Category: History Theory

By Bonnie Honig

ISBN-10: 1107036976

ISBN-13: 9781107036970

Sophocles' Antigone is a touchstone in democratic, feminist and felony idea, and probably the main commented upon play within the historical past of philosophy and political thought. Bonnie Honig's rereading of it as a result contains intervening in a number of literatures and unsettling a lot of their governing assumptions. Exploring the ability of Antigone in numerous political, cultural, and theoretical settings, Honig identifies the 'Antigone-effect' - which strikes those that enlist Antigone for his or her politics from activism into lamentation. She argues that Antigone's personal lamentations may be noticeable not only as symptoms of dissidence yet really as markers of a rival international view with its personal sovereignty and energy. Honig argues that the play doesn't provide easily a version for resistance politics or 'equal dignity in death', yet a extra optimistic politics of counter-sovereignty and harmony which emphasizes equality in lifestyles.

By Roger L. Geiger

ISBN-10: 0804749256

ISBN-13: 9780804749251

ISBN-10: 0804749264

ISBN-13: 9780804749268

Marketplace forces have profoundly affected the modern learn university's basic projects of making and disseminating wisdom. They arguably have supplied American universities entry to larger wealth, higher scholars, and superior hyperlinks with the financial system. but in addition they have exaggerated inequalities, reduced the university's keep watch over over its personal actions, and weakened the university's undertaking of serving the general public. Incorporating 20 years of analysis and new information masking ninety nine learn universities, wisdom and funds explains this paradox by way of assessing how industry forces have affected universities in 4 key spheres of task: finance, undergraduate schooling, basic study, and participation in local and nationwide fiscal development.The e-book starts through chronicling how universities have enlarged sales by way of optimizing tuitions, and the way they've got controlled those money. It finds why pageant for the easiest scholars via selective undergraduate admissions has resulted in elevated scholar consumerism and weakened college regulate over studying. The booklet additionally explains why examine has turn into an more and more self reliant task in the collage, increasing quicker than classification guide or college assets. ultimately, it indicates how the linkage of analysis to financial improvement has engendered nearer ties with and inspired the commercialization of data.

By Samuel P. Huntington

ISBN-10: 0300116209

ISBN-13: 9780300116205

By James M. M. Good, Irving Velody

ISBN-10: 0521461626

ISBN-13: 9780521461627

This quantity explores the at the moment dominant concept of postmodernity, either within the experience of a historic part that succeeds modernity, and as a sort of data severe of modernist notion. It comprises essays from amazing thinkers in anthropology, historical past, gender reports, philosophy and political philosophy and sociology, and investigates the political results within the shift from modernity to postmodernity. a different characteristic of the quantity is its specialize in the altering social relationships and identities of sophistication, kingdom, gender and kinship.

By A. Roadnight

ISBN-10: 0333794826

ISBN-13: 9780333794821

ISBN-10: 1349419648

ISBN-13: 9781349419647

ISBN-10: 1403913943

ISBN-13: 9781403913944

This research people coverage in the direction of Indonesian nationalism concludes that Truman's aid for independence was once in response to his chilly warfare priorities and never principled backing for self-determination. It unearths how Eisenhower's New glance ended in a disastrous CIA-backed intervention in 1957-58 and propelled Indonesia in the direction of the Soviet bloc. Exposing the level of Australian impact on US coverage, this account finds how the non-public prejudices of Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles undermined the suggestion of rational policymaking.

By Patrick Manning (auth.)

ISBN-10: 1211451631

ISBN-13: 9781211451638

ISBN-10: 1403961190

ISBN-13: 9781403961198

ISBN-10: 1403973857

ISBN-13: 9781403973856

World historical past has improved dramatically in recent times, essentially as a instructing box, and more and more as a examine box. transforming into numbers of lecturers and Ph.Ds in heritage are required to coach the topic. they need to be present on subject matters from human evolution to commercial improvement in Song-dynasty China to latest disorder styles - after which hyperlink those disparate issues right into a coherent path. a number of textbooks in print and in guidance summarize the sector of worldwide heritage at an introductory point. yet sturdy instructing additionally calls for complex education for lecturers, and entry to a circulate of latest examine from students knowledgeable as global historians. during this e-book, Patrick Manning offers the 1st entire assessment of the tutorial box of global background. He experiences styles of study and debate, and proposes guidance for examine by means of academics and through researchers in global history.

