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Reimagining modern politics in the European mountains: confronting the traditional commons with the neo-rural conception of the common good

capitalism. Two definitions of the commons are colliding in these mountains; two longstanding lines of political thought are converging and establishing a dialogue that is not always easy: (1) traditional ... interpretative framework of the old and the new (Holmes, 1989; Narotzky & Smith, 2006) . In this tension between the old and the new commons, implicitly, key political categories of contemporary social theory

Why did Trump call prayers politically correct? The coevolution of the PC notion, the authenticity ethic, and the role of the sacred in public life

Trump’s crusade against PC played a key role in his political rhetoric and resonated well among his supporters, yet his notion of PC differed greatly in meaning from earlier uses of the term and was ... ethic, whose power extends far beyond the working class. This ethic (as manifested in Trump's anti-PC rhetoric) transforms the role of morality and the sacred in political drama and in symbolic struggles

Trump divide among American conservative professors

perspective, this article proposes a fielding political identities and practices framework to show how these two groups of professors (Trumpists and anti-Trumpists) differ in where they teach, their ... that connect positions in the academic field to affiliations with think tanks, government agencies, and professional associations in the field of power that reinforce their respective political

Corporate political power and US foreign policy, 1981–2002: the role of the policy-planning network

Recent empirical work has offered strong support for ‘biased pluralism’ and ‘economic elite’ accounts of political power in the United States, according a central role to ‘business interest groups ... the years 1981–2002. Entering all of these different policy preferences into their regression analyses, they found support for both ‘economic elite’ and ‘biased pluralism’ theories of political power

Techno-sovereignism: the political rationality of contemporary Italian populism

, starts by scrutinising the economic, social, and cultural issues framed as political “problems” by the coalition, also highlighting the tensions underlying such constructions. The second step charts how ... this political subject sought to address those problems by deploying an array of political technologies. From examining these two dimensions, the article then can discern the composite rationality-techno

Theorizing refugeedom: becoming young political subjects in Beirut

their own. In particular, everyday life as the politicized Other, and as humanitarianism's depoliticized beneficiary, can constitute them as political subjects. Understanding these produced subjects and ... subjectivities leads us to conceive of forced displacement - or “refugeedom” - as a human condition or experience of political (sub)alterity, within which inhere distinctive subjectivations and subjectivities

A Marxist-Humanist perspective on Stuart Hall’s communication theory

that emerged as a political reaction to Stalinism. Its political perspective is the advancement of democratic socialism. At the level of research and theory, it stresses the role of human practices ... recent years resulted in a renewed interest in Marxist/Socialist/ Radical/Critical Humanism as theoretical and political perspective (e.g. Alderson & Spencer, 2017; Anderson et  al., 2021; Fuchs, 2022b

From industrial to digital citizenship: rethinking social rights in cyberspace

and redistribution principles into emerging digital rights. Hence, it proposes a legal-political framework for the redistribution of the revenues generated by data in the form of a ‘digital basic income ... in History of Political Thought and the Italian qualification of Associate Professor of History of Political Doctrines and of Political Philosophy. He has held research, teaching, and visiting

Pierre Bourdieu on social transformation, with particular reference to political and symbolic revolutions

declaration of “J’Accuse!”—the literary field. Together, these schisms created a political crisis resonant with allegations of state betrayal (Bourdieu 1996a, pp. 129–133; 2013, pp. 159–560; 2014, p. 308 ... and political interests (1990a, chap. 3; Bourdieu and Eagleton 1992; Bourdieu 2019). In particular, he had referred on numerous occasions to the allure of national political “mythologies,” competing

Critical reflections on Pollitt and Bouckaert’s construct of the neo-Weberian state (NWS) in their standard work on public management reform

sought, among other things, to mitigate, if not entirely eliminate, the opportunities for blockades provided by political entanglement (Politikverflechtung) (section III). Neither was it possible to ... “reformist philosophy” (introduction, 3; section IV). See Scharpf (1991) for a theoretically wellfounded argumentation on the State’s ability to act in our days. Scharpf’s essay will be discussed briefly

Political trends in drive metapsychology

This article presents a hypothesis about the existence of unconsciously determined political trends, from the concept of drive. The hypothesis is justified by the recognition of the phenomenon of ... articulation with left and right political trends. Keywords: politics; psychoanalysis; drive; repetition Introdução A semelhança entre o processo de civilização e o desenvolvimento libidinal do

Cultural citizenship without state: historical roots of the modern polish citizenship model

Citizenship is usually seen as a product of modern nation-states, or of other political entities which possess institutional infrastructures and political systems capable of producing a coherent ... intelligentsia member as its ideal citizen. Despite the dramatic political and economic changes in the decades which have passed since its emergence, this cultural frame, which was institutionalized during the

Narrating political opportunities: explaining strategic adaptation in the climate movement

This article advances theory on social movements’ strategic adaptation to political opportunity structures by incorporating a narrative perspective. Our theory explains how people acquire and use

Risky businesses: economic crisis in Argentina and the generative power of generations

its uptake by politicians, journalists, and activists engaged in political projects, but also in the everyday ways that economic actors use narratives about the past to develop strategies of risk ... foundational concept of generations builds on the view that events of major political and social significance that occur during adolescence and early adulthood catalyze the formation of generational identities

Between science and philosophy: the issue of naturalism on Carl Gustav Jung’s psychology

Carl Gustav Jung’s thinking is characterized by complexity and a continuous dialogue between science and philosophy. His theoretical positions, frequently misunderstood, led him to constant efforts

Between science and philosophy: the issue of naturalism on Carl Gustav Jung’s psychology

Carl Gustav Jung’s thinking is characterized by complexity and a continuous dialogue between science and philosophy. His theoretical positions, frequently misunderstood, led him to constant efforts

Agency as conversion process

Political Philosophy , 113 , 338 - 367 Frye , M. T. ( 2012 ). Bright futures in Malawi's New dawn: Educational aspirations as assertions of identity . American Journal of Sociology , 1176 , 1565 - 1624 Gangas ... Giacomo Bazzani 0 0 Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Florence , via Pandette 32, Florence , Italy Its importance for understanding social dynamics notwithstanding, the

Litigation and political transformation: the case of Russia

interactions between citizens and government and so to extend the societal penetration of the political system more generally. Litigation thus forms a mode of practice that, dialectically, possesses both inner ...  Institution building Litigation Russian Federation Social integration  It is widely observed that litigation can lead to political change. Indeed, there now exists a large body of legal-sociological

Hysteresis, academic biography, and political field in the People’s Republic of Poland

university shaped biographical paths of academics stronger than the political factors, which are usually brought to the forefront by contemporary researchers. I analyse academic biographies shaped by the ... justify their own merits in belonging. I propose a model of opposite hysteresis vectors to explain tensions between academia and political field. KeywordsAcademia Bourdieu Eastern Europe Hysteresis Poland

The genesis of Brexit in the UK: outline of a multi-field model

nation states ricocheting through the UK’s political field, ethno-racial field and class structure. ... Union (EU) is one of the most profound events in the recent history of the country, igniting a period of significant political turmoil lasting from the initial referendum result in 2016 to today. It was