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Explores the politics of masculinity and gender identity, examining the contemporary discourses of masculinity. This book focuses on male pro-feminist movements and locates them within the context of feminist debates. It outlines the theoretical issues for scholars and students working in the area of critical studies of masculinities.

Offering an analysis of contemporary politics and of the scepticism and apathy which characterise the political life of modern democracies, this book develops a republican perspective as an alternative framework for political institutions.

This book examines the issues of transitional justice and political reconciliation in the context of contemporary debates in political theory concerning the nature of 'the political'.

Hannah Arendt is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's most powerful political theorists. This book intends to make a contribution to the literature connecting Arendt to international political theory and debates surrounding globalization. It focuses on the central theme of evil in Arendt's work.

Could global government be the answer to global poverty and starvation? This book offers a moral argument for world government, claiming that not only do we have strong obligations to people elsewhere, but also accountable integration among nation-states will help ensure that all persons can lead a decent life.

Provides an overview of the meaning of cosmopolitanism, and world citizenship, in the history of western political thought, and in the evolution of international politics since 1500. It also discusses developments in international politics and transnational protest, and is for those interested in International Relations and peace/conflict studies.

Examines the connection between theories of the State and approaches to knowledge construction. It focuses on neo-pluralist, neo-liberalist and neo-Marxist thought, analysing the work of Hayek and others.

This book is a collection of Anne Showstack Sassoon's writing which spans the major transitions from Thatcher and Reagan, to Clinton and Blair; the collapse of communism to the regeneration of social democracy.

This innovative volume brings a selection of leading political theorists to the debate on multiculturalism and political legitimacy, and confronts issues including rights, liberalism, cultural pluralism and power relations.

This book explores how it is that dialectical thought might respond to the critiques espoused by those on the left who are critical of Marxism's universalizing and authoritarian legacy.

The Politics of Economic Life explores the ways by which practices of consumption, work, production and entrepreneurship can be imbued with political strategy and ideology, and assesses the potentials and perils of the politicization of economic activity for democracy in the 21st century.

The growing interest in human rights has recently brought the question of their philosophical foundation to the foreground. Theorists of human rights often assume that their ideal can be traced to the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and his view of humans as ends in themselves. Yet, few have attempted to explore exactly how human rights should be understood in a Kantian framework. The scholars in this book have gathered to fill this gap.

This edited book explores the relationship between political expertise, which is defined as "scientific statesmanship or governance," and political leadership throughout the history of ideas. An outstanding group of experts study and analyze the ideas of significant philosophers, such as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Kant, Burke, Comte, and Weber, among others. The contributors aim to interpret these thinkers¿ approaches to "scientific statesmanship," deepening our understanding of the idea itself and decoding its theoretical complexities.

This book is a major reassessment of Michael Weinstein''s political philosophy. It situates his singular contribution, designated as "critical vitalism," in the context of both canonical American and contemporary continental theory. Weinstein is presented as a philosopher of life and as an American Nietzsche. Yet the contributors also persuasively argue for this form of thinking as a prescient prophecy addressing contemporary society''s concern over the management of life as well as the technological changes that both threaten and sustain intimacy. This is the first full scale study of Weinstein''s work which reveals surprising aspects of a philosophic journey that has encompassed most of the major American (pragmatic or vitalist) or Continental (phenomenological or existential) traditions. Weinstein is read as a comparative political theorist, a precursor to post-structuralism, and as a post-colonial border theorist. A different aspect of his oeuvre is highlighted in each of the book''s three sections. The opening essays comprising the "Action" diptych contrasts meditative versus extrapolative approaches; "Contemplation" stages a series of encounters between Weinstein and his philosophic interlocutors; "Vitalism" presents Weinstein as a teacher, media analyst, musician, and performance artist. The book contains an epilogue written by Weinstein in response to the contributors.

Renate Holub provides a critical introduction to the philosophical foundations developed by the Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico and demonstrates the innovative principles he contributed to the study of non-violent global rights and justice.

Jens Borchert and Stephan Lessenichcritically combine a reconstruction Claus Offe¿s approach to state theory, deemed the most important contribution to Western state theory of the last decades, with an analysis of the current constellation of democratic capitalism based on that same theory. In doing so, they expertly argue that his relational approach to state theory is much better equipped analytically to grasp the contradictory dynamics of the financial crisis and its political regulation than competing contributions. This is why systematically revisiting the theory of "late capitalism" is not only of a historical concern, but constitutes an essential contribution to a political sociology of our time.

Provides a critical review of the political theory of compromise and disagreement using a historical and philosophical analyses that explain and assess the meaning, use, and value of compromise in politics.

This book explores how it is that dialectical thought might respond to the critiques espoused by those on the left who are critical of Marxism¿s universalizing and authoritarian legacy. Brian C. Lovato turns to two heterodox Marxist thinkers, Raya Dunayevskaya and C. L. R. James, to construct a radically democratic, dynamic, and open conceptualization of dialectical thought. In doing so, he advances a vision of Marxist theory that might serve as a resource to scholars and activists committed not only to combatting capitalism, but also to fighting against colonialism, patriarchy, white supremacy, and heteronormativity. The writings of Dunayevskaya and James allow for Marxism to become relevant again in these tumultuous early years of the 21st century.

This book combines an assessment of the philosophical legacy of Mill¿s arguments with an assessment of Mill¿s complex and fecund version of liberalism and his account of the relationship between character and ethical and political commitment.

The Politics of Economic Life addresses the ways in which practices of consumption, work, production and entrepreneurship can be imbued with political strategy and ideology.

This book looks at the political accommodation of national plurity in liberal democracies and in the European Union at the turn of the century.

The growing interest in human rights has recently brought the question of their philosophical foundation to the foreground. Theorists of human rights often assume that their ideal can be traced to the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and his view of humans as ends in themselves. Yet, few have attempted to explore exactly how human rights should be understood in a Kantian framework. The scholars in this book have gathered to fill this gap.

Isaiah Berlin and the Politics of Freedom brings together an integrated collection of essays by noted and emerging political theorists that commemorate in a critical spirit the recent 50th anniversary of Isaiah Berlin¿s famous lecture and essay, "Two Concepts of Liberty." The contributors use Berlin¿s essay as an occasion to rethink the larger politics of freedom from a twenty-first century standpoint, bringing Berlin¿s ideas into conversation with current political problems and perspectives rooted in postcolonial theory, feminist theory, democratic theory, and critical social theory.

This book focuses on Andrew Arato's democratic theory and its relevance to contemporary issues such as processes of democratization, civil society, constitution-making, and the modern Executive.

This book explores the oeuvre of Michael Weinstein, one of the greatest political philosophers in contemporary American and continental thought. The essays are divided between inspirational pieces that illuminate the links between Weinstein and authors within the canon of political theory and reflective pieces that use Weinstein's substantial writings to push the literature forward. The collection as a whole is intended not only to argue for a reengagement with both existential-phenomenology and vitalism, but also to suggest that Weinstein belongs in the canon of poststructural political thought.