PHILIP PETTIT

Una obra que resumeix de forma exhaustiva i didàctica tots els orígens i els fonaments de la teoria republicanista El politòleg i filòsof irlandès Philip Pettit exposa en aquesta obra el seu concepte de republicanisme entès com a teoria que recull la tradició de filòsofs de l’antiguitat com ara Plató i que s’enriqueix amb les aportacions de...

Argues that it was Hobbes, not later thinkers like Rousseau, who invented the invention of language thesis - the idea that language is a cultural innovation that transformed the human mind.

This book examines an unlikely development in modern political philosophy: the adoption by a...

This innovative approach to freedom starts from an account of what we mean by describing someone, in a psychological vein, as a free subject. Pettit develops an argument as to what it is that makes someone free in that basic sense; and then goes on to derive the implications of the approach for issues of freedom in political theory. Freedom in t...

According to republican theory, we are free persons to the extent that we are protected and secured

Was heißt Freiheit heute - jenseits einer auf persönliche Interessendurchsetzung zielenden neoliberalen Marktfreiheit? Können wir noch ein Freiheitsverständnis entwickeln, das uns moralische Orientierung in einer immer komplexeren Welt bietet? Philip Pettit, einer der meistdiskutierten Philosophen der Gegenwart, entwickelt in seinem mitreißenden...

Revisits the writings of classic theorists, and re-evaluates the importance and influence the psychology of esteem has on the economy. This book explores ways the economy of esteem may be reshaped to improve overall social outcomes. It also offers ways of thinking about how society works and may be made to work.