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In this book, the author systematically introduces one of the most important areas of Kants philosophy and relates its basic ideas to the debates of today.

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Hauke Brunkhorst not only emphasizes the links between Adorno and the dialectical thinking of Hegel and Marx, but also the connection between Adorno and Kant. The book sheds light on Adorno's negative dialectic and adds a German voice to the debate in the English language on the celebrated Frankfurt philosopher.

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Within Germany, Carl Schmitt's status as a political thinker is on a par with Machiavelli and Hobbes. In this study the author seeks to apply Schmitt's thought to modern times as well as extrapolate possibilities for the future.

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This work presents a review of works in the area of universal human rights and their implications for international politics. The text addresses such questions as: what rights are universal; who holds the rights under international conventions; and what is the link between such rights and peace

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Examines the relationship between aesthetics and politics based on the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) and Pierre-Felix Guattari (1930-1992). This title analyses the relationship between art and social-political life and considers in what ways the aesthetic and political connect to each other.

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An exposition of Gellner's thought, both in terms of the specific areas in which he worked and the underlying consistency of his theoretical principles. It provides a context within which to evaluate Gellner's contribution to social and politcal thought.

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In the early 1990s Francis Fukuyama argued that society had entered a new and lasti ng phase. He claimed that the change was so dramatic that it might be accurately depicted as the end of history. This volume is an in-depth discussion of Fukuyama's argument.

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Dealing with the morality of groups, this book addresses the conflict and tensions that exist between impartiality and partiality within political philosophy, and ordinary thought and practice by relating theoretical arguments to practical issues such as immigration and emigration policy.

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Hegel's concept of civil society endorses a market economy and a liberal outlook. But his concept of state culminates in an authoritarian prince who is protector of the constitution. The tensions and contradictions that plague Hegel's liberal society that cannot be resolved by its own civil institutions, motivate his conservative authoritarianism.

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Hegel's concept of civil society endorses a market economy and a liberal outlook. But his concept of state culminates in an authoritarian prince who is protector of the constitution. The tensions and contradictions that plague Hegel's liberal society that cannot be resolved by its own civil institutions, motivate his conservative authoritarianism.

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This book explores Kants influence on the development of biology and his importance for contemporary issues in philosophy of biology. Establishing Kant-inspired approaches toward these issues helps to develop new perspectives that critically examine underlying assumptions in biology.

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Ideology draws on the social, political and cultural theory of Jurgen Habermas, Gilles Deleuze and Slavoj Zizek in order to explore the possibility of developing a 'critical conception of ideology'. The book is concerned with two main themes: the relationship of ideology to the 'real' and the relationship between ideology and the 'ethical'.

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Ideology draws on the social, political and cultural theory of Jurgen Habermas, Gilles Deleuze and Slavoj Zizek in order to explore the possibility of developing a 'critical conception of ideology'. The book is concerned with two main themes: the relationship of ideology to the 'real' and the relationship between ideology and the 'ethical'.

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This volume focuses on one relationship that has featured prominently in the debate about the decline of the Westaphalian model of the nation-state - citizenship. It argues for a distinctive approach to theories of citizenship.

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This volume focuses on one relationship that has featured prominently in the debate about the decline of the Westaphalian model of the nation-state - citizenship. It argues for a distinctive approach to theories of citizenship.

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Isaiah Berlin, a prominent public intellectual of the second half of the twentieth century, is examined in historical context for the first time as a thinker deeply influenced by, and deeply reactive against, the British Idealists.

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'John Rawls: Towards a Just World Order' is a concise and detailed analysis of one of the foremost political philosophers of our time that demonstrates the importance of Rawls's work for contemporary debates regarding international relations, world politics and human rights.

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Kant is not the philosopher who has his head in the clouds, but the philosopher seeking to bridge the gulf between the ideal and the real in international relations.

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This study looks at the relationship between the two thinkers and demonstrates the viable alternative to Hobbes' orthodoxy that can be found in Kant's political writings. It also shows how Kant anticipated the development of a world-wide political order.

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This study considers Lyotard's notion of a "grand" narrative and analyzes his critique of modernity. In the light of Lyotard's views, it goes on to examine the work of seven political thinkers whose ideas represent different stands of a distinctively modern perspective.

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This study considers Lyotard's notion of a "grand" narrative and analyzes his critique of modernity. In the light of Lyotard's views, it goes on to examine the work of seven political thinkers whose ideas represent different stands of a distinctively modern perspective.

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This is a book about justice: the justice of a nation's major institutions, and the justice of how nations should interact on the world stage. In this book, the author offers a look at Walzer's body of work. He deals critically with controversial subjects and surveys both the national and the international fields of justice.

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This book is the reconstruction of a critical theory of modernity. 'Modernity Reconstructed' is divided into four parts: freedom, equality, solidarity and responsibility. The first three follow the basic ideas of the constitutional revolutions of the 18th century.