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Dimensions and Challenges of Russian Liberalism
Historical Drama and New Prospects
Inbunden, 2019
1316 kr
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Liberalism in Russia is one of the most complex, multifaced and, indeed, controversial phenomena in the history of political thought. Values and practices traditionally associated with Western liberalism—such as individual freedom, property rights, or the rule of law—have often emerged ambiguously …
Speaking Truth to Power - A Theory of Whistleblowing
Av Daniele Santoro, Manohar Kumar
Häftad, 2019
934 kr
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Whistleblowing is the public disclosure of information with the purpose of revealing wrongdoings and abuses of power that harm the public interest. This book presents a comprehensive theory of whistleblowing: it defines the concept, reconstructs its origins, discusses it within the current ethical …
Imposed Rationality and Besieged Imagination
Practical Life and Social Pathologies
Inbunden, 2019
552 kr
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Social pathologies are social processes that hinder how individuals exercise their autonomy and freedom. In this book, Gustavo Pereira offers an account of such phenomena by defining them as a cognitive failure that affects the practical imagination, thus negatively interfering with our practical …
Imposed Rationality and Besieged Imagination
Practical Life and Social Pathologies
Häftad, 2020
552 kr
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Social pathologies are social processes that hinder how individuals exercise their autonomy and freedom. In this book, Gustavo Pereira offers an account of such phenomena by defining them as a cognitive failure that affects the practical imagination, thus negatively interfering with our practical …
Minorities and Populism – Critical Perspectives from South Asia and Europe
Av Volker Kaul, Ananya Vajpeyi
Inbunden, 2020
1098 kr
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This volume assembles renowned scholars to address, for the first time, the relationship between minorities and populism in South Asia and Europe from a critical perspective. Despite the very different and to some extent opposite historical and political trajectories, there is today a convergence …
Minorities and Populism – Critical Perspectives from South Asia and Europe
Av Volker Kaul, Ananya Vajpeyi
Häftad, 2021
1098 kr
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This volume assembles renowned scholars to address, for the first time, the relationship between minorities and populism in South Asia and Europe from a critical perspective. Despite the very different and to some extent opposite historical and political trajectories, there is today a convergence …
Muslim Reformism - A Critical History
Is Islamic Religious Reform Possible?
Inbunden, 2020
552 kr
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This book examines the evolution of Islam in our modern world. The renowned Tunisian scholar Mohamed Haddad traces the history of the reformist movement and explains recent events related to the Islamic religion in Muslim countries and among Muslim minorities across the world. In scholarly terms, …
Muslim Reformism - A Critical History
Is Islamic Religious Reform Possible?
Häftad, 2021
552 kr
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This book examines the evolution of Islam in our modern world. The renowned Tunisian scholar Mohamed Haddad traces the history of the reformist movement and explains recent events related to the Islamic religion in Muslim countries and among Muslim minorities across the world. In scholarly terms, …
Political Liberalism, Confucianism, and the Future of Democracy in East Asia
Av Zhuoyao Li
Inbunden, 2020
934 kr
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This book contributes to both the internal debate in liberalism and the application of political liberalism to the process of democratization in East Asia. Beyond John Rawls’ original intention to limit the scope of political liberalism to only existing and well-ordered liberal democracies, …
Political Liberalism, Confucianism, and the Future of Democracy in East Asia
Av Zhuoyao Li
Häftad, 2021
934 kr
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This book contributes to both the internal debate in liberalism and the application of political liberalism to the process of democratization in East Asia. Beyond John Rawls’ original intention to limit the scope of political liberalism to only existing and well-ordered liberal democracies, …
Identity and the Difficulty of Emancipation
Av Volker Kaul
Inbunden, 2020
989 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive account of the phenomenon of identity in politics, featuring for the first time the question of individual emancipation. It addresses the burning questions of our times, viz. nationalism, populism, Islamic fundamentalism, multiculturalism, postsecularism and …
Identity and the Difficulty of Emancipation
Av Volker Kaul
Häftad, 2021
989 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive account of the phenomenon of identity in politics, featuring for the first time the question of individual emancipation. It addresses the burning questions of our times, viz. nationalism, populism, Islamic fundamentalism, multiculturalism, postsecularism and …
Knowing Democracy – A Pragmatist Account of the Epistemic Dimension in Democratic Politics
Inbunden, 2020
552 kr
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How can we justify democracy’s trust in the political judgments of ordinary people? In Knowing Democracy, Michael Räber situates this question between two dominant alternative paradigms of thinking about the reflective qualities of democratic life: on the one hand, recent epistemic theories of …
Knowing Democracy – A Pragmatist Account of the Epistemic Dimension in Democratic Politics
Häftad, 2021
552 kr
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How can we justify democracy’s trust in the political judgments of ordinary people? In Knowing Democracy, Michael Räber situates this question between two dominant alternative paradigms of thinking about the reflective qualities of democratic life: on the one hand, recent epistemic theories of …
Human Rights in Turkey
Assaults on Human Dignity
Av Hasan Aydin, Winston Langley
Inbunden, 2020
1753 kr
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The book provides the historical setting of Turkey related to the development of democracy, human rights issues, the treatment of cultural and ethnic minorities, and the short- and long-term consequences of the crackdown including impacts on individuals, institutions like education and the media, …
