Today's wholesale lack of trust in our institutions is a problem with deep roots in liberalism, and it cannot be solved by tweaking a liberal paradigm in which different conceptions of the good create conflict that is resolved by a sovereign state without reference to a nonexclusive common good. Ultimately, the essence of liberalism is contained ......
Alexandre Kojeve: A Man of influence offers a multi-faceted approach to the work of Alexandre Kojeve in which 11 international scholars combine their perspectives on key aspects of the Russo-French thinker's work. The result: an original reappraisal of its significance that prompts a better understanding of the contemporary world.
The Founding Fathers are well known in the history of the United States for building the economic and political foundations of America. But who founded cultural and spiritual America? For John Fentress Gardner, it was not until the following generation that the revolutionary principles of American cultural and spiritual life were laid down by ......
Nations, Societies and Capitalism in the Many Americas
This volume offers a transnational perspective on two centuries of historical experiences in the Americas, providing comparative analysis of different states and societies in the Americas from a perspective consistent with the Social Imaginaries movement.
This work provides extracts from the core texts in the field of American social and political thought. It shows the rich intellectual tradition of the US, giving an understanding of American society and politics through the reproduction of key writings from a variety of thinkers.
This reader provides substantial extracts from the core texts in the field of American social and political thought. It demonstrates the rich intellectual tradition of the United States, giving an thorough understanding of American society and politics.
This book examines the paradox of digital enhancement: we simultaneously desire to be governed by the logic of perfection and to be self-governed. Through genealogical and aesthetic critique, Sarah Bianchi questions the costs of our digital present and conceptualizes how to critically construct an enlightened agency.
This book argues that analytical legal naturalism, which avoids the arbitrary principles associated with legal positivism and the odd properties associated with natural law, is a superior alternative for solving hard legal cases, where no close precedent arises or where conflicting precedents seem relevant.
Entangled in misrecognition, Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) perceived people are socially and politically vulnerable throughout the colonized world. Anti-Colonial relational existence is possible through careful social labor, and cases of MENA communities prove that such normative praxis is not merely wishful thinking.
