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The Catholic University of America Press Maritain and America
Book SynopsisJacques Maritain was one of the leading French and Thomist philosophers of the 20th century. He was fond of America and its political experiment in liberal democracy. This work explores the engagement of his thought with the American political experiment in representative democracy and the culture of liberal individualism that it has fostered.
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Texas Peacemaker Publications LLC The Language of Conscience
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CQ Press Constitutional Law for a Changing America
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CQ Press The Challenge of Politics
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Mill
Book SynopsisThis Companion offers a state-of-the-art survey of the work of John Stuart Mill one which covers the historical influences on Mill, his theoretical, moral and social philosophy, as well as his relation to contemporary movements. Its contributors include both senior scholars with established expertise in Mill's thought and new emerging interpreters. Each essay acts as a go-to resource for those seeking to understand an aspect of Mill's thought or to familiarise themselves with the contours of a debate within the scholarship. The Companion is a key reference on Mill's theory of liberty and utilitarianism, but also provides a valuable resource on lesser-known aspects of his work, including his epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of language. The volume is divided into six sections. Part I covers Mill's life, his immediate posthumous reputation, and his own telling of his life-story. Part II brings together an accessible and comprehensive summary of the various influences on MillTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors x Preface xvi Note on Citations xix Part I Mill’s Autobiography and Biography 1 1 Mill’s Mind: A Biographical Sketch 3Richard V. Reeves 2 Mill’s Epiphanies 12Elijah Millgram 3 The Afterlife of John Stuart Mill, 1874–1879 30David Stack 4 Mill’s Autobiography as Literature 45Samuel Clark Part II Influences on Mill’s Thought 59 5 Mill and the Classics 61Robert Devigne 6 Roots of Mill’s Radicalism 79Peter Niesen 7 British Critics of Utilitarianism 95Bruce Kinzer 8 Harriet Taylor Mill 112Helen McCabe 9 The French Influence 126Vincent Guillin Part III Foundations of Mill’s Thought 143 10 Psychology, Associationism, and Ethology 145Terence Ball 11 Mill on Race and Gender 160C.L. Ten 12 Mill on Logic 175David Godden 13 Mill’s Epistemology 192Richard Fumerton 14 Mill’s Philosophy of Language 207Frederick Kroon 15 Mill on Metaphysics 222Nicholas Capaldi 16 Mill’s Philosophy of Science 234Aaron D. Cobb 17 Mill’s Aesthetics 250Antis Loizides 18 Mill on History 266Christopher Macleod 19 Mill’s Philosophy of Religion 279Lou J. Matz Part IV Mill’s Moral Philosophy 295 20 Mill’s Art of Life 297Guy Fletcher 21 Mill’s Conception of Happiness 313Ben Saunders 22 The Proof 328Henry R. West 23 Mill on Utilitarian Sanctions 342Jonathan Riley 24 Mill’s Moral Standard 358Ben Eggleston 25 Mill on Justice and Rights 374David O. Brink 26 Mill and Virtue 390Brian McElwee Part V Mill’s Social Philosophy 407 27 The Harm Principle 409D.G. Brown 28 Mill on Individuality 425Wendy Donner 29 Mill on Freedom of Speech 440Daniel Jacobson 30 Mill on Democracy Revisited 454Georgios Varouxakis 31 Mill on the Family 472Dale E. Miller 32 Mill’s Normative Economics 488Gerald Gaus 33 Mill on Education and Schooling 504Graham Finlay 34 Mill on Colonialism 518Don A. Habibi Part VI Mill and Later Movements in Philosophy 533 35 Mill, German Idealism, and the Analytic/Continental Divide 535John Skorupski 36 Mill and Modern Utilitarianism 551William H. Shaw 37 Mill and Modern Liberalism 567Piers Norris Turner Index 583
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Challenge for Business and Society
Book SynopsisA roadmap to improve corporate social responsibility The 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign focused a good deal of attention on the role of corporations in society, from both sides of the aisle. In the lead up to the election, big companies were accused of profiteering, plundering the environment, and ignoring (even exacerbating) societal ills ranging from illiteracy and discrimination to obesity and opioid addiction. Income inequality was laid squarely at the feet of us companies. The Trump administration then moved swiftly to scrap fiscal, social, and environmental rules that purportedly hobble business, to redirect or shut down cabinet offices historically protecting the public good, and to roll back clean power, consumer protection, living wage, healthy eating initiatives and even basic public funding for public schools. To many eyes, and the lens of history, this may usher in a new era of cowboy capitalism with big companies, unfettered by regulation and encouraged by the presidentiaTable of ContentsForeword ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1: The Good, Bad, and Ugly: A History of Corporate Behavior 17 Another Way of Proceeding 23 Public-Private Partnership Before the Phrase Was Coined 32 Discrimination and Jobs Are the Same Issue 37 Gender Equality 41 Environmental Leadership 42 Supply Chain Practices 46 Lessons Learned and Strategies Used 48 Can We Intelligently Regulate Business? 53 Can Ethics Be Taught? 56 The Recent Past 60 Chapter 2: Past Is Prologue, but Today Is What Matters 65 Best Practices in Corporate Responsibility 71 Corporate Responsibility and Education 73 The Background on School Reform 74 P-TECH: Reinventing High Schools 80 Changing Federal Policy 95 Walking and Chewing Gum at the Same Time 98 Student Stories 102 Results 105 Engaging the Company over the Long Term 106 Lessons Learned 108 IBM Launches Teacher Advisor with Watson 109 The Skills Crisis Goes Far Beyond the Entry Level 113 Citizen Diplomacy 114 JPMorgan Chase: A Company’s Values Are at the Core of Its Actions 120 Starbucks 122 American Express 123 The Food Industry 124 Failures in Corporate Citizenship 126 Private-Sector Leadership in the Public and Volunteer Sectors 128 Lessons to Be Learned, and Moving Forward 130 Chapter 3: The Future 133 Leadership: We Need Leaders to Lead 137 Ethics and Community Service: A Culture of Ethics and Service Needs to Be Reinforced and Expanded 140 Key Problems Facing Society Today and How They Can Be Addressed 144 Critical Issues That Need a New Focus: Education and Jobs 149 Four Ideas That Will Boost Education Achievement 150 Economic Development and Jobs 161 A Brighter Future 169 Conclusion 171 About the Author 181 Index 183
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Rethinking Democracy
Book SynopsisThere's never been a more pressing time to question every aspect of our inadequate democracy- Polly Toynbee This important book shows the many challenges democracy faces in a world of populism and radical digital change - Margaret Hodge 2018 saw celebrations of the centenary of the Representation of the People Act which marked a decisive step towards full universal suffrage - this collection of essays explores the problems of democracy and suggests ways it might now be extended and deepened. Investigates if democracyis an unfinished revolution and if democratic politics is currently in retreatDemonstrates how democratic politics is once again under attack - this time from populist nationalists, authoritarian rulers and new forms of political communicationArgues that if we lose the art of active citizenship, we will lose the freedoms and the rights which democracy has bestowedTrade Review"There's never been a more pressing time to question every aspect of our inadequate democracy."—Polly Toynbee "This important book shows the many challenges democracy faces in a world of populism and radical digital change."—Margaret HodgeTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors1. Rethinking Democracy: Introduction (ANDREW GAMBLE and TONY WRIGHT)2. Democracy and its Discontents (TONY WRIGHT) 3. Feminist Reflections on Representative Democracy (JONI LOVENDUSKI)4. Why is Democracy so Surprising? (DAVID RUNCIMAN)5. Constitutional Reform: Death, Rebirth and Renewal (VERNON BOGDANOR)6. Three Types of Majority Rule (ALBERT WEALE)7. Rethinking Political Communication (ALAN FINLAYSON)8. Protecting Democratic Legitimacy in a Digital Age (MARTIN MOORE)9. Rethinking Democracy with Social Media (HELEN MARGETTS)10. Post-Democracy and Populism (COLIN CROUCH)11. Relating and Responding to the Politics of Resentment (GERRY STOKER)12. A Hundred Years of British Democracy (ANDREW GAMBLE)Index
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Picador USA Penal Theories and Institutions
Book SynopsisThe thirteenth and final English volume of Michel Foucault's Lectures at the Collège de France What characterizes the act of justice is not resort to a court and to judges; it is not the intervention of magistrates (even if they had to be simple mediators or arbitrators). What characterizes the juridical act, the process or the procedure in the broad sense, is the regulated development of a dispute. And the intervention of judges, their opinion or decision, is only an episode in this development. What defines the juridical order is the way in which one confronts one another, the way in which one struggles. The rule and the struggle, the rule in the struggle, this is the juridical. Michel FoucaultThe great French philosopher Michel Foucault delivered a series of lectures at the Collège de France from November 1971 to March 1972, entitled Penal Theories and Institutions. Within them, he presented for the first time his approac
