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Cambridge University Press After Identity
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Cambridge University Press Emergencies and the Limits of Legality
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Age of Unpeace
Book SynopsisA FINANCIAL TIMES ECONOMICS BOOK OF THE YEAR''Compulsively readable... An essential course in geopolitical self-help'' - Adam Tooze''Full of fresh - and often surprising - ideas'' - Niall Ferguson ''Extraordinary... One of those rare books that defines the terms of our conversation about our times'' - Michael Ignatieff We thought connecting the world would bring lasting peace. Instead, it is driving us apart.In the three decades since the end of the Cold War, global leaders have been working to create a connected world. They''ve integrated the world''s economy, transport and communications, breaking down borders in the hope of making war impossible. In doing so, they unwittingly created a formidable arsenal of weapons for new kinds of warfare.Troublingly, we are now seeing rising conflict at every level, from individuals on social media all the way up to full-blown war in eastern Europe. ThTrade ReviewThe "age of unpeace" [is] an apt phrase for an era in which wars between states are uncommon but conflict is endemic... Leonard adroitly captures evolving trends in geopolitics over the past decade... Leonard's argument is all the more compelling because of the way his own beliefs have evolved. * New Statesman *Thought-provoking... If Leonard is right, then every trade deal or every new technology that brings people closer will also make the world a more dangerous place. * Irish Times *Leonard is a creative and well-connected thinker, and his timely, insightful book is useful for its explanations of the differing ideological viewpoints found in Beijing, Brussels and Washington, with an interesting section on Chinese thinkers in particular. Just as important, he explains why the conflicts in our global era remain so different from those in the cold war, in particular given the role being played by new technologies from quantum computing to machine learning as a new focus for geopolitical contestation. -- James Crabtree * Financial Times *Mark Leonard... has been a force in foreign policy thinking for a quarter century... rich in data and anecdote... If you're feeling intellectually disoriented after the fall of Kabul, start here. -- Matthew d'Ancona, TortoiseCompulsively readable, Mark Leonard's globe-trotting book not only offers us a fascinating and disturbing panorama, it redefines realism for an age of massive and toxic connectivity. Rather than fleeing into anachronistic visions of grand architecture and Cold War rhetoric, it demands that we face our actual problem. An essential course in geopolitical self-help. -- Adam Tooze, author of Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
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Random House USA Inc On Critical Race Theory
Book SynopsisWhat exactly is critical race theory? This concise and accessible exploration demystifies a crucial framework for understanding and fighting racial injustice in the United States.“A clear-eyed, expert field guide.”—Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom, author of Thick From renowned scholar Dr. Victor Ray, On Critical Race Theory explains the centrality of race in American history and politics, and how the often mischaracterized intellectual movement became a political necessity.Ray draws upon the radical thinking of giants such as Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to clearly trace the foundations of critical race theory in the Black intellectual traditions of emancipation and the civil rights movement. From these foundations, Ray explores the many facets of our society that critical race theory interrogates, from deeply embedded structural racism to the historical connection between whiteness
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Harvard University Press Constitutional Construction Divided Powers and
Book SynopsisThe American Constitution has a dual nature. The first aspect is the degree to which it acts as a binding set of rules that can be neutrally interpreted and enforced by the courts. But according to Whittington, the Constitution also permeates politics itself, to guide and constrain political actors in the very process of making public policy.Trade ReviewMr. Whittington sees the Constitution not as an immutable legal document but as something more fluid and more mysterious, a powerful and authoritative force which constantly influences political outcomes while itself being subject to politics. Battles over constitutional construction are of course political battles...[and] Mr. Whittington has interesting things to say about the way these conflicts play out. -- Peter A. Jay * Washington Times *Constitutional Construction offers renewed vigor to a tired field and should provoke some fresh thinking by constitutional scholars. -- Jeremy Rabkin * Weekly Standard *This book is an important addition to modern constitutional theory. Whittington brings to life an old but not well understood idea--that constitutional development is the product of judicial interpretation and binding rules and of political practice. -- J. B. Grossman * Choice *Constitutional Construction is a fine example of institutional analysis...displays a fine feel for political nuance and sensitivity to institutional subtlety...shows that is possible to do exceptional political analysis without it becoming legalistic scholarship...[and is] exceptionally well written...Whittington's book demonstrates that political science profits handsomely from history. Political science without history isn't very good political science. And history without political science often amounts to little more than storytelling. The quality of this book's history is every bit as good as the quality of its political science. -- Craig Ducat * Law and Politics Book Review *This is a superb, pathbreaking book that demonstrates the dual nature of constitutional change. Through a subtle analysis of congressional-presidential politics, Whittington convincingly argues that the process by which constitutional meaning is defined is not solely the purview of the Supreme Court and lesser courts. He shows that the Constitution gains meaning as a result of the politics of construction engaged in by political actors seeking political and policy objectives...[Constitutional Construction] is must reading for a wide range of scholars of American institutions and political development, law and courts, history, and American political thought. -- Ronald Kahn * American Political Science Review *A major theoretical contribution to the perennial debate on the...fundamental, recurrent questions in American constitutional law. -- James E. Bond * Humane Studies Review *Whittington's book is among the most important recently published about constitutional theory and history. -- Mark Tushnet * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *Constitutional Construction provides a needed corrective to the works of constitutional theorists who focus solely on jurisprudential issues...Whittington concludes that scholars need to look beyond the courts and recognize the multifaceted nature of the Constitution. -- Michael Ross * Journal of Southern History *Table of ContentsPreface 1. The Political Constitution 2. The Chase Impeachment and Shaping the Federal Judiciary 3. The Nullification Crisis and the Limits of National Power 4. Andrew Johnson and Executive Construction 5. Richard Nixon and the Leadership of the Modern State 6. Building the American Constitution Notes Index
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Harvard University Press The Modern Self in the Labyrinth
