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In the early 20th century, Marxist theory was enriched and rejuvenated by adopting the concept of reification, introduced by the Hungarian theorist Georg Lukics to identify and denounce the transformation of historical processes into ahistorical entities, human actions into things that seemed part of an immutable second nature. For a variety of reasons, both theoretical and practical, the hopes placed in de-reification as a tool of revolutionary emancipation proved vain. In these original and imaginative essays, delivered as the Tanner Lectures at the University of California, Berkeley in 2005, the distinguished third-generation Frankfurt School philosopher Axel Honneth attempts to rescue the concept of reification by recasting it in terms of the philosophy of recognition he has been developing over the past two decades. Three distinguished political and social theorists Judith Butler, Raymond Geuss, and Jonathan Lear, respond with hard questions about the central anthropological premise of his argument, the assumption that prior to cognition there is a fundamental experience of intersubjective recognition that can provide a normative standard by which current social relations can be judged wanted. Honneth listens carefully to their criticism and provides a powerful defense of his position. Review[These lectures] are continually engaging, thought provoking, and - rare blessing - a pleasure to read. Without doubt they will stimulate lively discussion of these important issues. - Sean Sayers, MindHonneth has confirmed in this work what he has established in those previous to it that his work is of the highest order, at once rigorous, serious, and constructive, pushing the edges of critical theory, and his focus on the concept of recognition offers exacting critique, penetrating analysis, and hopeful transformation of our contemporary social and political order. Reification is a must-read for those both within and outside of social theory circles, who, by having a new look at an old idea, will be presented at once with a creative proposal to reform political and social institutions with the persistence of recognition and yet will remain troubles by then with the persistence of reification. - Michael Sohn, Political TheologyAbout the AuthorAxel Honneth is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institut fir Sozialforschung, University of Frankfurt, Germany
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Care and womens emancipation have often been seen as opposed. Politicians have begun to look again at the issue of care in the context of new reforms in the welfare state, health care policies and family law. Using concrete examples taken from parental rights cases, health care education and the public health sector. Using concrete examples taken from the practice and discourse of care, those found in parental rights issues, health care education, the family and in the public health sector, Sevenhuijsen argues for revaluation of care from a feminist perspective.**
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On 16 June 2011, three days before his sixtieth birthday, Ayman al-Zawahiri was declared the new leader of Al- Qaeda, replacing the fallen Osama bin Laden. The veteran Egyptian jihadist had little of his predecessors charisma and enjoyed much less popularity, respect and celebrity. Yet, as scores of jihadi commanders from different organisations have succumbed to their enemies missiles, bombs and bullets, Zawahiri has soldiered on. His tenure as Al-Qaedas leader has been marked by some of its darkest and most challenging moments, which have threatened the viability and future of Al-Qaedas central leadership. The gravest such development has been the emergence of Islamic State as a separate and rival jihadist entity. The best way to gauge Zawahiris response to these threats is by studying the official statements and public communiques that he has issued since taking the reins. This book provides the reader with professional translations of Zawahiris key statements during his first five years as leader of Al-Qaeda. These official communications are introduced and contextualised to provide the reader with a comprehensive sourcebook, outlining the Al-Qaeda leaderships stance on the challenges to its existence since the death of bin Laden. **
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Author: Arthur M. Melzer
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Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award in 2016 Philosophical esotericism--the practice of communicating ones unorthodox thoughts between the lines--was a common practice until the end of the eighteenth century. The famous Encyclopedie of Diderot, for instance, not only discusses this practice in over twenty different articles, but admits to employing it itself. The history of Western thought contains hundreds of such statements by major philosophers testifying to the use of esoteric writing in their own work or others. Despite this long and well-documented history, however, esotericism is often dismissed today as a rare occurrence. But by ignoring esotericism, we risk cutting ourselves off from a full understanding of Western philosophical thought. Arthur M. Melzer serves as our deeply knowledgeable guide in this capacious and engaging history of philosophical esotericism. Walking readers through both an ancient (Plato) and a modern (Machiavelli) esoteric work, he explains what esotericism is--and is not. It relies not on secret codes, but simply on a more intensive use of familiar rhetorical techniques like metaphor, irony, and insinuation. Melzer explores the various motives that led thinkers in different times and places to engage in this strange practice, while also exploring the motives that lead more recent thinkers not only to dislike and avoid this practice but to deny its very existence. In the books final section, A Beginners Guide to Esoteric Reading, Melzer turns to how we might once again cultivate the long-forgotten art of reading esoteric works. Philosophy Between the Lines is the first comprehensive, book-length study of the history and theoretical basis of philosophical esotericism, and it provides a crucial guide to how many major writings--philosophical, but also theological, political, and literary--were composed prior to the nineteenth century. **
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Conservative but Not Republican provides a clear and comprehensive framework for understanding the formation and structure of ideological self-identification and its relationship to party identification in the USA. Exploring why the increase in Black conservatives has not met with a corresponding rise in the number of Black Republicans, the book bridges the literature from a number of different research areas to paint a detailed portrait of African-American ideological self-identification. It also provides insight into a contemporary electoral puzzle facing party strategists, while addressing gaps in the current literature on public opinion and voting behavior. Further, it offers original research from previously untapped data. The book is primarily designed for political science, but is also relevant to African-American studies, communication studies, and psychology. Including easy to read tables and figures, it is accessible not only to academic audiences, but also to journalists and practitioners.**Book DescriptionConservative but Not Republican explores why the increase in Black conservatives has not met with a corresponding rise in the number of Black Republicans. It is primarily designed for political science, but is also relevant to African-American studies, communication studies, and psychology. Including easy to read tables and figures, it is accessible not only to academic audiences, but also to journalists and practitioners. About the Author Tasha S. Philpot is an Associate Professor of Government at the University of Texas, Austin. She specializes in American politics, with a particular interest in African-American politics, political psychology, and political behaviour. Her book Race, Republicans, and the Return of the Party of Lincoln (2007) received the 2008 WEB DuBois Outstanding Book Award, and her work has been published in journals including The American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Black Studies, PS Political Science and Politics, and Political Behavior.
