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Taylor & Francis Hindutva before Hindutva
Book SynopsisThis book weaves the past with the present to trace and analyze the distinctive but reiterative evocations of Hindutva ideology in the modern-colonial period. It studies the concept of Hindutva as understood by its first major spokesperson Chandranath Basu, a formidable late nineteenth-century scholar-critic. The author examines the new rhetoric that has shaped Hindu ideologies in a colonial-modern context by foregrounding debates between Chandranath Basu and radical revisionists such as Rabindranath Tagore. It provides original translations of Basu's works and brings to light a long-neglected professional literary critic.A unique contribution, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of religion studies, history, postcolonialism, literature, Indian political thought, Indian history, political science, Hindu studies, Hindusim, sociology and political ideology, and South Asian studies.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Nazi Germany and the Holocaust in Historical
Book SynopsisThis book is the first book-length academic study of historical crime fiction that explores Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The novels discussed are located at the intersection of crime fiction and Holocaust Literature. The book discusses questions of form and genre, and explores the possibilities of justice after the Holocaust
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Feminist Theory and International Law
Book SynopsisFeminist approaches to international law have been mischaracterised by the mainstream of the discipline as being a niche field that pertains only to women's lived experiences and their participation in decision-making processes. Exemplifying how feminist approaches can be used to analyse all areas of international law, this book applies posthuman feminist theory to examine the regulation of new and emerging military technologies, international environmental law and the conceptualisation of the sovereign state and other modes of legal personality in international law.Noting that most posthuman scholarship to date is primarily theoretical, this book also contributes to the field of posthumanism through its application of posthuman feminism to international law, working to bridge the theory and practice divide by using posthuman feminism to design and call for legal change. This interdisciplinary book draws on an array of fields, including philosophy, queer and feminist theoriesTrade Review"This important book explores critically the main intersections between International Law and the nonhuman in the contemporary world. Emily Jones’s bold interdisciplinary approach exposes the limitations of the Humanism and Anthropocentrism inherent to International Law, while re-asserting the Law’s commitment to face the challenges of the posthuman predicament. Foremost among them, the regulation of human-machine interaction in military technologies and the status of nature in Environmental Law.Pragmatic, but theoretically savvy, Jones combines critique with creativity by proposing alternative sources that many help overcome legal liberalism. Posthuman Feminism, Queering the Nonhuman, Indigenous Epistemologies, New Materialism, and the Rights of Nature movement are just some of the toolkits this remarkable book provides as a way forward. Emily Jones holds legal discourse accountable but also confirms its ability to change and construct more inclusive, sustainable and just worlds. A major work that will leave a mark." Rosi Braidotti, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Utrecht University, the Netherlands."Anchoring us in new possibilities, this impressive work explains what posthuman feminist perspectives offer to the urgent task of superseding international law’s deadly imperial anthropocentrism by fostering legal systems capable of sustaining life in all its forms. Drawing on a staggering array of interdisciplinary critical scholarship, Jones illustrates some of the paradigm shifts that are necessary if we, and the planet, are to survive (let alone flourish) in these posthuman times. To illustrate, she engages adeptly with current debates in two areas of international law – the regulation of lethal military technologies and international environmental law. Along the way Jones remains cognisant of the many tensions that can compromise or co-opt feminist efforts to change international law’s neoliberal humanist orientation from within, readily acknowledging that posthuman feminist change is also necessary outside the law and may even require a turning away from law." Dianne Otto, Melbourne Law School, Australia."In this meticulously researched and beautifully written book, Emily Jones draws on posthuman feminism to both highlight and question international law's constitutive boundaries: human/nature, human/technology and, perhaps above all, the boundaries imposed upon feminist legal theory in the field. By applying a radically egalitarian feminist framework to the laws of war and international environmental law, Jones reveals that some of the most urgent problems of our times, war, climate change and anti-feminist backlash, are much more interconnected than we might have thought." Ntina Tzouvala, Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Posthuman Feminism and International Law 1. International Law and the Nonhuman 2. Human and Machine: Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems 3. Regulating Military Technologies: Between Resistance and Compliance 4. Queering the Nonhuman: Engaging International Environmental Law 5. The Subjectivity of Matter: The Rights of Nature in International Law 6. Posthuman Feminism: Reworlding Exits from Liberal Legalism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Regimes of Capital in the PostDigital Age
Book SynopsisThis book examines the current state of capitalism in relation to the advance of ICTs, considering the ways in which the rise of the internet has shaped capitalism or otherwise and the implications of our increasingly digital society for social capital and the possible forms of resistance to the problematic aspects of capitalism.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The European Convention on Human Rights and the
Book SynopsisThis book provides detailed analysis of the applicability of the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights to issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. It encompasses in-depth discussion of the emerging jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights relating to issues arising from the pandemic. To date, a substantial number of complaints concerning such issues have been made to the Court. Human rights claims in the context of the pandemic fall into two broad categories: those based on arguments that states did not put in place sufficient measures to protect individuals from the virus and those entailing arguments that the measures put in place themselves involved breaches of rights. The essential question with which the European Court of Human Rights must grapple is how to adjudicate on the correct balance which should have been struck. The book argues that the Court should be cautious of finding breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights in cases involving pTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The ECHR and Duties to Provide Protection from COVID-19; 3. The ECHR and Restrictions on Public Gatherings; 4. The ECHR and other COVID-19 Restrictions; 5. Conclusions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Citizenship
