Political Theory

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Counterrevolution and Revolt

Counterrevolution and Revolt

by Herbert Marcuse

Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) was born in Berlin and educated at the universities of Berlin and Freiburg. He fled Germany in 1933 and arrived in the United States in 1934. Marcuse taught at Columbia, Harvard, Brandeis, and the University of California, San Diego, where he met Andrew Feenberg and William Leiss as graduate students. He is the author of numerous books, including One-Dimensional Man and Eros and Civilization.

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Telos

Telos

by Piccone, Paul, Ed

World Ethics The New Agenda (Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics)

World Ethics The New Agenda (Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics)

by Dower, Nigel

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 1998. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 214 pages. Presented in two parts: Part I. Theories; Part II. Applications. . 1st thus. Trade Paperback.
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A$18.00
A Short History of Communism

A Short History of Communism

by Harvey, Robert

New York: Thomas Dunne Books. 2004. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Sticker to front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 422 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st US Edition. Hardback.
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A$25.00
When the Iron is Hot

When the Iron is Hot

by Moore, William Henry

Pickering, Ontario: Printers Guild Limited, 1943. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 18mo. Orig. blue cloth. 112 pp. Spine slightly cocked. Bookplate to front pastedown. O/w fine in fine jacket.
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A$171.39
CHARACTERISTICKS OF MEN, MANNERS, OPINIONS, TIMES. In Three Volumes. The Fifth Edition. [First Baskerville Edition]

CHARACTERISTICKS OF MEN, MANNERS, OPINIONS, TIMES. In Three Volumes. The Fifth Edition. [First Baskerville Edition]

by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

Three volume set, fifth edition, first Baskerville edition. Printed 1773. Three quarter bound with marbled endpapers. Text is foxed and mottled with signs of water damage. Volume I: 376pp, front cover is completely detached; back cover is loose at hinge and part of spine missing (as shown). Volume II: 444pp, front and back covers completely detached and part of spine missing (as shown). Volume III: 416pp, front and back covers loose at hinge and part of spine missing (as shown). Price reflects condition... Read more about this item
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A$334.13
Non-Violent Action: A Christian Appraisal. A report commissioned for the United Reformed Church

Non-Violent Action: A Christian Appraisal. A report commissioned for the United Reformed Church

by (Commission on Non-Violent Action.; United Reformed Church in England and Wales.; British Council of Churches. Department of International Affairs)

London: SCM Press Ltd, 1973. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. xi, 84 pp. Covers are age toned, else fine. Is violence the only effective response to injustice? Or can civil and international tensions be resolved by non-violent methods which are both morally right and effective in practical terms? This report, produced by a working party originally set up by the Presbyterian Church of England, pursues the practical possibilities of non-violence. After some theological... Read more about this item
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A$25.14
For an Honest and Fair Agreement

For an Honest and Fair Agreement

by Brezhnev, L.I

Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1982. Soft cover. Fine. 18mo. Orig. blue card wraps. 8 pp. Some creasing down the centre, else fine.
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A$22.85
The Idea of Civil Society

The Idea of Civil Society

by Seligman, Adam B

Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1995. Very Good+ condition - Card Covers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 241 pages. Two centuries after its origins in the Enlightenment, the idea of civil society is being revived to provide an answer to the question of how individuals can pursue their own interests while preserving the greater good of society and, similarly, how society can advance the interests of the individuals who comprise it. However, as Seligman shows,... Read more about this item
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A$25.00
In the Name of Identity

In the Name of Identity

by Maalouf, Amin

Arcade Press, 2001. First North American Edition. Hardcover. Good.
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A$15.54
Perspectives on Political Philosophy: Volume III, Marx Through Marcuse

Perspectives on Political Philosophy: Volume III, Marx Through Marcuse

by Downtown, James V., Jr. (Edited by); Hart, David K. (Edited by)

Hinsdale, Illinois: The Dryden Press, 1973. Softcover. Good+/No Jacket. Used Book: Trade Paperback The book has light shelf wear, creasing to the front hinge, and faint chipping to the edges of the covers.
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A$34.97
The Return of the Political

The Return of the Political

by Mouffe, Chantal

Verso, 1993. First Edition. Paperback. As New.
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A$46.62
Social Revolutions in the Modern World

Social Revolutions in the Modern World

by Skocpol, Theda

Cambridge University Press, 1995. Paperback. As New.
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A$6.22
Theories of Imperialism

