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Palgrave Macmillan Third Wave Feminism A Critical Exploration
Book SynopsisForeword; I.Whelehan Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; S.Gillis, G.Howie & R.Munford PART I: GENERATIONS AND GENEALOGIES 'Feminists Love a Utopia': Collaboration, Conflict and the Futures of Feminism; L.S.Sanders On the Genealogy of Women: A Defence of Anti-Essentialism; A.Stone Kristeva and the Trans-missions of the Intertext: Signs, Mothers and Speaking in Tongues; M.Orr Feminist Dissonance: The Logic of Late Feminism; G.Howie & A.Tauchert Transgender Feminism: Queering the Woman Question; S.Stryker Theorizing the Intermezzo: The Contributions of Postfeminism and Third Wave Feminism; A.D.Lotz 'You're not One of Those Boring Masculinists, Are You?': The Question of Male-Embodied Feminist Criticism; A. Shail PART II: LOCALES AND LOCATIONS Wa(i)ving it all Away: Subject Formation and Knowledge Formation in Feminisms of Colour; M.N.Chakraborty 'It's all About the Benjamins': Economic Determinants of Third Wave Feminism in the United States; L.Heywood & J.Drake ImagininTrade Review'This expanded second edition of 'Third Wave Feminism' is an unexpected pleasure. While much work on 'the third wave' is ahistorical, nationally-bounded and analytically bankrupt, here the editors bring together an impressive range of articles living up to the volume's subtitle of 'critical exploration'. The anthology provides a historically and conceptually grounded background to the area, highlights the limits as well as possibilities of generational approaches, and constitutes a politically diverse, international set of reflections on the terrain. Essential reading.' - Clare Hemmings, Gender Institute, London School of Economics 'This is an excellent and important book that left me, as Imelda Whelehan puts it at the end of her foreword, "once again caring that I am a feminist, whatever the era.'' - Alice Ridout, Contemporary Women's WritingTable of ContentsForeword; I.Whelehan Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; S.Gillis, G.Howie & R.Munford PART I: GENERATIONS AND GENEALOGIES 'Feminists Love a Utopia': Collaboration, Conflict and the Futures of Feminism; L.S.Sanders On the Genealogy of Women: A Defence of Anti-Essentialism; A.Stone Kristeva and the Trans-missions of the Intertext: Signs, Mothers and Speaking in Tongues; M.Orr Feminist Dissonance: The Logic of Late Feminism; G.Howie & A.Tauchert Transgender Feminism: Queering the Woman Question; S.Stryker Theorizing the Intermezzo: The Contributions of Postfeminism and Third Wave Feminism; A.D.Lotz 'You're not One of Those Boring Masculinists, Are You?': The Question of Male-Embodied Feminist Criticism; A. Shail PART II: LOCALES AND LOCATIONS Wa(i)ving it all Away: Subject Formation and Knowledge Formation in Feminisms of Colour; M.N.Chakraborty 'It's all About the Benjamins': Economic Determinants of Third Wave Feminism in the United States; L.Heywood & J.Drake Imagining Feminist Futures: The Third Wave, Postfeminism and Eco/feminism; N.Moore A Different Chronology: Reflections on Feminism in Contemporary Poland; A.Graff Global Feminism, Transnational Political Economies, Third World Cultural Production; W.Woodhull Neither Cyborg nor Goddess: The (Im)possibilities of Cyberfeminism; S.Gillis PART III: POLITICS AND POPULAR CULTURE Contests for the Meaning of Third Wave Feminism: Feminism and Popular Consciousness; E.K.Garrison 'Also I Wanted so Much to Leave for the West': Postcolonial Feminism Rides the Third Wave; A.Valassopoulos (Un)fashionable Feminists: The Media and Ally McBeal; K.Gorton 'Kicking Ass is Comfort Food': Buffy as Third Wave Feminist Icon; P.Pender 'My Guns are in the Fendi!': The Postfeminist Female Action Hero; C.L.Stasia Sexing it Up? Women, Pornography and the Third Wave Feminism; M.Waters 'Wake Up and Smell the Lipgloss': Gender, Generation and the (A)politics of Girl Power; R.Munford IN DIALOGUE Interview with Luce Irigaray; G.Howie Interview with Elaine Showalter; S.Gillis & R.Munford Afterword; J.Spencer Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Understanding Psychology as a Science
Book SynopsisZOLTAN DIENES is a Reader in Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex, where he has lectured since 1990. His main research area is learning and he has written 65 publications. He teaches a core course on philosophy of psychology to all final year psychology undergraduates.
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Columbia University Press The Force of the Example
Book SynopsisOne of the important issues confronting moral and political philosophers is the question of justification. This book shows how the particularity of context can be transcended without contradicting our pluralistic intuitions: a strategy centered on the exemplary universalism of judgment.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Judgment as a Paradigm 2. Making Sense of the Exemplary 3. The Exemplary and the Public Realm: Reconstructing the Normativity of the Reasonable 4. Exemplifying the Worst: Facing up to Radical Evil 5. Political Republicanism and the Force of the Example 6. Exemplarity and Human Rights 7. Enforcing Human Rights Between Westphalia and Cosmopolis 8. Europe as a Special Area for Human Hope 9. Religion Within the Limits of Reasonableness Notes Index
£55.80
Columbia University Press Recognition and Ambivalence
Book SynopsisThis book brings together leading scholars in social and political philosophy to develop new perspectives on recognition and its role in social life. It begins with a debate between Axel Honneth and Judith Butler, the first sustained engagement between these two major thinkers on this subject.Trade ReviewThis fascinating encounter between Judith Butler and Axel Honneth—accompanied by a terrific collection of critical essays—advances the theoretical conversation about the political valence of recognition, casts a clarifying eye on its past, and shows how much patient labor is required to achieve understanding across differences in philosophical approach and political perspective. Indispensable! -- Patchen Markell, Cornell UniversityThis book brings together a diverse array of scintillating essays from some of the most important proponents and critics of recognition theory today. One pervasive theme is the ambiguity of recognition—its dangers as well as its indispensability to human life. In this respect Recognition and Ambivalence implicitly makes Rousseau rather than Hegel into the true founder of recognition theory, while at the same time developing it in ways that illuminate such contemporary phenomena as racism, gender inequality, postcolonial domination, reification, and emancipatory social movements. -- Frederick Neuhouser, author of Rousseau's Critique of Inequality: Reconstructing the Second DiscourseRecognition and Ambivalence explores key issues regarding the merits and problems of considering the concept of recognition as a primary driver of critical social theory. By encouraging the contributors to think through the potential ambivalences, and negative impact, of such a focus, the editors have provided a uniquely valuable volume that facilitates a nuanced and qualified defense of critical recognition theory by taking us beyond the current debates that have engaged supporters and detractors. -- Shane O'Neill, coauthor of Recognition Theory as Social Research: Investigating the Dynamics of Social ConflictTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Heikki Ikäheimo, Kristina Lepold, and Titus Stahl1. Recognition Between Power and Normativity: A Hegelian Critique of Judith Butler, by Axel Honneth2. Recognition and the Social Bond: A Response to Axel Honneth, by Judith Butler3. Intelligibility and Authority in Recognition: A Reply, by Axel Honneth4. Recognition and Mediation: A Second Reply to Axel Honneth, by Judith Butler5. Historicizing Recognition: From Ontology to Teleology, by Lois McNay6. Recognizing Ambivalence: Honneth, Butler, and Philosophical Anthropology, by Amy Allen7. How Should We Understand the Ambivalence of Recognition? Revisiting the Link Between Recognition and Subjection in the Works of Althusser and Butler, by Kristina Lepold 8. Recognition, Constitutive Domination, and Emancipation, by Titus Stahl9. Return to Reification: An Attempt at Systematization, by Heikki Ikäheimo10. Negativity in Recognition: Post-Freudian Legacies in Contemporary Critical Theory, by Jean-Philippe Deranty11. Beyond Needs: Recognition, Conflict, and the Limits of Institutionalization, by Robin Celikates12. Freedom, Equality, and Struggles of Recognition: Tully, Rancière, and the Agonistic Re-Orientation, by David OwenContributorsIndex
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Columbia University Press Political Uses of Utopia New Marxist Anarchist and Radical Democratic Perspectives 26 New Directions in Critical Theory
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MIT Press Ltd The Stack 10th Anniversary Edition
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University of Notre Dame Press A Philosophy of Belonging
