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56 produkter
Democracy to Come
Politics as Relational Praxis
Inbunden, 2017
520 kr
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In this book Fred Dallmayr, one of the progenitors of comparative political theory, lays the groundwork for a new understanding of modern democracy. Dallmayr rejects the idea that democracy is a stable system that develops primarily through its horizontal spread; most expressly, he rejects the idea …
Democracy to Come
Politics as Relational Praxis
E-bok, 2017
404 kr
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In this book Fred Dallmayr lays the groundwork for a new understanding of democracy. He argues that democracy is not a stable system anchored in a manifest authority (like monarchy), but is sustained by the recessed and purely potential rule of the "people". Hence, democracy has to constantly …
Democracy to Come
Politics as Relational Praxis
E-bok, 2017
404 kr
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In this book Fred Dallmayr lays the groundwork for a new understanding of democracy. He argues that democracy is not a stable system anchored in a manifest authority (like monarchy), but is sustained by the recessed and purely potential rule of the "people". Hence, democracy has to constantly …
Post-Liberalism
Recovering a Shared World
E-bok, 2019
715 kr
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Liberal democracy is the dominant political ideology in the West today. Taken at face value it suggests an equivalency between its two central components--liberalism and democracy--but as Fred Dallmayr argues here, the two operate in very different registers. The two frequently conflict, …
Post-Liberalism
Recovering a Shared World
E-bok, 2019
715 kr
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Liberal democracy is the dominant political ideology in the West today. Taken at face value it suggests an equivalency between its two central components--liberalism and democracy--but as Fred Dallmayr argues here, the two operate in very different registers. The two frequently conflict, …
Comparative Political Theory
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2010
1092 kr
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Political theory has been traditionally confined to the history of Western political thought from Aristotle to Nietzsche, but this limitation is not tenable in a global age. This text focuses on Islamic, Indian and Far Eastern civilizations, offering readings of classical teachings and contemporary …
Comparative Political Theory
An Introduction
Häftad, 2010
1092 kr
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Political theory has been traditionally confined to the history of Western political thought from Aristotle to Nietzsche, but this limitation is not tenable in a global age. This text focuses on Islamic, Indian and Far Eastern civilizations, offering readings of classical teachings and contemporary …
Critical Encounters
Between Philosophy and Politics
Inbunden, 1987
1901 kr
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Critical Encounters, a study of contemporary philosophy and political and social theory, inserts itself into ongoing conversations at the junctures of philosophy and political thought, and modernity and post-modernism. Through dialogue and critique Fred R. Dallmayr seeks to find a viable path for …
Peace Talks—Who Will Listen?
Inbunden, 2004
1515 kr
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16th-century humanist Erasmus allows ""Peace"" to speak as a plaintiff, protesting her shabby treatment at the hands of humankind and our ever-ready inclination to launch wars. Against this lure of warfare, Erasmus pits the higher task of peace-building, which can only succeed through the …
Peace Talks—Who Will Listen?
Häftad, 2004
529 kr
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16th-century humanist Erasmus allows ""Peace"" to speak as a plaintiff, protesting her shabby treatment at the hands of humankind and our ever-ready inclination to launch wars. Against this lure of warfare, Erasmus pits the higher task of peace-building, which can only succeed through the …
Spiritual Guides
Pathfinders in the Desert
Inbunden, 2017
829 kr
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Challenges the ""desert character"" of modern culture. Political and economic corruption, incessant warmongering, spoliation of natural resources, and, above all, mindless consumerism and greedy self-satisfaction are all symptoms of what Fred Dallmayr contends is an expanding wasteland or desert …
Horizons of Difference
Engaging with Others
Inbunden, 2020
1563 kr
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In his latest book, Horizons of Difference: Engaging with Others, Fred Dallmayr argues that the dialogue between religious and secular commitments, between faith and reason, is particularly important in our time because both faith and reason can give rise to dangerous and destructive types of …
Horizons of Difference
Engaging with Others
Häftad, 2020
589 kr
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In his latest book, Horizons of Difference: Engaging with Others, Fred Dallmayr argues that the dialogue between religious and secular commitments, between faith and reason, is particularly important in our time because both faith and reason can give rise to dangerous and destructive types of …
Marc Chagall
The Artist as Peacemaker
Inbunden, 2020
2517 kr
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This book follows Chagall’s life through his art and his understanding of the role of the artist as a political being. It takes the reader through the different milieus of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries – including the World Wars and the Holocaust – to present a unique understanding of …
Marc Chagall
The Artist as Peacemaker
Häftad, 2020
503 kr
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This book follows Chagall’s life through his art and his understanding of the role of the artist as a political being. It takes the reader through the different milieus of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries – including the World Wars and the Holocaust – to present a unique understanding of …
Beyond Nationalism?
