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  • Leviathanby Thomas Hobbes; Edwin Curley

    Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 1994; US$ 13.50

    Designed to meet the needs of both student and scholar, this edition of Leviathan offers a brilliant introduction by Edwin Curley, modernized spelling and punctuation of the text, and 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. ?A scholar?s edition at a student price!?. ?Harvey Mansfield, Harvard University. ?Plainly the best edition of Leviathan . Superbly edited and indexed, with footnote passages from the Latin edition, a helpful glossary,... more...

  • State in Societyby Joel S. Migdal; Peter Lange; Robert H. Bates; Ellen Comisso; Peter Hall; Joel Migdal; Helen Milner

    Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 27.00

    The essays in this book trace the development of Joel Migdal's 'state-in-society' approach. This approach illuminates how power is exercised around the world, and how and when patterns of power change. The essays situate the approach within the classic literature in political science, sociology, and related disciplines. more...

  • The Princeby Niccolo Machiavelli; W. K. Marriott

    The Floating Press 1908; US$ 4.50

    Il Principe ( The Prince ) is the famous text by Florentine public servant Niccolo Machiavelli, in which he outlines the best strategy by which a prince can acquire, maintain and protect his state. Published posthumously, the text departs from his previous works, but is that for which he is remembered, and which has produced the adjective "Machiavellian". Machiavelli directives for maintaining a secure state are direct and at times brutal... more...

  • Spinoza on Philosophy, Religion, and Politicsby Susan James

    OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 25.00

    Spinoza's Theologico-Political Treatise is simultaneously a work of philosophy and a piece of practical politics. It defends religious pluralism, a republican form of political organisation, and the freedom to philosophise, with a determination that is extremely rare in seventeenth-century thought. But it is also a fierce and polemical intervention in a series of Dutch disputes over issues about which Spinoza and his opponents cared very deeply.Susan James makes the arguments of the Treatise accessible, and their motivations plain, by setting them in their historical and philosophical context. She identifies the interlocking theological, hermeneutic, historical, philosophical, and political positions to which Spinoza was responding, shows... more...

  • Political Philosophyby Dudley Knowles

    Routledge 2001; US$ 41.95

    A comprehensive introduction to political philosophy. Introduces key thinkers such as Hobbes, Locke, Marx, Mill, Berlin, Rawls and Nozick. Issues discussed include utilitarianism, liberty, rights, justice and democracy. more...

  • Private and Publicby Daniela Gobetti

    Routledge 1992; US$ 99.95

    Gobetti combines political theory with the history of political thought to question the conceptual conventions and tacit assumptions which surround the concept of private and public. more...

  • Making Citizensby Zev M. Trachtenberg

    Routledge 1993; US$ 125.00

    By analysing Rousseau's conception of the general will, Trachtenberg recounts his attitude of civic virtue. more...

  • Political Thought of Karl Popperby Jeremy Shearmur

    Routledge 1996; US$ 145.00

    Shearmur draws on his years as Popper's assistant, on unpublished material in the Hoover archive, and on wider themes within Popper's philosophy to offer striking critical re-interpretations of his ethical and social theory. more...

  • Nietzsche, Feminism and Political Theoryby Paul Patton

    Routledge 1993; US$ 39.95

    A collection of twelve outstanding essays, applyin g Nietzche's work to current debates in feminist and political theory. It focuses on the way that N ietzsche has become an essential point of referenc e for postmodern ethical and political thought. more...

  • Gramsci and Contemporary Politicsby Anne Showstack Sassoon

    Routledge 1999; US$ 170.00

    This book is a collection of Anne Showstack Sassoon's writing which spans the major transitions from Thatcher and Reagan, to Clinton and Blair; the collapse of communism to the regeneration of social democracy. more...