Book SynopsisTrade Review“James Greenaway’s A Philosophy of Belonging is a major philosophical achievement.” —Barry Cooper, author of Paleolithic Politics"In an age of social media isolation and “bowling alone,” A Philosophy of Belonging is a welcome antidote to our condition of alienation, angst, and solipsism. A book not only for today but for anytime, it proposes a pathway out of our condition of nihilism, despair, and the absurd." —Lee Trepanier, author of Eric Voegelin’s Asian Political Thought"James Greenaway's A Philosophy of Belonging not only brings together a wide range of sometimes contrasting thinkers, but provides the reader with an interpretative vision successfully uniting philosophy, theology, psychology, sociology, politics and history. Academics and graduate students alike will never see their topics in quite the same way again." —Brendan Purcell, author of Where is God in Suffering?"At last, the theme of belonging has its philosophical champion. James Greenaway explores the topic of human belonging on a scale appropriate to its existential importance, ranging from the intimate issue of how one belongs to oneself to the comprehensive issue of how we belong to the cosmos. Greenaway’s book brings a rare nobility of reflection to political philosophy." —Glenn Hughes, author of From Dickinson to Dylan: Visions of Transcendence in Modernist LiteratureTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Philosophy and Belonging 2. A Hermeneutic of Belonging Presence 3. Of the Cosmos 4. By Way of Consciousness and the Flesh 5. In Love Communion 6. Communitas 7. Political Goods, Political Communitas 8. Sacramentality Epilogue: Unbelonging: The Refusal of Presence and Communion
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Yale University Press Nation of Devils
Book SynopsisEvery government must make unpopular demands of its citizens, from levying taxes to enforcing laws and monitoring compliance to regulations. The challenge, the author argues, is that power is not enough; the populace must also be willing to be led. He addresses this political conundrum unabashedly, using the US and Britain as his prime examples.Trade Review“This is a terrific book that I can imagine readers turning back to again and again. It is a major contribution to the literature of political science. One of Ringen's greatest accomplishments here is that he reminds readers why this field was interesting in the first place."—Alan Wolfe, Boston College -- Alan Wolfe“Nation of Devils crackles with dry epigrams. It reminds readers of how the supply-side of politics—law and government—is often neglected for the noisy demand-side that is the purview of voters and lobbyists”—The Economist * The Economist *“Cast[s] fresh light on a tired subject. . . . Nation of Devils crackles with dry epigrams. It reminds readers of how the supply-side of politics—law and government—is often neglected for the noisy demand-side that is the purview of voters and lobbyists. Demanding and idealistic, yes. But also a democracy for grown-ups.”—The Economist * The Economist *".. lively and thoughtful .. crisp and no-nonsense. Ringen's thesis is that better political leadership is possible."—Mark Mazower, Financial Times -- Mark Mazower * Financial Times *
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Yale University Press Heidegger in Ruins
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean when a radical understanding of National Socialism is inextricably embedded in the work of the twentieth century’s most important philosopher?Trade Review“[An] informed, richly documented study. . . . A timely reminder of the value of those social democratic and liberal traditions.”—Steven Aschheim, Times Literary Supplement“Combines close readings of Heidegger’s key writings with a rich cultural, literary and political history. . . . Wolin’s evidence-based work is its own riposte to the ludic mythomania of the philosopher’s political fanboys.”—Lyndsey Stonebridge, New Statesman“A timely work of enduring importance.”—Jeffrey Herf, Quillette“Wolin raises the discussion concerning Heidegger’s proximity to National Socialism to a new level. . . . Taken as a whole, [Wolin’s] volume is impressive for its thoroughgoing, source-related approach . . . as well as its detailed and profound knowledge of German intellectual and cultural history.”—Lukas Bormann, Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte“One of Richard Wolin’s merits is that he does not fear the Heidegger apology industry. Instead, we receive an extremely convincing ‘accident report’ on a ‘Philosophy in Ruins,’ an analysis of the entire work. . . . Heidegger’s National Socialism was not external and temporary. His apocalyptic philosophical self-understanding speaks for itself.”—Fredrik Agell, Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm)“Heidegger in Ruins is an uncompromising and incisive reassessment of Heidegger’s philosophy. Wolin convincingly demonstrates that he differed from his ideological competitors only in his more radical vision of a racial elect. Today, Heideggerianism survives in a variety of contemporary new right thinkers from Moscow to Charlottesville.”—Anson Rabinbach, Princeton University“For three decades, Richard Wolin has battled strong headwinds to demonstrate the links between Heidegger’s vile politics and his sublime philosophy. Wolin’s latest effort shows that the winds have shifted and the mighty fortress built by Heidegger and his defenders has been blown away.”—Martin Jay, author of Genesis and Validity“Richard Wolin’s detailed and powerful analysis will be a widely read and widely discussed contribution to the debate over Heidegger and Nazism.”—Alan E. Steinweis, author of Studying the Jew: Scholarly Antisemitism in Nazi Germany
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Yale University Press Origins of Order
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFinalist in the PROSE Awards Legal Studies category, sponsored by the Association of American Publishers"In the tradition of philosophical anthropology, Paul Kahn reads important texts in U.S. constitutional history using the concepts of 'project'—reasoned design—and 'system'—emergent order. His wide-ranging analysis puts familiar material in a new and thought-provoking light."—Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School"Paul Kahn’s contrast between law as deliberate political engineering and as immanent spontaneous order guides him through a fundamental—and stunningly original—reimagining of our constitutional history."—Robert W. Gordon, author of Taming the Past: Law in History and History in Law"This latest book by one of our most truly profound and challenging thinkers about law offers consistently challenging reflections on different ways of approaching American law, particularly American constitutionalism. I can easily envision its becoming the basis of seminars and intense discussion."—Sanford Levinson, author of An Argument Open to All: Reading The Federalist in the 21st Century“An eloquent exploration of two persistent, often conflicting alternatives that structure the American legal imaginary: project and system … a powerful and humane work of legal philosophy, legal history, and constitutional theory."—Jonathan Sheehan, author of Invisible Hands: Self-Organization and Enlightenment“This is a difficult but intriguing work by a scholar of considerable eminence.”—R. C. Cottrell, emeritus, California State University, Chico
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Yale University Press The War of Words
Book SynopsisA timely call for recovering the true meanings of the nineteenth-century terms that are hobbling current political debatesTrade Review“James delves into the often-surprising intellectual origins of key concepts in the arguments about globalisation—and illuminates the debate in the process.”—Gideon Rachman, Financial Times, “Best Books of 2021: Politics”“Political debate was once regarded as a noble competition among ideas, but, as Harold James shows in this wonderful book, it has become a brutal clash of ‘isms’ with a profusion of different interpretations. It is hard to disagree with his conclusion that political language needs major intellectual decluttering.”—Diane Coyle, University of Cambridge“Harold James never ceases to demonstrate the power of applying history to contemporary problems. I warmly recommend The War of Words to anyone who wants to clarify in their own mind what we mean by terms such as capitalism, socialism, populism and globalization. This is a master class in the history of economic ideas.”—Niall Ferguson, author of Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe“Words have histories, and The War of Words is essential reading for anyone tempted to say anything about technocracy, or Weltpolitik, or globalization, or neoliberalism. It is provoking and enlightening, and tells the history of modern times.”—Emma Rothschild, author of An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France over Three Centuries“Globalization calls for understanding! Communication across cultural boundaries can only be successful if we develop a shared understanding of key terms. Harold James provides a global history of terms—thus making a vital contribution to intellectual self-reflection.”—Wolfgang Schäuble, president of the German Parliament
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Marxism Mysticism and Modern Theory
Book SynopsisAcknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; S.Wolton - The Three Sources and Component Parts of Marxism; G.A.Cohen - Marxism and Social Construction; J.Heartfield - Uncertain Judgement: A Critique of the 'Culture of Crime'; A.Calcutt - Racial Identities: the Degradation of Human Constructions; S.Wolton - Marxism and Feminist Theory; E.Lee - The Return of the Sacred; L.Revell - Determined to be Different: Social Constructionism and Homosexuality; P.Ray - Political Internet? What a Wondrous Web we weave; K.Teare - IndexTable of ContentsAcknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; S.Wolton - The Three Sources and Component Parts of Marxism; G.A.Cohen - Marxism and Social Construction; J.Heartfield - Uncertain Judgement: A Critique of the 'Culture of Crime'; A.Calcutt - Racial Identities: the Degradation of Human Constructions; S.Wolton - Marxism and Feminist Theory; E.Lee - The Return of the Sacred; L.Revell - Determined to be Different: Social Constructionism and Homosexuality; P.Ray - Political Internet? What a Wondrous Web we weave; K.Teare - Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Ethics of Political Dissent
