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How to Make People Just

James P. Sterba

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Vengeance: The Fight Against Injustice

Pietro Marongiu, Graeme Newman

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Between the Human and the Divine

Mary G. Dietz

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Between the Human and the Divine will introduce American readers to one of the most complex, troubled and troubling, luminous, path-breaking and neglected minds of our time. Dietz has taken an important step towards getting the measure of a thinker who measures our civilization.-THE REVIEW OF POLITICS

Michael Walzer on War and Justice

Brian Orend

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Does not add much to the body of knowledge 2 out of 5 stars.
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This does not really add to the body of knowledge on just war. It is an interpretation of Michael Walzer's just war and other political writings. But since Walzer is still alive, we can still ask him where he stands rather than trying to discern it from his writings. I recommend any of Walzer's original works over this one.

Excellent Analysis 5 out of 5 stars.
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Brian Orend has done an excellent job here of analyzing Walzer's theory of distributive justice and his just war theory and working through what may, on first inspection, seem like some conceptual conflicts between the two.

He also pulls out and clarifies the salient concepts within each theory.

All in all, this is an excellent accompaniment to Walzer's own work.

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The first comprehensive examination of Michael Walzer's political philosophy, including his views on such vital issues as war and peace, distributive justice, and global governance.

Sense of the World

Jean-Luc Nancy

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Is there a "world" anymore, much less any "sense" to it? Acknowledging the lack of meaning in our time, and the lack of a world at the center of meanings we try to impose, Jean-Luc Nancy presents a rigorous critique of the many discourses--from philosophy and political science to psychoanalysis and art history--that talk and write their way around these gaping absences in our lives.

Speech and Society: The Christian Linguistic Social Philosophy of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy

George Allen Morgan

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Speech and Society 2 out of 5 stars.
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This is a scholarly primer of Rosenstock-Huessy's multifaceted thought. Nothing written before on the subject has approached the breadth of knowledge of the vast corpus of his writings and the insights into his thought that are contained here. This will undoubtedly remain the standard work on Rosenstock-Huessy for generations of appreciative students.
George Allen Morgan discovered Rosenstock-Huessy in 1934 at Harvard. Having recently completed his doctorate in philosophy under Alfred North Whitehead, Morgan was at that time preparing his classic work, What Nietzsche Means (Harvard, 1941). Dr. Morgan later played a major role in helping Rosenstock-Huessy organize The Christian Future. After completing 23 years as a career foreign service officer and diplomat, Dr. Morgan spent the next 15 years reading, at least once, each of Rosenstock-Huessy's 45 books and more than 700 articles and other unpublished material.
This compact and beautifully written volume is divided into three parts. Part One, Fundamentals, begins with the elements of Rosenstock-Huessy's Speech-Thinking: the Grammatical Method and the Cross of Reality. Part Two, Historical Perspectives, includes as topics Jews, Christians, Greeks, and his millennarian view of history as it relates to the Church, world revolutions, and the planetary human; Part Three, Selected Aphorisms, is a magnificent collection under the heading, "Fires of Inspiration." An early edition of Lise van der Molen's bibliography, organized by type of publication, is also included.
"Speech and Society" can also be ordered from Argo Books (www.argobooks.org), as can all the rest of Rosenstock-Huessy's English language works, including many of the lectures he gave on these topics. The lectures alone comprise more than 5000 pages of spontaneous comments he made to students from 1949 to 1968.

Violence Against Women: Philosophical Perspectives

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This is the first anthology to take a theoretical look at violence against women. Each essay shows how philosophy provides a powerful tool for examining a difficult and deep-rooted social problem. Stanley G. French, Wanda Teays, and Laura M. Purdy, all philosophers, present a familiar phenomenon in a new and striking fashion.

The editors employ a two-tiered approach to this vital issue. Contributors consider both interpersonal violence, such as rape and battering; and also systemic violence, such as sexual harassment, pornography, prostitution, and violence in a medical context. The editors have further broadened the discussion to include such cross-cultural issues as rape in war, dowry deaths, female genital mutilation, and international policies on violence against women. Against this wide range of topics, which integrate personal perspectives with the philosophical, the contributors offer powerful analyses of the causes and effects of violence against women, as well as potential policies for effecting change.

Contributors: Clelia Smyth Anderson, University of Kentucky Semra Asefa, United Nations in Africa Susan J. Brison, Dartmouth College Nadya Burton, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto Natalie Dandekar, freelance scholar, Churchville, MD Debra A. DeBruin, University of Illinois at Chicago Arnold R. Eiser, University of Illinois College of Medicine Yolanda Estes, University of Colorado Patricia Kazan, Carleton University Catharine A. MacKinnon, Law School, University of Michigan Roksana Nazneen, Concordia University Edith L. Pacillo, State of Idaho Court of Appeals Wanda Teays, Mount St. Mary's College Abby Wilkerson, George Washington University

The Constructive Revolutionary: John Calvin and His Socio-Economic Impact

W. Fred Graham

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Habermas and the Dialectic of Reason

David Ingram

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Hard but rewarding intro to Habermas 4 out of 5 stars.
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Habermas never wrote in an accesible language. His subject is already difficult, and it puzzles me why someone who wrote so much about communication can't get his message accros in a language that for once does not border the obscurantist. This German philosopher is like a bottle of exquisite wine, it takes a long time to appreciate the taste, but when you do, it stays with you for ever. Maybe my continuing struggle with Habermas's ideas has to do with my limited knowledge of social theory, or the sheer depth of his writings that keeps to amaze me. Ingram isn't much better when it comes to prose, however, he manages to pack in a small book all there is to know about Habermas when you are short on time but you can bring up the concentration to absorb the material. For those who want a similar, but far more accesible intro to Habermas, I would recommend Jane Braaten's "Habermas's critical theory of society". Braaten's book helped me make the 'jump' and understand some key concepts. Ingrams book is wonderfully dense and concise. It remains good companion, even when you managed to read Habermas in his full glory. However, you need some knowledge of social theory and continental philosophy to fully appreciate Ingram's book.

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'The book is indispensable to an understanding of both HabErmas and the contemporary human condition.' --'SCOTT WARREN, 'SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY'

Duality into Unity: A Spiritual and Social Vision for the Millennium

Nick Bamforth

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Yes, it IS the truth 5 out of 5 stars.
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Nick Bamford's book Duality Into Unity is undoubtedly the best book on what is now happening to ever be printed. It is a wake up call to all people on this planet. Time is running out. We have already entered the Plane of Unity. Every word, every thought, every idea, every suggestion is right on the mark - actually everything I have been teaching my students, giving in lectures, writing articles on has been exactly that - and I have never ever been in contact with him. These same ideas, thoughts, etc. came from 28 years of working in and with the non-physical world. Now I found it in print, thanks to Nick Bamford. It is all true and we had better pay strict attention.