Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Idiot America Idiot America Charles P. Pierce The Culture Wars Are Over and the Idiots Have WonA veteran journalist's acidically funny, righteously angry lament about the glorification of ignorance in the United States.In the midst of a career-l… OL13647053W
The American way of peace The American way of peace Jan S. Prybyla "Traces the development and implementation of Pax Americana, the American way of peace, from World War II to the war on terrorism and the Iraqi conflict. Examines the extent to which modernization mu… OL1418734W
An Introduction to Political Philosophy An Introduction to Political Philosophy Colin Bird Providing a comprehensive introduction to political philosophy, this book combines discussion of historical and contemporary figures, together with numerous real-life examples. It ranges over an unus… OL15190162W
The common good The common good Noam Chomsky Someone who knows and gives a damn. Do read this please. OL15329510W
Infinitely Demanding Infinitely Demanding Simon Critchley A new political ethics that confronts the injustices of liberal democracy. The clearest, boldest and most systematic statement of Simon Critchley’s influential views on philosophy, ethics, and pol… OL15464557W
Compromise Compromise Alin Fumurescu "This book offers a conceptual history of compromise that demonstrates the connection between different understandings of compromise and corresponding differences in understandings of political repre… OL16688374W
Engaging Political Philosophy Engaging Political Philosophy Andrew Levine "Engaging Political Philosophy investigates the political philosophies of Hobbes, Rousseau, Locke, Mill, Rawls, and Marx and reveals the scope and limits of the philosophical tradition they helped to… OL1822889W
The Lesson of this Century The Lesson of this Century Karl Popper,Giancarlo Bosetti Ben shu nei rong shou ji le ka mi, bo pu mi de guan yu min zhu li lun de yan jiang gao, guang fan she ji dao le dang jin de zheng zhi yu she hui wen ti. OL1984558W
Enlightenment 2.0 Enlightenment 2.0 Heath, Joseph Over the last twenty years, the political systems of the western world have become increasingly divided-not between right and left, but between crazy and non-crazy. What's more, the crazies seem to b… OL19984204W
In the spirit of critique In the spirit of critique Andrew J. Douglas "A new perspective on the political significance of the Hegelian dialectical legacy"--Provided by publisher. OL22643284W
The subject of liberation The subject of liberation Charles H. Wells "The book shares Žižek's central problem of how to revitalize the radical political left through theory. It initially follows the argument developed in The Ticklish Subject that contemporary leftist … OL23182278W
The art of peacemaking The art of peacemaking István Bibó "István Bibó (1911-1979) was a Hungarian lawyer, political thinker, prolific essayist, and minister of state for the Hungarian national government during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. This magis… OL23186056W
Beyond red and blue Beyond red and blue Peter S. Wenz "Wenz maps out twelve political philosophies - ranging from theocracy and free-market conservatism to feminism and cosmopolitanism - on which Americans draw when taking political positions. He then t… OL2977491W
The Twenty-First Century Left The Twenty-First Century Left William P. Kreml Author articulates a left-of-center psychology-based theory of political philosophy and applies it to the subject of campaign finance reform. OL3253764W
Socratic puzzles Socratic puzzles Robert Nozick One of the foremost philosophers of our time, Robert Nozick continues the Socratic tradition of investigation. This volume, which illustrates the originality, force, and scope of his work, also displ… OL3336948W
The Voice of Reason The Voice of Reason Ayn Rand Between 1961, when she gave her first talk at the Ford Hall Forum in Boston, and 1981, when she gave the last talk of her life in New Orleans, Ayn Rand spoke and wrote about topics as varied as educa… OL731721W