Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy

Andrew Fiala is Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Fresno. Recent books include: Christian Nationalism and the Secular Paradox (2025); Can War be Justified? A Debate (ed. with Jennifer Kling, 2023); and Transformative Pacifism (2018). Fiala is a past President of Concerned Philosophers for Peace and former Director of the Ethics Center at Fresno State.

• Introduction, Andrew Fiala (Fresno State University, USA)1. The History of Political Philosophy, James Alexander (Bilkent University, Turkey)2. Sovereignty, Andrew Fiala (Fresno State University, USA)3. Cosmopolitanism, Gillian Brock (University of Auckland, Aotearoa)4. Human Rights, Siegfried Van Duffel (University of Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan)5. Distributive Justice, Ovadia Ezra (Tel Aviv University, Israel)6. Retributive and Restorative Justice, Trudy Conway7. War, George R. Lucas, Jr (US Naval Academy, USA)8. Peace, Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, (SUNY-Courtland, USA)9. Liberal Toleration, Robert Paul Churchill (George Washington University, USA)10. Democratic Theory, Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley (California State University - Bakersfield, USA)11. Feminism and Gender, Anca Gheaus (Central European University, Vienna)12. Immigration and Borders, Shelley Wilcox (San Francisco State University, USA)13. Race and Inclusionary Justice, Eddy Souffrant (University of North Carolina, USA)14. Authoritarianism, Andrew Fiala (Fresno State University, USA)15. Globalization, Cosmopolitics, Decoloniality: Politics For/Of The Anthropocene, Eduardo Mendieta (Penn State University, USA)Appendix 1: ChronologyAppendix 2: GlossaryAppendix 3: Research resourcesAppendix 4: Annotated Bibliography

An excellent collection of essays from an impressive list of contributors, Fiala’s volume provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the field, reflecting the complexity and diversity of discussions in political philosophy. Anyone interested in political philosophy would benefit from this book.