Book SynopsisThis book proposes a new political imagination found in the works of Weber, Freud, and Foucault. Chowers characterizes it as one of “entrapment,” whereby modern identity is constituted by participation in and internalization of the regulatory norms of the institutions that originated in the modern imagination.Trade ReviewThis is an erudite and original study of the great entrapment and proto-entrapment theorists of the 19th and 20th centuries, namely, Kant, Mary Shelley, Marx, Nietzsche, Weber, Freud, Benjamin, Kafka and Foucault. As Chowers convincingly shows, these theorists argue that moderns have come to be subject to and subjectified by historical processes that govern their conduct. Nevetheless, they go on to argue that moderns are able to overcome this state of 'immaturity' and become 'mature' in two diametrically opposed ways: either to overcome this subjection and become sovereign and autonomous over these processes (in proto-entrapment theories); or to acknowledge and learn to live within these processes as an ineliminable condition of being-in-the-world (in entrapment theories). The interpretation of individual authors and the story as a whole are presented with an exemplary depth of scholarship and insight, and the cumulative effect is to throw a critical and foreboding light on the present. -- James Tully, University of VictoriaThis book identifies the theme of "social entrapment" in three important 20th century social theorists: Weber, Freud, and Foucault. It ably shows how the theme emerged from the problems of the Enlightenment and attempts by Marx and Nietzsche to solve them. It also points out some of the dead ends to which it has led its expositors. An impressive combination of research and argument. -- Bernard Yack, Brandeis UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Modernity: Hyper-Order and Doubleness Modernity and the Imposition of Hyper-Order Civilization as a Self-Made Other: Doubleness in Kant and Frankenstein Conclusion 2. Proto-Entrapment Theories Overcoming Doubleness From Proto-Entrapment to Entrapment Theories 3. Max Weber: Between Homo-Hermeneut and the Lebende Maschine Weber's Anthropology Weber's Concept of "Personality" The Disciplined Self and the Rights-Protected Space The Fragility of Meaning Conclusion 4. Freud and the Castration of the Modern Freud's Theory of Instincts and the Origins of Discontent Modernity and das Unheimliche Narrating the Modern's Subjection: Freud's Theory of the Oedipal Complex 5. Michel Foucault: From the Prison-House of Language to the Silence of the Panopticon Historicizing the Psychoanalytic Subject, Dispersing the Personality: Foucault's Critique of Freud and Weber Entrapment and Language Entrapment and Power Conclusion Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Index
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Harvard University Press A Brief History of Equality
Book SynopsisIn this powerful new work, Thomas Piketty reminds us that rising inequality is not inevitable. Over the centuries, we have been moving toward greater equality. Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world and shows how we can learn from them to make equality a lasting reality.Trade ReviewA sustained argument for why we should be optimistic about human progress…An engaged and clearheaded socialist thinker, Piketty sets forth…one of the most comprehensive and comprehensible social democratic programs available anywhere…He has laid out a plan that is smart, thoughtful, and motivated by admirable political convictions. -- Gary Gerstle * Washington Post *An opportunity for readers to see Piketty bring his larger argument about the origins of inequality and his program for fighting it into high relief. -- Nicholas Lemann * New York Times *A Brief History of Equality is a route into Piketty’s arguments in his earlier books, with their luxuriantly extensive data and historical detail. Anybody who has not been able to face those tomes…should read this one. -- Diane Coyle * Financial Times *Peak Piketty…He possesses the rarest of abilities to analyze staggering quantities of information and offer original insights into the structures that underpin our economies…At a time when the concept of objective truth is under assault and when the nuance of argument can be drowned out by the shouting of slogans, there is something glorious about the scale of the work of Thomas Piketty. His arguments are vast in their detail, ever ambitious and always hopeful. This elegant and (by his standards) short book will allow any reader to understand the glory. -- Paschal Donohoe * Irish Times *An analysis that might just provide a fresh opportunity for social hope…Piketty has undeniably identified clues about how to achieve a more egalitarian world. -- Richard Horton * The Lancet *An activist’s history, part reckoning with the past and part manifesto for the future, designed to bolster the courage of those who would continue the forward march. It is an admirable undertaking…Piketty mounts an impassioned plea for a renewed and retooled commitment to equality in its various forms, laying out an ambitious blueprint for a new kind of democratic, self-managing and decentralized socialism, not least as a counter to the authoritarian, state-socialist model of China. -- Darrin M. McMahon * Literary Review *Piketty is now attempting to revive an egalitarian political project that he traces all the way back to the Enlightenment, but which has stalled since 1980. In A Brief History of Equality he lays out a program of democratic socialist reforms—to taxation, property rights, corporate governance, international regulation and much else—that would invert recent trends. -- William Davies * London Review of Books *Tidier and more lucid…Piketty is guardedly optimistic about the prospects for future social progress. -- Timothy Noah * New Republic *Piketty…avoid[s] the twin seductions of triumphalism and hopelessness. He treats the concept of equality more expansively here, including not only income and property but also gender and race. By moving the focus from inequality to equality, he suggests that what’s needed isn’t only the harsh light of critique but also the remedy of repair. -- Jennifer Szalai * New York Times *[Piketty] argues that we’re on a trajectory of greater, not less, equality and lays out his prescriptions for remedying our current corrosive wealth disparities. -- David Marchese * New York Times Magazine *A nice distillation of the ‘rockstar’ economist’s ideas and a good entry point for the uninitiated…[Piketty] points out that an unequal concentration of wealth is bad for growth and corrosive to democracy, precisely because it limits social mobility and prevents people from accessing key institutions…If the politics of Europe and America during the last decade have taught us anything, it is that the failure to address inequality is highly corrosive to the social contract. It fosters distrust and resentment, and makes people vulnerable to demagogy, populism, xenophobia, and reactionary politics of all kinds. -- Jared Marcel Pollen * Quillette *Surprisingly optimistic…Building on his previous works and drawing on the sweeping historical record, Piketty brings his larger argument about the origins of inequality and the political, social, and institutional contexts of its evolution into sharp relief. -- Era Dabla-Norris * Finance & Development *Thomas Piketty presents a narrative of history that is optimistic—a narrative that shows, despite numerous setbacks, over the long durée that civilization is trending towards social, economic and political equality. -- Ethan Linehan * Marx and Philosophy Review of Books *Merciful in its brevity, although no less intellectually rigorous. Designed to be read by politically-minded citizens, not just economists, it distills the key concepts from Piketty’s previous three books…Piketty’s overview of 20th-century history and politics has given us a blueprint for achievable political transformation and reason to hope that progress is possible. -- Eleni Vlahiotis * PopMatters *[Piketty] constantly rethinks and seeks to address new audiences. His impact on political thinking and strategy is undoubted: there can be no denying that the increasing call for wealth taxation draws on his lead. In this spirit, this book will occupy a valuable place in his wider set of writings. -- Mike Savage * Administrative Science Quarterly *This thought-provoking book is recommended to all readers who want to learn more about how the scourge of inequality might be dealt with and enhance the lives of all humans. * Choice *Marked by Piketty’s trademark lucidity, impressive multidisciplinary scholarship, and provocative progressivism, this is a vital introduction to his ideas. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *There is no historian of global inequality more impactful today than Piketty. His latest book is a succinct synthesis of the important lessons of his work to date—a valuable resource for all of us trying to build an economy that is driven by value creation for all and not value extraction for the few. -- Mariana Mazzucato, author of Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing CapitalismThomas Piketty helped put inequality at the center of political debate. Now, he offers an ambitious program for addressing it. The revitalized democratic socialism he proposes goes beyond the welfare state by calling for guaranteed employment, inheritance for all, power-sharing in corporations, and new rules for globalization. This is political economy on a grand scale, a starting point for debate about the future of progressive politics. -- Michael J. Sandel, author of The Tyranny of Merit: Can We Find the Common Good?A Brief History of Equality is a literally exceptional book. Thomas Piketty documents the economic growth and moral progress humanity has experienced over the past three centuries and draws a new inspiration from this history. Others who emphasize progress succumb to flatfooted views of well-being, technocratic fear of politics, and quietism about justice. But Piketty confronts historical progress with a subtle understanding of human flourishing, a keen appreciation for political struggle, and a deep commitment to a more just world. In this way, Piketty makes past progress into a call to continue the struggle for justice, with stronger historical foundations, a deeper understanding of the present, and a clearer vision for the future. -- Daniel Markovits, author of The Meritocracy Trap: How America’s Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the EliteA profound and optimistic call to action and reflection. For Piketty, the arc of history is long, but it does bend toward equality. There is nothing automatic about it, however: as citizens, we must be ready to fight for it, and constantly (re)invent the myriad of institutions that will bring it about. This book is here to help. -- Esther Duflo, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences
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Harvard University Press Freedom
Book SynopsisMany Americans assume that the country was founded by skeptics of “big government,” who saw minimal state power as freedom’s prerequisite. Annelien de Dijn takes on this myth. In fact, this was the view not of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century revolutionaries who created modern democracies, but of their critics and opponents.Trade ReviewAmbitious and impressive…Explores an alternate history of the concept from the ancient world to the Age of Revolution to the Cold War, charting those moments when new notions of freedom—such as freedom from government supervision or repression—deviated from its more classical and longstanding definition as self-government… At a time when the very survival of both freedom and democracy seems uncertain, books like this are more important than ever, as our societies contemplate both the heritage of the past and the prospects for the future. -- Tyler Stovall * The Nation *Ambitious and bold, this book will have an enormous impact on how we think about the place of freedom in the Western tradition. -- Samuel Moyn, author of Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal WorldAt once magisterial and finely grained, this is history on the grand scale. De Dijn succeeds in bringing, with clarity and a lightness of touch, the weight of the past to bear on freedom and its fragilities in our own time. -- Darrin M. McMahon, author of Divine Fury: A History of GeniusWith remarkable sweep and erudition, de Dijn recounts the whole history of thinking about freedom in the West. In the process, she also profoundly upends the standard liberal narrative, convincing us that what we understand by freedom today—namely, the opportunity to be left alone to do our own thing—is a recent invention. This is an important book for historians, political theorists, and all readers who like big ideas. -- Sophia Rosenfeld, author of Democracy and Truth: A Short HistoryDe Dijn has written a marvelous book on the history and various meanings of freedom. Its scope is enormous, its writing elegant, its insights strikingly original. We will all be reading this book for many years to come. -- Michael P. Zuckert, author of Launching LiberalismA sweeping history of the idea of freedom in the West, from Ancient Greece, to our time…Shows how the notion of democratic freedom has developed and deepened…Importantly, de Dijn traces how the Old Oligarchy—which was overthrown by Athenian democracy—feared the redistributive power of political democracy. From the time of Ancient Athens until today, this fear has been a constant in reactionary thought. -- Paul Sutton * Jacobin *For two millennia liberty was conceived as popular self-government. But nineteenth-century liberals and conservatives redefined freedom as the guarantee of individual rights against state power, and democratic equality as a threat to liberty. This timely book presents urgent and persuasive arguments to rethink liberty and democracy in an era of fast-increasing inequality. -- Siep Stuurman, author of The Invention of Humanity: Equality and Cultural Difference in World HistoryThis book brings remarkable clarity to a big and messy subject, the definition of freedom in the Western tradition. New insights and hard-hitting conclusions about the resistance to democracy make this essential reading for anyone interested in the roots of our current dilemmas. -- Lynn Hunt, author of History: Why It MattersA wonderful book—extremely well written, engaging, and compelling. De Dijn offers a sweeping history of the notion of freedom across 2,000 years, arguing that identifying liberty with limited government, the way we do today, is a very modern idea. -- Helena Rosenblatt, author of The Lost History of LiberalismThought-provoking…Helps explain how partisans on both the right and the left can claim to be protectors of liberty, yet hold radically different understandings of its meaning…This deeply informed history of an idea has the potential to combat political polarization. * Publishers Weekly *Works through the intellectual history of the idea of freedom from antiquity to the present and puts those ideas in their political and historical context to show how the idea of freedom was used…Challenge[s] us to look at our history to better understand our present and to fight for our future. -- Michael Mirer * Public Books *Annelien De Dijn delivers a compelling and accessible analysis of a highly relevant subject…In a post-pandemic world that has exposed the fragile tension between individual rights, collective interests and democratic legitimacy, De Dijn’s plea for a re-evaluation of our understanding of liberty deserves to be listened to. -- Christophe Maes * Legal History Review *Beautifully written…De Dijn’s work is singularly ambitious and iconoclastic, seeking to restructure a field thick with entrenched interpretation while sending a message about the necessary reform of the politics of the present. -- Richard Whatmore * Journal of Modern History *
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Harvard University Press Reformers Critics and the Paths of German
Book SynopsisModernity was an inescapable fact of life for the first generation to come of age in the German Empire. Even the most extreme political opponents saw the chaotic transformation of all spheres of life in the wake of industrial capitalism as the central problem facing young men and women at the fin de siècle. This fresh look at Wilhelmine perceptions of modernity challenges both the traditional emphasis on anti-modernism as a peculiarly German response that led to the rise of National Socialism, and the more recent post-Foucauldian studies on the pathologies of modernity, which point instead to an unreflective faith in science and efficiency on the part of German progressives. Shifting the focus away from radical extremes on either side, Kevin Repp explores the more moderate agendas of hundreds of mainstream intellectuals and activists from diverse social backgrounds who sought to surmount the human costs of industrialization without relinquishing its positive potential. Repp combines detailed case studies of Adolf Damaschke, Gertrud Bäumer, and Werner Sombart with an innovative prosopography of their milieu to show how leading reformers enlisted familiar tropes of popular nationalism, eugenics, and cultural pessimism in formulating pragmatic solutions that would be at once modern and humane. Easily obscured by radical voices on right and left, this quiet search for alternatives nevertheless succeeded in building a nationwide network of educational centers, associative ties, and institutions that substantially altered the landscape of Wilhelmine political culture in the decades before the First World War.