Book SynopsisThis book outlines a critical theory of citizenship, with an emphasis on how citizenship institutes power relations and organises the rights and obligations of those who become its subjects.Whether it is the question of the rights of animals, children, migrants, minorities, mothers, or mountains, and whether such rights are protected or guaranteed by national law, international law, or human rights law, the issue of citizenship has already indelibly marked the 21st century. As an institution, citizenship governs the relationship between a polity and its peoples by dividing them into citizens and noncitizens, with differentiated rights and obligations. So necessarily, this book argues, citizenship is an institution of domination and emancipation that brings into play the struggles of those who want to protect certain privileges and the struggles of those who are against being caught in either second-class or noncitizen categories. Deconstructing dominant theories and practices
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Foundations of Vulnerability Theory
Book SynopsisThis volume is the first collection of Martha Albertson Fineman’s most important and influential work.Table of ContentsIntroduction Jennifer Hickey Part I. Gender Equality Introduction Deborah Dinner 1. The Equality Ideal 2. Challenging Law, Establishing Differences 3. Equality Discourse and Economic Decisions Made at Divorce 4. The Individualization of the Family: Child Advocacy 5. The Illusion of Equality Part II. The Sexual Family Introduction Teemu Ruskola 6. The End of Family Law? Intimacy in the Twenty-First Century 7. A Claim for Justice Part III. Dependency Introduction Michael Thomson 8. A Dystopian Fantasy 9. Dependency and Social Debt: Cracking the Foundational Myths 10. The New Tokenism Part IV. Autonomy Introduction Martha McCluskey 11. Equality and Autonomy 12. Posing the Philosophy for an Active State 13. What Place for Family Privacy? Part V. Vulnerability Introduction Aziza Ahmed 14. Vulnerability and Inevitable Inequality 15. Equality and Difference – The Restrained State 16. The “Still Face” of a Compassionately-Challenged Society 17. Injury in the Unresponsive State 18. Vulnerability and Social Justice 19. Conclusion: Resilience is the Watchword Lua Kamál Yuille Afterword Atieno Mboya Samandari
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Putins Dark Ages
Book SynopsisTwo decades before the war against Ukraine, a special operation was launched against Russian historical memory, aggressively reshaping the nation's understanding of its history and identity. The Kremlin's militarization of Russia through World War II propaganda is well documented, but the glorification of Russian medieval society and its warlords as a source of support for Putinism has yet to be explored. This book offers the first comparison of Putin's political neomedievalism and re-Stalinization and introduces the concept of mobmemory to the study of right-wing populism. It argues that the celebration of the oprichnina, Ivan the Terrible's regime of state terror (15651572), has been fused with the rehabilitation of Stalinism to reconstruct the Russian Empire. The post-Soviet case suggests that the global obsession with the Middle Ages is not purely an aesthetic movement but a potential weapon against democracy.The book is intended for students, schoTrade Review"In Putin's Dark Ages, Dina Khapaeva offers an original interpretation of the Russian president and his apocalyptic, reactionary worldview, arguing that it is not just neo-Stalinist, but neo-medievalist: clearly written, deeply researched and thought provoking."Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, USA"In this fascinating and innovative work, Dina Khapaeva offers a new perspective on the Putin regime as part of a wider cultural phenomenon, that of neomedievalism in the totalitarian political imagination. This book is a must for those seeking to understand Putin’s war on Ukraine and his politics of memory."Serhy Yekelchyk, University of Victoria, Canada"An illuminating inquiry, a necessary book to understand the nature of Putinism - combining Restalinization with a multifaceted Neomedievalism. A severe dissection of a terrorist regime."François Hartog, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, France"Putin’s Dark Ages is a strikingly timely intervention in the study of Russian history, memory, and politics. Before February 24, 2022, it was still possible to argue that the phenomena covered in this book—neo-medievalism, neo-Eurasianism, the celebration of Ivan the Terrible and Joseph Stalin, etc.—were curious, but marginal developments. As Khapaeva compellingly shows, they are in fact crucial and central features of Russian society today—symptoms of a distinctive anti-modern worldview that has gained an extraordinary and inimical potency."Kevin M.F. Platt, University of Pennsylvania, USATable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Political Neomedievalism, the Memory of the Perpetrators, and Mobmemory 2. Putin’s Neomedieval Politics of History 3. Post-Soviet Historians and Religious Activists on the Medieval Oprichnina 4. The Post-Soviet Far Right on Establishing the New Oprichnina 5. The Oprichnina and Serfdom in Popular Culture and Public Debates 6. Re-Stalinization in Putin’s Russia 7. Working through the Past Russian-Style: Mobmemory in Vladimir Sharov’s Prose. Conclusion: The Politics of Reversed Time – Apocalypse as Practice
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Taylor & Francis Powers of Abjection
Book SynopsisIn this book, Ricardo Laleff Ilieff presents a new ontological understanding of politics through the writings of Julia Kristevaâs notion of âœabjectionâ in dialogue with Sigmund Freudâs concept of âœUnheimlichâ and Jacques Lacanâs ontology âœdu rÃlâ.Aimed at those who are interested in the politics-psychoanalytic âœpraxisâ, Laleff Ilieff argues that the abject enables one to critically read conceptual developments that are central to contemporary thought. Examining the abject in sacrifice, war, and the One as articulated by contemporary thinkers such as Walter Benjamin, Judith Butler, Carl Schmitt, RenÃGirard, Pierre Clastres, Giorgio Agamben, and Jacques RanciÃe, Laleff Ilieff argues that abjection does not operate on the margins of the social but is what unveils the failure of all identity.Powers of Abjection provides new questions and insights into the relation between psychoanalysis and politics and is an invaluable resource to students and scholars.