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Focusing on the design and implementation of computer-based automatic machine tools, David F. Noble challenges the idea that technology has a life of its own. Technology has been both a convenient scapegoat and a universal solution, serving to disarm critics, divert attention, depoliticize debate, and dismiss discussion of the fundamental antagonisms and inequalities that continue to beset America. This provocative study of the postwar automation of the American metal-working industrythe heart of a modern industrial economyexplains how dominant institutions like the great corporations, the universities, and the military, along with the ideology of modern engineering shape, the development of technology.Noble shows how the system of numerical control, perfected at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and put into general industrial use, was chosen over competing systems for reasons other than the technical and economic superiority typically advanced by its promoters. Numerical control took shape at an MIT laboratory rather than in a manufacturing setting, and a market for the new technology was created, not by cost-minded producers, but instead by the U. S. Air Force. Competing methods, equally promising, were rejected because they left control of production in the hands of skilled workers, rather than in those of management or programmers.Noble demonstrates that engineering design is influenced by political, economic, managerial, and sociological considerations, while the deployment of equipmentillustrated by a detailed case history of a large General Electric plant in Massachusettscan become entangled with such matters as labor classification, shop organization, managerial responsibility, and patterns of authority. In its examination of technology as a human, social process, Forces of Production is a path-breaking contribution to the understanding of this phenomenon in American society.**
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The figure of the monster in medieval culture functions as a vehicle for a range of intellectual and spiritual inquiries, from questions of language and representation to issues of moral, theological and cultural value. Monsters embody cultural tensions that go far beyond the idea of the monster as simply an unintelligible and abject other. This text looks at both the representation of literal monsters and the consumption and exploitation of monstrous metaphors in a wide variety of high and late-medieval cultural productions, from travel writing and mystical texts, to sermons, manuscript illuminations and maps. Individual essays explore the ways in which monstrosity shaped the construction of gendered and racial identities, religious symbolism and social prejudice in the Middle Ages. Reading the Middle Ages through its monsters provides an opportunity to view medieval culture from fresh perspectives. It should be of interest in the concept of monstrosity and its significance for medieval cultural production. **Review - Every essay makes you want to read the whole book Readers Report About the Author Robert Mills is a reader in medieval art at University College London. He is the author of Suspended Animation Pain, Pleasure and Punishment in Medieval Culture and coeditor of Rethinking Medieval Translation Ethics, Politics, Theory.