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Princeton University Press What Democracy Is For
Book SynopsisArgues that the world's democracies are failing to live up to their ideals - the United States and Great Britain most especially. The core value of democracy, the author contends, is freedom, the freedom to live a good life according to one's own choosing. He offers a bold defense of democratic ideals, grounded in real reforms.Trade Review"This is a hard-hitting, thoughtful and also, for the most part, a hopeful book...argues that progress towards real freedom and real democracy can still be achieved."--Andrew Gamble, Times Literary Supplement "[B]rings to bear the fruits of a lifetime of hard intellectual work, exploring the social and economic realities of contemporary welfare states--not through their fond self-imaginings or effusive advertisements for themselves, but through their far more erratic capacity to aid their many citizens who still stand in acute need."--John Dunn, Times Higher Education Supplement "[A] reworking, in accessible and convincing detail, of the insight that the person demanding freedom to indulge unexamined impulses is a slave...a strong and thoughtful argument for putting positive flesh on the skeleton of negative liberty."--John Lloyd, Financial Times "Ringen compiles an impressive range of data designed to evaluate various dimensions of the political, economic and social life of a number of contemporary democracies."--Martin Leet, Australian Review of Public Affairs "Political symbols often lose value through their very success, and much work must be done to recapture the engendering experiences to which they point. Ringen ... is dedicated to doing this work for 'democracy.' ... [C]learly destined to be a classic."--M. Berheide, Choice "This is a brilliant book...You may disagree with his arguments, but they have the beauty of transparency."--The Guardian "[W]ith a tocquevillian inspiration...will easily reach the status of a classic in the literature deepening the great liberal tradition."--Raymond Boudon, Commentaire, France "[)]ne of Europe's leading social scientists...The book is a model of social science research, analytical, rigorous and full of interesting insights."--Vernon Bogdanor, The Spectator "[P]rovokes the reader without being provocative, thereby fostering further thoughts and reasoned disagreement."--John Samples, Cato Journal "[O]ne need not agree with Ringen on the relationship between poverty and freedom, or even on the obligation of the state to eradicate the former in order to guarantee the latter, in order to find his ideas for policy reform quite worthwhile."--Adam Fleisher, International Affairs "Even if many of the ideas in this book are controversial and provocative, that is precisely why it is worth reading. I think this book can be of great interest for everyone interested in social justice, democratic theory and the institutional implication of democracy and social justice."--Harald Borgebund, Political Studies Review "What Democracy Is For offers a bold defense of democratic ideals, grounded in real reforms."--World Book IndustryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1: How Good Are the Good Democracies? 13 CHAPTER 2: Is Economic Democracy Available? 48 CHAPTER 3: What Should Welfare States Do? 72 CHAPTER 4: Can We Eradicate Poverty? 111 CHAPTER 5: What Do Families Do? 149 CHAPTER 6: Where Does Freedom Come From? 184 CONCLUSIONS 217 APPENDIX A: The Truth About Class Inequality 239 APPENDIX B: How Good Is the Kindest Democracy? 256 APPENDIX C: What Does a Good Press Look Like? 269 APPENDIX D: The Flat-Tax Issue 277 APPENDIX E: The Basic-Minimum-Income Issue 279 APPENDIX F: The Index Problem 283 APPENDIX G: Social Anchorage 288 References 297 Index 315
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Princeton University Press Why Wilson Matters
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A painstaking, take-no-prisoners attack on those who believe that America's historical experience can be duplicated everywhere... This makes for powerful reading."--Robert Kaplan, Wall Street Journal "A valiant effort to assert that Woodrow Wilson's view of how America should relate to the world has relevance today... Smith performs a service to readers looking to place current domestic political developments in historical context."--Publishers Weekly "[Smith] wants to reclaim Wilson's historical memory to bolster the very idea of liberal internationalism, which he correctly considers under assault. For Smith, the problem is not that the United States stands for liberal values and seeks to promote democracy abroad; for too many, doing so has become synonymous with military force and overthrowing governments. The association of Wilson's precepts with the recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya has caused many to question the wisdom of a vigorous American role in the world. The result, Smith argues, is that 'neo-Wilsonianism sabotaged the very tradition from which it had emerged.'"--Derek Chollet, The National InterestTable of ContentsPreface xi Introduction Know Thyself: What Is "Wilsonianism"? 1 PART I THE ESSENTIAL WILSON: WILSON'S WILSONIANISM 1 Woodrow Wilson on Democracy Promotion in America 31 2 Democracy Promotion through Progressive Imperialism 65 3 Democracy Promotion through Multilateralism 95 4 Wilson's Wilsonianism 130 PART II WILSONIANISM AFTER WILSON 5 Wilsonianism: The Construction of an American Vernacular 147 6 The Rise of Neo-Wilsonian Theory 182 7 From Theory to Practice: Neo-Wilsonianism in the White House, 2001-2017 235 Conclusion Reviving Liberal Internationalism 276 Acknowledgments 291 Notes 295 Index 321
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Princeton University Press The Confidence Trap
Book SynopsisTrade Review"His rich and refreshing book will be of intense interest to anyone puzzled by the near paralysis that seems to afflict democratic government in a number of countries, not least the United States. Runciman's account of the workings of the confidence trap--the belief that democracy will always survive--will serve as an antidote to the moods of alarm and triumph by which writers on democracy are regularly seized."--John Gray, New York Review of Books "Runciman's book abounds with fresh insights, arresting paradoxes, and new ways of posing old problems. It is part intellectual history, an absorbing study of the modern debate on democracy through the contrasting perspectives of key public intellectuals, such as Walter Lippmann, George F. Kennan, Francis Fukuyama and Friedrich Hayek, and part analysis of the problem of political leadership in democracies, explored through the decisions taken by leaders, particularly US presidents, and the constraints under which they operate."--Andrew Gamble, Times Literary Supplement "[An] ingenious account of how free nations faced seven international crises from 1918 to 2008... Runciman concludes that democracy will probably survive, having made a delightfully stimulating, if counterintuitive case, that the unnerving tendency of democracies to stumble into crises is matched by their knack for getting out of them."--Publishers Weekly "[A] historically sensitive and subtle response to the democratic crisis."--Thomas Meaney and Yascha Mounk, The Nation "If you think American democracy doesn't work these days, you have to read this well-written book."--Fareed Zakaria, Fareed Zakaria GPS "Book of the Week" "[B]rilliantly and convincingly delivered. The big story of mature democracies in crisis is told with remarkable confidence and brio. Runciman writes lucidly and compellingly: this is a book that you cannot put down."--Georgios Varouxakis, Standpoint "As a corrective to the doom-and-gloomsters, this book makes some telling points, and he is a clear and forceful writer... What Runciman's focus on American democracy helps to do is to remind us that there is an international dimension to this subject that is closely connected to American self-perceptions."--Mark Mazower, Financial Times "Runciman's writing, often brilliantly aphoristic, is full of insights, opinions, and phrasings that will challenge and delight scholars and general readers both."--Robert Nardini, Library Journal (Starred Review) "Refreshingly free of received and rehearsed wisdoms, Runciman doesn't tiptoe around sacred cows and invites us to take part in that most adult way of thinking: to examine contradictory ideas in tandem and ponder what the dissonance amounts to... [H]e argues lucidly, persuasively, even exhilaratingly at times. The nightly news will never appear exactly the same again."--Miriam Cosic, Australian "[Runciman] is a trenchant commentator on current affairs and a historian of political thought who, in his books and his articles in the London Review of Books, has revealed himself to be a gifted explainer... [H]e has a canny sense of how political power operates at its highest levels and in his exposition of political theory he is unfailingly clear and direct. Runciman's prose is conversational, if elegantly so--it is no surprise that he is a fluent lecturer--and characterised by a wry restraint."--Daniel Cohen, Los Angeles Review of Books "[E]xcellent and interesting... [A]dmirable and very well written."--Chris Patten, Tablet "Runciman is a good writer and brave pioneer... The picture he sketches is agreeably bold."--John Keane, Sydney Morning Herald "What we get here is good history. The events at the seven junctures are presented in a way that is learned, concise and informative."--Stein Ringen, International Affairs "Runciman is skilled at bringing important political questions 'out of the clouds' and presenting them in a manner that is clear, engaging, and approachable... This is an extraordinarily well-written and engaging book that asks important questions about structural strengths and weaknesses of democratic governance."--Choice
