Michael Sonenscher

Tracing the origins of modern political thought through three sets of arguments over history, morality, and freedom. In this wide-ranging work, Michael Sonenscher traces the origins of modern political thought and ideologies to a question raised by Immanuel Kant about what is involved in comparing individual human lives to the whole of human history. How can we compare them, or...

How the history of a word sheds new light on capitalism and modern politics. What exactly is capitalism? How has the meaning of capitalism changed over time? And what's at stake in our understanding or misunderstanding of it? In Capitalism, Michael Sonenscher examines the history behind the concept and pieces together the range of subjects bound up with the word....

How the history of a word sheds new light on capitalism and modern politics. What exactly is capitalism? How has the meaning of capitalism changed over time? And what's at stake in our understanding or misunderstanding of it? In Capitalism, Michael Sonenscher examines the history behind the concept and pieces together the range of subjects bound up with the word....