set the work in its historical context, include a rich selection of contemporary responses to Leviathan. Also included are an introduction, explanatory notes, and a chronology of Hobbes's life. Please note that the Broadview Edition of the complete Leviathan also remains available [via]
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Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Lifeby Giorgio AgambenISBN 0804732183 (0-8047-3218-3)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life'Book summary:The work of Giorgio Agamben, one of Italys most important and original philosophers, has been based on an uncommon erudition in classical traditions of philosophy and rhetoric, the grammarians of late antiquity, Christian theology, and modern philosophy. Recently, Agamben has begun to direct his thinking to the constitution of the social and to some concrete, ethico-political conclusions concerning the state of society today, and the place of the individual within it.[via]
In Homo Sacer, Agamben aims to connect the problem of pure possibility, potentiality, and power with the problem of political and social ethics in a context where the latter has lost its previous religious, metaphysical, and cultural grounding. Taking his cue from Foucaults fragmentary analysis of biopolitics, Agamben probes with great breadth, intensity, and acuteness the covert or implicit presence of an idea of biopolitics in the history of traditional political theory. He argues that from the earliest treatises of political theory, notably in Aristotles notion of man as a political animal, and throughout the history of Western thinking about sovereignty (whether of the king or the state), a notion of sovereignty as power over life is implicit.
The reason it remains merely implicit has to do, according to Agamben, with the way the sacred, or the idea of sacrality, becomes indissociable from the idea of sovereignty. Drawing upon Carl Schmitts idea of the sovereigns status as the exception to the rules he safeguards, and on anthropological research that reveals the close interlinking of the sacred and the taboo, Agamben defines the sacred person as one who can be killed and yet not sacrificeda paradox he sees as operative in the status of the modern individual living in a system that exerts control over the collective naked life of all individuals.More editions of Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life:
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International Law: United States Foreign Relations Lawby Phillip R. TrimbleISBN 1587784068 (1-58778-406-8)
Softcover, Foundation Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'International Law: United States Foreign Relations Law'Book summary:The focus of this text is on constitutional law as it relates to the conduct of foreign relations, primarily with that subfield dealing with the "separation of powers." Foreign relations law refers to the rules, principles, practices and procedures which structure the formation and execution of U.S. foreign policy, including it's participation in international law and institutions. [via]
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The Invisible Handby R. C. SproulISBN 0849912075 (0-8499-1207-5)
Hardcover, STL
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The Invisible Hand: Do All Things Really Work for God?by R. C. SproulISBN 0875527094 (0-87552-709-4)
Softcover, P & R Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Invisible Hand: Do All Things Really Work for Good?'Book summary:"Every woman who has delivered a stillborn baby knows the devastation it brings to the heart," write R. C. Sproul. "Who can experience such a thing without crying to heaven and asking, "Why?" It is normal to wonder where God is in such circumstances. It is where the rubber of human anguish meets the road of divine providence." "This book is an effort to face those issues and questions that arise with regard to God's providence," Sproul writes. "It is designed to look at the question of providence, not only from a doctrinal viewpoint, but chiefly from an examination of concrete experiences of the flesh-and-blood people whose lives and struggles are recorded for us in sacred Scripture." Sproul concludes: "The Providence of God is our fortress, our shield, and our very great reward. It is what provides courage and perseverance for His saints." All who read The Invisible Hand will find themselves praising God for his mercy and loving kindness. [via]
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La Mano Invisible: Do all things really work for Good?by R. C. SproulISBN 0829745114 (0-8297-4511-4)
Softcover, Zondervan
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Leviathanby Thomas HobbesISBN 1419169211 (1-4191-6921-1)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leviathan'Book summary:Hobbes' classic work has set the tone for the course of political philosophy through to our own day. This new Broadview edition includes the full text of the 1651 edition, together with a wide variety of background documents that help set the work in context. Also included are an introduction, explanatory notes, and a chronology. [via]
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Softcover, Prometheus Books - Leviathan: ISBN 0140400028 (0-14-040002-8)
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Leviathan: Authoritative Text Backgrounds Interpretationsby Thomas Hobbes, David Johnston, Richard E. FlathmanISBN 0393967980 (0-393-96798-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leviathan: Authoritative Text Backgrounds Interpretations'Book summary:This Norton Critical Edition of arguably the greatest work of political theory written in the English language contains the bulk of Hobbes's treatise, including all chapters except those of interest primarily to professional historical scholars.
