Advanced search    

Search: Political Philosophy

704 papers found.
Use AND, OR, NOT, +word, -word, "long phrase", (parentheses) to fine-tune your search.

The Effects of the Presidential Communication on Trust in Political Institutions in the 2021 Midterm Election

One of the explanatory theories of political trust contends that attacks on institutions coming from prominent political actors and leaders may contribute to the erosion of this relevant civic ... . This paper seeks to contribute to the study of the effects of presidential communication on institutional trust. Drawing on data from the 2021 Political Culture Panel Survey, we analyzed whether

Democracy and Populism: on the Metaphor “Shaking the Status Quo”

political analysts and actors see the populist phenomenon as a political force that drives changes to the status quo. Thus, this work analyzes the nature and scope of the metaphor “shaking the status quo ... Notes on ‘Populism’. Philosophy & Social Criticism, 46(5), 591-600. [ Links ] Finchelstein, F. (2018). Del Fascismo al Populismo En La Historia. Taurus. [ Links ] Harsanyi, D. (2007). Nanny State

The Middle Class as a Political Identity in Mexico: Analysis of the 2021 Election

After the 2021 election in Mexico and the effective loss of votes by the president’s party, many political actors claimed that it was the middle class that changed its mind during the elections. This ... president’s party, the effect is negligible in the face of its advantage in the lower classes. Keywords: Public opinion; elections; middle class; political identity Introducción El concepto de la

Post-truth: Towards a Methodology for the Analysis of Political Actors’ Exposure on Social Media

The emergence of social networks as political media has renewed the interest not just in analyzing the integration of narratives into public opinion but also in designing methodological tools to ... to offer an auxiliary methodology for the explanation of efficient conditions in political communication in terms of replicability and persistence. Using the conceptual guideline of Goffman and

Reception and Assimilation of a Belief System: the Case of the 4T in Mexico

Since 2018, when he was elected to the presidency, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his government have spread a belief system among Mexican society that reflects the principles of his political ... . Key words: Belief systems; ideologies; political support; political comunications; Fourth Transformation Introducción Luego de ganar las elecciones presidenciales en junio de 2018, Andrés

The Social Classification of the Electorate: the June 2021 Election in Mexico

The competition for controlling the meaning of the electoral behavior of June 2021 in Mexico City is analyzed. Through cultural sociology, it is explored, in the political columns of five newspapers ... political commitment immunized them from the media bombardment against his government, while the voters in the western area were considered impure because conservative media manipulated them. Critics of López

Axiomatic Natural Philosophy and the Emergence of Biology of a Science

Philosophy, Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam , Oude Turfmarkt 145, 1012 GC Amsterdam , The Netherlands 1 Philosophisches Seminar, Heidelberg University , Schulgasse 6 ... that demonstrates the influence of the axiomatic ideal of science on eighteenth-century German philosophy and science, while also discussing debates on the axiomatic ideal. We then show, drawing on the

Evaluation of Political Candidates by Mexican Students from Puebla in 2019

The result of the Mexican election that occurred in 2018 raises doubts about some elements of classical political theories, mainly the sociological approach and the Michigan model. Of the latter ... test these conclusions in a national election with a much larger sample. Keywords: 2018 election; political candidates; youngsters; political parties; Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO); Michigan model

Decolonizing Botany: Indonesia, UNESCO, and the Making of a Global Science

, Anthropology, and Philosophy , Augusta University , Augusta, GA , USA Decolonization created new opportunities for international scientific research collaboration. In Indonesia this began in the late 1940s, as ... serving imperial goals, and now generating knowledge meaningful to Indonesia, tropical Asia, and the rest of the world. Decolonization in the 1940s and 1950s thus created political opportunities for

Garland Allen’s Last Book Project

Life Science book appeared, Indiana University’s History and Philosophy of Science Department invited Gar as a speaker to discuss his ideas in that book and related work from his continuing dissertation ... ), Douglas Chalker (on genetics and development), Allan Larson (on many chapters including concerning the evolutionary synthesis), Carl Craver (on mechanism and philosophy in general), Glenn Stone (on

