The Tragedy of Liberalism

Bert Van Den Brink

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• A defense of liberalism, understood as a perfectionist doctrine that presupposes an ideal but controversial notion of human well-being. Drawing on rec... Lees meer

Democracy, Real and Ideal

Ricardo Blaug

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Explores the political implications of Habermas's theory of discourse ethics through a resurrection of its radical potential when applied to participa... Lees meer

The Culture of Citizenship

Thomas Bridges

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• This book seeks to salvage liberalism, as a form of political association and as a unique culture, from the wreck of the Enlightenment. Following the ... Lees meer

The Fragmented World of the Social

Axel Honneth

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• The essays in this book weave together insights and arguments from such diverse traditions as German critical theory, French philosophy and social the... Lees meer

Reason, History, and Politics

David Ingram

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• The author shows that conceptions of rationality in current theories of science and law can account for neither the legitimacy of paradigm shifts nor ... Lees meer

Problems of Style

Walter Privitera

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Walter Privitera is Professor of Sociology at the University of Calabria, Italy. Lees meer

The Just Family

Richard Dien Winfield

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Provides a comprehensive and systematic family ethic, addressing major issues fueling the family values debate. The Just Family presents a comprehensi... Lees meer

Against Nature

Steven Vogel

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Argues that the tradition of critical theory has had significant problems dealing with the concept of nature and that their solutions require taking s... Lees meer

The Sense of Appropriateness

Klaus Günther

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Günther's book demonstrates that most objections to moral and legal principles are directed not against the validity of principles but against the man... Lees meer

Rousseau's Counter-Enlightenment

Graeme Garrard

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Sees Rousseau as the father of Counter-Enlightenment thought. Arguing that the question of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's relationship to the Enlightenment h... Lees meer

Rethinking the Communicative Turn

Martin Morris

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Assesses linguistic versus aesthetic visions of critical theory and their capacity to contribute to the analysis of contemporary democratic society. C... Lees meer

Impartiality in Context

Shane O'Neill

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Assesses critically the work of Rawls, Walzer, and Habermas and presents a theory of justice that responds to two senses of pluralism. In this book, S... Lees meer

The New Insecurity

Jerald Wallulis

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Examines the impact of the loss of expectations of permanent employment and enduring family relationships on individuals today and explores how change... Lees meer

Autonomy and Community

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Shows how Kant's basic position applies to and clarifies present-day problems of war, race, abortion, capital punishment, labor relations, the environ... Lees meer

Reason, History, and Politics

David Ingram

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• The author shows that conceptions of rationality in current theories of science and law can account for neither the legitimacy of paradigm shifts nor ... Lees meer

Hegel and Feminist Social Criticism

Jeffrey a Gauthier

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• This book draws mutually enlightening parallels between controversial themes in contemporary feminist thought and Hegel's political philosophy. Jeffre... Lees meer

Wrongness, Wisdom, and Wilderness

Tal Scriven

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Defends a libertarian social ethic that can support government action in pursuit of social goals and offers a new perspective on the relationship betw... Lees meer

Rousseau's Counter-Enlightenment

Graeme Garrard

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Sees Rousseau as the father of Counter-Enlightenment thought. Arguing that the question of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's relationship to the Enlightenment h... Lees meer

The Just Family

Richard Dien Winfield

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Provides a comprehensive and systematic family ethic, addressing major issues fueling the family values debate. The Just Family presents a comprehensi... Lees meer

Discourse and Democracy

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Examines issues in legal and democratic theory found in the work of Jürgen Habermas. Discourse and Democracy offers a variety of perspectives by an in... Lees meer

Modernity and Authenticity

Alessandro Ferrara

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• This study on the contemporary relevance of Rousseau's ethical and social thought, the "ethic of authenticity," responds to the tensions of modern mor... Lees meer

Mass Enlightenment

Julia Simon

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Using the writings of the critical theorists of the Frankfurt School as a framework, this book uncovers the tensions and contradictions associated wit... Lees meer

Freud, Psychoanalysis, Social Theory

Fred Weinstein

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• Discusses the reasons for the decline of the cultural influence of psychoanalysis. Freud, Psychoanalysis, Social Theory explores the parallel decline ... Lees meer

Disenchantment of Reaspb

Paul R Harrison

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Social and Political Thought
• This book is an examination of nineteenth-century interpretations of Socrates by Hegel, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche in the light of the contemporary de... Lees meer