Political illusion


Pris: 388,-	Strauss, David Levi Co-Illusion (0262043548) Reports from America's political crisis, exposing a new 'iconopolitics, ' in which words and images lose their connection to reality. The political crisis that sneaked up on America-the rise of Trump…	Pris: 360,-	Huemer, Michael Is Political Authority an Illusion? (0367347458) What gives some people the right to issue commands to everyone else and force everyone else to obey them? And why should people obey the commands of those with political power? These two key questions are the heart of…
Pris: 1 551,-	Huemer, Michael Is Political Authority an Illusion? (0367457741) What gives some people the right to issue commands to everyone else and force everyone else to obey them? And why should people obey the commands of those with political power? These two key questions are the heart of…	Pris: 269,-	Steiner Rudolf The Karma of Untruthfulness (1855841916) Although these lectures were given during 1916, they have much to teach us about the political spin, media distortions, propaganda and downright lies we encounter on a daily basis in public life. Rudolf Steiner's calm…
Pris: 285,-	Avineri, Shlomo The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx Ever since the discovery of Marx?s Early Writings, most of the literature concerned with Marx?s intellectual development has centred around the so-called gap between the ?young? Marx, who was considered to be a…	Pris: 502,-	Gurr, Ted Robert Political Rebellion (0415732824) This volume comprises key essays by Ted Robert Gurr on the causes and consequences of organized political protest and rebellion, its outcomes and strategies for conflict management. From the Castro-inspired…
Pris: 415,-	Geuss Raymond History and Illusion in Politics (0521000432) The distinguished political philosopher Raymond Geuss examines critically some of the most widely held and important preconceptions about contemporary politics held in advanced Western societies. In a series of…	Pris: 568,-	Alvi, Hayat The Political Economy and Islam of the Middle East This book analyzes the political economy of the MENA region with a focus on pre-revolutionary political and economic conditions, the 2011 revolution itself, and post-revolutionary political processes in Tunisia. The…
Pris: 354,-	Robinson Cedric J. The Terms of Order (146962821X) Do we live in basically orderly societies that occasionally erupt into violent conflict, or do we fail to perceive the constancy of violence and disorder in our societies? In this classic book, originally published in…	Pris: 375,-	Political Illusion and Reality (1532649061) Are all governments--east and west, Muslim and secular, authoritarian and constitutional, Republican and Democratic--fundamentally the same, all of them under the extraordinary, growing power of ''technique'' and…
Pris: 200,-	The Cid, the Cinna, the Theatrical Illusion New translations of the great French neoclassical dramatist's classic work on Spain's legendary hero, his best-known political, and Roman, play, and an early, bizarre comedy.	Pris: 412,-	Grynaviski, Eric Constructive Illusions (0801452066) Are the best international agreements products of mutual understanding? The conventional wisdom in economics, sociology, and political science is that accurate perceptions of others' interests, beliefs, and ideologies…
Pris: 414,-	Kay, Charles E Wilderness & Political Ecology (0874807190) Environmental law and philosophy assume the existence of a fundamental state of nature: Before the arrival of Columbus, the Americas were a wilderness untouched by human hand, teeming with wildlife and almost void of…	Pris: 309,-	Celani, David The Illusion of Love (023110037X) Domestic violence is a pervasive problem in our society that has only recently come to be acknowledged in public discussion. Though many see it as a social and political problem grounded in unequal gender roles, this…
Pris: 300,-	The Karma of Untruthfulness (185584186X) Although these lectures were given during 1916, they have much to teach us about the political spin, media distortions, propaganda and downright lies we encounter on a daily basis in public life. Rudolf Steiner's calm…	Pris: 1 493,-	Svensson, Hanna Establishing Shared Knowledge in Political Meetings This book investigates the ways in which participants in political activities use micro-practices for solving issues of speaking, hearing and understanding as fundamental for the activities they engage in. Based on…
Pris: 433,-	Bonefeld, Werner Critical Theory and the Critique of Political Economy Subversive thought is none other than the cunning of reason when confronted with a social reality in which the poor and miserable are required to sustain the illusion of fictitious wealth. Yet, this subsidy is absolutely…	Pris: 412,-	The Political Illusion (1606089765)
Pris: 305,-	Kekes, John The Illusions of Egalitarianism (080147339X) In this systematic and scathing attack on the dominant contemporary version of liberalism, John Kekes challenges political assumptions shared by the majority of people in Western societies. Egalitarianism, as it's…	Pris: 401,-	Sartwell, Crispin Political Aesthetics (0801448905) 'I suggest that although at any given place and moment the aesthetic expressions of a political system just are that political system, the concepts are separable. Typically, aesthetic aspects of political systems…
Pris: 364,-	Kuklick, Bruce A Political History of the USA (1352007223) A fresh and engaging account of America's history from the 15th century to the 21st that navigates complexities without oversimplifying or assuming prior knowledge. Kuklick focuses on politics, but places this in the…	Pris: 547,-	Miroiu, Andrei Political Theory of Armed Groups (3030510115) This Brief provides a comprehensive introduction to current research on armed groups and proposes a unitary political theory for their future analysis. Traditionally, theoretical and historical approaches to armed…
