Tag: political philosophy
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Introducing 25 Political Thinkers: A Beginner’s Guide
A free, illustrated 54-page guide to 25 political thinkers, with quotations, reading suggestions and questions to explore.
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Who Was Thomas Hobbes and What Was He Afraid Of?
The first episode in our Hobbes trilogy explores the life, civil-war context and political fear behind Leviathan.
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Hobbes: Fear, Power and Faction – A Three-Part Beyond the Text Series
A three-part Beyond the Text series exploring Thomas Hobbes on political fear, sovereign authority and the danger of faction.
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Louis Althusser: Ideology, Institutions and the Politics of Philosophy
Althusser transformed Marxist accounts of ideology by locating them in institutions, rituals and everyday practices. This essay explains structural causality, interpellation, state apparatuses and philosophy as political practice – alongside the major criticisms of his approach.