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Blame On The Government    by Monica P
Price: $1.00 USD. 890 words. Language: English. Published on May 14, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World leaders.

The government is usually the blame under the eye of the victim. The public constantly feel in victim under the shadow of power such as the government, and they hate, despise, and worry every day.
Woodsy On The Rampage: The Ecology Of Radical Environmentalism    by Frederick Meekins
Price: $1.00 USD. 2380 words. Language: English. Published on April 23, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Environmental politics.

In "Woodsy On The Rampage: The Ecology Of Radical Environmentalism", social theorist Frederick Meekins analyzes the dark underside of this pervasive ideology and how a number of the movement's most enthusiastic adherents would like to see nothing less than the destruction of the United States of America and even the extinction of the human species.
Moneybags Must Be So Lucky: On the Literary Structure of Capital    by Robert Paul Wolff
Price: $12.00 USD. 24210 words. Language: English. Published by Society for Philosophy & Culture  on March 26, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Political.

Karl Marx's great work, Capital, has intrigued and puzzled readers for more than a century by its mystifyingly intricate arguments and dramatic literary embellishments. In this book, Robert Paul Wolff dispels much of the mystery surrounding Capital by providing a literary-philosophical analysis of the text and of Marx's intentions.
From Left Communism to Post-modernism: Reconsidering Emancipatory Discourse    by Chamsy el-Ojeili
Price: $12.00 USD. 128730 words. Language: English. Published by Society for Philosophy & Culture  on March 20, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » History.

From Left Communism to Post-modernism addresses issues of the shape and future of the socialist movement and the politics of post-modernism. The author identifies a tradition of socialist thought - left communism - that is separate from socialist orthodoxy, seeking to stage a conversation between this marginalised tradition and post-modernism.
What is Truth? On the Nature of Empire    by David Mint
Price: $0.99 USD. 11120 words. Language: English. Published on March 14, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Political.

Empire, and by extension modern large-scale government, is not only unnecessary, but a great hindrance to human progress. This volume explains the nature of the Imperial model and why it ensures that the worst elements of humanity will rise to power. It also presents the only known antidote to Empire, peaceful non-resistance.
Madame Einzige: Amor Fati    by Ismael Sarepta
Price: $9.99 USD. 100260 words. Language: English. Published on March 11, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Cyberpunk.

Having recently been annexed into the new Russian-dominated super-state called the Eurasian Federation, oil-rich Central Asia has become the heart of a bloody geopolitical cycle of revolution and counter-revolution. A Nietzschean cypherpunk anti-heroine Madame Einzige is thrust onto the Central Asian killing fields in search of a nihilistic hacker-magus kidnapped and recruited by the CIA.
Understanding Marx: A Reconstruction and Critique of Capital    by Robert Paul Wolff
Price: $12.00 USD. 72590 words. Language: English. Published by Society for Philosophy & Culture  on March 6, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Economic policy.

Returning to the central issue of classical political economy, the search for a valid theory of natural price, Wolff reconstructs the theoretical models of Adam Smith and David Ricardo. He then shows how Marx’s reformulation “exploded” classical political economy. The theoretical contributions of Marx’s writings are critically assessed.
Understanding Rawls: A Reconstruction and Critique of A Theory of Justice    by Robert Paul Wolff
Price: $12.00 USD. 60100 words. Language: English. Published by Society for Philosophy & Culture  on March 2, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Political.

Once he has reconstructed Rawls's theory to exhibit its underlying structure, Professor Wolff subjects it to a series of fundamental criticisms and show where it fails by appealing to economic, psychological, and sociological considerations, as well as to those of philosophy.
Fundamental Alexis de Tocqueville: A Practical Guide to Democracy in America    by Michael Ziccardi
Price: $1.99 USD. 18490 words. Language: English. Published on March 2, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » American philosophy.

This book is one of a series that have been extracted in its entirety from M. James Ziccardi’s "Fundamentals of Western Philosophy." It is intended to serve as a primer for students of political philosophy and especially Tocqueville’s masterpiece, "Democracy in America".
Fundamental Rousseau: A Practical Guide to The Social Contract, Emile, and More    by Michael Ziccardi
Price: $2.99 USD. 39940 words. Language: English. Published on March 2, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Political.

Portions of this book have been extracted in their entirety from M. James Ziccardi’s "Fundamentals of Western Philosophy", with the exception of the section dealing with "Emile", which is exclusive to this book. It is intended to serve as a primer for students of the political philosophy and especially the more important works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.