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Rethinking the Communicative Turn
(January 2001)
Adorno, Habermas, and the Problem of Communicative Freedom
Martin Morris - Author
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Assesses linguistic versus aesthetic visions of critical theory and their capacity to contribute to the analysis of contemporary democratic society.
Contrasting aesthetic versus linguistic centered visions for critical theory and the analysis of contemporary democratic theory and society, Martin Morris draws special attention to the concept of communicative freedom. He problematizes the paradigm shift within critical ...(Read More) |
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Transformational Politics
(August 1998)
Theory, Study, and Practice
Stephen Woolpert - Editor
Christa Daryl Slaton - Editor
Edward W. Schwerin - Editor
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Best Book in Ecological and Transformational Politics Awarded by the American Political Science Association's Section on Ecological and Transformational Politics 1999
Argues that traditional political science is failing to identify and address fundamental political phenomena of our time and proposes an alternative value-based political science.
The discipline of political science has reached a crossroads. The frequency with ...(Read More) |
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The Strategy of Nonviolent Defense
(November 1995)
A Gandhian Approach
Robert J. Burrowes - Author
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Addresses the question of whether nonviolent defense can be an effective strategy against military violence. Drawing from the strategic theory of Carl von Clausewitz, the nonviolence of Mahatma Gandhi, and recent human needs and conflict theory, Burrowes develops a new strategic theory of nonviolent defense.
"The author does an exceptional job at questioning underlying assumptions (for example patriarchy, political realism, and the elitis...(Read More) |
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Presidential Campaign Discourse
(August 1995)
Strategic Communication Problems
Kathleen E. Kendall - Editor
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Focuses on strategies for solving communication problems in presidential campaigns.
"This fresh and different book brings current approaches in political communication to bear on the most recent election in a way that makes the field of political communication accessable to non-specialized readers. Kendall not only provides a variety of very insightful analyses of the 1992 election that will certainly enhance the understanding of that ca...(Read More) |
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Politics of Ideocracy
(February 1995)
Jaroslaw Piekalkiewicz - Author
Alfred Wayne Penn - Author
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Explains why and how ideocratic and totalitarian governments emerge, establish themselves, evolve, eventually collapse, and disintegrate or transform themselves into new ideocracies.
"This book helps the reader to understand why and how ideocratic/totalitarian governments emerge, establish themselves, evolve, and eventually collapse, disintegrate, or transform themselves into new ideocracies. It helps comprehend past and present ideoc...(Read More) |
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The Parable of the Tribes
(December 1994)
The Problem of Power in Social Evolution, Second Edition
Andrew Bard Schmookler - Author
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This is a new view of the role of power in social evolution. It shows how, as human societies evolved, intersocietal conflicts necessarily developed, and how humanity can choose peace over war.
"Goes far beyond our common folk knowledge about power." -- New York Times Book Review
The Parable of the Tribes provides a new way of analyzing the human condition. This panoramic work, which incorporates history, philosophy, a...(Read More) |
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