Book SynopsisA broadly liberal politics requires political compassion, not simply in the sense of compassion for the victims of injustice but also for opponents confronted through political protest and (more broadly) dissent. There are times when, out of a sense of compassion, a just cause should not be pressed.There are times when we need to accommodate the dreadfulness of loss for opponents, even when the cause for which they fight is unjust. We may also have to come to terms with the irreversibility of historic injustice and reconcile. Political compassion of this sort carries risks. Pushed too far, it may weaken our commitment to justice through too great a sympathy for those on the other side. It would be convenient if such compassion could be constrained by a clear set of political principles. But principles run the quite different risk of promoting an ossified dissent,' unable to respond to change.In this book, Tony Milligan argues that principles are only a limited guide toTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One - The Fable of the Colonial EthicistsChapter Two - The Very Idea of DissentChapter Three - Skepticism about Political EthicsChapter Four - Assumptions about Moral SuperiorityChapter Five - Gaining Concepts: Appeals to AhimsaChapter Six - Political Grief and the Removal of StatuesChapter Seven - Between Politics and LoveConclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Emergence of Illiberalism
Book SynopsisAs illiberal and authoritarian trends are on the riseboth in fragile and seemingly robust democraciesthere is growing concern about the longevity of liberalism and democracy. The purpose of this volume is to draw on the analytical resources of various disciplines and public policy approaches to reflect on the current standing of liberal democracy. Leading social scientists from different disciplinary backgrounds aim to examine the ideological and structural roots of the current crisis of liberal democracies, in the West and beyond, conceptually and empirically.The volume is divided into two main parts: Part I explores tensions between liberalism and democracy in a longer-term, historical perspective to explain immanent vulnerabilities of liberal democracy. Authors examine the conceptual foundations of Western liberal democracy that have shaped its standing in the contemporary world. What lies at the core of illiberal tendencies? Part II explores cTrade Review'This rich book is an act of guardianship. Filled with fascinating and incisive essays, it probes the recrudescence of anti-liberal and non-liberal regimes that often claim to be excellent democracies, better than the liberal variant. For those of us wishing to secure the rule of law and individual and public rights, political liberalism's hallmarks, there is no more vexing challenge.' Ira I. Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University 'In presenting a multiplicity of perspectives on the broad and timely issue of illiberal democracy, Illiberalism fills a major gap in current scholarly literature. Examining the rise of illiberal politics from numerous angles, this volume will provide an excellent foundation for readers seeking to understand contemporary political conditions.' Phillip W. Gray, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University at Qatar "This rich book is an act of guardianship. Filled with fascinating and incisive essays, it probes the recrudescence of anti-liberal and non-liberal regimes that often claim to be excellent democracies, better than the liberal variant. For those of us wishing to secure the rule of law and individual and public rights, political liberalism's hallmarks, there is no more vexing challenge." Ira I. Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University "In presenting a multiplicity of perspectives on the broad and timely issue of illiberal democracy, The Emergence of Illiberalism fills a major gap in current scholarly literature. Examining the rise of illiberal politics from numerous angles, this volume will provide an excellent foundation for readers seeking to understand contemporary political conditions." Phillip W. Gray, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University at Qatar Table of ContentsPart 1: Democracy, Contested: Causes of Illiberalism 1. From a Politics of No Alternative to a Politics of Fear 2. What does a Legitimation Crisis Mean Today? 3. Illiberal Democracy and the Struggle on the Right 4. Illiberal Democracy? A Tocquevillian Perspective 5. The Open Society from a Conservative Perspective 6. The Failing Technocratic Prejudice and the Challenge to Liberal Democracy Part 2: Democracy, Distorted: Cases of Illiberalism 7. Global Trumpism: Understanding Anti-System Politics in Western Democracies 8. The Crisis of Democracy: The United States in Perspective 9. The European Union and Its Chances for Democratic Revitalization 10. Eastern Europe’s Illiberal Revolution 11. Illiberal Democracy or Electoral Autocracy: The Case of Turkey 12. India’s Unofficial Emergency 13. Japan: Land of the Rising Right 14. "It’s all corrupt": The Roots of Bolsonarism in Brazil Part 3: Epilogue: Persevering through a Crisis of Conviction 15. Populism and Democracy: The Long View
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Refugees Democracy and the Law
Book SynopsisThe book provides an in-depth discussion of democratic theory questions in relation to refugee law.The work introduces readers to the evolution of refugee law and its core issues today, as well as central lines in the debate about democracy and migration. Bringing together these fields, the book links theoretical considerations and legal analysis. Based on its specific understanding of the refugee concept, it offers a reconstruction of refugee law as constantly confronted with the question of how to secure rights to those who have no voice in the democratic process. In this reconstruction, the book highlights, on the one hand, the need to look beyond the legal regulations for understanding the challenges and gaps in refugee protection. It is also the structural lack of political voice, the book argues, which shapes the refugee's situation. On the other hand, the book opposes a view of law as mere expression of power and points out the dynamics within the law which reflecTable of ContentsI. The refugee;Chapter 1 Who is a refugee?;Chapter 2 Who decides who is a refugee?;II. Democracy’s edges;Chapter 3 Citizenship and the claiming of rights;Chapter 4 Democracy between the need for institutions and demands of inclusion;III. The legal conditions of refugees’ political voice;Chapter 5 Institutions of refugees’ political participation;Chapter 6 The role of associative rights for refugees’ political voice;Chapter 7 Humanitarian government and the political membership of refugees;Chapter 8 Representation of refugees in international forums;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Challenging Inequality in South Africa
Book SynopsisIn Challenging Inequality in South Africa: Transitional Compasses leading scholars of South Africa explore creative possibilities to challenge structures of economic, social and political power that produce inequality. Through concrete empirical examples of movements, workers' struggles, initiatives, and politics in challenging inequality, the authors illustrate transitional compasses' that go beyond protest politics to a generative' politics, a politics of building the alternatives in the interstitial spaces of capitalism. The conceptual framing is oriented around the way in which power is produced and reproduced through intricate relationships between hegemonic projects and everyday life. While power underpins all social relations, it is often taken for granted, as it is frequently hidden behind other social relations. Resistance to power emerges through engendering counter-hegemonic projects that are intertwined with alternative everyday practices. The authors highlight sources oTable of Contents1. Transitional Compass: anti-capitalist pathways in the interstitial spaces of capitalismMichelle Williams and Vishwas Satgar2. New dawn or end of labour?: from South Africa’s East Rand to EkurhuleniEdward Webster and Thomas Englert3. The transformative power of civil society in South Africa: an activist’s perspective on innovative forms of organizing and rights-based practicesMark Heywood4. Climate and food inequality: the South African Food Sovereignty Campaign responseVishwas Satgar and Jane Cherry5. Democracy as a transitional compass: women’s participation in South Africa and Kerala, IndiaMichelle Williams 6. The crisis of waged work and the option of a universal basic income grant for South AfricaHein Marais7. Happiness, wellbeing and ecosocialism – a radical humanist PerspectiveDevan Pillay
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Expertise Policymaking and Democracy
