{"title":"Rainer Forst","description":"\u003cp\u003eRainer Forst's works delve deeply into questions of justice, legitimacy, and political philosophy, offering rigorous analysis on the foundations of social order and ethical critique. His writing engages with contemporary debates in \u003cem\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Current Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy \u0026amp; Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e, challenging readers to reconsider the principles that underlie democratic societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom explorations of justification to reflections on republican ideals, Forst combines philosophical precision with critical insight. His books invite thoughtful readers to engage with complex ideas about power, morality, and the demands of criticism in modern political life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-noumenal-republic-by-rainer-forst-9781509562268","title":"The Noumenal Republic","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll human beings are born with equal dignity and possess equal rights. This statement appears normatively just as irrefutable as it is empirically refuted every day. But what are the grounds of this principle, and how should we think about its realisation?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIts philosophical truth can best be explained by going back to (and beyond) Kant’s notion of a \u003cem\u003enoumenal republic\u003c\/em\u003e in which every person is an equal co-author of the laws that bind all. At the same time, a critical analysis of society and politics must show the extent to which the reality of power and ideology makes a mockery of this constructivist conception of dignity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo bridge the gap between unworldly idealism and practical hopelessness, we need a critical theory after Kant. Rainer Forst, one of the world’s most influential political philosophers, works to develop just such a theory in this powerful and illuminating volume. It contains no less than a new systematic account of concepts such as alienation, progress and regression, solidarity, human rights, justice, power and non-domination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000802033900,"sku":"9781509562268","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12644933482725.jpg?v=1763305936"},{"product_id":"justification-and-critique-by-rainer-forst-9780745652290","title":"Justification and Critique","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRainer Forst develops a critical theory capable of deciphering the deficits and potentials inherent in contemporary political reality. This calls for a perspective which is immanent to social and political practices and at the same time transcends them. Forst regards society as a whole as an ‘order of justification’ comprising complexes of different norms referring to institutions and corresponding practices of justification. The task of a ‘critique of relations of justification’, therefore, is to analyse such legitimations with regard to their validity and genesis and to explore the social and political asymmetries leading to inequalities in the ‘justification power’ which enables persons or groups to contest given justifications and to create new ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStarting from the concept of justification as a basic social practice, Forst develops a theory of political and social justice, human rights and democracy, as well as of power and of critique itself. In so doing, he engages in a critique of a number of contemporary approaches in political philosophy and critical theory. Finally, he also addresses the question of the utopian horizon of social criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJustification and Critique\u003c\/em\u003e offers a thorough examination of the structures and processes of justification that underpin modern society and provides a robust framework for understanding social and political justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471047508204,"sku":"9780745652290","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780745652290-justification-and-critique.jpg?v=1775231252"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/rainer-forst.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}