Publisher's Synopsis
AVAILABLE AS PAPERBACK AND E-BOOKThis groundbreaking and exclusive book by Clarke K. Cottingridge presents a selective and stimulating overview of different political and philosophical issues and fields of interest. Whether you are looking for introductory reading, factual insights or fascinating literature for travelling, this book is a must buy for anyone with or without an interest in politics and philosophy.Overview of Articles and Commentaries: - United States Foreign and Domestic Policy: Interrelation & Implications- Liberal Democracy: Does it lead to a more peaceful international order?- Does Terrorism challenge state-centric understandings of security?- Environmentalism in International Relations - The US, Russia and China: Great Power Rivalry in International Relations- Is it possible to lie to yourself? Jean-Paul Sartre and Bad Faith- Paul-Michel Foucault and the Repressive Hypothesis- What role does rational thinking play in moral judgement?- Theodor W. Adorno's critique of Hegel's philosophy of history- Jürgen Habermas' vision for the role of philosophy- Martin Heidegger: What can art reveal about Being?- Edmund G. A. Husserl and René Descartes: Two Philosophical Meditations- John Locke on communication- Georg W. F. Hegel's Dialectic of Sense-Certainty: What does its failure mean for epistemology?- Liberal Feminism & the Structural and Normative Effects of Labour Market and Social Welfare Reforms
