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Book SynopsisThe death of the Islamic Republic''s revolutionary patriarch, Ayatollah Khomeini, the bitter denouement of the Iran-Iraq War, and the marginalisation of leading factions within the political elite, in tandem with the end of the Cold War, harboured immense intellectual and political repercussions for the Iranian state and society. It was these events which created the conditions for the emergence of Iran''s post-revolutionary reform movement, as its intellectuals and political leaders sought to re-evaluate the foundations of the Islamic state''s political legitimacy and religious authority. In this monograph, Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, examines the rise and evolution of reformist political thought in Iran and analyses the complex network of publications, study circles, and think-tanks that encompassed a range of prominent politicians and intellectuals in the 1990s. In his meticulous account of the relationships between the post-revolutionary political class and intelligentsia, he explores a paTrade Review'Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi's Revolution and its Discontents: Political Thought and Reform in Iran caps a long and illustrious body of scholarship relentlessly articulating Iranian intellectual history in the course of a fateful encounter with colonial modernity. Like a virtuoso sailer he navigates judiciously through some troublesome seas to carry forward the work done by his elders to new an exiting shores unforeseen at the dawn of an Islamist turn in contemporary Iranian history. With this masterful book, Sadeghi-Boroujerdi has joined the happy few.' Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University, New York'This is a masterful and highly readable analysis of the aspirations as well as the trials and tribulations of the 'religious intelligentsia' in the Islamic Revolution. It is essential reading for anyone intrigued by the question whether the term 'religious intelligentsia' is a contradiction in terms.' Ervand Abrahamian, Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York'The publication of Revolution and Its Discontents marks so much more than a groundbreaking book that deepens and widens our understanding of the dynamic nature of Iranian politics and religious thought since the 1979 Revolution. It also marks the arrival of a major new scholar to the field of Iranian studies. Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi combines deep intimacy with all the relevant sources, profound analytical skills, and uncommon grace in making comparative and theoretical moves that bring the material from Iran into a robust dialogue with global trends. Most enthusiastically recommended for all scholars of Iranian studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Islamic Studies, post-colonial studies, and beyond.' Omid Safi, Duke University, North Carolina'This fascinating book re-interprets the post-revolutionary ideological topography of the Islamic Republic of Iran through a careful reading of the works of religious intellectuals and Islamist Left in Iran. Sadeghi-Boroujerdi complicates simplistic binary categorisation of the partisans of the Islamic Republic as reformist/hardliners to show us the broad range of political, economic, and religious ideologies of the country's political elite.' Laleh Khalili, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London'An erudite interrogation of the intellectual bases of the Reform Movement in Iran. An intellectual history of the first order, Sadeghi-Boroujerdi's analytical narrative dissects the intellectual vitality of a movement that struggled to define itself within a political environment that proved increasingly unsettling.' Ali Ansari, University of St Andrews, Scotland'Sadeghi-Boroujerdi offers a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich study of the emergence of a vibrant intellectual community in postrevolutionary Iran. His analysis takes the reader beyond the simple binaries of religious versus secular intellectuals and shows with an exemplary clarity the plurality of sources with reference to which those intellectuals intervene in politics and cultural production in the contemporary Iranian society.' Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Princeton University, New Jersey'Iran is the only country to have experienced an Islamic revolution, giving reality to a long-standing Islamist dream. This revolution and the regime it established have defined Muslim politics around the world for and against Iran. But having been achieved, the revolution also gave rise to post-Islamist thought in Iran. Seeking to surpass rather than reject the revolution, these thinkers provide a fascinating insight into the future of Islam. Sadeghi-Boroujerdi's book represents the most sophisticated analysis yet written of post-Islamism as a form of political thought, one that will likely shape our world in unforeseen ways.' Faisal Devji, University of Oxford'The overthrow of a brutal monarch opened up in Iran questions that, as recent events show, are far from being settled in even so-called advanced democracies: What is a 'people', and who gets to represent it? Khomeini imposed his own answers. But, contrary to what the exponents of Muslim medievalism alleged, his Islamic republicanism, which required regular elections as well as clerical 'guardianship', was an ultra-modern invention. Khomeini literally forged a tradition of clerical Shiism. More importantly, it has been consistently challenged, most strikingly from within its old guard, as Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi brilliantly describes in his new book Revolution and Its Discontents: Political Thought and Reform in Iran.' Pankaj Mishra, Bloomberg Opinion (www.bloomberg.com/opinion)'This is a brilliant book dealing with the religious politics of Iran since the 1978 Islamic Revolution.' R. W. Olson, Choice'Revolution and its Discontents is beautifully written, theoretically solid, and offers a rich and engaging analysis of the intellectual reformist milieu in Iran between the early 1990s and the mid-2000s, through the protagonists' own voices and written production … this remains an extremely relevant, accurate, and engaging work published on the intellectual history of Iran in the post-Cold war era, able to speak not only to scholars of modern Iran, but to all historians and social scientists interested in revolutionary and reformist movements.' Paola Rivetti, International Journal of Middle East Studies'The magnificent book under review goes a long way in demystifying the Iranian reform movement of the 1990s and early 2000s … Revolution and its Discontents should be particularly praised for transcending the all too insular conventional discussions of Iranian political thought.' Simon Wolfgang Fuchs, Political Theology'Sadeghi-Boroujerdi's willingness to astutely and clearly address the limitations of reformist thought in Iran, which are often downplayed or even avoided, is one of the book's greatest strengths. Since he convincingly manages to situate these debates and their inspirations firmly within the context of post-Cold War liberalism, Revolution and Its Discontents should be particularly praised for transcending the all too insular conventional discussions of Iranian political thought.' Simon Wolfgang Fuchs, Political TheologyTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Religious intellectuals, reform and the struggle for hegemony; 2. Constructing Behesht-e Jahan: Islam, the clergy and the state; 3. Political genealogies of reform: the rowshanfekran-e dini and the Islamic left; 4. Revolution and its discontents: ideology and the death of utopia; 5. Free faith, democratic governance and the 'official reading' of religion; 6. Khatami, the 2nd of Khordad front and the pedagogics of pluralism; 7. Sa'id Hajjariyan and reformist strategy: sovereign disenchantment and the politics of participation; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisIn much of the Muslim world, Islamic political and economic movements appear to have a comparative advantage. Relative to similar secular groups, they are better able to mobilize supporters and sustain their cooperation long-term. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Turkey, a historically secular country that has experienced a sharp rise in Islamic-based political and economic activity. Drawing on rich data sources and econometric methods, Avital Livny challenges existing explanations - such as personal faith - for the success of these movements. Instead, Livny shows that the Islamic advantage is rooted in feelings of trust among individuals with a shared, religious group-identity. This group-based trust serves as an effective substitute for more generalized feelings of interpersonal trust, which are largely absent in many Muslim-plurality countries. The book presents a new argument for conceptualizing religion as both a personal belief system and collective identity.Trade Review'One of the central obsessions of scholars of the Muslim world has been to explain why many of that world's most successful political parties have been ones dedicated to legislating Islamic law. Avital Livny offers a fresh answer to this old question: Religion matters, not by shaping what voters want, but by providing group members with a shared identity. Drawing on a variety of data both qualitative and quantitative, observational and experimental, Livny demonstrates that Islamists' shared religious identity enables them to overcome the mistrust that plagues developing societies, rendering them in turn more capable than their opponents of acting collectively and of garnering the votes of their compatriots. This is a deeply impressive work of social science that speaks powerfully to anyone interested in understanding how religion and religious identity function in political life.' Tarek Masoud, Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Massachusetts'… Trust and Islamic Advantage makes an empirically rich and theoretically engaging contribution to the scholarship on religion and politics and Middle Eastern politics. With its meticulous empirical analyses, it will stimulate high-quality scholarly discussions on the role of identity-based trust in political processes in Muslim-majority countries and beyond.' Güneş Murat Tezcür, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsPart I. Theoretical Development: 1. Understanding the rise of Islamic-based movements in the Muslim world; 2. Evaluating existing theories of the Islamic advantage; 3. Generalized distrust and the participation gap in the Muslim world; 4. Muslim identity and group-based trust; Part II. Applications and Empirics: 5. Explaining the Islamic advantage in political participation; 6. Islam, trust, and strategic voting in Turkey; 7. The quasi-integration of firms in an Islamic community: the case of MÜSİAD; 8. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisRussian populism, the belief that the peasantry embodied authentic Russian identity and once liberated from their poverty would lead the country to a brighter future, has animated Russian thought across the political spectrum and inspired much of Russia''s world-historical literature, music and art in the 19th century. This book offers the fullest and most authoritative account of the rise, proliferation and influence of populist values and ideology in modern Russia to date.Christopher Ely explores the complete story of Russian populism. Starting from the cursed question of how to reconnect the popular masses with the Europeanized elite, he examines the populist obsession with the peasant commune as a model for a future socialist Russia. He shows how the desire for revolution led Russian radicals to flood into the countryside and later to pioneer terrorism as a form of political action. He delves into those artists influenced by populist ideals, and he tells the story of the collapse oTrade ReviewDr Ely has written a book, accessible to students, on the populist movement among educated Russians after the abolition of serfdom in 1861. He explains how populists understood the newly-freed peasantry, how they imagined the peasants could be incorporated into the rest of society, and their hopes for a progressive future for Russia. The book ranges from terrorism to populist-inspired literature, art and music. Tracing the movement’s origins before 1861, examining its theory and practice, its legacy in the 1905 and 1917 revolutions, and making astute comparisons with American populism, the author breathes new life into the topic. * David Moon, Emeritus Professor, University of York, UK *Taken as a whole, this book has two features unusual in a work introduced as “a survey for the use of students and those unfamiliar with the history of Imperial Russia”. First, it is original. … It is still the first attempt known to me to write a cultural history of Russian populism—the first attempt to consider the great Russian writers and artists as part of the history, which also includes the going-to-the-people movement and Narodnaya Volya. The second striking feature of this book is its sensitivity to the complexity of the subject. Simplification is the common coin of textbook writing, and the history of Russian populism is a topic that would seem to require simplification at numerous points. But somehow Ely has managed to produce a history of Russian populism that conveys a sense of the difficulties of the topic—the complexity of motives and arguments and the narrative twists and turns—and still remains clear and compelling. This is a most impressive book. * H-Net *Russian populism has long needed reexamination, and Christopher Ely brings new research and fresh insights to the task. Moving beyond the traditional definition of populism solely as a form of revolutionary ideology, Ely approaches it as a cultural phenomenon extending throughout the political spectrum and manifested in all forms of creative expression. His account is a rich but concise intellectual and cultural history addressing critical issues driving intellectual debates and political struggles in late Imperial Russia. With its clear and accessible style, the book provides a valuable synthesis for students while offering scholars a compelling perspective on a topic that has often proven elusive. * Nathaniel Knight, Professor of History, Seton Hall University, USA *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: Toward a Definition of Russian Populism 1. Origins 2. Foundations 3. Populism in Theory 4. Populism in Action 5. Reverberations and Regrets 6. Neo-Populism in a Revolutionary Epoch Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent years there has been much interest in collective memory and commemoration. It is often assumed that when nations celebrate a historic day, they put aside the divisions of the present to recall the past in a spirit of unity. As Billig and Marinho show, this does not apply to the Portuguese parliament's annual celebration of 25 April 1974, the day when the dictatorship, established by Salazar and continued by Caetano, was finally overthrown. Most speakers at the ceremony say little about the actual events of the day itself; and in their speeches they continue with the partisan politics of the present as combatively as ever.To understand this, the authors examine in detail how the members of parliament do politics within the ceremony of remembrance; how they engage in remembering and forgetting the great day; how they use the low rhetoric of manipulation and point-scoring, as well as high-minded political rhetoric. The book stresses that the members of the audience contribute toTrade ReviewA very interesting and valuable read. The stimulating writing style, punctuated by thought-provoking questions and the authors’ affable sense of humour, contribute to its value. * Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding *Billig and Marinho have done a masterful job of bringing together perspectives and research from such fields as commemoration and memory studies, critical discourse analysis, pragmatics and epideictic rhetoric, all examined against a background of Portuguese history and political science ... Their fine-grained analyses are the result of meticulous work ... A welcome and important addition to the literature. * Journal of Language and Politics *This excellent book allows insight in to the intricate symbolic struggles for hegemonic identity narratives in the Portuguese society, into what is said, but more importantly, what remains unsaid and why. A must-read for scholars and students trying to understand the impact of the politics of the past on present and future social developments. -- Ruth Wodak, FAcSS, Emerita and Distinguished Professor and Chair in Discourse Studies, Lancaster University, UKMichael Billig’s and Cristina Marinho’s meticulously researched and highly engaging study of the parliamentary commemorations of the Portuguese Revolution demonstrates why it is important to pay close attention to what politicians say, and, more importantly, what they do not say when they remember the national past. Behind what might, at first sight, seem like the formalities of commemorative language and practices – the modes of address, patterns of applause, symbolic gestures like the wearing of carnations, and so on - Billig and Marinho uncover the murky world of partisan politics, and use it to provide a fascinating and original insight into the art of political manipulation. -- Jovan Byford, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The Open University, UK This book is a brilliant, cultivated and timely case study about national commemorations, political celebration and collective memory. The authors have produced an in-depth study of the annual celebration of Portugal’s liberation from dictatorship, and gone beyond the polysemy, ambiguity and controversial nature of this highly particular event. Indeed, they offer an invaluable contribution to the understanding of contemporary political celebrations, political culture and nationalism at a time when democracy is under pressure. -- Jorge Vala, Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, PortugalTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. 25th April 1974: significant presences and absences 3. The Parliamentary Ceremony: openings and closings 4. Politics, Parties and Persuasion 5. The Left: remembering to forget the day 6. The Right: forgetting to remember the day 7. Manipulating and Celebrating 8. Concluding Remarks: avoiding or repressing memory Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPer-Erik Nilsson takes a religious studies approach to analyse the intersections of secularism, nationhood and populism in contemporary France. This book provides insight into the French and European radical-nationalist ideology and activism, and contributes to our understanding of the complex relationship between religion and the state in contemporary Europe and beyond. When Marine Le Pen became the leader of the radical nationalist and populist party National Front in 2011, she made clear that secularism was a core value of party. This signalled a significant shift in the party''s rhetorical strategies and previous reluctance to embrace secularism. Nilsson argues that this conspicuous appropriation first came about as a logical result of the obsession of the established mainstream political parties and news media with questions of secularism, national identity and Islam. He shows that a key player in understanding the National Front's change is the web-based journal RipTrade ReviewIn this in-depth dissection of an important French identitarian far-right movement, Per- Erik Nilsson gives us a clear insight into how these anti-Muslim activists, misleadingly claiming to work in the cause of secularism, argue and mobilize in their frightening attempt to carry out a religious cleansing of France. * John R. Bowen, Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, USA, and author of On British Islam (2006) and Can Islam be French? (2009). *To stand out from a crowd of researchers, one has to take a very unusual and creative approach to the topic. In his book French Populism and Discourses on Secularism Per-Erik Nilsson does just this by exploring the phenomenon of populism from a unique perspective. * Journal of Language and Politics *This timely book is a must-read for those interested in (and concerned by) how laïcité has been mobilized for nationalist, racist and xenophobic ends. Why laïcité and why now? Scholars in a diverse range of fields will find answers in this empirically and theoretically rich monograph. * Jennifer A. Selby, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, and author of Questioning French Secularism (2012). *Table of ContentsPreface 1 Under Siege: Approaching Secularism, Populism, and Nationhood in France 2 A Green Cancer: The Construction of an External Enemy 3 Collaborators and Traitors: The Construction of Internal Enemies 4 The Real People: Identifying the True People of France 5 Reconquista or Death: The Exploration of Strategies to Purify the Nation 6 Echoes from the Past: An Outlook on Europe Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThis Student Guide will help you to:* Identify key content for the exams with our concise coverage of topics* Avoid common pitfalls with clear definitions and exam tips throughout* Reinforce your learning with bullet-list summaries at the end of each section* Make links between topics with synoptic links highlighted throughout* Test your knowledge with rapid-fire knowledge check questions and answers* Find out what examiners are looking for with our Questions & Answers section, for the core political ideas, plus Anarchism, Feminism and Nationalism

