Political

In a bold and elegant text, laid out in balck and red and replete with fables and unique word sculptures, the laws are illustrated through the tactics, triumphs,a dn failures of such figures as the shrewd Queen Elizabeth I, the satteman Henry Kissinger, the showman P.T. Barnum, and many others who h... More

Acclaimed historian Gellately focuses on the dominant political leaders who enveloped Europe between 1914 and 1945, and analyzes their catastrophic impact in global terms in this important addition to the understanding of modern history.This remarkably ambitious book tells the story of the great soc... More

New Page 1 In the contemporary climate of world thought, comparative philosophy has become increasingly important as a means for mutual understanding of the world's cultures. Particulary after the last world war, the East and West have come to realize that their traditional patterns of life ... More

‘[A] brave and ambitious book . . . it deserves a wide readership’ —The New York Times Book Review                           Liberty and Democracy. The... More

Time for Revolution explores the burning issue of our times: is there still a place for resistance in a society utterly subsumed by capitalism?Time for Revolution explores the burning issue of our times: is there still a place for resistance in a society utterly subsumed by capitalism?... More

Against the backdrop of seventeenth-century China, this unique new introduction follows a Confucian couple, together with their family, friends, and staff, through a typical day. The result offers a fascinating insight into the intellectual, scholarly, and practical aspects of Confucianism.... More

In this stimulating and rewarding book,John Adair poses the questions, who are the great leaders in history and what have they got to teach us today about the nature and practice of leadership? In asking to what degree true leadership can be identified and developed, he explores the make-up and achi... More

Collier provides a full examination of both the young and mature Marx, as well as all of his major works. He also analyzes the apparent contradictions within Marx's theory, concluding with a discussion of how Marxism has changed since its founder's death.... More

Populism is a widely used concept but it is rarely fully understood. For a term which appears so frequently in both popular and specialist writing, the social sciences have given it remarkably little attention. In this lively and engaging book, Paul Taggart surveys the field and concludes that popul... More

'Philosopher, academic, not much more than middle-sized, seeking culmination in mate, can think, likes things clear, mostly stands up for himself, feelingful, moralistic, not a prisoner of convention, not Conservative, imperfectly rational, hopeful.'This is the story of Ted Honderich and his kind. I... More

Arguing that equality is often the most potent rival of liberty, Fried demonstrates how the dense tangle of government regulations both supports and threatens personal freedoms.An impassioned defense of liberty from one of our most esteemed legal scholars. How has the modern welfare state redefined ... More

This book constitutes a continuation of Bruno Latour's concerns and themes and builds on his earlier theories. He suggests in this book that science and technology need not be an enterprise that is unrelated to general society. He feels that such as idea, assumed to be common sensical is not actuall... More

In this volume Bertrand Russell outlines the basic tenets of his political code. He shows that to think, speak and act without interference is our most cherished freedom, and that political ideals must be based upon the ideals of the individual.In this volume Bertrand Russell outlines the basic tene... More

""The supreme principle, both in politics and in private life, should be to promote all that is creative, and so to diminish the impulses and desires that center round possession."" This book, originally entitled "Why Men Fight," is generally seen as the fullest expression of Bertrand Russell's pol... More

Its appeal to the twentieth century lies not just in its elevation of politics to a science, but in its overriding concern for peace. Its argument that the state of nature, in which life is 'nasty, brutish and short (and patriarchal), is important, but so too is its systematic analysis of power, and... More