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The American Constitution in the Cycle of Kali Yuga: Eastern Philosophy Greets Western Democracy

AND PHILOSOPHY FOR ALL AGES 22 (1997) (ebook2017) (no page numbers on Kindle). greatest and longest periods of decline occurring in the last Yuga (Kali In its early stages, Kali Yuga (the last in the

Financial Aid and Felonies: The Exclusion of Justice-Involved Individuals from Federal Student Aid

punishment for committing societal wrongs.18 The first philosophy is retribution, or the prevention of future crime by “removing the desire for personal avengement” by victims or society against the individual ... government.21 The second philosophy of punishment is deterrence.22 Deterrence averts future crime by specifically frightening the defendant or generally intimidating the public with the threat of punishment 15

Cluster Introduction: Space, Subordination and Political Subjects

, Subordination and Political Subjects," Seattle 1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Publications and Programs at Seattle University School of Law Digital Commons. It has been ... understand and to help transform prevailing social orders. GLOBALITY, VIOLENCE, AND POLITICAL SUBJECTS In a bold intervention that takes on both liberal and leftist theorists, Dr. Denise Silva makes a plea

Opting Out of the Exception: Washington’s Opportunity to Provide Due Process for Detained Immigrants

figure of homo sacer is knowingly and deliberately exposed to death.21 Agamben argues that the homo sacer exists in the modern political landscape,22 and other scholars have argued that immigrants and ... administrations have referred to a “crisis at the border,” or to immigrants as “criminals.”65 This political messaging has coaxed the public’s consciousness into acceptance of inhumane, extrajudicial treatment of

The Free Market and Gender Relations: Political Economic Power, Impunity, and the Murders of Women

. A culture of fear, combined with the growing concentration of power in international corporations and clientelistic political networks,5 empowers men who want to belong to those networks to transgress

Having Decency Towards Immigrants Requires The Abolition of For-Profit Detention Centers

continue to suffer at their hands. Not only are immigrants’ lives put in jeopardy because of political disputes, but immigrants are being locked up in cages. Some of these cages are for-profit institutions ... to change their ideals and harsh laws regarding immigration with more research and information. Specifically, there are many immigrant rights organizations that do not receive the socio-political

The Progressive Critique of the Current Socio-Legal Landscape: Corporations and Political Injustice

National Voting Rights Institute on this question of corporations and political injustice. We have spent most of our time, since our formation in 1994, addressing the question of campaign finance and

The scientist citizen: time to become political

and the vigorous public debate reveal an urgency to be heard and to engage socially and politically. In his work Politics, Aristotle stated that man is by nature a political animal. In ancient Greek ... potential and live well by actively participating in society. With global politics in flux there is a pressing need to ensure that evidence and reasoned argument rather than ideology and political

Technology and society: Álvaro Vieira Pinto and the social development philosophy

The text discusses the relation between technology and social development. It starts reading classic authors of Brazilian social thought until reach the social philosophy of Álvaro Vieira Pinto, to

Technology and society: Álvaro Vieira Pinto and the social development philosophy

starts reading classic authors of Brazilian social thought until reach the social philosophy of Álvaro Vieira Pinto, to whom, the arrival of foreigner technology in Brazil, despite promoting an initial

Technology and society: Álvaro Vieira Pinto and the social development philosophy

The text discusses the relation between technology and social development. It starts reading classic authors of Brazilian social thought until reach the social philosophy of Álvaro Vieira Pinto, to

Riverside communities in the Amazônia: sociocultural and political organization

This article aims to contribute to the theoretical debate on traditional communities in the Amazônia, highlighting the coastal communities. Amazon in rural areas, rural communities are formed by people / populations whose mode of social organization is recognized as traditional and sharing from the perspective that traditional communities have a way of life directly linked to the...

An Outline of a Global Political Subject: Reading Evo Morale's Election as a (Post) Colonial Event

(Post) Colonial Event Dr. Denise Ferreira da Silva I. AN INTRODUCTION: THE THINKING OF THE POLITICAL Political theory, in particular, runs a great risk of losing its distinctive value in intellectual

Evading Haag: How Courts Deny That Imprisoning Teens for Life Without Possibility of Parole Is Cruel

, beg, or sleep under bridges. Enacted and repeatedly made harsher in the 1980s and 1990s in response to political panics driven by the since-discredited juvenile superpredator theory, state laws require ... Need for Social Epistemology, in THE FUTURE FOR PHILOSOPHY 182, 203 (Brian Leiter, ed., 2004) (“When designing a system of legal adjudication, veritistic value is the prime value to be considered

A Tale of Two Rights? The Manifest Functions of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and the Ambivalence Towards Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

Human Rights, in CONTEMPORARY DEBATES IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (Thomas Christiano & John Philip Christman eds., 2009); James Nickel, Rethinking Indivisibility: Towards a Theory of Supporting Relations ... redress of civil and political rights violations as a pathway to peace and reconciliation. The focus on civil and political rights by TRCs has somewhat made economic, social, and cultural rights the often

Development and Validation of the Youth Sociopolitical Action Scale for Social Media (SASSM)

young people are building movements that change norms and policies at national and global levels (Anyiwo et al., 2020) and can transcend structural barriers to political participation, such as the ... , in which youth learn about the root causes of systems of inequity; political efficacy, in which youth become empowered to create sociopolitical change; and sociopolitical action, where youth resist

Socio-environmental risks and political culture: some considerations on the brazilian case

political culture in the light of the theory of Risk Society, by sociologist Ulrich Beck. Several orders from institutional obstacles to recognizing and addressing the risks in the country reality are ... : Risk society; Political culture; Brazil Résumé L'article fait une analyse du contexte inconstitutionnel et de la culture politique brésilienne au vu de la théorie de la Société de Risque, du

Socio-environmental risks and political culture: some considerations on the brazilian case

political culture in the light of the theory of Risk Society, by sociologist Ulrich Beck. Several orders from institutional obstacles to recognizing and addressing the risks in the country reality are ... : Risk society; Political culture; Brazil Résumé L'article fait une analyse du contexte inconstitutionnel et de la culture politique brésilienne au vu de la théorie de la Société de Risque, du

Socio-environmental risks and political culture: some considerations on the brazilian case

The article analyzes the institutional context and the Brazilian political culture in the light of the theory of Risk Society, by sociologist Ulrich Beck. Several orders from institutional obstacles ... : Risk society; Political culture; Brazil Résumé L'article fait une analyse du contexte inconstitutionnel et de la culture politique brésilienne au vu de la théorie de la Société de Risque, du