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Book SynopsisDisordered Violence looks at how gender, race and heteronormative expectations of public life shape Western understandings of terrorism as irrational, immoral and illegitimate. Caron Gentry examines the profiles of 8 well-known terrorist actors and looks at the gendered, racial, and sexualised assumptions in how their stories are told.

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the role of ideology and identity in the North Caucasus insurgency, exploring how rebel leaders balanced local, national, and global factors in their efforts to justify and promote armed struggle against the Russian state. -- .

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Book SynopsisNegative emotions, including anger, fear, and shame, have been at the heart of recent political events, such as the protests against COVID-19 restrictions. These negative emotions can be politically destructive, leading people to act rashly without due concern for democratic principles. However, they can also accurately signal wrongdoing and motivate acts to redress the situation, as displayed in the Black Lives Matter and climate change movements. This volume brings together perspectives from political science and philosophy to shed new light on the political faces of negative emotions. Engaging with real-world political events from Europe, the US, and Africa, contributors critically evaluate much-discussed emotions, such as anger and fear, but also less prominent ones, such as frustration and discomfort.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Feeling Our Way through Politics - Dan Degerman 1. Anger, Fast and Slow: Mediations of Justice and Violence in the Age of Populism - William Davies 2. ‘We Will March Side by Side and Demand a Bigger Table’: Anger as Dignity Claim - Karen Adkins 3. Moving between Frustration and Anger - Mary Carman 4. The Resentment–Ressentiment Complex: A Critique of Liberal Discourse - Sjoerd van Tuinen 5. Green Shame: The Next Moral Revolution? - Martha Claeys 6. Against Comfort: Political Implications of Evading Discomfort - Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic 7. For Love and for Life: Emotional Dynamics at the World Congress of Families - Sara Kalm and Anna Meeuwisse 8. The Functionality of Affects: Conceptualising Far-Right Populist Politics beyond Negative Emotions - Julia Leser and Florian Spissinger 9. Moral Economies of Exclusion: Politics of Fear through Antagonistic Anonymity - Søren Mosgaard Andreasen 10. Contesting the Politics of Negative Emotions in Educational Policy Making: A Ban on Asylum Seekers’ School Visits in Finland - Iida Pyy, Anniina Leiviskä, and Jan-Erik Mansikka

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Book SynopsisThis book examines Japan’s relationship with Myanmar from the passage of its constitution in May 2008 to the February 2021 coup d’état that finished its transition to a ‘disciplined democracy.’ It explores the nexus between security and political economy in the context of changing regional dynamics characterized by ‘Great Power’ competition and cooperation. Focusing on the impact of Japan’s relations with Myanmar on people in Myanmar and beyond, the author argues that the Japanese government and businesses side lined ‘universal values’ for profit at the expense of human security. This text develops a unique Area Studies approach that critiques how Japan’s foreign policy elites perceive Japan’s role in the liberal international order.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Evolution of New Area Studies 2. ‘Asia’s Liberal Leader’ and Human Insecurity 3. Japan as a ‘Bridge’: Facilitating Myanmar’s Transition to a ‘Disciplined Democracy’ 4. Japan and Special Economic Zones in Myanmar 5. Meddling for Profit: Japan’s Peace-Building Role in Myanmar 6. Dereliction of Responsibility: Japan’s ‘Liberal Leadership’ in the 2016–20 Rakhine Crisis Conclusion: The Chimera of Progress

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Book Synopsis In the latter half of the 1970s, the French intellectual Left denounced communism, Marxism, and revolutionary politics through a critique of left-wing totalitarianism that paved the way for today's postmodern, liberal, and moderate republican political options. Contrary to the dominant understanding of the critique of totalitarianism as an abrupt rupture induced by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, Christofferson argues that French anti-totalitarianism was the culmination of direct-democratic critiques of communism and revisions of the revolutionary project after 1956. The author's focus on the direct-democratic politics of French intellectuals offers an important alternative to recent histories that seek to explain the course of French intellectual politics by France's apparent lack of a liberal tradition.Trade Review “pathbreaking book…Persuasively arguing his overall case through meticulous research and analysis.” · French Politics, Culture, and Society “…an exceptionally fine text – one that could only have been written by an author mercifully free, for whatever reason of the phobias and philias about French intellectual life of previous generations.” · New Left Review “This book is clearly an indispensable resource for historians of twentieth-century France and French intellectual life, and a fine resource for anyone interested in a political sociology of the intellectual. Its fundamental thesis concerning the political sources of the antitotalitarian moment in the discourse of direct democracy and the electoral opposition to the PCF is largely persuasive—and a welcome antidote to the many distortions that obscure this key reactive shift.” · Radical Philosophy “I learned an enormous amount from your first-rate contribution. It is a very exciting and intelligent piece of work ... very impressive.” · Michael Seidman "The cooling of their love affair with revolution by many French intellectuals was a signal development in the late 20th century French public life. Michael Christofferson's fresh study, based on an immense and scrupulously handled research base, finds that the impact of Solzenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago (1974) was only the last step in a developing French critique of Marxist totalitarianism going back to the 1950s. This is essential reading for understanding the French left of today." · Robert O. Paxton, Columbia UniversityTable of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. From Fellow-Traveling to Revisionism: The Fate of the Revolutionary Project, 1944-1974 Chapter 2. The Gulag as a Metaphor: The Politics of Reactions to Solzhenitsyn and The Gulag Archipelago Chapter 3. Intellectuals and the Politics of the Union of the Left: The Birth of Antitotalitarianism Chapter 4. Dissidence Celebrated: Intellectuals and Repression in Eastern Europe Chapter 5. Antitotalitarianism Triumphant: The New Philosophers and Their Interlocutors Chapter 6. Antitotalitarianism Against the Revolutionary Tradition: François Furet’s Revisionist History of the French Revolution Epilogue and Conclusion Selected Bibliography of Secondary Sources Index

