Reconstructs Rawls's argument, as well as discussing some of the most influential criticisms in the secondary literature.

Introduces readers to the concepts of political philosophy - authority, democracy, freedom and its limits, justice, feminism, multiculturalism, and nationality. This work explores the connections between political authority and justice, and the ways in which social justice can be used to regulate rather than destroy a market economy.

Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? This book presents a moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated.

Examining the works of Montesquieu, this book seeks to understand the shortcomings of the modern democratic state in light of this great political thinker's insightful critique of commercial republicanism.

A unique discussion between philosophers and social scientists which extends the frontiers of the philosophy of the social sciences.

Prominent researchers from philosophy and the social studies of science present a collection of articles that together constitute a systematic and comprehensive investigation of how to understand the relation between the social sciences and democracy.

Analyses some of the most controversial topics in sport. This collection of philosophical writings features articles written by an international cast of contributors on subjects such as the objectification and sexualisation of sport, sport and the construction of the female, and homophobia.

Reconstructs Rawls's argument, as well as discussing some of the most influential criticisms in the secondary literature.

How do the facts of political responsibility shape and constrain the demands of ethical life?

Lorenzo Magnani argues that existing moral constructs often cannot be applied to new technology.

During the second half of the twentieth century, the Arab intellectual and political scene polarized between a search for totalizing doctrines-nationalist, Marxist, and religious-and radical critique. Arab thinkers were reacting to the disenchanting experience of postindependence Arab states, as well as to authoritarianism, intolerance, and failed development. They were also responding to ...

Conversations with Citlali RovirosaMadrazo. Brilliant analysis of the global financial crisis by one of the worlds leading social thinkers.

Includes essays that relate philosophical questions about the meaning and justification of toleration to debates about such issues as religious freedom, racial discrimination, pornography and censorship.

Charts the development and character of the political forms that grew out of the age of Greek immigration into the Aegean, and establishes the forms which in the course of history were decisive.

The return to the 'ancestral constitution' was a major issue in Athenian politics in the period of the revolution of 411 and 404 BC. This book examines the scope and import of the question of the 'ancestral constitution'.

What is the nature of political judgement? This book examines Kant's concept of taste and Aristotle's concept of prudence, as well as the works of political philosophy by Arendt, Gadamer and Habermas, crucially influenced by Kant and Aristotle.

Presents a survey of political thought from Homer to the beginning of the Christian era.

Describes Edmund Burke's political and intellectual world, stressing the importance of the idea of 'property' in Burke's thought. This book focuses on Burke's personal and political situation in the late 1780s to explain how the Reflections came to be written.

Contains many of Lacordaire's writings on social and political issues.

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