Political Theory

In this book, Jeffrey Bercuson presents the immense, and yet for the most part unrecognized, influences of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel on John Rawls, the most important political philosopher of the 20th century. Written accessibly, and contributing to key contemporary deb..

This book combines an assessment of the philosophical legacy of Mill’s arguments with an assessment of Mill’s complex and fecund version of liberalism and his account of the relationship between character and ethical and political commitment...

Kristján Kristjánsson’s new book falls on the cutting edge of the latest developments in justice discourse, both in philosophy and in the social sciences. Written from a philosophical perspective, it gives an accessible but penetrating exploration of various interlocking and interdisciplinary them..

Kristján Kristjánsson’s new book falls on the cutting edge of the latest developments in justice discourse, both in philosophy and in the social sciences. Written from a philosophical perspective, it gives an accessible but penetrating exploration of various interlocking and interdisciplinary them..

Bridging the contending theories of natural law and international relations, this book proposes a 'relational ontology' as the basis for rethinking our approach to international politics. The book contains a number of challenging and controversial ideas on the study of international political though..

The growing interest in human rights has recently brought the question of their philosophical foundation to the foreground. Theorists of human rights often assume that their ideal can be traced to the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and his view of humans as ends in themselves. Yet, few have attempted t..

The growing interest in human rights has recently brought the question of their philosophical foundation to the foreground. Theorists of human rights often assume that their ideal can be traced to the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and his view of humans as ends in themselves. Yet, few have attempted t..

At a time when many studies are overly policy oriented and focused solely on security implications, this bookshelf essential presents a much needed account on the epistemic structures underlying the social construction of terror/ism and al Qaeda...

At a time when many studies are overly policy oriented and focused solely on security implications, this bookshelf essential presents a much needed account on the epistemic structures underlying the social construction of terror/ism and al Qaeda...

Consisting of five intertwined essays, Ato Sekyi-Otu claims that centering such arguments and commitments on a particular place, in this instance the African world, is entirely compatible with that foundational universalism...

Francis Fukuyama claims that liberal democracy is the end of history. This text provides a theoretical re-examination of this claim through postmodernist ideas...

This title was first published in 2000:  Bringing together a range of viewpoints and disciplines, this collection of essays explores the capacity of liberalism to properly provide for social justice in the shifting contexts of the new millennium...