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  • Why Read Marx Today?

    by Jonathan Wolff ...
    In recent years we could be forgiven for assuming that Marx has nothing left to say to us. Marxist regimes have failed miserably, and with them, it seemed, all reason to take Marx seriously. The fall of the Berlin Wall had enormous symbolic resonance: it was taken to be the fall of Marx as well as of Marxist politics and economics. This book argues that we can detach Marx the critic of current ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

  • Robert Nozick

    Property, Justice and the Minimal State

    by Jonathan Wolff ...
    Series series Key Contemporary Thinkers
    Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State and Utopia is one of the works which dominates contemporary debate in political philosophy. Drawing on traditional assumptions associated with individualism and libertarianism, Nozick mounts a powerful argument for a minimal `nightwatchman' state and challenges the views of many contemporary philosophers, most notably John Rawls.Jonathan Wolff's new book is the first ... Read more

    $28.50 USD

  • Ethics and Public Policy

    A Philosophical Inquiry

    by Jonathan Wolff ...
    Ethics and Public Policy: A Philosophical Inquiry, second edition subjects important and controversial areas of public policy to philosophical scrutiny. Jonathan Wolff, a renowned philosopher and veteran of many public committees, introduces and assesses core problems and controversies in public policy from a philosophical standpoint. Each chapter focuses on an important area of public policy ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Lectures on the History of Moral and Political Philosophy

    by Jonathan Wolff, Gerald A. Cohen ...
    Previously unpublished writings from one of the most important political philosophers of recent timesG. A. Cohen was one of the leading political philosophers of recent times. He first came to wide attention in 1978 with the prize-winning book Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence. In subsequent decades his published writings largely turned away from the history of philosophy, focusing instead ... Read more

    $38.19 USD

  • The Equal Society

    Essays on Equality in Theory and Practice

    by George Hull, Charles Mills, Miranda Fricker, Daniel Putnam, Bekka Williams, Tom Angier, Lucy Allais, David Bilchitz, Daryl Glaser, Ann E. Cudd0, Gina Schouten1, Pierre-Yves Néron2, Thaddeus Metz3, Jonathan Wolff, University College London, UK4 ...
    Equality is a widely championed social ideal. But what is equality? And what action is required if present-day societies are to root out their inequalities?The Equal Society collects fourteen philosophical essays, each with a fresh perspective on these questions. The authors explore the demands of egalitarian justice, addressing issues of distribution and rectification, but equally investigating ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • City of Equals

    by Prof Jonathan Wolff, Prof Avner de Shalit ...
    When we think about equality in the city, we are very likely to think first of the wide and growing divide between rich and poor, in material terms. Yet when we think more about a 'city of equals' it becomes apparent that how people feel treated by the city and those around them, and whether they can live according to their values, are much more central. Accordingly, combining their own ... Read more

    $85.49 USD

  • The Human Right to Health (Norton Global Ethics Series)

    by Jonathan Wolff ...
    Series series Norton Global Ethics Series
    “A broad-ranging, insightful analysis of the complex practical and ethical issues involved in global health.”—Kirkus ReviewsFew topics in human rights have inspired as much debate as the right to health. Proponents would enshrine it as a fundamental right on a par with freedom of speech and freedom from torture. Detractors suggest that the movement constitutes an impractical over-reach. Jonathan ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • Risks and Regulation of New Technologies

    Edited by Tsuyoshi Matsuda, Jonathan Wolff, Takashi Yanagawa ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    How should we proceed with advanced research of humanities and social sciences in collaboration? What are the pressing issues of this new trend in a cataclysmic time for civilization? This book, originated with a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Topic-Setting Program, addresses these challenging questions in four parts for innovating twenty-first-century humanities and social ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • The Tao of S**t

    Meditations on our Most Intimate Expletive

    by Jonathan Wolff (as "Master Dung Ho") ...
    "The Tao of S**t": Meditations on Our Most Intimate Expletive, is meant to be a small, inexpensive humor book, suitable for adults, and will make a wonderful gift. It may be inspired by the old Price-Stern-Sloan publications from 50 years ago. With parody, satire, and jokes, this little book spoofs the many serious books that offer spiritual uplift, with its many short, poetic imitations of Zen ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Uncollected Writings

    Writing on Political Philosophy

    by Richard Wollheim ...
    Richard Wollheim (1923-2003)is best known as a path-breaking philosopher of art and of mind, but his work on political philosophy is a major third strand of his writing. This volume of previously uncollected papers ranges over a number of topics, but several themes recur: a concern for the workings of democracy; a robust defence of individual liberty; great respect for individuality and individual ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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    Political Participation in an International Comparative Perspective

    by Abby Peterson, Mattias Wahlström, Magnus Wennerhag ...
    The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315474052, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 licenseToday, Pride parades are staged in countries and localities across the globe, providing the most visible manifestations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex movements and ... Read more

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  • One Cool Duck #4

    Camp Out!

    by Mike Petrik ...
    Series Book 4 - One Cool Duck
    Duck and the gang are camping out, in the fourth installment of the “cool” graphic chapter book series that Kirkus Reviews dubbed “a rad read!”Right on the heels of One Cool Duck #3: Summer Games, Duck, Cat, and the rest of the gang plan to camp out at the far-out fort! With a campfire roaring, they settle in to tell spooky stories. Duck tells the far-fetched tale of Scrambled Eggs the Possum. ... Read more

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