Explanatory annotations make Hobbes's sometimes archaic prose accessible to students. The text is based on the 1909 Oxford University Press edition, which in turn was based on one of the most fully corrected copies of the text that was widely available to readers in the seventeenth century. The editors have also noted variations between this text and other authoritative editions.
Backgrounds includes writings on Hobbes's life; selections from his responses to criticism of the book; and criticism and reactions to the work by Sir Robert Filmer, James Harrington, Bishop Bramhall, Edward Hyde (the earl of Clarendon), Gottfried Wilheim Leibniz, Montesquieu, and Henry Sedgwick.
Interpretations collects eight of the most important assessments of Hobbes and Leviathan written in the last forty years, including writings by Leo Strauss, Michael Oakeshott, Johann P. Sommerville, Richard Tuck, Jean Hampton, David Johnston, George Kateb, and Richard E. Flathman.
Also included in this edition are a Selected Bibliography, Glossary of Terms, and Index of Authorities Cited in the work. [via]More editions of Leviathan: Authoritative Text Backgrounds Interpretations:
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Leviathan: Or the Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civilby Thomas Hobbes, Michael Joseph OakeshottISBN 0684842955 (0-684-84295-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leviathan: Or the Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil'Book summary:After the publication of his masterpiece of political theory, "Leviathan, Or the Matter, and Power of Commonwealth Ecclesiastic and Civil", in 1651, opponents charged Thomas Hobbes with atheism and banned and burned his books. The English Parliament, in a search for scapegoats, even claimed that the theories found in "Leviathan" were a likely cause of the Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of 1666. For the modern reader, though, Hobbes is more recognized for his popular belief that humanity's natural condition is a state of perpetual war, with life being 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'. Despite frequent challenges by other philosophers, "Leviathan's" secular theory of absolutism no longer stands out as particularly objectionable. In the description of the organization of states, moreover, we see Hobbes as strikingly current in his use of concepts that we still employ today, including the ideas of natural law, natural rights, and the social contract. Based on this work, one could even argue that Hobbes created English-language philosophy, insofar as "Leviathan" was the first great philosophical work written in English and one whose impact continues to the present day. [via]
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Leviathan: With Selected Variants from the Latin Edition of 1668by Thomas Hobbes, Edwin CurleyISBN 0872201775 (0-87220-177-5)
Softcover, Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leviathan: With Selected Variants from the Latin Edition Of 1668'Book summary:This new edition of Hobbe's masterpiece is uniquely suited to meet the needs of both student and scholar. It offers a brilliant introduction by Edwin Curley, modernised spelling and punctuation of the text, and a key annotative feature found in no other edition: the inclusion, along with historical and interpretive notes, of the most significant variants between the English version of 1651 and the Latin version of 1668. A glossary of seventeenth century English terms and indexes of persons, subjects, and scriptural passages help make this the most thoughtfully conceived edition of Leviathan available. [via]
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Mercenaries, Pirates, and Sovereigns - State-Building and Extraterritorial Violence in Early Modern Europeby Janice E. ThomsonISBN 0691025711 (0-691-02571-1)
Softcover, Princeton University Press
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The Moral Purpose of the State - Culture, Social Identity, and Institutional Rationality in International Relationsby Christian Reus-SmitISBN 0691027358 (0-691-02735-8)
Hardcover, Princeton University Press
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Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empireby Michael Hardt, Antonio NegriISBN 1594200246 (1-59420-024-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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No Other God: A Response to Open Theismby John M. FrameISBN 0875521851 (0-87552-185-1)
Softcover, P & R Publishing
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No Place for Sovereignty: What's Wrong with Freewill Theismby R. K. McGregor WrightISBN 0830818812 (0-8308-1881-2)
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On Warby Carl von ClausewitzISBN 1853264822 (1-85326-482-2)
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The Openness of God: A Biblical Challenge to the Traditional Understanding of Godby Clark H. Pinnock, Richard Rice, John Sanders, William Hasker, David BasingerISBN 0830818529 (0-8308-1852-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Openness of God: A Biblical Challenge to the Traditional Understanding of God'Book summary:Voted one of 1995 Books of the Year! presents a careful and full-orbed argument that the God known through Christ desires "responsive relationship" with his creatures. While it rejects process theology, the book asserts that such classical doctrines as God's immutability, impassibility and foreknowledge demand reconsideration. The authors insist that our understanding of God will be more consistently biblical and more true to the actual devotional lives of Christians if we profess that "God, in grace, grants humans significant freedom" and enters into relationship with a genuine "give-and-take dynamic." is remarkable in its comprehensiveness, drawing from the disciplines of biblical, historical, systematic and philosophical theology. Evangelical and other orthodox Christian philosophers have promoted the "relational" or "personalist" perspective on God in recent decades. Now here is the first major attempt to bring the discussion into the evangelical theological arena. [via]