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Taylor & Francis Victorian Liberalism
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Taylor & Francis Law Democracy and the Crisis of Foundation
Book SynopsisThis book addresses the crisis of the juridical-political foundation within contemporary democracies.Although modernity is the age of foundation, it is marked by what Carl Schmitt referred to as a peculiar âdialectic of presence and absenceâ â and this is true even for those theories that seem to be the greatest supporters of the necessity of some kind of foundation, such as the Hobbesian commonwealth. This instability of foundation is inherent in the concept of âpolitical representationâ, which brings into being an idea â such as that of ânationâ, âpeopleâ or âpopular willâ â which cannot, however, actually correspond to any empirical reality. Is it possible, then, to identify an absolute, certain and stable foundation capable of generating and guaranteeing the persistence of a legal and political structure? Or does this very question bind us to the history of an impossibility: a foundational absence, or void, whose presence is only now being strongly felt? Engaging both historical and contemporary perspectives, this book addresses the problem of foundation through both deconstructive and constructive perspectives â which respectively aim to challenge the very idea of foundation, or to overcome its contemporary crisis in order to present new, post-foundational, possibilities.This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers working in the areas of legal and political theory.
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Taylor & Francis The Demon of Politics
Book SynopsisMario Tronti is considered one of the most important Italian Marxist philosophers of our time, as well as one of the most influential European political theorists of the post-war period. Largely untranslated and hence unknown in the anglophone world, this is the first volume of a two-volume translation, The Demon of Politics, presenting an invaluable picture of Trontiâs political life and intellectual activity through a selection of his most relevant writings.Volume I paints a fascinating picture of Trontiâs work in the 1960s, when he made landmark contributions to a new reading of Marx, and in the 1970s when he again joined the Communist Party and worked towards a theory of the political that led to lively debates and even splits within workerism. An introduction written by the editors contextualises the writings of the first part of Trontiâs career, while also providing the biographical and political details necessary to understand the evolution of his thought during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Footnotes throughout the volume provide valuable precisions and elements of contextualisation.The volumes of The Demon of Politics offer the most comprehensive edition of Trontiâs works available to students and scholars.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Ecosocialism
Book SynopsisEcosocialism: Climate Change, Socialism and Democracy maps out a political path for green transition which is both desirable and practicable without avoiding its dif?culties giving the fight for climate justice real mobilizing power.
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Taylor & Francis Economics as Science
Book SynopsisThis novel text provides a critical approach to the study of economic thought â from neoclassical economics, to Marxian economics, to Keynesian economics â through the lens of science and the scientific method.It examines the collection of ideas that constitute the core of economic thought in the five basic fields of economics: growth theory, income distribution, macroeconomics, price theory and international trade. In each of these, the analysis is chronological, detailing the various events and developments that led scholars to inquire into the underlying mechanics of the phenomena in question. This is followed by a critical examination of the various scholarly contributions, including those of Nobel Prize laureates, in terms of their scientific merit. Each of the five core chapters begins with a listing of chapter objectives and ends with a summary, as well as discussion questions to encourage debate. Short excerpts from the key works are provided to allow the reader first
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Taylor & Francis The Polycentric Republic
Book SynopsisThe Polycentric Republic presents a compelling and innovative critique of modern social contract theory. It reveals how the social contract theory systematically neglects the interests and prerogatives of non-State associations and legitimates an imposing sovereign State that jeopardizes the freedom and integrity of communities and associations under its rule.Drawing on neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics, institutional theory, and political history, the author invites us to reimagine civil order in a way that is more friendly to the diverse interests and prerogatives of non-State communities and organizations, from churches, schools, and universities to farming co-ops, businesses, villages, and towns. Building on MacIntyreâs diagnosis of the moral and institutional failures of the modern State, this book offers a historically informed and institutionally rigorous critique of the pathologies of sovereign power. In addition, it proposes a novel reinterpretation of federalism as a complex, emergent order created through bottom-up, inter-group cooperation constrained by the rule of law but consistent with a wide variety of independent communities and ways of life.The Polycentric Republic is essential reading for anyone interested in rethinking State-centric approaches to governance and civil order and exploring the merits of non-Statist, pluralist approaches, be they citizens, policymakers, or students of political science, political philosophy, law, or political economy.
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Taylor & Francis The Ashgate Research Companion to the Thirty
Book SynopsisThe Thirty Yearsâ War (1618-1648) remains a puzzling and complex subject for students and scholars alike. This is hardly surprising since it is often contested among historians whether it is actually appropriate to speak of a single war or a series of conflicts. Similarly emphasis is also put on the different motives for going to war, as conflicting religious and political interests were involved. This research companion brings together leading scholars in the field to synthesize the range of existing research on the war, which is still fragmented and divided along national historical lines, and to further explore the complexities of the conflict using an innovative comparative approach. The companion is designed to provide scholars and graduate students with a comprehensive and authoritative overview of research on one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.
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Taylor & Francis Madness and the Political Divide
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Taylor & Francis Teaching the Humanities in a Fractious World
Book SynopsisIn this book the author directly confronts an ever more popular suspicion - that a university education in the humanities and social sciences is actually an elitist' indoctrination into leftist' or liberal' views.
