The fall of the Berlin wall, the uprising at Tiananmen Square, the war in the Persian Gulf, the conflict in Bosnia-such events have been fundamentally affected by modern technology.
In the years following the election of Donald Trump-a victory that hinged on the votes of white Midwesterners who were both geographically and culturally distant from the media's coastal concentrations-there has been a flurry of investigation into the politics of the so-called "e;common man.
Forges a path away from polarization toward ethical problem solving and a more humane, equitable, and healthy societyFrom tackling injustice to protecting the environment to ending animal cruelty to improving the strength of our communities, deep divisions in our society often prevent us from working collaboratively to solve the problems we face.
Giorgio Agamben has come to be recognized in recent years as one of the most provocative and imaginative thinkers in contemporary philosophy and political theory.
In seiner ersten Publikation "Ein poetischer Beitrag" lädt der Autor Sven Faßbender den Leser auf eine kleine poetische Reise ein, die sich mit politischen Themen, der Natur, den Weiten des Sternenhimmels, bösen Geistern, aber auch innigen Gefühlen wie Freundschaft, Liebe und Identität auseinandersetzt.
This book analyzes racism in Communist and post-Communist contexts, examining the 'Red' promise of an end to racism and the racial logics at work in the Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, Cuba and China, placing these in the context of global racialization.
In Discourses on Livy, Niccolo Machiavelli turns from princely rule to republican freedom, using the first ten books of Livy's history of Rome as the framework for a searching inquiry into laws, institutions, civic virtue, religion, military organization, and political corruption.
Nach GW 26,2, der die erhaltenen Nachschriften der ersten beiden Kollegien (von 1821/22 und 1822/23) nach der Publikation der »Grundlinien« enthält, dokumentiert der vorliegende Band GW 26,3 nun das letzte vollständige Kolleg Hegels von 1824/25 (Nachschrift von Griesheim).
The Environmental Uncanny argues that the increasing destitution of our world is the result of a certain forgetfulness: we have forgotten that the basis of our knowledge is not calculative reason, but our participation in the natural world.
The Western Crisis of Truth in the Early 21st Century explores the symbolic, experiential, and associative side of contemporary political culture, arguing that phenomena such as 'post-truth', digitalization, mediatization, propaganda, illiberalism, or populism, far from being curiosities, have in fact come to represent a uniform aspect of political culture - a challenge to the 'enlightened', 'developed', and 'progressive' world that we believed ourselves to be inhabiting.
Since the start of the occupation of Palestinian territories in 1967, Israel's domination of the Palestinians has deprived an entire population of any political status or protection.
The story of how the Ohio conference of the American Association of University Professors mobilized its resources and fought alongside Teamsters, firefighters, janitors, and police to defeat Ohio Senate Bill 5 by referendum, restoring collective bargain rights across the state.
The Ethics of Governance: Moral Limits of Policy Decisions offers a toolbox drawn from normative ethics which finds applications in public governance, primarily focusing on policy making and executive action.
This book is a result of a joint conference, which was held from 18th-22nd July 2017 under the theme Religion, Citizenship and Development , Southern African Perspectives.
This book is a result of a joint conference, which was held from 18th-22nd July 2017 under the theme Religion, Citizenship and Development , Southern African Perspectives.
This book is devoted to the studies of Karl Marx's Paris Manuscripts and presents a new interpretation of early Marx, arguing that his transition to maturity can be found in these manuscripts, and specifically in Comments on James Mill, which was drafted between the First Manuscript and the Second Manuscript.
Many contemporary African writers remain trapped in the quest for a worldview, philosophy, supposing a single ,African, demesne to explain the entire continent, referring to a mythical past.
The once acrimonious debate on the existence of African philosophy has come of age, yet the need to cultivate a culture of belonging is more demanding now than ever before in many African societies.
This book discusses the seminal role played by Edward Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, in the founding of American-style public relations n persuasive communication through manipulation of symbols n and his huge (and cynical) impact on the American economic and political scene.
This book discusses the seminal role played by Edward Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, in the founding of American-style public relations , persuasive communication through manipulation of symbols , and his huge (and cynical) impact on the American economic and political scene.
Este livro contém 23 das principais obras de Platão:- Êutifron- Apologia de Sócrates- Críton- Fédon- Crátilo- Teeteto- O Sofista- O Político- Parmênides- Filebo- O Banquete- Fedro- Alcibíades- Laques- Eutidemo- Protágoras- Górgias- Mênon- Hípias menor- Hípias maior- A República- Timeu- Crítias
Àqueles que chegam desavisados ao texto límpido e elegante de Nicolau Maquiavel pode parecer que o autor escreveu, na Florença do século XVI, um manual abstrato para a conduta de um mandatário.
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), um dos maiores filósofos da civilização ocidental, acreditava que o entendimento entre os homens levaria a uma pacificação entre as nações.
Mientras trabajos precedentes se habían focalizado exclusivamente en la trayectoria del Movimiento de Sacerdotes para el Tercer Mundo (MSTM), en este libro Claudia Touris demuestra que la corriente tercermundista en la Argentina fue una red sociorreligiosa más amplia y diversa que se desplegó como una verdadera constelación de actores sociales integrada no solo por los sacerdotes, sino también por religiosas, laicos que pasaron por los ámbitos de sociabilidad católica renovada por el Concilio Vaticano II y otros, como el grupo de Cristianismo y Revolución, que lo conectaron con la vía insurreccional minoritaria en la corriente tercermundista.
Considerar a Hegel como lector e interlocutor crítico de la economía política clásica abre una serie de interrogantes metodológicos y teórico-prácticos a la fecha: ¿cuál es la relación del discurso filosófico con su presente sociohistórico?
La avanzada evangélica en las arenas partidarias latinoamericanas es uno de los acontecimientos más estudiados en el campo de la sociología de la religión y un evento que suscita hondas polémicas en el espacio amplio de la sociedad civil.
Esther Díaz propone una cartografía de las múltiples contradicciones y paradojas de las sociedades contemporáneas que invita al lector a recorridos inesperados.
"Este libro pretende ser el comentario de la lección de marxismo impartida por Louis Althusser y una reflexión sobre lo que esa lección quiere enseñarnos y sobre lo que de hecho nos enseña: no sobre la teoría de Marx, sino sobre la realidad presente del marxismo; sobre lo que es el discurso de un reconocido filósofo marxista; sobre las condiciones que vuelven enunciable esa lección y que le permiten encontrar un eco: en los intelectuales y en los políticos.
"¿Estoy realmente seguro de no experimentar sentimiento de amor cuando odio, de amar verdaderamente cuando en realidad sólo estoy adorando, de estar celoso cuando siento envidia, de ser bienintencionado cuando sólo un egoísmo disfrazado me anima?
