Contents

List of figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part I
What is politics?

 1 Politics and power

1  A first definition of politics

2  Power and political power

3  Operating areas, instruments and modus operandi of political power

4  Political power and the others

5  Objections and consequences

6  Politics and power, a fatal connection?

 2 The subjective side of politics: legitimacy, identity, obligation

1  Legitimacy and legitimation

2  Political identity

3  Political obligation

Excursus 1: What is political philosophy?

Part II
How politics works

 3 Order, institutions, models

1  What does order mean in politics?

2  Rules, institutions and the regulation of fear

3  Historic models of political order

 4 The state

1  The state and sovereignty

2  The rise of the modern state in Europe

3  State and society

4  State and nation

5  The state and the law

6  State and values

 5 Government and democracy

1  Democracy one and two

2  From representation to national democracy

3  Democratic government

4  How is democracy possible? Does it have alternatives?

5  Democracy and capitalism

Part III
World politics and the future of politics

 6 The states: power, peace and war in anarchical society

1  The anarchical international society

2  War

3  Restraints to war, or peace?

4  The pacification of Europe

 7 The globalised world: a challenge to politics

Part I: Globalisation and global governance

1  What is globalisation?

2  Globalisation and politics

3  Global governance?

Part II: Global/lethal challenges: politics after modernity

4  The two present challenges

5  What to do with future generations?

6  Politics after modernity: another definition

7  Global troubles for democracy

Excursus 2: Politics and death

Part IV
Ethics and politics

 8 Liberty, equality and rights

1  Concepts of liberty

2  Equality and egalitarianism

3  Rights

4  Rights: universal or not?

 9 Justice and solidarity

1  Versions of justice

2  Distributive justice

3  Solidarity

10 Ethics, philosophy and politics

1  Ethics and politics

2  Which ethics for politicians?

3  For and against ideal theory

4  Critical Theory

Epilogue: what drives people to politics

Index

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. List of figures
6. Preface
7. Acknowledgements
8. Part I What is politics?
   1. 1 Politics and power
      1. 1 A first definition of politics
      2. 2 Power and political power
      3. 3 Operating areas, instruments and modus operandi of political power
      4. 4 Political power and the others
      5. 5 Objections and consequences
      6. 6 Politics and power, a fatal connection?
   2. 2 The subjective side of politics: legitimacy, identity, obligation
      1. 1 Legitimacy and legitimation
      2. 2 Political identity
      3. 3 Political obligation
   3. Excursus 1: What is political philosophy?
9. Part II How politics works
   1. 3 Order, institutions, models
      1. 1 What does order mean in politics?
      2. 2 Rules, institutions and the regulation of fear
      3. 3 Historic models of political order
   2. 4 The state
      1. 1 The state and sovereignty
      2. 2 The rise of the modern state in Europe
      3. 3 State and society
      4. 4 State and nation
      5. 5 The state and the law
      6. 6 State and values
   3. 5 Government and democracy
      1. 1 Democracy one and two
      2. 2 From representation to national democracy
      3. 3 Democratic government
      4. 4 How is democracy possible? Does it have alternatives?
      5. 5 Democracy and capitalism
10. Part III World politics and the future of politics
    1. 6 The states: power, peace and war in anarchical society
       1. 1 The anarchical international society
       2. 2 War
       3. 3 Restraints to war, or peace?
       4. 4 The pacification of Europe
    2. 7 The globalised world: a challenge to politics
       1. Part I: Globalisation and global governance
          1. 1 What is globalisation?
          2. 2 Globalisation and politics
          3. 3 Global governance?
       2. Part II: Global/lethal challenges: politics after modernity
          1. 4 The two present challenges
          2. 5 What to do with future generations?
          3. 6 Politics after modernity: another definition
          4. 7 Global troubles for democracy
    3. Excursus 2: Politics and death
11. Part IV Ethics and politics
    1. 8 Liberty, equality and rights
       1. 1 Concepts of liberty
       2. 2 Equality and egalitarianism
       3. 3 Rights
       4. 4 Rights: universal or not?
    2. 9 Justice and solidarity
       1. 1 Versions of justice
       2. 2 Distributive justice
       3. 3 Solidarity
    3. 10 Ethics, philosophy and politics
       1. 1 Ethics and politics
       2. 2 Which ethics for politicians?
       3. 3 For and against ideal theory
       4. 4 Critical Theory
12. Epilogue: what drives people to politics
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Guide

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. List of figures
6. Preface
7. Acknowledgements
8. Start of Content
9. Index