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Taylor & Francis The Spirit of Philadelphia
Book SynopsisThe Spirit of Philadelphia is Americaâs story told through the history of ideas and a cautionary tale of what happens when a nationâs Spirit goes dormant.This book proposes a return of American government to the philosophical roots as articulated by the U.S. Constitution and its Framers. Grounded in realism, the Founders successfully balanced the needs and rights of the individual with those of the collective, creating a system that prioritized both personal liberty and societal order. Author and former Congressman Chris Gibson argues that abandoning the âœspirit of Philadelphiaâ (essentially the national spirit of cooperation, compromise and teamwork) enabled dysfunction in government and disillusionment in the constituency.Culminating a comprehensive list of policy recommendations that logically analyse issues in the American political system, the author proposes an agenda aimed at restoring faith and functionality in national institutions and leaders, fosteri
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Taylor & Francis Presidents and the American Presidency
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Taylor & Francis The Forgotten Man and White Populist Resentment
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Taylor & Francis Whats Going On
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Taylor & Francis FactionalIdeological Conflicts in Chinese Politics
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Cambridge University Press Symbols of Defeat in the Construction of National Identity
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Latin American Philosophy
Book SynopsisLatin American philosophy is best understood as a type of applied philosophy devoted to issues related to the culture and politics of Latin America. This introduction provides a comprehensive overview of its central topics. It explores not only the unique insights offered by Latin American thinkers into the traditional pre-established fields of Western philosophy, but also the many ''isms'' developed as a direct result of Latin American thought. Many concern matters of practical ethics and social and political philosophy, such as Lascasianism, Arielism, Bolívarism, modest and immodest feminisms, republicanism, positivism, Marxism, and liberationism. But there are also meta-philosophical ''isms'' such as originalism and perspectivism. Together with clear and accessible discussions of the major issues and arguments, the book offers helpful summaries, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary of terms. It will be valuable for all readers wanting to explore the richness and diversityTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Setting the Scene: The Iberian Conquest; 2. Modest and Immodest Feminism; 3. The Authoritarian Republicanism of Bolívar; 4. The Liberal Republicanism of Sarmiento and Alberdi; 5. Home-Grown and Imported Positivism; 6. Martí's Liberal Anti-Positivism; 7. Utopian Latin Americanism: Arielism and Mestizofilia; 8. Soft and Hard Socialism; 9. Liberation Theology and Philosophy; 10. Skepticism and Anti-Skepticism about Latin American Philosophy; Glossary; References; Index of Names and Subjects.
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Cambridge University Press The Power of Deterrence Emotions Identity and
Book SynopsisThis book explores the practices of deterrence, and how attachment to this strategy may increase the likelihood of future violence. It provides a fresh perspective on the US war in Iraq (2003) and the Israeli war in Lebanon (2006), which can be seen as attempts to repair each country's shaken sense of self.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The constitution of the deterrer identity; 3. Ontological security, deterrence, and the use of force; 4. The US and the War on Terror; 5. Israel and the Lebanon War; 6. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Moral and Political Conceptions of Human Rights
Book SynopsisThis book contributes to the flourishing multidisciplinary field of human rights studies. It explores philosophical debates about moral and political approaches to human rights and shows implications for urgent contemporary issues, including socio-economic rights, indigenous rights, the rights of immigrants and the human rights responsibilities of corporations.Trade Review'This splendid book discusses the recent moral-political divide in human rights approaches and offers an advancement of a philosophical theory of human rights enriching human rights practice and legal theory.' Elena V. Shabliy, Journal on European History of LawTable of ContentsExpanding the debate on moral and political approaches to the philosophy of human rights Johan Karlsson Schaffer and Reidar Maliks; Part I: 1. Theory, politics, and practice: methodological pluralism in the philosophy of human rights Kristen Hessler; 2. The point of the practice of human rights: international concern or domestic empowerment? Johan Karlsson Schaffer; 3. Rawl's relational conception of human rights Luise Katharina Müller; 4. Theories of human rights: political or orthodox - why it matters Andreas Follesdal; 5. Mediating the theory and practice of human rights in morality and law David Ingram; 6. Kantian human rights or how the individual has come to matter in international law Howard Williams; Part II: 7. Human rights solidarity: moral or political? Seth Mayer; 8. When the practice gets complicated: human rights, migrants and political institutions Jelena Belic; 9. Can naturalistic theories of human rights accommodate the indigenous right to self-determination? Kerstin Reibold; 10. Political conceptions of human rights and corporate responsibility Daniel P. Corrigan; 11. Socio-economic rights: between essentialism and egalitarianism Malcolm Langford.
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Cambridge University Press The Causal Power of Social Structures Emergence
