wyszukanych pozycji: 35
Spravedlivé a nespravedlivé války
ISBN: 9788020030139 / Czeski / Miękka / 2019 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. niha je označována jako nejvýznamnější dílo současnosti v teorii spravedlivé války. Poprvé byla vydána v roce 1977 a nyní vychází česky s novou předmluvou a doslovem. Zkoumá morální otázky, jež vyvstávají před válkami, které vedeme, během nich a po nich. Úvahy a argumentaci doplňují historické ilustrace – od útoku Athéňanů na Mélos přes masakr v My Lai až po Afghánistán a ještě dál. Walzer těží z historických líčení, svědectví účastníků, z historických rozhodnutí a vyprávění obětí, aby vysvětlil, kdy je válka oprávněná a...
niha je označována jako nejvýznamnější dílo současnosti v teorii spravedlivé války. Poprvé byla vydána v roce 1977 a nyní vychází česk...
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112,42 zł |
The Revolution of the Saints: A Study in the Origins of Radical Politics
ISBN: 9780674767867 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Revolution of the Saints is a study, both historical and sociological, of the radical political response of the Puritans to disorder. It interprets and analyzes Calvinism as the first modern expression of an unremitting determination to transform on the basis of an ideology the existing political and moral order. Michael Walzer examines in detail the circumstances and ideological options of the Puritan intelligentsia and gentry. He sees Puritanism, in sharp contrast to some generally accepted views, as the political theory of intellectuals and gentlemen attempting to create a new...
The Revolution of the Saints is a study, both historical and sociological, of the radical political response of the Puritans to disorder. It in...
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190,83 zł |
The Struggle for a Decent Politics: On Liberal as an Adjective
ISBN: 9780300267235 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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109,20 zł |
Exodus and Revolution
ISBN: 9780465021635 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The noted political philosopher offers a moving meditation on the political meanings of the biblical story of Exodus -- from oppression to deliverance and the promised land.
"A rewarding book -- elegantly written, subtly argued, full of stimulating suggestions." -- John Gross, New York Times "An important book. . . . Walzer shows the real power of the Exodus story as a political document an convincingly demonstrate how it has shaped later thinking about revolutionary alternatives." -- Robert Alter, Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley
The noted political philosopher offers a moving meditation on the political meanings of the biblical story of Exodus -- from oppression to deliverance...
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128,25 zł |
The Company of Critics: Social Criticsm and Political Commitment in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780465090617 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Company of Critics provides a fascinating survey of the terrain of social criticism in the last century. Organizing the book as a series of eleven intellectual biographies, Michael Walzer tells not just the dramatic story of the cultural and political radical but also the more personal story of the meaning of criticism to the critic. By looking at the life and work of Julien Benda, Randolph Bourne, Martin Buber, Antonio Gramsci, Ignazio Silone, George Orwell, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir, Herbert Marcuse, Michel Foucault, and Breyten Breytenbach, Walzer explains the role of the public...
The Company of Critics provides a fascinating survey of the terrain of social criticism in the last century. Organizing the book as a series of eleven...
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95,82 zł |
The Jewish Political Tradition: Volume II: Membership
ISBN: 9780300115734 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "The series to which this book belongs is unprecedented. . . . Every one of the chapters enacts a debate that should have a living resonance, not just for Jews, although obviously for them, but for everyone with a historical sense and a political conscience."-Hilary Putnam, Boston Review "A vast and important resource which will be consulted for years to come by all interested in any aspect of Judaism and Jewish history."-Ira Robinson, Journal of Religion & Culture (praise for the series)
"The series to which this book belongs is unprecedented. . . . Every one of the chapters enacts a debate that should have a living resonance, not just...