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Princeton University Press Against the Death Penalty
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Princeton University Press Global Discord
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Princeton University Press What Is Political Philosophy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An elegant and penetrating conception of the nature of political philosophy."---Lewis Ross, Journal of Moral Philosophy"A terrific achievement that will be of lasting benefit.—Thom Brooks, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"
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International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S. Mythologies
Book SynopsisFour myths dominated U.S. ideology in the 19th century. Myths of white victimization, capitalist progress, the frontier, and the ?self-made man? shaped how many Americans thought about themselves. These ideas lay at the heart of ruling class justification for settler colonialism, the expansion of racial slavery, and the development of the capitalist market system. They became the basis for the transition to U.S. global imperialism.This interdisciplinary study explores how literature in that long century created or challenged those mythologies.Marxist analysis of class struggle, social relations of production, racial capitalism, colonialism and imperialism, and heteronormative patriarchy are the main tools to understand the complex relationship between ideas and society. Mythologies uses those tools for new readings of the writings or speeches of James Fenimore Cooper, Royall Tyler, William Apess, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Wilson, Andrew J. Blackbird, Booker T
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Manchester University Press Governing Europes Spaces European Union
Book SynopsisThe book constructs a case for re-imagining Europe – not as an entity in Brussels or a series of fixed relations – but as a simultaneously real and imagined space of action which exists to the extent that Europeans and others act in and on it.Table of ContentsIntroduction – Caitríona Carter, Richard Freeman and Martin LawnPart I: Spaces revisited1. Performing Europe: backstage versus frontstage politics in the European Parliament – Ruth Wodak2. Interpreting Europe: mainstreaming gender in DG Research, European Commission – Rosalind CavaghanPart II: Spaces reconciled3. Modelling Europe: the political properties of impact assessment – Diego de la Hoz4. Referencing Europe: usages of Europe in national identity projects – Jenny Ozga and Farah ShaikPart III: Spaces revealed 5. Consulting to Europe: knowledge agents and the building of Europe – Bruce Ross6. Measuring Europe: making sense of Europe through data and statistics – Sotiria Grek and Martin Lawn7. De-politicizing Europe: collective private action and sustainable Europe – Caitríona CarterIndex
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Pluto Press We the Elites
Book SynopsisA new, radical reading of the US constitutionTrade Review'A crucial and timely corrective about what words like democracy and freedom actually meant to the Founders. A gift to serious analysts of US politics - but, more importantly, to those who would build a system that serves people rather than property' -- Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and author of 'Elite Capture''This ambitious, stimulating, thoughtful, exceedingly informative book sets a new standard in scholarship on the vaunted US Constitution' -- Gerald Horne, author of 'The Dawning of the Apocalypse''At a moment when the country is facing a constitutional crisis, it is well to understand what the Constitution is. This close analysis unravels in detail the achievement of the Framers 'to create a perpetual power of the elite minority to check the will of the majority', to ensure that the minority of the opulent would be protected from the threat of popular democracy' -- Noam Chomsky'Powerfully addresses how the constitution and US politics reinforce capitalism and its dysfunction, offering crucial insights for the big changes coming' -- Richard D. Wolff, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst'The Constitution is a problem hiding in plain sight. Everyone thinks they know what it means, but no one is willing to look too closely for fear that it might mean something different or that it might mean nothing it all. Robert Ovetz is one of the few who are willing to grapple with the problem head on. He deserves credit for his boldness and intellectual integrity' -- Dan Lazare, author of ‘The Frozen Republic: How the Constitution Is Paralyzing Democracy’'An important corrective to a culture that engages in excessive veneration of the document and the political system it created' -- Sanford Levinson, author of 'Our Undemocratic Constitution'Table of ContentsIntroduction: The United States - Democracy or Republic? 1. The Framers' Vision 2. Preamble: "Intoxicating Draughts of Liberty Run Mad" 3. Congress: Justice to Property 4. Congress: Designed for Inefficiency 5. Congress: Power of the Purse 6. Executive: The Rule of One 7. Executive: Unrestrained Global Guardian of Property 8. Judiciary: The Servant Above His Master 9. Amendments and Ratification: An Act of Force and Not of Right 10. Beyond Constitution
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Pluto Press The Long Retreat
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Reflexive Modernization Politics Tradition and
Book Synopsisaeo Concerns debates now at the core of social and political theory -- particularly the debate about the nature of modernity. aeo Provides an accessible introduction to the basic ideas of the theory of reflexive modernization. aeo Each of the three contributors is very well--known at an international level.Trade Review"Reflexive Modernization is stimulating and imaginative ... all the authors raise important issues. Giddens provides a much-needed sociological discussion of the nature of tradition, which should provoke debate. Lash's contribution is in some ways the most helpful, given his direct engagement with his co-authors and his relation of theory to a variety of evidence." Radical Philosophy "This is an attractive an original collection with much to commend ... the Giddens essay ... is elegant, smoothly written and carries lightly a vast amount of insight ... this is Giddens at his most mature and very best and explains his dominance in contemporary socialogical theory." British Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsPreface. 1. The Reinvention of Politics: . Towards a Theory of Reflexive Modernization: Ulrich Beck. 2. Living in a Post-Traditional Society: . Anthony Giddens. 3. Reflexivity and its Doubles:. Structure, Aesthetics, Community: Scott Lash. 4. Replies and Critiques:. Ulrich Beck, Anthony Giddens, Scott Lash. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Beyond Left and Right