Pris: 321,-	Christiano, Thomas Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy This collection of 24 essays, written by eminent philosophers and political theorists, brings together fresh debates on some of the most fundamental questions in contemporary political philosophy, including human rights,…	Pris: 286,-	Pangle, Lorraine Reason and Character ? The Moral Foundations of Aristotelian What does it mean to live a good life or a happy life, and what part does reason play in the quest for fulfillment? Proceeding by means of a close and thematically selective commentary on Aristotle?s Nicomachean…
Pris: 753,-	Barakso, Maryann Understanding Political Science Research Methods This text starts by explaining the fundamental goal of good political science research?the ability to answer interesting and important questions by generating valid inferences about political phenomena. Before the…	Pris: 341,-	Mesquita, Bruce Bueno de The Logic of Political Survival (0262524406) The authors of this ambitious book address a fundamental political question: why are leaders who produce peace and prosperity turned out of office while those who preside over corruption, war, and misery endure?…
Pris: 384,-	Huemer, Michael The Problem of Political Authority (1137281650) The state is often ascribed a special sort of authority, one that obliges citizens to obey its commands and entitles the state to enforce those commands through threats of violence. This book argues that this notion is a…	Pris: 397,-	Bennett, W. Lance News (022634486X) For over thirty years, News: The Politics of Illusion has not simply reflected the political communication field it has played a major role in shaping it. Today, the familiar news organizations of the legacy press are…
Pris: 938,-	Ball, Terence Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal (0367235110) Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal analyzes political ideologies to help readers understand individual ideologies, and the concept of ideology, from a political science perspective. This…	Pris: 632,-	Reed Adolph L. W.E.B. DuBois and American Political Thought (0195130987) This groundbreaking study of W.E.B. DuBois simultaneously analyses the political thought of one of the leading black American intellectuals and activists of this century, provides a model for the study of the history of…
Pris: 261,-	Herwitz, Daniel The Political Power of Visual Art (1350182370) Visual art has a ubiquitous political cast today. But which politics? Daniel Herwitz seeks clarity on the various things meant by politics, and how we can evaluate their presumptions or aspirations in contemporary art. …	Pris: 378,-	Editor, Oxford The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior (0199566011) What does democracy expect of its citizens, and how do the citizenry match these expectations? This Oxford Handbook examines the role of the citizen in contemporary politics, based on essays from the world's leading…
Pris: 294,-	Meier Heinrich Leo Strauss and the Theologico-Political Problem This book, by one of the most prominent interpreters of Leo Strauss's thought, was the first to address the problem that Leo Strauss himself said was the theme of his studies: the theologico-political problem or the…	Pris: 782,-	Maier, Hans Totalitarianism and Political Religions, Volume 1 We are used to distinguishing the despotic regimes of the 20th century - communism, fascism, National Socialism, Maoism - very precisely according to place and time, origins and influences. But what should we call that…
Pris: 130,-	The Missing of Clairdelune Immerse yourself once more in the intricate world of the Arks. Now that her powers are known to all, Ophelia is forced into the perilous political machinations of the Pole and finds herself implicated in an investigation…	Pris: 487,-	Kenski Kate The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication (0190090456) Since its development shaped by the turmoil of the World Wars and suspicion of new technologies such as film and radio, political communication has become a hybrid field largely devoted to connecting the dots among…
Pris: 318,-	Yack, Bernard Liberalism without Illusions (0226944700) Well before her untimely death in 1992, Judith Shklar was recognized as one of the outstanding political theorists of modern time. An important figure in the reinvigoration of liberal theory since the 1970s, Shklar…	Pris: 260,-	Granberg Donald The Political System Matters (0521125847) Originally published in 1988, this book asks the question, how does the political system affect the behaviour of individuals? Donald Granberg and Sören Holmberg use long-term cross-sectional and panel national surveys of…
Pris: 1 272,-	Trondal, Jarle The Rise of Common Political Order (1786434997) The Rise of Common Political Order brings together leading research focusing on the conditions for the formation of common political order in Europe. The book aims to define common political order in conceptual terms, to…	Pris: 369,-	Heldaas Seland, Eivind Ports and Political Power in the Periplus Complex This study aims at exploring the significance of maritime commerce to societies on the Indian Ocean rim, by examining how rulers adjusted their policy in order to control and profit from trade. The point of departure is…
Pris: 336,-	Leopold, David Political Theory (0199230099) Political theorists are too often silent on questions of method and approach. David Leopold and Marc Stears have assembled a distinguished group of contributors to break that silence and to explain and defend the…	Pris: 294,-	Baglione Lisa A. Writing a Research Paper in Political Science - International Practical summaries, recipes for success, worksheets, exercises, and a series of handy checklists make Writing a Research Paper in Political Science a must-have supplement for any…
Pris: 1 555,-	Freeden, Michael The Oxford Handbook of Political Ideologies This is the first comprehensive volume to offer a state of the art investigation both of the nature of political ideologies and of their main manifestations. The diversity of ideology studies is represented by a mixture…	Pris: 271,-	Harris, Robert Political Corruption (0415235561) This book, combining scholarship with readability, shows that political corruption must itself be analysed politically. Spectacularly corrupt politicians - the exception rather than the rule - are usually symptoms, not…