Political Theory

These pioneering essays provide a unique study of the development of political ideas in Ireland from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. The authors challenge preconceptions and offer new perspectives on political thought in Ireland...

Politics was one of the first books to investigate the concept of political philosophy and the starting point of political science studies as we know them. Written in the fourth century B.C.E., it explores how best to create political communities that support, serve, and improve citizens...

Morgenthau’s classic text, published in 1948, not only introduced the concept of political realism, but also established it as the dominant approach in international relations and the guiding philosophy of US foreign policy during the Cold War...

What is the meaning and value of politics? James Wiley takes the "next step," from criticizing political theory, to showing what a more "politics-centered" political theory might look like...

What is the meaning and value of politics? James Wiley takes the "next step," from criticizing political theory, to showing what a more "politics-centered" political theory might look like...

First published in 1997, this volume responds to the issue that identity can no longer be taken for granted, and features contributions from experts in politics, history and social theory on the concepts of identity politics and selfhood in cultures around the world...

‘Politics as a Vocation’ examines what makes good political leaders and explores the effects of political action on modern societies. On one level, it summarizes the political scholarship of one of the founding fathers of social science. On another, it reflects practical concerns about the future of..

 This book attempts to approach peace from its theoretical fundations, developing a framework that, first, will address critiques of concepts of peace, which nullify this fundamental relation and are therefore called ‘imperial peace’ here (also ‘liberal peace’ elsewhere); and second, for (re)thinkin..

The Politics of Empathy argues that empathy is a necessary condition for ethical subjectivity and the emergence of a more compassionate world._x005F_x000D_..

The central argument of this book is that we need to abandon our state-centric approach to political understanding and learn to see "like a city" if we are to make sense of contemporary politics...

The leading philosopher of the right, John Gray, criticizes conventional academic thinking and identifies that which is of value in liberalism, looking to traditions of practice rather than theory...

Proposed through a historically informed engagement with several thinkers, like Benjamin, Deleuze, and Foucault, and using examples from film, literature and contemporary events, Taskale presents an original perspective to interpret contemporary politics...