Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

〔英訳〕 C.マラブー著　アナーキズムと哲学
Malabou, Catherine, Stop Thief!: Anarchism and Philosophy. Tr. by C. Shread. 268 pp. 2023:11 (Polity Pr., UK) <709-58>
ISBN 978-1-5095-5522-2 hard ¥15,081.- (税込) US$ 69.95 *
ISBN 978-1-5095-5523-9 paper ¥5,379.- (税込) US$ 24.95 *

Many contemporary philosophers - including Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and Giorgio Agamben - ascribe an ethical or political value to anarchy, but none ever called themselves an "anarchist." It is as if anarchism were unmentionable and had to be concealed, even though its critique of domination and of government is poached by the philosophers. Stop Thief! calls out the plundering of anarchism by philosophy. It's a call that is all the more resonant today as the planetary demand for an alternative political realm raises a deafening cry. It also alerts us to a new philosophical awakening. Catherine Malabou proposes to answer the cry by re-elaborating a concept of anarchy articulated around a notion of the "non-governable" far beyond an inciting of disobedience or common critiques of capitalism. Anarchism is the only way out, the only pathway that allows us to question the legitimacy of political domination and thereby wfree up the confidence that we need if we are to survive.

Mokrosinska, Dorota, State Secrecy and Democracy: A Philosophical Inquiry. (Routledge Focus on Philosophy) 136 pp. 2023:10 (Routledge, UK) <709-60>
ISBN 978-0-367-53923-8 hard ¥14,241.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *

In the wake of controversial disclosures of classified government information by WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, questions about the democratic status of secret uses of political power are rarely far from the headlines. Despite an increase in initiatives aimed at enhancing government transparency - such as freedom of information or sunshine laws - secrecy persists in both the foreign and domestic policy of democratic states, in the form of classified intelligence programs, espionage, secret military operations, diplomatic discretion, closed-door political bargaining, and bureaucratic opacity.This book explores whether the state's claim to restrict access to information can be justified. Dorota Mokrosinska answers this question with a qualified "yes," arguing that secrecy in exercising executive and legislative power can be seen as a legitimate exercise of democratic authority rather than as its justified suspension.Past and recent examples of state secrecy are used throughout the book, including the Manhattan Project, decision-making leading to the Iraq War, the extraordinary renditions programs and secret detention sites in Eastern Europe, collaboration between international secret services, and the WikiLeaks and Snowden disclosures.State Secrecy and Democracy: A Philosophical Inquiry is essential reading for those in political philosophy, ethics, politics, international relations and security studies, and law.

Ruda, Frank, Indifference and Repetition; or, Modern Freedom and Its Discontents. Tr. by H. H.Yeung. Foreword by A. Badiou. 224 pp. 2023:12 (Fordham U. Pr., US) <709-64>
ISBN 978-1-5315-0531-8 hard ¥22,638.- (税込) US$ 105.00 *
ISBN 978-1-5315-0532-5 paper ¥6,468.- (税込) US$ 30.00 *

In capitalism human beings act as if they are mere animals. So we hear repeatedly in the history of modern philosophy. Indifference and Repetition examines how modern philosophy, largely coextensive with a particular boost in capitalism's development, registers the reductive and regressive tendencies produced by capitalism's effect on individuals and society. Ruda examines a problem that has invisibly been shaping the history of modern, especially rationalist philosophical thought, a problem of misunderstanding freedom. Thinkers like Descartes, Kant, Hegel, and Marx claim that there are conceptions and interpretations of freedom that lead the subjects of these interpretations to no longer act and think freely. They are often unwillingly led into unfreedom. It is thus possible that even "freedom" enslaves. Modern philosophical rationalism, whose conceptual genealogy the books traces and unfolds, assigns a name to this peculiar form of domination by means of freedom: indifference. Indifference is a name for the assumption that freedom is something that human beings have: a given, a natural possession. When we think freedom is natural or a possession we lose freedom. Modern philosophy, Ruda shows, takes its shape through repeated attacks on freedom as indifference; it is the owl that begins its flight, so that the days of unfreedom will turn to dusk.

