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Fathers and Sons
NuVision Publications, LLC 2003; US$ 3.49This is a story of two sons who graduated college and returned home (to their fathers). The book goes on to describe the radically different lives of the two friends. We follow the downfalls and upswings of their lives and how it affects each other. Quite a philosophical read. more...
Alexis de Tocqueville, the First Social Scientist
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 20.00Arguing that Tocqueville was fundamentally a social scientist rather than a political theorist, Elster emphasizes Tocqueville's substantive and methodological insights. more...
Explaining Social Behavior
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 27.00An expanded and revised edition of the authors critically acclaimed Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences. more...
On the Public
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 25.95The media often talk about public opinion, the 'American' or 'British' public, or the movie-going public. A public can hold an opinion and be divided. What is the public and where did it come from? Is there one public or many? Is the very idea of the public a myth? In this fascinating book, Alastair Hannay explores these questions and unpacks a much... more...
Valerius Terminus
NuVision Publications, LLC 2003; US$ 2.99Francis Bacon is very informative and descriptive. His points are quite bold and judicious. This is one of the great books that made Francis Bacon a great author. more...
Life Without Principle
NuVision Publications, LLC 2003; US$ 2.99This essay is one the Thoreau's strongest judgements of America's constituted society. This goes along with the public address of 'Slavery in Massachusetts' and his defense of John Brown. more...
International Studies
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00Presenting International Studies as a wide, plural and inherently interdisciplinary field of research, this book shows its links with philosophy, peace research, history, geography, globalization studies, international political economy, political psychology, sociology and social theory, linguistics, strategic or war studies and anthropology. more...
Charles Taylor
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 26.00Charles Taylor is beyond question one of the most distinctive figures in the landscape of contemporary philosophy. In a time of increasing specialization Taylor's ability to contribute to philosophical conversations across a wide spectrum of ideas is distinctive and impressive. more...
The Politics of Postsecular Religion
Columbia University Press 2008; US$ 59.99Ananda Abeysekara contends that democracy, along with its cherished secular norms, is founded on the idea of a promise deferred to the future. Rooted in democracy's messianic promise is the belief that religious& mdash;political identity-such as Buddhist, Hindu, Sinhalese, Christian, Muslim, or Tamil& mdash;can be critiqued, neutralized, improved,... more...









