Tag: Political Theory

Delve into Political Theory in our section, where foundational ideas meet contemporary analysis. Explore the philosophies shaping our political world.

The Value of Multiple Lenses for Resolving Disputes

Drawing on a bike lane dispute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bazerman explains how…

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Critical Minerals: 3 Questions Every Deal Must Answer

Critical minerals are mined in a few countries and refined in China.…

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Political Legitimacy Is Tested in Defeat, Not Victory

Political legitimacy is more than winning elections. Hungary's 2026 vote shows why…

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Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Interview with Cohen-Almagor

Raphael Cohen-Almagor discusses the ideas, evidence and proposal behind Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian…

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When Tolerance Protects the Group, Not the Person

Will Kymlicka and Chandran Kukathas agree that liberal states should not impose…

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Why Illiberalism Explains Changes in Today’s Social Order

About The Oxford Handbook of Illiberalism, edited by Marlene Laruelle and published…

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Truth and Authoritarianism in America

Building on his new book On Truth in Politics: Why Democracy Demands…

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The Return of the Enemy: Carl Schmitt in 2025

As friend and enemy reemerge as political categories, Schmitt’s ghost haunts today’s…

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Critical Theory and its Right-Wing Double

About the book, the The Right-Wing Mirror of Critical Theory: Studies of…

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Is a Shift to the Left Good or Bad for Multiculturalism?

About the book Multiculturalism on the Mend? The Political Left and Ethnic…

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Democracy In Solitude

About the book Civic Solitude: Why Democracy Needs Distance, by Robert B.…

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The Political Psychology of Nativism

Social identity and intergroup threat theories explain how perceived threats fuel nativism,…

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