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: Voltaire’s Philosophy of Religdion y The author presents the basic premises of Voltaire’s philosophy of religionl,based on a recreation of its historical and philosophical context, as well as an analysnisof ... , albeit bloodless, war on evil. o s r Key words: philosophy, religion, Voltaire, belief, efanaticism, atheism, deism p r France had been expecting the beginning of a new age since the early eighteenth
ASIAN AMERICAN LA WJOURNAL President Obama and the Polymorphous "Other"in U.S. Political Discourse Claire Jean Kimt 0 0 f Departments of Political Science and Asian American Studies, University of ... Nation in the new millennium. These changing notions, burnished in the course of partisan political struggle, intimate the seemingly contradictory point that "the Other" in U.S. political discourse is a
progressiveflag-bearers. This divergence, Mr. Wang observes, has led to the exclusion ofneo-conservativesfrom the debate over the political direction ofAsian Americans. Mr. Wang seeks to "de-mystify" Asian American ... ,' Professor Glenn Omatsu characterizes Asian American neo-conservatives as "strange and new political animals," and presents us as a new "challenge" to the issues affecting the Asian American community. We are
In this review, voltage-gated proton channels are considered from a mainly teleological perspective. Why do proton channels exist? What good are they? Why did they go to such lengths to develop several unique hallmark properties such as extreme selectivity and ΔpH-dependent gating? Why is their current so minuscule? How do they manage to be so selective? What is the basis for our...
did and for the further research we still concentratoeon the German ultras as political protagonists. We do so as empirically focused csocial anthropologists. In this paper we want to discuss the parts
Police reform over the past thirty years has been guided by the philosophy of “community policing,” or the theory that police departments overcome poor community relations by engaging in initiatives ... , “assessments,” that can be opened without any factual predicate. Such “assessments” permit FBI agents and informants to spy on religious services and political gatherings; to question family, friends, neighbors
This article defends the importance of Section 203 in making political participation more accessible for language minority voters. It looks specifically examines how the 2011 Determinations will make ... Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund. He is the author of THE BATTLE OVER BILINGUAL BALLOTS: LANGUAGE MINORITIES AND POLITICAL ACCESS UNDER THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT
political power of Latino voters, 2 or the importance of certain demographics of White voters.3 The story that likely will not appear on the - front page of the New York Times or as CNN Headline News' top ... story of the hour is the political force of Asian Americans. Though Asian Americans are the second-fastest growing racialized population in the United States,4 they are not yet a key demographic in United
section, specific survey questions were asked about each elected official's political background, such as his or her political party affiliation, his or her political philosophy, the demographic make-up of ... Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, California State University, Hayward. I Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Ethnic Studies Program, Santa Clara University , USA
a domestic political agenda. The language of these bans is written to appear supportive of gender equity, criminalizing the provision of abortion when it is sought based on a preference for the sex of ... /uploads/ 2013/06/SAALT_report_full_links1.pdf (discussing xenophobic political rhetoric and hate violence against South Asian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Middle Eastern, and Arab communities in the United States
of international relations-the predominant schools of political philosophy underlying the modem law of nations.3 5 The Naturalists reasoned that in the law of nations there was natural equality among ... political prisoners, the respect for 'ibet's religious and cultural heritage, and the permitting of international broadcasts into China). The Chinese have watched this high-stakes, political seesaw with keen
Sandel, Professor of Political Philosophy at Harvard University, frames the moral limits of markets via coercion and corruption."' The coercion argument posits that market exchanges are not always ... on whether they can provide a "loving and safe" home. 21 She also indictswebloftahret.h2e9 political right- and left-leaning groups for their views on child Bartholet describes both groups as desiring
"political location." CLS was a "location" where we could meet to make sense of our cultural experiences and to figure out how we might use those experiences to develop a critique of the conservative culture ... salaries) without giving up on their radical political projects. They wanted to remain on the inside as they continued to confront and change the system of legal education. The paradox for Crits reduced to
advocates outside the beltway wish that a Democratic-controlled Congress would have the political gumption to address. In particular, due process concerns emanating from draconian legislation in 1996 and the ... tactics. Major legislation was debated in 2006 and 2007, bolstered in part by President George W. Bush's call for a guest worker program. But nothing got passed. The attacks of 9/11 changed the political
to have their behavior shaped by rational acts, political forces, and psychological pressures. As a result, when white Americans behave in particular ways, they are usually thought to be individuals ... described as if her life is completely circumscribed by a racialized culture.26 As a final example, we could consider arranged marriages in South Asian communities. As political theorist Bhikhu Parekh writes
Reconstruction Congress, who preferred to acknowledge no more than blacks' potential claims for political and civil rights. Mark Tushnet et. al, The Politics of Equality in Constitutional Law: The Equal Protection ... School Finance Reform, 98 MICH. L. REv. 432 (1999) (examining the effect actual and perceived race of children among school financing litigation plaintiffs has on public and political reaction to claims
underrepresented in the humanities and the social sciences, particularly in the fields of history, sociology, English literature, philosophy, education, psychology, political science, and law. 1 4 Thus, contrary to ... difficult to generalize across institutions, as each develops policies from its own historical, social, and political context.4 In light of this consideration, the UC system is an apt focal point for the
a shift away from state-based responses to community-based responses that identify all forms of violence whether personal, political, state, or systemic. ... , political, state, or systemic. As a teacher, I believe that no one person teaches us our belief system. The roots of hate are complex. What I do believe is that a community must come together to create an
rightspractitionerswith respect to preserving the civil rights of communities of color. Focusing on the Hmong campaign against welfare reform, the author argues that political and rebellious lawyering can bypass the ... work of contemporary progressive theorists has been characterized by a leading political lawyer as "intriguing, but not particularly helpful."4 Compared with the midstages of the civil rights movement
tribes a government-to-government relationship that serves as an acknowledgment of the political nature of indigenous entities. Indigenous people, who preexisted the formation of the US as sovereign ... entities, are unique among minorities due to the political nature of their relationship with the US. While Indian tribes negotiated treaties that affirmed their sovereign status within the larger boundaries
