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A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This booktable of contents linked to every part. ******************. Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men (Discours sur l''origine et les fondements de l''inégalité parmi les hommes) is a book by the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.... more...
War, Domination, and the Monarchy of France
BRILL 2007; US$ 132.00Claude de Seyssel's important political treatise, The Monarchy of France (1515) illuminates the link between warfare, the state, and the social order in the Renaissance. In his effort to describe a state capable of conquest and expansion, Seyssel envisioned a different social and political order with radical implications for the French monarchy. more...
The Evolution of Modern States
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 25.00The Evolution of Modern States examines the politics, history, and public policy of Sweden, Japan, and the United States. more...
Alexis de Tocqueville
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 23.99Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers provides comprehensive accounts of the works of seminal conservative thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions the first series of its kind. Even the selection of thinkers adds another aspect to conservative thinking, including not only theorists but also thinkers in literary forms and... more...
Karl Popper
Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 110.00Karl Popper is best known for his contributions to the philosophy of science and the history of ideas. Elements of Popper’s thought were clearly libertarian or conservative in character. His politics, however, were recognisably social democratic. His ideal of an open society was not a free market utopia, but a political community in which diverse... more...
F.A. Hayek
Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 110.00Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992), winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, was an influential economist and political philosopher. The increased attention he received in the late 20th century with the rise of conservatism in the US and UK, led him to publish “Why I Am Not a Conservative,” an essay in which he berated conservatism.... more...
Der Machtbegriff bei Hannah Arendt
Tectum Verlag 2011; US$ 16.17Hauptbeschreibung An Hannah Arendt scheiden sich seit langem die Geister in der politischen Philosophie: Die einen halten sie für eine geniale Autorin, deren Überlegungen bis heute aktuell, relevant und unübertroffen in der Politikwissenschaft sind; den anderen erscheinen ihre Schriften dunkel, unsystematisch, ideologisch und folglich ohne Wert für... more...
Lucid Mind, Intrepid Spirit
Lexington Books 2012; US$ 49.99This volume of essays explores the bases and significant aspects of the thought of the contemporary French philosopher, Chantal Delsol. It ranges from studies of her philosophical anthropology to her critique of international law, as well as on her thinking about the human person. An essay on the family enriches and illustrates the latter. A penetrating... more...
Die Welt als dramaturgisches Labyrinth: Das politische Denken im Werk Friedrich Dürrenmatts
Diplomica Verlag 2012; US$ 26.95Hauptbeschreibung Friedrich Dürrenmatt verstand sich immer als ein politischer Autor. Sein Schreiben sollte auf gesellschaftliche Missstände aufmerksam machen und zum Nachdenken und - vor allen Dingen - zum Handeln anregen. Leser und Zuschauer sollen durch seine Werke einen klareren Blick auf Welt, Mensch und Politik erhalten und so zu Handlungsanweisungen... more...
Zur kritischen Theorie der politischen Gesellschaft
Springer 2012; US$ 69.99