Bartlett, Robert C. / Behnegar, Nasser (eds.), Political Rhetoric in Theory and Practice: A Reader. 376 pp. 2023:11 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <709-750>
ISBN 978-1-00-936737-0 hard ¥22,792.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *
ISBN 978-1-00-936738-7 paper ¥7,404.- (税込) GB￡ 25.99 *

Political Rhetoric in Theory and Practice is an introduction to the art of rhetoric or persuasive speaking. A collection of primary sources, it combines classic statements of the theory of political rhetoric (Aristotle, Isocrates, Demosthenes, Cicero) with a rich array of political speeches, from Socrates to Martin Luther King Jr., Pericles to Richard Nixon, Sojourner Truth to Phyllis Schlafly. These speeches exemplify not only the three principal kinds of rhetoric - judicial, deliberative, and epideictic - but also the principal rhetorical proofs. Grouped thematically, the speeches boast a diversity of speakers, subject matters, and themes. At a time when the practice of democracy and democratic deliberation are much in question, this book seeks to encourage the serious study of rhetoric by making available important examples of it, in both its noblest and its most scurrilous forms.

21世紀における要塞化
Betz, David, The Guarded Age: Fortification in the Twenty-First Century. 256 pp. 2023:10 (Polity Pr., UK) <709-751>
ISBN 978-1-5095-4404-2 hard ¥15,081.- (税込) US$ 69.95 *
ISBN 978-1-5095-4405-9 paper ¥5,379.- (税込) US$ 24.95 *

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 came to symbolize the dawn of a new era of openness and connectivity. Yet today, the world is ever more divided, demarcated, and - quite literally - fortified. We are living in a guarded age. Why and how has this happened? Where will it take us? In this book, David J. Betz explores the expansion of fortified physical infrastructure at every level of the global political economy. In cities, where security is increasingly 'designed in' to public buildings and spaces as they are reshaped to mitigate mass terror attacks. Within corporations, who are burying their electronic assets in deep underground caverns and behind the leaded walls of ex-nuclear war bunkers against a range of threats and feared contingencies. In many urban areas, where the default condition of civil life is to be walled, gated, watched, and guarded. Year after year, hundreds of miles of linear obstacles - walls, ditches, and watchtowers - are added to national borders. Practically everywhere you look there are signs of innovative fortification, often designed to be overlooked. The Guarded Age reveals the barriers which most have observed but few - until reading this book - have truly seen.

Browne, Craig, Social Theory and the Political Imaginary: Practice, Critique, and History. (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought) 240 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <709-752>
ISBN 978-1-03-241594-9 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Social Theory and the Political Imaginary: Practice, Critique, and History is an innovative work of synthesis, critique and analysis. It presages a social theory perspective that recognizes the constitutive significance of the political imaginary in modernity. Social theory's current dilemmas are explored through a series of interlinked assessments of recent substantial strands, specifically, Luc Boltanski's pragmatism and the wider 'practical turn,' the perspectives of multiple modernities and global modernity, the outlook of social and political imaginaries and critical social theory. The political imaginary's reconfigurations are evident in the tensions of global modernity, and original social theory interpretations are advanced of landmark instances of twenty-first-century social contestation: the Hong Kong protests conditioned by threats to civil freedoms and a lack of self-determination, the radical democratic practices of anti-austerity movements contesting capitalist globalization's injustices and the inverted cosmopolitanism of the 2005 French Riots challenging the oppression and inequalities experienced by immigrant communities and marginalized youth. These incisive applications of social theory and complementary conceptual innovations illuminate the vicissitudes of social struggles, political forms and theoretical perspectives. Similarly, reflection on the political imaginary is found to enable a necessary rethinking of the interrelationship of practice, critique and history.

