Philosophie / Politique

Anarchism and Other Essays

de Emma Goldman

Anarchism & Other Essays, published in 1911, is the work of feminist anarchist Emma Goldman. Anarchism is a political philosophy which believes that government, or a governing body is unnecessary. Goldman discusses...

The Kingdom of God is Within You

de Leo Tolstoy

Published in 1884, 'The kingdom of God is within you' is perhaps Tolstoy's most significant work of non-fiction. Due to the Russian censors, it was first published in Germany, but its dominant idea of non-violence...

The Revolution: A Manifesto

de Ron Paul

This Much Is True:

You Have Been Lied To.

The government is expanding.

Taxes are increasing.

More senseless wars are being planned.

Inflation is ballooning.

Our basic freedoms are disappearing.

The Founding Fathers...

Ayn Rand Novel Collection

de Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand Novel Collection Ayn Rand Two landmark epics from the famed philosopher and "a writer of great power" (The New York Times Book Review), The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged explore themes of individuality,...

Utopia

de Sir Thomas More

Sir Thomas More wrote Utopia in 1516 in Latin. His Utopia is a fictional island, whose society, religion and politics he explores. Critics do not believe that the island depicted More's idea of the perfect society,...

Same-Sex Marriage in the Americas: Policy Innovation for Same-Sex Relationships

de Piatti-Crocker Pierceson

This book explores policy innovation for same-sex couples throughout the Americas and includes same-sex marriage legislation, civil unions, and other new developments for same-sex couples throughout the Americas...

Luhmann Explained: From Souls to Systems

de Hans-Georg Moeller

What are systems? What is society? What happens to human beings in a hypermodern world? This book is an introduction to Niklas Luhmann's social system theory which explains specific functions like economy and...

Freedom and the Rule of Law

de Anthony A Peacock

Freedom and the Rule of Law takes a critical look at the historical beginnings of law in the United States, and how that history has influenced current trends regarding law and freedom. Anthony Peacock has compiled...

Rawls, Citizenship, and Education

de M Victoria Costa

This book develops and applies a unified interpretation of John Rawls' theory of justice as fairness in order to clarify the account of citizenship that Rawls relies upon, and the kind of educational policies...

A Year on The Sauce

de Brendan Montague

Brendan Montague left Fleet Street to pursue his passion: reporting. But can bloggers take on bankers, conglomerates, polluters - and win?

On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice, and Other Essays in Political Philosophy

de G. A. Cohen & Michael Otsuka

G. A. Cohen was one of the most gifted, influential, and progressive voices in contemporary political philosophy. At the time of his death in 2009, he had plans to bring together a number of his most significant...

The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations

de Patrick Thaddeus Jackson

There are many different scientifically valid ways to produce knowledge. The field of International Relations should pay closer attention to these methodological differences, and to their implications for concrete...

Islam as Political Religion

de Shabbir Akhtar

This book provides a survey of contemporary Islam from a theological and philosophical perspective. Engaging with critics of contemporary Islam as he sets out an agenda of what his religion is and could be...

Death Penalty Cases: Leading U.S. Supreme Court Cases on Capital Punishment

de Barry Latzer & David McCord

This brand new edition of Death Penalty Cases makes the most manageable comprehensive resource on the death penalty even better. It includes the most recent cases, including Kennedy v. Louisiana, prohibiting...

Civilization and Its Enemies: The Next Stage of History

de Lee Harris

Forgetfulness occurs when those who have been long inured to civilized order can no longer remember a time in which they had to wonder whether their crops would grow to maturity without being stolen or their...

On Compromise and Rotten Compromises

de Avis Margalit

When is political compromise acceptable--and when is it fundamentally rotten, something we should never accept, come what may? What if a rotten compromise is politically necessary? Compromise is a great political...

The Communist Manifesto

de Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels

The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique...

Notes on the State of Virginia

de Thomas Jefferson & Frank Shuffelton

Jefferson’s chronicle of the natural, social, and political history of Virginia is at once a scientific discourse, an attempt to define America, and a brilliant examination of the idea of freedom.

The Portable Edmund Burke

de Edmund Burke

The intellectual wellspring of modern political conservatism, Edmund Burke is also considered a significant figure in aesthetic theory and cultural studies. As a member of the House of Commons during the late...

Ominous Parallels

de Leonard Peikoff

Ayn Rand chose Leonard Peikoff to be her successor as the spokesman for Objectivism. And in this brilliantly reasoned, thought-provoking work we learn why, as he demonstrates how far America has been detoured...