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Scarcity and Modernity (Paperback): Nicholas Xenos Scarcity and Modernity (Paperback)
Nicholas Xenos
R1,028 Discovery Miles 10 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1989. In this book Nicholas Xenos argues that the assumption that scarcity is a universal human condition is far from universal but rather a product of western influence. Informed by the work of Baudrillard, Bourdieu, Girard, and Sahlins, this historical narrative of scarcity incorporates interpretations of texts and practices from eighteenth-century London to contemporary New York. Lucid and elegant in style, Scarcity and Modernity will appear to those with interests in social and political thought and cultural criticism.

Cloaked in Virtue - Unveiling Leo Strauss and the Rhetoric of American Foreign Policy (Hardcover): Nicholas Xenos Cloaked in Virtue - Unveiling Leo Strauss and the Rhetoric of American Foreign Policy (Hardcover)
Nicholas Xenos
R5,272 Discovery Miles 52 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is now commonly acknowledged that numerous key players in and around the Bush administrationa (TM)s planning of the Iraq invasion were connected through a common background in the political philosophy of Leo Strauss, a German-born University of Chicago professor who died in 1973. These Straussian "neocons" were held responsible for exploiting the September 11th attacks in order to further their own foreign policy agenda. Cloaked in Virtue is the first book to take a critical view of the political ideas of Leo Strauss himself by careful attention to his own writings before and after his emigration to the United States. The result is a critical examination of the political theory of Leo Strauss, lifting the veil of intentional obfuscation, and its influence on the neoconservative foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of politics and international relations.

Cloaked in Virtue - Unveiling Leo Strauss and the Rhetoric of American Foreign Policy (Paperback, New edition): Nicholas Xenos Cloaked in Virtue - Unveiling Leo Strauss and the Rhetoric of American Foreign Policy (Paperback, New edition)
Nicholas Xenos
R1,417 Discovery Miles 14 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is now commonly acknowledged that numerous key players in and around the Bush administrationa (TM)s planning of the Iraq invasion were connected through a common background in the political philosophy of Leo Strauss, a German-born University of Chicago professor who died in 1973. These Straussian "neocons" were held responsible for exploiting the September 11th attacks in order to further their own foreign policy agenda. Cloaked in Virtue is the first book to take a critical view of the political ideas of Leo Strauss himself by careful attention to his own writings before and after his emigration to the United States. The result is a critical examination of the political theory of Leo Strauss, lifting the veil of intentional obfuscation, and its influence on the neoconservative foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of politics and international relations.

Scarcity and Modernity (Hardcover): Nicholas Xenos Scarcity and Modernity (Hardcover)
Nicholas Xenos
R3,109 Discovery Miles 31 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1989. In this book Nicholas Xenos argues that the assumption that scarcity is a universal human condition is far from universal but rather a product of western influence. Informed by the work of Baudrillard, Bourdieu, Girard, and Sahlins, this historical narrative of scarcity incorporates interpretations of texts and practices from eighteenth-century London to contemporary New York. Lucid and elegant in style, Scarcity and Modernity will appear to those with interests in social and political thought and cultural criticism.

Fugitive Democracy - And Other Essays (Paperback): Sheldon S. Wolin Fugitive Democracy - And Other Essays (Paperback)
Sheldon S. Wolin; Edited by Nicholas Xenos
R727 Discovery Miles 7 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An authoritative collection of the most important writings of an influential political thinker Sheldon Wolin was one of the most influential and original political thinkers of the past fifty years. In Fugitive Democracy, the breathtaking range of Wolin's scholarship, political commitment, and critical acumen are on full display in this authoritative and accessible collection of essays. This book brings together his most important writings, from classic essays to his late radical essays on American democracy such as "Fugitive Democracy," in which he offers a controversial reinterpretation of democracy as an episodic phenomenon distinct from the routinized political management that passes for democracy today. Wolin critically engages a diverse range of political theorists, and grapples with topics such as power, modernization, the sixties, revolutionary politics, and inequality, all the while showcasing enduring commitment to writing civic-minded theoretical commentary on the most pressing political issues of the day. Fugitive Democracy offers enduring insights into many of today's most pressing political predicaments, and introduces a whole new generation of readers to this provocative figure in contemporary political thought.

Fugitive Democracy - And Other Essays (Hardcover): Sheldon S. Wolin Fugitive Democracy - And Other Essays (Hardcover)
Sheldon S. Wolin; Edited by Nicholas Xenos
R1,022 R882 Discovery Miles 8 820 Save R140 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sheldon Wolin was one of the most influential and original political thinkers of the past fifty years. Fugitive Democracy brings together his most important writings, from classic essays such as "Political Theory as a Vocation," written amid the Cold War and the conflict in Vietnam, to his late radical essays on American democracy such as "Fugitive Democracy," in which he offers a controversial reinterpretation of democracy as an episodic phenomenon distinct from the routinized political management that passes for democracy today. The breathtaking range of Wolin's scholarship, political commitment, and critical acumen are on full display in this authoritative and accessible collection. He critically engages a diverse range of political theorists, including Thomas Hobbes, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Hannah Arendt, John Rawls, Michel Foucault, and Richard Rorty. These essays grapple with topics such as power, modernization, the sixties, revolutionary politics, and inequality, all the while showcasing Wolin's enduring commitment to writing civic-minded theoretical commentary on the most pressing political issues of the day. Here, Wolin laments the rise of conservatives who style themselves as revolutionary, criticizes Rawlsian liberals as abstract to the point of being apolitical, diagnoses postmodern theory as a form of acquiescence, and much more. Fugitive Democracy offers enduring insights into many of today's most pressing political predicaments, and introduces a whole new generation of readers to this provocative figure in contemporary political thought.

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