Author: Philip T. Grier File Type: pdf From the Back CoverIdentity and difference (or sameness and otherness) are contrasting but interrelated terms that have played an explicit role in the development of Western philosophy at least since Plato wrote the Sophist. As Plato pointed out then, and Hegel reiterated more recently in his Science of Logic, the proper comprehension of these terms, and particularly of their interrelation, plays a fundamental role in shaping our conception of philosophical reason itself. The contributors in this book examine Hegels treatment of these terms, and the role they play in structuring his philosophical system as a whole and also in shaping his conception of dialectical reasoning.Identity in and through difference is the pervading principle of Hegels philosophical system. The essays in this book will do much both to explain and clarify Hegels argument and to counteract unfounded criticisms that have been made even by some otherwise competent Hegelian scholars. The chapters cover the entire scope of Hegels writing Logic, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Right, and World History, giving a comprehensive view of the way in which Hegel treats the interrelation of identity and difference in these various fields. -- Errol E. Harris, author of Apocalypse and Paradigm Science and Everyday ThinkingThis challenging and exciting book covers a unified conceptual theme applied both abstractly and concretely in important areas. -- David Kolb, editor of New Perspectives on Hegels Philosophy of Religion The majority of the contributors to this book are prominent Hegel scholars known for their previous rigorous work, joined by some newer names, all demonstrating mastery of the topic. This collection will be essential reading for those seeking clarification about some of the most challenging issues and problems in Hegelian thought, for scholars who wish to keep abreast of cutting edge work in Hegelian studies, and for any philosopher grappling with the issues of identity and difference. -- David Duquette, editor of Hegels History of Philosophy New Interpretations Contributors include Robert Bernasconi, Andrew Buchwalter, Martin J. De Nys, Erin E. Flynn, Philip T. Grier, Jason J. Howard, Maria G. Kowalski, William Maker, Angelica Nuzzo, Patricia Anne Simpson, Robert R. Williams, Richard Dien Winfield, and Christopher Yeomans. About the AuthorPhilip T. Grier is Thomas Bowman Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Dickinson College. He is the editor of Dialectic and Contemporary Science Essays in Honor of Errol E. Harris and author of Marxist Ethical Theory in the Soviet Union.

Author: Roger N. Lancaster File Type: pdf One evening, while watching the news, Roger N. Lancaster was startled by a report that a friend, a gay male school teacher, had been arrested for a sexually based crime. The resulting hysteria threatened to ruin the life of an innocent man. In this passionate and provocative book, Lancaster blends astute analysis, robust polemic, ethnography, and personal narrative to delve into the complicated relationship between sexuality and punishment in our society. Drawing on classical social science, critical legal studies, and queer theory, he tracks the rise of a modern suburban culture of fear and develops new insights into the punitive logic that has put down deep roots in everyday American life. **Review Casts a thought-provoking perspective. (Salon 2011-12-09) A convincing argument. (The Gay & Lesbian Review 2012-09-01) Smart, witty, and political. The critique of state responses to sex offense is desperately needed in a policy debate that celebrates ever harsher punishment. (Contexts 2012-08-30) This book provides a . . . window on the use of sex panics and fear-mongering by the state to increase its control over private behavior. (J.A. Myers Gay & Lesbian ReviewWorldwide 2011-09-01) From the Inside Flap Lancasters approach is fresh, critical and engaging. Many scholars have examined Americas carceral state, but few so successfully combine personal narrative and passion with sober assessment. This is a landmark booka dismaying, angry, but powerful analysis of Americas justice system.Michael Sherry, Northwestern University Sex Panic and the Punitive State is a passionate, wide-ranging analysis of a culture of American fear that takes shape as moral panic and a socially permeating knee-jerk vindictivenessnot just against the criminal but against anyone (therefore everyone) who could be cast as a potential perpetrator. Its focus on sex and crime is centrally on the male sexual predator, especially the pedophile figure but its richly archived and narrated examples reach from 19th century victimology to the present, from slavery to terrorism, and their legitimation of the preemptive moral strike. A manifesto against the contemporary paranoid style and its hold on the law, media and you, this book is an important contribution to LGBTQ studies and to American studies in general.Lauren Berlant, Department of English, University of Chicago Sex Panic is gripping and provocative. Lancaster effectively weaves historical and ethnographic accounts along with his own experiences to illuminate the dangerous tilt in Americas legal system toward a presumption of guilt. This is an important book for anyone interested in how crime and justice are perceived in society.Jonathan Simon, Berkeley Law, Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice A profound meditation on sex panics in the modern period, coupled with a biting polemic against the role of the punitive state in American culture. This is a must read for everyone concerned with the state of human rights, sexuality, and political economy. You may not agree with it all, but it will rattle your brain. Gilbert Herdt, founder, Department of Sexuality Studies, San Francisco State University From the moral panics about child abuse to the war on terror, Roger Lancaster brilliantly explores the fears and anxieties of the United States in recent decades, showing how they continuously participate in the shaping of the nation. His vivid depiction of the paranoid style and bellicose rhetoric in politics gives remarkable clues to comprehend contemporary punitive governance. Didier Fassin, James Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University Sex Panic & the Punitive State is a sensationally smart integration of the ever-expanding regime of sex-offender surveillance and punishment with all those vexing phenomena you knew were related but couldnt figure out how victim worship parental paranoia the racialization of crime neoliberalism the war on terrorand more. Lancaster spares neither right nor left, feminist nor religious conservative he privileges neither cultural nor economic theories. Meticulously historicized, complexly thought-out, and elegantly written, this exegesis of sexuality and the punitive state will long be vital to academics, policymakers, and activists alike.Judith Levine, author of Harmful to Minors The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex

