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Who needs advice?
Read more: Who needs advice?Margaret Mullett investigates advice literature from Byzantine texts to modern self-help culture.
EUP 75: Our Publishing in Politics and International Relations
Explore the story of Politics and International Relations publishing at Edinburgh University Press, from the 1990s to the most recent and topical publications.
What is Philosophy? What is Politics? What is Critique?
The editors of Philosophy, Politics and Critique reflect on the contested meanings of the terms which give the journal its name.
Who are the displaced?
Millions of displaced people don’t count as refugees. Who are they, and how can they be better protected by political and legal systems?
Q&A with the author of Categories: A Study of a Concept in Western Philosophy and Political Thought
Luke O'Sullivan, author of Categories, discusses how his book came to be, and what's next for him.
Should we compare the violence of rape, war, racism, and ecocide?
…pacifist feminists have long argued we must by Selina Gallo-Cruz Content warning: mentions of rape and sexual harassment Rape, war, racism, ecocide: a litany of violence. Are they comparable—and, if so, should they be compared? Across generations, feminist pacifists have…
Q&A with Leandro Losada on ‘Machiavelli in the Spanish-Speaking Atlantic World’
by Leandro Losada Tell us a bit about your book. Machiavelli in the Spanish-Speaking Atlantic World, 1880-1940 pursues two comparative approaches. One is the history of liberal and anti-liberal political thinking. The other is the reception of Machiavelli’s works in…
‘Believers in Biology’: a coordinated effort to disrupt the 2022 census
by Sarah Pederson On the night of 2 April 1911, around 100 suffragettes spent the night sheltering in the Café Vegetaria in Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. Completion of the national census returns for 1911 had been politicised by leaders of the…
A conversation with Demet Çaltekin on ‘Conscientious Objection in Turkey’
by Demet Aslı Çaltekin Can you tell us a bit about Conscientious Objection in Turkey: A Socio-legal Analysis of the Right to Refuse Military Service? My book is about the interplay between the socio-cultural norms and non-recognition of the right…
Kelsenians, war and peace are calling (yet again)
by Robert Schuett I often get asked: ‘What would Hans Kelsen say about the state of democracy and world politics today?’ ‘How do we make sense of Carl Schmitt’s comeback in the twenty-first century?’ And ‘considering President Vladimir Putin’s war…