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The Openness of God: The Relationship of Divine Foreknowledge and Human Free Willby Richard RiceISBN 0812703030 (0-8127-0303-0)
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The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCIby Jonathan Beaty, S. C. GwynneISBN 1587981467 (1-58798-146-7)
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Periclean Athensby C. M. BowraISBN 029700333X (0-297-00333-X)
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Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereigntyby Carl Schmitt, George Schwab, Tracy B. StrongISBN 0226738892 (0-226-73889-2)
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Rogues: Two Essays on Reasonby Jacques Derrida, Pascale-Anne Brault, Michael NaasISBN 0804749515 (0-8047-4951-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rogues: Two Essays on Reason'Book summary:Rogues, published in France under the title Voyous, comprises two major lectures that Derrida delivered in 2002 investigating the foundations of the sovereignty of the nation-state. The term "État voyou" is the French equivalent of "rogue state," and it is this outlaw designation of certain countries by the leading global powers that Derrida rigorously and exhaustively examines.[via]
Derrida examines the history of the concept of sovereignty, engaging with the work of Bodin, Hobbes, Rousseau, Schmitt, and others. Against this background, he delineates his understanding of "democracy to come," which he distinguishes clearly from any kind of regulating ideal or teleological horizon. The idea that democracy will always remain in the future is not a temporal notion. Rather, the phrase would name the coming of the unforeseeable other, the structure of an event beyond calculation and program. Derrida thus aligns this understanding of democracy with the logic he has worked out elsewhere. But it is not just political philosophy that is brought under deconstructive scrutiny here: Derrida provides unflinching and hard-hitting assessments of current political realities, and these essays are highly engaged with events of the post-9/11 world.More editions of Rogues: Two Essays on Reason:
The Sovereign State and Its Competitorsby Hendrik SpruytISBN 0691033560 (0-691-03356-0)
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The Sovereign State and Its Competitors - An Analysis of Systems Changeby Hendrik SpruytISBN 0691029105 (0-691-02910-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sovereign State and Its Competitors - An Analysis of Systems Change'Book summary:The present international system, composed for the most part of sovereign, territorial states, is often viewed as the inevitable outcome of historical development. Hendrik Spruyt argues that there was nothing inevitable about the rise of the state system, however. Examining the competing institutions that arose during the decline of feudalism--among them urban leagues, independent communes, city states, and sovereign monarchies--Spruyt disposes of the familiar claim that the superior size and war-making ability of the sovereign nation-state made it the natural successor to the feudal system.
The author argues that feudalism did not give way to any single successor institution in simple linear fashion. Instead, individuals created a variety of institutional forms, such as the sovereign, territorial state in France, the Hanseatic League, and the Italian city-states, in reaction to a dramatic change in the medieval economic environment. Only in a subsequent selective phase of institutional evolution did sovereign, territorial authority prove to have significant institutional advantages over its rivals. Sovereign authority proved to be more successful in organizing domestic society and structuring external affairs. Spruyt's interdisciplinary approach not only has important implications for change in the state system in our time, but also presents a novel analysis of the general dynamics of institutional change.
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Sovereignty - Organized Hypocrisyby Stephen D. KrasnerISBN 069100711X (0-691-00711-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sovereignty - Organized Hypocrisy'Book summary:The acceptance of human rights and minority rights, the increasing role of international financial institutions, and globalization have led many observers to question the continued viability of the sovereign state. Here a leading expert challenges this conclusion. Stephen Krasner contends that states have never been as sovereign as some have supposed. Throughout history, rulers have been motivated by a desire to stay in power, not by some abstract adherence to international principles. Organized hypocrisy--the presence of longstanding norms that are frequently violated--has been an enduring attribute of international relations
Political leaders have usually but not always honored international legal sovereignty, the principle that international recognition should be accorded only to juridically independent sovereign states, while treating Westphalian sovereignty, the principle that states have the right to exclude external authority from their own territory, in a much more provisional way. In some instances violations of the principles of sovereignty have been coercive, as in the imposition of minority rights on newly created states after the First World War or the successor states of Yugoslavia after 1990; at other times cooperative, as in the European Human Rights regime or conditionality agreements with the International Monetary Fund.
The author looks at various issues areas to make his argument: minority rights, human rights, sovereign lending, and state creation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Differences in national power and interests, he concludes, not international norms, continue to be the most powerful explanation for the behavior of states.
