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Political Philosophy’s Methodological Moment and the Rise of Public Political Philosophy

Political philosophy is having a methodological moment. Driven by long-standing frustrations at the fragmentation of our field, as well as recent urges to become more engaged with the ‘real’ world ... ; Public political philosophy; Rhetoric; Political realism; Political science Introduction A house divided cannot stand, but it can certainly argue. Egalitarians and libertarians in the kitchen, unable to

The State of Exception Between Schmitt and Agamben: On Topographies of Exceptionalism and the Constitutionality of COVID Quarantine Measures (with Examples from the Irish Context)

sovereignty. This political philosophy is usually read in (and arguably tainted) by the immediate historical context in which it was conceived, namely 1930s Germany and the rise of National Socialism ... political philosophy that is not constantly transmogrified in the present for the present. Moreover, this is the crucial point: Schmitt can be and is “misapplied” in this way. The same pandemic which has

A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere? With, against, and beyond Habermas

focuses on Habermas’s recent inquiry into the causes and consequences of an allegedly ‘new’ or ‘further’ [erneuten] structural transformation of the political public sphere. The paper is divided into two ... public sphere' thesis, shedding light on its historical, political, economic, technological, and sociological aspects. The second part offers some reflections on the most important limitations and

Does the Phrase “Conspiracy Theory” Matter?

rush to publication given these concerning social consequences, researchers have increasingly treated as definitive a 2016 paper by Michael Wood (Political Psychology, 37(5), 695–705, 2016) that ... Armstrong against doping charges, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, dismissed accusations against the cyclist as “conspiracy theories” (Vertuno, 2012) . And both sides of the political aisle claimed the

The Political Economy of the Frankfurt School

Frederick Pollock, State Capitalism, Studies in Philosophy and Social Science 9.1941: 200-225, here: 207. Max Horkheimer; Sophie Kwaak; Erich Nadel; Friedrich Pollock; Felix Weil; Con man; Frankfurt School ... social philosophy, was promoted to the chair of philosophy and sociology. The Institute’s home had been flattened by Allied bombs and had been rebuilt mainly with the help of American government money

Pragmatist Philosophy for Our Times: Reviewing Rorty’s Legacy

: 978-1108733953 4 David Rondel (Ed) , The Cambridge Companion to Rorty 5 Florida Atlantic University , Boca Raton, FL , USA 6 Richard Shusterman 7 Richard Rorty , On Philosophy and Philosophers, edited ... attention to his philosophical work, and Rorty would surely reject the status of clairvoyant prophet, because he tirelessly contends that philosophy holds no special key to knowledge and that the very

The View from Below: How the Neoliberal Academy Is Shaping Contemporary Political Theory

that job insecurity and the gamification of academia has on the precariat, these conditions are stifling intellectual creativity, diversity, and dissent in political theory/philosophy. I discuss how ... top-tier journals? Don’t they guarantee high standards of scholarship? In 2018, Brian Leiter of “The Leiter Report,” an influential philosophy blog, conducted a poll of moral and political philosophers

The Past, Present, and Future States of Political Theory

Beginning with a historical perspective on the long and short past of political theory, I argue for three priorities for the field’s future: (1) theorizing why and how constitutional democracies ... conference that supports political theory in all of its forms. The first four divisions of the conference are (1) Political Thought and Philosophy (focusing on historical approaches to the study of political

The Unnamed: Exploring the Erasure of Women from the History of Ghana

history of Ghana. I rely on the literature on women’s political participation in Ghana and the scholarship on memorializing people for meritorious service in Ghana to explore women as victims of historical ... also deploy other sources like the national currencies, commemorative dates, and naming of monuments to highlight the relative weight we attach to women's and men's political contribution to nation

From Professionalisation and Normalisation to Genealogy and Realism: The Challenge of Liberalism in Contemporary Political Theory

This essay seeks to characterise and explain a specific pattern in professional political theorising over the last five decades. The paper does not seek to offer a stipulative or philosophical ... using the terms political theory and political philosophy interchangeably throughout this essay especially where authors self-identify as one or the other, but who are for my purposes engaged in the same