Book SynopsisThis book offers a concise and accessible introduction to debates about expertise, policy-making and democracy. It uniquely combines an overview of recent research on the policy role of experts with discussions in political philosophy and the philosophy of expertise. Starting with the fact that well-functioning democracies require experts and expert knowledge, the book examines two types of objections against granting experts a larger role in policy-making: concerns that focus on the nature and limits of expert knowledge, and those that concentrate on tensions between expertization and democracy. With this, the book discusses how expert arrangements can be organized to ensure the epistemic qualities of policies and democratic credentials, at the same time. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of political theory and democracy, public policy and administration, and to anyone interested in the role of expertise in society.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Fact of Expertise 2. Expertise in Policy-Making 3. Expertise in Democracy 4. Epistemic Worries about Expertise 5. Democratic Worries about Expertise 6. Designing Expert Bodies: A System Perspective
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Handbook of LGBTQ Identity in
Book SynopsisSexuality, gender, gender identity, and gender expression are fluid constructs, and the ways in which identity development intersects with organizations and exists in society are complex. The book is comprised of a range of multi-disciplinary and globally inspired perspectives representing leading-edge scholarship by authors from over a dozen countries on a range of issues and contexts regarding LGBTQ identity and experience. It is intended for a wide readership: those who are in LGBTQ-related academic fields; those who want to broaden their coursework by offering supplemental readings that center the perspectives of LGBTQ identities; and those who want to acquire knowledge and education on the subject of LGBTQ identity. There are 36 chapters written by scholars in fields such as social work, law, queer studies, business, human resource management and development, entrepreneurship, criminal justice, economics, marketing, religion, architecture, sport, theater, psychology, human ecol
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Taylor & Francis Routledge International Handbook of
Book SynopsisCosmopolitanism is about the extension of the moral and political horizons of people, societies, organizations and institutions. Over the past 25 years there has been considerable interest in cosmopolitan thought across the human social sciences.The second edition of the Routledge International Handbook of Cosmopolitanism Studies is an enlarged, revised and updated version of the first edition. It consists of 50 chapters across a broader range of topics in the social and human sciences. Eighteen entirely new chapters cover topics that have become increasingly prominent in cosmopolitan scholarship in recent years, such as sexualities, public space, the Kantian legacy, the commons, internet, generations, care and heritage.This Second Edition aims to showcase some of the most innovative and promising developments in recent writing in the human and social sciences on cosmopolitanism. Both comprehensive and innovative in the topics covered, the Routl
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Handbook of Gender and EU Politics
Book SynopsisThis Handbook maps the expanding field of gender and EU politics, giving an overview of the fundamentals and new directions of the sub- discipline, and serving as a reference book for (gender) scholars and students at different levels interested in the EU.In investigating the gendered nature of European integration and gender relations in the EU as a political system, it summarizes and assesses the research on gender and the EU to this point in time, identifies existing research gaps in gender and EU studies and addresses directions for future research. Distinguished contributors from the US, the UK and continental Europe, and from across disciplines from political science, sociology, economics and law, expertly inform about gender approaches and summarize the state of the art in gender and EU studies.The Routledge Handbook of Gender and EU Politics provides an essential and authoritative source of information for students, scholars and researchers in EU studiTrade Review"This superb handbook provides us with cutting-edge chapters on European institutions and European integration by today’s leading gender politics scholars. Their feminist critical analysis of gender and European politics marks a high point in European studies. It will become a classic text, providing foundational contributions to teaching and research for many years to come."Yvonne Galligan, Technological University Dublin, Ireland"This handbook is a fantastic intervention into contemporary European studies delving into both the theory and practices of European integration using a gender lens. A one stop shop for all things gender and Europe, the editors have curated an extraordinary collection of contributions. At a time when there is a backlash against insights that centre gender perspectives within Europe and globally, this Handbook demonstrate the need for resistance."Toni Haastrup, University of Stirling, UK"The Routledge Handbook of Gender and EU Politics offers a significant, creative corrective to the his-torically biased nature of most grand narratives addressing the European Union’s development. Concentrating on core constructs and institutions, its contributors engage with "mainstream" literature as well as with gender scholarship, pinpointing topics for future research. One can only hope that "malestream" researchers will begin to follow their lead, to ensure a more complete, his- and her-storical picture of what makes the EU "tick" and where it needs to go from here."Joyce Marie Mushaben, Georgetown University, USA"At a time when gender equality policies are under attack and the European Union is self-destructing, this book is a crucial reminder of the historical importance of European integration to women’s rights in the region. This handbook is a must-read for students, researchers, journalists and practitioners. It examines politics in a broad sense, covering most fields of political science with openings towards history, law, political economy and sociology. It offers an up-to-date overview of gender politics and the EU, including timely issues such as austerity, Brexit and populism."David Paternotte, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium"...By bringing different ontological perspectives on gender and the EU together, this handbook will help to ‘gender mainstream’ future EU scholarship..."Isabelle Hertner, (2021) "Gendering European politics: A story of Progress and Backlash", Journal of European Integration, 43:4, 511-517Table of Contents1. Whose Story is it Anyway? Studying European Integration with a Gender Lens PART 1: Gendering the EU: Theoretical Perspectives Thematic introduction 2. The EU as a Gender Equality Regime: A Core Research Concept 3. Europeanization 4. Social Constructivism 5. Feminist Institutionalism 6. Feminist Political Economy and its Explanatory Promise 7. EU, Men and Masculinities 8. The EU Approach to Intersectional Discrimination in Law PART 2: Gendering the EU Polity and Structures of Governance Thematic introduction 9. European Parliament 10. Gendering the Council System 11. Gender Equality and the European Commission 12. The European External Action Service 13. The Politics of Gender in the Field of European Agencies 14. The Court of Justice of the EU and Judicial Politics PART 3: Gendered Politics in the EU Thematic introduction 15. Enlargement 16. Gender and EU Citizenship 17. The Privilege of (Defining) Knowledge: Gender Differences in Political Knowledge across Europe 18. Civil Society 19. Party Politics PART 4: Gender Equality and EU Policies Thematic introduction 20. Social and Employment Policy 21. Economic and Monetary Union 22. Trade Policies 23. Development Policy 24. Gender and EU Climate Policy 25. Research Policy 26. Security and Defense Policy 27. Migration and Asylum Policy 28. Violence against Women and Gender-based Violence PART 5: A Gender Lens on Key Issues and Debates Thematic introduction 29. The Populist Challenge to Gender Equality 30. Economic Crisis and the Politics of Austerity 31. The Gender Story of Brexit: From Under-representation of Women to Marginalisation of Equality
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Poverty
