Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Bromell, Nick, Frederick Douglass: The Philosophical Writings. (Oxford New Histories of Philosophy) 288 pp. 2025:10 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <750-27>
ISBN 978-0-19-774647-9 hard ¥21,126.- (税込) US$ 99.00
ISBN 978-0-19-774648-6 paper ¥5,324.- (税込) US$ 24.95

Frederick Douglass' fame as an activist and abolitionist often eclipses his less appreciated work as a political philosopher. Indeed, few people know that he declared in an 1867 speech: "From this little bit of experience, slave experience, I have elaborated quite a lengthy chapter of political philosophy, applicable to the American people." However, Douglass did not develop this philosophy systematically. Instead, he expressed it in myriad moments and fragments throughout his writings, and for this reason it is often overlooked, even by scholars of philosophy. The philosophy Douglass drew from his experience of enslavement and anti-Black racism is as relevant today as it was in his lifetime. More than any other abolitionist and Black activist of his day, Douglass saw that the slavery system was both the cause and the consequence of virulent anti-Black racism. Seeking to understand and repudiate not just racism, but also sexism and nativism, he developed a powerful theory of human nature, human powers, and human dignity that he subsequently wove into a profound theory of democracy and democratic citizenship. This collection, carefully curated by editor Nick Bromell, makes Douglass's philosophical ideas available and compelling to a new generation of readers.

主権に対する法的・政治的思考－欧州思想史
Canihac, Hugo, Legal and Political Thinking Against Sovereignty: A European Intellectual History. (Law and Politics) 268 pp. 2025:9 (Routledge, UK) <750-412>
ISBN 978-1-032-69823-6 hard ¥37,895.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00 *

At the intersection of the history of constitutional ideas and of political theory, this book offers a new genealogy of the constitutional thought of the European Union. Centrally, the book traces the emergence and transformation of the 'post-sovereign thesis' - an argument that seeks to move beyond the routine opposition between states and European organization, by claiming the concept of sovereignty to be obsolete - and its complicated relationship with liberalism. Analyzing the thought of a series of constitutional thinkers who have developed different versions of this thesis in relation to European integration, the book shows that, far from being new, as is generally assumed, the post-sovereign thesis goes back to the late nineteenth century. Exploring the interplay of these thinkers' critical conceptualizations of sovereignty and of their views on liberalism, the book argues that, although they shared a concern for the transformation of a world seen as increasingly interdependent, they imagined deeply different versions of post-sovereignty. Bringing this history into focus, the book offers a rich new perspective on contemporary debates about the EU and the possibilities of global constitutionalism. This book will appeal to scholars and students working in the fields of EU and constitutional law, legal history and the history of political thought, as well as others with relevant interests working in political science.