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St Martin's Press The Death of Democracy
Book SynopsisA riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic and the shortsightedness of German politicians allowed it to happen.Why did democracy fall apart so quickly and completely in Germany in the 1930s? How did a democratic government allow Adolf Hitler to seize power? In The Death of Democracy, Benjamin Carter Hett answers these questions, and the story he tells has disturbing resonances for our own time.To say that Hitler was elected is too simple. He would never have come to power if Germany's leading politicians had not responded to a spate of populist insurgencies by trying to co-opt him, a strategy that backed them into a corner from which the only way out was to bring the Nazis in. Hett lays bare the misguided confidence of conservative politicians who believed that Hitler and his followers would willingly support them, not recognizing that their efforts to use the Nazis actually played into Hitler's ha
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Picador USA What Are We Doing Here Essays
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Picador Animal Spirits
Book Synopsis[A] master class in American cultural and intellectual history. Sarah E. Igo, The New York Times Book ReviewJackson Lears is the preeminent cultural historian of the American empire. This book is another masterpiece in his magisterial corpus. Cornel WestOne of Wired''s best books of 2023A master historian's retrieval of the spiritual visions and vitalisms that animate American life and the possibilities they offer today.In Animal Spirits, the distinguished historian Jackson Lears explores an alternative American cultural history by tracking the thinkers who championed the individual's spontaneous energies and the idea of a living universe against the strictures of conventional religion, business, and politics. From Puritan times to today, Lears traces ideas and fads such as hypnosis and faith healing from the pulpit and stock exchange to the streets and the betting table. We meet the great prophets of American
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Roaring Brook Press Why the People
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Picador USA Bland Fanatics
Book SynopsisA wide-ranging, controversial collection of critical essays on the political mania plaguing the West by one of the most important public intellectuals of our time.In America and in England, faltering economies at home and failed wars abroad have generated a political and intellectual hysteria. It is a derangement manifested in a number of ways: nostalgia for imperialism, xenophobic paranoia, and denunciations of an allegedly intolerant left. These symptoms can be found even among the most informed of Anglo-America.In Bland Fanatics, Pankaj Mishra examines the politics and culture of this hysteria, challenging the dominant establishment discourses of our times. In essays that grapple with the meaning and content of Anglo-American liberalism and its relations with colonialism, the global South, Islam, and humanitarian war, Mishra confronts writers such as Jordan Peterson, Niall Ferguson, and Salman Rushdie. He describes the doubling down of an intelligent
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OM Book Service Looseleaf for American Democracy Now
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC How to be a Failure and Still Live Well
Book SynopsisBeverley Clack is Professor in the Philosophy of Religion at Oxford Brookes University. Her publications include: Interrogating the Neoliberal Lifecycle: The Limits of Success, co-edited with Michele Paule (2019); Philosophy of Religion: A Critical Introduction, co-authored with Brian R Clack (3rd edition 2019); Freud on the Couch (2013); Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Critical Readings, co-edited with Pamela Sue Anderson (2004); Sex and Death: A Reappraisal of Human Mortality (2002); and Misogyny in the Western Philosophical Tradition (1999). From 2012-16 she was City Councillor for St Clements Ward in Oxford, and from 2016-2018 she was a member of the Labour Party's National Policy Forum. She is a member of the Methodist Church's Faith and Order Committee, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.Trade ReviewNothing succeeds like success? Perhaps not. How to be a Failure and Still Live Well is a powerful rejection of the language of ‘success' that dominates contemporary neo-liberal culture. Blending philosophy and personal experience Beverley Clack gives a moving defense of the necessity of loss and failure in building relationships, identity and a meaningful life. This splendid book gives us a picture of the kind of fuller existence we can aspire to as individuals who choose our own response to tragedy and as members of a community that does not rely on false optimism or selfish calculation to bind itself together. * Joshua Foa Dienstag, Professor of Political Science & Law, University of California, Los Angeles, USA *Thought-provoking and compelling, Bev Clack takes us into the heart of failure and loss, with personal depth and engaging philosophical and theological insights. Clack raises profoundly important questions and offers no easy answers - but helps the reader to engage more deeply with life, aided by failure and loss. * Alistair Ross, Associate Professor of Psychotherapy, Oxford University, UK *With characteristic wisdom, insight, humanity and wit, Clack shows us how dwelling with our failures can make genuine flourishing possible. This is philosophy at its best – philosophy that contributes to the shared human endeavour of living a good life, engaging deftly with psychology, politics, theology, feminist theory, literature and art. * Anastasia Scrutton, Associate Professor in Philosophy and Religion, University of Leeds, UK *The threat of failure is ever-present, but hardly ever openly examined. This thoughtful, honest and often moving book examines why so many of us are haunted by failure. Its erudite and detailed diagnosis of the reasons for widespread feelings of failure across modern societies makes for both fascinating and inspiring reading. * Anneliese Dodds, MP, House of Commons, UK *With characteristic wisdom, insight, humanity and wit, Clack shows us how dwelling with our failures can make genuine flourishing possible. This is philosophy at its best – philosophy that contributes to the shared human endeavour of living a good life, engaging deftly with psychology, politics, theology, feminist theory, literature and art. * Dr Anastasia Scrutton, Associate Professor in Philosophy and Religion, University of Leeds, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Failure: And How to Live Well Chapter 1: Success, Failure, and the 21st Century Good Life Chapter 2: Women, Failure, and the Fear of Loss Chapter 3: Death and Sickness, Loss and Failure Chapter 4: Factoring Out Failure, Factoring Out Humanity: Bureaucracy, Metrics, and the Loss of Spontaneity Chapter 5: From Homo Economicus to Homo Religiosus: Remaking the Human Chapter 6: Accepting Failure, Embracing Loss Conclusion: Being a Failure and Living Well Bibliography
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Random House USA Inc From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map
Book SynopsisIn his final book, completed just before his death, Edward W. Said offers impassioned pleas for the beleaguered Palestinian cause.“These searing essays refract the reality of terrible years through a mind with extraordinary understanding, compassion, insight, and deep knowledge.” —Noam Chomsky These essays, which originally appeared in Cairo’s Al-Ahram Weekly, London’s Al-Hayat, and the London Review of Books, take us from the Oslo Accords through the U.S. led invasion of Iraq, and present information and perspectives too rarely visible in America. Said is unyielding in his call for truth and justice. He insists on truth about Israel's role as occupier and its treatment of the Palestinians. He pleads for new avenues of communication between progressive elements in Israel and Palestine. And he is equally forceful in his condemnation of Arab failures and the need for real leadership in the Arab world.
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Day of Empire
Book SynopsisIn this sweeping history, bestselling author Amy Chua explains how globally dominant empires—or hyperpowers—rise and why they fall. In a series of brilliant chapter-length studies, she examines the most powerful cultures in history—from the ancient empires of Persia and China to the recent global empires of England and the United States—and reveals the reasons behind their success, as well as the roots of their ultimate demise.Chua's analysis uncovers a fascinating historical pattern: while policies of tolerance and assimilation toward conquered peoples are essential for an empire to succeed, the multicultural society that results introduces new tensions and instabilities, threatening to pull the empire apart from within. What this means for the United States' uncertain future is the subject of Chua's provocative and surprising conclusion.