Butler, Nick, The Trouble with Jokes: Humour and Offensiveness in Contemporary Culture and Politics. 192 pp. 2023:12 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <709-753>
ISBN 978-1-5292-3252-3 hard ¥22,792.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *

We're accustomed to seeing humour as a diversion from the serious side of life, but humour also permeates some of the most troubling political developments in recent years. From the resurgence of white nationalism to the erosion of democratic norms, jokes force-feed us objectionable ideologies while we gasp and splutter at all the side-splitting shenanigans. This book explores the relationship between humour and offensiveness in contemporary society. Drawing on examples from philosophical thinkers and popular culture, it invites readers to consider the dark side of humour. Weaving together cultural analysis, political discussion and philosophical reflection, the book provides an antidote to positive thinking about laughter and a roadmap for navigating different types of offensive humour.

政治的コミュニケーションー危機の時代のための入門　第2版
Davis, Aeron, Political Communication: An Introduction for Crisis Times. 2nd ed. 228 pp. 2023:12 (Polity Pr., UK) <709-754>
ISBN 978-1-5095-5704-2 hard ¥15,081.- (税込) US$ 69.95 *
ISBN 978-1-5095-5705-9 paper ¥5,810.- (税込) US$ 26.95 *

We are living in a period of great uncertainty. The rise of extreme populists, economic shocks and rising international tensions is not only causing turmoil but is also a sign that many long-predicted tipping points in media and politics have now been reached. Such changes have worrying implications for democracies everywhere.This second edition of Political Communication bridges old and new to map the political and cultural shifts and analyse what they mean for our ageing democracies. With new sections and revisions to all chapters, the book continues both to introduce and challenge the established literature. It revisits key questions such as: Why are polarized electorates no longer prepared to support established political parties? Why are large parts of the legacy media either dying or dismissed as 'fake news'? And why do some democratic leaders look more like dictators? In this fully updated edition, there is greater focus on digital developments, and it is enriched with new global comparisons and useful ancillary material.Political Communication: An Introduction for Crisis Times will appeal to advanced students and scholars of political communication, as well as anyone trying to understand the precarious state of today's media and political landscape.

D'Eramo, Marco, Masters: The Invisible War of the Powerful Against Their Subjects. Tr. by A. Kilgarriff. 272 pp. 2023:11 (Polity Pr., UK) <709-755>
ISBN 978-1-5095-5743-1 hard ¥15,081.- (税込) US$ 69.95 *
ISBN 978-1-5095-5744-8 paper ¥5,379.- (税込) US$ 24.95 *

From the breweries of Colorado and the faculties of Harvard to the Nobel Prize ceremonies in Stockholm, Marco D'Eramo guides us through the places where a new war has been thought out, planned and financed. It's a real war, though it has been fought silently, without us realizing it. Warren Buffett, one of the richest men in the world, said it best: 'There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning'. The revolt from above has affected all fields - not only the economy, but also justice and education. It has twisted our ideas of society, family and ourselves. It has taken advantage of every crisis, whether natural disasters, terrorist attacks, recessions or pandemics. It has used every weapon, from the information revolution to the technology of debt. It has changed the nature of power, from discipline to control. It has learnt from the workers' struggle, using Gramsci and Lenin against them. Maybe the time has come for us to do the same and to learn from our opponents.

Di Cesare, Donatella, Conspiracy and Power. 120 pp. 2023:11 (Polity Pr., UK) <709-756>
ISBN 978-1-5095-5487-4 hard ¥10,769.- (税込) US$ 49.95 *
ISBN 978-1-5095-5488-1 paper ¥3,223.- (税込) US$ 14.95 *