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The Sovereignty of Godby Arthur W. PinkISBN 1589601203 (1-58960-120-3)
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The Sovereignty of Godby A W PinkISBN 0801068649 (0-8010-6864-9)
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State of Exceptionby Giorgio Agamben, Kevin AttellISBN 0226009254 (0-226-00925-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'State of Exception'Book summary:Two months after the attacks of 9/11, the Bush administration, in the midst of what it perceived to be a state of emergency, authorized the indefinite detention of noncitizens suspected of terrorist activities and their subsequent trials by a military commission. Here, distinguished Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben uses such circumstances to argue that this unusual extension of power, or "state of exception," has historically been an underexamined and powerful strategy that has the potential to transform democracies into totalitarian states.[via]
The sequel to Agamben's Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life, State of Exception is the first book to theorize the state of exception in historical and philosophical context. In Agamben's view, the majority of legal scholars and policymakers in Europe as well as the United States have wrongly rejected the necessity of such a theory, claiming instead that the state of exception is a pragmatic question. Agamben argues here that the state of exception, which was meant to be a provisional measure, became in the course of the twentieth century a normal paradigm of government. Writing nothing less than the history of the state of exception in its various national contexts throughout Western Europe and the United States, Agamben uses the work of Carl Schmitt as a foil for his reflections as well as that of Derrida, Benjamin, and Arendt.
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Still Sovereign: Contemporary Perspectives on Election, Foreknowledge, and Graceby Thomas R. Schreiner, Bruce A. WareISBN 0801022320 (0-8010-2232-0)
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In Still Sovereign, thirteen scholars write to defend the classical view of God's sovereignty. According to the editors, "Ours is a culture in which the tendency is to exalt what is human and diminish what is divine. Even in evangelical circles, we find increasingly attractive a view of God in which God is one of us, as it were, a partner in the unfolding drama of life. . . . In contrast, the vision of God affirmed in these pages is of one who reigns supreme over all, whose purposes are accomplished without fail, and who directs the course of human affairs, including the central drama of saving a people for the honor of his name, all with perfect holiness and matchless grace."
The fourteen chapters of Still Sovereign (originally part of the two-volume, The Grace of God, the Bondage of the Will) are divided into three parts. Part 1 offers fresh exegesis of the biblical texts that bear most directly on the doctrines of election, foreknowledge, and perseverance of the saints. Part 2 explores theological and philosophical issues related to effectual calling, prevenient grace, assurance of salvation, and the nature of God's love. The final section applies the doctrines of election and divine sovereignty to Christian living, prayers, evangelism, and preaching. [via]More editions of Still Sovereign: Contemporary Perspectives on Election, Foreknowledge, and Grace:
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Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tractsby Joyce Lee MalcolmISBN 0865971536 (0-86597-153-6)
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Studies in the Problem of Sovereigntyby Harold Joseph LaskiISBN 1584772409 (1-58477-240-9)
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Suffering and the Sovereignty of Godby John Piper, Justin TaylorISBN 1581348096 (1-58134-809-6)
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Sword and Scales: An Introduction to Law and Politicsby Martin LoughlinISBN 1901362523 (1-901362-52-3)
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Their God Is Too Small: Open Theism and the Undermining of Confidence in Godby Bruce A. WareISBN 1581344813 (1-58134-481-3)
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A new theology is trickling down from the lofty halls of academia to the pews of evangelical churches. Called open theism, this novel view of God denies that he fully knows the future and insists that he takes risks by giving humans wide-ranging freedom. This view has disastrous consequences for the everyday faith of ordinary Christians, consequences you can't afford to ignore.
Their God Is Too Small explains some of the beliefs of open theism and shows their practical implications. Using biblical truth and personal anecdotes, Bruce Ware demonstrates how open theism undermines trust in God for everyday life, particularly in the midst of suffering. This is no dry academic discourse; if you care about God's glory and your confidence in him, then this book is for you because it concerns the everyday issues of faith.
