Bøker av Ross Harrison

My name's Jack Mason. I made a mistake. Took home the wrong girl and now she's dead. Cut up. And they're telling me I did it.It's the same cop that tried to take me down ten years ago. Now he's coming at me hard. And he's not the only one. Cole Webster, the city's crime lord, thinks I stole from him. Broke me out of custody just to ask me about it. Then I killed his son. Now he really wants me.Add to this equation a government agent, and I'm a real popular guy right now. Pretty much everyone I meet wants me dead, lawfully or otherwise. There's nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. I've got till morning to uncover Webster's trafficking operation and take the heat off me. And all I've got to go on is a pissed off homeless girl with a thirst for revenge.Guess it could be worse. Can't quite figure how.

In this major 2003 study of the foundations of modern political theory the eminent political philosopher Ross Harrison explains, analyzes, and criticizes the work of Hobbes, Locke, and their contemporaries. He provides a full account of the turbulent historical background that shaped the political, intellectual, and religious content of this philosophy. The book explores such questions as the limits of political authority and the relation of the legitimacy of government to the will of its people in non-technical, accessible prose that will appeal to students of philosophy, politics, theology and history.

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SPECIAL EDITION: It sounds like a simple assignment: track down the mysterious Star Wraith and put an end to its rampage. But when Travis Archer and his team of inept soldiers find themselves the most wanted people in the galaxy - hounded by assassins, terrorists and their own military - they realise the Wraith is just a symptom of a much larger problem... Finding war raging between one army intent on destroying an entire species, and another that will destroy the galaxy, Travis must put aside his fears and his past to uncover the truth behind it all. To become the hero he's always imagined.

This book addresses the importance of space and time, of existence unperceived, of publicity and action, and of natural laws.

Harrison provides a clear justification of democracy, informed by facts and detailed knowledge of the work of theorists such as Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Mill and Marx amongst others.