Book SynopsisThe problem of structure and agency has been the subject of intense debate in the social sciences for over 100 years. This book offers a solution. Using a critical realist version of the theory of emergence, Dave Elder-Vass argues that, instead of ascribing causal significance to an abstract notion of social structure or a monolithic concept of society, we must recognise that it is specific groups of people that have social structural power. Some of these groups are entities with emergent causal powers, distinct from those of human individuals. Yet these powers also depend on the contributions of human individuals, and this book examines the mechanisms through which interactions between human individuals generate the causal powers of some types of social structures. The Causal Power of Social Structures makes particularly important contributions to the theory of human agency and to our understanding of normative institutions.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'Dave Elder-Vass has written a book of exceptional clarity in defence of realist ontology with an unusual generosity of examples. His 'relational theory of emergence' is so restrained that philosophical opponents will find it hard to rebutt; whether his notion of 'relationality' is sufficiently rich may provoke more debate amongst sociologists.' Margaret S. Archer, University of Warwick'The Causal Power of Social Structures is a well-written and conceptually clear analysis of the central question of critical realism and a realist approach. Elder-Vass presents many concrete examples from daily life, which help to explain the abstract theoretical consideration in a more concrete way … His book clearly shows the meaning of detailed ontological analysis for social theory and the social sciences.' Pekka Kuusela, Organization Studies'Dave Elder-Vass has written a very useful book … the single most valuable feature … is that it begins with all three of the assumptions in place that are necessary for clear-cut debate regarding whether or not social structures can do things …' Ruth Porter Groff, MetascienceTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Emergence; 3. Cause; 4. Social ontology and social structure; 5. Agency; 6. Normative institutions; 7. Organisations; 8. Social events; 9. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Reality of Social Construction
Book SynopsisMany features of our social world are said to be socially constructed by forces such as language, culture and knowledge. Constructionism is usually seen as opposed to realist social theory. This book argues that versions of these ideas are compatible and that social scientists should be both realists and constructionists.Trade Review'In his typically clear and engaging style, Dave Elder-Vass here articulates an important new position in social theory, one offering to reconcile realism and social constructionism. With many insightful commentaries along the way about such thinkers as Archer, Searle and Saussure, The Reality of Social Construction is not only a theoretical advance but an apt choice for courses in social theory.' Douglas V. Porpora, Drexel University'Social constructionism is an influential approach in social science that easily runs off the rails, but critical realism keeps our thinking on track. Dave Elder-Vass's account of social constructionism makes a valuable contribution to the growing body of critical realist theorizing of social life. A must-read for anyone sorting out the promise and pitfalls of social constructionist social science.' Christian Smith, Author of What is a Person?: Rethinking Humanity, Social Life, and the Moral Good from the Person Up (2010)'… perhaps the best known of the latest generation of realist social theorists … there is a great deal to be appreciated in Elder-Vass's discussion of prominent thinkers … his account of John Searle's work is one of the best I have read.' Jamie Morgan, Journal of Critical RealismTable of ContentsPart I. Social Ontology: 1. Introduction; 2. Norm circles; Part II. Culture: 3. Culture and rules; 4. Institutional reality; Part III. Language: 5. Signification; 6. Langue and parole; 7. Categories, essences and sexes; Part IV. Discourse: 8. Discourse; 9. Cultures and classes; 10. Subjects; Part V. Knowledge: 11. Knowledge; 12. Reality; 13. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Process Tracing From Metaphor To Analytic Tool
Book SynopsisAdvances in qualitative methods and recent developments in the philosophy of science have led to an emphasis on explanation via reference to causal mechanisms. This book argues that the method known as process tracing is particularly well suited to developing and assessing theories about such mechanisms. The editors begin by establishing a philosophical basis for process tracing - one that captures mainstream uses while simultaneously being open to applications by interpretive scholars. Equally important, they go on to establish best practices for individual process-tracing accounts - how micro to go, when to start (and stop), and how to deal with the problem of equifinality. The contributors then explore the application of process tracing across a range of subfields and theories in political science. This is an applied methods book which seeks to shrink the gap between the broad assertion that 'process tracing is good' and the precise claim 'this is an instance of good process tracingTrade Review'Bennett and Checkel have assembled an impressive group of scholars on the cutting-edge methodological issues involved in process tracing, while at the same time providing concrete, practical advice for scholars who wish to use this technique of analysis in a variety of different research programs. As a result of this dual approach, this volume represents a steep change from earlier methodological studies on process tracing and fills a real gap in scholarship. There is no doubt that it will be compulsory reading on graduate-level courses in qualitative methodology for a long time to come.' Giovanni Capoccia, University of Oxford'Bennett and Checkel's remarkable book will bring process tracing to the attention of a wide spectrum of disciplines - sociology, anthropology, history, public policy analysis and beyond. This valuable tool for causal inference has been developed primarily by political scientists, and their volume will accelerate much wider adoption of the method.' David Collier, Robson Professor, University of California, Berkeley'This volume is the next milestone in the dynamic debate over causal mechanisms and the standards and practices of process tracing. These contributions by leading figures in the discipline covering a broad range of topics and research areas are a must-read for anyone interested in and using qualitative methods.' Ingo Rohlfing, Bremen International Graduate School of Social SciencesTable of ContentsPreface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Process tracing: from philosophical roots to best practices Andrew Bennett and Jeffrey T. Checkel; Part II. Process Tracing in Action: 2. Process tracing the effects of ideas Alan M. Jacobs; 3. Mechanisms, process, and the study of international institutions Jeffrey T. Checkel; 4. Efficient process tracing: analyzing the causal mechanisms of European integration Frank Schimmelfennig; 5. What makes process tracing good? Causal mechanisms, causal inference, and the completeness standard in comparative politics David Waldner; 6. Explaining the Cold War's end: process tracing all the way down? Matthew Evangelista; 7. Process tracing, causal inference, and civil war Jason Lyall; Part III. Extensions, Controversies, and Conclusions: 8. Improving process tracing: the case of multi-method research Thad Dunning; 9. Practice tracing Vincent Pouliot; 10. Beyond metaphors: standards, theory, and the 'where next' for process tracing Jeffrey T. Checkel and Andrew Bennett; Appendix. Disciplining our conjectures: systematizing process tracing with Bayesian analysis.
