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Bastard Politics
(February 2021)
Sovereignty and Violence
Nick Mansfield - Author
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Argues that we need to reinvent sovereignty as a motive for democratic political action while remaining alert to its dangers, specifically its relationship to violence.
Sovereignty is usually seen as either the assertion of national rights in the face of external challenge or the cruel license of unaccountable power. In philosophy, sovereignty has been presented as the eart...(Read More) |
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Abolishing Boundaries
(January 2021)
Global Utopias in the Formation of Modern Chinese Political Thought, 1880–1940
Peter Zarrow - Author
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Offers new perspectives on modern Chinese political thought.
Focusing on four key Chinese intellectuals of the first half of the twentieth century, Abolishing Boundaries offers new perspectives on modern Chinese political thought. These four intellectuals—Kang Youwei, Cai Yuanpei, Chen Duxiu, and Hu Shi—were deeply familiar with the Confucian and Buddhist classical texts, w...(Read More) |
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The Specter of Babel
(November 2020)
A Reconstruction of Political Judgment
Michael J. Thompson - Author
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Presents a new way of thinking about fundamental political concepts such as freedom, justice, and the common good.
In an age of rising groupthink, reactionary populism, social conformity, and democratic deficit, political judgment in modern society has reached a state of crisis. In The Specter of Babel, Michael J. Thompson offers a critical reconstruction of the concept of political judgment that can help resuscitate cri...(Read More) |
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Contesting the Global Order
(September 2020)
The Radical Political Economy of Perry Anderson and Immanuel Wallerstein
Gregory P. Williams - Author
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Examines how events in the Cold War and post–Cold War periods shaped the intellectual projects of Perry Anderson and Immanuel Wallerstein.
Contesting the Global Order explores what it means to be a radical intellectual as political hopes fade. Gregory P. Williams chronicles the evolution of intellectual visionaries Perry Anderson and Immanuel Wallerstein, who despite altere...(Read More) |
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Endangered Excellence
(September 2020)
On the Political Philosophy of Aristotle
Pierre Pellegrin - Author
Anthony Preus - Translator
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A fresh look at Aristotle’s political theory with attention to the resonance of his thought for contemporary concerns.
In Endangered Excellence, Pierre Pellegrin provides a fresh interpretation of Aristotle’s Politics, revealing the extent to which Aristotle diverged from other ancient writers on politics, and the extent to which many of his positions resemble...(Read More) |
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Recovering the Liberal Spirit
(September 2020)
Nietzsche, Individuality, and Spiritual Freedom
Steven F. Pittz - Author
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Develops a theory of spiritual freedom and explores its relationship to problems of liberal political regimes.
Liberalism is often castigated for being spiritually empty and unable to provide meaning for individuals. Is it true that there simply is no spiritual side to liberalism? In Recovering the Liberal Spirit, Steven F. Pittz develops a novel conception of spiritual freedom. Drawing from Nietzsche and his figure of ...(Read More) |
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Taxation in Utopia
(September 2020)
Required Sacrifice and the General Welfare
Donald Morris - Author
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An interdisciplinary exploration of utopian political philosophy from the neglected perspective of taxation.
Taxation in Utopia explores utopian political philosophy from the neglected perspective of taxation. At its core, taxation is an ethical question. It requires people to sacrifice for the benefit of others, whether or not they also benefit themselves. Donald Morris re...(Read More) |
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Image and Argument in Plato's Republic
(August 2020)
Marina Berzins McCoy - Author
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Argues that images are at the heart of the dialogue’s philosophical argumentation.
Although Plato has long been known as a critic of imagination and its limits, Marina Berzins McCoy explores the extent to which images also play an important, positive role in Plato’s philosophical argumentation. She begins by examining the poetic educational context in which Plato is writing and th...(Read More) |
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