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The Death of Communal Liberty

Author : Benjamin R. Barber
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400867177
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Death of Communal Liberty written by Benjamin R. Barber and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Switzerland today is faced with a profound dilemma—its village life is dying, a casualty of the collision between communal norms and the need for national survival in an industrial, urbanizing world. Benjamin Barber traces the origins and evolution of communal liberty in the group of alpine villages that make up modern Canton Graubunden, and recreates their poignant thousand-year struggle to maintain this tradition in the face of a hostile environment, hierarchical feudal institutions, and European power polities. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Last Rights

Author : James Bovard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Last Rights written by James Bovard and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans' rights and liberties are being ravaged worse than ever before. Government agencies are stealing citizens' property, banning their guns, wrecking their currency, and molesting them at airports and beyond. From rampaging SWAT raids on innocent homeowners to the destruction of privacy to pandemic lockdowns blighting life around the clock, the Constitution failed to prevent tyranny. Thanks to hundreds of thousands of laws and regulations, almost everyone is guilty of high crimes or misdemeanors. Pervasive atrocities have destroyed faith in our political system. More Americans believe in witches, ghosts and astrology nowadays than trust the federal government. At a time when many people fear our nation is spiraling towards dictatorship or civil war, James Bovard's Last Rights explains how we went awry and how to rescue individual liberty.

Strong Democracy in Crisis

Author : Trevor Norris
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498533620
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Strong Democracy in Crisis written by Trevor Norris and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of original essays by prominent authors contributes to current debates about democracy in powerful and provocative ways. The occasion for bringing together this notable collection of essays is the opportunity to examine the crisis in democracy and the promise of new alternative models.

On Civil Liberty and Self-government

Author : Francis Lieber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book On Civil Liberty and Self-government written by Francis Lieber and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Town, Country, and Regions in Reformation Germany

Author : Tom Scott
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047407237
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Town, Country, and Regions in Reformation Germany written by Tom Scott and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays, comprising case-studies and broader surveys, deal with town-country relations and regional systems and identities in late medieval and early modern Germany, especially in their impact on social and religious change in the age of the Reformation.

Liberty Or Death

Author : Patrick French
Publisher : HarperPerennial
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Liberty Or Death written by Patrick French and published by HarperPerennial. This book was released on 1998 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At midnight on August 14, 1947, Britain's 350-year-old Indian Empire cracked into three pieces. The greatest mass migration in history began, as Muslims fled north and Hindus fled south, over a million being massacred on the way. Britain's role as world power came to an end and the course of Asia's future was irrevocably set. Patrick French offers a reinterpretation of the events surrounding India's independence and partition, including the disastrous mistakes made by politicians and the bizarre reasoning behind many of their decisions. Exploring the interplay between characters such as Churchill, Mountbatten and Gandhi, it reveals a tale of idealism and manipulation, hope and tragedy. With sources ranging from newly declassified secret documents to the memories of refugees, Patrick French gives an account of an epic debacle, the impact of which reverberates across Asia to this day.

A Brief History of Liberty

Author : David Schmidtz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444358790
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Liberty written by David Schmidtz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a fusion of philosophical, social scientific, and historical methods, A Brief History of Liberty provides a comprehensive, philosophically-informed portrait of the elusive nature of one of our most cherished ideals. Offers a succinct yet thorough survey of personal freedom Explores the true meaning of liberty, drawing philosophical lessons about liberty from history Considers the writings of key historical figures from Socrates and Erasmus to Hobbes, Locke, Marx, and Adam Smith Combines philosophical rigor with social scientific analysis Argues that liberty refers to a range of related but specific ideas rather than limiting the concept to one definition

Marcuse and Freedom (RLE Social Theory)

Author : Peter Lind
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000155854
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Marcuse and Freedom (RLE Social Theory) written by Peter Lind and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive study of Marcuse’s thought concentrates on his theory of freedom, arguing that it is this which supplies the key to all his writings. This argument is substantiated by a detailed chronological examination of Marcuse’s works. The author shows the rigorous logic underlying Marcuse’s thinking, which is often obscured in Marcuse’s own presentation, and pays particular attention to the influence of Heidegger, and of Marx’s notion of human labour. This sympathetic reconstruction of the subject attempts to rescue Marcuse from misunderstanding and superficial criticism, and argues that Marcuse’s most famous work, One Dimensional Man, is in fact an aberration from the mainstream of his work. This book forms one of the most accessible and reliable treatments of Marcuse available.