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Johns Hopkins University Press China and Coexistence
Book SynopsisShe explores its role in China's border disputes in the South China Sea and with Russia and India; in diplomacy in the UN Security Council over Iran, Sudan, and Myanmar; and in China's handling of challenges to the legitimacy of its regime from Taiwan, Xinjiang, and Japan.Trade ReviewA powerful survey highly recommended for any serious collection on China's politics and place in the world. Midwest Book Review Nations lacking the military and economic clout to bring coercive measures to bear in support of their national interests must find other means. Peaceful coexistence is an attractive alternative that has been tried by a number of nations in modern history. None have used it more successfully than have the Chinese... Odgaard describes how China successfully applied this fundamental foreign policy over the last 40 years. Choice This well researched, substantive, and thought-provoking book is laid out well and is ways to read and digest. Whether or not you agree with the author's logic and conclusions, the book is worth the read for its superb analysis. Military and interagency professional, international relations and political science students and academics, as well as others interested in the emergence of China, its foreign policy, and its evolving role in international affairs would benefit from reading it. -- David A. Anderson Military ReviewTable of ContentsTables and FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Art of Walking on Two Legs: China's National Security Strategy since the Cold War2. Theoretical, Historical, and Strategic Alternatives toChinese-Style Peaceful Coexistence3. Coexistence: A Strategy of Influence for Would-Be Great Powers4. China's Policies on Conflict Resolution: The South China Sea, the Chinese-Russian, and the Chinese-Indian Border Disputes5. China's Policies on Diplomacy: The Cases of Iran, Sudan, and Myanmar6. China's Policies on Legitimacy: The Cases of Taiwan, Xinjiang, and Japan7. Conclusion: Making Sense of China's National Security StrategyNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Conceptions of Chinese Democracy
Book SynopsisStudents of political science and theory, democratization, and Chinese culture and history will benefit from the book's substantive discussions of democracy, and scholars and specialists will appreciate the larger arguments about the influence of these ideas and their transmission through time.Trade ReviewLorenzo has produced a well-researched book that offers valuable insights into modern Chinese democratic thought. It deserves to be widely read by China/Taiwan scholars and those interested in Asian democracy. -- Edmund S.K. Fung The China Journal A rigorous a thoughtfully argued work that examines the historical origins of the idea of democracy in the Chinese world, and its application in practice... This book provides a valuable service, giving us a much-needed, highly detailed account of the political thinking of three major actors in China's modern history, and throwing up a wealth of powerful arguments about the ultimate compatibility of democracy and Chinese culture. -- Rana Mitter The Journal of Asian StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Discussions of Democracy in the Work of Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Ching-kuo2. Sun Yat-sen: Democracy through Unity and Elitism3. Chiang Kai-shek: Democracy and Chinese Tradition4. Chiang Ching-kuo: Democracy in the Context of Transition5. Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese Democratic Thought: The Implications for Taiwan's and Mainland China's PoliticsGlossaryKey DatesNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Conceptions of Chinese Democracy
Book SynopsisStudents of political science and theory, democratization, and Chinese culture and history will benefit from the book's substantive discussions of democracy, and scholars and specialists will appreciate the larger arguments about the influence of these ideas and their transmission through time.Trade ReviewLorenzo has produced a well-researched book that offers valuable insights into modern Chinese democratic thought. It deserves to be widely read by China/Taiwan scholars and those interested in Asian democracy. -- Edmund S.K. Fung The China Journal A rigorous a thoughtfully argued work that examines the historical origins of the idea of democracy in the Chinese world, and its application in practice... This book provides a valuable service, giving us a much-needed, highly detailed account of the political thinking of three major actors in China's modern history, and throwing up a wealth of powerful arguments about the ultimate compatibility of democracy and Chinese culture. -- Rana Mitter The Journal of Asian StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Discussions of Democracy in the Work of Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Ching-kuo2. Sun Yat-sen: Democracy through Unity and Elitism3. Chiang Kai-shek: Democracy and Chinese Tradition4. Chiang Ching-kuo: Democracy in the Context of Transition5. Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese Democratic Thought: The Implications for Taiwan's and Mainland China's PoliticsGlossaryKey DatesNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Arab
Book SynopsisSchraederAlfred StepanMark TesslerFrederic VolpiLucan WayFrederic WehreySean L. YomTrade Review... the book is a must-read text for all those who want an informed understanding of the Arab upheavals and their consequences. Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Thematic EssaysChapter 1. The Languages of the Arab RevolutionsChapter 2. The Transformation of the Arab WorldChapter 3. Arab Democracy or Islamist Revolution?Chapter 4. There Will Be No Islamist RevolutionChapter 5. Islamists and Democracy: Cautions from PakistanChapter 6. New Findings on Arabs and DemocracyChapter 7. The Split in Arab CultureChapter 8. Democratization Theory and the "Arab Spring"Chapter 9. Transforming the Arab World's Protection-Racket PoliticsChapter 10. Resilient Royals: How Arab Monarchies Hang OnChapter 11. Why the Modest Harvest?Chapter 12. The Global ContextChapter 13. The Lessons of 1989Chapter 14. The Role of the MilitaryChapter 15. The Impact of Election SystemsChapter 16. The Role of Digital MediaPart II: Country Studies Chapter 17. Ben Ali's FallChapter 18. Tunisia's Transition and the "Twin Tolerations"Chapter 19. The Road to (and from) Liberation SquareChapter 20. Egypt: Why Liberalism Still MattersChapter 21. Egypt's Failed TransitionChapter 22. Yemen Changes Everything . . . and NothingChapter 23. Libya Starts from ScratchChapter 24. Syria and the Future of AuthoritarianismChapter 25. Bahrain's Decade of DiscontentChapter 26. Algeria versus the Arab SpringChapter 27. Morocco: Outfoxing the OppositionChapter 28. Jordan: The Ruse of ReformChapter 29. Is Saudi Arabia Immune?Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Ex Oriente Lex
Book SynopsisA preface by editors Deborah Lyons and Kurt Raaflaub details the importance of Westbrook's work for the field of classics, while Sophie Demare-Lafont's incisive introduction places Westbrook's ideas within the wider context of ancient law.Trade ReviewIndividually and cumulatively (his) essays encourage a re-examination of shared cultural heritage often fiercely resisted by classicist. -- Rockwell CJ It is the singular admiration for his diagnostic skills which attracts readers of ancient Near Eastern law to his scholarship, and as a result he will not be forgotten... The Ds CommentaryTable of ContentsEditors' NotePrefaceIntroduction1. The Trial Scene in the Iliad2. Penelope's Dowry and Odysseus' Kingship3. Drakon's Homicide Law4. Barbarians at the Gates5. The Nature and Origins of the Twelve Tables6. Restrictions on Alienation of Property in Early Roman Law7. The Coherence of the Lex Aquilia8. Vitae Necisque Potestas9. The Origin of Laesio Enormis10. Codification and Canonization11. Reflections on the Law of Homicide in the Ancient World12. The Early History of LawAbbreviationsBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Bureaucracy and SelfGovernment
Book SynopsisRevisiting his historical exploration of competing conceptions of politics, government, and public administration, the author offers a novel way of thinking constitutionally about public administration that transcends debates about big government.Trade ReviewUseful for advanced students and faculty... Recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface to the Second EditionSeries Editor's ForewordPreface to the First EditionAcknowledgments to the First Edition1. Public Administration as Instrument and Institution2. Preserving the Chain of Dependence: The Ideas of the Founding and Early Republic3. Restoring Republican Virtue: The Impact of Jacksonian Ideals4. Perfecting the Neutral Instrument: Transformations of the Second State and Progressive Reforms5. Serving the Liberal State: Administration and the Rise of the New Deal Political Order6. Politics and Administration after the New Deal: Liberal Orthodoxy and Its Challenges7. The Constitutive Dimension of Public Administration: Appreciating Consequences8. Bureaucracy and the Future of American Self-GovernmentReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Best War Ever
Book SynopsisHe contrasts it with modern-day rhetoric surrounding the War on Terror, while analyzing the real-world consequences that result from distorting the past, including the dangerous idea that only through (perpetual) military conflict can we achieve lasting peace.Trade ReviewThe Best War Ever plays a pivotal role in historical research considering its purpose to dispel the mythology surrounding the war. Adams peels back the layers of romanticization in literature and film to reveal the truth about armed conflict . . . The Best War Ever provides an ideal middle ground in depicting the realities of war, and will serve scholars of this period as well as undergraduate and graduate students in contextualizing this significant marker of time more accurately, with less emotion.—Cameron McCoy, Brigham Young University, H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and MapsPreface to the Second EditionPreface1. No Easy Answers2. The Patterns of War, 1939–19453. The American War Machine4. Overseas5. Home Front Change6. The World Created by War7. The Life Cycle of a MythAfterwordReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Illiberal Practices