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Book SynopsisThat the United States is currently in the midst of a serious crisis, even an ideological civil war, which is part of the general and prolonged crisis of Western civilization is obvious to any thoughtful observer. One of the most perceptive observers of the development of this crisis was Gerhart Niemeyer. As a fugitive from Nazi Germany, a devout Christian, and a political theorist who had mastered the philosophical tradition and the Communist worldview, he was particularly well equipped to discern the ways in which the various modern ideologies insidiously erode the substance of truth and order in contemporary society and to seek remedies in the return to the ontological and spiritual roots of order in the Western tradition. The writings collected in this volume, many of which were previously unpublished, are chosen from Gerhart Niemeyer’s essays, conference talks, and letters. The first part, intended to introduce the reader to Niemeyer on a more personal level, includes an unpublished essay describing his experiences in Nazi Germany and in the America that he encountered on his arrival in 1937. Several letters and other short works provide a sense of his character and his deeply Christian view of human life, both of which were essential to his grasp of truth. The second part, “The Loss of Truth,” consists of thirty-seven essays that focus on the destructive effects of ideologies and other manifestations of disorder in the modern world. Several essays provide a sampling of his expert analysis of Communism and the ideological world-view of the American Left, while others discuss the spiritually stifling effects of the modern bureaucratic state and the ideological disorders that have crept into contemporary culture and the understanding of Christianity. Many of these essays are taken from Niemeyer’s National Review column “Days and Works.” The character of Niemeyer’s search for “The Recovery of Truth” appears in the subdivision of the thirty-four essays of the third part under the topics of political theory, education, Conservatism, and Christian faith. Although these essays also consider the loss of truth, they are concerned primarily with the quest for its recovery through faith, divine grace, and a clear-eyed understanding of reality. This section begins with his 1950 work “A Reappraisal of the Doctrine of Free Speech” in which he lucidly analyzes the pitfalls of free speech in an ideological age. Among the other essays included here are works that attest to Niemeyer’s concern for a spiritual renewal in education and his profound respect and admiration for Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Edmund Burke, Russell Kirk, and, perhaps above all, St. Augustine. The book includes a bibliography of Niemeyer’s previously published books, pamphlets, essays, and reviews. Table of ContentsIntroductionAcknowledgmentsPart I. Niemeyer, the Man 1. From Europe, With Love 2. Letters 3. What, to a Christian, is the Meaning of a “Changing, Technologically Oriented, Frustrated, and Fragmented World”? 4. The Hospice Movement and the Problem of Death (excerpts) 5. How to Talk to Mature People About Death Part II. The Loss of Truth 6. This Terrible Century 7. Forces that Shape the Twentieth Century 8. Loss of Reality: Gnosticism and Modern Nihilism 9. Variations on a Theme 10. Ideologies, Political Theories, and Societies 11. The Communist Mind (excerpts) 12. Will the Soviet Reality Please Stand Up? (excerpt) 13. The Tourist’s Soviet Russia 14. Ethics and Politics in Communism (excerpts) 15. The “Autonomous” Man 16. Confrontation of Opinions or Dialectic Discussion? 17. E Nobilissima Visione Regna Inferna 18. Beyond “Democratic Disorder” 19. Two Socialisms 20. Anti-Communism Old Hat? 21. Common Sense 22. Counterculture? 23. Moral Dishonesty? 24. Rulers Without Power 25. See No Evil 26. The Reality of Totalitarian Despotism 27. What Happened to Morality? 28. Language and Action 29. Modern Politics 30. Of Human Dignity 31. States Without Citizens 32. The State and the Citizen 33. The Evil Society 34. Aliens In Their Own Nations 35. Toward Totalitarian Simplicity? 36. Public Interest and Private Utility 37. Structures, Revolutions and Christianity 38. Systems of History and Public Policy Goals (excerpts) 39. The Church and the Ideological Temptation 40. A “Church” Without a Name? (excerpts) 41. Beyond Institutions of Power and Patterns of Profit (excerpts) 42. On Authority and Alienation: A Meditation Part III. The Recovery of TruthPolitical Theory 43. A Reappraisal of the Doctrine of Free Speech 44. Stewardship—Theory and Practice 45. What Price Politics? 46. Humanism, Positivism, Immorality 47. What Price “Natural Law”? 48. The Loss and Recovery of History 49. Foreign Policy and Morality: A Contemporary Perspective (excerpts) 50. Risk or Betrayal? The Crossroads of Western Policy 51. National Self-Defense and Political Existence 52. Nations, Myths, and Mores 53. Ideas Have Also Roots 54. Limits of the Law Education 55. The Commitments of Political Education 56. Crisis and Renewal 57. The New Need for the Catholic University 58. Christian Studies and the Liberal Arts College 59. Letter to Rev. James T. Burtchaell, C.S.C. 60. The Glory and Misery of Education Conservatism 61. Russell Kirk and Ideology (excerpts) 62. The Prophetic Calling of Solzhenitsyn 63. Conservatism and the Modern Age 64. Conservatism and the New Political Theory 65. The Burkean View of Politics 66. Review of Conservatism in America by Clinton Rossiter 67. Is There a Conservative Mission? 68. Too Early and Too Much Faith 69. Two Commencement Addresses 70. The Recovery of “The Sacred”? 71. The Church, the Shepherds, and the Spirit of Our Time 72. Christianity in Public Life: Real vs. Counterfeit Hope 73. The Politics of Hope 74. Guilt and History 75. Reason and Faith: The Fallacious Antithesis 76. History and CivilizationEndnotesPublications by Gerhart NiemeyerIndex

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Book SynopsisTim Davenport and David Walters have extracted the essential core of Debs’s life work, illustrating his intellectual journey from conservative editor of the magazine of a racially segregated railway brotherhood to his role as the public face and outstanding voice of social revolution in early twentieth-century America. Well over 1,000 Debs documents will be republished as part of this monumental project, the vast majority seeing print again for the first time since the date of their original publication. Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926) was a trade unionist, magazine editor, and public orator widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of American socialism.Trade Review"Tim Davenport and David Walters have given us, as they did with the first volume of the series, a real treasure, and a restoration." —Paul Buhle, for DSAUSA.org "Gene Debs tirelessly urged the self-organization of working people in the United States as their only sure road to freedom. His role in the formation of the Socialist Party particularly provides lessons for our day." —Mark Lause

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Book SynopsisReflections on the legacy and impact of radical black feminists of the 1960s on today's feminist and anti-racist movements. The Combahee River Collective, a path-breaking group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the antiracist and women's liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. In this collection of essays and interviews edited by activist-scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, founding members of the organisation and contemporary activists reflect on the legacy of its contributions to Black feminism and its impact on today's struggles.Trade Review“This new collection of a four-decades-old text reminds us that black women have long known that America’s destiny is inseparable from how it treats them and the nation ignores this truth at its peril.” —The New York Review of Books “A striking collection that should be immediately added to the Black feminist canon.” —Bitch Media “An essential book for any feminist library.” —Library Journal “The publication of How We Get Free marks the 40th anniversary of the Combahee River Collective statement, which is often said to be the foundational document of intersectional feminism. As white feminism has gained an increasing amount of coverage, there are still questions as to how black and brown women’s needs are being addressed. This book, through a collection of interviews with prominent black feminists, provides some answers.” –Rachael Revesz, the Independent “For feminists of all kinds, astute scholars, or anyone with a passion for social justice, How We Get Free is an invaluable work.” –Ethnic and Racial Studies Journal

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Book SynopsisIn Ecuador's "Good Living" : Crises, Discourse, and Law scholar and Ecuadoran official Carlos E. Gallegos Anda presents a critical appraisal of the concept of Buen Vivir—or sumak kawsay by its indigenous name. Buen Vivir was enshrined in Ecuador's 2008 Constitution and purports to map out a community-centric and ecologically sound path for development. Due to its apparent legal novelty, this normative formula received much praise from multiple civil society and academic circles by forging what some argued to be a new development paradigm based on Andean epistemologies. Gallegos Anda theorizes this important phenomenon through an inductive analysis of context and power relations. Through a masterful navigation of epistemological fields, the author offers a critical theory of Buen Vivir that focuses on changing citizenship regimes, a retreating state, politicised ethnic cleavages, discursive democracy, and the emergence of an empty signifier. Gallegos-Anda's book is the first to situate Buen Vivir in a theoretical context grounded in international human rights law.

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Book SynopsisPeter Shore worked under Hugh Gaitskell, serving in successive Labour Cabinets under first Harold Wilson and subsequently James Callaghan. He wrote the 1964, 1966 and 1970 general election manifestos for the party and stood in both the 1980 and the 1983 party leadership elections. He would go on to be known as one of the Labour Party's most important thinkers. He had a long political career at the upper levels of the Labour Party and was close to successive leaders. Despite this, he was also independent minded, as evidenced by the 1976 IMF crisis and his long-standing opposition to European integration. As well as this key debate, the authors also address crucial issues within the Labour movement, from macroeconomic management to the extent to which the party can be a force for socialism. This remarkable new study offers a comprehensive and timely reappraisal of the man and his record, examining the context within which he operated, his approach and responses to changing social and economic norms, his opposition to Britain's membership of what is now the EU, and how he was viewed by peers from across the political spectrum. Finally, it examines the overall impact of Peter Shore on the development of British politics. With contributions from leading experts in the fields of political theory, and from Shore's own contemporaries, this book is an important new assessment of one of Labour's most interesting political thinkers in twentieth-century British politics.Trade Review"A superb work which refreshes the political history of the second half of the twentieth century by inserting the contribution of a man who, far from being forgotten, ought to be revered on the left." - Stephen Pollard "A truly first-rate biography”- Tom Gallagher, Think Scotland

