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.

Political Theory Books & Ephemera

Telos

Telos

by Piccone, Paul, Ed

Telos: No. 5, Spring, 1970

Telos: No. 5, Spring, 1970

by Piccone, Paul, ed

Amherst, NY: Telos, 1970. Magazine. 220p., 6x8.75 inches, wraps lightly worn and soiled else good condition. "A quarterly journal of radical social theory". Founded by Paul Piccone (1940-2004) in 1968 while a doctoral student in philosophy at the State University of New York, Buffalo. After earning his doctorate in 1970, he moved to St. Louis for a teaching job, then moved to New York City after not getting tenure. With Piccone as editor, and a number of fellow Buffalo philosophy graduate students and... Read more about this item
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£12.04
General Principles of Human Power

General Principles of Human Power

by van Grinkel, A

Praeger, 1999. Hardcover. As new, clean, tight & bright condition but lacks dust jacket.. 221pp.
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£48.18
The Name of The Chamber Was Peace

The Name of The Chamber Was Peace

by Alton, Janis, Eric Fawcett and Terrell L. Gardiner (editors)

Toronto and Fort Myers: Science for Peace/Samuel Stevens, 1988. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. xii, 172 pp. Spine slightly sunned, a few scuffs, else fine.
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£23.62
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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£172.64
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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£15.35
The Religion of Ethical Nationhood: Judaisim's Contribution to World Peace

The Religion of Ethical Nationhood: Judaisim's Contribution to World Peace

by Kaplan, Mordecai M

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo. First printing. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. x, 205 p.p. Sunning to top and tail edges. Dust jacket has some light edge wear, 1" tear to tail edge of front cover, darkening to edges and flaps. DJ is price clipped. At eighty-eight, Rabbi Kaplan, one of the most influential pivotal figures in twentieth century world Jewry, has written a vastly important book calling for ethical humanism in the Jewish... Read more about this item
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£16.53
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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£9.42
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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£10.46
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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£30.00£24.00
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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£18.07
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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£12.00£9.60
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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£13.08
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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£3.21
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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£9.42
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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£13.08
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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£14.65
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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£7.85
Telos: No. 82, Winter 1989-90

Telos: No. 82, Winter 1989-90

by Piccone, Paul, ed

New York, NY: Telos Press Ltd, 1989. Paperback. 205p., wraps, 5.75x8.5 inches, very good condition. "A quarterly journal of critical thought". Founded by Paul Piccone (1940-2004) in 1968 while a doctoral student in philosophy at the State University of New York, Buffalo. After earning his doctorate in 1970, he moved to St. Louis for a teaching job, then moved to New York City after not getting tenure. With Piccone as editor, and a number of fellow Buffalo philosophy graduate students and others serving... Read more about this item
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£12.04
Labor of Dionysus

Labor of Dionysus

by Hardt, Michael and Antonio Negri

University of Minnesota Press, 1994. Paperback. As New.
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£36.14
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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£26.57
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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£4.02
Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace Studies, Vol. 33 (2)

Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace Studies, Vol. 33 (2)

by Naidu, M.V. (editor)

Brandon, MB: M.V. Naidu, Brandon University, 2001. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. November 2001. Soft cover. 153 pp., 12 pp. newsletter. Light chafing to edges, slight yellowing to covers.
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£20.66
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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£13.08
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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£88.56
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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£28.10