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

政治思想の世界史　第2版
Babb, James, A World History of Political Thought. 2nd ed. 608 pp. 2024:3 (E. Elgar, UK) <712-533>
ISBN 978-1-03-532094-3 hard ¥47,008.- (税込) GB￡ 165.00
ISBN 978-1-03-532096-7 paper ¥12,806.- (税込) GB￡ 44.95

In this revised and improved second edition of A World History of Political Thought, the comprehensive comparative analysis of political thought from 600 BC to the present day is given even more depth and context. The result is an intriguing and accessible journey through world history and culture.Truly international in scope, the book explores both Western and non-Western systems of political thought with intellectual perceptiveness, and focuses on the works and influence of all the key political thinkers throughout history. Starting from its sophisticated approach to political thought in ancient East Asia, India, Greece and Rome, it delves deeper into medieval Indian and early Islamic political thought adding to its pioneering examination of the influence of Buddhism on East Asian political thinking. Its approach to modern world political thought remains unparalleled.This timely and incisive book is an indispensable read for academics, researchers and students in politics, political theory and political philosophy as well as East Asian, Indian, Classical, Islamic, European, African, Middle Eastern and Latin American Studies. Most importantly, it is the best way for anyone to understand the range of world thought from the earliest recorded history.

ローマの政治思想における身体の政治
Mebane, Julia, The Body Politic in Roman Political Thought. 320 pp. 2024:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <712-534>
ISBN 978-1-00-938929-7 hard ¥24,216.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

How did Roman writers use the metaphor of the body politic to respond to the downfall of the Republic? In this book, Julia Mebane begins with the Catilinarian Conspiracy in 63 BCE, when Cicero and Catiline proposed two rival models of statesmanship on the senate floor: the civic healer and the head of state. Over the next century, these two paradigms of authority were used to confront the establishment of sole rule in the Roman world. Tracing their Imperial afterlives allows us to see how Romans came to terms with autocracy without ever naming it as such. In identifying metaphor as an important avenue of political thought, the book makes a significant contribution to the history of ideas. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

H.ラスウェルの政策科学
Torgerson, Douglas, The Policy Sciences of Harold Lasswell: Contextual Orientation and the Critical Dimension. (Advances in Critical Policy Studies) 208 pp. 2024:1 (E. Elgar, UK) <712-535>
ISBN 978-1-78897-600-8 hard ¥24,216.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

Illuminating and timely, this book offers an in depth exploration of a 20th century intellectual landmark, Harold Lasswell's proposal for the policy sciences. This proposal, though always controversial, stands out as a unique and comprehensive effort at advancing a policy focus in the social sciences by means of enhancing orientation to context.Douglas Torgerson argues that Lasswell stands apart in the policy landscape, his extraordinary focus on context constituting a distinct critical dimension. Torgerson presents the historical emergence of Lasswell's proposal as a four-phase process, ranging from the 1920s to the 1970s. Chapters explore the ramifications of Lasswell's contextual focus in that, whatever his intention, he anticipated a radical democratic goal. In today's world, as authoritarian populism threatens democracy, policy research can no longer take for granted a liberal democratic context. Researchers must protect free inquiry, safeguarding their own work while expanding and securing democratic freedoms.Offering key insights into one of the 20th century's most forward-looking political scientists, this book is essential reading for the full range of established scholars, policy professionals, graduate students, and everyone who is interested in the relationship between policy and political theory.