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  • The Concept of the Political

    by Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss ...
    Translated by George Schwab ...
    "Arguably Schmitt's most influential work . . . recognized as one of the most important tracts of modern political thought." —Samuel Earle, The New StatesmanIn this, his most influential work, legal theorist and political philosopher Carl Schmitt argues that liberalism's basis in individual rights cannot provide a reasonable justification for sacrificing oneself for the state—a critique as cogent ... Read more

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  • Politics without Vision

    Thinking without a Banister in the Twentieth Century

    by Tracy B. Strong ...
    "Magisterial…a frequently surprising treatment of major political thinkers."— Perspectives on PoliticsFrom Plato through the nineteenth century, the West could draw on comprehensive political visions to guide government and society. Now, for the first time in more than two thousand years, Tracy B. Strong contends, we have lost our foundational supports. In the words of Hannah Arendt, the state of ... Read more

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  • Political Theology

    Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty

    by Carl Schmitt ...
    Translated by George Schwab ...
    The distinctive theory of sovereignty from one of the most significant and controversial political theorists of the twentieth century.Translated and with an introduction by George SchwabForeword by Tracy B. StrongWritten in the intense political and intellectual tumult of the early years of the Weimar Republic, Carl Schmitt argues in Political Theology that legal order ultimately rests upon the ... Read more

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  • Learning One’s Native Tongue

    Citizenship, Contestation, and Conflict in America

    by Tracy B. Strong ...
    Citizenship is much more than the right to vote. It is a collection of political capacities constantly up for debate. From Socrates to contemporary American politics, the question of what it means to be an authentic citizen is an inherently political one.With Learning One’s Native Tongue, Tracy B. Strong explores the development of the concept of American citizenship and what it means to belong to ... Read more

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  • Melville among the Philosophers

    by Marilyn Nissim-Sabat, Gary Shapiro, Edward F. Mooney, David LaRocca, Cornel West, Troy A. Jollimore, Jason M. Wirth, Tracy B. Strong, Kris F. Sealey, Eduardo Mendieta ...
    For more than a century readers have found Herman Melville’s writing rich with philosophical ideas, yet there has been relatively little written about what, exactly, is philosophically significant about his work and why philosophers are so attracted to Melville in particular. This volume addresses this silence through a series of essays that: (1) examine various philosophical contexts for Melville ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • Friedrich Nietzsche

    Edited by Tracy B. Strong ...
    Series series International Library of Essays in the History of Social and Political Thought
    From his first readers to the present, Friedrich Nietzsche has found supporters and detractors on every point of the political spectrum. In the introduction to this volume, Tracy Strong analyzes the reasons for this diversity of reception. They are to be found, not only in modern social and political developments but, more importantly, in the purpose and style of Nietzsche's writing. The volume ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Many and the One

    Religious and Secular Perspectives on Ethical Pluralism in the Modern World

    Edited by Richard Madsen, Tracy B. Strong ...
    Series series Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics
    The war on terrorism, say America's leaders, is a war of Good versus Evil. But in the minds of the perpetrators, the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington were presumably justified as ethically good acts against American evil. Is such polarization leading to a violent "clash of civilizations" or can differences between ethical systems be reconciled through rational dialogue? This book ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    The Politics of the Ordinary

    by Tracy B. Strong ...
    Series series Modernity and Political Thought
    Rousseau is most often read either as a theorist of individual authenticity or as a communitarian. In this book, he is neither. Instead, Rousseau is understood as a theorist of the common person. In Strong's understanding, Rousseau's use of 'common' always refers both to that which is common and to that which is ordinary, vulgar, everyday. For Strong, Rousseau resonates with Kant, Hegel, and Marx, ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

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  • Philosophy Between the Lines

    The Lost History of Esoteric Writing

    by Arthur M. Melzer ...
    "Shines a floodlight on a topic that has been cloaked in obscurity . . . a landmark work in both intellectual history and political theory" ( The Wall Street Journal).Philosophical esotericism—the practice of communicating one's unorthodox thoughts "between the lines"—was a common practice until the end of the eighteenth century. Despite its long and well-documented history, however, esotericism ... Read more

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  • Looking for The Stranger

    Albert Camus and the Life of a Literary Classic

    by Alice Kaplan ...
    A New York Times Notable Book. A literary exploration that is "surely destined to become the quintessential companion to Camus's most enduring novel" ( PopMatters).The Stranger is a rite of passage for readers around the world. Since its publication in France in 1942, Camus's novel has been translated into sixty languages and sold more than six million copies. It's the rare novel that's as likely ... Read more

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  • Democracy's Beginning

    The Athenian Story

    by Thomas N. Mitchell ...
    A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years later.The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago, has served as the foundation for every democratic system of government instituted down the centuries. In this lively history, author Thomas N. Mitchell tells the full and remarkable story of how ... Read more

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  • Mapping the Nation

    History and Cartography in Nineteenth-Century America

    by Susan Schulten ...
    "A compelling read" that reveals how maps became informational tools charting everything from epidemics to slavery ( Journal of American History).In the nineteenth century, Americans began to use maps in radically new ways. For the first time, medical men mapped diseases to understand and prevent epidemics, natural scientists mapped climate and rainfall to uncover weather patterns, educators ... Read more

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