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This comprehensive volume contains much of the important work in
political and social philosophy from ancient times until the end of
the nineteenth century. The anthology offers both depth and breadth
in its selection of material by central figures, while also
representing other currents of political thought. Thucydides,
Seneca, and Cicero are included along with Plato and Aristotle;
Al-Farabi, Marsilius of Padua, and de Pizan take their place
alongside Augustine and Aquinas; Astell and Constant are presented
in the company of Locke, Rousseau, and Wollstonecraft. The editors
have made every effort to include translations that are both
readable and reliable. Every selection has been painstakingly
annotated, and each figure is given a substantial introduction
highlighting his or her major contribution within the tradition. In
order to ensure the highest standards of accuracy and
accessibility, the editors have consulted dozens of leading
academics during the course of the anthology's development (a
number of whom have contributed introductory material as well as
advice). The result is an anthology with unparalleled pedagogical
benefits, and one that truly breaks new ground.
Winner, 2002 French Translation Prize for Nonfiction Murderous
Consent details our implication in violence we do not directly
inflict but in which we are structurally complicit: famines, civil
wars, political repression in far-away places, and war, as it's
classically understood. Marc Crepon insists on a bond between
ethics and politics and attributes violence to our treatment of the
two as separate spheres. We repeatedly resist the call to
responsibility, as expressed by the appeal-by peoples across the
world-for the care and attention that their vulnerability enjoins.
But Crepon argues that this resistance is not ineluctable, and the
book searches for ways that enable us to mitigate it, through
rebellion, kindness, irony, critique, and shame. In the process, he
engages with a range of writers, from Camus, Sartre, and Freud, to
Stefan Zweig and Karl Kraus, to Kenzaburo Oe, Emmanuel Levinas and
Judith Butler. The resulting exchange between philosophy and
literature enables Crepon to delineate the contours of a
possible/impossible ethicosmopolitics-an ethicosmopolitics to come.
Pushing against the limits of liberal rationalism, Crepon calls for
a more radical understanding of interpersonal responsibility. Not
just a work of philosophy but an engagement with life as it's
lived, Murderous Consent works to redefine our global obligations,
articulating anew what humanitarianism demands and what an
ethically grounded political resistance might mean.
Winner, 2002 French Translation Prize for Nonfiction Murderous
Consent details our implication in violence we do not directly
inflict but in which we are structurally complicit: famines, civil
wars, political repression in far-away places, and war, as it's
classically understood. Marc Crepon insists on a bond between
ethics and politics and attributes violence to our treatment of the
two as separate spheres. We repeatedly resist the call to
responsibility, as expressed by the appeal-by peoples across the
world-for the care and attention that their vulnerability enjoins.
But Crepon argues that this resistance is not ineluctable, and the
book searches for ways that enable us to mitigate it, through
rebellion, kindness, irony, critique, and shame. In the process, he
engages with a range of writers, from Camus, Sartre, and Freud, to
Stefan Zweig and Karl Kraus, to Kenzaburo Oe, Emmanuel Levinas and
Judith Butler. The resulting exchange between philosophy and
literature enables Crepon to delineate the contours of a
possible/impossible ethicosmopolitics-an ethicosmopolitics to come.
Pushing against the limits of liberal rationalism, Crepon calls for
a more radical understanding of interpersonal responsibility. Not
just a work of philosophy but an engagement with life as it's
lived, Murderous Consent works to redefine our global obligations,
articulating anew what humanitarianism demands and what an
ethically grounded political resistance might mean.
There are few philosophical questions to which Charles Taylor has
not devoted his attention. His work has made powerful contributions
to our understanding of action, language, and mind. He has had a
lasting impact on our understanding of the way in which the social
sciences should be practised, taking an interpretive stance in
opposition to dominant positivist methodologies. Taylor's powerful
critiques of atomistic versions of liberalism have redefined the
agenda of political philosophers. He has produced prodigious
intellectual histories aiming to excavate the origins of the way in
which we have construed the modern self, and of the complex
intellectual and spiritual trajectories that have culminated in
modern secularism. Despite the apparent diversity of Taylor's work,
it is driven by a unified vision. Throughout his writings, Taylor
opposes reductive conceptions of the human and of human societies
that empiricist and positivist thinkers from David Hume to B.F.