Theories of Imperialism

by Mommsen, Wolfgang J

University of Chicago Press, 1982. Paperback. Good. Some writing on facing page.
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A$7.77
Civil Society.  Old Images, New Visions

Civil Society. Old Images, New Visions

by Keane, John

Cambridge: Polity Press. 1998. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. 201 pages. This book looks at the distinction bewteen civil society and the state and the views of politicians, business leaders, academics, relief agencies and citizen's organisations. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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A$20.00
How Did We Get Into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature

How Did We Get Into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature

by Monbiot, George:

-Verso (2016)-. First edition first impression 2016. x+342 pages. Cloth. Near fine in dustjacket. 'Without countervailing voices, naming and challenging power, political freedom withers and dies. Without countervailing voices, a better world can never materialise. Without countervailing voices, wells will still be dug and bridges will still be built, but only for the few. Food will still be grown, but it will not reach the mouths of the poor. New medicines will be developed, but they will be... Read more about this item
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Labor of Dionysus

Labor of Dionysus

by Hardt, Michael and Antonio Negri

University of Minnesota Press, 1994. Paperback. As New.
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A$69.93
From Pluralist to Patriotic Politics. Putting Practice First.

From Pluralist to Patriotic Politics. Putting Practice First.

by Blattberg, Charles:

-Oxford University Press, 2000-. First edition. xiii+294 pages with index. Cloth. Fine in fine dustjacket From Pluralist to Patriotic Politics. Putting Practice First. oxbridge 0198296886
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A$58.80A$47.04
Political Theory, Modernity and Postmodernity

Political Theory, Modernity and Postmodernity

by Rengger, N.J

Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. 1995. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition - an excellent, as new, copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 253 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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A$25.00
Hopes and Fears: The Human Future

Hopes and Fears: The Human Future

by Newcombe, Hanna (editor)

Toronto: Science for Peace/Samuel Stevens, 1992. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Canadian Papers in Peace Studies, 1992 No. 2. Soft cover. viii, 195 pp. Fine condition. A collection of essays focused on foreign affairs regarding international security and ecological crises.
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A$51.42
The Assault on Reason

The Assault on Reason

by Gore, Al

London: Bloomsbury Publishing. 2007. Very Good condition. 308 pages. How the politics of fear, secrecy and blind faith subvert wise decision-making, degrade democracy and imperil America and the world. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Trade Paperback.
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A$15.00
Man and His Requirements Under Socialism

Man and His Requirements Under Socialism

by Mocholov, B.M

Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. 18mo. Orig. cream and teal paper wraps, glued binding. 143 pp. Some soiling to covers, worse to front. Front cover slightly curled.
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A$29.71
Masters of Chinese Political Thought :  From the Beginnings to the Han Dynasty

Masters of Chinese Political Thought : From the Beginnings to the Han Dynasty

by de Grazia, Sebastian (Edited by)

New York: The Viking Press. 1973. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Light wear to edges and corners and spine slightly faded. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Preface by Frederick W. Mote. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xiv, 430 pages. . 1st Paperback Edition. Softcover.
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A$28.00
The Book named The Governor

The Book named The Governor

by Elyot, Sir Thomas

London: Everyman's Library, 1975. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 18mo. Orig. orange cloth. xiv, 241 pp. Fine. Sir Thomas Elyot's The Book named The Governor, first published in 1531, is a composite treatise dealing with political theory, education, and moral philosophy; it seeks to set out a way of life for members of the English governing class.
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A$27.42
French Political Thought in the 19th Century

French Political Thought in the 19th Century

by Soltau, Roger Henry

New York: Russell & Russell. 1959. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Light marking to fore edge. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 500 pages. . 1st US Edition. Hardback.
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A$18.00
Jean Baudrillard: Selected Writings

Jean Baudrillard: Selected Writings

by Baudrillard, Jean; Poster, Mark (editor)

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1989. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. vii, 230 pp. Light staining to spine. Sporadic marginalia and underlining. The selections in this volume represent a cross section of Baudrillard's writings from 1968-1985 and are drawn mostly from his major books. About half appear in English translation for the first time.
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A$28.56
Politics for a Rational Left

Politics for a Rational Left

by Hobsbawm, Eric

Verso, 1989. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Fine. Political Writings 1977 to 1988
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A$54.39