Book Synopsis-L. Saikkonen, Celina Souza, Maya Tudor, Laurence Whitehead, Adam ZiegfeldTrade Review... this book is a timely contribution to the growing literature on subnational political regimes in democracies around the world, which scholars of comparative democratization, subnational politics, and local governance will find equally interesting. PubliusTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Setting the Comparative Agenda: Territorially Uneven Democratization Processes in Large FederationsPart I: The United States and India in Historical Perspective Chapter 2. Federalism and Subnational Democratization in the United States: The South in the Nineteenth and Twentieth CenturiesChapter 3. Subnational Democratization in India: The Role of Colonial Competition and Central InterventionPart II: The Diverse Origins of Illiberal Structures and Practices in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico Chapter 4. Federal Intervention and Subnational Democratization in Argentina: A Comparative PerspectiveChapter 5. The Dimensions of Democratic and Hybrid Subnational Regimes: Evidence from an Expert Survey in ArgentinaChapter 6. Subnational Hybrid Regimes and Democratization in Brazil: Why Party Nationalization MattersChapter 7. The Rise and Fall of Illiberal Politics in the Brazilian State of BahiaChapter 8. Social Heterogeneity, Political Mediation, and Subnational Illiberalism: Oaxaca and Puebla, MexicoPart III: Russia and the Boundaries of DemocracyChapter 9. Subnational Democratization and Electoral Authoritarianism in Russia: From Subnational Regime Diversity to Unitary AuthoritarianismPart IV: Mapping the CasesChapter 10. Uneven Processes and Multiple PathwaysContributors Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Class of 74
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn essential work of congressional history.—Kirkus ReviewsAnd [Lawrence] was about a month from publishing The Class of ’74: Congress After Watergate and the Roots of Partisanship, his timely book on the uses and abuses of congressional power.—NewsweekThis is an exceptionally useful study of congressional dynamics. Taking full measure of how House members actually think and act, the author includes telling anecdotes sprinkled with occasional salty language. Highly recommended.—R. Heineman, Alfred University, ChoiceThe Class of '74 is an interesting, readable exposition about the reformers, their struggle to transform the legislative branch, and the consequences of their choices. Reading The Class of '74 reveals as much about Congress today as it does about Congress 44 years ago. Lawrence, a visiting professor at the University of California who spent several years serving as chief of staff to then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), tells a story that is not only interesting in its own right but helps explain, in Frum's words, how we got here.—Law and LibertyIn the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats won more new seats in the House of Representatives than at any other time since the Watergate scandal. But few Americans know much about the 1974 elections that occurred in the wake of that scandal. John A. Lawrence's compelling new book, The Class of '74, seeks to correct that deficit. Lawrence worked in the House for nearly four decades, allowing him to translate often-arcane congressional rules and procedures into clear, readable prose . . . But Lawrence also holds a Ph.D. in history, and The Class of '74 is as rigorously researched and nuanced as any academic work—with the potential to reach a wider audience interested in politics . . . As the media focuses on a largely Democratic class of newcomers who defy the status quo, Lawrence's engaging book connects these developments to a longer history of congressional reform.—Stacie Taranto, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Journal of American HistoryLawrence combines his thirty-eight years of Hill experience with an historian's eye to tell the story of those who occupied the House of Representatives during "a hinge point in history." While others have certainly chronicled the congressional reforms of the 1970s writ-large, few have done so from a practitioner's point of view . . . Academics and practitioners alike should find this book to be a valuable resource. So too will the young staffer, legislative liaison officer, or lobbyist entering the realm of Capitol Hill politics. Lawrence's insights provide a welcome, fresh analysis that is of both historical and contemporary value.—Colton C. Campbell, National War College, Congress and the PresidencyTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Toothless, Sapless, and Secretive2. Seeds of Rebellion3. The Class4. The Reinforcements5. The Revolution6. Time to Put on the Long Pants7. Thermidor8. The Republican Reformers9. Revolution or Skirmish?10. Before You Can Save the World, Save Your Seat11. Coda for Reform12. Reform and the Rise of PolarizationConclusionEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Wrong
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA compelling exploration of the psychological factors behind misinformation and belief.—Library JournalDannagal Goldthwaite Young's insightful book Wrong investigates the political and philosophical reasons why people rely on information that they know is false.—Foreword ReviewsAn intriguing deep dive into the current American information environment.—Publishers WeeklyMisinformation has been a topic of increasing concern in recent years, and in Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation, Dannagal Goldthwaite Young examines the unique cultural structures in the United States that make its citizens particularly susceptible.[Wrong] offers valuable insight and works to strengthen democracy and the social connectedness still possible in the United States.—Shelf AwarenessRecognizing how deep this crisis goes leaves us in a difficult place. Getting people to reject demonstrable lies isn't simply a matter of bludgeoning them with facts. As the communications scholar Dannagal Goldthwaite Young writes in 'Wrong: How Media, Politics and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation' (2023), the impulse to berate and mock people who believe conspiratorial falsehoods will typically backfire....Building trust requires cultivating...social connection instead of torching it. But extending compassionate overtures to people who believe things that are odious and harmful is risky too.—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times Book ReviewTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART I1. "People Like Us Believe These Things."2. How do we Know What we Know?3. America's Asymmetrical Identity Alignment4. I'm One of Them: Social Identity5. The Epistemic Divide: "People Like Us Understand the World This Way."PART II6. How Political News Rewards Identity Performances and Activates Identity Threat7. Separate Me: Identity Distillation through Partisan Media8. Curate Me: Identity Distillation Through Social Media9. Solutions to Identity-Driven Wrongness
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Temple University Press,U.S. The City on the Hill From Below
Book SynopsisA compelling conversation between African American political intellectuals and the canon of western political philosophyTrade Review"Marshall presents a challenging interrogation of a central trope of American political theory in this excellent new work. In examining the meaning and implication of 'the city on the hill' as political imaginary, the author skillfully guides readers through the history of prophetic political critique from African American intellectuals and offers insights into both the strengths and weakness of the arguments put forth by David Walker, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, and James Baldwin.... This is a well-written, incisive intellectual work that offers critical insights into political theory and African American politics. Summing Up: Highly recommended." —ChoiceTable of Contents1. Introduction: The City on the Hill from Below2. Black Liberty in the City of Enmity: The Political Theory of David Walker 3. "Glorious Revolution" in the City of Mastery: Frederick Douglass on the Corruption of the American Republic 4. Aristocratic Strivings in the Gilded City: The Political Theory of The Souls of Black Folk 5. (Making )Love in the Dishonorable City: The Civic Poetry of James Baldwin 6. Conclusion: Prophetic Critique in the Age of the Joshua Generation
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Population and Political Theory
Book SynopsisPopulation and Political Theory brings together current thinking on issues at the intersection of population policy and political theory. Topics explored include population size, immigration and refugees, intergenerational justice, population characteristics and shaping children, ageing, and caring labour.Trade Review“This volume will prove to be rewarding reading for all graduate students and scholars in social policy, demography, ethics and political theory who are interested in population issues.” (Social Policy & Administration, 1 February 2013) “As a result the book is both accessible to the uninitiated and valuable to the initiated. Overall, it represents an excellent resource for political philosophers, population theorists and policy makers.” (Political Studies Review, 10 March 2012) Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Population & Political Theory (James S. Fishkin & Robert E. Goodin) 1. Population & Ethics: Expanding the Moral Space (Sissela Bok) 2. Should We Value Population? (John Broome) 3. Regarding Optimum Population (Partha Dasgupta) 4. On Doing the Best for Our Children (Derek Parfit) 5. Shaping Future Children: Parental Rights and Societal Interest (Dan W. Brock) 6. On Future Generations' Future Rights (Axel Grosseries) 7. Justice Between Adjacent Generations: Further Thoughts (Norman Daniels) 8. Generations at War or Sustainable Social Policy in Ageing Societies (Thomas Lindh, Bo Malmberg and Joakim Palme) 9. Dependency, Difference and Global Ethic of Longterm Care (Eva Feder Kittay with Bruce Jennings and Angela Wasunna) 10. Live-in Domestics, Seasonal Workers, and Others Hard to Locate on the Map of Democracy (Joseph H. Carens) 11. Immigrants, Nations and Citizenship (David Miller) 12. Justice in Migration: A Closed Borders Utopia? (Lea Ypi ) 13. The Ethics of Refugee Policy (Peter Singer and Renata Singer)
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Arcadia Publishing (SC) Oak Hill Cemetery
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The University of North Carolina Press The Young Lords A Radical History
Book SynopsisUtilizing oral histories, archival records, and an enormous cache of police records released only after a decade-long Freedom of Information Law request and subsequent court battle, Johanna Fernandez has written the definitive account of the Young Lords, from their roots as a street gang to their rise and fall as a political organisation.