Book SynopsisThe problem of poverty is global in scope and has devastating consequences for many essential aspects of life: health, education, political participation, autonomy, and psychological well-being. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Poverty presents the current state of philosophical research on poverty in its breadth and depth. It features 39 chapters divided into five thematic sections: Concepts, theories, and philosophical aspects of poverty research Poverty in the history of Western philosophy and philosophical traditions Poverty in non-Western philosophical thought Key ethical concepts and poverty Social and political issues The handbook not only addresses questions concerning individual, collective, and institutional responsibility towards people in extreme poverty and the moral wrong of poverty, but it also tackles emerging applied issues that are connected to poverty such as gender, race, education, migratTable of ContentsPhilosophy and Poverty: Introduction Gottfried Schweiger and Clemens Sedmak Section 1: Concepts, theories and philosophical aspects of poverty research 1. Monetary poverty Clemens Sedmak 2. Capabilities and Poverty Yuko Kamishima 3. Social Exclusion and Poverty Gideon Calder 4. Philosophy, poverty, and inequality: normative and applied reflections Katarina Pitasse Fragoso and Marie-Pier Lemay 5. Epistemology, philosophy of science, and poverty research Clemens Sedmak 6. Ethics in poverty research Ann Mitchell Section 2: Poverty in the history of philosophy and philosophical traditions 7. Poverty in Graeco-Roman Philosophy Lucia Cecchet 8. Poverty in Medieval Philosophy Hans Kraml 9. Poverty in modern European philosophy from the Renaissance to the 20th century Alessandro Pinzani 10. Utilitarianism and Poverty Brian Berkey 11. Liberalism and poverty Borja Barragué 12. Critical Theory and Poverty David Ingram 13. Marx and Poverty Arash Abazari 14. Feminist Philosophy and Poverty Christine M. Koggel Section 3: Poverty in non-Western philosophical thought 15. Decolonial Approaches to Poverty Robin Dunford 16. Poverty and African Social and Political Thought Uchenna Okeja 17. Poverty in Chinese Philosophy Jifen Li 18. Poverty in Indian Philosophy through the lens of the Religious and the Secular: An Exposition Shashi Motilal 19. Poverty in Islamic Philosophy Muqtedar Khan and Mohammed Ayub Khan 20. Poverty and Latin American Philosophy Eduardo Mendieta Section 4: Key ethical concepts and poverty 21. Duties and Poverty Stephanie Collins 22. Poverty and human dignity: What is the relationship? H.P.P. (Hennie) Lötter 23. Entitled to A Good Life Without Qualification: How Poverty Wrongs Those Experiencing It Cindy Holder 24. Recognition and Poverty Monica Mookherjee 25. Autonomy and Poverty Akira Inoue 26. Empowerment and Poverty Jay Drydyk, Diana Velasco, and Kerry O’Neill 27. Poverty and Human Rights Anandita Mukherji and Abigail Gosselin Section 5: Social and political issues 28. Global justice and poverty Vincent Fang 29. Poverty and Social Justice Valentin Beck 30. Welfare State and Poverty Cristian Pérez Muñoz 31. Why Racialized Poverty Matters — and the Way Forward Michael Cholbi 32. Poverty, health and justice Sridhar Venkatapuram 33. Development Policy and Poverty Lori Keleher 34. Climate Change and Poverty Darrel Moellendorf 35. Migration and Poverty Alejandra Mancilla 36. Education and Poverty Julian Culp 37. Gender and Poverty Susan P. Murphy 38. The Economy and Poverty Irene Bucelli 39. Child Poverty Gottfried Schweiger
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Taylor & Francis Ltd What is Antisemitism
What is Antisemitism? offers a history of anti-Jewish animosity from antiquity to the present - including a discussion of the difficulties of defining antisemitism and three case studies illustrating the diverse and wide-ranging nature of the phenomenon in the present-day.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd History of Chinese Political Thought During the Early Tsin Period International Library of Philosophy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Natural Rights A Criticism of Some Political and Ethical Conceptions Muirhead Library of Philosophy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Constitution Of Liberty
Book SynopsisWorking after the war, Hayek''s writing was very much against the tide of mainstream Keynesian economic thought. But in the 1970s and 1980s - the eras of Thatcherism and Reaganomics - he was championed as a prophet of neo-liberalism by those who were seeking to revolutionize the post-war social consensus. The Constitution of Liberty is crucial reading for all those seeking to understand ideas that have become the orthodoxy in the age of the globalized economy.Trade Review'Professor von Hayek has boldly taken for his province the whole science of man and has deployed his powerful and lucid mind over the entire range of its concerns.' - The SpectatorTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Part 1: The Value of Freedom 1. Liberty and Liberties 2. The Creative Powers of a Free Civilisation 3. The Common Sense of Progress 4. Freedom, Reason and Tradition 5. Responsibility and Freedom 6. Equality, Value and Merit 7. Majority Rule 8. Employment and Independence Part 2: Freedom and the Law 9. Coercion and the State 10. Law, Commands and Order 11. The Origins of the Rule of Law 12. The American Contribution: Constitutionalism 13. Liberalism and Administration: The Rechtsstaat 14. The Safeguards of Individual Liberty 15. Economic Policy and the Rule of Law 16. The Decline of the Law Part 3: Freedom in the Welfare State 17. The Decline of Socialism and the Rise of the Welfare State 18. Labor Unions and Employment 19. Social Security 20. Taxation and Redistribution 21. The Monetary Framework 22. Housing and Town Planning 23. Agriculture and Natural Resources 24. Education and Research: Postscript - Why I Am Not a Conservative
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Taylor & Francis Information Strategy and Warfare
Book SynopsisThis volume develops information strategy as a construct equal in importance to military strategy as an influential tool of statecraft.John Arquilla and Douglas A. Borer explore three principal themes: the rise of the information domain' and information strategy as an equal partner alongside traditional military strategy the need to consider the organizational implications of information strategy the realm of what has been called information operations' (IO) - the building blocks of information strategy - has been too narrowly depicted and must be both broadened and deepened. Information Strategy and Warfare will be essential reading for students and practitioners of information strategy, as well as scholars of security studies and military strategy in general. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Rise of Information StrategyPart 1: Confronting Terror and Insurgency 1. The War of Ideas and the Idea of War2. Thinking about Al Qaeda as a Global Tribe3. Influence Strategies in Iraq and Beyond4. Muslim Insurgencies and the Future of IraqPart 2: Improving Information Strategy 5. Public Diplomacy6. Strategic Assessment and Information Warfare7. Rebuilding a Capacity for Deception: The '1% Solution'8. The Trouble with Psychological Operations9. Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis The peace in between PostWar Violence and
Book SynopsisThis volume examines the causes and purposes of 'post-conflict' violence.Trade Review'Postwar peace is never easy and only rarely fully consolidated. In this important new collection of wide-ranging case studies, editors Astri Suhrke and Mats Berdal demonstrate the added-value of disaggregating peaces into four distinct categories -- peace imposed by victors, challenged by losers, accepted by parties and divided among factions. They show how each has its own challenges and why confusing them can be fatal to mitigating conflict.' - Michael Doyle, Columbia University'This book has been sorely needed and will be widely read. It is commonplace to cite examples like El Salvador where post-war levels of violence have been high. But we have not had anything remotely approaching the systematic bringing together of evidence, historical and more recent, confirming how generalised is the phenomenon of post-war violence.’ - Christopher Cramer, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London'This volume does a superb job of investigating a question that is critically important both to scholars and policy practitioners: what causes the violence that often continues, in various forms, after the formal termination of wars?' - Roland Paris, University of Ottawa"[S]uccessfully analyses different forms of peace and provides a nuanced picture of the nature of peace in between. The book provides a good overview of the state of the art, as well as several interesting case studies. It should be of great interest to both students of peace and conflict students, as well as policy makers." - Anna K. Jarstad, Uppsala University, Sweden"The book is well constructed and logical. The reference list is extensive and is of direct benefit to students of international relations, strategic studies and political science. It is also of benefit to lecturers, seeking to provide students with a broader perspective on post-war conflict and violence." - Jack Newnham and Peter Bell, Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaTable of Contents1. The Peace in Between Astri Suhrke Echoes from History 2. Violence and the Post-Conflict State in Historical Perspective: Spain 1936-1948 Michael Richards 3. Reconstruction and Violence Post-Bellum American South 1865-77 Michael Beaton Europe and the Middle East 4. Post-War Violence in Bosnia Mats Berdal, Gemma Collantes-Celador and Merima Zupcevic Buzadzic 5. Revenge and Reprisal in Kosovo Michael J. Boyle 6. Political Violence in Post-Civil War Lebanon Are Knudsen and Nasser Yassin 7. From Regime Change to Civil War: Violence in post-invasion Iraq Toby Dodge Asia 8. Armed Politics in Afghanistan Antonio Giustozzi 9. Warlordism: Three Biographies from Southeastern Afghanistan Kristian Berg Harpviken 10. Violence in Post-War Cambodia Sorpong Peu 11. Conflict and Violence in Post-Independence in East Timor Dionisio Babo-Soares Africa 12. Sexual Violence: The Case of Eastern Congo Ingrid Samset 13. The Political Economies of Violence in Post-war Liberia Torunn Wimpelmann Chaudhary 14. Violence, Denial and Fear in Post-Genocide Rwanda Trine Eide Latin America 15. The Multiple Forms of Violence in Post-War Guatemala John-Andrew McNeish and Oscar López Rivera Conclusions 16. Reflections on Post-War Violence and Peacebuilding Mats Berdal
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Revolution in the Making of the Modern World
