Today, the Western idea of society, founded on a contract between citizens and limited to the cohabitation of human subjects (just as the idea of […]
Category: Politics
The Arduous Road to Revolution. Resisting Authoritarian Regimes in the Digital Communication Age
The right to rebel against an authoritarian power is part of liberal and democratic culture. As early as the late seventeenth century, John Locke theorised […]
Symbols and Myths in Liberal Democratic Political Systems. Essays on Political Theory
The volume consists of a collection of fifteen contributions on Political Theory, whose focus intersects different topics and perspectives. More specifically, a series of philosophical, […]
Clockwork Enemy. Xenophobia and Racism in the Era of Neo-populism
The book contains a range of studies on the relation between different versions of neo-nationalism, populism and racism, examining case studies in both Europe and […]
Biopolitics for beginners. Knowledge of life and government of people
The term biopolitics can be fully understood only within the context of modern forms of governing society. From this perspective, the development of modern medical […]
Interregnum: Between Biopolitics and Posthegemony
How does the future of the concept of the ‘political’ appear in a world marked by two apparently opposite trends: the tendency towards globalization and […]
David Hume. The sceptical conservative
This book stresses the importance of returning to David Hume’s political thought, focusing on his ideas about the origin of government and political obedience, and […]
Islam and Democracy. Voices of Muslims Among Us
During the last six years, a team of scholars, researchers and religious leaders in Europe and the USA worked tirelessly, organising over seventy discussion groups […]
A Petty Statesman. Writings on War and International Affairs
David Hume was not only a lover of political speculation, who dealt with politics in his most important works, but also an expert in military […]