(Paperback)

Aims to overturn the long-standing reputation of Thomas Aquinas as the most moderate and rational exponent of the Christian faith. The author seeks to reveal Aquinas to be one of the most zealous Dominicans (Domini Canes) or Hounds of the Lord - an ardent defender of papal supremacy, the Inquisition, and the persecution of Jews.

(Hardback)

Deleuze's Political Vision reconstructs Deleuze's conception of political theories of pluralism, human nature, the social contract, liberalism, democracy, socialism, feminism, and comparative political theory. Translating Deleuze's ideas into popular vernaculars to realize his...

(Paperback)

Davide Panagias Impressions of Hume: Cinematic Thinking and the Politics of Discontinuity is volume fifteen of Modernity and Political Thought, the Rowman & Littlefield series in contemporary political theory.

(Hardback)

Donald Moons John Rawls: Liberalism and the Challenges of Late Modernity is an accessible biography that explores how Rawls life helped establish the fundamental commitment of classical liberalism through the understanding that the individual has always stood in an ambiguous relationship to the central object of the study of politicsthe state.

(Hardback)

In this book, political theorist Steve Johnston explores Lincolns thought and political philosophy, but also his intentional and shrewdly calculated ambiguity enabling him to be maximally politically effective in the face of unprecedented challenges.

(Paperback)

Merleau-Pontys focus on embodied experience allows us to approach political life in a manner that is both critical and engaged. This work demonstrates that political questions were always central to Merleau-Pontys philosophical project. It also shows how existential phenomenology illuminates and enlivens our understanding of politics.

(Hardback)

Merleau-Pontys focus on embodied experience allows us to approach political life in a manner that is both critical and engaged. This work demonstrates that political questions were always central to Merleau-Pontys philosophical project. It also shows how existential phenomenology illuminates and enlivens our understanding of politics.

(Paperback)

What is freedom In this study, Thomas Dumm challenges the conventions that have governed discussions and debates concerning modern freedom by bringing the work of Michel Foucault into dialogue with contemporary liberal thought.

(Paperback)

Jason Frank's Publius and Political Imagination is the first volume of the Modernity and Political Thought series to take as its focus not a single author, but collaboration between political philosophers, in this very special case the collective known by the pseudonym: Publiu...

(Paperback)

In this text Strong examines Rousseau's fear of authorship (though not of authority), his understanding of the human, his attempt to overcome the scandal that relativism posed for politics and the political importance of sexuality.

(Paperback)

"The Augustinian Imperative" is "an archaeological investigation into the intellectual foundation of liberal societies." Drawing support from Nietzsche and Foucault, Connolly argues that the Imperative of Augustine contains unethical implications.

(Paperback)

In emphasizing Hobbes's skepticism, Richard Flathman goes against the grain of much of the literature concerning Hobbes. Although primarily an account of Hobbes's thinking, Flathman contends that Hobbes's formulation speaks valuably to issues that remain very much with us.