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Simon & Schuster Whats Happened to Politics
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Is Just War Possible?
Book SynopsisThe idea that war is sometimes justified is deeply embedded in public consciousness. But it is only credible so long as we believe that the ethical standards of just war are in fact realizable in practice. In this engaging book, Christopher Finlay elucidates the assumptions underlying just war theory and defends them from a range of objections, arguing that it is a regrettable but necessary reflection of the moral realities of international politics. Using a range of historical and contemporary examples, he demonstrates the necessity of employing the theory on the basis of careful moral appraisal of real-life political landscapes and striking a balance between theoretical ideals and the practical realities of conflict. This book will be a crucial guide to the complexities of just war theory for all students and scholars of the ethics and political theory of war.Trade Review"It has become common to criticise just war theory (and just war theorists) for being overly abstract, and thus for offering little practical guidance to citizens, politicians, and combatants. That is not a criticism one can level at Finlay's book. On the contrary, his rich and illuminating account of the conditions under which war is just - or at least less unjust than not fighting at all, or fighting without restraint - is anchored in a nuanced and sensitive awareness of the moral and political realities of warfare."—Cecile Fabre, All Souls College, Oxford "This book is an excellent primer on contemporary just war debates. Well written, cogently explained and up-to-date, its argument is compelling and it will be a must read for all students of just war theory."—Alex Bellamy, The University of QueenslandTable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Ideas and Ideals of the Just War Chapter 2: The Just War Creed Chapter 3: ‘Just cause’ and the possibility of jus ad bellum Chapter 4: Fighting Just Wars: Balancing Ends and Means Chapter 5: Conclusion: Just Wars, Ideal and Non-Ideal References Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Political Communication: A New Introduction for Crisis Times
Book SynopsisWe are living in a period of great uncertainty. Votes for Brexit and Trump, along with widespread political volatility, are not only causing turmoil; they are signs that many long-predicted tipping points in media and politics have been reached. Such changes have worrying implications for democracies everywhere. In this text, Aeron Davis bridges old and new to map the shifts and analyse what they mean for our aging democracies. Why are volatile, polarized electorates no longer prepared to support established political parties? Why are large parts of the legacy media either dying or dismissed as 'fake news'? How is social media rapidly rewriting the rules? And why do some democratic leaders look more like dictators, and pollsters and economists more like fortune tellers? These questions and more are addressed in the book. Political Communication: A New Introduction for Crisis Times both introduces and challenges the established literature. It will appeal to advanced students, scholars and anyone else trying to understand the precarious state of today's media and political landscape.Trade Review‘Liberal democracy is in the midst of a crisis in which media of all kinds are implicated in complex and multiple ways. Aeron Davis's book helps us understand why. This is essential reading for students of political communication.’Andrew Chadwick, Loughborough University and author of The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power ‘This remarkable book brings political communication up to date by tracing the field from early models of press systems and the public sphere to the present era of democratic disruption. The comparative perspective is refreshing and well done. The insightful political analyses make core concepts come alive and point to new frameworks for understanding digital media and the disinformation age. Davis has written a classic.’Lance Bennett, University of Washington
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Utopia
Book SynopsisHuman beings universally dream of a better world. For centuries they have expressed their yearning for ways of life that are free from oppression, want and fear, through philosophy, art, film and literature. In this concise and engaging book, Mark Jendrysik examines the multifarious ways utopians have posed the question of how human beings might establish justice and realize truly human values. Drawing upon a range of sources, from Plato’s Republic and Thomas More’s Utopia to Ursula Le Guin’s The Dispossessed, he argues that, though for many utopia means ‘demanding the impossible’, the goals that seemed out of reach for one generation are often realized in the next. Nonetheless, he shows that, while utopian thought points toward our most noble aspirations, it also illustrates the dangers of totalitarianism, of the surveillance state and of global climate change. This engaging book will be an invaluable guide for anyone seeking to understand how, for good or ill, utopian aspirations shape our lives, even in times that seem designed to close off dreams of a better world.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 What is Utopia? What is Utopian Political Thought? 2 Utopianism before Utopia 3 Inventing Utopia 4 Utopia and the Age of Revolution 5 Utopia and Modernity 6 Utopia and/as Ideology 7 From Utopia to Dystopia 8 Does Utopia Have a Future? Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Democracy Against Liberalism: Its Rise and Fall
Book SynopsisIt should not surprise anyone that democracies can become dangerously illiberal; indeed, it was one of the classical critiques of ancient democracies. Is the contemporary backlash against liberal democracy merely the same old story, or are we witnessing something unprecedented? In this witty and engaging book, Aviezer Tucker argues that the contemporary revival of authoritarian populism combines the historically familiar with new technologies to produce a highly unstable and contagious new synthesis that threatens basic liberal norms, from freedom of the press to independent judiciaries. He examines how the economic crisis blocked social mobility and thereby awakened the dark, dormant political passions exploited by demagogues such as Orban and Trump. He argues that this slide towards ‘neo-illiberal democracy’ can be countered if we hard-headedly restore a ‘liberalism without nostalgia’ which institutes policies that can dampen down populist passions and strengthen liberal institutional barriers against them. Readers interested in current affairs, social science, history, and political and social theory will find Aviezer Tucker’s original theoretical and historical analysis incisive, innovative, and entertaining.Trade Review“For all his many sins, Herbert Spencer was correct to say, ‘How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.’ Aviezer Tucker has set out to drain a great swamp of such misuse, first showing how lazy conceptual conflations have befuddled thinking about the political distempers of our time, and then, having set the language straight, deriving unimpeachable good sense from the result. Democracy Against Liberalism is a tour de force of clarity and justified optimism bound to be of great value to scholar and student, theoretician and practitioner, alike.” Adam Garfinkle, founding editor of The American Interest and former speech writer for Colin Powell “An easy read on a hard problem, Aviezer Tucker’s study benefits from being a latecomer in analyzing the erosions of the liberal premises of some democracies across the world. Careful, insightful, and literate, Tucker’s recommendation to attend to root causes without pining for a lost past is a godsend. Only a new vision of liberalism can save it.” Samuel Moyn, Yale University “Aviezer Tucker’s extensive knowledge of philosophical debates makes Democracy Against Liberalism a compelling read. His prose brings to life even the most analytically difficult elements of this topic, and expertly brings high philosophy down to matters of concrete policy relevance”Richard Youngs, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe "Tucker is able to synthesize the myriad apparently unrelated events in many nations, and give it some coherence as a way of understanding larger trends."The Independent Review"Amid a flood of books that seek to explain the rise of populist and authoritarian challenges to liberal democracy, Tucker usefully reminds the reader that liberalism and democracy can exist quite independent of each other."Foreign Affairs"It helps to know things, and Tucker clearly knows a lot about a lot of things. Democracy Against Liberalism . . . has much to teach."American Purpose“Tucker’s theoretical framework is flexible, robust, and provides a clear typology through which neo-illiberal democratic regimes can be examined in international politics.”Andrew Telford, Eurasian Geography and Economics
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd How to Fight Inequality: (and Why That Fight
