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  • American Philosophy: The Basics

    by Nancy Stanlick ...
    Series series The Basics
    American Philosophy: The Basics introduces the history of American thought from early Calvinists to the New England Transcendentalists and from contract theory to contemporary African American philosophy. The key question it asks is: what it is that makes American Philosophy unique? This lively and compelling book moves through key periods in the development of American thought from the founding ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

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  • A Conflict of Visions

    Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

    by Thomas Sowell ...
    **The landmark explanation of the competing visions of human nature that lie at the heart of our political conflicts“A classic of a very special kind...Reading it is like looking up at the night sky and discovering a new constellation.” —Christian Science Monitor**Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • Justice for Hedgehogs

    by Ronald Dworkin ...
    In Dworkin’s master work, the central thesis is that all areas of value depend on one another. This is one, big thing that the hedgehog knows, in contrast to the fox, who knows many little things. Dworkin’s understanding of the relationship—between ethics, morality, and political morality—is significantly revised and also greatly elaborated. He argues that “dignity” is the essential core of living ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Relativism

    Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air

    by Francis J. Beckwith, Gregory Koukl ...
    "An extremely well-researched, intellectual approach to the problem of relativism and its effect on education, public policy, and our everyday lives." --Youthworker ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Liberalism and the Limits of Justice

    by Michael J. Sandel ...
    A liberal society seeks not to impose a single way of life, but to leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and ends. It therefore must govern by principles of justice that do not presuppose any particular vision of the good life. But can any such principles be found? And if not, what are the consequences for justice as a moral and political ideal? These are the questions ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • On Human Rights

    by James Griffin ...
    What is a human right? How can we tell whether a proposed human right really is one? How do we establish the content of particular human rights, and how do we resolve conflicts between them? These are pressing questions for philosophers, political theorists, jurisprudents, international lawyers, and activists. James Griffin offers answers in his compelling new investigation of the foundations of ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Blackness Visible

    Essays on Philosophy and Race

    by Charles W. Mills ...
    "This is an important collection. Its organizing theme is that by analyzing the metaphysics of race-creating we can understand the importance of political analyses of the racial state. This claim is vital not only for understanding of contemporary racial problems, but also for enriching our understanding of philosophical anthropology."―Lewis R. Gordon, Brown UniversityCharles Mills makes visible ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • The Sociology of Law

    Classical and Contemporary Perspectives

    by A. Javier Trevino ...
    Series series Law and Society
    The purpose of this book is to introduce the sociology of law by providing a coherent organization to the general body of literature in that field. As such, the text gives a comprehensive overview of theoretical sociology of law. It deals with the broad expanse of the field and covers a vast amount of intellectual terrain. This volume is intended to fill a gap in the literature. Most textbooks in ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Excitable Speech

    A Politics of the Performative

    by Judith Butler ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    ‘When we claim to have been injured by language, what kind of claim do we make?’ - Judith Butler, Excitable SpeechExcitable Speech is widely hailed as a tour de force and one of Judith Butler’s most important books. Examining in turn debates about hate speech, pornography and gayness within the US military, Butler argues that words can wound and linguistic violence is its own kind of violence. Yet ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Settler Common Sense

    Queerness and Everyday Colonialism in the American Renaissance

    by Mark Rifkin ...
    In Settler Common Sense, Mark Rifkin explores how canonical American writers take part in the legacy of displacing Native Americans. Although the books he focuses on are not about Indians, they serve as examples of what Rifkin calls “settler common sense,” taking for granted the legal and political structure through which Native peoples continue to be dispossessed.In analyzing Nathaniel Hawthorne ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Feminists Theorize the Political

    Edited by Judith Butler, Joan W. Scott ...
    A collection of work by leading feminist scholars, engaging with the question of the political status of poststructuralism within feminism, and affirming the contemporary debate over theory as politically rich and consequential. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Religion in the Public Square

    The Place of Religious Convictions in Political Debate

    by Robert Audi, Nicholas Wolterstorff ...
    Series series Point/Counterpoint: Philosophers Debate Contemporary Issues
    This vigorous debate between two distinguished philosophers presents two views on a topic of worldwide importance: the role of religion in politics. Audi argues that citizens in a free democracy should distinguish religious and secular considerations and give them separate though related roles. Wolterstorff argues that religious elements are both appropriate in politics and indispensable to the ... Read more

    $40.49 USD