Juan Donoso Cortes (1809-1853) Juan Donoso Cortes, statista parlamentare, diplomatico, ministro del governo, consigliere reale, teologo, e teorico politico, potrebbe non essere molto conosciuto tra i filosofi politici moderni. Tuttavia, le sue idee hanno avuto un'enorme influenza nella sfera della politica e della religione nei secoli XIX e XX. Le teorie di Donoso furono particolarmente influenti nel plasmare la traiettoria ideologica iniziata con la reazione contro l’Illuminismo

Gender in Chinese Philosophy The concept of gender is foundational to the general approach of Chinese thinkers. Yin and yang, core elements of Chinese cosmogony, involve correlative aspects of “dark and light,” “female and male,” and “soft and hard.” These notions, with their deeply-rooted gender connotations, recognize the necessity of interplay between these different forces in generating and carrying forward the world. The major thinkers

James Frederick Ferrier (1808—1864) James Frederick Ferrier was a mid-nineteenth-century Scottish metaphysician who developed the first post-Hegelian system of idealism in Britain. Unlike the British Idealists in the latter half of the nineteenth century, he was neither a Kantian nor a Hegelian. Invece, he largely develops his idealist metaphysics via his defense of Berkeley and through his rejection of Thomas Reid’s philosophy of common sense.

Totalitarianism Totalitarianism is best understood as any system of political ideas that is both thoroughly dictatorial and utopian. It is an ideal type of governing notion, and as such, it cannot be realised perfectly. Faced with the brutal reality of paradigmatic cases like Stalin’s USSR and Nazi Germany, philosophers, political theorists and social scientists have felt not just intellectually motivated but morally compelled to explain