Social & political philosophy books

Scrupulously based in anthropology and history – and drawing on social theory and critical thought – this book revisits...  Read More >>

This book draws on unpublished archival material and an innovative historiographical approach to analyze events...  Read More >>

This book demonstrates that Rorty offers a coherent ethical vision. Its chapters explore his emphasis on the importance...  Read More >>

This volume presents new essays on the theory and practice of recognition. In order to retain its overall plausibility...  Read More >>

Global Perspectives on Nationalism takes an interdisciplinary approach informed by recent theorisations of nationalism...  Read More >>

In this book, leading law academics along with lawyers, activists and others demonstrate what legislation could...  Read More >>

The Art of Populism in US Politics investigates connections between populist politics and artistic expressions in...  Read More >>

This book examines social change in Hungary, commencing with the period of late-stage socialism, the country’s immediate...  Read More >>

Bringing together scholars from art history, visual studies, and related disciplines, this edited volume asks why...  Read More >>

Elias Canetti is a key thinker in the trend towards the renewal of social theory for the 21st century. He is increasingly...  Read More >>

Zahi Zalloua provides the first examination of Palestinian identity from the perspective of Indigeneity and Critical...  Read More >>

In an unconventionally written book that challenges the literary imagination of its readers, Jeremy Bendik-Keymer...  Read More >>

Nietzsche’s Renewal of Ancient Ethics connects different strands in Nietzsche studies to progress a unique interpretation...  Read More >>

Is the self or subject discontinuous across technological platforms? Do technological developments increase inequality...  Read More >>

The Body Productive represents a new and radical approach to the relationships between capitalism, work and the...  Read More >>

The book sheds light on the forms of neoliberalism’s political rationality by highlighting the theoretical foundations...  Read More >>

The Environmental Uncanny argues that the increasing destitution of our world is the result of a certain forgetfulness:...  Read More >>

For a long time, much of mainstream philosophy trivialized gestures, representing them as a kind of pseudo-language....  Read More >>

This book advances a new theory of what it means to be an autonomous individual with free will and an authentic...  Read More >>

Bringing together Michel Foucault’s aesthetics of existence and Richard Shusterman’s somaesthetics, this volume...  Read More >>

Heidegger’s Metaphysics explores how Heidegger continued the project of Being and Time, developing a new kind of...  Read More >>

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A New York Times bestselling author and veteran Fox Business financial journalist's explosive, in-depth investigation...  Read More >>

Das Handbuch präsentiert den „state of the art“ zu den Themen Armut und soziale Ausgrenzung. wirtschaftliche Zusammenhänge,...  Read More >>

What is the relationship of religion to economy, ecology, and democracy? In our fraught moment, what critical questions...  Read More >>