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Book SynopsisWe are said to be living in an age of anger, and national populist movements are often identified as its political manifestation. In Populism Michael Burleigh explores this new global era, drawing on his Engelsberg Lectures. The first chapter explores the nature of mass anger, mainly in Europe and the US: how might popular discontent be artificially incited and sustained by elite figures claiming to speak for the common people? The second chapter compares the difficult aftermaths of empire in Britain and Russia. Has that experience fostered these countries' sense of exceptionality and inability to evolve into normal societies? Many national populist movements exploit History, as we saw with the so-called 'statue wars' reignited in 2020. The third chapter ranges across Europe, but also China, where a nationalised version of History has become intrinsic to social support for the ruling Communist Party. In the short term, COVID-19 has created problems for several populist leaders, whose image has suffered amidst the public's new-found respect for expertise and unfavourable comparisons with less shouty politicians who have handled the pandemic differently. Yet, with the looming risk of an extended economic depression, Burleigh fears that new post-populists may arise in the long run.Trade Review‘[A] spirited, readable and thought-provoking tour through the forces defining our age. … Populism displays Burleigh’s eye for enlivening and memorable aperçus, anecdotes and factoids.’ -- New Statesman‘We do not know what will come after the pandemic, but … Burleigh’s Populism … will help the discerning reader ask, and then answer, “What comes next?”’ -- American Purpose

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Book SynopsisThe strategic rivalry between the United States and China has emerged as a defining feature of international politics in the Indo-Pacific region. How China engages with the US and other significant stakeholders in the region will intricately shape the trajectory and character of an impending transition in the international order, either through peaceful or confrontational means in the future.This edited volume undertakes a systematic exploration of China's multifaceted interactions with five pivotal players situated in the Indo-Pacific: the United States, Japan, India, Australia, and ASEAN. By delving into both the theoretical underpinnings of state-to-state relationships and the empirical nuances of China's strategic engagements with these five critical actors, this book casts a clarifying light on the complexity of China's bilateral ties within the region. Each of these bilateral relationships is examined from a dual perspective, capturing insights from scholars hailing from both within China and beyond its borders. This comprehensive initiative delves into the different viewpoints held by Chinese academics and their international counterparts regarding the very same bilateral relationship, thereby forging a pairwise comprehension. This book will captivate the attention of scholars and policy analysts alike, fascinated by the dynamics of the US-China competition and the broader realm of geopolitics.

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Book SynopsisThe 21st century has brought many changes to peacebuilding, armed conflicts, and social movements. Organizations and scholars alike have developed new techniques for bridging cultural divides and enhancing democracy and respect for human rights. Moreover, technological changes have significantly altered conflict spaces. Methodological Advances in Research on Social Movements, Conflict, and Change explores methods for studying contentious politics in the context of these broader social changes. Contributors advance methodological scholarship by developing new tools, discussing new sources of data and their relative value, and addressing controversies and ethical issues that have emerged in the process of collecting or analyzing data. Acknowledging how more movements are using a wider range of tactics to influence a rapidly changing, deeply interconnected world, Methodological Advances in Research on Social Movements, Conflict, and Change appeals to scholars interested in how the study of social movements, peace, and conflict has developed and adapted to keep pace with ongoing socio-political and technological change.Table of ContentsForeword; Lisa Leitz Navigating Interests and Cultivating Innovation in the Study of Social Movements, Conflict, and Change; Thomas V. Maher and Eric W. Schoon Section I. Innovations in Data Collection and Processing Chapter 1. Beyond Protests: Using Computational Text Analysis to Explore a Greater Variety of Social Movement Activities; Brayden G. King and Laura K. Nelson Chapter 2. The Use of Digitized Newspaper Archives for World-Historical Research on Social Conflicts: The State-Seeking Nationalist Movements Database; Şahan Savaş Karataşlı Chapter 3. Satellite Images in Conflict Research: Methodological and Ethical Considerations; Fiona Rose Greenland and Michelle D. Fabiani Chapter 4. Instant Archives: Social Media and Social Movement Research; Elle Rochford, Baylee Hudgens, and Rachel L. Einwohner Section II. Epistemology and Reflexivity Chapter 5. Moments of Interrogation: Doing Feminist Ethnography in the Archives; Jo Reger Chapter 6. Developing Ethical Standards for Student Participation in Protest Research; Laura J. Heideman Chapter 7. Insider-Outsider Dynamics and Identity in Qualitative Studies of Social Movements; Kathleen A. Ragon and Daisy Verduzco Reyes Section III. Novel Analytics Chapter 8. How to Analyze the Influence of Social Movements with QCA: Combinational Hypotheses, Venn Diagrams, and Movements Making Big News; Edwin Amenta, Neal Caren, and Weijun Yuan Chapter 9. Measuring Event Diffusion Momentum (EDM): Applications in Social Movement Research; Tony Huiquan Zhang and Tianji Cai Chapter 10. Coalitions Under Threat: Analyzing the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Protests Using Telegram Social Media Data; Weijun Yuan

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Book SynopsisA timely and updated second edition, this version of Crises and Popular Dissent moves on from a focus on the causes of populism to a wider analysis of the global struggle between liberal democracy and authoritarianism, including the continuing impact of populism.

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Book SynopsisDominant discursive representations of belonging and place have become ever-more politicized, led by narratives of fear, uncertainty and anxiety. Grounded in an interdisciplinary and intersectional perspective, Constructing Realities critically examines contemporary theoretical narratives around English national identity as mediated by place and experience. Providing clear links between politically driven portrayals and specific lived experiences, as well as theory and everyday life, Stuart Cartland unpacks contemporary examples of ongoing sociocultural processes. Using the English context as a case study, Cartland argues that discourses around national identity are dominated by a conservative approach characterised by a sense of defensive exclusivism and insecurity. Employing discourse analysis to critically investigate the characteristics and constructed nature of ideological articulations of identity within the English social and cultural context, the author seeks to empower marginalised experiences such as those of inner-city, working-class and ethnic minority populations while also undermining dominant narratives around Englishness. Situating the English context within a wider ‘culture war’, chapters identify patterns and processes that are applicable to a multitude of other nations within the contemporary era. Considering recent developments and ongoing processes such as globalisation, immigration and multiculturalism to offer a useful illustration of the ideological nature of identity formation, this body of work illuminates the intertwined construction of identity and place.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Discourse, Narrative and National Identity Chapter 2. Globalisation and Discourses of Englishness Chapter 3. The Ideologically Constructed Myth of Englishness Chapter 4. Racialised Discourse and Cosmopolitan Existences Chapter 5. Discourses of Englishness and Multiculturalism Chapter 6. Englishness and Discourses of Europe Chapter 7. Devolution and Discourses of Englishness Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFrom being one of the earliest members of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Vajpayee blossomed into aeading opposition MP by theate 1960s, went on to become external affairs minister in the short-lived Janata government and, finally in 1999, to head the first non-congress government to complete a full Term in Office. That it was a coalition government made the feat all the more remarkable and testifies to the fact that though wedded to a right-wing political ideology, Vajpayee did not believe in the politics of exclusion. A protege of Jana Sangh stalwartsike Syama Prasad Mukherjee and deep Dayal Upadhyaya, Vajpayee won the admiration of Jawaharlal Nehru, was consulted by his daughter Indira Gandhi - whom he neveracked the courage to criticizeand befriended by fiery trade unionists George Fernandes even before they became political allies. He thus displayed an unusual ability to carry along all shades of political opinion - An ability that came to the fore when he headed the National democratic alliance government between 1999 and 2004. And behind this public persona was an unusual personalife, conducted with such dignity as to remain free of innuendo. In this book, journalist Kingshuk Nag traces the political journey of this tall parliamentarian of over four decades, who was conferred the Bharat Ratna in December 2014. Atal Bihari Vajpayee: a man for all seasons is a definitive account of theife and times of one of India''s most illustrious non-congresseaders.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsI-XXXVIII -- BOOK I -- Introduction -- CHAPTER I: The Study of Roman Law -- CHAPTER II: The Source Materials of Roman Law -- CHAPTER III: Research in Roman Law -- CHAPTER IV: The Historiography of Roman Law -- BOOK II -- Archaic and Pre-Classical Law -- Introductory Note -- CHAPTER V: Early Roman History -- CHAPTER VI: Legis Actiones -- BOOK III -- Classical Law -- Introductory Note -- CHAPTER VII: Statute and Custom -- CHAPTER VIII: The Jurists and Jurists' Law. Introductory Note -- CHAPTER VIII: The Jurists and Jurists' Law. A. Juristic Activity in General -- CHAPTER VIII: The Jurists and Jurists' Law. B. The History of Juristic Science -- CHAPTER VIII: The Jurists and Jurists' Law. C. The Individual Jurists -- CHAPTER VIII: The Jurists and Jurists' Law. D. Jurists' Law -- CHAPTER VIII: The Jurists and Jurists' Law. E. Juristic Writing -- CHAPTER VIII: The Jurists and Jurists' Law. F. Legal Education -- CHAPTER IX: The Praetor and the Edict -- CHAPTER X: The Senate and Senatus Consulta -- CHAPTER XI: The Emperor and Constitutiones -- CHAPTER XII: Classical Law in Practice -- CHAPTER XIII: Theoretical Considerations in the Classical Law -- APPENDIX: Important Dates in the History of Roman Law -- Index of Sources Translated -- Subject Index