Book SynopsisThis volume questions whether ideas of revolution are still relevant in the postmodern and globalized world of the twenty-first century. Featuring contributions from some of the world''s leading sociological and political thinkers on revolution, it combines theoretical concerns with a variety of detailed case studies of individual revolutions. Subjects covered include: democracy and revolution from 1789 to 1989 twentieth century revolutions and theories of revolution, including Marxism, modernization and structuralist theories revolution in the Third World and the variable geometry of the paths to modernity Islamic revolutions and modernity the 1989 revolutions as democratic revolutions or elite-led transitions globalization, the nation-state and revolution empire and democratic revolution network society and revolution Islamic fundamentalism, international terrorism and revolution Trade Review'The distinguished scholars in this volume offer a vital updating of our understanding of 'revolution' for the next century. Tackling critical topics from democracy to Islamic revolution to terrorism, these insightful essays show how revolutionary traditions and patterns of revolutionary conflict have been transformed by today's global struggles for freedom and power.' - Jack A. Goldstone, Hazel Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA Table of ContentsPreface John Barber. Foreword: Roads to Modernity: Revolutionary and Other Göran Therborn 1. Revolution in the Making of the Modern World John Foran, David Lane and Andreja Zivkovic Part 1: From 1789 to 1989: Revolutions in Europe 2. Understanding Revolution John Dunn 3. Revolution and Democracy: The European Experience Harald Wydra 4. "Transformation" of State Socialism or Class Revolution? David Lane Part 2: Social Identities, Modernity, and New Modes of Struggle 5. Revolutionary Internationalism and its Perils Fred Halliday 6. Durable Inequality: The Legacies of China’s Revolutions and the Pitfalls of Reform Ching Kwan Lee and Mark Selden 7. Is There a Future for Islamist Revolutions? Religion, Revolt, and Middle Eastern Modernity Asef Bayat 8. Revolution, Nationalism, and Global Justice: Towards Social Transformation with Women Valentine M. Moghadam 9. Stories of Revolution in the Periphery Eric Selbin Part 3: Globalization and the Possible Futures of Revolution 10. What Does Revolution Mean in the Twenty-First Century? Alex Callinicos 11. Revolution and Empire Robin Blackburn 12. Virtual Revolution? Information Communication Technologies, Networks, and Social Transformation Andreja Zivkovic and John Hogan 13. Explaining Revolutionary Terrorism Jeff Goodwin 14. The Future of Revolution: Imitation or Innovation? Krishan Kumar 15. New Political Cultures of Opposition: What Future for Revolutions? John Foran. Afterword: On the Concept of Revolution Antonio Negri
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Cambridge University Press Justice in Immigration
Book SynopsisThis book is an interdisciplinary study of the fundamental normative issues underpinning immigration policy. A distinguished group of economists, political scientists and philosophers offer a stimulating and provocative discussion of this complex topic.Trade Review"This is an excellent collection of essays on the moral dimensions of immigration policy and the significance of national boundaries." James W. Nickel, Philosophy in ReviewTable of ContentsList of contributors; 1. Immigration, welfare and justice Joseph H. Carens; 2. Citizenship, the demands of justice and the moral relevance of political borders Jules L. Coleman and Sarah K. Harding; 3. A two-country parable James M. Buchanan; 4. Immigration, identity and justice Jean Hampton; 5. Immigration, justice and culture Stephen R. Perry; 6. Fear and loathing at the border Louis Michael Seidman; 7. Immigration policy in liberal political theory Mark Tushnet; 8. The welfare economics of immigration law: a theoretical survey with an analysis of US policy Alan O. Sykes; 9. Just borders: normative economics and immigration law Gillian K. Hadfield; 10. Some caveats on the welfare economics of immigration law Susan B. Vroman; 11. The case for a liberal immigration policy Michael J. Trebilcock.
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Cambridge University Press Philosophy of Mathematics 2ed Selected Readings
Book SynopsisThe twentieth century has witnessed an unprecedented 'crisis in the foundations of mathematics', featuring a world-famous paradox (Russell's Paradox), a challenge to 'classical' mathematics from a world-famous mathematician (the 'mathematical intuitionism' of Brouwer), a new foundational school (Hilbert's Formalism), and the profound incompleteness results of Kurt GÃdel. In the same period, the cross-fertilization of mathematics and philosophy resulted in a new sort of 'mathematical philosophy', associated most notably (but in different ways) with Bertrand Russell, W. V. Quine, and GÃdel himself, and which remains at the focus of Anglo-Saxon philosophical discussion. The present collection brings together in a convenient form the seminal articles in the philosophy of mathematics by these and other major thinkers. It is a substantially revised version of the edition first published in 1964 and includes a revised bibliography. The volume will be welcomed as a major work of reference at tTable of ContentsPreface to the second edition; Introduction; Part I. The Foundations of Mathematics: 1. The logicist foundations of mathematics Rudolf Carnap; 2. The intuitionist foundations of mathematics Arend Heyting; 3. The formalist foundations of mathematics Johann von Neumann; 4. Disputation Arend Heyting; 5. Intuitionism and formalism L. E. J. Brouwer; 6. Consciousness, philosophy, and mathematics L. E. J. Brouwer; 7. The philosophical basis of intuitionistic logic Michael Dummett; 8. The concept of number Gottlob Frege; 9. Selections from Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy Bertrand Russell; 10. On the infinite David Hilbert; 11. Remarks on the definition and nature of mathematics Haskell B. Curry; 12. Hilbert's programme Georg Kreisel; Part II. The Existence of Mathematical Objects: 13. Empiricism, semantics, and ontology Rudolf Carnap; 14. On Platonism in mathematics Paul Bernays; 15. What numbers could not be Paul Benacerraf; 16. Mathematics without foundations Hilary Putnam; Part III. Mathematical Truth: 17. The a priori Alfred Jules Ayer; 18. Truth by convention W. V. Quine; 19. On the nature of mathematical truth Carl G. Hempel; 20. On the nature of mathematical reasoning Henri Poincaré; 21. Mathematical truth Paul Benacerraf; 22. Models and reality Hilary Putnam; Part IV. The Concept of Set: 23. Russell's mathematical logic Kurt Gödel; 24. What in Cantor's continuum problem? Kurt Gödel; 25. The iterative concept of set George Boolos; 26. The concept of set Hao Wang; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Physics and Chance
Book SynopsisStatistical mechanics is one of the crucial fundamental theories of physics, and in his new book Lawrence Sklar, one of the pre-eminent philosophers of physics, offers a comprehensive, non-technical introduction to that theory and to attempts to understand its foundational elements.Trade ReviewWinner of 1995 Lakatos Award "...[it] succeeds admirably in pulling together and making accessible a diversity of sometimes difficult material, serving simulaneously students, researchers, and readers from other areas who would simply like to get a sense of what is happening." Philosophy of Science "What we have in Sklar's work is by far the best systematic, unified treatment of foundational problems in statistical mechanics existing in the philosophical literature and it will certainly set the standard for futher philosophical work in the area." Mind "...Sklar's work should indeed be required and welcome reading for anyone interested in this fascinating subject...In my opinion, Physics and Chance is essential reading for philosophers of science and physicists who have even the slightest interest in how probabilities function in physical theory. The problems are at least as difficult as any that confront the foundations of quantum mechanics. Sklar's discussions of the various issues set the standard for future philosophical work in the foundations of statistical physics." The Philosophical Review "The range and depth of this study are extraordinary, and few experts in the areas of physics, mathematics, and chemistry have as extensive familiarity with either the philosophical or technical developments...One of the most important books in philosophy of science of the last 50 years." Choice "The book occupies itself with foundations and touches on most of the crucial issues. It is, I believe, the only available modern text that has set itself this task, and as such it is recommended." Peter T. Lansberg, NatureTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Historical sketch; 3. Probability; 4. Statistical explanation; 5. Equilibrium theory; 6. Describing non-equilibrium; 7. Rationalising non-equilibrium theory; 8. Cosmology and irreversibility; 9. The reduction of thermodynamics to statistical mechanics; 10. The direction of time; 11. The current state of the major questions; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press From Physics to Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Roman Monarchy and the Renaissance Prince 79 Ideas in Context Series Number 79
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Cambridge University Press After Identity
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Harvard University Press Basic Income
