Social & Political Philosophy

Hegel is making a comeback. After the decline of the Marxist Hegelianism that dominated the twentieth century, leading thinkers are rediscovering H...

The modern notion of tolerance-the welcoming of diversity as a force for the common good-emerged in the Enlightenment in the wake of centuries of r...

In On Tocqueville, Alan Ryan brilliantly illuminates the observations of the French philosopher who first journeyed to the United States in 1831 an...

With an Introduction by Dr Richard Serjeantson, Trinity College, CambridgeSince its first publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbess Leviathan has been re...

Open this book and you will- learn about Machiavelli's life- know his key works- explore the dark arts of politics- assess his influence

Following her acclaimed history of the Situationist International up until the late sixties, The Beach Beneath the Street, McKenzie Wark returns wi...

Taking stock of our fragmented political landscape, Michael Patrick Lynch delivers a trenchant philosophical take on digital culture and its tenden...

The early Marx called for the realization of philosophy through revolution. Revolution thus becomes a critical philosophical concept for Marxism, a...

In this sweeping and provocative work, political economist William Davies draws on a four-hundred-year history of ideas to reframe our understandin...

The revival of recognition theory has brought new energy to critical theory. In general terms, recognition theory aims to critically evaluate socia...

Steven B. Smith examines the concept of modernity, not as the end product of historical developments but as a state of mind. He explores modernism ...

In On Machiavelli: The Search for Glory, Alan Ryan illuminates the political and philosophical complexities of the often-reviled godfather of realp...

In On Tocqueville, Alan Ryan brilliantly illuminates the observations of the French philosopher who first journeyed to the United States in 1831 an...

How the legendary debate between a civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism illuminates America's racial divideOn February 18, ...

In this age of nearly unprecedented partisan rancor, you'd be forgiven for thinking we could all do with a smaller daily dose of politics. In his p...

We fear that the growing threat of violent attack has upset the balance between existential concepts of political power, which emphasize security, ...

Despite creating vast inequalities and propping up reactionary world regimes, capitalism has many passionate defenders-but not because of what it w...

Poverty violates fundamental human values through its impact on individuals and human environments. Poverty also goes against the core values of de...

Around the globe, democracy appears broken. With political and socioeconomic inequality on the rise, we are faced with the urgent question of how t...