Conspiracy Theories

identifying their flaws, a case is made for a different perspective which focuses on the political function of conspiracy theories. A conspiracy theory is not just an explanation of an event which cites a ... features which distinguish them from ordinary theories about conspiracies and make them unlikely to be true. The political approach sees many conspiracy theories as forms of political propaganda and is

Geographies of Public Deliberation: A Closer Look at the Ingredient of Space

Deliberative Democracy , 12 ( 2 ), 1 - 16 . Cohen , J. 2009 . Reflections on deliberative democracy. Contemporary debates in political philosophy , 17 , 247 Constandse , A. K. 1989 . Almere: A new town in ... . 2021 . The impact of public deliberation on climate change opinions among US citizens . Frontiers in Political Science , 13 . Goodin , R. E. 2000 . Democratic deliberation within . Philosophy & Public

Tragedy, Modernity and Political Life

reviewing some of these issues, the paper looks more specifically at tragic structure in relation to (European) modernity and political reason. The French Terror has unique significance in this context ... political existence. As a result-and perhaps this should itself be seen as much in terms of tragedy as triumphalism-our modernity condemns us to liberalism. Liberalism; Political reason; Terror; Tragedy

Michael Hill, Funny Business: The Legendary Life and Political Satire of Art Buchwald

Life and Political Satire of Art Buchwald, does not purport to be a fully-fledged biography, nor a comprehensive and coolheaded critical appraisal, of the man and his medium. Drawing on his subject’s ... of its masters. There is much here to admire, and much to mourn. Reviewer: Graham McCann is a former Fellow of King's College , University of Cambridge, a Lecturer in Social and Political Theory, and

No Victims Without Sacrifice, No Sacrifice Without Victims: Conceptualizing Violence and the “Oklahoma City Bombing”

atrocities reflect this proposed conceptualization of violence but also potentially all acts of political violence. ... is helpful to expand our understanding of political violence. McVeigh’s example illustrates that violence, rather than a mere instrument to achieve political ends, consists of a tripartite relationship

Publicking/Privating: The Gestural Politics of Digital Spaces

d'Entrèves , M. 1994 . The Political Philosophy of Hannah Arendt . London: Routledge. Penney , T. 2014 . “ Bodies Under Glass: Gay Dating Apps and the Affect-Image .” Media International Australia 153 ( 1 ... human bodies, but Arendt extends this reliance on the material to the actual locale of the political encounter (Markell 2011) . While the laws and even the state can be the result of public 1 Both

Richard Bourke and Quentin Skinner (editors), History in the Humanities and Social Sciences

legal history; historical sociology and social theory; political philosophy and political science; philosophy and its history; feminism; literary studies; economics; and anthropology. The essays aim to ... — by implication the intellectual relationship of philosophy to history and the associated political relationship of words to deeds. How are we to account for these 1 Recall the readings of Plato by Karl

Populism: A Berlinian Critique

leadership; he is especially troubled by the possibility of rule by scientific experts, although he does not reject elite judgement entirely; and his assessment of successful political judgement is not as ... sympathetically about the Russian populists of the nineteenth century (revealing a stronger attachment to democracy than he is often credited with), and several themes of his general political thought are relevant

Let the Chips Fall! Public Nudging Arrangements, Coercion, and the Role of Independent Shopkeepers

,” and “best interest,” however, a word concerning our approach and theoretical framework is in order. In short, ours is an exercise in applied moral and political philosophy. We apply moral and political ... : Cambridge University Press Hausman , D. M. , & Welch , B. 2010 . Debate: To nudge or not to nudge . Journal of Political Philosophy , 18 ( 1 ), 123 - 136 . https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1467- 9760 . 2009 . 00351

Confronting Plausible Simplicities and Bridging the Tragic Chasm: Bernard Crick’s Political Journalism Reconsidered

The world of political comment is often considered to be lacking in nuance and sophistication, dominated by immoderate polemicists. This connects to wider debates concerning knowledge and expertise ... brought to the fore. The article examines the contribution made to the debate concerning political comment by the British academic, political theorist and journalist Bernard Crick. Crick had a low opinion