Political Science & Theory

Is the purpose of political philosophy to articulate the moral values that political regimes would realize in a virtually perfect world and show wh...

Socrates famously claimed that he knew nothing, and that wisdom consisted in awareness of ones ignorance. In Ignorance, Irony and Knowledge in Plat...

Is it meaningful to call oneself a democrat? And if so, how do you interpret the word? In responding to this question, eight iconoclastic thinkers...

This book intervenes in contemporary debates about the threat posed to democratic life by political emergencies. Must emergency necessarily enhance...

In The Neighbor, three of the most significant intellectuals working in psychoanalysis and critical theory collaborate to show how the problem of n...

Times have not been kind to democracy. This book is in its defense. In the new century, the triumph of democracy at the end of the Cold War turne...

Political actors from many different countries locate their home country as a unique transition point between «the East» and «the West». The terms ...

The Enigma of Justice: Freedom and Morality in the Work of Immanuel Kant, G.W.F Hegel, Agnes Heller, and Axel Honneth offers a novel perspective on...

This leading text provides a concise and broad-ranging introduction to the contemporary study of political theory. Each chapter discusses a cluster...

Citizenship is much more than the right to vote. It is a collection of political capacities constantly up for debate. From Socrates to contemporary...

How can we build a future with better health and homes, respecting people and the environment? Connecting with and going beyond classical socialist...

The 2010s have been a double-edged decade. Socioeconomic factors have led to the widespread and increased disenfranchisement of poorer people from ...

We think that we live in democracies: in fact, we live in mediarchies. Our political regimes are based less on nations or citizens than on audience...