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Unforgivenby Edward BuscombeISBN 1844570339 (1-84457-033-9)
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Willing to Believe: The Controversy over Free Willby R. C. SproulISBN 0801064120 (0-8010-6412-0)
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L'autre Cap ; Suivi De La Democratie Ajourneeby Jacques DerridaISBN 2707313793 (2-7073-1379-3)
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Il Faut Defendre La Societe: Cours Au College De France, 1975-1976by Michel FoucaultISBN 2020231697 (2-02-023169-7)
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Voyous: Deux Essais Sur La Raisonby Jacques DerridaISBN 2718606061 (2-7186-0606-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Voyous: Deux Essais Sur La Raison'Book summary:À l'époque des Lumières, on attendait de la raison qu'elle éclaire les États. En ce début de XXIe siècle, où l'histoire semble s'accélérer, on est plutôt invité à s'interroger sur les "raisons d'États" et sur la possibilité d'une rationalité démocratique à l'échelle de la planète. C'est à la démocratie que sont consacrées les deux conférences de Jacques Derrida rassemblées dans cet ouvrage. Dans son idée et ses principes, elle est rudement mise à l'épreuve, à la fois par la globalisation des échanges économiques et par l'administration du droit international. Le philosophe s'interroge sur le monde que nous avons devant nous : car de la démocratie, nous ne savons encore rien, nous ne sommes qu'aux frémissements, aux commencements. Prendre la mesure de ce qui s'annonce et demeure pourtant encore impensable, s'y préparer, se donner les moyens de comprendre ce qui est en train d'advenir : voilà toute l'ambition et la pointe philosophique du propos.
Un indice de la nouvelle configuration politique internationale : la notion d'"État voyou". Il traduit ce que l'administration américaine, sous le président Clinton, nommait les "rogue States". En français, le terme de "voyou" sonne comme une interpellation de police. Le voyou a affaire avec la voie : c'est le dévoyé qui traîne dans les rues, la bande menaçante qui occupe le pavé aux marges de la Cité de droit. Que peut donc vouloir dire l'expression d'"État voyou " ? Un ancien membre de l'administration Clinton la définit ainsi : "A rogue state is whoever the United States says it is" (Robert S. Litwak). Là où ne règne plus autre chose que la loi du plus fort, les voies sûres de la Cité existent-elles encore ? Est-il encore possible de distinguer les voyous de ceux qui les dénoncent ? Une nouvelle investigation de Jacques Derrida pour déconstruire les préjugés qui nous rendent étrangers à notre temps.
Du même auteur : Spectres de Marx (1993) ; Politiques de l'amitié (1994) ; Force de loi (1994). En collaboration avec E. Roudinesco : De quoi demain ? (2001). --Emilio Balturi [via]
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Recht, Staat, Freiheitby Ernst-Wolfgang BöckenfördeISBN 3518285149 (3-518-28514-9)
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Staat, Verfassung, Demokratie: Studien Zur Verfassungstheorie Und Zum Verfassungsrechtby Ernst-Wolfgang BockenfordeISBN 351828553X (3-518-28553-X)
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Vom Mythus des Staates. Philosophische Bibliothek: Band 541by Ernst CassirerISBN 3787316167 (3-7873-1616-7)
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Homo Sacerby Giorgio AgambenISBN 8806138502 (88-06-13850-2)
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Leviatan: O La Materia, Forma Y Poder De Un Estado Eclesistico Y Civil / the Matter, Form and Power of a Civil State and Ecclesiasticalby Thomas HobbesISBN 8420679569 (84-206-7956-9)
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Leviathanby Thomas HobbesISBN 0140431950 (0-14-043195-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leviathan'Book summary:Viewing politics as a science capable of the same axiomatic approach as mathematics, Thomas Hobbes' "Leviathan" retains its appeal for the modern reader, not just in its elevation of politics to a science, but in its overriding concern for peace. This "Penguin Classics" edition is edited with an introduction by C.B. Macpherson. Written during the turmoil of the English Civil War, "Leviathan" is an ambitious and highly original work of political philosophy. Claiming that man's essential nature is competitive and selfish, Hobbes formulates the case for a powerful sovereign or 'Leviathan' to enforce peace and the law, substituting security for the 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short' life he believed human beings would otherwise experience. This world view shocked many of Hobbes' contemporaries, and his work was publicly burnt for sedition and blasphemy when it was first published. But in his rejection of Aristotle's view of man as a naturally social being, and in his painstaking analysis of the ways in which society can and should function, Hobbes opened up a new world of political science. Based on the original 1651 text, this edition incorporates Hobbes' own corrections, while also retaining the original spelling and punctuation, and reads with vividness and clarity. C.B Macpherson's introduction elucidates for the general reader one of the most fascinating works of modern philosophy. Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was an English philosopher and political theorist, one of the first modern Western thinkers to provide a secular justification for the political state. Regarded as an important early influence on the philosophical doctrine of utilitarianism, Hobbes also contributed to modern psychology and laid the foundations of modern sociology. If you enjoyed "Leviathan", you might enjoy Plato's "Republic", also available in "Penguin Classics". [via]
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