Human Rights in Turkey
Assaults on Human Dignity
Av Hasan Aydin, Winston Langley
Häftad, 2021
1534 kr
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The book provides the historical setting of Turkey related to the development of democracy, human rights issues, the treatment of cultural and ethnic minorities, and the short- and long-term consequences of the crackdown including impacts on individuals, institutions like education and the media, …
Pluralism in Islamic Contexts - Ethics, Politics and Modern Challenges
Inbunden, 2021
1316 kr
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This book brings together international scholars of Islamic philosophy, theology and politics to examine these current major questions: What is the place of pluralism in the Islamic founding texts? How have sacred and prophetic texts been interpreted throughout major Islamic intellectual history by …
Pluralism in Islamic Contexts - Ethics, Politics and Modern Challenges
Häftad, 2022
1316 kr
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This book brings together international scholars of Islamic philosophy, theology and politics to examine these current major questions: What is the place of pluralism in the Islamic founding texts? How have sacred and prophetic texts been interpreted throughout major Islamic intellectual history by …
Educating the Reasonable
Political Liberalism and Public Education
Inbunden, 2021
771 kr
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Offering the first developed account of political liberal education, this book combines a thorough analysis of the theoretical groundwork of political liberal education with application-oriented approaches to contemporary educational challenges. Following in depth engagement with the shortcomings …
Educating the Reasonable
Political Liberalism and Public Education
Häftad, 2022
771 kr
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Offering the first developed account of political liberal education, this book combines a thorough analysis of the theoretical groundwork of political liberal education with application-oriented approaches to contemporary educational challenges. Following in depth engagement with the shortcomings …
Radical Democracy and Populism
A Thin Red Line?
Inbunden, 2022
1316 kr
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This book offers an extensive comparative analysis of populism and radical democratic theories, tracing the line dividing the respective conceptions of ‘people’ and ‘popular sovereignty’. Whereas populism is often said to intertwine with democracy in some way, the contention of this book is that it …
Radical Democracy and Populism
A Thin Red Line?
Häftad, 2023
1316 kr
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This book offers an extensive comparative analysis of populism and radical democratic theories, tracing the line dividing the respective conceptions of ‘people’ and ‘popular sovereignty’. Whereas populism is often said to intertwine with democracy in some way, the contention of this book is that it …
Dimensions of Free Speech
An Exploration of a New Theoretical Framework
Inbunden, 2021
1098 kr
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This book offers a new theoretical framework for free speech by critically analyzing the major justifications for free speech. Unlike most theories that justify free speech on single grounds, this book argues for a justification; namely the double grounded principled approach; that combines and …
Dimensions of Free Speech
An Exploration of a New Theoretical Framework
Häftad, 2022
1098 kr
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This book offers a new theoretical framework for free speech by critically analyzing the major justifications for free speech. Unlike most theories that justify free speech on single grounds, this book argues for a justification; namely the double grounded principled approach; that combines and …
Virtues from Hell: Survivors of Conflicts and the Reconstruction-Reconciliation Processes
Inbunden, 2021
1207 kr
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This book offers a critical examination of certain ideas and values—such as remembering, forgiveness, story-telling through Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, etc.—that under-gird the transitional practices and mechanisms of societies emerging from conflicts. It does so by making the survivors’ …
Virtues from Hell: Survivors of Conflicts and the Reconstruction-Reconciliation Processes
Häftad, 2022
1207 kr
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This book offers a critical examination of certain ideas and values—such as remembering, forgiveness, story-telling through Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, etc.—that under-gird the transitional practices and mechanisms of societies emerging from conflicts. It does so by making the survivors’ …
Philosophical Treatise on Muslim Politics
Wisdom and Governance
Inbunden, 2022
1316 kr
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This is a translation of Mehdi Hairi Yazdi’s حکمت و حکومت (Ḥikmat wa Ḥukūmat) which provides a philosophical critique of the theory of the guardianship of the jurist. This theory is currently the governance theory in Iran and Mehdi Hairi Yazdi’s treatise provides a critique based on both …
Philosophical Treatise on Muslim Politics
Wisdom and Governance
Häftad, 2023
1316 kr
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This is a translation of Mehdi Hairi Yazdi’s حکمت و حکومت (Ḥikmat wa Ḥukūmat) which provides a philosophical critique of the theory of the guardianship of the jurist. This theory is currently the governance theory in Iran and Mehdi Hairi Yazdi’s treatise provides a critique based on both …
Capitalism, Democracy, Socialism: Critical Debates
Av Albena Azmanova, James Chamberlain
Inbunden, 2022
1207 kr
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This book critically analyzes the current historical conjuncture of neoliberal capitalism with an eye to its emergent alternatives. Can democracy and capitalism thrive together? Is socialism a viable and a desirable alternative? What are the forms of emancipatory action and critical thought that …
Capitalism, Democracy, Socialism: Critical Debates
Av Albena Azmanova, James Chamberlain
Häftad, 2023
1207 kr
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This book critically analyzes the current historical conjuncture of neoliberal capitalism with an eye to its emergent alternatives. Can democracy and capitalism thrive together? Is socialism a viable and a desirable alternative? What are the forms of emancipatory action and critical thought that …