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Cambridge University Press Remedies for Human Rights Violations
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Cambridge University Press Equality Beyond Debate
Book SynopsisWhile many current analyses of democracy focus on creating a more civil, respectful debate among competing political viewpoints, this study argues that the existence of structural social inequality requires us to go beyond the realm of political debate. Challenging prominent contemporary theories of democracy, the author draws on John Dewey to bring the work of combating social inequality into the forefront of democratic thought. Dewey''s ''pragmatic'' principles are deployed to present democracy as a developing concept constantly confronting unique conditions obstructing its growth. Under structurally unequal social conditions, democracy is thereby seen as demanding the overcoming of this inequality; this inequality corrupts even well-organized forums of political debate, and prevents individuals from governing their everyday lives. Dewey''s approach shows that the process of fighting social inequality is uniquely democratic, and he avoids current democratic theory''s tendency to abstTrade Review'Jeff Jackson rescues the radicalism of John Dewey's political thought from his deliberative inheritors to put the struggle against social inequality back at the center of democratic theory. Equality Beyond Debate is a powerful and original book that provokes us to rethink what participatory democracy can mean in unequal times.' Alexander Livingston, Cornell University and author of Damn Great Empires!: William James and the Politics of Pragmatism'… his consistently insightful exposition deserves a wide audience.' Samuel Bagg, The Review of PoliticsTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The democratic individual; 2. The Hegelian development of Deweyan democracy; 3. The pursuit of democratic political institutions; 4. From deliberative to participatory democracy; 5. Agonism, communitarianism, and cosmopolitanism; 6. Educating democratic individuals; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Peoples Duty
Book SynopsisCan we talk about ''the people'' as an agent with its own morally important integrity? How should we understand ownership of public property by ''the people''? Nili develops philosophical answers to both of these questions, arguing that we should see the core project of a liberal legal system - realizing equal rights - as an identity-grounding project of the sovereign people, and thus as essential to the people''s integrity. He also suggests that there are proprietary claims that are intertwined in the sovereign people''s moral power to create property rights through the legal system. The practical value of these ideas is illustrated through a variety of real-world policy problems, ranging from the domestic and international dimensions of corruption and abuse of power, through transitional justice issues, to the ethnic and religious divides that threaten liberal democracy. This book will appeal to political theorists as well as readers in public policy, area studies, law, and across thTrade Review'Who are 'the people,' in a moral sense, and how should we think about the people as protecting their collective integrity? We have many theoretical and philosophical treatments of private property, but what about public property? In addition to answering these questions, of great relevance for our times, Shmuel Nili's The People's Duty is an accessible political philosophy that takes seriously the complexity of corruption and abuse of power.' Susan Stokes, Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago'The People's Duty argues that, while it is individual people who should remain at the focus of political theory - that, in a broad sense, is what makes the theory liberal - the perspective of the people as a group agent is essential to the proper interpretation of liberal values and to their effective implementation in practical politics. It is an original and illuminating contribution to our thinking about the state, and should command wide attention.' Philip Pettit, L. S. Rockefeller University Professor of Human Values, Princeton University and Australian National University'Nili's pathbreaking book gives us an original way to think about the liberal state and its obligations, both to itself and to others. This provocative book will help the reader see liberalism and the state in new and important ways.' Jeff Spinner-Halev, Kenan Eminent Professor of Political Ethics, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The people's integrity; 2. The people's property; 3. The people's integrity, the people's property, and the abuse of political power; 4. Their property, our integrity: the democratic response to the problem of odious debt; 5. Policy priorities for a divided people: Israel as a case study; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Age of Algorithms
Book SynopsisAlgorithms have transformed our society, upsetting the concepts of work, property, government, even humanity. We rejoice that they make life easier, but fear that they will enslave us. Going beyond visions of good vs evil, this book takes a new look at our time, the age of algorithms. Algorithms will be what we want them to be: it's up to us.Trade Review'... written by two computer scientists offering a most accessible view on both what algorithms are (the book starts with a clearest analogy between algorithms and recipes) and how algorithms are severely changing human life.' Simona Chiodo, Metascience'This short and interesting book provides a non-technical introduction to the age of algorithms. The book is worth reading many times even by those unfamiliar with algorithms or computer science.' S.V. Nagaraj, The SIGACT NewsTable of Contents1. Algorithms intrigue, algorithms disturb; 2. What is an algorithm?; 3. Algorithms, computers, and programs; 4. What algorithms do; 5. What algorithms don't do; 6. Computational thinking; 7. The end of employment; 8. The end of work; 9. The end of property; 10. Governing in the age of algorithms; 11. An algorithm in the community; 12. The responsibility of algorithms; 13. Personal data and privacy; 14. Fairness, transparency, and diversity; 15. Computers and ecology; 16. Computer science education; 17. The augmented human; 18. Can an algorithm be intelligent?; 19. Can an algorithm have feelings? 20. Time to choose.
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Cambridge University Press A Philosopher Looks at Human Beings
Book SynopsisWhy do we think ourselves superior to all other animals? Are we right to think so? In this book, Michael Ruse explores these questions in religion, science and philosophy. Some people think that the world is an organism - and that humans, as its highest part, have a natural value (this view appeals particularly to people of religion). Others think that the world is a machine - and that we therefore have responsibility for making our own value judgements (including judgements about ourselves). Ruse provides a compelling analysis of these two rival views and the age-old conflict between them. In a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion, he draws on Darwinism and existentialism to argue that only the view that the world is a machine does justice to our humanity. This new series offers short and personal perspectives by expert thinkers on topics that we all encounter in our everyday lives.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The status of humans; 2. Mechanism versus organicism; 3. Darwinian evolution; 4. Mechanism and human nature; 5. Organicism and human nature; 6. The problem of progress; 7. Morality for the organicist; 8. Morality for the mechanist; Epilogue.
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Cambridge University Press Reason and Experience in Renaissance Italy
Book SynopsisPolitical life in Renaissance Italy was held together by principles which underlay, or were used to justify, political proposals and decisions in practice. This wide-ranging comparative survey showcases the variety of political thinking across all five Italian republics, Florence, Venice, Genoa, Siena and Lucca, as well as princes and signori.Trade Review'After decades in which scholars have stressed the commonalities of the republican and princely states of Renaissance Italy, Shaw argues impressively that there were features that were distinctive in the practices of the republican governments and she has dived deep into archival record to show what these were.' William J. Connell, Seton Hall University'Renaissance Italy has often been seen as a laboratory of political ideas and theories. In her remarkable new book, Shaw applies her unparalleled familiarity with the Italian records to a new perspective: by systematically taking the reader into the daily use of the language of political life in Renaissance Italy, Reason and Experience casts fresh light on its mechanisms and concrete workings.' Isabella Lazzarini, Universita del Molise'Reason and Experience is indispensable for anyone interested in Renaissance republics and republicanism - a thoughtful, well-written, and comprehensive archival investigation into the structure and values of the Italian city-states. Shaw will fundamentally change the way we think of republics and principalities.' Patrick Baker, Patrick Baker, author of Italian Renaissance Humanism in the MirrorTable of ContentsIntroduction: Reason and Experience; 1. Union, faction and political participation; 2. Sharing in office, sharing in power; 3. Supreme authority and executive power; 4. Public finances and private interests; 5. A well-ordered republic; 6. The legitimacy of princely rule; 7. Libertà and the community of Italian powers; 8. Practice and theory; Conclusion: Republics and Signorie.
