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In political philosophy Isaiah Berlin’s work is often cited for its coherent identification of plural values. In “Two Concepts of Liberty,” Berlin highlights this pluralism that exists between values ... necessary sacrifice of some values. Further research in this area of philosophy is important because a better understanding of how values work in political organizations may be able to help reduce conflict by
Philosophy as the study of ultimate principles of knowledge, has been challenged recently in history by some of the intellectual forces in modernism and post-modernism. In response to this, the ... have gone so far as to claim the death of what people would generally describe as academic philosophy and, often times, of the notion of objective truth in general. Similar to this, other thinkers have
matter: the political grammar of feminist theory Feminist theorizing will not be the same after this book. The stories of progress, loss and return that Hemmings identifies in narrativizations of the ... recent feminist past are recognizable to us all. Their shared affective force in the celebratory or mournful tone that they adopt also rings true. Yet, Hemmings uncovers, in the political grammar of our
they also depicted the new artist as someone capable of withstanding or even mastering these shocks and transforming them into instruments of political action. Appearing as they did in the newspaper
published studies on women's participation in political violence and terrorism. Rather than presenting the findings of new field research, the book provides a collation and survey of widely dispersed existing ... ) and addresses a distinct form of political violence in a number of cultural contexts. The scope of the survey is vast, spanning left-wing political violence in Italy, Germany and the USA; right-wing
This article identifies and analyses links between conceptualisations of trans-gender and trans-national, and aims for a critical redefinition of political agency. Through an examination of theories ... -established categories, but defines subjectivity through risk in political struggle. I suggest that 'transing' the nation and 'transing' gender could be thought as critical moves for a radical deconstruction of
movie all focus on women's experience of prison in Iran: Manijeh Hekmat's feature film, Women's Prison (2002) explores the experience of Iranian women incarcerated for non-political reasons from the 1980s ... with harsh interrogations and torture - for her political activities as a college student. So, We Lived to Tell: Political Prison (2002) exploration of Iranian Women joins these other works in building a
Insects and ‘the swarm’ as metaphors and objects of research have inspired works in the genres of science fiction and horror; social and political theorists; and the development of war-fighting ... an analysis of the politics of life and death in the insect and the swarm, which, following Braidotti (2002), cannot be assumed to be a mere metaphor or representation of political life, but an
episodes of ‘Love Jihad’ attacks by the Hindu Right that have targeted and made a political spectacle of love and marriage across community boundaries. I suggest that Love Jihad campaigns become a mode of ... majoritarianism or social hierarchies and injustice. keywordsHindutva gender India communalism moral policing introduction Hindutva1 is a 92-year-old political formation which is calibrated by an apex
The relationship between education and philosophy has changed dramatically between ancient and contemporary eras. In ancient times, educated citizens were encouraged to practice philosophy. Today ... between education and philosophy has changed dramatically between ancient and contemporary eras. In the ancient era, educated citizens were encouraged to practice philosophy as a way of life. Today, in
gender dimensions of formal and informal political action. She describes three overlapping roles of advocate, activist and helper which the women used to try and effect change in the lives of those similar
studies include a country notorious for its blatant anti-Americanism (Venezuela) and a country traditionally allied with the United States (Mexico). Despite different political or historical relations with ... high, and there is reason to believe that it will not dissipate as soon as Bush leaves office. Historical, economic, and political causes all contribute to form a complex, sometimes ambivalent opinion of
questionnaires assessing personal impressions and perceptions of Americanness amongst various ethnic Americans. Although our hypotheses were largely unsupported, supplemental analyses including political ... . Generally, correlational studies examine demographic difference in poverty related to age, gender, political affiliation, social class, wealth, and race (Lott, 2002). Lott (2002) provides insight on poverty
Feminist Review 0141-7789 Articles in this issue of Feminist Review examine some of the political currents within feminist theory and activism and within the broader context. Several articles re ... essentialism receive new and thought provoking critiques. There is a sustained attempt at opening up a critical space in which differences and divisions among and between feminists and our political allies (for
such violence and oppression. This paper attempts to challenge this false binary between ‘family/community/tradition/culture’ and ‘modern political economy’. It looks at the methods used across various ... at the ways in which this regime is disrupted and challenged repeatedly by women’s protests. keywordsviolence empowerment surveillance women’s labour protests political economy introduction The
; ‘presence’ as conceived and worked with in psychoanalysis; and ‘presence’ as decolonising political praxis among Indigenous communities. I use these conceptualisations of presence to consider the various ways ... lines which have run through the social, political and cultural landscapes are now well and truly gaping and represent a clear and present danger. And while the 2017 General Election in the UK attests to
In this paper I argue that in the service of their political agenda, many leaders of the recent past have made decisions that, even today, serve to confuse the racial dialectic and slow civil rights ... today. I’ll do this by taking a closer look at the philosophical realities of both the political relationship between Blacks and in the hypothetical perpetrators of different eras of racism. I do this
government collapsed at the end of the Great War, Berliners took notice of a placard asking “What is Dada? An art? A philosophy? A fire extinguisher? Or a state religion? Is Dada actually energy? or is it ... whimsical rogues’ gallery is one example; the political photomontages of John Heartfield are another, persisting beyond Dada as trenchant repudiation of the Third Reich. But before such a large target
delved into all manner of definitions — ideological, stylistic, formal—allowing for political and social contexts, as well as literary and philosophical considerations. Yet how Dada functioned as an art ... form, a modernist movement, or political manifestation, generally defines Dada in terms that seem to exist beyond Dada, rather than in terms of what is unique to it. Pondering the question with which
