Political Theory
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Rules For Radicals
by Saul D Alinsky
Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals is the last book written by community organizer Saul D. Alinsky before his death in 1972. Published in 1971, it was Alinsky's attempt to impart his theory and methods of organizing to the current generation of young activists, largely drawing upon his own experiences. Alinsky wrote in the book's prologue: "What I have to say in this book is not the arrogance of unsolicited advice.
The Theory Of the Proletarian Revolution
by Vladimir Ilich, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Josef Stalin V Bystryansky and M Mishin Lenin
Civilization Contents, Discontents, Malcontents, and Other Essays In Social Theory
by Stanford M Lyman
The Dominant Ideas Of the Nineteenth Century and Their Impact On the State Vol 2
by Jbozsef; Jones, D Mervyn Ehtvhos
Political Theory Books & Ephemera
Counterrevolution and Revolt
by Marcuse, Herbert
Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) was born in Berlin and educated at the universities of Berlin and Freiburg. He fled Germany in 1933 and arrived in the United States in 1934. Marcuse taught at Columbia, Harvard, Brandeis, and the University of California, San Diego, where he met Andrew Feenberg and William Leiss as graduate students. He is the author of numerous books, including One-Dimensional Man and Eros and Civilization.
Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology
by Sears, David O., Leonie Huddy, Robert Jervis (editors)
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Full black leatherette. xi, 822 pp. A few small scuffs to boards, else fine and clean.
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SGD 125.89
Reason in Revolt
by Copeman, Fred
London: Blandford Press Ltd, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 235 p.p. Cloth. Loss to top of dust-jacket spine. Rubbing to extremities of dust-jacket. Foxing to rear dust-jacket cover. Discolouration to board extremities. Copeman was an English volunteer in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. He is also known for contributing to London's air raid defences during WWII.
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SGD 100.71
The Ruler
by Machiavelli, Niccolo; Rodd, Peter
London: The Bodley Head, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. blue paper boards. 125 pp. Spine tilted. Some fading to edges. Interior lightly age toned. Dust jacket is sunned, short tear to head of front joint.
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SGD 30.21
The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935
by Gramsci, Antonio; Forgacs, David (editor)
New: New York University Press, 2000. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. With a new introduction by Eric Hobsbawm. Soft cover. 447 pp. Some slight sunning to spine and joints, curling to front cover, else fine.
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SGD 40.28
Capital in The Twenty-First Century
by Piketty, Thomas
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. Half black cloth, black paper boards. viii, 685 pp. A few very minor bumps to edges of dust jacket. Fine condition. What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. In this...
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SGD 75.53
The Posthuman Dada Guide: Tzara & Lenin Play Chess
by Codrescu, Andrei
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2009. Soft cover. Fine. 4" x 6" Soft cover. 235 pp. Fine.
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SGD 22.16
Acting in an Uncertain World: An Essay on Technical Democracy
by Callon, Michel, Pierre Lascoumes, and Yannick Barthe
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. 287 pp. Light sunning to spine, spot of fading to upper corner of front cover. Else fine. Controversies over such issues as nuclear waste, genetically modified organisms, asbestos, tobacco, gene therapy, avian flu, and cell phone towers arise almost daily as rapid scientific and technological advances create uncertainty and bring about unforeseen concerns. The authors of Acting in an Uncertain World argue that political institutions must...
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SGD 30.21
Detente: East-West Relations After Helsinki
by Zhilina, O. (compiler)
Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1977. Soft cover. Near Fine. 16mo. The Soviet Viewpoint Series. Orig. yellow paper wraps. 134 pp. Ssome rubbing to joints, creasing to spine. Errata laid in. Near fine overall.
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SGD 45.32
Capital, The Communist Manifesto, and Other Writings
by Marx, Karl; Eastman, Max (editor)
New York: The Modern Library, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 18mo. Orig. blue cloth. xxvi, 29 pp. Spine tilted. Light rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket is age toned, rubbed to extremities, a few short tears. With an essay on Marxism by Vladimir Lenin.
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SGD 36.26
Our Aim is to Preserve Peace: A Collection Of Speeches By Y. V. Andropov, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee
by Andropov, Yuri
Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1983. Soft cover. Fine. 18mo. Orig. blue wraps, glued binding. 87 pp. Slight sunning to extremities, a little rubbing to joints, else fine.
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SGD 28.20
The Irrational in Politics: Sexual Repression and Authoritarian Conditioning
by Brinton, Maurice
Tucson, AZ: See Sharp Press, 1993. Soft cover. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 52 pp. Very slight sunning to extremities and light creasing to upper corner of front cover, fine overall.
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SGD 18.13
The Modern State
by MacIver, R.M
London: Oxford University Press, 1941. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. 8vo. Full navy cloth. xii, 504 pp. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. A few spots of annotation to text. Dust jacket is torn to front joint, chipped to spine ends, a few other small chips and short tears, scuffed to covers, and darkened to spine.