Sovereignty and Citizenship
Av Fred Dallmayr, José M. Rosales
Häftad, 2001
603 kr
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Bringing fresh insight to an important contemporary debate, Fred Dallmayr and JosZ M. Rosales consider the changing definition of nationalism and the nation-state in our era of globalization. The question mark in the title of this volume points to the multiple issues at stake: what is the meaning …
Civilizational Dialogue and Political Thought
Tehran Papers
Av Fred Dallmayr, Abbas Manoochehri
Häftad, 2007
717 kr
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Civilizational Dialogue and Political Thought: Tehran Papers gathers together Islamic and Western scholars to answer the call of Mohammed Khatami, former president of Iran, and the United Nations General Assembly for a "Dialogue of Civilizations," a global dialogue for peace. Based in international …
Civilizations and World Order
Geopolitics and Cultural Difference
Av Fred Dallmayr, M. Akif Kayapinar m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1569 kr
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Civilizations and World Order: Geopolitics and Cultural Difference examines the role of civilizations in the context of the existing and possible world order(s) from a cross-cultural and inter-disciplinary perspective. Contributions seek to clarify the meaning of such complex and contested notions …
Mindfulness and Letting Be
On Engaged Thinking and Acting
Inbunden, 2014
1356 kr
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Mindfulness and Letting Be: On Engaged Thinking and Acting is a protest against the extreme mindlessness or thoughtlessness of our age, a malaise covered by manipulative cleverness and by minds filled to the brim with opinions, doctrines, marching orders, and ideologies. Rather than concentrating …
Mindfulness and Letting Be
On Engaged Thinking and Acting
Häftad, 2016
618 kr
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Mindfulness and Letting Be: On Engaged Thinking and Acting is a protest against the extreme mindlessness or thoughtlessness of our age, a malaise covered by manipulative cleverness and by minds filled to the brim with opinions, doctrines, marching orders, and ideologies. Rather than concentrating …
Small Wonder
Global Power and Its Discontents
Häftad, 2005
618 kr
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Small Wonder presents the dangers of the "underside of modernity": the unleashing of unlimited lust for (global) power and wealth. Relying on leading critical intellectuals, Dallmayr offers a critique of the self-deceptions of our age, arguing in favor of the cultivation of the "small wonder" of …
On the Boundary
A Life Remembered
Häftad, 2017
550 kr
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The book records the author’s personal and intellectual maturation over a period of nine decades. This maturation was never purely self-propelled, but always occurred in response to teachings and experiences. Situated as a “being-in-the-world”, the author’s experiences reach from World War II via …
On the Boundary
A Life Remembered
E-bok, 2017
596 kr
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The book records the author’s personal and intellectual maturation over a period of nine decades. This maturation was never purely self-propelled, but always occurred in response to teachings and experiences. Situated as a “being-in-the-world”, the author’s experiences reach from World War II via …
Beyond Orientalism
Essays on Cross-Cultural Encounter
Häftad, 1996
463 kr
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Explores some steps toward non-assimilative encounters in the "global village."Beyond Orientalism explores the confluence of contemporary Western (especially Continental) philosophy, with its focus on otherness and difference, and the ongoing process of globalization or the emergence of the "global …
Integral Pluralism
Beyond Culture Wars
Inbunden, 2010
663 kr
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In addition to war, terrorism, and unchecked military violence, modernity is also subject to less visible but no less venomous conflicts. Global in nature, these "culture wars" exacerbate the tensions between tradition and innovation, virtue and freedom. Internationally acclaimed scholar Fred …
Return to Nature?
An Ecological Counterhistory
E-bok, 2011
382 kr
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Sustainability has become a compelling topic of domestic and international debate as the world searches for effective solutions to accumulating ecological problems. In Return to Nature? An Ecological Counterhistory , Fred Dallmayr demonstrates how nature has been marginalized, colonized, and abused …
Contemporary Chinese Political Thought
Debates and Perspectives
Av Fred Dallmayr, Zhao Tingyang
Inbunden, 2012
1077 kr
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Westerners seem united in the belief that China has emerged as a major economic power and that this success will most likely continue indefinitely. But they are less certain about the future of China's political system. China's steps toward free market capitalism have led many outsiders to expect …
Contemporary Chinese Political Thought
Debates and Perspectives
Av Zhao Tingyang, Fred Dallmayr
E-bok, 2012
993 kr
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Westerners seem united in the belief that China has emerged as a major economic power and that this success will most likely continue indefinitely. But they are less certain about the future of China''s political system. China''s steps toward free market capitalism have led many outsiders to expect …
In Search of the Good Life
A Pedogogy for Troubled Times
E-bok, 2007
459 kr
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The great German novelist Thomas Mann implored readers to resist the persistent and growing militarism of the mid-twentieth century. To whom should we turn for guidance during this current era of global violence, political corruption, economic inequality, and environmental degradation? For more …
Integral Pluralism
Beyond Culture Wars
E-bok, 2010
459 kr
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In addition to war, terrorism, and unchecked military violence, modernity is also subject to less visible but no less venomous conflicts. Global in nature, these "culture wars" exacerbate the tensions between tradition and innovation, virtue and freedom. Internationally acclaimed scholar Fred …
