This second volume completes the author's account of natural law and political realism as historical traditions of political thought. In it, the development of those traditions is traced from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries, with specia... Read More about Natural Law and Political Realism in the History of Political Thought: Volume II: From the Seventeenth to the Twenty-First Century.
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The following text is taken from the publisher's website: "This book is a detailed scholarly examination of five major medieval thinkers who sought to bring out the implications, for social and political life and organizations, of the doctrines, thou... Read More about Normative Theories of Society and Government in Five Medieval Thinkers : St. Augustine, John of Salisbury, Giles of Rome, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Marsilius of Padua.
A Thematic Dictionary of Modern Persian (2004)
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A Thematic Dictionary of Modern Persian is a reference work unique in the history of English-Persian lexicography, offering a considerably extended guide to modern everyday Persian vocabulary, arranged by theme. With approximately 25,000 Persian head... Read More about A Thematic Dictionary of Modern Persian.
Twentieth-Century German Political Thought (2006)
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A History of European Integration since 1914 (1996)
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Critical Theory:Politics and Society (2000)
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This is the first volume of a detailed history of the traditions of natural law and political realism in western political thought. It elucidates the ways in which the relation between politics and morality was understood by major thinkers from class... Read More about Natural Law and Political Realism in the History of Political Thought. Volume I: From the Sophists to Machiavelli.
The Failure of a Dream: The Independent Labour Party from disaffiliation to World War II (2006)
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The Independent Labour Party began the 1930s as a significant force in dispute with the Labour Party proper. In 1932, as these conflicts led to a split, the party had more MPs in Scotland than the larger organisation and a membership five times that... Read More about The Failure of a Dream: The Independent Labour Party from disaffiliation to World War II.
Giles of Rome's 'On Ecclesiastical Power': A Medieval Theory of World Government (2004)
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Giles of Rome was the archbishop of Bourges and a loyal champion of Pope Boniface VIII during the Franco-papal crisis of 1296–1303. On Ecclesiastical Power was written at the height of the conflict between Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip IV of Fra... Read More about Giles of Rome's 'On Ecclesiastical Power': A Medieval Theory of World Government.
Max Horkheimer: A New Interpretation (1992)
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Islam: The Basics (2005)
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From the doctrines of Islam and the practices of Muslims, to the significance of Islam in the modern world, this clear, jargon-free text provides a concise yet comprehensive introduction to all aspects of the Islamic faith. An important and timely ad... Read More about Islam: The Basics.
Carl Schmitt, Crown Jurist of the Third Reich On Preemptive War, Military Occupation and World Empire (2005)
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Carl Schmitt is one of the most contentious political theorists of the twentieth century. His complicity in Nazi Germany left him discredited yet he has continued to attract widespread attention as an insightful, if flawed, critic of the modern democ... Read More about Carl Schmitt, Crown Jurist of the Third Reich On Preemptive War, Military Occupation and World Empire.
The Ethics of Territorial Borders: Drawing Lines in the Shifting Sand (2006)
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The Ethics of Territorial Borders develops a distinctive line of argument, drawing on political theory and geography as well as international relations. It argues that although borders have played a role in ethical discussions about war, about interv... Read More about The Ethics of Territorial Borders: Drawing Lines in the Shifting Sand.
T.H.Green's Moral and Political Philosophy: A Phenomenological Perspective (2001)
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This book offers a new phenomenological, interpretation of T.H. Green's (1836-1882) philosophy and political theory. By analysing in turn his theory of human practice, the moral idea, the common good, freedom and human rights, the book demonstrates t... Read More about T.H.Green's Moral and Political Philosophy: A Phenomenological Perspective.
Englishness and the Study of Politics: The Social and Political Thought of Ernest Barker (1994)
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This book considers the role of political intellectuals in Britain since 1850 in shaping the public identities of their society, particularly its national identity. Political intellectuals and public identities in Britain since 1850 will be of intere... Read More about Englishness and the Study of Politics: The Social and Political Thought of Ernest Barker.
The Political Culture of the Left in Affluent Britain, 1951-64: Old Labour, New Britain? (2002)
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Exploring relationships between politics, the people and social change, this book assesses the fortunes mainly of Labour, but also of the Communist Party and the New Left in postwar Britain. Using concepts like political culture, it looks at the left... Read More about The Political Culture of the Left in Affluent Britain, 1951-64: Old Labour, New Britain?.
Sir Arthur Bryant and National History in Twentieth-Century Britain (2005)
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The following text is taken from the publisher's website: "Sir Arthur Bryant and National History in Twentieth-Century Britain is a significant new study of the work of the popular historian and journalist, Sir Arthur Bryant (1899-1985). Since his de... Read More about Sir Arthur Bryant and National History in Twentieth-Century Britain.
This is the first translation into English of Seh Asl (Three Principles) by the important sixteenth century thinker Mulla Sadra. It contains a detailed introduction by Colin Turner that contextualizes the work and a footnoted commentary on the text i... Read More about The Three Principles of Mulla Sadra: Divine Gnosis, Self-Realisation and the Dangers of Pseudo-Knowledge in Islam.