Skinner believed would lend rigour to the human sciences. In their
place, Taylor has articulated a vision of humans as interpretive
beings who can be understood neither individually nor collectively
without reference to the fundamental goods and values through which
they make sense of their lives. The contributors to this volume,
all distinguished philosophers and social theorists in their own
right, offer critical assessments of Taylor's writings. Taken
together, they provide the reader with an unrivalled perspective on
the full extent of Charles Taylor's contribution to modern
philosophy.
This volume features a careful selection of major works in
political and social philosophy from ancient times through to the
present. Every reading has been painstakingly annotated, and each
figure is given a substantial introduction highlighting his or her
major contribution to the tradition. The anthology offers both
depth and breadth in its selection of material by central figures,
while also representing other currents of political thought.
Thirty-two authors are represented, including fourteen from the
20th century. The editors have made every effort to include
translations that are both readable and reliable. In order to
ensure the highest standards of accuracy and accessibility, the
editors have consulted dozens of leading academics during the
course of the volume's development (many of whom have contributed
introductory material as well as advice). The result is an
anthology with unparalleled pedagogical benefits; The Broadview
Anthology of Social and Political Thought sets the new standard for
social and political philosophy instruction.
J.L. Moreno writes: "Being a genius does not consist only of having
ideas. This is essential, but is a far later phase of genius. Being
a genius starts with a feeling of being in contact with the whole
universe, a feeling of totality, being fed by it free of charge and
feeding it gratefully in return." In this book, the presentation of
his life, vision, and life's work, Moreno gives countless portals
for the opening of contact with the whole universe, to a feeling of
totality. This totality is what motivated him, and has also
motivated the editor for much of his life. The direct felt
experience of this totality is at the center of religious,
existential, and spiritual traditions, and in this book we have an
uncloaked method for the same enlightenment process. The totality
and wholeness of life can be found in the enactment of Moreno's
method. What can be greater than to really live this and to give it
to others?
This comprehensive volume contains many of the most important texts
in western political and social thought from the sixteenth to the
end of the nineteenth centuries. A number of key works, including
Machiavelli's The Prince, Locke's Second Treatise, and Rousseau's
The Social Contract, are included in their entirety. Alongside
these central readings are a diverse range of texts from authors
such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Sojourner Truth, and Henry David
Thoreau. The editors have made every effort to include translations
that are both readable and reliable. Each selection has been
painstakingly annotated, and each figure is given a substantial
introduction highlighting his or her major contributions within the
tradition. The result is a ground-breaking anthology with
unparalleled pedagogical benefits.
In this, the second of his Two Treatises of Government, John Locke
examines humankind's transition from its original state of nature
to a civil society. According to Locke, legitimate government
arises to enforce the natural law and the property rights of
individuals; when a government fails to do this, or attempts to
exert powers beyond those granted by the people, revolution is
justified. One can see the lasting influence of Locke's ideas
through their familiarity to the modern reader - the roots of
classical liberalism are here, and the arguments presented in this
text have relevance to any modern student of political theory. The
introduction and annotations included in this edition are intended
to contextualize the work and prevent misunderstanding, without
advancing any particular scholarly interpretation or merely
summarizing Locke's arguments. This edition has its origin in the
acclaimed Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought and
adheres to the anthology's format and high standards of accuracy
and accessibility.
This comprehensive volume contains much of the important work in
political and social philosophy from ancient times until the end of
the nineteenth century. The anthology offers both depth and breadth
in its selection of material by central figures, while also
representing other currents of political thought. Thucydides,
Seneca, and Cicero are included along with Plato and Aristotle;
Al-Farabi, Marsilius of Padua, and de Pizan take their place
alongside Augustine and Aquinas; Astell and Constant are presented
in the company of Locke, Rousseau, and Wollstonecraft.The editors
have made every effort to include translations that are both
readable and reliable. Every selection has been painstakingly
annotated, and each figure is given a substantial introduction
highlighting his or her major contribution within the tradition. In
order to ensure the highest standards of accuracy and
accessibility, the editors have consulted dozens of leading
academics during the course of the anthology's development (a
number of whom have contributed introductory material as well as
advice). The result is an anthology with unparalleled pedagogical
benefits, and one that truly breaks new ground.
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