Performance of the Mexican Political Communication Model in the 2018 Election. A Comprehensive Evaluation

The political communication model is a normative design that sets performance expectations for the Mexican media, as well as an electoral information platform. Though previous research has been ... decisión de voto. Palabras clave: Modelo de comunicación política; elecciones; medios de comunicación; desempeño de medios; análisis de contenido; deliberación mediada Abstract The political

Sociobiology on Screen. The Controversy Through the Lens of Sociobiology: Doing What Comes Naturally

 Political, the Personal and the Disciplinary Dimensions of Sociobiology The relative influence of political, personal, and scientific agendas behind both sociobiology and its critique has been a contested ... sticking to well-established and evidence-based claims. She is part of a group of scholars (some with close associations to Wilson) that emphasize a non-political interpretation of the debate. Segerstråle

Nonhuman Primates in Public Health: Between Biological Standardization, Conservation and Care

nonhuman primates has been labelled “extractive colonialism and neo-colonialism” (Haraway 1989, p. 115) and “racialized political economies” (Suri 2022, p. 117) . Furthermore, the “escalating role of ... political, cultural and normative implications, and that are situated in time and space. Parallel to the body of studies pointing out the colonial and neocolonial character of the primate trade in particular

Who Approves of Marriage Equality in Mexico? Generational Gaps, Education and the Lack of Partisan Differences

, political attitudes, and religion. In order to test our hypotheses, this research uses data from LAPOP surveys (2010-2018) in a series of regression models. Our findings indicate that higher educational ... the city: Urbanisation and LGBTI rights expansion.” European Journal of Political Research, 60(3): 603-624. [ Links ] Bárcenas Barajas, K. (2020). “Elecciones presidenciales 2018 en México: La

The Overfishing Problem: Natural and Social Categories in Early Twentieth-Century Fisheries Science

economic objects. The various models fisheries science used to understand the world reflected amalgamations of biological, physical, economic, and political factors. As a result, scientists had great ... coherence of the concept. In light of recent literature in history of fisheries and environmental social sciences that critiques the infiltration of political and economic imperatives into fisheries and

Social Capital and Economic Perceptions

relationship at the aggregate level for communities or per capita, to have evidence to support political decisions. that can seek to improve economic conditions through the generation of social capital. The ... ), 451-476. https://doi.org/10.1177/104346300012004005 [ Links ] Whiteley, P. (2000). Economic Growth and Social Capital. Political Studies, 48(3), 443-466. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.00269

Life as Conflict in Nietzsche and Freud. Contact Points and Political Breaches with Esposito’s Paradigm of Immunization

In Bios: Biopolitics and Philosophy, Esposito presents his paradigm of immunization as a particular link between life and politics and propound’s Nietzsche as its main precursor. The aim of this

Memes as Political Entertainment. Reception, Uses and Meanings

understanding of memes and their implications for political communication. In so doing, we conducted a study on the reception, uses and meanings of memes during the 2018 Mexican presidential elections. Due to its ... conversations about political issues, and promote criticism of politicians and authorities. Nevertheless, they also foster cynicism and a sense of political inefficacy, as well as a superficial understanding of

The Ideology of Independent Voters and their Electoral Choice in the 2021 Federal Deputies’ Election

This paper analyzes the political behavior of independent voters in the 2021 federal deputies’ election, emphasizing the way the ideological traits of independents guide their electoral choice in ... the political parties. Findings show that independents with no ideological position and left-wing independents were more likely to cast a vote in favor of the Juntos Hacemos Historia electoral coalition

Between the Wars, Facing a Scientific Crisis: The Theoretical and Methodological Bottleneck of Interwar Biology

in this period of theoretical, empirical, and political crisis from historical and philosophical perspectives. This includes not only conceptual, methodological, and epistemological issues but also the ... foundations of biology? And what can contemporary philosophy of biology learn from these past biotheoretical debates? 2 On whether the vitalism-mechanism debate was ever fully settled, see Peterson and Hall