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Cambridge University Press A Philosopher Looks at Sport
Book SynopsisWhy is sport so important among participants and spectators when its goals seem so pointless? Stephen Mumford''s book introduces the reader to a host of philosophical topics found in sport, and argues that sports activities reflect diverse human experiences - including important values that we continue to contest. The author explores physicality, competition, how sport is best defined, ethics in sport, and issues of inclusion such as disability sports, the gender divide, and transgender athletes. His book is written for anyone who is thoughtful, a sports enthusiast, or both, and will deepen our understanding of sport and its place in our lives. This new series offers short and personal perspectives by expert thinkers on topics that we all encounter in our everyday lives--Trade Review'…thoughtful and intelligently written.' Houman Barekat, TLS'Mumford has written an interesting book. It is well written and well-argued and has good examples and cases to illustrate key points. It is furthermore a non-technical and relatively short book. This is a good place to start for people interested in deeper aspects of sports than one finds in the media and in superficial literature.' Gunnar Breivik, idrottsforum.orgTable of Contents1. Physicality; 2. Competition; 3. Definition; 4. Spectacle; 5. Ethics; 6. Inclusion.
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Palgrave MacMillan Us Decolonizing Time Work Leisure and Freedom
Book SynopsisDecolonizing Time: Work, Leisure, and Freedom demonstrates the importance of time as a central category for political theory, providing not only a history of the fight for time through political, feminist, and critical theory, but also assessing this tradition in the context of the United States.Table of Contents1. Reclaiming Leisure 2. Criticizing After Dinner: Marx and the Fight for Time for Human Development 3. The Reification of Time-Consciousness and the Fight for Time Reconsidered 4. Critical Thoughts on Leisure 5. The Culture Industry: The Extension of Work, Disciplined Leisure, and the Deterioration of Culture 6. Developing a Politics of Time: André Gorz and the Domestic Labor Debates
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Palgrave MacMillan UK On the Production of Subjectivity Five Diagrams of the FiniteInfinite Relation
Book SynopsisThis book offers a series of critical commentaries on, and forced encounters between, different thinkers. At stake in this philosophical and psychoanalytical enquiry is the drawing of a series of diagrams of the finite/infinite relation, and the mapping out of the contours for a speculative and pragmatic production of subjectivity.Trade Review'Simon O' Sullivan does not merely offer another theory of the subject. Rather, he elegantly diagrams contemporary theoretical treatments of subjectification in order to grapple with the implications of subjectivity's adjacency and residuality. He never loses sight of the stakes for self-creation while examining the parameters of the relations between finitude-infinitude, desire-ethics, and subject-object that organize his engaging interpretations of Badiou, Foucault, Deleuze, Guattari, and Lacan. His commitment to practices that support the emergence of both strange and dissident subjectivities of the future fruitfully bring into the discussion paganism, shamanism, and animism. On the Production of Subjectivity is a fundamental reference point for questions bearing upon mental ecology, and a sourcebook for thinking beyond the diluted subjectivities available under semiocapital.' - Gary Genosko, Professor of Sociology and Canada Research Chair, Lakehead University, Canada 'On the Production of Subjectivity has taken the diagram to a new level of thought, and with that, renewed our philosophy of the subject in unprecedented fashion. Through analyses of the most important thinkers within the immanentist tradition (from Spinoza to Deleuze), as well as the most radical approaches to subjectivity (Lacan, Foucault, Guattari), this book not only tells us a new story concerning the emergence of self, but also shows us this in the most speculative and productive manner possible, following Bergson's adage that 'to speculate is to see'. With this work, O'Sullivan makes us see a new subject, and with the diagram, he gives us a new vision or 'non-philosophy' of thought itself.' - John Mullarkey, Kingston University, London, UKTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Contemporary Conditions and Diagrammatic Trajectory From Joy to the Gap: The Accessing of the Infinite by the Finite (Spinoza, Nietzsche, Bergson) The Care of the Self versus the Ethics of Desire: Two Diagrams of the Production of Subjectivity (and of the Subject's Relation to Truth) (Foucault versus Lacan) The Aesthetic Paradigm: From the Folding of the Finite-Infinite Relation to Schizoanalytic Metamodelisation (to Biopolitics) (Guattari) The Strange Temporality of the Subject: Life In-between the Infinite and the Finite (Deleuze contra Badiou) Desiring-Machines, Chaoids, Probeheads: Towards a Speculative Production of Subjectivity (Deleuze and Guattari) Conclusion: Composite Diagram and Relations of Adjacency Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Individuation and Narcissism
Book SynopsisDevelopments in Freudian psychoanalysis, particularly the work of Kohut and Winnicott, have led to a convergence with the Jungian position. In Individuation and Narcissism Mario Jacoby attempted to overcome the doctrinal differences between the different schools of depth psychology, while taking into account the characteristic approaches of each. Through a close examination of the actual experience of self, the process of individuation, narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder, Jacoby deftly demonstrated the benefits of a cross-fertilization of ideas and techniques for the professional analyst. This Classic Edition includes a new foreword by Kathrin Asper.Trade Review‘The Classic Edition of Individuation and Narcissism will certainly continue to broaden Mario Jacoby’s influence on analysts, therapists and trainees in and outside the Jungian field.’ - Kathrin Asper, from the forewordTable of ContentsForeword to the Classic Edition. Chapter One: The Myth of Narcissus Chapter Two: On Narcissism: An Introduction Chapter Three: Ego and Self in Analytical psychology and Psychoanalysis Chapter Four: Aspects of the Concept of Narcissism Chapter Five: Individuation Process and Maturation of Narcissistic Libido Chapter Six: Some Goals of Narcissistic Maturation and Their Meaning For the Individuation Process Chapter Seven: Forms of Narcissistic Disturbances Chapter Eight: Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Narcissistic Personality Disorders. Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Introduction to Political Theory