Conspiracy theories are neither delusions nor lies, neither simplistic fallacies nor psychological quirks: rather, they are a political problem. They are not so much about truth as about power. Rather than seeking to debunk conspiracy theories as the work of fringe groups and cranks, Donatella Di Cesare develops an original account that portrays conspiracy as the spectre of a shattered community. With the proliferation of conspiracy theories, the distrust of politics and politicians turns into a boundless and pervasive suspicion. Who is behind the scenes? Who is pulling the strings? The world, which seems increasingly confusing and impossible to read, must have a hidden side, a secret realm, that of the Deep State and the New World Order, where plans are hatched, information is gathered and thoughts are controlled. It is no longer a matter of a one-off plot or intrigue. Conspiracy is the very form in which citizens who feel condemned to a frustrating impotence, helpless before a techno-economic juggernaut, and manipulated by a faceless power relate to the world. This is why conspiracy, which exposes the emptiness of democracy, proves to be a fearsome weapon of mass depoliticisation.

ポスト真実、フェイクニュース、デモクラシー　第2版
Farkas, Johan / Schou, Jannick, Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: Mapping the Politics of Falsehood. 2nd ed. 168 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <709-757>
ISBN 978-1-03-256302-2 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-256303-9 paper ¥10,253.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

The new edition of Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy offers an updated overview and critical discussion of contemporary discourses around truth, misinformation, and democracy, while also mapping cutting-edge scholarship.Through in-depth analyses of news articles, commentaries, academic publications, policy briefs, and political speeches, the book engages with the underlying normative ideas that shape how fake news is being addressed across the globe. Doing so, it provides an innovative, critical contribution to contemporary debates on democracy, post-truth, and politics.Three new chapters: Chapter 2 provides an outline of the scholarly field of research into fake news; Chapter 5 examines how issues of fake news and (mis)information have become intertwined with contemporary crisis events; and Chapter 9 presents democratic alternatives to post-truth solutionism.A new foreword by Professor Sarah Banet-Weiser.Fully updated examples and studies from contemporary events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Capitol attack, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Extended discussions on the causes of democratic decline, currently proposed solutions to fake news, and democratic alternatives to our current predicament.Interesting, informative, and well documented, Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy continues its commitment to understand and engage with the current state and future of democracy.

Fung, Archon / Gray, Sean W. D. (eds.), Empowering Affected Interests: Democratic Inclusion in a Globalized World. 250 pp. 2024:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <709-758>
ISBN 978-1-00-945401-8 hard ¥22,792.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *
ISBN 978-1-00-945400-1 paper ¥7,404.- (税込) GB￡ 25.99 *

Many demands for democratic inclusion rest on a simple yet powerful idea. It's a principle of affected interests. The principle states that all those affected by a collective decision should have a say in making that decision. Yet, in today's highly globalized world, the implications of this 'All-Affected Principle' are potentially radical and far-reaching. Empowering Affected Interests brings together a distinguished group of leading democratic theorists and philosophers to debate whether and how to rewrite the rules of democracy to account for the increasing interdependence of states, markets, and peoples. It examines the grounds that justify democratic inclusion across borders of states, localities, and the private sector, on topics ranging from immigration and climate change to labor markets and philanthropy. The result is an original and important reassessment of the All-Affected Principle and its alternatives that advances our understanding of the theory and practice of democracy. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

政治学の暗い側面
Ginsberg, Benjamin, The Dark Side of Politics: Essays on the Unpleasant Realities of Political Life. 232 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <709-759>
ISBN 978-1-03-259386-9 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-259385-2 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

This series of scholarly chapters explores the unpleasant realities of modern politics - and American politics in particular - by examining how self- interest, war, violence, deception and institutional failure continue to characterize the political landscape.Author Benjamin Ginsberg argues that the political world in which we like to think we live - the world of civic engagement, representative government and principled political discourse - is fleeting and fragile, resting uneasily upon the foundation of a harsh and dark reality.Making a fundamental contribution to our understandings of politics, this book is an important read for students and scholars of American Politics and Government.

