Bøger af Victor Seidler

What can we learn about our society and the need to listen to each other in order to make sense of Brexit within a wider world? This accessible book addresses the causes and implications of Brexit, exploring the anger against political elites as people felt estranged from a political process that no longer expressed their will.

Explores the different notions of respect, equality and dependency in Kant's moral writings. This work illuminates central tensions and contradictions not only within Kant's moral philosophy, but within the thinking and feeling about human dignity and social inequality which we take very much for granted within a liberal moral culture.

Examines sexual politics in a world which is changed by the challenges of feminism. This title explores how men have responded to feminism, and the contradictory feelings men have towards dominant forms of masculinity. It shows the importance of sexual and personal politics within contemporary politics and culture.

Simone Weil - philosopher, trade union militant, factory worker - developed a penetrating critique of Marxism and a powerful political philosophy which serves an alternative both to liberalism and to Marxism. This title shows how Simone Weil's philosophy sought to place political action on a firmly moral basis.

Introduces Jewish philosophical tradition to students while also making a contribution to inter-religious dialogue. This book offers a critical reappraisal of philosophical underpinnings of this western Christian culture which for so long has viewed Judaism with hostility.