Book SynopsisInequality is the crisis of our time. The growing gap between a few at the top and the rest of society damages us all. No longer able to deny the crisis, every government in the world is now pledged to fix it – and yet it keeps on getting worse. In this book, international anti-inequality campaigner Ben Phillips shows why winning the debate is not enough: we have to win the fight. Drawing on his insider experience, and his personal exchanges with the real-life heroes of successful movements, he shows how the battle against inequality has been won before, and he shares a practical plan for defeating inequality again. He sets a route map for us to overcome deference, build our collective power, and create a new story. Most books on inequality are about what other people ought to do about it – this book is about why winning the fight needs you. Tired of feeling helpless in the face of spiralling inequality? Want to know what you can do about it? This is the book for you.Trade Review“This powerful book makes clear why we cannot rely on elites to fix inequality and why it is up to us, together. Ben Phillips introduces us to the frontline heroes of the fight against inequality, and shows how we have won previous struggles and can win now.” Winnie Byanyima, former executive director of Oxfam International “Inequality would not be a major issue around the world without the work of Ben Phillips. He has helped mobilize people power to transform the imbalances that destabilize our economies and scar our communities. This practical book empowers readers with the data, information, arguments and advice they need to be able to help bring an end to this crisis.” Ann Pettifor, author of The Case for the Green New Deal “Ben Phillips is a stalwart campaigner for a fairer world. How to Fight Inequality is a handy primer to help people to build power together.”John Githongo “Ben Phillips has helped bring global attention to the inequality crisis. How to Fight Inequality is an ideal guide for anyone who wants to help. He brings to the book lessons and stories from a lifetime deeply enmeshed in activism and organising, finding hope not in famous leaders but in everyday people, and helping set out how each of us can get engaged in building a more equal society.”Naila Kabeer “We now know just how harmful inequality is to us all. But can anything be done about it? Ben Phillips’s smart new book is packed with powerful stories of change won from the ground up, helps guide us in what we can do by organising together, and demonstrates that a more equal future is ours to make.”Kate Pickett “Inequality defines our present but it is not our fate. In Ben Phillips’s crisp guide he shows from past victories and today’s vibrant new movements a way we can win. His first-hand stories from ‘extraordinary, ordinary people’ winning change illustrate how together we have the power to beat inequality.”Kumi Naidoo “Most of us know how severe – and how dangerous – inequality has become. The debates have been won, but the problem keeps getting worse. Now we must win the fight. And there can be no spectators: it is up to you and me to make change happen. As US President Lyndon Johnson once told Martin Luther King: ‘I know what I have to do – but you have to make me do it.’ Ben Phillips’ short, sharp, powerful book provides a rousing call for action, and draws on the hard lessons of history to create an essential how-to guide to what works and what doesn’t, in the epoch-defying struggle of our new gilded age.”Nicholas Shaxson
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Postliberal Politics: The Coming Era of Renewal
Book SynopsisHyper-capitalism and extreme identity politics are driving us to distraction. Both destroy the basis of a common life shared across ages and classes. The COVID-19 crisis could accelerate these tendencies further, or it could herald something more hopeful: a post-liberal moment. Adrian Pabst argues that now is the time for an alternative – postliberalism – that is centred around trust, dignity, and human relationships. Instead of reverting to the destabilising inhumanity of 'just-in-time' free-market globalisation, we could build a politics upon the sense of localism and community spirit, the valuing of family, place and belonging, which was a real theme of lockdown. We are not obliged to put up with the restoration of a broken status quo that erodes trust, undermines institutions and trashes our precious natural environment. We could build a pluralist democracy, decentralise the state, and promote embedded, mutualist markets. This bold book shows that only a politics which fuses economic justice with social solidarity and ecological balance can overcome our deep divisions and save us from authoritarian backlash.Trade Review“As the neoliberal consensus that provided the public philosophy of the post-Cold War West shatters, demagogic populism and authoritarianism threaten to take its place. Rejecting these dangerous alternatives, Adrian Pabst makes a persuasive case for rebuilding democracy on a foundation of strong communities.”Michael Lind, author of The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Metropolitan Elite “All thinking people realize that western liberal societies face dilemmas they have been unable to resolve, but until now there has been no constructive account of what a post-liberal social order would look like. Adran Pabst's brilliant short book fills that gap. Fully recognizing the irreplaceable achievements of liberalism, he argues compellingly that they are endangered by an excessively individualist understanding of human well being. By showing what this means in a wide variety of fields, he has given us a book that advances understanding of the most fundamental issues of our time.”John Gray, author and philosopher “Adrian Pabst is one of our most interesting political thinkers - and this wise, compelling book provides not only a penetrating analysis of the crisis of liberalism but something much more valuable: a road map for a transformative politics. It should be essential reading for Keir Starmer – and indeed Boris Johnson.”Jason Cowley, Editor of the New Statesman “A common critique of 'post-liberal' writing is that it's stronger on critique than on vision. In the erudite but highly readable Postliberal Politics, Adrian Pabst seeks to remedy that shortcoming. Pabst draws on classical and Christian thinking to synthesise a vision for healthy public life after liberalism, that's neither narrowly nationalistic nor inhumanly globalised but ordered by solidarity both at local and international levels, and with our natural world. Readers on both Left and Right will find much in this timely book to challenge political preconceptions, and also to enrich and re-humanise an urgent political debate.”Mary Harrington, UnHerd columnist “By starting with the inescapability of limits and the common ground between liberal and authoritarian high-tech capitalism, Pabst succeeds with some flair in injecting political and intellectual substance into the idea of post-liberalism.”Helen Thompson, University of Cambridge “Within an impressive body of work this is Adrian Pabst’s most political contribution to date. His ambition is to rethink the terms of what is known as postliberalism and anchor contemporary debate within certain distinct ethical traditions. He succeeds and in so doing performs the essential – and long overdue – task of reclaiming postliberalism from the right. This is a vital contribution to any renewed public philosophy for the left. After four defeats in just over a decade, here are the foundations of a coherent domestic and foreign policy reset for Labour.”Jon Cruddas, Labour MP for Dagenham and Rainham and author of The Dignity of Labour “Adrian Pabst is one of the most original and insightful thinkers writing about politics today. In this book he examines the challenges which technological change, environmental degradation and unaccountable power pose to human flourishing. You don't need to agree with his prescriptions to admire the power of his diagnosis - this work is essential reading for all concerned with our current discontents.”Michael Gove, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster "A compelling case for a new politics based on the things that matter: families, places, traditions, relationships. This is the proper ground of political dispute - right and left should be fighting to represent the communitarian idea. Dr Pabst has mapped the emerging post-liberal landscape with skill and passion. A vital book for the 2020s.”Danny Kruger, Conservative MP for Devizes “Probably the word ‘liberal’ should never have been a noun but left as an adjective, describing an ethos of fairness and generosity. As a noun it has come to be attached to a messy, incoherent bundle of positions, as chaotic as the opportunist and value-free capitalism whose ally it so often is. This incisive and intelligent book exposes with brilliant clarity the failures of our current political culture, and outlines where we should look for a political future that - for a change – has something to do with the heart of human identity and human desire. It obliges us to ask seriously what we have learned about this in the collective trauma of the last year.”Rowan Williams, Former Archbishop of Canterbury“A quite brilliant book”New StatesmanTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Prologue: a new era I POSTLIBERAL TIMES 1 Resolving the interregnum 2 Politics after the plague 3 Why opposites coincide 4 New polarities II A PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY OF POSTLIBERALISM 5 The art of politics 6 Social virtues 7 Mutual obligations 8 Pluralism 9 Place, limits and ecology III POLITICAL AND POLICY PROGRAMME 10 Building a relational economy 11 Renewing democratic corporatism 12 Reweaving the social fabric 13 Restoring the common home of nature 14 Promoting civic internationalism Epilogue: a new battleground of ideas Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Normal Now: Individualism as Conformity
Book SynopsisThis is a book about what we consider normal. It details how the very concept of normality emerged in the modern era, and how it has changed over the centuries. By the mid-twentieth century, the expansion of norms across various areas of human endeavour generated a governing normative order in Western societies. Normality was defined as conformity with a narrow model of conventional human behaviour. However, this model has since been displaced by an anti-conformism, in which normality is defined as absolute self-fulfilment, defying older restrictions on our behaviour. Paradoxically, narcissistic individualism and rebellion against conformity have become compulsory. Normal Now explores in detail how this new normative order plays out today in the arenas of politics, health, and sex and sexuality. In all these areas, the uncompromising perfectionism of our norms of self-expression leads to increasingly deep-seated and ubiquitous anger, anxiety and dissatisfaction.Trade Review‘A bold, challenging and provocative analysis of how we have moved from a society governed by rules to one governed by norms. Building on work by Georges Canguilhem and Michel Foucault, this is a fundamental challenge to normative political theory.’Stuart Elden, University of Warwick ‘The pressure to be normal has a long history. But, as Mark Kelly reveals in this sharp and exciting book, normality has undergone a mutation in recent years whereby, to come across as normal, we also have to refuse normality. How, then, could we ever escape norms?’Carl Cederström, author of The Wellness SyndromeTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface 1 Genealogy 2 New Norms 3 Politics 4 Sex 5 Life 6 Law 7 Difference Conclusion Notes Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd On the Emergence of an Ecological Class: A Memo
