Michael Foley
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780199232673
- eISBN:
- 9780191716362
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199232673.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
American society may be hostile to the thought of ideologies, but it possesses a sophisticated but little understood ability to engage in deep conflicts over political ideas, while at the same time ...
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American society may be hostile to the thought of ideologies, but it possesses a sophisticated but little understood ability to engage in deep conflicts over political ideas, while at the same time reducing adversarial positions to legitimate derivatives of American history and development. This book asks how this occurs; how the sources, traditions, and usages of core ideas and their derivative compounds animate political discourse and structure the basis of political conflict; and how it is possible to sustain a high incidence of competitive value-laden argument and principled political conflict within a stable political order. The fundamental aim of this book is to examine the traditions and usages of American political ideas within the arena of practical politics. By locating them in their respective contexts, it is possible to assess both their changing meanings and their shifting relationships to one another. In surveying America's core ideas, the book facilitates an informed awareness of their political and cultural leverage as forms of persuasion and sources of legitimacy. The book roots the examination of American political ideas firmly in the milieu of social drives, political movements, and contemporary issues within which the ideas themselves are embedded. This not only allows the study to investigate the interior properties and traditional priorities of America's key values, but permits the theoretical implications and practical consequences of these ideas to be traced and evaluated.Less
American society may be hostile to the thought of ideologies, but it possesses a sophisticated but little understood ability to engage in deep conflicts over political ideas, while at the same time reducing adversarial positions to legitimate derivatives of American history and development. This book asks how this occurs; how the sources, traditions, and usages of core ideas and their derivative compounds animate political discourse and structure the basis of political conflict; and how it is possible to sustain a high incidence of competitive value-laden argument and principled political conflict within a stable political order. The fundamental aim of this book is to examine the traditions and usages of American political ideas within the arena of practical politics. By locating them in their respective contexts, it is possible to assess both their changing meanings and their shifting relationships to one another. In surveying America's core ideas, the book facilitates an informed awareness of their political and cultural leverage as forms of persuasion and sources of legitimacy. The book roots the examination of American political ideas firmly in the milieu of social drives, political movements, and contemporary issues within which the ideas themselves are embedded. This not only allows the study to investigate the interior properties and traditional priorities of America's key values, but permits the theoretical implications and practical consequences of these ideas to be traced and evaluated.
Gregory J. Morgan (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199738625
- eISBN:
- 9780199894642
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199738625.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
In this, the first book devoted to Peter Achinstein's influential work in philosophy of science, twenty distinguished philosophers, including four Lakatos award winners, address various aspects of ...
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In this, the first book devoted to Peter Achinstein's influential work in philosophy of science, twenty distinguished philosophers, including four Lakatos award winners, address various aspects of Achinstein's influential views on the nature of scientific evidence, scientific explanation, and scientific realism. It includes short chapters by Steve Gimbel and Jeff Maynes, Nancy Cartwright, Jordi Cat, Victor DiFate, Jerry Doppelt, Adam Goldstein, Philip Kitcher, Fred Kronz, Deborah Mayo, Greg Morgan, Helen Longino, John Norton, Michael Ruse, Bas van Fraassen, Stathis Psillos, Larry Laudan, Richard Richards, Kent Staley, and Jim Woodward with replies to each chapter from Peter Achinstein. The book aims to provide an understanding of the current debate in multiple areas of philosophy of science and how various contemporary issues are connected.Less
In this, the first book devoted to Peter Achinstein's influential work in philosophy of science, twenty distinguished philosophers, including four Lakatos award winners, address various aspects of Achinstein's influential views on the nature of scientific evidence, scientific explanation, and scientific realism. It includes short chapters by Steve Gimbel and Jeff Maynes, Nancy Cartwright, Jordi Cat, Victor DiFate, Jerry Doppelt, Adam Goldstein, Philip Kitcher, Fred Kronz, Deborah Mayo, Greg Morgan, Helen Longino, John Norton, Michael Ruse, Bas van Fraassen, Stathis Psillos, Larry Laudan, Richard Richards, Kent Staley, and Jim Woodward with replies to each chapter from Peter Achinstein. The book aims to provide an understanding of the current debate in multiple areas of philosophy of science and how various contemporary issues are connected.