By Douglas Kellner

ISBN-10: 0745604390

ISBN-13: 9780745604398

During this paintings, Douglas Kellner brings new mild to undergo upon the advance and modern implications of serious concept. The origins of severe idea, he argues, have been attached to the transition from classical to state-organized capitalism. whereas a number of the views of serious conception are very important to social research this present day, in different easy respects the strategy of severe conception has to be up to date with a view to confront the alterations that have intervened in Western society over the last area of a century. The dialectical revision of Marxian thought conducted through the Frankfurt authors needs to now be utilized to their very own works to generate a severe interpretation of state-of-the-art social global. This, Kellner argues, calls for a reassessment of the former severe conception research of up to date capitalism via new views which take account of advancements in customer, media, technological, cultural and different spheres of what Kellner calls "techno-capitalism".

By Daniel J. Kapust, Helen M. Kinsella

ISBN-10: 113752815X

ISBN-13: 9781137528155

ISBN-10: 113753320X

ISBN-13: 9781137533203

This publication explores comparative political concept throughout the examine of various areas and sessions with contributions from a various team of students. the amount builds on fresh paintings in political idea, looking to concentration scholarly cognizance on non-Western proposal with the intention to give a contribution to either political idea and our realizing of the trendy globalized global. that includes discussions of overseas legislation and imperialism, areas similar to South Asia and Latin the United States, religions akin to Buddhism and Islam, besides imperialism and revolution, the amount additionally comprises an outline of comparative political thought. Contributing students install quite a few methodological and interpretive techniques, starting from archival learn to fieldwork to shut reviews of texts within the unique language. the amount elucidates the pluralism and dissensus that characterizes either cross-national and intra-national political thought.

By Martin Hewson, Timothy J Sinclair

ISBN-10: 0791443078

ISBN-13: 9780791443071

Because the debate over worldwide governance heats up, techniques to worldwide Governance concept deals a advisor to this new terrain. The members recommend techniques to worldwide governance that realize primary political, fiscal, technological, and cultural dynamics, that interact social and political idea, and that transcend traditional diplomacy thought. we're provided right here a consultant to this new terrain.
Beginning with a bankruptcy tracing the emergence of world governance research within the Nineteen Nineties, methods to international Governance thought additionally responds to replacement theoretical conceptions. James N. Rosenau explores the ontology of world governance. moreover, Robert Latham develops a critique of Rosenau s considering, whereas Michael G. Schechter examines the bounds of the fee for worldwide Governance s widely-publicized 1995 file and Ronen Palan asks severely, who's to be ruled by way of international governance?
Other chapters boost analyses of worldwide governance phenomena. Technological swap is addressed via Karen T. Litfin, on environmental satellites, and Edward A. Comor, on broadcast satellites. M. Mark Amen examines advancements in credits, and shifts in political id are mapped via Yale H. Ferguson and Richard W. Mansbach. additionally, advancements in info and data are thought of by means of Tony Porter.
In addition, chapters suggest new instructions for worldwide governance research. Timothy Sinclair indicates a spotlight at the point of the standard, Martin Hewson proposes long term research of global order informationalism, and Ronnie D. Lipschutz makes a case for the significance of worldwide civil society."

By Colin Power

ISBN-10: 9812872205

ISBN-13: 9789812872203

ISBN-10: 9812872213

ISBN-13: 9789812872210

This publication is ready the ability of schooling: the type of schooling that at the same time improves the standard of existence either one of participants and the broader society. It explains why schooling has to be seen as a easy human correct, as a cost in and of itself, and stories the proof on how schooling builds the human assets that folks and international locations must be effective, to continue learning, to unravel difficulties, to be artistic, and to stay jointly and with nature in peace and concord. while countries make sure that such an schooling is available to all all through their lives, schooling turns into the engine of sustainable improvement – financial, social, ethical and cultural. The publication is exclusive in that it covers the improvement of schooling in any respect degrees in all international locations of the Asia-Pacific sector and past, utilizing the most recent overseas information bases, whereas mixing in analyses of either quantitate and qualitative research.