The Boundaries of the Republic

The Boundaries of the Republic
Title The Boundaries of the Republic PDF eBook
Author Mary Dewhurst Lewis
Publisher Stanford University Press
Pages 386
Release 2007
Genre History
ISBN 9780804757225

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In this first comprehensive history of immigrant inequality in France, Mary D. Lewis chronicles the conflicts arising from mass immigration between the First and Second World Wars, the uneven rights arrangements that emerged during this time, and their legacy for contemporary France.

The Boundaries of Human Nature

The Boundaries of Human Nature
Title The Boundaries of Human Nature PDF eBook
Author Matthew Calarco
Publisher Columbia University Press
Pages 208
Release 2021-12-28
Genre Nature
ISBN 0231550960

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Are animals capable of wonder? Can they be said to possess language and reason? What can animals teach us about how to live well? How can they help us to see the limitations of human civilization? Is it possible to draw firm distinctions between humans and animals? And how might asking and answering questions like these lead us to rethink human-animal relations in an age of catastrophic ecological destruction? In this accessible and engaging book, Matthew Calarco explores key issues in the philosophy of animals and their significance for our contemporary world. He leads readers on a spirited tour of historical and contemporary philosophy, ranging from Plato to Donna Haraway and from the Cynics to the Jains. Calarco unearths surprising insights about animals from a number of philosophers while also underscoring ways in which the philosophical tradition has failed to challenge the dogma of human-centeredness. Along the way, he indicates how mainstream Western philosophy is both complemented and challenged by non-Western traditions and noncanonical theories about animals. Throughout, Calarco uses examples from contemporary culture to illustrate how philosophical theories about animals are deeply relevant to our lives today. The Boundaries of Human Nature shows readers why philosophy can help transform not just the way we think about animals but also how we interact with them.

Boundaries of Toleration

Boundaries of Toleration
Title Boundaries of Toleration PDF eBook
Author Alfred Stepan
Publisher Columbia University Press
Pages 330
Release 2014-02-11
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0231165668

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How can people of diverse religious, historical, ethnic, and linguistic allegiances and identities live together without committing violence, inflicting suffering, or oppressing each other? Western civilization has long understood this dilemma as a question of toleration, yet the logic of toleration and the logic of multicultural rights entrenchment are two very different things. In this volume, contributors suggest we also think beyond toleration to mutual respect, practiced before the creation of modern multiculturalism in the West. Salman Rushdie reflects on the once mutually tolerant Sufi-Hindu culture of Kashmir. Ira Katznelson follows with an intellectual history of toleration as a layered institution in the West and councils against assuming we have transcended the need for such tolerance. Charles Taylor advances a new approach to secularism in our multicultural world, and Akeel Bilgrami responds by urging caution against making it difficult to condemn or make illegal dangerous forms of intolerance. The political theorist Nadia Urbanati explores why the West did not pursue Cicero’s humanist ideal of concord as a response to religious discord. The volume concludes with a refutation of the claim that toleration was invented in the West and is alien to non-Western cultures.

Boundaries of the State in US History

Boundaries of the State in US History
Title Boundaries of the State in US History PDF eBook
Author James T. Sparrow
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 372
Release 2015-10-12
Genre History
ISBN 022627778X

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The question of how the American state defines its powernot what it is but what it "does"has become central to a range of historical discourses, from the founding of the Republic and the role of the educational system, to the functions of agencies and America s place in the world. Here, James Sparrow, William J. Novak, and Stephen Sawyer assemble some definitional work in this area, showing that the state is an integral actor in physical, spatial, and economic exercises of power. They further imply that traditional conceptions of the state cannot grasp the subtleties of power and its articulation. Contributors include C.J. Alvarez, Elisabeth Clemens, Richard John, Robert Lieberman, Omar McRoberts, Gautham Rao, Gabriel Rosenberg, Jason Scott Smith, Tracy Steffes, and the editors."

Boundaries of the International

Boundaries of the International
Title Boundaries of the International PDF eBook
Author Jennifer Pitts
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 305
Release 2018-03-16
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0674980816

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It is commonly believed that international law originated in respectful relations among free and equal European states. But as Jennifer Pitts shows, international law was forged as much through Europeans' domineering relations with non-European states and empires, leaving a legacy visible in the unequal structures of today's international order.

Beyond the Boundaries

Beyond the Boundaries
Title Beyond the Boundaries PDF eBook
Author Karin L. Stanford
Publisher SUNY Press
Pages 276
Release 1997-09-11
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9780791434468

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This first book-length study of Jesse Jackson's international activities places his activism abroad in theoretical and historical perspective and shows how it belongs to a tradition of U.S. citizen diplomacy as old as the Republic.

International Boundaries

International Boundaries
Title International Boundaries PDF eBook
Author Ewan W. Anderson
Publisher Psychology Press
Pages 968
Release 2003
Genre History
ISBN 9781579583750

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Primarily concerned with the geopolitical importance of international boundaries, this atlas supplies maps and assessments of global maritime and land boundaries. Each country listing includes discussion of the characteristics of boundaries with other countries, incidents of political or military conflict, boundary infrastructure (pipelines and the like), cross-boundary trade information, and numerical assessments of different types of land boundary vulnerability. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation: 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).