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463,84 zł |
Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations
ISBN: 9780465052714 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Just and Unjust Wars forever changed the way we think about the ethics of conflict. First published in 1977 and now brought up to the present with a new preface and postscript, this classic work by political philosopher Michael Walzer examines the moral issues that arise before, during, and after the wars we fight. Reaching from the Athenian attack on Melos, to the Mai Lai massacre, to Afghanistan and beyond, Walzer mines historical accounts and the testimony of participants, decision makers, and victims to explain when war is justified and what ethical limitations apply to those who...
Just and Unjust Wars forever changed the way we think about the ethics of conflict. First published in 1977 and now brought up to the present w...
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107,66 zł |
Thinking Politically: Essays in Political Theory
ISBN: 9780300143225 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A collection of the most important writings of Michael Walzer, one of the world's most influential political thinkers " A] stimulating new collection of Walzer's] essays."-Adam Kirsch, New York Sun "Michael Walzer is one of liberalism's most important contemporary philosophers, as he seeks to meld communitarian concerns with traditional Rawlsian arguments together with a healthy dose of patriotic feeling and never entirely absent concern for the well-being of Israel."-Eric Alterman, mediamatters.org Michael Walzer is UPS Foundation Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced...
A collection of the most important writings of Michael Walzer, one of the world's most influential political thinkers " A] stimulating new collection ...
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274,72 zł |
Obligations: Essays on Disobedience, War, and Citizenship
ISBN: 9780674630253 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In this collection of essays, Michael Walzer discusses how obligations are incurred, sustained, and (sometimes) abandoned by citizens of the modern state and members of political parties and movements as they respond to and participate in the most crucial and controversial aspects of citizenship: resistance, dissent, civil disobedience, war, and revolution. Walzer approaches these issues with insight and historical perspective, exhibiting an extraordinary understanding for rebels, radicals, and rational revolutionaries. The reader will not always agree with Walzer but he cannot help being...
In this collection of essays, Michael Walzer discusses how obligations are incurred, sustained, and (sometimes) abandoned by citizens of the modern st...
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185,37 zł |
Thick and Thin: Moral Argument at Home and Abroad
ISBN: 9780268018979 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this book, Michael Walzer revises and extends the arguments first put forth in his influential Spheres of Justice and frames his ideas about justice, social criticism, and national identity in light of the new political world that has arisen in the past decade.
In this book, Michael Walzer revises and extends the arguments first put forth in his influential Spheres of Justice and frames his ideas about justic...
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103,69 zł |
The Jewish Political Tradition: Volume III: Community Volume 3
ISBN: 9780300228342 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 696 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The third of four volumes in a distinguished series, this volume includes chapters on the nature of the communal bond, marriage and family, welfare, taxation, and criminal justice
The third of four volumes in a distinguished series, this volume includes chapters on the nature of the communal bond, marriage and family, welfare, t...
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259,35 zł |
Getting Out: Historical Perspectives on Leaving Iraq
ISBN: 9780812242164 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Eventually every conqueror, every imperial power, every occupying army gets out. Why do they decide to leave? And how do political and military leaders manage withdrawal? Do they take with them those who might be at risk if left behind? What are the immediate consequences of departure? For Michael Walzer and Nicolaus Mills, now is the time to ask those questions about exiting--and to worry specifically about the difficulties certain to arise as we leave--Iraq. Getting Out approaches these issues in two sections. The first, entitled "Lessons Learned," examines seven historical... Eventually every conqueror, every imperial power, every occupying army gets out. Why do they decide to leave? And how do political and military lea... |
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169,26 zł |
Law, Politics, and Morality in Judaism
ISBN: 9780691125084 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Jewish legal and political thought developed in conditions of exile, where Jews had neither a state of their own nor citizenship in any other. What use, then, can this body of thought be today to Jews living in Israel or as emancipated citizens in secular democratic states? Can a culture of exile be adapted to help Jews find ways of being at home politically today? These questions are central in Law, Politics, and Morality in Judaism, a collection of essays by contemporary political theorists, philosophers, and lawyers. How does Jewish law accommodate--or fail to... Jewish legal and political thought developed in conditions of exile, where Jews had neither a state of their own nor citizenship in any other. What... |
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226,02 zł |
Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality
ISBN: 9780465081899 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The distinguished political philosopher and author of the widely acclaimed Just and Unjust Wars analyzes how society distributes not just wealth and power but other social "goods" like honor, education, work, free time--even love.