Book SynopsisHow should one understand the nature and possibilities of political radicalism today? The political radical is normally thought of as someone who stands on the left, opposing backward-looking conservatism. In the present day, however, the left has turned defensive, while the right has become radical, advocating the free play of market forces no matter what obstacles of tradition or custom stand in their way. What explains such a curious twist of perspective? In answering this question Giddens develops a new framework for radical politics, drawing freely on what he calls philosophic conservatism, but applying this outlook in the service of values normally associated with the Left. The ecological crisis is at the core of this analysis, but is understood by Giddens in an unconventional way - as a response to a world in which modernity has run up against its limits as a social and moral order. The end of nature, as an entity existing independently of human intervention, and the eTrade Review"It is difficult to imagine social-scientific thought and practice in Britain and much of Continental Europe without the distinctive contribution of Anthony Giddens. His prolific work has the unique merit of tying together the rich tradition of modern social thought with the challenges of whatever is new and unprecedented in what he has called the "late modern" or "post-traditional" world." Times Literary Supplement "At a time when the pundits are already picking through the ruins of a rapidly disintegrating Conservative Government, anticipating the all-but-inevitable triumph of Tony Blair's seductive socialism, Beyond Left and Right offers a timely critique of it all." Times Higher Education Supplement "Giddens's discussion usefully joins seemingly disparate issues and political perspectives ... This work outlines a promising path for more detailed research." Ethics "I would recommend this book. It has given me some new insights into old problems and made me realise again the importance of dialogue in interpersonal relations. That in itself is a very small step towards a better world." New Times "The texture and range of Giddens's argument is as important as his conclusions. His frequent asides are often insightful and contribute to the sense that one is reading both a major work of scholarship and the crystallisation of many years of thought." Renewal "It is impossible to locate this excellent text in any one area of interest: few could fail to gain anything from it." Aslib Book Guide "The author seeks to analyse the far-reaching social changes now taking place with the help of a number of new, thought-provoking concepts." Labour Research "Anthony Giddens, in Beyond Left and Right, spoke perspicuously of the conditions of 'manufactured uncertainty' in postmodern societies." Contemporary ReviewTable of ContentsPreface. Introduction. 1. Conservatism: Radicalism Embraced. 2. Socialism: The Retreat from Radicalism. 3. The Social Revolutions of Our Time. 4. Two Theories of Democratization. 5. Contradictions of the Welfare State. 6. Generative Politics and Positive Welfare. 7. Positive Welfare, Poverty and Life Values. 8. Modernity under a Negative Sign: Ecological Issues and Life Politics. 9. Political Theory and the Problem of Violence. 10. Questions of Agency and Values. Notes. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Capitalism
Book SynopsisTrade Review"As the world is caught up in a whirlwind of multiple crises - social, ecological, political, civilizational - we desperately need to get our hands on and shut down the source. In this book, two of the most acute minds in critical theory point their fingers towards capitalism. Fraser in particular elaborates on her path-breaking 'unifying' theory of capitalism as a system resting on several hidden abodes that it cannot live without and cannot avoid wrecking. This is the sort of sober and passionate thinking we need in a world careening out of control."—Andreas Malm, Lund University "Fraser and Jaeggi supply an eloquent, well-reasoned, and thorough account of the key institution of our time - capitalism. For them, capitalism is not only a mode of production but also an institutional order or form of life. Those who have followed Fraser's discussion of recognition or justice, or read Jaeggi on the actuality of alienation, will cherish this brilliant contribution to understanding the world in which we live."—Robin Blackburn, University of Essex "An engaging and probing conversation between two eminent scholars on how to unravel the key problems of a troubled contemporary capitalism."—David Harvey, City University of New YorkTable of ContentsContents Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Conceptualizing Capitalism Chapter 2: Historicizing Capitalism Chapter 3: Criticizing Capitalism Chapter 4: Contesting Capitalism Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Inner Enemies of Democracy
Book SynopsisThe political history of the twentieth century can be viewed as the history of democracy s struggle against its external enemies: fascism and communism. This struggle ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet regime.Trade ReviewOne of the great intellectuals of our time. Stanley Hoffmann, Harvard University This is a voice to be listened to attentively, for our shared planetary home's and all its residents' sake. Zygmunt Bauman, University of Leeds Now, of all times, there is a need for cool heads, such as Todorov, who approaches the limits of free speech with admirable dexterity. The New York Review of Books A coherent, relevant work in which intelligence and sincere humanism do battle Ð a world away from the slippery moralizing of intellectual fence-sitters. Le Nouvel Observateur Todorov’s work is that of a sage, a man who has read the great texts, who has lived through two political regimes, and who dares to express an idea that may seem at odds with his fervent defence of freedom and democracy: freedom for its own sake, freedom that forgets its duties and responsibilities, is self-destructive. What he writes is never ordinary, but always tolerant and life affirming. L’EchoTable of Contents1 Democracy and its Discontents 1 The paradoxes of freedom 1 External and internal enemies 4 Democracy threatened by its own hubris 7 2 An Ancient Controversy 12 The main characters 12 Pelagius: will and perfection 14 Augustine: the unconscious and original sin 19 The outcome of the debate 22 3 Political Messianism 29 The revolutionary moment 29 The first wave: revolutionary and colonial wars 33 The second wave: the Communist project 37 The third wave: imposing democracy by bombs 45 The Iraq war 48 The internal damage: torture 50 The war in Afghanistan 53 The temptations of pride and power 57 The war in Libya: the decision 59 The war in Libya: the implementation 62 Idealists and realists 67 Politics in the face of morality and justice 71 4 The Tyranny of Individuals 78 Protecting individuals 78 Explaining human behaviour 81 Communism and neoliberalism 87 The fundamentalist temptation 91 Neoliberalism’s blind spots 97 Freedom and attachment 101 5 The Effects of Neoliberalism 104 Blame it on science? 104 The law retreats 109 Loss of meaning 113 Management techniques 116 The power of the media 125 Freedom of public speech 128 The limits of freedom 134 6 Populism and Xenophobia 139 The rise of populism 139 Populist discourse 142 National identity 147 Down with multiculturalism: the German case 150 Britain and France 153 The debate about headscarves 156 One debate can hide another 162 Relations with foreigners 166 Living together better 168 7 The Future of Democracy 173 Democracy, dream and reality 173 The enemy within us 179 Towards renewal? 184 Notes 189 Index 197
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Edinburgh University Press TwentiethCentury German Political Thought
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) State Failure in SubSaharan Africa The Crisis of
Book SynopsisCatherine Scott is a teaching fellow in the Defence Studies Department at King's College London. She is Managing Editor of the journal Conflict, Security & Development and holds a PhD in International Politics and Security from King's College London.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Genealogies of State Failure 2. The Failings of the Failed State ‘Thesis’ 3. The State and its Failure in Sub-Saharan Africa 4. Burundi: The Freezing of a Failed Kingdom 5. Uganda: A Foundational Failure and Post-Colonial Revival 6. Concluding Reflections
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Rlpg/Galleys New York Abstains Courteously
Book SynopsisThe idea for this collection of essays emerged from conversations about how the art of civil discourse has become increasingly less visible in American society today, particularly in political activities. At the same time, it is frustrating to realize that more Americans vote for contestants on shows like American Idol than usually vote in the November elections. The themes throughout New York Abstains Courteously touch on the very heart of what it means to be a responsible citizen, both in our own country and in the global community. While so many individuals speak about values today, it ultimately seems that the true values undergirding the United States are being overshadowed by partisan politics and private ideologies. The book's contributors take a wide variety of approaches to civil discourse and civic responsibility. Each essay in this collection stands on its own and grows out of the author's unique discipline and experience. The essays, however, are the fruit of ongoing collaboration and intersect with each other in many intriguing ways.Table of ContentsForeword by Kenneth J. Soprano, Ph.D. Introduction Chapter One: The Victims of the European Witchcraze: An Early Political Smear Campaign Marie A. Conn Chapter Two: Vertu: An Enlightenment Ideal Mary Helen Kashuba, SSJ Chapter Three: Civilizing the National Discourse: The Liberal Arts As Conversation in John Henry Newman's Idea of a University Barbara C. Lonnquist Chapter Four: Out of the Gutter: Illness and Disability in the Graphic Narrative Karen J. Getzen Chapter Five: A Teacher Educator's Re-imagining: Finding Places and Making Spaces for Transformative Civility in Schools Carol M. Pate Chapter Six: Towards a Compassionate Conversation: The Art of Spiritual Direction Carolynne Ervin Chapter Seven: Fear and Fundamentalism As Barriers to Civil Discourse Nancy Porter Chapter Eight: Lessons From the Ecumenical Lifeworld: Dialogue and Civility Steven Guerriero About the Contributors