This vibrant and significantly revised new edition is a comprehensive and accessible text for studying political theory in a changing world. Bringing together classic and contemporary political concepts and ideologies into one book, it introduces the major approaches to political issues that have shaped our world, and the ideas that form the currency of political debate. Consistently, it relates political ideas to political realities through effective use of examples and case studies making theory lively, contentious, and relevant.With significant revisions which reflect the latest questions facing political theory in an increasingly international context, key features and updates include: Two brand new chapters on Migration and Freedom of Speech and a significant new section on the radical right; Thought-provoking case studies to bring the theory to life including social media and internet regulation, Brexit and the EU,
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Capitalism and its Critics
Book SynopsisCapitalism and its Critics offers an accessible account of major theories of capitalism from the industrial revolution to the present day. The book provides a comprehensive account of the economic and social thought of key theorists from Adam Smith and Karl Marx to David Harvey and Thomas Piketty.Capitalism has long been the subject of passionate debate, and today such contestations are perhaps more timely than ever. For its advocates, capitalism brings democracy and freedom and is the cornerstone of modernity and of progress. For its critics, capitalism is based on the exploitation of labour and is responsible for the destruction of the environment as well as colonialism. Whether capitalism survives the century, or whether an alternative social system emerges, may very well determine the fate of humanity. Capitalism and its Critics gives a comprehensive critical analysis of the most important theorists of capitalism, including Adam Smith, Karl Marx, MaTrade Review"Amid so much empty rhetoric and shallow theory about capitalism, pro and contra, Delanty and Harris have provided us with a book that is as lucid as it is incisive. Understanding capitalism as an intrinsically historical phenomenon, they trace its development as a concrete historical formation but also explore the evolutions in theory that have sought to understand it. This is a book that should be read widely especially by those today who would seek to create a politics to confront the destructive effects of capital."Michael J. Thompson, Professor of Political Theory, William Paterson University, USA"This outstanding book is a comprehensive guide to theories and critiques of capitalism, by two leading critical theorists."William Outhwaite, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Newcastle, UK"In concise and clear prose, Delanty and Harris line up all the great authors of the past to understand the past, present and future of capitalism. This is the book you need if you want to anticipate the coming crash!"Frederic Vandenberghe, Professor of Sociology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BrazilTable of ContentsIntroduction: Capitalism, Crisis and Critique 1 From Smith to Marx: Marx’s Critique of Capitalism 2 Weber and the Iron Cage of Modern Capitalism 3 Schumpeter and Capitalist Crisis 4 Karl Polanyi and the Moral Critique of Capitalism 5 F. A. Hayek and the Emergence of Neoliberalism 6 The Rise and Fall of Organized Capitalism: J. M. Keynes and Social Liberalism 7 The Frankfurt School: Capitalism, Reason and Desire 8 Late Capitalism and Capitalist Crises 9 The Hidden Abodes of Capitalism: Environment, Gender, ‘Race’ 10 Neoliberalism Triumphant: The New Spirit of Capitalism, Networks, Globalisation 11 The Financial Crisis and Austerity Capitalism: Responses from Thomas Piketty and David Harvey 12 The End of Capitalism: Contemporary Critiques of Capitalism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Islam and the Media
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Islam and the Media
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Following Reason
Book SynopsisThroughout history, humanity has regularly followed anti-rational figures and forces: demagogic rulers, perverted deities, exploitative economic systems, and so on. Such leadership and followership have wrought all kinds of oppression and conflict. What if this pattern could be altered? What if society were led by Reason instead? Prompted by Cicero's exhortation to follow reason as leader as though it were a god, Following Reason: A Theory and Strategy for Rational Leadership explores this intriguing and potentially transformative possibility. Manolopoulos uniquely blends leadership psychology with a deep understanding of philosophical reasoning theory to show how leaders can bravely reimagine and reconstruct society. The book retraces leadership mis-steps in history, and proposes a more logicentric theory of leadership, built on compelling philosophical axioms and arguments. Following Reason emphasizes the weight of philosophy and cognition in leadershipTable of ContentsSeries Editor ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldChapter 1: DEFINING LEADINGSkepticism Toward SkepticismChanging SituationsMaintaining Contested SituationsChapter 2: DIFFERENTIATING LEADING FROM MANAGINGDistinguishing and Confusing the TwoHistory’s Glorified ManagersChapter 3: FOREGROUNDING FOLLOWINGReversal’s ValueDeclaration of InterdependenceChapter 4: RETHINKING REASON AS LEADERFrom "The Thinker" to Epistocratic DemocracyFrom Platonic Epistocracy to Democratic LogicracyRealizing Logicracy: On the Way to a StrategyChapter 5: FAITHFULLY FOLLOWING REASONToward a Quasi-Religious FollowingSpreading the Good/Better NewsA Skeptical ObedienceLogicracy’s People PowerReferences
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Transformation of Citizenship Volume 3
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