インターネット上の左派－ソーシャルメディアの時代のイデオロギー
Harrison, Graham, The Internet Left: Ideology in the Age of Social Media. 192 pp. 2023:12 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <709-760>
ISBN 978-1-5292-3256-1 hard ¥22,792.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *
ISBN 978-1-5292-3257-8 paper ¥7,973.- (税込) GB￡ 27.99 *

Defying the current pessimistic narrative, this book challenges the prevailing assumptions that the political Left is spent, hopeful ideological discourse has collapsed and social media has corroded public debates about politics. Instead, the book argues that ideological activism remains vibrant on the Left, but there is currently no clear way of recognising and analysing this phenomenon. The book fills this gap by first defining what political social media is and then by taking a morphological approach to investigating political ideologies and revealing the ways in which interconnected concepts are arranged. It concludes by coining the term 'proto-ideologies' to approach the construction of concepts that generate ideologies in the making.

Kermani, Navid, What is Possible Now: 33 Political Situations. 272 pp. 2023:11 (Polity Pr., UK) <709-761>
ISBN 978-1-5095-5763-9 hard ¥15,081.- (税込) US$ 69.95 *
ISBN 978-1-5095-5764-6 paper ¥5,379.- (税込) US$ 24.95 *

Navid Kermani is one of the outstanding public intellectuals of his generation. Not one for drawing hard and fast conclusions, his style of thought is probing, observant, often straying from well-trodden paths and always peering beyond the present moment to trace connections and grasp the bigger picture. Well known for his prize-winning novels and major works of non-fiction, Kermani has also gained widespread acclaim as a journalist, displaying a rare political sensitivity which manages to illuminate what politicians fail to see and to seek out solutions where all appears hopeless. This volume brings together his brilliantly perceptive writing from the last thirty years, on topics ranging from terror in the Middle East to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. As a record of Kermani's uniquely compassionate curiosity, this absorbing book is a welcome antidote to the confusion and despair that stalks global politics today.

事実上の国家の理論
Knotter, Lucas, A Theory of De Facto States: Classical Realism and Exceptional Polities. (Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity) 248 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <709-762>
ISBN 978-0-367-86129-2 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

A Theory of De Facto States offers a new perspective on the phenomenon of de facto states - political communities that manifest forms of statehood in international politics but lack international legal recognition - zooming in on two prominent examples, Somaliland and Kosovo.Employing a thorough understanding of classical realist theories of international relations, this book provides a fresh critique of the common ways in which existing research tends to identify the ostensible state features of these communities. In contrast to the prevalent portrayals of such features in terms of international legal, discursive, and/or everyday logics, this book argues that de facto states can be most fundamentally characterised as exceptional polities in international relations.Showcasing how the statehood and sovereignty of de facto states is based in international political crises, this book concludes that these entities function as recurring disruptions of any supposed international political order. A Theory of De Facto States will therefore be of interest to researchers of secession, de facto statehood, and International Relations theory alike.

Quill, Lawrence, Nostalgia and Political Theory. 216 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2024:1 <709-766>
ISBN 978-1-03-227455-3 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-227453-9 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

In Nostalgia and Political Theory, Lawrence Quill advocates the central importance of nostalgia as a theoretical response to the 'historic' past and a vertiginous present. He does so by offering detailed analyses of diverse theoretical approaches, from the ancient world to the modern day, in order to reassess the relation between nostalgia and politics. Quill proposes nostalgia as an organizing concept, silently (and not so silently) influencing theorists as they construct critiques of the present or visions of the political future.Nostalgia and Political Theory surveys key contributions to nostalgic and antinostalgic thinking from across the political spectrum. Assessing the influence of photography, radio, television, and personal computing on changing conceptions of the past, Quill also considers the relation between populism, nationalism, and nostalgia. By challenging those who would dismiss nostalgia as irrational or a symptom of cultural malaise, Quill concludes by advancing the case for a liberal theory of nostalgia.Nostalgia and Political Theory will be of interest to scholars and students in the fields of political theory, social theory, sociology, philosophy, political science, memory studies, and nostalgia studies.

