'Mastery, Dependence, and the Ethics of Authority' is an analysis of expertise and authority. Stalnaker examines classical Confucian conceptions of mastery, dependence, and human relationships in order to suggest new approaches to these issues in ethics and political theory.
The Oxford Handbook of Jurisdiction in International Law provides an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the concept of jurisdiction in international law. Jurisdiction plays a fundamental role in international law, limiting the exercise of legal authority over internatio…
Durante la última década, el debate sobre las autonomías ha abierto y profundizado un campo fértil de discusión sobre las alternativas sociales, políticas y productivas al capitalismo desde innumerables experiencias locales surgidas desde abajo. Dichos procesos cuestionan al cap…
In 1965 the white minority government of Rhodesia (after 1980 Zimbabwe) issued a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain, rather than negotiate a transition to majority rule. In doing so, Rhodesia became the exception, if not anathema, to the policies and practices o…
In 1965 the white minority government of Rhodesia (after 1980, Zimbabwe) issued a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain, rather than negotiate a transition to majority rule. In doing so, Rhodesia became the exception, if not anathema, to the policies and practices …
In this ambitious and original book, Richard Schmitt moves beyond the current dominant assumption that human beings are essentially separate from one another. In so doing, he provides an understanding of how we can be in some ways autonomous beings with individual rights and at …
In this ambitious and original book, Richard Schmitt moves beyond the current dominant assumption that human beings are essentially separate from one another. In so doing, he provides an understanding of how we can be in some ways autonomous beings with individual rights and at …
"In this pathbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein asks us to rethink freedom. He shows that freedom of choice isn't nearly enough. To be free, we must also be able to navigate life. People often need something like a GPS device to help them get where th…
Neoliberalism is commonly viewed as an economic doctrine that seeks to limit the scope of government. This book offers an alternative view of neoliberalism as an extraordinarily malleable technology of governing that is taken up in different ways by different regimes, be they au…
Through a series of ethnographic case studies, Aihwa Ong reconceptualizes neoliberalism as an extraordinarily malleable technology of governing that is taken up in different ways by different regimes, be they authoritarian, demogratic, or communist.
