Public Intellectuals and Their Discontents: From Europe to Iran, Shahibzadeh Yadullah
Автор: Sebastian Mitchell Название: Utopia and Its Discontents: Plato to Atwood ISBN: 1441109633 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781441109637 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 4750.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Utopia and Its Discontents traces literary representations of ideal communities from Plato to the 21st century. Each chapter offers close readings of key utopian and anti-utopian texts to demonstrate how they construct, challenge and explore the ideas and forms of earlier utopian writings and the social and political ideals of their own periods. In this original and insightful study, Sebastian Mitchell demonstrates how literary utopias are often as much about the past as they are about the present and the future. Utopia and Its Discontents concludes by arguing against the idea that the utopian has been eclipsed by the dystopian in contemporary culture.
Topics covered include: - Early political and philosophical authors, such as Plato and Thomas More - Literary works, from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four - Speculative-fiction writers such as H.G. Wells, Aldous Huxley and Margaret Atwood - Ecological and feminist texts by Ernest Callenbach, Ursula Le Guin and Marge Piercy - Twenty-first century utopianism This is an essential study for scholars and students of utopian literature.
Автор: S. McBride; John Wiseman Название: Globalisation and its Discontents ISBN: 033377552X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333775523 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 25853.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Most analyses of globalization convey the message that it is an unstoppable force sweeping away national sovereignty and inevitably creating a brave new world of borderless and boundless consumerism. In such a context politics and democracy become irrelevant. Even though the economic context has changed, politics still matters.
Автор: Sylla, Ndongo Samba Название: Liberalism and its discontents ISBN: 1499324758 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781499324754 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4311.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The engaging and wide-ranging discussions published here explore contemporary political realities in Africa through a 'social movement' lens. Detailing the nuances of social movement politics in 12 West African countries during the 2010-2013 period, they present a chronicle of the socio-political struggles that have taken place in the region. In so doing, this volume answers key questions related to these movements. What logic drives them? What forms do they take? What has been their political impact? Can we speak of a resurgence of social movements? If so, are these a response to the crisis of 'representative democracy'? Did they give rise to new forms of expression and democratic participation? What challenges do they bring? Discontent vis- -vis liberalism in its political and economic dimensions seems to be the trigger of the numerous popular uprisings and protests that occur in the region. In spite of their ambiguities and limitations, these struggles currently seek to remove a double disconnect: that between citizens and the 'representatives' and that between the economy and society, between what capital wants and what the people aspire to. Ndongo Samba Sylla, the editor of this volume, is a Senegalese economist, programme and research manager at the West Africa Office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. Author of The Fair Trade Scandal. Marketing poverty to benefit the Rich (translated from French by Pluto Press 2014), he is the editor of "Rethinking Development" (Rosa Luxemburg Foundation 2014). His recent research work deals with the history of the word 'democracy'. Contributing authors: Ibrahim Abdullah - Souley Adji - Kojo Opoku Aidoo - Francis Akind s - Alpha Amadou Bano Barry - Fernando Leonardo Cardoso - Lila Chouli - Modou Diome - Moussa Fofana - Cl udio Alves Furtado - George Klay Kieh Jr - Claus-Dieter K nig - Severin Yao Kouam - Fod Mane - Issa N'Diaye - Zekeria Ould Ahmed Salem - Ndongo Samba Sylla
Описание: Examine the ways in which expertise, reason, and manners are continually under attack in our institutions, courts, political arenas, and social venues with this collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist.
Описание: This volume examines the cosmopolitanism ideal from ancient to contemporary times. It grapples with the question: Is there still relevance today for the idea of the "citizen of the world" that transcends national borders in the aftermath of the Brexit Referendum result and election of Donald Trump in 2016?
Описание: Argues that Jews were not a people apart but were culturally integrated in Russian society. In their diasporic cultural creations Russia`s Jews employed the general themes of artists under tsars and Soviets, but they modified these themes to fit their own needs. The result was a hybrid, Russian-Jewish culture, unique and dynamic.
Автор: Sassower Название: The Price of Public Intellectuals ISBN: 1137385014 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137385017 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 8384.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book provides a historically-informed survey critically outlining sociological, psychological, political, and economic approaches to the role of public intellectuals. Sassower suggests how the state might financially support the essential work of public intellectuals so as to critically engage the public and improve public policies.
Автор: Fleck Название: Intellectuals and their Publics ISBN: 1138260185 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138260184 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7961.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The ever changing role of an intellectual in this new age of political uncertainty is innovatively focused on within this exciting collection of essays. Its provocative studies and multifaceted responses promote a vigorous debate of individual case studies and will be of particular interest for sociologists, political theorists and historians of ideas.
Автор: Rasch Название: Sovereignty and its Discontents ISBN: 1138147834 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138147836 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5817.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Arguing for the centrality of conflict in any notion of the political, this book puts forward the case for the logical and/or ontological primacy of violence over `peace`.
Автор: Patrick Neal Название: Liberalism and Its Discontents ISBN: 1349143642 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349143641 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 9781.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In these essays the reigning models of liberal political theory of John Rawls and Joseph Raz are immanently criticized. Neal argues that neither `political` nor `perfectionist` liberalism adequately gives expression to the liberal spirit.
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