Polity

All human beings are born with equal dignity and possess equal rights. This statement appears normatively just as irrefutable as it is empirically ...

All human beings are born with equal dignity and possess equal rights. This statement appears normatively just as irrefutable as it is empirically ...

"The unfulfilled and unsatisfied mother around whom the child ascends the upward slope of his narcissism is someone real. She is right there, and l...

"The unfulfilled and unsatisfied mother around whom the child ascends the upward slope of his narcissism is someone real. She is right there, and l...

In the usual order of things, lives run their course and eventually one becomes who one is. Bodily and psychic transformations do nothing but reinf...

In the usual order of things, lives run their course and eventually one becomes who one is. Bodily and psychic transformations do nothing but reinf...

The future once promised the certainty of a better life for all but now it is full of uncertainty, danger and fear. Our lives are surrounded by the...

The future once promised the certainty of a better life for all but now it is full of uncertainty, danger and fear. Our lives are surrounded by the...

This book traces the emergence of the concept of self-identity in modern Western culture, as it was both reflected in and advanced by the developme...

Our societies today are characterized by a universal algophobia: a generalized fear of pain. We strive to avoid all painful conditions – even the p...

Our societies today are characterized by a universal algophobia: a generalized fear of pain. We strive to avoid all painful conditions – even the p...

The Paradox of Freedom is an exploration of the life and work of Orlando Patterson, probing the relationship between the circumstances of his life ...

The Paradox of Freedom is an exploration of the life and work of Orlando Patterson, probing the relationship between the circumstances of his life ...

In this book Jürgen Habermas addresses some of the most pressing social and political issues of our time: the consequences of the collapse of commu...

This groundbreaking study sets out to clarify one of the most influential but least studied of all political concepts. Despite continual talk of po...

This groundbreaking study sets out to clarify one of the most influential but least studied of all political concepts. Despite continual talk of po...

Despite centuries of campaigning, women still earn less and have less power than men. Equality remains a goal not yet reached. In this incisive acc...

Despite centuries of campaigning, women still earn less and have less power than men. Equality remains a goal not yet reached. In this incisive acc...

In this timely new book Wellmer intervenes in the highly topical debates on modernity and post-modernity. Discussing the work of Adorno, Habermas, ...

Jürgen Habermas is the voice of a generation. One of the world’s most influential philosophers and Germany’s greatest living intellectual, Habermas...

The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity: Twelve Lectures. Introduction by Thomas McCarthy, translated by Frederick Lawrence. Introduction by Thoma...

This new textbook is an exceptionally clear and concise introduction to the philosophy of action, suitable for students interested in the philosoph...

The Philosophy of Art is a highly accessible introduction to current key issues and debates in aesthetics and philosophy of art. Chapters on standa...

The Philosophy of Art is a highly accessible introduction to current key issues and debates in aesthetics and philosophy of art. Chapters on standa...