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

Crimmins, James E., Utilitarianism in the Early American Republic. (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory) 244 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-27>
ISBN 978-0-367-54526-0 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-54809-4 paper ¥11,392.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

In Utilitarianism in the Early American Republic James E. Crimmins provides a fresh perspective on the history of antebellum American political thought.Based on a broad-ranging study of the dissemination and reception of utilitarian ideas in the areas of constitutional politics, law education, law reform, moral theory and political economy, Crimmins illustrates the complexities of the place of utilitarianism in the intellectual ferment of the times, in both its secular and religious forms, intersection with other doctrines, and practical outcomes. The pragmatic character of American political thought revealed-culminating in the postbellum rise of Pragmatism-stands in marked contrast to the conventional interpretations of intellectual history in this period.Utilitarianism in the Early American Republic will be of interest to academic specialists, and graduate and senior undergraduate students engaged in the history of political thought, moral philosophy and legal philosophy, particularly scholars with interests in utilitarianism, the trans-Atlantic transfer of ideas, the American political tradition and modern American intellectual history.

Kanatli, Mehmet, Private Property, Freedom, and Order: Social Contract Theories from Hobbes To Rawls. 200 pp. 2021:11 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2023 <665-28>
ISBN 978-0-367-74742-8 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-74745-9 paper ¥11,392.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This book looks at how the ideas of freedom, property, and order are expressed in modern social contract theories (SCTs). Drawing on the theories of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Rawls, it studies how notions of freedom promulgated by these SCTs invariably legitimise and defend the private ownership of the means of production. It argues that capitalism's impact on individual dependence and economic inequality still stems from this model, ultimately working in favour of proprietors.The author highlights the problematic nature of SCTs, which work as ideological mechanisms put forward under the guise of formal equality and formal freedom, by focusing on the historical and social context behind them. From a methodological point of view, the author presents a de-ideologization of the contractarian issue and provides insight into the political 'layers' within the discourse of individualism, human nature and morality shaping the outer corners of contractarian theory.An important intervention in the study of SCTs, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of political and social theory, sociology, political history, and political philosophy.

Gauthier, David, Hobbes and Political Contractarianism: Selected Writings. Ed. by S. Dimock et al. 288 pp. 2022:2 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <665-29>
ISBN 978-0-19-284300-5 hard ¥24,501.- (税込) GB￡ 86.00 *

This volume presents a selection of David Gauthier's writings on Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and the theory of political contractarianism. The eight essays on Hobbes, written over four decades, represent the author's changing understanding of the moral and political theories since the publication of The Logic of Leviathan (OUP, 1969). These include essays on Hobbes on law, challenging influential readings of his legal philosophy, and a previously unpublished piece, 'The True and Only Moral Philosophy', providing a close reading of chapters 13-15 of Leviathan. The four essays on social contract theory include an extended version of 'Political Contractarianism' (1997), Gauthier's well-known 'Public Reason' (1994), and a paper previously available only in French and Spanish translations.

Graf, Marie-Sophie, Sigmund Neumann - der totale Demokrat: Eine intellektuelle Biographie. 500 S. 2021:12 (Mohr, GW) <665-1079>
ISBN 978-3-16-161146-9 hard ¥20,950.- (税込) EUR 89.00 *

Der Ideenhistoriker und Politikwissenschaftler Sigmund Neumann (1904-1962) war Deutscher, Jude und Demokrat. Sein Lebensweg wurde stark vom 'Zeitalter der Extreme' gepraegt: Sozialisiert im Deutschen Kaiserreich und in der Weimarer Republik zwang die Machtuebernahme der Nationalsozialisten ihn 1933 in die Emigration. Er floh aus Berlin ueber London in die amerikanische Provinz und kehrte nach 1945 nur noch sporadisch in das 'Land der Taeter' zurueck, um die westdeutsche Demokratie zu staerken und eine universitaere Politikwissenschaft in der Bundesrepublik zu institutionalisieren. Heute sind seine Ideen zu Demokratie, Parteien und Totalitarismus weithin in Vergessenheit geraten. Marie-Sophie Graf zeigt in ihrer intellektuellen Biographie Sigmund Neumanns, dass es gerade heute noch lohnt, ueber sie nachzudenken.