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SGD 95.67
Introduction to Berdyaev
by Fielding Clarke, Oliver
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Full green cloth, black label to upper spine.192 pp. B&W frontis. portrait of Berdyaev. Bookseller's ticket of B.H. Blackwell Ltd, Oxford to front pastedown. Sunning to spine and light bumping to spine ends, else a fine copy of this exploration of the Russian religious and political philosopher Nicolai Berdyaev.
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SGD 42.30
The Micro-Politics of Capital: Marx and the Prehistory of the Present
by Read, Jason
Albany: State University of New York Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 213 pp. Fine. What is the relation between the economy, or the mode of production, and culture, beliefs, and desires? How is it possible to think of these relations without reducing one to the other, or effacing one for the sake of the other? To answer these questions, this book reads Marx in light of the contemporary critical interrogations of subjectivity in the works of...
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SGD 36.26
Documents of the USSR-USA Summit Talks (June, 1973)
Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1973. Soft cover. Near Fine. 5" x 7.75" Orig. teal wraps. 62 pp. Wraps are age toned, slight wear to joint, else fine.
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SGD 40.28
The Causes and Correlates of Foreign Policy Beliefs
by Laulicht, Jerome and George W. Strong
Clarkson, Ontario: Canadian Peace Research Institute, 1968. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. In Your Opinion Volume II. Orig. yellow wraps. 209 pp. Spine and edges sunned. Sticker ghost to spine head. Creasing to head of rear cover.
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SGD 50.36
Man, Economy, and State: A Treatise on Economic Principles, with Power and Market: Government and the Economy
by Rothbard, Murray N
Auburn, Alabama: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2009. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Second, scholar's edition. Hard cover. lxi, 1438 pp. Light scuff to fore edge of text block, else fine.
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SGD 100.71
Captain America and the Crusade against Evil: The Dilemma of Zealous Nationalism
by Jewett, Robert and John Shelton Lawrence
Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. xvi, 392 pp. B&W photos in text. Fine.
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SGD 32.23
Democracy at Gunpoint: The Greek Front
by Papandreou, Andreas
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo. First edition stated. Full original blue cloth. xv, 365 pp. Spotting to cloth, sunning to top edge, bruise to spine head. Creasing to lower corner of a few pages. Dust jacket is lightly worn and creased to extremities, a few short tears. The most controversial figure in Greece's recent political history - and the son of that country's most popular post-war leader - has written this striking account of his...
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SGD 40.28
T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism
by Bey, Hakim
Brooklyn, NY: Autonomedia, 2003. Soft cover. Near Fine. 18mo. Soft cover. 147 pp. Spine sunned. Pencil underlining and marginalia. This book contains the full text of Chaos: The Broadsheets of Ontological Anarchism, the complete communiques and fliers of the Association for Ontological Anarchy, the long essay "The Temporary Autonomous Zone," and a new preface by the author.
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SGD 20.14
Rescuing Policy: The Case For Public Engagement
by Lenihan, Don
Ottawa: Public Policy Forum, 2012. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription by author to title page, and laid-in business card of author, former Vice President, Engagement with the Public Policy Forum. Softcover. 185 p.p. A few creases to cover, else a fine, clean copy. This groundbreaking work demonstrates that it's insufficient for citizens to simply express their views to governments...Don Lenihan persuasively argues that the public can and should also be involved in deliberations with...
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SGD 60.43
Language and Symbolic Power
by Bourdieu, Pierre; Thompson, John B. (editor)
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. ix, 302 pp. Slight sunning to spine, bruising to upper rear corner. Else fine. This volume brings together Bourdieu's highly original writing on language and on the relations among language, power, and politics.
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SGD 36.26
Dealing with International Crises: Lessons from Zimbabwe
by Davidow, Jeffrey
Muscatine, Iowa: The Stanley Foundation, 1983. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. The Stanley Foundation, Occasional Paper 34. Original orange printed wraps, staple bound. 24 pp. Fine. In this paper, Davidow first briefly explains the struggle that turned Rhodesia into Zimbabwe and then develops a series of lessons concerning the nature of political leadership, the role of mediators in conflict resolution, the utility of international economic sanctions, and the problems of ethnic tensions which can be garnered...
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SGD 32.23
The Intelligence of Evil, or The Lucidity Pact
by Baudrillard, Jean
Oxford: Berg, 2005. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. v, 213 pp. Some light edge toning, else fine.
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SGD 30.21
On The Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
by World Federation of Scientific Workers
London: World Federation of Scientific Workers, 1973. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orig. paper wraps, staple bound. 5 pp. Some toning to wraps and pages. Fine overall.
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SGD 24.17