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA meticulously comprehensive, frequently persuasive accounting of [universal basic income’s] superiority by measures economic, philosophical, and pragmatic. -- Nathan Heller * New Yorker *Basic Income provides a rigorous analysis of the many arguments for and against a universal basic income, offering a road map for future researchers who wish to examine policy alternatives. -- Marc Levinson * Wall Street Journal *Although their goal is utopian, Van Parijs and Vanderborght aim to infuse it with economic and political realism…What Van Parijs and Vanderborght bring to this topic is a deep understanding, an enduring passion, and a disarming optimism. -- Steven Pearlstein * Washington Post *Van Parijs and Vanderborght go deep, focusing exclusively on a universal guaranteed income and examining a range of philosophical, practical and political arguments for and against it. In considered, often enlightening, prose, they delve into John Rawls, Ronald Dworkin and Amartya Sen. They look at a number of alternative schemes; they discuss various objections to guaranteed income programs, including those over cost, free riding, and the possibility of diminished incentives. -- Akash Kapur * Financial Times *Van Parijs and Vanderborght have done the discussion of a universal basic income a great service. They have set forth, clearly and comprehensively, what is probably the best case to be made today for this form of economic and social policy. -- Benjamin M. Friedman * New York Review of Books *What matters—what will lift the heart of every reader of Basic Income—is that Van Parijs and Vanderborght have enlisted the rigor and scruple of first-rate social science in the service of a generous social vision that is at least as old as Saint Ambrose and as up-to-date as Pope Francis. Our sensible and humane descendants—they are bound to be sensible or humane, since humanity would otherwise have long since succumbed to nuclear or environmental catastrophe—will doubtless wonder, with the easy impatience of posterity, what we were waiting for. They may, in fairness to us, decide that we were waiting for books like this. -- George Scialabba * Commonweal *Provid[es] argument after argument as to why [basic income’s] introduction would be ‘economically clever’ and why it is the next logical step to take in a long history of social policies aimed at reducing poverty and inequality. Their proposals are not only clear but also extremely pragmatic…The value of this book is that, more comprehensively than any other study yet, it explains why an obligation-free income for all would be so beneficial, and it also charts how this could be incrementally attained. -- Danny Dorling * Times Higher Education *The book is likely to become a primer on core debates, such as the scheme’s overall feasibility, but its most striking aspect is how the authors make their argument. They justify a basic income not as a tool with which to address inequality, but rather as an ‘instrument of freedom.’ -- Aaron Reeves * Nature *Will be essential for the ongoing debate. -- Ben Collyer * New Scientist *The West is awash these days in populist movements that cloak repressive and inegalitarian agendas. In these troubled times, an unconditional basic income is a beacon: a workable proposal that furthers freedom and equality for all. In this book, two modern pioneers of the UBI make the moral and practical case for endowing everyone with the resources to shape a life of their own choosing. -- Anne Alstott, Yale UniversityThis is a major contribution to the effort to design a realistic program for achieving social justice in the twenty-first century. -- Bruce Ackerman, Yale UniversityThe idea of a universal basic income has been around for quite a while, but has the time for it finally arrived? This superb, closely argued book makes the case for the affirmative answer. While the authors do not hide their sympathies, they approach their subject with a philosopher’s care for ethical justification, a historian’s focus on the antecedents, an economist’s concern for incentives, an empiricist’s respect for evidence, and a practitioner’s attention to feasibility. -- Dani Rodrik, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityIn this important introduction to the ‘basic income’ initiative—an economic proposal that may radically transform the nature of the modern economy and society—two leading social scientists examine the ethics and economics of the proposed move. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the problems of deprivation and unfreedom that survive even in the richest countries in the world. The remedial reasoning presented by Van Parijs and Vanderborght is powerful as well as highly engaging—a brilliant book. -- Amartya Sen, Harvard UniversityThe concrete proposal for reducing economic inequality makes it a good complement to Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century. This work, while certainly controversial to some readers, is a sober and well-argued study of the basic income concept. -- Lawrence Maxted * Library Journal *Van Parijs and Vanderborght…make a sturdy ethical and philosophical argument for the provision of universal basic income… This thorough, thoughtful study will undoubtedly become a much-cited landmark work on its subject. * Publishers Weekly *At once an intellectual paean to the ideal of a universal basic income, an attempt to win over those who might be skeptical or undecided, and a plea for pragmatism to its supporters. -- David Hearne * Economic Record *
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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 The Class Matrix
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Princeton University Press Just Giving
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Inside Philanthropy's Philanthropy Critic of 2018""One of the LSE Marshall Institute's Books of 2019""A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""Just Giving breaks ground in its outright challenge of philanthropy’s fit with democracy. Reich is at his best when demonstrating the ways in which philanthropy fails to fulfil its egalitarian promise."---Ian Anstee, Voluntary Sector Review
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Princeton University Press Against the Death Penalty
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Rlpg/Galleys The Paradox of Philosophical Education
Book SynopsisThe Paradox of Philosophical Education: Nietzsche''s New Nobility and the Eternal Recurrence in Beyond Good and Evil is the first coherent interpretation of Nietzsche''s mature thought. Author Harvey Lomax pays particular attention to the problematic concept of nobility which concerned the philosopher during his later years. This sensitive reading of Nietzsche examines nobility as the philosopher himself must have seen it: as a true and powerful longing of the human soul, interwoven with poetry, philosophy, religion, and aristocratic politics. Both a close textual analysis and a thoughtful reconceptualization of Beyond Good and Evil, The Paradox of Philosophical Education penetrates beyond the philosopher''s mask of caustic irony to the face of the real Nietzsche: a lover of wisdom whose work sought to resurrect it in all its Socratic splendorTrade ReviewFar from tedious, reading Nietzsche along with Lomax conjures the feeling of participating in a hunt. Lomax skillfully leads his reader over some of the darker and more difficult terrain in Beyond Good and Evil and through it into the human soul...Following Lomax following Nietzsche sharpens one's eye for both the significant articulations and the unifying sinews of a variegated and shifting world. -- Tobin Craig, Boston CollegeHarvey Lomax's fine book deepens our understanding of Nietzsche in several ways. It offers a precise account of the chief features of Beyond Good and Evil, it carefully discusses alternatives to Nietzsche's arguments, and it illuminates the difficult Nietzschean themes of eternal recurrence and the connection between religion and philosophy. -- Mark Blitz, Claremont McKenna CollegeTable of ContentsPart 1 Preface Chapter 2 Poetry Chapter 3 Philosophy Chapter 4 The Eternal Recurrence and the Superman Part 5 Appendix: Nietzsche and the Eternal Recurrence
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Feminist Politics
Book SynopsisThe essays in Feminist Politics contest some of the prevailing conceptualizations of identity and difference, as well as the functions of these concepts in feminist political discourse and praxis. Doing so, they amply demonstrate that issues of identity and difference have a central place in contemporary feminist scholarship. The authors of these essays have worked to develop new ways of understanding and living out differences which will both preserve and celebrate them while also fostering the necessary conditions for opening dialogue and forming new coalitions. The intent of these efforts has been to thereby engender imaginative new strategies for the personal, spiritual, and sociopolitical changes that will enable human growth, wellbeing, and flourishing. While the focus of the work represented here is understandably on women, the issues that are raised are given additional urgency, explicitly in some of the papers and implicitly in others, by the situation of their concerns in theTrade ReviewIn this exciting and diverse collection, the editors bring together international perspectives on feminist problems both philosophical and practical. From feminism's links to Buddhism, to third-wave activism, to women and militarism, contributors take up novel examples and work them through with philosophical acumen and political vigor. Refreshing, smart, and spirited, this collection will be an invaluable teaching tool and scholarly resource for feminists, philosophers, and everyone in between. -- Cressida J. Heyes, Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality, University of AlbertaThe breadth