Book SynopsisUnder what conditions could ecology, instead of being one cluster of movements among others, organise politics around an agenda and a set of beliefs? Can ecology aspire to define the political horizon in the way that liberalism, socialism, conservatism and other political ideologies have done at various times and places? What can ecology learn from history about how new political movements emerge, and how they win the struggle for ideas long before they translate their ideas into parties and elections? In this short text, consisting of seventy-six talking points, Bruno Latour and Nikolaj Schultz argue that if the ecological movement is to gain ideological consistency and autonomy it must offer a political narrative that recognises, embraces and effectively represents its project in terms of social conflict. Political ecology must accept that it brings along division. It must provide a convincing cartography of the conflicts it generates and, based on this, it must try to define a common horizon of collective action. In order to represent and describe these conflicts, Latour and Schultz propose to reuse the old notions of ‘class’ and ‘class struggle’, albeit infused with a new meaning in line with the ecological concerns of our New Climate Regime. Advancing the idea of a new ecological class, assembled by its collective interests in fighting the logic of production and safeguarding our planet’s conditions of habitability, they ask: how can a proud and self-aware ecological class emerge and take effective action to shape our collective future?Trade Review"Elusive and magnificent by turns.... There's nothing anyone can tell us about the politics of climate change that we don't already think we know, and this is a problem. All the more reason, as Schultz and Latour see it, to build a new class movement – quite possibly the last of its kind."—Jeremy Harding, London Review of Books "sharp-witted, refreshing, and deeply convincing"—Modern Times Review "this readable little book includes a number of relevant questions and insights"—The Ecologist“An insightful and timely political ‘memo’ addressed to all sensitive humans.”—Counterpunch“This short book contains just 76 paragraphs, but each one packs a punch. Written with style and wit”—The Revelator Praise for the French edition: "A visionary ecology…in this book, which is as incisive as it is inspiring, Bruno Latour and Nikolaj Schultz assign a political dimension to ecology."—La Croix "A guidebook for terrestrials... a book which will no doubt proudly revive the political struggle."—Le Monde "An arresting and incisive text."—Télérama "This Memo could inspire a whole new generation."—La Vie "A stimulating essay which is as concise as it is prescient, which helps us to rethink contemporary ecology."—Blast "Interesting and deserving of being widely discussed."—L'anticapitaliste "Ecologists from around the world, jump into action!"—Nonfiction "A new and stimulating book... its punchy prose is a tonic which will line the spirit with goodwill and give rise to new affective dimensions."—L'ADN "Better than Marx."—L'AntiÉditiorial "This book must be passed round and read urgently."—COMBAT Praise for the German edition: "The authors reach an important climax in their search for a positive ecology, and many of their discussion points are worthy of reflection."—Neue Zürcher Zeitung "Latour and Schultz's book On the Emergence of an Ecological Class - a Memo is a manifesto and guide, and one of the most important books of our time, clarifying and showing us the way forward.—Der Tagesspiegel "This short text is the pinnacle of recently-deceased philosopher Bruno Latour's political-ecological project, which encompassed many years' work."—Frankfurter Rundschau "This ecological manifesto never loses sight of the need for literary edification."—Berliner Zeitung “Latour and Schutz provide a thoughtful intervention into the discussion about the necessity of system change in the face of climate change.”—Social Forces“[S]hort but ambitious. . . . raises important insights and provides a clear framework for mobilizing collective action around ecological issues.”—Environmental ValuesTable of ContentsTable of contents:I: Class struggles and classification strugglesII: A prodigious extension of materialismIII: The great turnaroundIV: A class that's legitimate againV: A misalignment of affectsVI: A different sense of history in a different cosmosVII: The ecological class is potentially in the majorityVIII: The indispensable and too often abandoned battle of ideasIX: Winning power, but what kind?X: Filling the emptiness of the public space from below
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Uncertain Times
Book SynopsisThe global triumph of democracy was announced thirty years ago, promising an age of consensus in which the dispassionate consideration of objective problems would give birth to a world at peace. Today, these grand hopes lie in ruins, and the era touted as new has turned out to be remarkably similar to the old order. To understand why this might be so, we need to examine the nature of the consensus itself, which is not the peace that it promised but rather the map of a territory on which new forms of warfare are being waged. The objective reality that imposed itself at the end of the 1990s was an absolutized and globalized capitalism which has produced ever more inequality, exclusion and hate. In this book Jacques Rancière delivers a frank and piercing critique of the globalized capitalist consensus. The invasion of Iraq, the riots on Capitol Hill and the rise of the European far right all attest to the true nature of this consensus, as does the current state-sanctioned racism which exploits the disenchanted progressive tradition and is led by an intelligentsia that claims to be left-wing. At the same time, Rancière praises the dynamism of social movements which affirm the power of the assembly of equals and its capacity for worldmaking: autonomous protest collectives have proven themselves capable of opening breaches in the consensual order and challenging the post-1989 system of domination.Trade Review‘One of our most original radical philosophers explores why the post-Cold War consensus anticipating global liberal democracy unfolded its opposite. Critically interrogating idioms of populism, secularism, class struggle, democracy, and more, this timely and brilliant collection tracks the domination in consensus itself, placing all bets for an emancipatory, egalitarian future on uprisings that break it.’Wendy Brown, Institute for Advanced Study, PrincetonTable of ContentsPreface Part One. The violence of consensus Chapter One. The new racism: a passion from above Chapter Two. A modest proposal to help the victims Chapter Three. An elusive populism Chapter Four. Unravelling the confusions serving the dominant order Chapter Five. On freedom of expression Chapter Six. The Hatred of Equality Chapter Seven. Fools and sages. Reflections on the end of the Trump presidency Chapter Eight. A golden opportunity? Reflections in the time of lockdown Part Two. Moments of democracy Chapter Nine. The pandemic and inequality Chapter Ten. Interpreting the event 68: politics, philosophy, sociology Chapter Eleven. Occupation Chapter Twelve. Nuit Debout: Desire for Community or Egalitarian Invention? Chapter Thirteen. The virtues of the inexplicable. On the Gilets Jaunes Chapter Fourteen. Beyond the hatred of democracy Chapter Fifteen. Speech at the assembly of railway workers Notes
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Berrett-Koehler Publishers Dismantling Global White Privilege: Equity for a
Book SynopsisWhite privilege damages and distorts societies around the world, not just in the United States. This book exposes its pervasive global reach and creates a new space for discourse on worldwide racial equality. As Chandran Nair shows in this uncompromising new book, a belief in the innate superiority of White people and Western culture, once the driving force behind imperialism, is now woven into the very fabric of globalization. It is so insidious that, as Nair points out, even many non-White people have internalized it, judging themselves by an alien standard. It has no rival in terms of longevity, global reach, harm done, and continuing subversion of other cultures and societies. Nair takes a comprehensive look at the destructive influence of global White privilege. He examines its impact on geopolitics, the reframing of world history, and international business practices. In the soft-power spheres of White privilege—entertainment, the news media, sports, and fashion—he offers example after example of how White cultural products remain the aspirational standard. Even environmentalism has been corrupted, dominated by a White savior mentality whereby technologies and practices built in the West will save the supposedly underdeveloped, poorly governed, and polluted non-Western world. For all these areas, Nair gives specific suggestions for breaking the power of White privilege. It must be dismantled—not just because it is an injustice but also because we will be creating a post-Western world that has less conflict, is more united, and is better able to respond to the existential challenges facing all of us.
