Burdens of Political Responsibility discusses experiences of political responsibility through a variety of disciplines, including political theory, phenomenolog

Scholars in the humanities and social sciences have turned to ethics to theorize politics in what seems to be an increasingly depoliticized age. Yet the move to

How can human beings acknowledge and experience the burdens of political responsibility? Why are we tempted to flee them, and how might we come to affirm them?

This book argues that Congress's process for making law is as corrosive to the nation as unchecked deficit spending. David Schoenbrod shows that Congress and th

Burdens of Freedom presents a new and radical interpretation of America and its challenges. The United States is an individualist society where most people seek