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Self-Interest before Adam Smith
Self-Interest before Adam Smith inquires into the foundations of economic theory. It is generally assumed that the birth of modern economic science, marked by the publication of …
Liberty, Right and Nature
Liberty, Right and Nature is a vibrant and powerful contribution to the recently renewed debate over natural rights and natural rights language. Annabel Brett argues persuasively …
Max Weber in Politics and Social Thought
Max Weber is widely regarded as one of the foundational thinkers of the twentieth century. But how did this reclusive German scholar manage to leave such an indelible mark on …
The English Republican Exiles in Europe during the Restoration
The Restoration of the Stuart monarchy in 1660 changed the lives of English republicans for good. Despite the Declaration of Breda, where Charles II promised to forgive those who …
Imperial Sceptics
Imperial Sceptics provides a highly original analysis of the emergence of opposition to the British Empire from 1850–1920. Departing from existing accounts, which have focused upon …
Between Literature and Science
The author chronicles the rise of Sociology and the prominent thinkers of the nineteenth-century.
Judaism and Enlightenment
This study investigates the philosophical and political significance of Judaism in the intellectual life of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe. Adam Sutcliffe shows how the …
Politics and ‘Politiques' in Sixteenth-Century France
During the French Wars of Religion, the nature and identity of politics was the subject of passionate debate and controversy. The word 'politique', in both sixteenth-century and …
The Origins of American Social Science
Focusing on the disciplines of economics, sociology, political science, and history, this book examines how American social science came to model itself on natural science and …
The Crisis of German Historicism
Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss - two major political thinkers of the twentieth century, both of German-Jewish background and forced into exile in America - were never friends or …
The Persistence of Party
Political parties are taken for granted today, but how was the idea of party viewed in the eighteenth century, when core components of modern, representative politics were …
Pedagogy and Power
Pedagogy and Power is a volume of interdisciplinary essays which explores the political dimensions of Graeco-Roman education and of its subsequent models. Seeking to make the …