Steven Lukes

The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat is a brilliant fictional journey through Western political philosophy by one of our most original thinkers. Professor Caritat, a middle-aged Candide, walks naively through the neighbouring countries of Utilitaria, Communitaria and Libertaria, in his quest to find the best of all possible worlds. Cut loose from the confines of his ivory tower, this wandering...

How to make sense of the divergence between philosophers' quest for a single morality and social scientists' assumption that there are multiple moralities When we speak of morals, what are we speaking of? Is morality singular (as many philosophers tend to assume, even if they don't agree on what it is) or are there multiple moralities (which social scientists, notably...

Since its publication in 1974, Power has consolidated its reputation as a classic work and a major reference point within social and political theory by assessing the main debates about how to conceptualise and study power. New to the Revelations series, this revised edition presents a brand new introduction by Steven Lukes on the nature of the power debate in...

Since its publication in 1974, Power has consolidated its reputation as a classic work and a major reference point within social and political theory by assessing the main debates about how to conceptualise and study power. New to the Revelations series, this revised edition presents a brand new introduction by Steven Lukes on the nature of the power debate in...

The third edition of this seminal work includes the original text, first published in 1974, the updates and reflections from the second edition, and two groundbreaking new chapters. Power: A Radical View assesses the main debates about how to conceptualise and study power, including the influential contributions of Michel Foucault. The new material includes a development of Lukes's theory of...