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Book SynopsisThis conceptually synthetic and empirically rich book demonstrates the vulnerability of democratic settings to authoritarianism and populism. Six scholars from various professional fields explore here the metamorphosis of a political party into a centralized authoritarian system. Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party needed less than ten years to accomplish this transformation in Hungary. In 2010, after winning a majority that could make changes in the constitution – two-thirds of the parliamentary seats, they evolved and stabilized the system, which produced again the two-thirds majority in 2014 and 2018. The authors reveal how a democratic setting can be used as a device for political capture. They show how a political entity managed to penetrate almost all sub-fields of the economy to arrive at institutionalized corruption, and how the centralized power structure reproduces itself. With the help of a powerful empirical apparatus—among others analyses of more than 220,000 public tenders, redistributions of state subsidies, and the interconnectedness of those privileged with the political elite — the authors detail the functioning of a crony system and the network aspects of political connections in the rapid enrichment of politically-linked businesses. Their studies demonstrate the role of political capture in this redistribution and how this capture leads to a new social stratification.Trade Review"This is a dazzling book, researched in depth, elegantly presented and brilliantly argued. I am not aware of any other book that analyses the workings of the Orbán regime as comprehensively and as insightfully as this volume. This impressive book brings the Orbán dictatorship into full focus and should be in every serious university library." https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2023.2205320 -- Sabrina P. Ramet * Europe-Asia Studies *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction PART I. METAMORPHOSIS OF A PARTY INTO A SYSTEM Paths to Political Capture and Institutionalized Corruption in Hungary, 2010–2021 System evolutions in comparative perspective Political-economic context of systemic evolution From political dominance to political capture Diffusion of political capture into autonomous national, local and grass-roots institutions Forced resource redeployment as instruments of self reproduction of the evolving system Politically selective resource distribution and those most privileged by forced resource redeployment The domestic and external factors of persistent self-reproduction during evolution Conclusions PART II. REPRODUCTION THROUGH REDISTRIBUTION Redistribution and Integration Introduction Welfare redistribution, social integration and inequalities Project-based redistribution Recombinant redistribution Conclusions Cronyism in the Orbán Regime An Empirical Analysis of Public Tenders, 2005–2020 Introduction Literature Data and Indicators The Orbán Regime and MGTS+ companies: descriptive statistics Models and estimations Conclusions References Annex Political Connectedness in Hungarian State Capitalism: The Case of the “Fidesz-Connected” Mészáros Group of Companies Introduction Methodology: data collection and processing Fidesz-connected entrepreneurs on the list of the 100 wealthiest Hungarians Regulatory and procurement advantages or favors Lőrincz Mészáros: family and business Annex Summary

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Book SynopsisVisiting Italy in the months preceding the Scottish referendum of 2014, Ali Ansari was struck by the admiration of Italian colleagues for the liberalism of a state that would allow, and even encourage, one of its constituent parts to resolve the question of their own independence. Such a development, they noted, would be inconceivable in Europe. In this fascinating contribution to the Haus Curiosities series, Ansari considers the idea of Britain as a political entity. Invented to integrate conflicting nationalisms in an `ever more perfect union' it has succumbed to particular resurgent nationalisms in a curious reversal of fortune. The idea of Britain sits awkwardly in the margins of this discussion, which considers some nationalists suppressed minorities, in need of attention, and others to be bigoted throwbacks to a more divisive age. Arguing the case for `Great Britain' from the perspective of the political mythology of the British state - with an emphasis on culture, ideas and narrative constructions - Ansari makes the claim that Britain's strength lies in its ability of shape the popular imagination, both at home and abroad, and that an `excess of enthusiasm' may yet do untold damage to the fabric of a state and society that has been carefully constructed and will not be easily repaired.

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Book Synopsis Examining the impact of American Cold War politics on disparate local arenas,Labor''s Cold Warreveals that anticommunist challenges reshaped local political cultures and set the stage for new rounds of political debate. The contributors demonstrate that the anticommunist movement was more diverse, more pervasive, and more sharply and creatively contested than historians have realized. Yet workers and their allies defended ongoing progressive politics at the local level. Examples include fights for fair employment and public housing; the expansion of New Deal-style regional development; the abolition of racial and ethnic discrimination policies; and workplace policies from the right to organize to a voice in wage and price controls. Local political stories from New Mexico, California, occupied Japan, Milwaukee, Detroit, St. Louis, and Schenectedy provide important alternative perspectives on the transformative power of anticommunism in the postwar period and contribTrade Review "Labor's Cold War provides a valuable and timely historical reinterpretation that goes to the roots of the Cold War as it affected the American labour movement and its allies."--Labour/Le Travail "The emphasis on the interconnections between local and national themes makes this book a genuinely unique and compelling addition to labor literature. As such, it removes issues related to labor and the left from the internecine workplace and union struggles and moves them to the more interesting arena of local social and economic policies."--Stephen Meyer, author of Stalin over Wisconsin: The Making and Unmaking of Militant Unionism, 1900-1950Table of ContentsContributors include Kenneth Burt, Robert W. Cherny, Rosemary Feurer, Eric Fure-Slocum, Christopher Gerteis, Lisa Kannenberg, David Lewis-Colman, James J. Lorence, Shelton Stromquist, and Seth Wigderson

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This remarkable collection of case studies extends the field of global migration history. Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"A great read, drawing its strengths from a global comparative approach and well-researched empirical case studies. It will have a significant impact on research on coerced labourers around the world and their responses to their treatment." * Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Introduction: Flight as Fight Leo Lucassen and Lex Heerma van Voss 1. Runaways and Deserters in the Early Modern Portuguese Empire: The Examples of São Tomé Island, South Asia, and Southern Portugal Timothy Coates 2. Escaping St. Thomas: Class Relations and Convict Strategies in the Danish West Indies, 1672–1687 Johan Heinsen 3. Between the Mountains and the Sea: Knowledge, Networks, and Transimperial Desertion in the Leeward Archipelago, 1627–1727 James F. Dator 4. Desertion of European Sailors and Soldiers in Early Eighteenth- Century Bengal Titas Chakraborty 5. “More of a Danger to the Colony Than the Enemy Himself ”: Military Labor, Desertion, and Imperial Rule in French Louisiana (ca. 1715–1760) Yevan Terrien 6. “Journeying into Freedom”: Traditions of Desertion at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652–1795 Nicole Ulrich 7. Running Together or Running Apart? Diversity, Desertion, and Resistance in the Dutch East India Company Empire, 1650–1800 Matthias van Rossum 8. Voting with Their Feet: Absconding and Labor Exploitation in Convict Australia Hamish Maxwell-Stewart and Michael Quinlan 9. “He says that if he is not taught a trade, he will run away”: Recaptured Africans, Desertion, and Mobility in the British Caribbean, 1808–1828 Anita Rupprecht 10. Lurking but Working: City Maroons in Antebellum New Orleans Mary Niall Mitchell 11. Runaway Slaves, Vigilance Committees, and the Pedagogy of Revolutionary Abolitionism, 1835–1863 Jesse Olsavsky Selected References Contributors Illustration Credits Index