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SAGE Publications Ltd Handbook of Political Theory
Book Synopsis`This volume combines remarkable coverage and distinguished contributors. The inclusion of thematic, conceptual, and historical chapters will make it a valuable resource for scholars as well as students' -Professor George Klosko, Department of Politics, University of VirginiaThis major new Handbook provides a definitive state-of-the-art review to political theory, past and present. It offers a complete guide to all the main areas and fields of political and philosophical inquiry today by the world's leading theorists. The Handbook is divided into five parts which together serve to illustrate: - the diversity of political theorizing- the substantive theories that provide an over-aching analysis of the nature/or justification of the state and political life- the political theories that have been either formulated or resurgent in recent years- the current state of the central debates within contemporary political theory - the history of western political thought and its interpretations - traditions in political thought outside a western perspective. The Handbook of Political Theory marks a benchmark publication at the cutting edge of its field. It is essential reading for all students and academics of political theory and political philosophy around the world.Trade Review"This volume combines remarkable coverage and distinguished contributors. The inclusion of thematic, conceptual, and historical chapters will make it a valuable resource for scholars as well as students" Professor George Klosko, Department of Politics, University of Virginia"Table of ContentsPART ONE: APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF POLITICAL THEORY Ideology, Political Theory and Political Philosophy - Michael Freeden History and the Interpretation of Texts - Terence Ball Straussian Approaches to the Study of Politics - Thomas L Pangle Postmodern Approaches to Political Theory - Jane Benett Positive Political Theory - H Donald Forbes PART TWO: POLITICAL THEORIES A Future for Marxism? - Andrew Levine Liberalism, Political and Comprehensive - Jeremy Waldron The Diversity of Comprehensive Liberalisms - Gerald F Gaus Classical Liberalism and Libertarianism - Eric Mack and Gerald F Gaus The Liberty Tradition Conservative Theories - John Kekes Democratic Political Theory - John S Dryzek Discourse Theory - James Bohman Communitarianism and Republicanism - Richard Dagger Green Political Theory - John Barry and Andrew Dobson A Report PART THREE: THE MODERN STATE The Modern State - Christopher W Morris The Political Theory of the Welfare State - J Donald Moon Distributive Justice - Julian Lamont Pluralism and Liberalism - Fred D′Agostino Nationalism and Multiculturalism - Chandran Kukathas New Social Movements - David West Feminism and Gender Theory - V[ac]eronique Mottier The Return of the State Political Theory and International Relations - Chris Brown PART FOUR: THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT Ancient Greek Political Thought - David Keyt and Fred D Miller Jnr Pre-modern Chinese Political Thought - Helen Dunstan Medieval Political Theory - John Kilcullen Political Theory of the Renaissance and Enlightenment - Frederick G Whelan Modern Islamic Political Thought - Michaelle Browers European Political Thought in the Nineteenth Century - Raymond Plant Political Thought in Continental Europe During the Twentieth Century - Richard Bellamy, Jeremy Jennings and Peter Lassman English Political Theory in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - David Weinstein
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University of British Columbia Press Rethinking the Spectacle
Book SynopsisDrawing on radical democratic theory and the ideas of political theorist Guy Debord, Rethinking the Spectacle examines the tension between spectacles and political agency in our digital society.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 The Spectacle in Theory: Debord’s Conception and Beyond2 Practical Implications: From the Situationist International to Autonomist Marxism3 Rethinking the Spectacle 1: Lessons from the Situationist International4 Rethinking the Spectacle 2: Toward a Radically Democratic Approach5 The Spectacular Politics of the 2011 Occupy MovementConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index
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Springer Making Babies Biomedical Technologies Reproductive Ethics and Public Policy
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Johns Hopkins University Press How People View Democracy A Journal of Democracy Book
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Louisiana State University Press On the Form of the American Mind CW1
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The University Press of Kentucky Resistance in the Bluegrass
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword by State Representative Attica Scott Introduction Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Acknowledgements About the Author
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Duke University Press The Sublime Perversion of Capital
Book SynopsisIn The Sublime Perversion of Capital Gavin Walker examines the Japanese debate about capitalism between the 1920s and 1950s, using it as a "prehistory" to consider current problems of uneven economic development and contemporary topics in Marxist theory and historiography.Trade Review"Walker’s book does much to clarify the relevance of Uno’s work for both historical research and studies of the present moment; it occupies a central place in the on-going 'Uno Renaissance.'" -- Katsuhiko Endo * Journal of Social History *"Walker’s work offers something of value to both economic historians as well as Japanologists: an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the contributions of Japanese intellectuals as you focus on the tensions of Marxism and capitalism for the former and a review (if not (re)discovery) of the essentials of Marxism and capitalist theory while in pursuit of the history of contemporary Japanese social sciences for the latter." -- Anthony Rausch * New Books Asia *“Original and erudite. . . . Gavin Walker develops a wide-ranging and densely argued Marxist theoretical account of capital and its (il)logics. The heart of his inquiry is what he calls capital’s “sublime perversion”: its ability to overcome, without resolving, its own contradictions, its 'constant and relentless transformation of limits into thresholds.' Walker’s theorization of this perversion interweaves a set of concepts and approaches derived from Marx and from Walker’s extensive reading (in, by my count, seven languages) of twentieth- and early twenty-first-century thinkers.” -- Derek Hall * Pacific Affairs *"Gavin Walker’s book on the Japanese capitalism debate of the 1920s and 1930s, The Sublime Perversion of Capital, brings this important set of arguments on Marxist theory and history out of the domain of Japanese studies, where it is often cited but scarcely appreciated, and into dialogue with contemporary historiography and political theory. . . . The Sublime Perversion of Capital is an important and singular contribution to scholarship on Marxism and capitalism. It restores the sophistication of interwar Japanese debates on the country’s development and the development of capitalism on a global scale. Walker shows the significance of these debates for Marxism at a time when the Comintern’s dicta were challenged by the heterogeneity of the global political economy. His book thus reinstates the historicity of debates on the nature of capitalism and its historical manifestation, then and now.” -- Christopher L. Hill * American Historical Review *"A truly interdisciplinary work that understands Japanese Marxism as part of a larger global moment. . . .Through Japanese Marxist writings, [Walker] shows how capital needs the state to commodify labor power, leading to a global system of borders and policing. In this light one might compare the book to recent Althusserian readings of Marx that theorize capitalism as comprising class structures related to the market, state, and world system. Walker also gestures in the direction of combined and uneven development and attempts to posit an alternative to the theoretical impasse between universal- ism and particularism by grounding both in a theory of capitalism. The Sublime Perversion of Capital remains essential reading for scholars interested in area studies, Japanese intellectual history, and Marxist theory and helps us rethink the role that capitalism and the nation-state play in shaping the world in which we live.” -- Viren Murthy * Monumenta Nipponica *"The Sublime Perversion of Capital makes an important intervention in both Japanese intellectual history and Marxist theory." -- Viren Murthy * Journal of Asian Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Note on Translations xiii Three Orientations xv 1. The Sublime Perversion of Capital 1 2. The Feudal Remnant and the Historical Outside 28 3. Primitive Accumulation, or the Logic of Origin 75 4. Labor Power: Capital's Threshold 108 5. The Continent of History and the Theoretical Inside 152 6. "The Ready-Made World of Capital" 182 Notes 195 Bibliography 225 Index 243