of this volume is both its strength and a shortcoming....The chapters are consistently thought-provoking and timely, and the book as a whole challenges us to recognize the complexity of contemporary feminist theorizing and the pressing need for libreratory praxis. -- . * APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy, Spring 2008, Vol 7, No 2 *Exceptionally brilliant philosophical interpretation of feminist politics.... Critical but refreshing insights.... Outstanding scholarly work on identity and feminist politics. -- J. Shola Omotola * Journal Of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality, January 2009, Vol 3, No 1 *Feminist Politics addresses two issues that are on the forefront of contemporary feminist theory and practice: identity and political divisions. The contributors' analyses of these issues, as well as the related topics of globalization, intersectionality, third wave feminism and many others, is rich and highly-nuanced, due in large part to the international scope of the collection. The authors provide a unique and insightful perspective that fills a gap in feminist discussions. -- Susan Hekman, University of Texas, ArlingtonTable of ContentsPart 1 Reconceptualizing Challenges to Entrenched Political Divides Chapter 2 Introduction to Identities and Differences Chapter 3 The Mind/Body Paradigm Crisis And A New Paradigm for Feminism Chapter 4 Who's Afraid of Nature? The Rise and Fall of "Denaturalization" in Contemporary Feminist Thought Chapter 5 "L'intersectionalité": Feminisms in a Divided World Chapter 6 Feminism Under Fire Chapter 7 When Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Third Wave Cultural Engagement As Political Action Chapter 8 My Once and Future Self Part 9 Putting Identity Back into Politics Chapter 10 Keeping Authenticity in Play - or Being Naughty to be Good Chapter 11 Locating Traitorous Identities: De-Scribing Whiteness Chapter 12 Mobility-Unlimitation-Acceleration: General Views and Feminist Interventions Chapter 13 Place, Movement, and Identity: Rethinking Empowerment Chapter 14 Theorizing Identities as Mutually Constitutive: A Critical Reading of Spelman, Aristotle, and Jewish Law Chapter 15 Feminist Politics and Feminist Pluralism: Can We Do Feminist Political Theory Without Theories of Gender? Chapter 16 Arendt, Foucault, and Feminist Politics: A Critical Reappraisal
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Pluto Press The Serge Trotsky Papers Correspondence and
Book SynopsisCorrespondence and other writings between Victor Serge and Leon Trotsky.Table of ContentsIntroduction by David Cotterill. 1. Victor Serge and Bolshevism introduced by Philip Spencer. 2. The Correspondence introduced by David Cotterill 3. Serge, Trotsky and the Spanish Revolution introduced by David Cotterill 4. Kronstadt and the Fourth International introduction by Suzi Weissman 5. Victor Serge and the Left Opposition Introduced by Philip Spencer
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Pluto Press Innocent Subjects
Book SynopsisA cutting analysis of the racist structures of mainstream feminism.Trade Review'Valuable ... Shows how and why the erasure of race from key accounts of feminism presents a problem for forms of solidarity among women' -- Vron Ware, author of 'Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism and History' (Verso, 2015)'Courageously reveals the fault lines of the longstanding gulf between black and white feminism, exposing the power of white privilege in gender politics and how it undermines solidarity within the sisterhood. A must for a new generation of antiracist feminist scholars and activists who truly seek the holy grail of intersectional equality' -- Heidi Safia Mirza, editor of 'Black British Feminism' (Routledge, 1997)'A searing account of how white feminist innocence is maintained in order to legitimise white women's position at the centre of feminist politics. This book is a must read for anyone interested in questions of feminism and anti-racism' -- Nadine El-Enany, author of '(B)ordering Britain: Law, Race and Empire' (Manchester University Press, 2020)'Building on the work of black feminists and women of colour, this is a profound mediation on white innocence and its deployment in the service of white feminism to deny racism. It offers a renewed possibility for racial justice and resistance to white patriarchal supremacy' -- Aileen Moreton-Robinson, RMIT, Melbourne‘A brave and coherent introduction to the relationship between white privilege and feminism’ -- LSE Review of BooksTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. ‘That Old Chestnut’: Feminism and Racism 2. British Feminisms in the Aftermath of Empire 3. Leaving Feminist Whiteness Behind: Narratives of Transcendence in the Era of Difference 4. Inevitable Whiteness? Absolving White Feminist Dominance 5. Liberal Whiteness and the ‘New’ Feminism 6. Feminist Complicities Notes Index
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Taylor & Francis Lord Robert Cecil Politician and Internationalist
Book SynopsisLawyer, politician, diplomat and leading architect of the League of Nations; Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, was one of Britain's most significant statesmen of the twentieth century. His views on international diplomacy cover the most important aspects of British, European and American foreign policy concerns of the century, including the origins and consequences of the two world wars, the disarmament movement, the origins and early course of the Cold War and the first steps towards European integration. His experience of the First World War and the huge loss of life it entailed provoked Cecil to spend his life championing the ethos behind and work of the League of Nations: a role for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937. Yet despite his prominence in the international peace movement, Cecil has never been the focus of an academic biography. Cecil has perhaps been judged unfairly due to his association with the League of Nations, which has since been generally regarded as a failure. However, recent academic research has highlighted the contribution of the League to the creation of many of the institutions and precepts that have, since the Second World War, become accepted parts of the international system, not least the United Nations. In particular, Cecil and his work on arms control lay the basis for understanding this new area of international activity, which would bear fruit during the Cold War and after. Through an evaluation of Cecil's political career, the book also assesses his reputation as an idealist and the extent to which he had a coherent philosophy of international relations. This book suggests that in reality Cecil was a Realpolitiker pragmatist whose attitudes evolved during two key periods: the interwar period and the Cold War. It also proposes that where a coherent philosophy was in evidence, it owed as much to the moral and political code of the Cecil family as to his own experiences in politics. Cecil's social and familial world is therefore considered alongside his more public life.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter 1 Inheritance; Chapter 2 Entering the Fray, 1903–14; Chapter 3 Changing Focus, 1914–19?; Chapter 4 The Origins of the League of Nations, 1916–18; Chapter 5 Paris Peace Conference, 1919; Chapter 6 Disarmament and First Challenges to League Authority, 1919–24; Chapter 7 The European Security Debate and the League Council Crisis, 1924–26; Chapter 8 Land and Air Disarmament Negotiations, 1925–27; Chapter 9 Naval Disarmament and the Geneva Naval Conference, 1925–27; Chapter 10 International Disarmament and Crisis in the Far East, 1928–34; Chapter 11 The Peace Ballot and the Rise of Fascism in Europe, 1934–39; Chapter 12 The Second World War, the United Nations and the Cold War, 1939–58; Chapter 101 Conclusion;
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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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State University Press of New York (SUNY) PostMarxist Theory
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Stanford University Press The Use of Bodies
Book SynopsisThe final volume in Homo Sacer, Giorgio Agamben's wide-ranging investigation of the foundations of Western politics and culture.Trade Review"Among the most important features of Agamben's work, evident in this volume as much as in the whole series, is his attention to theological categories, and his realization that secular political philosophy roots its concepts in them...This is an important book. It can be read by itself, with profit, as a version of the arguments Agamben has been offering for more than three decades."—Paul J. Griffiths , Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology"In The Use of Bodies, Agamben...takes up again the topic of life, giving us perhaps the most complete genealogy of the philosophical concept of life ever to appear. In particular, Agamben wants to think a conception of life that cannot be separated from its form, a life that cannot be rendered bare. Herein, we are finally treated with Agamben's full conception of the form-of-life, long awaited in his work."—A.J. Smith, Anglican Theological Review"The Use of Bodies completes its task as set out—Agamben draws together lines of inquiry [and] sets the stage for destituent potential as an inspiration for the coming politics....This work is an essential read for any followers of Agamben's work, as well as one of the more accessible works in his Homo Sacer project."—Michael P.A. Murphy, Reading Religion
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