Martin Loughlin and Neil Walker
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199552207
- eISBN:
- 9780191709654
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199552207.003.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Philosophy of Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law
This introductory chapter presents the key issues to be examined in the book, in particular the tension between the claim that governmental power is generated from the ‘consent of the people’ and the ...
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This introductory chapter presents the key issues to be examined in the book, in particular the tension between the claim that governmental power is generated from the ‘consent of the people’ and the claim that for such power to be effective, it must be divided, constrained, and exercised through distinctive institutional forms. It explains that the essays that follow are divided into three main sections. Part I considers the historical emergence of the idea of constituent power in modern European thought and practice. Part II examines a range of theoretical perspectives on the nature of the relationship. Part III evaluates the continuing importance and (possible) reconfiguration of this relationship in the light of a series of contemporary issues of a constitutional nature. An overview of the key themes developed in these essays is provided.Less
This introductory chapter presents the key issues to be examined in the book, in particular the tension between the claim that governmental power is generated from the ‘consent of the people’ and the claim that for such power to be effective, it must be divided, constrained, and exercised through distinctive institutional forms. It explains that the essays that follow are divided into three main sections. Part I considers the historical emergence of the idea of constituent power in modern European thought and practice. Part II examines a range of theoretical perspectives on the nature of the relationship. Part III evaluates the continuing importance and (possible) reconfiguration of this relationship in the light of a series of contemporary issues of a constitutional nature. An overview of the key themes developed in these essays is provided.
Peter Lake
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780300222715
- eISBN:
- 9780300225662
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300222715.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies
This book presents an analysis of how Shakespeare's plays intersected with the politics and culture of Elizabethan England. With an ageing, childless monarch, lingering divisions due to the ...
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This book presents an analysis of how Shakespeare's plays intersected with the politics and culture of Elizabethan England. With an ageing, childless monarch, lingering divisions due to the Reformation, and the threat of foreign enemies, Shakespeare's England was fraught with unparalleled anxiety and complicated problems. The text reveals the extent to which Shakespeare's plays speak to the depth and sophistication of Elizabethan political culture and the Elizabethan imagination. The book shows the complex ways in which Shakespeare's major plays engaged with the events of his day, particularly regarding the uncertain royal succession, theological and doctrinal debates, and virtue and virtu in politics. Through his plays, the text demonstrates, Shakespeare was boldly in conversation with his audience about a range of contemporary issues.Less
This book presents an analysis of how Shakespeare's plays intersected with the politics and culture of Elizabethan England. With an ageing, childless monarch, lingering divisions due to the Reformation, and the threat of foreign enemies, Shakespeare's England was fraught with unparalleled anxiety and complicated problems. The text reveals the extent to which Shakespeare's plays speak to the depth and sophistication of Elizabethan political culture and the Elizabethan imagination. The book shows the complex ways in which Shakespeare's major plays engaged with the events of his day, particularly regarding the uncertain royal succession, theological and doctrinal debates, and virtue and virtu in politics. Through his plays, the text demonstrates, Shakespeare was boldly in conversation with his audience about a range of contemporary issues.
Biancamaria Fontana
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780691169040
- eISBN:
- 9781400880614
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691169040.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter talks about how Staël used the time of her exile to complete the book she had begun after her flight from Paris in September 1792—a study of the influence of passions on individual and ...
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This chapter talks about how Staël used the time of her exile to complete the book she had begun after her flight from Paris in September 1792—a study of the influence of passions on individual and collective happiness. Following what seems a recurrent pattern in her life, frustration over some immediate practical object led her to invest in some more durable intellectual project. Unlike the pamphlets she had published during the Revolution, Of the Influence of Passions was conceived as a philosophical work, rather than as an occasional intervention in the political debate—though in the end the content of the text was probably closer to contemporary political issues than the writer had originally intended.Less
This chapter talks about how Staël used the time of her exile to complete the book she had begun after her flight from Paris in September 1792—a study of the influence of passions on individual and collective happiness. Following what seems a recurrent pattern in her life, frustration over some immediate practical object led her to invest in some more durable intellectual project. Unlike the pamphlets she had published during the Revolution, Of the Influence of Passions was conceived as a philosophical work, rather than as an occasional intervention in the political debate—though in the end the content of the text was probably closer to contemporary political issues than the writer had originally intended.