The distinguished political philosopher and author of the widely acclaimed Just and Unjust Wars analyzes how society distributes not just wealt...
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150,62 zł |
Arguing about War
ISBN: 9780300109788 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Michael Walzer is one of the world's most eminent philosophers on the subject of war and ethics. Now, for the first time since his classic Just and Unjust Wars was published almost three decades ago, this volume brings together his most provocative arguments about contemporary military conflicts and the ethical issues they raise. The essays in the book are divided into three sections. The first deals with issues such as humanitarian intervention, emergency ethics, and terrorism. The second consists of Walzer's responses to particular wars, including the first Gulf War, Kosovo,...
Michael Walzer is one of the world's most eminent philosophers on the subject of war and ethics. Now, for the first time since his classic Just and...
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92,77 zł |
Justice Is Steady Work: A Conversation on Political Theory
ISBN: 9781509544806 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "One of the world's most influential political theorists reflects on justice, on war and on the key political issues of our time"--
"One of the world's most influential political theorists reflects on justice, on war and on the key political issues of our time"--
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98,23 zł |
Interpretation and Social Criticism
ISBN: 9780674459717 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. What do social critics do? I How do they go about doing it? Where do their principles come from? How do critics establish their distance from the people and institutions they criticize? Michael Walzer addresses these problems in succinct and engaging fashion, providing a philosophical framework for understanding social criticism as a social practice. Walzer maintains that social criticism is an ordinary activity--less the offspring of scientific knowledge than the "educated cousin of common complaint"-- and does not depend for its force or accuracy upon any sort of high theory. In... What do social critics do? I How do they go about doing it? Where do their principles come from? How do critics establish their distance from the p... |
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152,61 zł |
Thick Thin: Moral Argument at Home and Abroad
ISBN: 9780268018849 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this book, Michael Walzer revises and extends the arguments first put forth in his influential Spheres of Justice and frames his ideas about justice, social criticism, and national identity in light of the new political world that has arisen in the past decade.
In this book, Michael Walzer revises and extends the arguments first put forth in his influential Spheres of Justice and frames his ideas about...
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430,52 zł |
Lewica. Nowe wyzwania
ISBN: 9788328710795 / Polski / Miękka ze skrzydełka / 2018 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. Najnowsza książka profesora Michaela Walzera, jednego z najwybitniejszych amerykańskich filozofów polityki, jest wykładem na temat problemów, jakie stoją przed współczesną lewicą w niezwykle skomplikowanym współczesnym świecie.
Autor szeroko formułuje pojęcie lewicy – zalicza do niej przede wszystkim najbliższych mu „socjalistów, socjaldemokratów i lewicowych liberałów”, z którymi się identyfikuje, ale także tych ludzi lewicy, z którymi się nie zgadza. W czasach pojęciowego zamętu, kiedy potoczną mądrością stało się stwierdzenie, że nie sposób... Najnowsza książka profesora Michaela Walzera, jednego z najwybitniejszych amerykańskich filozofów polityki, jest wykładem na temat problemów, ja...
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37,91 zł |
The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions
ISBN: 9780300223637 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A thought-provoking reflection on why secular national liberation movements are so often challenged by militant religious revivals
Many of the successful campaigns for national liberation in the years following World War II were initially based on democratic and secular ideals. Once established, however, the newly independent nations had to deal with entirely unexpected religious fierceness. Michael Walzer, one of America's foremost political thinkers, examines this perplexing trend by studying India, Israel, and Algeria, three nations whose founding principles and... A thought-provoking reflection on why secular national liberation movements are so often challenged by militant religious revivals
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76,39 zł |