Covenant and Civil Society

Author : Daniel Elazar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351291424
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Covenant and Civil Society written by Daniel Elazar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essence of the covenant tradition is the idea of human beings freely associating for common purposes through pacts of mutual commitment. In the political realm, the idea of covenant has been particularly influential in frontierlands. Reinformed by the idea of the federated commonwealth that emerged out of the Protestant Reformation, covenant eventually fostered the establishment of the United States of America and our modern idea of federalism. More recently, these great products of the covenant tradition helped to bring about the collapse of twentieth-century totalitarianism and fueled a new spirit in contemporary political life throughout the world. A return to political covenantalism seems to be an appropriate response to the crisis of modern civilization and the new epoch after World War II. Covenant and Civil Society is the final volume in Elazar's monumental series The Covenant Tradition in Politics. In it, he traces the tradition's rebirth and development in the modern epoch.Covenant and Civil Society also considers issues of communal solidarity on a postmodern basis. Elazar traces the transition from the covenanted commonwealth of the Protestant Reformation to the civil society of the modern epoch, and explores the covenant's role in the modern statist era and the development of modern democracy. Scandiriavia, and the Latin-Germanic borderlands, many of which are typically thought of as examples of organic or hierarchical models. Elazar argues that a covenantal model is more appropriate and is part of the Western tradition as such.The book concludes with examination of the present and future of covenantal thought. Today, the global spread of federalism, most clearly seen in the formation of the European Union, is also seen in local and private arenas. Elazar considers the benefits of covenantal thought while balancing such optimism with a realistic sense of its limits. As a prescription for change, Covenant and Civil Society is a fundamental and original contribution. Along with the previous volumes in this series, all available from Transaction, it will be of deep interest to historians, social scientists, political theorists, and theologians of all persuasions.

Romanticism, Republicanism, and the Swiss Myth

Author : Patrick Vincent
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009210270
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Romanticism, Republicanism, and the Swiss Myth written by Patrick Vincent and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-22 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first detailed treatment of Switzerland in British literature and culture from Joseph Addison to John Ruskin, this book analyzes the aesthetic and political uses of what is commonly called the 'Swiss myth' in the parallel development of Romanticism and liberalism. The myth merged the country's legends going back to the Middle Ages with the Enlightenment image of a happy, free nation of alpine shepherds. Its unique combination of conservative, progressive, and radical associations enabled writers before the French Revolution to call for democratic reforms, whereas those coming after could refigure it as a conservative alternative to French liberté. Integrating intellectual history with literary studies, and addressing a wide range of Romantic-period texts and authors, among them Byron, the Shelleys, Hemans, Scott, Coleridge, and, above all, Wordsworth, the book argues that the myth contributed to the liberal idea of the people as a sublime yet sleeping sovereign.

Character, Community, and Politics

Author : Clarke E. Cochran
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817300864
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Character, Community, and Politics written by Clarke E. Cochran and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1982-03-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic political philosophy text, available again The revival of political philosophy has frequently assumed that a theory of human well-being and fulfillment is necessary, preoccupied with questions of epistemology and technical conceptual analysis. In instances where the nature of the human good is considered, the paradigm of autonomous individualism customarily dominates. In Character, Community, and Politics, Cochran moves away from these prevailing ideas to develop a communal theory of political order, helping to redefine a number of fundamental, but often neglected, ideas. Chief among them are commitment, community, responsibility, and character—concepts Cochran develops through discussions of authority, freedom, pluralism, and the common good. Drawing on a wide variety of fields, such as philosophy, ethics, literature, moral theology, and sociology, the author renews these concepts to outline a theory of human life and political order distinct from sclerotic categories such as conservatism, socialism, radicalism, or Marxism.

William Wordsworth: Concerning the Convention of Cintra

Author : Richard Gravil
Publisher : Humanities-Ebooks
ISBN 13 : 1847600743
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book William Wordsworth: Concerning the Convention of Cintra written by Richard Gravil and published by Humanities-Ebooks. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1808 Sir Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) inflicted a major defeat on Napoleon's forces at the battle of Vimiero, but promptly signed an armistice and convention (negotiated by Sir Hew Dalrymple with General Junot). The Convention permitted the evacuation of the latter's defeated army from Portugal to Bayonne - along with its equipment and its plunder. This disgraceful Convention was regarded by the people of Britain - government ministers excepted - as a betrayal of Britain's allies, Portugal and Spain. Some of the troops repatriated under this agreement fought against Sir John Moore's expeditionary force the following year, forcing his evacuation from northern Spain. Wordsworth's enormous pamphlet on the betrayal of the Iberian patriots by Britain's officer class is one of the most remarkable political documents produced by a Romantic poet. Here the text of W J B Owen's 1968 edition is republished for the bicentennial, with a critical symposium by Richard Gravil, Simon Bainbridge, David Bromwich, Timothy Michael and Patrick Vincent.

Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy

Author : Benjamin R. Barber
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393070417
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy written by Benjamin R. Barber and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004-10-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fear's Empire lays the foundation for a principled opposition based on America's truest and best values."--Senator Gary Hart The author of Jihad vs. McWorld analyzes how American foreign policy has gone wrongand how it could go right. In this hard-hitting but pragmatic new critique of the Bush administration's foreign policy, Benjamin R. Barber exposes in detail the folly of an agenda of preventive war, placing it in the context of two hundred years of American strategic doctrine (including the recent history of deterrence and containment). He shows how chosen "rogue states" have been made to stand in for terrorists too difficult to locate and destroy, and how the United States continues to support dictatorship in nations it regards as friends, while still believing we can impose democracy on vanquished enemies at the barrel of a gun. Barber argues for an America that promotes cooperation, multilateralism, international law, and pooled sovereignty. For as law and citizenship alone secure liberty within nations, law and citizenship alone can secure liberty among them, freeing them from fear.

Commonwealth

Author : Daniel Judah Elazar
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739102367
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Commonwealth written by Daniel Judah Elazar and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late Daniel J. Elazar was increasingly concerned with the distortions of democracy in contemporary society. In Commonwealth, he brought together a distinguished group of political scientists to examine the Swiss model of democracy, in its original emphasis on community, or the "commonwealth." Contributors to the volume take the Swiss model as a base from which to critique the liberal model, best exemplified by the United States. While it is admittedly the best contemporary example of liberal democracy, or "civil society," America also displays the problems of this model. The modern idea of communal democracy has almost completely disappeared from the United States, contributors argue. In incisive and cogent essays, they suggest that the modern idea of communal democracy may not just be an alternative but a needed antidote to many of the problems with the American system. The scholars gathered in this important collection explore the question of how to maintain both community and liberty while at the same time adjusting to changes in the scale of political organization needed for economic prosperity and defense. The results yield a unique perspective on contemporary democracy for political theorists and concerned lay readers alike.

Developing Non-Hierarchical Leadership on Campus

Author : Shannon Faris
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313005168
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Developing Non-Hierarchical Leadership on Campus written by Shannon Faris and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-10-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many problems that plague modern American society, including disappearance of community, decaying inner cities, racial tensions, environmental degradation, declining civic engagement, and the increasing ineffectiveness of government, to name a few, are in many respects problems of leadership. Leadership means not only what elected and appointed public officials do, but also the critically important civic work performed by those individual citizens who are actively engaged in making a positive difference in society. Clearly, one of the major problems with contemporary civic life in America is that too few of our citizens are actively engaged in efforts to effect positive social change. Educators seldom acknowledge higher education's possible contribution to these problems or the role that it might play in alleviating them. Colleges and universities provide rich opportunities for developing leaders through the curriculum and co-curriculum. Co-curricular experiences not only support and augment the students' formal classroom and curricular experience, but can also create powerful learning opportunities for leadership development through collaborative group projects that serve the institution or the community. These projects can be implemented through service learning, residential living, community work, and student organizations. In the first section, Alexander W. Astin and Helen S. Astin, two of the most influential authors in education and co-principal investigators for the research team that devised Social Change Model of Leadership Development, share their insights on the model they helped create. Also in this section, other leading theoreticians offer provocative and challenging insights into non-hierarchical leadership. The second section features case studies and other examples from the practical realm. Contributions come from a wide array of programs and institutions, from community colleges to Ivy League institutions to urban public universities. Because campuses are increasingly diverse, leadership programs must not only acknowledge but embrace the multiplicity of identities personified in their students. Accordingly, the next section offers essays and case studies on complex issues of intersection of leadership and identity. The book concludes with two chapters essential for those seeking to access leadership development: one focusing on the need for assessment, the other containing an account of the first-ever instrument designed specifically to access non-hierarchical leadership, written by the creator of this instrument.

Early Modern Democracy in the Grisons

Author : Randolph C. Head
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521893794
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Early Modern Democracy in the Grisons written by Randolph C. Head and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-09 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 1995 study of one of the most unusual political entities in early modern Europe, in the Swiss Alps.

Grasmere 2008: Selected papers from the Wordsworth Summer Conference

Author : Richard Gravil
Publisher : Humanities-Ebooks
ISBN 13 : 1847601049
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book Grasmere 2008: Selected papers from the Wordsworth Summer Conference written by Richard Gravil and published by Humanities-Ebooks. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents include four keynote lectures - on Wordsworth and Coleridge by John Beer, on Byron by Angela Esterhammer and Kasahara Yorimichi, and on Harriet Martineau by Anthony John Harding - together with Judith Thompson's 'Bindman Lecture' on John Thelwall. In shorter papers, Monika Class writes on Coleridge and Kant; Laurent Folliot, Mandy Swann, Timothy Michael, Martina Domines Veliki, Patrick Vincent and Yu Xiao on Wordsworth; and Madeleine Callaghan on Shelley. A Feature of the book is five 'new' poems by the famous agitator John Thelwall, transcribed from the recently discovered Derby MS.