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Rowman & Littlefield The Rediscovery of America: Essays by Harry V.
Book SynopsisHarry V. Jaffa (1918-2015), one of the profoundest political thinkers of his time, is known most prominently for his pathbreaking work on Abraham Lincoln. Jaffa, who taught for 50 years at the Claremont Colleges and was a Distinguished Fellow of the Claremont Institute, sought to produce a revolution in political philosophy by applying Strauss’s controversial thinking about natural right, Scripture, and human greatness to American politics. In these 10 essays, beginning in the 1980s, Jaffa rediscovered the moral and intellectual complexity of statesmanship, in particular that of Lincoln and the American founders. The essays reveal the profundity of the Declaration of Independence, in observations both theoretical (e.g., Aristotle and Aquinas) and practical (e.g., campus radicalism). Jaffa takes aim at the interpretations of America made by some of Leo Strauss’s students, chastising their imputation of radically liberal theorizing to the Declaration and their ignorance of the meaning of “all men are created equal.” The Declaration’s radicalism lies rather in its synthesis of ancient political philosophy and Scriptural authority on the good human life. Jaffa is particularly critical of Allan Bloom and, in previously unpublished essays, Irving Kristol and Harvey Mansfield for their errors about America. Jaffa’s essays recover political philosophy in its political and philosophic dimensions so that it can be a continuing guide for our politics today.Trade Review“Masugi and Erler’s publication of selected mature essays of Harry V. Jaffa as the new Columbus rediscovering America is a critical addition to the opus of their teacher’s life’s work. This volume shows Jaffa as distinctively brilliant, trenchant, and tenacious – as always.” -- Colleen A. Sheehan, Villanova University“By bringing together Harry Jaffa’s later essays on the character of American politics, Erler and Masugi have done an enormous service to any student of Jaffa’s thought and of America’s founding vision. These essays make clearer than ever the new and powerful insight Jaffa brought to his 21st-century work on America—an insight from which our country can learn a great deal about itself.” -- Yuval Levin, editor of National Affairs"This collection of essays is a wonderful introduction to the incredible mind of Harry Jaffa on the American Founding." -- Richard M. Reinsch, editor of Law and Liberty“Much of Harry Jaffa’s finest work is found in his occasional essays and reviews, which always connect an immediate controversy with the grand tradition of classical political philosophy. But in drawing from that great tradition, he was usually looking far ahead, showing great prescience about ‘where we are, and wither we are tending.’ Edward Erler and Ken Masugi have done an important service in collecting these late essays in one place.” -- Steven F. Hayward, University of California, Berkely“Imagine a short course entitled “The Best of Harry Jaffa” and this is what it would look like! To be sure, his masterpiece monographs occupy a unique position in his philosophical reflections, but Erler and Masugi have captured those inflecting observations that serve to pin-point the value of his scholarship and teaching. The consummating reflection of 'America as the Best Regime' is nothing less than the recovery of regime possibilities as a fit subject for philosophic inquiry! An outsized contribution to that continuing conversation that links the giants of thought in serious moral purpose!” -- W. B. Allen, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University“Harry V. Jaffa was the finest intellectual historian, and the most important political philosopher, of the American regime in the twentieth century. His resurrection of the political thought of Abraham Lincoln, made it possible subsequently, to extend his excavation to the original understanding of the American Founding. It revealed a common source of both in the political theory underlying the Declaration of Independence. Those two books, Crisis of the House Divided, and A New Birth of Freedom, made natural right intelligible intellectually and politically for the first time since Lincoln. This new book of essays, some unpublished, show the originality of his thought when brought to bear on contemporary politics.” -- John Marini, University of Nevada, Reno“The Rediscovery of America prophetically explores corruption and degeneration in contemporary American culture, politics, and constitutionalism.” -- Herman Belz, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland
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Twelve A Hitch in Time: Reflections Ready for
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Basic Books Words Like Loaded Pistols: The Power of Rhetoric
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Basic Books How Democracy Ends
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Basic Books Bound by War: How the United States and the
Book SynopsisA sweeping history of America's long and fateful military relationship with the Philippines, amid a century of Pacific warfareEver since US troops occupied the Philippines in 1898, generations of Filipinos have served in and alongside the US armed forces. In Bound by War, historian Christopher Capozzola reveals this forgotten history, showing how war and military service forged an enduring, yet fraught, alliance between Americans and Filipinos.As the US military expanded in Asia, American forces confronted their Pacific rivals from Philippine bases. And from the colonial-era Philippine Scouts to post-9/11 contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, Filipinos were crucial partners in the exercise of US power. Their service reshaped Philippine society and politics and brought thousands of Filipinos to America. Telling the epic story of a century of conflict and migration, Bound by War is a fresh, definitive portrait of this uneven partnership and the two nations it transformed.
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Basic Books What We Owe the Future
Book SynopsisAn Instant New York Times Bestseller “This book will change your sense of how grand the sweep of human history could be, where you fit into it, and how much you could do to change it for the better. It's as simple, and as ambitious, as that.”—Ezra KleinAn Oxford philosopher makes the case for “longtermism” — that positively influencing the long-term future is a key moral priority of our time. The fate of the world is in our hands. Humanity’s written history spans only five thousand years. Our yet-unwritten future could last for millions more — or it could end tomorrow. Astonishing numbers of people could lead lives of great happiness or unimaginable suffering, or never live at all, depending on what we choose to do today. In What We Owe The Future, philosopher William MacAskill argues for longtermism, that idea that positively influencing the distant future is a key moral priority of our time. From this perspective, it’s not enough to reverse climate change or avert the next pandemic. We must ensure that civilization would rebound if it collapsed; counter the end of moral progress; and prepare for a planet where the smartest beings are digital, not human. If we make wise choices today, our grandchildren’s grandchildren will thrive, knowing we did everything we could to give them a world full of justice, hope and beauty.
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