Author: Saul Newman File Type: epub What shape can radical politics take today in a time abandoned by the great revolutionary projects of the past? In light of recent uprisings around the world against the neoliberal capitalist order, Saul Newman argues that anarchism - or as he calls it postanarchism - forms our contemporary political horizon.In this book, Newman develops an original political theory of postanarchism a form of anti-authoritarian politics which starts, rather than finishes, with anarchy. He does this by asking four central questions who are we as subjects how do we resist what is our relationship to violence and, why do we obey? By drawing on a range of heterodox thinkers including La Boitie, Sorel, Benjamin, Stirner and Foucault, the author not only investigates the current conditions for radical political thought and action, but proposes a new form of politics based on what he calls ontological anarchy and the desire for autonomous life. Rather than seeking revolutionary emancipation or political hegemony, we should affirm instead the non-existence of power and the ever-present possibilities of freedom.As the tectonic plates of our time are shifting, revealing the nihilism and emptiness of our political and economic order, postanarchismis disdain for power in all its forms offers us genuine emancipatory potential. **

Author: Jürgen Schaflechner File Type: pdf About two hundred kilometers west of the city of Karachi, in the desert of Baluchistan, Pakistan, sits the shrine of the Hindu Goddess Hinglaj. Despite the temples ancient Hindu and Muslim history, an annual festival at Hinglaj has only been established within the last three decades, in part because of the construction of the Makran Coastal Highway, which connects the distant rural shrine with urban Pakistan. Now, an increasingly confident minority Hindu community has claimed Hinglaj as their main religious center, a site for undisturbed religious performance and expression. In Hinglaj Devi, Jurgen Schaflechner studies literary sources in Hindi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, and Urdu alongside extensive ethnographical research at the shrine, examining the political and cultural influences at work at the temple and tracking the remote desert shrines rapid ascent to its current status as the most influential Hindu pilgrimage site in Pakistan. Schaflechner introduces the unique character of this place of pilgrimage and shows its modern importance not only for Hindus, but also for Muslims and Sindhi nationalists. Ultimately, this is an investigation of the Pakistani Hindu communitys beliefs and practices at their largest place of worship in the Islamic Republic today--a topic of increasing importance to Pakistans contemporary society. **