New Challenges for Political Philosophy
Title | New Challenges for Political Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | G. Elfstrom |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 212 |
Release | 1997-04-16 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0230371094 |
This book is a study of the impact of globalization on our political institutions and concepts. It begins with an analysis of the global economy, as this is the most powerful of the engines of globalization, then proceeds to examine the impact of the currents of globalization on national sovereignty, national identity, the structure of government, the role of government, and on the lives of individual human beings. It concludes by sketching several issues which globalization presents to political philosophy.
Political Philosophy and the Challenge of Revealed Religion
Title | Political Philosophy and the Challenge of Revealed Religion PDF eBook |
Author | Heinrich Meier |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | 211 |
Release | 2017-01-27 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 022627585X |
Heinrich Meier’s guiding insight in Political Philosophy and the Challenge of Revealed Religion is that philosophy must prove its right and its necessity in the face of the claim to truth and demand obedience of its most powerful opponent, revealed religion. Philosophy must rationally justify and politically defend its free and unreserved questioning, and, in doing so, turns decisively to political philosophy. In the first of three chapters, Meier determines four intertwined moments constituting the concept of political philosophy as an articulated and internally dynamic whole. The following two chapters develop the concept through the interpretation of two masterpieces of political philosophy that have occupied Meier’s attention for more than thirty years: Leo Strauss’s Thoughts on Machiavelli and Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Social Contract. Meier provides a detailed investigation of Thoughts on Machiavelli, with an appendix containing Strauss’s original manuscript headings for each of his paragraphs. Linking the problem of Socrates (the origin of political philosophy) with the problem of Machiavelli (the beginning of modern political philosophy), while placing between them the political and theological claims opposed to philosophy, Strauss’s most complex and controversial book proves to be, as Meier shows, the most astonishing treatise on the challenge of revealed religion. The final chapter, which offers a new interpretation of the Social Contract, demonstrates that Rousseau’s most famous work can be adequately understood only as a coherent political-philosophic response to theocracy in all its forms.
Political Philosophy Cross-Examined
Title | Political Philosophy Cross-Examined PDF eBook |
Author | T. Pangle |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015-12-04 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781349452866 |
Political societies frequently regard philosophers as potential threats to morality and religion, and those who speak for politics often demand a defense of philosophy. This book will address philosophy as a mode of existence put into question.
New Challenges to Democratization
Title | New Challenges to Democratization PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Burnell |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 234 |
Release | 2009-12-04 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1135198616 |
Brings together leading international scholars to assess the claim that democratization around the world is facing a serious challenge and features in-depth studies on US democracy promotion, the Middle East, Russia, China and new democracies.
Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Title | Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction PDF eBook |
Author | David Miller |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | 160 |
Release | 2003-06-26 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0191577863 |
This book introduces readers to the concepts of political philosophy. It starts by explaining why the subject is important and how it tackles basic ethical questions such as 'how should we live together in society?' It looks at political authority, the reasons why we need politics at all, the limitations of politics, and whether there are areas of life that shouldn't be governed by politics. It explores the connections between political authority and justice, a constant theme in political philosophy, and the ways in which social justice can be used to regulate rather than destroy a market economy. David Miller discusses why nations are the natural units of government and whether the rise of multiculturalism and transnational co-operation will change this: will we ever see the formation of a world government? ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
What is Media Archaeology?
Title | What is Media Archaeology? PDF eBook |
Author | Jussi Parikka |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 2013-04-23 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0745661394 |
This cutting-edge text offers an introduction to the emerging field of media archaeology and analyses the innovative theoretical and artistic methodology used to excavate current media through its past. Written with a steampunk attitude, What is Media Archaeology? examines the theoretical challenges of studying digital culture and memory and opens up the sedimented layers of contemporary media culture. The author contextualizes media archaeology in relation to other key media studies debates including software studies, German media theory, imaginary media research, new materialism and digital humanities. What is Media Archaeology? advances an innovative theoretical position while also presenting an engaging and accessible overview for students of media, film and cultural studies. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in the interdisciplinary ties between art, technology and media.
Problems of Political Philosophy
Title | Problems of Political Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | D. D. Raphael |
Publisher | Humanity Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1970-06 |
Genre | Political science |
ISBN | 9781573925679 |
This book introduces the student to active philosophical thinking about political ideas, offering a more stimulating approach to the subject than traditional chronological surveys. The first edition was hailed by The Times Literary Supplement as 'the best introduction to political philosophy for a long time'. This thoroughly revised second edition brings its coverage up-to-date for the 1990s, with material reorganised to be fully accessible for the beginner.