Ulrich Beck, Nathan Sznaider, and Rainer Winter (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780853239185
- eISBN:
- 9781846313219
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846313219
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
Many contemporary issues cannot be readily or fully understood at the level of the nation state and the concept of globalization is used to develop understanding through the analysis of global ...
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Many contemporary issues cannot be readily or fully understood at the level of the nation state and the concept of globalization is used to develop understanding through the analysis of global (transnational) processes. This volume explores the phenomenon of Americanization, and its worldwide impact, and the cultural consequences of globalization.Less
Many contemporary issues cannot be readily or fully understood at the level of the nation state and the concept of globalization is used to develop understanding through the analysis of global (transnational) processes. This volume explores the phenomenon of Americanization, and its worldwide impact, and the cultural consequences of globalization.
Simon Springer
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780816697724
- eISBN:
- 9781452955155
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816697724.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Politics, Social Movements and Social Change
The second chapter establishes a manifesto for anarchist geographies, serving as a proverbial call to nonviolent arms for geographers and non-geographers who seek to put an end to the seemingly ...
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The second chapter establishes a manifesto for anarchist geographies, serving as a proverbial call to nonviolent arms for geographers and non-geographers who seek to put an end to the seemingly endless series of tragedies, misfortunes, and catastrophes that characterize the miasma and malevolence of the current neoliberal moment. While it may seem that anarchism supports violence, its position against the state, and in particular the monopolization, institutionalization, and codification of violence that such a spatial organization represents, would mean that anarchism, in fact, offers an alternative geographical imagination that refuses violent means. Anarchist geographies is instead a means of provoking a more liberationist framework that potentially breaks from both the discursive formation of neoliberalism and the limitations of Marxism in relation to contemporary struggles.Less
The second chapter establishes a manifesto for anarchist geographies, serving as a proverbial call to nonviolent arms for geographers and non-geographers who seek to put an end to the seemingly endless series of tragedies, misfortunes, and catastrophes that characterize the miasma and malevolence of the current neoliberal moment. While it may seem that anarchism supports violence, its position against the state, and in particular the monopolization, institutionalization, and codification of violence that such a spatial organization represents, would mean that anarchism, in fact, offers an alternative geographical imagination that refuses violent means. Anarchist geographies is instead a means of provoking a more liberationist framework that potentially breaks from both the discursive formation of neoliberalism and the limitations of Marxism in relation to contemporary struggles.
Ange-Marie Hancock
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- June 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199370368
- eISBN:
- 9780190637422
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199370368.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
This chapter returns to the questions that first animated this book. It asks how intersectionality, as a “theory whose time has come,” benefits from an intellectual history that simultaneously takes ...
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This chapter returns to the questions that first animated this book. It asks how intersectionality, as a “theory whose time has come,” benefits from an intellectual history that simultaneously takes seriously the need for contemporary scholars to expand their understanding of intersectionality without falling into a plethora of disciplinary traps that ultimately prevent intersectionality theory from being the radical reconstitution of our political world it was always intended to be. The chapter suggests that the conditions under which theories travel have been deeply altered by a number of factors securing and restricting the conditions of possibility of exchange. People, goods, weapons, risks, information, and ideas can thus move farther and faster than ever. Therefore, the more pressing issue becomes: how do we adjudicate among the plethora of transformations?Less
This chapter returns to the questions that first animated this book. It asks how intersectionality, as a “theory whose time has come,” benefits from an intellectual history that simultaneously takes seriously the need for contemporary scholars to expand their understanding of intersectionality without falling into a plethora of disciplinary traps that ultimately prevent intersectionality theory from being the radical reconstitution of our political world it was always intended to be. The chapter suggests that the conditions under which theories travel have been deeply altered by a number of factors securing and restricting the conditions of possibility of exchange. People, goods, weapons, risks, information, and ideas can thus move farther and faster than ever. Therefore, the more pressing issue becomes: how do we adjudicate among the plethora of transformations?