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Book SynopsisRevealing bold new ways to structure markets for the good of everyone, this book shows how the emancipatory force of genuinely open, free, and competitive markets can reawaken the dormant 19th-century spirit of liberal reform and lead to greater equality, prosperity, and cooperation.Trade Review"One of The Economist's Best Business and Economics Books of 2018""E. Glen Weyl & Eric Posner: One of Bloomberg Businessweek’s “Bloomberg 50” Icons of 2018""Both a savage critique of 'techno-feudalism' and an idealistic appeal to share the fruits of our collective intelligence more fairly."---John Thornhill, Financial Times"Radical Markets . . . could be best described as an interesting new way of looking at the subject that is sometimes called “political economy” - tackling the big questions of how markets and politics and society intersect. . . . I highly recommend Radical Markets . . . to anyone interested in these kinds of issues, and look forward to seeing the discussion that the book generates."---Vitalik Buterin"Extremely thought provoking and clearly brilliant . . . Radical Markets certainly made me think about property, information, power. Well worth reading."---Diane Coyle, The Enlightened Economist"Doesn’t anybody have anything new to offer? . . . . [Y]es: . . . unleash the awesome power of markets . . . to uplift the poor . . . it just might be what the world needs now. . . . [Posner and Weyl are] smart and iconoclastic, and their book bursts with ideas like kernels of corn on a hot stove."---Peter Coy, Bloomberg Businessweek"What I love is just some new ideas, because the existing ideas to solve the injustices and inequalities aren’t working! A must-read."---Carol Massar, Bloomberg Radio"A very thought-provoking book is a bizarre fusion of ideas drawn from the classical liberal . . . . and socialist tradition(s). . . . It contains ideas . . . that really do make you think. It is a really fun book to read and of you are someone who actually likes having your suppositions and beliefs challenged, take a look at it."---Reihan Salam, National Review's The Editors podcast"An arresting if eccentric manifesto for rebooting liberalism. . . . Radical Markets is refreshing and welcome in its willingness to question received wisdom." * The Economist *"I highly recommend this book! Replacing markets by auctions (sort of). Whether you agree or not, it shows how much liberalism is able to renew itself."---Gaspard Koenig, Generation Libre"Read this difficult and provocative book. It made my head hurt, and then spin. In a world where our current economic and political models are worth defending but are straining, this can only be a good thing."---Paschal Donohoe, Irish Times"It will pay the readers . . . great intellectual returns to invest significant time in studying this book very carefully. It is ambitious and bold, and I think it should excite the imagination and motivate careful scholarship and analytical rigor among both critics and those who want to pursue the line of argument laid out."---Peter Boettke, Coordination Problem"This system has enormous potential — simple, fair, progressive taxes and a more dynamic economy. It would be much easier to develop new infrastructure, build new homes, buy your neighbour’s garden, and pour concrete all over twee villages to build monorails or airport runways."---Tim Harford, Financial Times"A provocative new book." * The Economist *"This is free market thinking but not as we know it."---Diane Coyle, Prospect"Glen Weyl, coauthor of Radical Markets, is tackling the core issues: What does human dignity mean in a highly automated future? How can we regain agency over the data we produce? If these don’t sound like economic questions, then get ready to encounter the future of economics. We can’t just complain about how tech is transforming our world; we need to invent the transformation."---Jaron Lanier, Wired"[A] bold book."---Michael Sandel, New Statesman"A law professor and an economist argue that the way out of liberalism’s impasse is to expand the role of markets, not to subdue them. . . . Together they point to a possible response to the challenges of populism and protectionism." * The Economist *"Radical Markets is worth reading both for its genuinely innovative suggestions and its well-researched accounts of the development of economic ideas."---David V. Axelsen, Economics and Philosophy

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In her disturbing book Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right, Professor Cynthia Miller-Idriss argues convincingly that “innovative, flexible and youth-driven ideas” are vital in the battle to counter the online transnational recruiting of fascist zealots."---Martin Chilton, The Independent"A timely book that calls for vigilance against extremism in hitherto unexpected corners, online and off." * Kirkus Reviews *"This is an incredible book . . . that I found impossible to put down. Miller-Idriss has put it together here; the actors, the methods, and the history." * Jason Stanley on Twitter *"In Hate in the Homeland Cynthia Miller-Idriss describes how ideas once limited to extremist circles, such as that of a 'demographic replacement'—whereby American citizens will be overrun—are now promoted by mainstream figures such as Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham of Fox News." * The Economist *"Miller-Idriss explains [how] the market for hate is thriving."---Eric Spitznagel, New York Post"Hate in the Homeland locates the issue within a broader analytic context and opens avenues for scholars to develop more fulsome conceptualizations of radicalization and recruitment into far-right extremist ideologies."---Kelsey C. Boismier, Symbolic Interactions"Hate in the Homeland is an important contribution to our understandings of the places and spaces in which young people encounter extremist messages. The author does an excellent job of guiding readers through what can be a tricky epistemological terrain, providing a comprehensive, accessible and thoughtful overview of what the far right is, what they believe and the places and spaces they inhabit. The book will undoubtedly prove very useful to scholars working in the field as well as readers unfamiliar with the topic."---Katherine Williams, London School of Economics Review of Books"Hate in the Homeland is the best account I have read so far on how extensive the mainstreaming of the far right is."---Katrine Fangen, Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift"It is an important book for anyone trying to piece together what has been happening for the past few years and what can be done about it, because the far right is trending, and it sure shows no sign of withering away."---Axelle Germanaz, Amerikastudien

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Book SynopsisNew perspectives on the role of collective responsibility in modern politicsTrade Review"Leviathan on a Leash [is] an extremely refreshing and rewarding read; indeed, I struggle to think of any other work that so successfully draws on and revises Hobbes’s ideas to make such an important intervention into contemporary debates."---Robin Douglass, Hobbes Studies

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Book SynopsisA panoramic history of American individualism from its nineteenth-century origins to today's bitterly divided politicsIndividualism is a defining feature of American public life. Its influence is pervasive today, with liberals and conservatives alike promising to expand personal freedom and defend individual rights against unwanted intrusion, be it from big government, big corporations, or intolerant majorities. The Roots of American Individualism traces the origins of individualist ideas to the turbulent political controversies of the Jacksonian era (18201850) and explores their enduring influence on American politics and culture. Alex Zakaras plunges readers into the spirited and rancorous political debates of Andrew Jackson's America, drawing on the stump speeches, newspaper editorials, magazine articles, and sermons that captivated mass audiences and shaped partisan identities. He shows how these debates popularized three powerful myths that celebrated the young nation as an exceTrade Review"Winner of the Best Book Award, American Political Thought Section of the American Political Science Association""A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"