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Hobbes Today Insights for the 21st Century brings together an impressive group of political philosophers, legal theorists and political scientists to investigate the many ways in which the work of Thomas Hobbes, the famed seventeenthcentury English philosopher, can illuminate the political and social problems we face today. Its essays demonstrate the contemporary relevance of Hobbess political thought on such issues as justice, human rights, public reason, international warfare, punishment, fiscal policy and the design of positive law, among others. The volumes contributors include both Hobbes specialists and philosophers bringing their expertise to consideration of Hobbes texts for the first time. This volume will stimulate renewed interest in Hobbes studies among a new generation of thinkers. **Review The thought-provoking articles in Hobbes Today illustrate one of the reasons the history of philosophy is valuable. The book contains great philosophy. The distinguished contributors relate elements of Hobbess views, sometimes via novel interpretations, to such pressing, political problems as rights, punishment, and even taxation. - Al Martinich, University of Texas at Austin An excellent collection of papers by established thinkers and young scholars on the value of Hobbess political thought for our world. Both students of Hobbes and contemporary political philosophers will find much of value in these essays. - Christopher Morris, University of Maryland In this fine volume, the eminent Hobbes scholar S. A. Lloyd brings together an impressive set of essays that test received interpretations of Hobbess work and that bring his thought to bear on some of the most pressing questions in contemporary political philosophy. The originality and ingenuity of the pieces collected here amply demonstrate the enduring greatness and perennial fruitfulness of Hobbess thought. Anyone interested in Thomas Hobbes can read these essays with considerable profit, and the book will prove an essential supplement to courses on Hobbess political theory. - Paul Weithman, University of Notre Dame ...In this volume, readers will find a Hobbes who had things to say about rights and equality, taxation, punishment, just war, and whether one has a right to fight for ones country. In other words, these essays, which are of a uniformly high caliber, seek to apply Hobbess thought to contemporary issues.... This is an excellent anthology.... Highly recommended... -C.R. McCall, Elmira College, CHOICE Book Description This volume examines the many ways in which the work of Thomas Hobbes can illuminate the political and social problems we face today. Its essays demonstrate the contemporary relevance of Hobbess political thought on such issues as justice, human rights, public reason, international warfare, punishment, fiscal policy, and the design of positive law. Hobbes Today Insights for the 21st Century brings together an impressive group of political philosophers, legal theorists, and political scientists to investigate the many ways in which the work of Thomas Hobbes, the famed seventeenth century English philosopher, can illuminate the political and social problems we face today. Its essays demonstrate the contemporary relevance of Hobbess political thought on such issues as justice, human rights, public reason, international warfare, punishment, fiscal policy, and the design of positive law, among others. The volumes contributors include both Hobbes specialists and philosophers bringing their expertise to consideration of Hobbess texts for the first time. This volume will stimulate renewed interest in Hobbes studies among a new generation of thinkers. **Review The thought-provoking articles in Hobbes Today illustrate one of the reasons the history of philosophy is valuable. The book contains great philosophy. The distinguished contributors relate elements of Hobbess views, sometimes via novel interpretations, to such pressing, political problems as rights, punishment, and even taxation. - Al Martinich, University of Texas at Austin An excellent collection of papers by established thinkers and young scholars on the value of Hobbess political thought for our world. Both students of Hobbes and contemporary political philosophers will find much of value in these essays. - Christopher Morris, University of Maryland In this fine volume, the eminent Hobbes scholar S. A. Lloyd brings together an impressive set of essays that test received interpretations of Hobbess work and that bring his thought to bear on some of the most pressing questions in contemporary political philosophy. The originality and ingenuity of the pieces collected here amply demonstrate the enduring greatness and perennial fruitfulness of Hobbess thought. Anyone interested in Thomas Hobbes can read these essays with considerable profit, and the book will prove an essential supplement to courses on Hobbess political theory. - Paul Weithman, University of Notre Dame ...In this volume, readers will find a Hobbes who had things to say about rights and equality, taxation, punishment, just war, and whether one has a right to fight for ones country. In other words, these essays, which are of a uniformly high caliber, seek to apply Hobbess thought to contemporary issues.... This is an excellent anthology.... Highly recommended... -C.R. McCall, Elmira College, CHOICE Book Description This volume examines the many ways in which the work of Thomas Hobbes can illuminate the political and social problems we face today. Its essays demonstrate the contemporary relevance of Hobbess political thought on such issues as justice, human rights, public reason, international warfare, punishment, fiscal policy, and the design of positive law.
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Author: Michele A. Paludi
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While its widely known that hate crimes represent a serious issue among todays adolescent population, most parentsand perhaps even some educatorsmay be unaware that gender-based violence is the most prevalent type of hate crime committed by and experienced by teens, and that adolescent girls are exposed to more violence than boys. A complete understanding of the nature of the problem is fundamental to curtailing problems like cyberbullying and sexual harrassment.The Psychology of Teen Violence and Victimization is a two-volume set that fills a gap in the current literature on teen violence by addressing the incidence, psychological explanations, and impact of all forms of teen violence. The authora psychologist who has focused upon interpersonal problems centered on violence, harassment, and genderprovides in-depth discussion of the various types of violence committed by and against teens. The set offers actionable prevention strategies for parents and teachers as well as individuals involved in community programs. Special attention is given to the impact of violence on adolescents emotional and physical health, interpersonal relationships, career development, and self-concept.Book DescriptionSexual harassment. Stalking. Bullying. Schoolyard violence. Parental sexual abuse. Teacher abuse. The brandishing and use of firearms. Interpersonal violence in relationships. These are ugly words that describe tragic events that are occurring everywherein schools across the nation, in our homes, and even cyberspace.About the AuthorMichele A. Paludi, PhD, is president of Human Resources Management Solutions and participating faculty in the School of Management at Union Graduate College, Schenectady, NY. She is a development psychologist by training who specialized in campus violence, workplace violence, sexual harassment, psychology of women, and gender.
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