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Hobbes
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 46.95Hobbes' writing surprises, shocks, amuses and, above all stimulates criticism both of himself and of our conventional wisdom. This book, which is both expository and critical, concentrates on Hobbes' s ethical and political theory, but also considers the effect of these on his metaphysics. Updated, with a new preface and critical bibliography, this... more...
Morgenthau
Wiley 2013; US$ 24.95The ideas of Hans Morgenthau dominated the study of international politics in the United States for many decades. He was the leading representative of Realist international relations theory in the last century and his work remains hugely influential in the field. In this engaging and accessible new study of his work, William E. Scheuerman provides... more...
Hobbes
Wiley 2013; US$ 69.95Thomas Hobbes was the first great English political philosopher. His work excited intense controversy among his contemporaries and continues to do so in our own time. In this masterly introduction to his work, Bernard Gert provides the first account of Hobbes’s political and moral philosophy that makes it clear why he is regarded as one of the... more...
To Carl Schmitt
Columbia University Press 2013; US$ 17.99A philosopher, rabbi, religious historian, and Gnostic, Jacob Taubes was for many years a correspondent and interlocutor of Carl Schmitt (1888?1985), a German jurist, philosopher, political theorist, law professor?and self-professed Nazi. Despite their unlikely association, Taubes and Schmitt shared an abiding interest in the fundamental problems... more...
Ausgrenzung und Verfolgung der Hamburger jüdischen Juristen im Nationalsozialismus
Wallstein Verlag 2013; US$ 25.87Hauptbeschreibung Unmittelbar nach der Machtübernahme begannen die Nationalsozialisten ihr Programm zu verwirklichen, die Juden aus dem politischen, kulturellen und wirtschaftlichen Leben "auszuschalten". Den Auftakt bildete die Verdrängung der jüdischen Juristen aus ihren Berufen. Wie dieser Prozess in Hamburg verlaufen ist, beschreibt Heiko Morisse... more...
Ausgrenzung und Verfolgung der Hamburger jüdischen Juristen im Nationalsozialismus
Wallstein Verlag 2013; US$ 25.87Hauptbeschreibung Unmittelbar nach der Machtübernahme begannen die Nationalsozialisten ihr Programm zu verwirklichen, die Juden aus dem politischen, kulturellen und wirtschaftlichen Leben "auszuschalten". Den Auftakt bildete die Verdrängung der jüdischen Juristen aus ihren Berufen. Wie dieser Prozess in Hamburg verlaufen ist, beschreibt Heiko Morisse... more...
Kenneth W. Thompson, The Prophet of Norms
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 85.00The aim of this book is to capture, the international thought and practice of Kenneth W. Thompson. His career embodied three roles in which he revealed his thoughts and practice: as a facilitator of space for encouraging debates, scholarship and practice; as an educator; and most importantly as a theorist of international relations. more...
Foucault and the Political
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95Michel Foucault's involvement with politics, both as an individual and a writer, has been much commented upon but until now has not been systematically reviewed. This is the first major introductory study of Michel Foucault as a political thinker. Jonathon Simons explores the importance of the political in all areas of Foucault's work and life, including... more...
Machiavellian Encounters in Tudor and Stuart England
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95Taking into consideration the political and literary issues hanging upon the circulation of Machiavelli's works in England, this volume highlights how topics and ideas stemming from Machiavelli's books-including but not limited to the Prince-strongly influenced contemporary political debate. Overall, contributors put Machiavelli's image... more...
The Political Thought of Andre Gorz
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 193.00Andre Gorz is one of the most important contemporary socialist thinkers. He has acquired a reputation as an iconoclastic theorist who poses radical questions about the future of the Left. This is the first full length assessment of his work which critically evaluates all of his writings from the 1950s to the 1990s. more...