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Book SynopsisPresents a memoir from one of Nixon's senior domestic policy advisors. A member of the moderate wing of the Republican Party, John Roy Price’s memoir makes a valuable contribution to our evolving scholarship and understanding of the Nixon presidency.Trade ReviewAre you ready for some revisionism? Price's Nixon was trying to bring the country together. He understood that politics was 'poetry' - you needed more than good policy positions. But good ones he had. His domestic policies would have ended the financial incentives to break up low-income families and would have kept catastrophic health issue from bankrupting middle-class families. We see Nixon doing the right thing because it is the right thing. This book is thought-provoking from beginning to end." - Nicholas Evan Sarantakes, author of Fan in Chief: Richard Nixon and American Sports, 1969-1974"John Roy Price's The Last Liberal Republican is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the Nixon presidency as well as the presidential/congressional relationship as it relates to domestic policymaking. Price's memoir not only explains the domestic policy agenda during a seminal point in American history but also shows how a Republican president worked with a Democratic Congress to revise and expand parts of the New Deal and Great Society agendas. Price's ability to illustrate the policy battles as they played out on the political frontlines makes this book essential reading." - Lori Cox Han, author of Advising Nixon: The White House Memos of Patrick J. Buchanan"For all those who thought there was nothing more-nothing new-to say about Richard Nixon, John Roy Price has a surprise, and an important one. Here is a Nixon seldom seen, a Nixon leaning left even as he moved the Republicans right, a Nixon worried about his place in history even as he was soiling his place in history. No biography of the thirty-seventh president written in the remainder of this century can be unaffected by this vital and indispensable book." - David Shribman, Pulitzer Prize-winning nationally syndicated columnist and former executive editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Book SynopsisIn his recent book Against Liberalism, philosopher John Kekes argued that liberalism as a political system is doomed to failure by its internal inconsistencies. In this companion volume, he makes a compelling case for conservatism as the best...Trade ReviewA valuable contribution to political theory.... A challenging work. * First Things *John Kekes's project has been to encourage others to be realistic about what it takes to make good lives for themselves in a troubled, flawed, and apparently contingent universe. -- Preston Jones, Cambridge School of Dallas * Touchstone *Kekes must be lauded for attempting to present a coherent and systematic defense of conservatism. -- Barry Alan Shain, Colgate University * Modern Age *Students with a serious interest in political theory and philosophy would certainly benefit from this slim volume, which... is likely to become a classic in its field. * Choice *This is a book which... offers a reasoned and often astute defense of a moderate conservatism which deserves to be taken seriously, both by conservatives themselves and their critics. -- John Horton, Keele University, UK * Philosophical Investigations *

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary collection, featuring some of today’s most prominent political theorists, sociologists, philosophers, and historians, challenges narratives of neoliberalism’s demise. The book queries whether contemporary political ruptures—including the rise of far-right forces—will challenge, support, or extend the reach of market rule around the globe.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Theorizing Mutant Neoliberalism | 1 William Callison and Zachary Manfredi 1. Neoliberalism’s Scorpion Tail | 39 Wendy Brown 2. The Market’s People: Milton Friedman and the Making of Neoliberal Populism | 61 Sören Brandes 3. Neoliberals against Europe | 89 Quinn Slobodian and Dieter Plehwe 4. Anti-Austerity on the Far Right | 112 Melinda Cooper 5. Disposing of the Discredited: A European Project | 146 Michel Feher 6. Neoliberalism, Rationality, and the Savage Slot | 177 Julia Elyachar 7. Sexing Homo OEconomicus: Finding Masculinity at Work | 196 Leslie Salzinger 8. Feminist Theory Redux: Neoliberalism’s Public-Private Divide | 215 Megan Moodie and Lisa Rofel 9. “Innovation” Discourse and the Neoliberal University: Top Ten Reasons to Abolish Disruptive Innovation | 244 Christopher Newfield 10. Absolute Capitalism | 269 Étienne Balibar List of Contributors | 291 Index | 295

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Book SynopsisUsing a wide range of sources, Marlene Laruelle discusses the impact of the ideology of Eurasianism on geopolitics, interior policy, foreign policy, and culturalist philosophy.Trade ReviewA tour de force not merely because of the depth of the scholarship and the skill of the argument but also because Laruelle unveils a subject crucial to understanding today's Russia but never given proper due... Even the most serious student of contemporary Russia will get from this book a vastly deeper sense of what makes Russian intellectual life, for all of its vexed affinity with the West, fundamentally different. -- Robert Legvold Foreign Affairs A masterful job of describing the various philosophical threads of Eurasianism... The author's lucid style makes the book accessible to the educated general public. Choice This volume certainly engages the reader to explore... Laruell's deft treatment of Eurasianism's shifting position in contemporary discourse makes this a fascinating volume that extends beyond the boundaries of any single academic discipline. -- Kathleen Macfie Eurasian Geography and Economics Laruelle is to be congratulated on her lucid and intellectually disciplined discussion of the ambiguous, intricate, and often contradictory ideas that shape Russian Neo-Eurasiansim... a must-read for intellectual historians, policymakers, cultural scholars, Russia Watchers, or for that matter, anyone who uneasily senses that something is moving in the deep currents beneath the surface of contemporary Russia, but is not sure of what it is. -- Maria Carlson Russian Review Russian Eurasianism is a lucid and rational guide, based on thorough scholarship and an admirable reluctance to sensationalize or to claim too much. -- Edmund Griffiths Times Literary Supplement A richly interdisciplinary and meticulously researched analysis of both the historical and contemporary sources of Eurasianist cultural and philosophical/ideological traditions and discourse... this book will be an invaluable resource for policymakers and academics providing a deeper understanding of the forces shaping Russia's identity and the unfolding of circumstances for the entire Eurasian region. -- Sharyl N. Cross Journal of Slavic Military Studies Laruelle, an established authority in the field. International Affairs An impressive achievement. The author writes with an erudition and breadth of insight that is unique in the burgeoning field of what we might call 'Eurasianism studies.' -- Mark Bassin Slavic Review Extremely informative and enlightening reading. -- Andreas Umland Europe-Asia StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Eurasianism—Marginal or Mainstream in Contemporary Russia?The Historical Roots of the Eurasianist IdeaNeo-Eurasianism and Its Place in Post-Soviet RussiaNeo-Eurasianist Doctrine and Russian Foreign PolicyMarginal or Mainstream?Premises of This StudyPlan of the Book1. Early Eurasianism, 1920–1930The Life and Death of a Current of ThoughtA Philosophy of PoliticsA Geographic IdeologyAn Ambiguous OrientalismConclusions2. Lev Gumilëv: A Theory of Ethnicity?From Dissidence to Public Endorsement: An Atypical Biography"The Last Eurasianist"?Gumilëv's Episteme: Subjecting the Humanities to the Natural SciencesTheories of the Ethnos or Naturalistic DeterminismThe Complex History of the Eurasian TotalityXenophobia, Mixophobia, and Anti-SemitismGumilëv, Russian Nationalism, and Soviet EthnologyConclusions3. Aleksandr Panarin: Philosophy of History and the Revival of CulturalismIs There a Unified Neo-Eurasianist Theory?From Liberalism to Conservatism: Panarin's Intellectual Biography"Civilizationism" and "Postmodernism"Rehabilitating Empire: "Civilizational" Pluralism and Ecumenical TheocracyHighlighting Russia's "Internal East"Conclusions4. Aleksandr Dugin: A Russian Version of the European Radical Right?Dugin's Social Trajectory and Its SignificanceA Russian Version of Antiglobalism: Dugin's Geopolitical TheoriesTraditionalism as the Foundation of Dugin's ThoughtThe Russian Proponent of the New Right?Fascism, Conservative Revolution, and National BolshevismA Veiled Anti-SemitismEthno-Differentialism and the Idea of Russian DistinctivenessConclusions5. The View from "Within": Non-Russian Neo-Eurasianism and IslamThe Emergence of Muslim Eurasianist Political PartiesThe Eurasianist Games of the Russian MuftiatesTatarstan: The Pragmatic Eurasianism of Russia's "Ethnic" RegionsConclusions6. Neo-Eurasianism in Kazakhstan and TurkeyKazakhstan: Eurasianism in PowerThe Turkish Case: On the Confusion between Turkism, Pan-Turkism, and EurasianismConclusion: The Evolution of the Eurasian(ist) IdeaThe Unity of EurasianismOrganicism at the Service of Authoritarianism: "Revolution" or "Conservatism"?Nationalism: Veiled or Openly Espoused: The Cultural Racism of EurasianismScience, Political Movement, or Think Tank?Is Eurasianism Relevant to Explanations of Contemporary Geopolitical Change?Psychological Compensation or Part of a Global Phenomenon?NotesBibliographyIndex

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