Douglas Giles

Traces the historical development of the left wing and the right wing to reveal that the core of politics is the conflict over power.

Describes how Trump is the current focal point of the particular strain of US political culture that is the American right wing. Offers ways by which we can think about this cultural movement and how we can respond to it.

America isn’t the way it is because Trump is president. Trump is president because America is the way it is. Trump became president within a system that allowed, if not enabled, him to gain power. We need to be open-minded and clear-eyed about what we are dealing with and why. Only then will we be able to start extricating ourselves from the current morass of echo chambers and start building a better politics.

A Practical History of Western Philosophy. Philosophy made real and alive for real people, covering philosophers and topics the corporate textbooks won't. Easy for students, instructors, and general readers to use. Basic enough to be understood by those with no prior experience with philosophy but sophisticated enough to inform further those with some knowledge of philosophy.

The need for justice for individuals, groups, and society as a whole has perhaps never been more pressing. The presence or absence of social recognition plays a vital role in both social injustices and efforts to overcome and prevent them. Axel Honneth’s influential accounts of recognition and struggles for recognition contain important insights about injustice and social justice movements.