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Fordham University Press The Origin of the Political
Book SynopsisTrade Review"For Esposito, thought does not just fight-it is the fight itself. Esposito moves on the basis of a fundamental ontology of war, which marks what a previous tradition would have called "the unity of being." The Origin of the Political elaborates implications of this, not only through its masterful conceptual analysis and through its insights into the two thinkers it studies and critiques, but also because, as it makes explicit the stakes of the impolitical approach, it also ruins so many of the foundations of modern political thought and prepares the way for its fundamental renewal." -- -Alberto Moreiras Texas A&M UniversityTable of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition (2014) 1. Partitions 2. Truth 3. Principium and Initium 4. Beginn, Anfang, Ursprung 5. Polemos-Polis 6. The Third Origin 7. Nothingness 8. Forces 9. In Common 10. Imperium 11. Topologies 12. In the Grip of Love 13. The Final Battle
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Fordham University Press Form and Event
Book SynopsisDiano's Form and Event has long been known in Europe as a major work not only for classical studies but even more for contemporary philosophy, anticipating the work of Deleuze, Badiou, Esposito, and Agamben. It now appears in English for the first time, with a substantial Introduction that situates the book in the genealogy of modern political philosophy.Table of ContentsIntroduction by Jacques Lezra | 1 Form and Event | 27 Illustrations | 105 Notes | 115
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Fordham University Press Scatter 2 Politics in Deconstruction
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface | ix Abbreviations of Works by Jacques Derrida | xiii Introduction: Politics in Deconstruction | 1 Part I: Politics, Metaphysics, Sovereignty 1. Bios Theōrētikos, Bios Politikos | 15 2. Polykoiranie I (Derrida, Homer, Aristotle, Xenophanes) | 48 3. Polykoiranie II (Philo Judaeus, Early Christian Apologists, Pseudo-Dionysius) | 70 4. Polykoiranie III (John of Salisbury, Aquinas, Dante, Marsilius of Padua) | 100 5. Polykoiranie IV (Bodin, La Boétie) | 125 Part II: (Proto)Democracy 6. To Poikilon (Plato, Alfarabi, Aristotle) | 147 7. Democracy (Arendt, Aristotle) | 182 8. Protodemocracy and the Fall of Sovereignty (Hobbes, Aristotle) | 203 9. Nature, Sovereignty, Government (Spinoza, Rousseau) | 250 10. Stasiology (Rothaug, Peterson, Schmitt, Gregory of Nazianzus) | 280 Postscript | 301 Index | 305
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Spokesman Books Keep the Peace Spokesman 143 The Spokesman
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New Academia Publishing/ The Spring SUSTAINING THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS IN AMERICA
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Fortress Book Service Statism II Solemnly Warn Them
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Cambridge University Press Leo Strauss and Islamic Political Thought
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive discussion of Leo Strauss's writings on Islamic political thought, and his reflections on religion, philosophy, and politics in their relationship with wisdom, persecution, divine law, and unbelief in the writings of Muslim thinkers, including Alfarabi and Averroes and in the famous Arabic collection, the Arabian Nights.Table of Contents1. Averroes between platonic philosophy and the Sharīʻa; 2. Politics, religion, and love: How Leo Strauss read the Arabian Nights; 3. From Alfarabi's Plato to Strauss's Alfarabi; 4. Strauss, Alfarabi, and Plato's Laws.
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Cambridge University Press The Two Logics of Autocratic Rule
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Cambridge University Press RuleMaking Rules
Book SynopsisStefano Bartolini argues that, despite the growth of a large theoretical literature about institutions and institutionalism over the last thirty years, the specific nature of political institutions has been relatively neglected. Political institutions have been subsumed into the broader problems of the emergence, persistence, change and functions of all types of institutions. The author defines political institutions strictly as norms and rules of ''conferral'', to be distinguished from norms/rules of ''conduct'' and of ''recognition''. They are those norms and rules that empower rulers, set limits to the capacity to ensure behavioural compliance, and define the proper means for achieving such compliance. This book draws logical and empirical consequences from this understanding, to distinguish different types of norms/rules, and to specify the peculiarities of those norms/rules that are ''political''. The book will appeal to researchers of political institutions in comparative politicTrade Review'With sweeping historical reference and discerning judgment, Stefano Bartolini takes on one of the central problems of contemporary social science, namely, how we should understand 'institutions', with a view to establishing what is distinctive about political institutions. This is a book full of insights from which everyone who wants to understand the role of institutions in political life can learn.' Peter A. Hall, Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University'Rule-Making Rules makes an invaluable contribution to the old European tradition of placing institutions at the core of political life. Bartolini is courageous in terms of his time perspective and the number of disciplines covered, and he presents an analytical framework making a clear distinction between political institutions, and their ordering of human coexistence, and other institutions.' Johan P. Olsen, Professor emeritus and founding director of Center for European Studies, University of Oslo, NorwayTable of ContentsIntroduction: Institutions and political science; Part I. On Institutions: 1. The origins of institutions; 2. Approaches to institutions; 3. A framework for institutional analysis and a typology of institutions; Part II. On Political Institutions: 4. What political institutions are; 5. Meso-institutions: political institutes; 6. Macro-institutions: territories, constitutions and regimes; 7. Conclusion: specificities of political institutions.
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Cambridge University Press Drugs Money and Secret Handshakes
Book SynopsisFeldman explains the secretive world of drug pricing deals that push patients into more expensive drugs. This book is intended for an audience of policymakers, scholars, jurists, higher education students, journalists, and general interest readers and aims to provide an accessible, easy-to-read tour of issues faced by the pharmaceutical industry.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. The landscape – where do the dollars flow; 3. PBMs and insurers; 4. Pharmacies, doctors, and patient groups; 5. May your drug price be ever green; 6. Solutions.
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Cambridge University Press The Upside of USChinese Strategic Competition
Book SynopsisUS?Chinese strategic competition is a defining factor in world politics. The prevailing narrative on US?China relations predicts inevitable conflicts between these two giants, potentially leading to a self-fulfilling prophecy. While fully acknowledging the inherent dangers of potential wars or military conflicts between the two powers, this book shows that competition is not necessarily detrimental. By systematically examining US?China institutional balancing across security, economic and political domains, particularly in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, this book highlights three positive externalities or unintended consequences: the revitalisation of regional institutions to address emerging challenges, unexpected collaborations between great powers (the US and China) and regional actors, and the provision of public goods by both nations. The book argues that constructive and institutionalised competition between the US and China, if managed with strategic foresight and restraint, could inadvertently lead to positive outcomes ? institutional peace ? in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Cambridge University Press Political Economy from Pufendorf to Marx
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Declaration of Independence
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Saint Philip Street Press The EU and China in African Authoritarian Regimes
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Saint Philip Street Press Frozen Conflicts in Europe
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