Filsafat – Umum

This book reconsiders the nature of positivist philosophy in social science theory based on classical and medieval thought in what later became ‘Europe.’ It argues that social theory is being held ba …

Hegel”s critique of Early German Romanticism and its theory of irony resonates to the core of his own philosophy in the same way that Plato”s polemics with the Sophists have repercussions that go t …

This book uses the philosophy of Wittgenstein as a perspective from which to challenge the very idea of critical social theory, represented preeminently by Giddens, Habermas and Bhaskar. Renouncing t …

Decades before the environmental movement emerged in the 1960s, Adorno condemned our destructive and self-destructive relationship to the natural world, warning of the catastrophe that may result if …

Personal responsibility is now very much on the political agenda. But what is personal responsibility? Why do we care about it? And what, if anything, should governments do to promote it? This book e …

A compelling guide to ethical thinking for everyday life In How to Make Good Decisions and Be Right All the Time Iain King presents an introduction to moral philosophy from the ancient Greeks to the …

Robert Nozick”s Anarchy, State, and Utopia is widely recognized as one of the most influential works of modern political philosophy. Libertarian Philosophy in the Real World not only provides a conc …

The Medieval period was one of the richest eras for the philosophical study of religion. Covering the period from the 6th to the 16th century, reaching into the Renaissance, ‘The History of Western P …