The State of Democratic Theory
By: Ian Shapiro
3.76
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those e…
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1. Rationalism in Politics and other essays
By: Michael Oakeshott , Timothy Fuller
4.01
Format: 582 pages, Paperback
Rationalism in Politics, first published in 1962, has established the late Michael Oakeshott as the… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- political science
"Like Midas, the Rationalist is always in the unfortunate position of not being able to touch anything, without transforming it into an abstraction; he can never get a square meal of experience."-Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics and other essays
"To be conservative, then, is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the dist…"-Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics and other essays
"This, I believe, is the appropriate image of human intercourse -- appropriate because it recognizes the qualities, the diversities, and the proper relationships of human utterances. As civilized huma…"-Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics and other essays
"The conduct of affairs, for the Rationalist, is a matter of solving problems, and in this no man can hope to be successful whose reason has become inflexible by surrender to habit or is clouded by th…"-Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics and other essays
2. A Preface to Democratic Theory
By: Robert A. Dahl
3.62
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Robert Dahl’s Preface helped launch democratic theory fifty years ago as a new area of study in pol… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- political science
3. Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language: An Elementary Exposition
By: Saul A. Kripke
4.03
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
In this book Saul Kripke brings his powerful philosophic intelligence to bear on Wittgenstein's ana… read more
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- philosophy
4. The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies
By: Scott E. Page
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this landmark book, Scott Page redefines the way we understand ourselves in relation to one anot… read more
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- science
5. Democracy and Its Critics
By: Robert A. Dahl
4.36
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
In this prize-winning book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time makes a major… read more
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6. History of the Peloponnesian War
By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner
3.94
Format: 648 pages, Paperback
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
7. Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It)
By: Elizabeth S. Anderson
3.99
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments--and why we can't see it One in four Am… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- political science
"Most workplace governments in the United States are dictatorships, in which bosses govern in ways that are largely unaccountable to those who are governed. They don’t merely govern workers; they domi…"-Elizabeth S. Anderson, Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It)
8. The State of Democratic Theory
By: Ian Shapiro
3.76
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those e… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
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9. Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens
By: Josiah Ober
4.12
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
When does democracy work well, and why? Is democracy the best form of government? These questions a… read more
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- politics
- political science
10. Democratic Reason: Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many
By: Hélène Landemore
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Individual decision making can often be wrong due to misinformation, impulses, or biases. Collectiv… read more
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- politics
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