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Cambridge University Press Humanitarianism and Suffering
Book SynopsisThis book examines instances of humanitarian action and non-action, from the age of Napoleon to the era of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust, and from the American anti-slavery movement to present-day Israeli human rights organizations. It examines how stories of suffering are framed and their impact on global politics.Trade Review'… a very timely volume that should appeal to a wide range of anthropologists.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of ContentsPart I. Histories and Contexts: 1. Mourning, pity, and the work of narrative in the making of 'humanity' Thomas W. Laqueur; 2. Contemporary humanitarianism: the global and the local contemporary David P. Forsythe; 3. Humanitarian reading Joseph R. Slaughter; 4. Global media and the myths of humanitarian relief: the case of the 2004 tsunami Rony Brauman; 5. Hard struggles of doubt: abolitionists and the problem of slave redemption Margaret M. R. Kellow; 6. 'Starving Armenians': the politics and ideology of humanitarian aid in the first decades of the twentieth century Flora A. Keshgegian; 7. International bystanders to the Holocaust and humanitarian intervention Michael R. Marrus; Part II. Narratives and Redress: 8. Victims, relatives and citizens in Argentina: whose voice is legitimate enough? Elizabeth Jelin; 9. Children, suffering and the humanitarian appeal Laura Suski; 10. The physicality of legal consciousness: suffering and the production of credibility in refugee resettlement Kristin Bergtora Sandvik; 11. 'Can you describe this?': human rights reports and what they tell us about the human rights movement Ron Dudai; 12. Financial reparations, blood money, and human rights witness testimony: Morocco and Algeria Susan Slymovics; 13. Remnants and remains: narratives of suffering in post-genocide Rwanda's Gacaca courts Lars Waldorf.
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Cambridge University Press Action and Interpretation Studies in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
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Cambridge University Press Rethinking the Politics of Commercial Society
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Cambridge University Press The Critical Mass in Collective Action
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Cambridge University Press Wealth and Virtue The Shaping of Political Economy in the Scottish Enlightenment
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Cambridge University Press Expression and Meaning
Book SynopsisJohn Searle's Speech Acts made a highly original contribution to work in the philosophy of language. Expression and Meaning is a direct successor, concerned to develop and refine the account presented in Searle's earlier work, and to extend its application to other modes of discourse such as metaphor, fiction, reference, and indirect speech arts.Trade Review'[The essays] are written with typical Searlean vigor, clarity, and originality. The result is a volume that deserves more than a mealy-mouthed speech act issuance of the 'You ought to read it' sort, which could be countered without inconsistency with 'But don't bother if you are busy.' Instead, I issue a straight directive: Read it!' Language in Society'Expression and Meaning collects some characteristically forthright and provocative essays on outstanding topics.' John McDowell, The London Review of Books'As one would expect, this is a stimulating collection. Searle is sensitive to detail, but I am most stuck by his penchant for bold distinctions and explanations. And he is systematic; the book considerably enlarges the earlier theory.' Brian Loar, The Philosophical Review'There is a great deal of meat in Searle's treatment of metaphor, as elsewhere in his book, giving it an important place among the steadily increasing works that are developing the foundations, implications and applications of act theory.' Monroe C. Beardsley, International Studies in PhilosophyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; Origins of the essays; 1. A taxonomy of illocutionary acts; 2. Indirect speech acts; 3. The logical status of fictional discourse; 4. Metaphor; 5. Literal meaning; 6. Referential and attributive; 7. Speech acts and recent linguistics; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Philosophical Papers
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Cambridge University Press Realism Rationalism and Scientific Method
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Cambridge University Press Just Health Care Studies in Philosophy and Health Policy
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Cambridge University Press Stratification and Organization
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Cambridge University Press Capitalism and Social Democracy
Book SynopsisThis is a study of the choices faced by socialist movements as they developed within capitalist societies. Professor Przeworski examines the three principal choices confronted by socialism: whether to work through elections; whether to rely exclusively on the working class; and whether to try to reform or abolish capitalism. He brings to his analysis a number of abstract models of political and economic structure, and illustrates the issues in the context of historical events, tracing the development of socialist strategies since the mid-nineteenth century. Several of the conclusions are novel and provocative. Professor Przeworski argues that economic issues cannot justify a socialist programme, and that the workers had good reasons to struggle for the improvement of capitalism. Therefore, the project of a socialist transformation, and the fight for economic advancement, were separate historical phenomena.
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Cambridge University Press Decision Probability and Utility
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Cambridge University Press Culture Identity and Politics
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Cambridge University Press Relativism and the Social Sciences
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Cambridge University Press Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press The Nature of Social Laws
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Cambridge University Press The Possibility of Cooperation
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Cambridge University Press A Theory of Freedom
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Cambridge University Press Multiple Self
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Cambridge University Press A Theory of Freedom
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Cambridge University Press Hobbes and the Social Contract Tradition
Book SynopsisThis major study of Hobbes''s political draws on recent developments in game and decision theory to explore whether the thrust of the argument in Leviathan, that it is in the interests of the people to create a ruler with absolute power, can be shown to be cogent. Professor Hampton has written a book of vital importance to political philosophers, political and social scientists, and intellectual historians.Trade Review'Hampton's ingenious argument … is the best that has yet been advanced to explain how Hobbesian persons could institute a sovereign.' David Gauthier, Philosophy and Public AffairsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; A note on texts and references; Introduction; 1. 'Of Man': the foundation of Hobbe's political argument; 2. What is the cause of conflict in the state of nature?; 3. The shortsightedness account of conflict and the laws of nature; 4. The argument of absolute sovereignty; 5. Authorizing the sovereign; 6. Hobbe's social contract; 7. The failure of Hobbe's social contract argument; 8. Can Hobbe's argument be salvaged?; 9. How the traditional social contract argument works; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Mundane Matter of the Mental Language
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Cambridge University Press The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics
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Cambridge University Press The Search for a Naturalistic World View
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Cambridge University Press The Epistemology of Religious Experience
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Cambridge University Press Minority Government and Majority Rule
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Cambridge University Press The State and Justice
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Cambridge University Press The Cement of Society
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Cambridge University Press Solomonic Judgements
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Cambridge University Press The Search for a Naturalistic World View
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Cambridge University Press The Neglect of Experiment
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Cambridge University Press Experiment Right or Wrong
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Cambridge University Press Rethinking DemocracyFreedom and Social Cooperation in Politics Economy and Society
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Cambridge University Press Democratic Individuality
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Cambridge University Press Democracy and the Mass Media
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Cambridge University Press Propositional AttitudesRichard An Essay on Thoughts and How We Ascribe Them Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Foundations of Social Choice Theory Studies in Rationality and Social Change
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Cambridge University Press Science and Necessity
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Cambridge University Press Liability and Responsibility
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Cambridge University Press Moral Legislation
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Cambridge University Press Philosophy and Politics
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Cambridge University Press The Political Responsibility of Intellectuals
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Cambridge University Press Automatism Insanity and the Psychology of Criminal Responsibility
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Cambridge University Press Trials and Punishments
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Cambridge University Press The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics
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Cambridge University Press Political Theory and Postmodernism Modern European Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Political Psychology
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Cambridge University Press The Claims of Common Sense
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