Schaefer, Armin / Zuern, Michael, The Democratic Regression: The Political Causes of Authoritarian Populism. Tr. by S. Curtis. 225 pp. 2023:10 (Polity Pr., UK) <709-769>
ISBN 978-1-5095-5876-6 hard ¥14,003.- (税込) US$ 64.95 *
ISBN 978-1-5095-5877-3 paper ¥4,947.- (税込) US$ 22.95 *

There is a tendency in public debate to downplay the significance of populism by attributing its rise to the inadequacies of those who vote for populist leaders and parties. But this way of thinking prevents us from seeing that the rise of populism may be linked to problems and shortcomings in the way our democracies work. In this important book, Armin Schaefer and Michael Zuern argue that the rise of authoritarian populism is rooted in two developments that are specifically political in character: first, the unequal responsiveness of parliaments towards less privileged citizens; and second, the growing political role of non-majoritarian institutions, like central banks and international institutions, that remove decisions from public debate and entrust them to experts. Contemporary democracy is increasingly perceived as lacking openness and representativeness. More and more citizens come to feel that politics is made by a closed political class oblivious to the concerns of ordinary people, and those who share this view are more likely to vote for authoritarian populists. Although contemporary populists keep rubbing salt into the wound of liberal democracy, their responses fail to solve the problems of democratic politics. On the contrary, wherever authoritarian-populist parties have come to power, they have damaged democracy rather than expanding it or reducing existing inequalities.

審議的憲法制定
Reuchamps, Min / Welp, Yanina (eds.), Deliberative Constitution-making: Opportunities and Challenges. (Routledge Studies in Democratic Innovations) 220 pp. 2023:8 (Routledge, UK) <709-493>
ISBN 978-1-03-235503-0 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book explains deliberative constitution-making with a special focus on the connections between participation, representation and legitimacy and provides a general overview of what the challenges and prospects of deliberative constitution-making are today.It seeks to provide a more complete picture of what is at stake as a political trend in various places in the world, both theoretically and empirically grounded. Distinctively, the book studies not only established democracies and well-known cases of deliberative constitution-making but also such practices in authoritarian and less consolidated democratic settings and departs from a traditional institutional perspective to have a special focus on actors, and in particular underrepresented groups.This book is of key interest to scholars and students of deliberative democracy, constitutional politics, democratization and autocratization studies, citizen participation and more broadly to comparative politics, public administration, social policy and law.

安定性の課題－N.ルーマンの初期の政治社会学と米独における憲法判断
Shulman, Theodor, The Challenge of Stability: Niklas Luhmann's Early Political Sociology and Constitutional Adjudication in the United States and Germany. (Beitraege zum auslaendischen oeffentlichen Recht und Voelkerrecht 322) 230 S. 2023:7 (Nomos, GW) <709-495>
ISBN 978-3-7560-0623-6 hard ¥16,242.- (税込) EUR 69.00 *

Niklas Luhmann's early systems-theoretical conception of functional differentiation holds both normative and empirical insights for our understanding of constitutional adjudication. For example, Luhmann's conception of legal autonomy may help to shed new light on the countermajoritarian difficulty. Secondly, his theory of how the political system is differentiated into two sub-systems can improve our conceptual understanding of judicial politicization. To illustrate this potential, this book applies “Legitimation durch Verfahren” in particular and Luhmann's early systems theory in general to Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court and the United States Supreme Court.

ジハードとは何か？－政治的ディスコースにおけるジハードの理論に向けて
Mougou, Afaf, What is Jihad?: Toward a Theory of Jihad in Political Discourse. 76 pp. 2023:7 (P. Lang, SZ) <709-140>
ISBN 978-3-631-89683-9 hard ¥10,237.- (税込) SFR 41.00

This book reveals to you the true meaning of Jihad in Islam. Our approach is based on the neurocognitive theory of meaning. This study is my attempt to give snapshots of how a scientific religious interpretation might look if we tried to do that. The whole point of a cognitive approach to religion is to aid us in gaining access to the conceptual network that the religious text is based on so that we can, in some extended sense of the term, understand the way we should understand it.