David Runciman is a political theorist and writer, and the author of The Handover, Confronting Leviathan, Where Power Stops and How Democracy Ends. He is the former Head of Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, where he is also Honorary Professor of Politics. He is the creator of the widely acclaimed history and politics podcasts Talking Politics and Past Present Future.
The History of Ideas. Equality, Justice and Revolution
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- Nombre de pages305
- FormatGrand Format
- PrésentationBroché
- Poids0.26 kg
- Dimensions12,9 cm × 19,8 cm × 2,0 cm
- ISBN978-1-80081-592-6
- EAN9781800815926
- Date de parution03/07/2025
- ÉditeurProfile Books
Résumé
What can Simone de Beauvoir teach us about subjectivity ? How did Frederick Douglass expose the horrors of slavery and champion life beyond racial division ? And what did Friedrich Nietzsche predict for the human condition ? Wlth his signature erudition, acclaimed political theorist David Runciman uncovers the human — life, death, pain, freedom — that have anxieties shaped our understanding of the world.
From Rousseau to Rawls, fascism to feminism, pleasure to anarchy, this is a mind-bending tour through 300 years of political thinking — and the making of contemporary ideas.
From Rousseau to Rawls, fascism to feminism, pleasure to anarchy, this is a mind-bending tour through 300 years of political thinking — and the making of contemporary ideas.