New Cambridge Element, Translation in State Governance by Dongsheng Ren, Lin Jiao and Sanjun Sun, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
https://t.co/4Mqwx35nhu
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Don’t miss your chance to read the new Cambridge element, Analogical Reasoning in Science by Francesco Nappo and Giovanni Valente! Free access available until 23 June at
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Naciones, nacionalismo y Estados
Unos libros interesantes sobre un tema clave en la política mundial
Fila superior: clásicos
Fila inferior: obras recientes
Descarga Gellner: https://t.co/SR9UHyU7sp
Hobsbawm: https://t.co/6YGwr3l7kk
Cederman et al: https://t.co/lu7VSJiuAh
Redesigned my Intro to Political Theory course. Rather than a survey, I want students to dwell on a handful of texts: Plato, Tocqueville, and Arendt.
Spine of course is: 1. Regime comparison (aristocracy, democracy, tyranny, totalitarianism); 2. City-soul analogy.
Don’t miss your chance to read the new Cambridge element, Meritocracy in Early Chinese Political Thought, by Eirik Lang Harris! Free access available until 3 June at
https://t.co/58PNesYiqv
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Article: Alexander Hamilton, Tench Coxe, and the Diversity of Talents: A Neglected Argument in Early American Protectionist Thought, by Mathew A. Frith (open access)
https://t.co/c6n3VZuiMR
The war in Iran has exposed the U.S. and allied vulnerability to low-cost drones. "The United States should invest substantially more resources into drones and less into costly, manned systems," writes expert @MaxBoot. "China and Russia are likely to field even more advanced missile and drone forces than Iran. The United States needs to be ready—not only tactically and technologically but also strategically." Read more: https://t.co/t0eQhslqeV
Este libro de Møller y Skaaning, estudiosos de la democracia, examina críticamente las narrativas dominantes sobre el fracaso democrático en nuestra época. Comparto su cuestionamiento de la narrativa de la gran decadencia de la democracia
Acceso abierto: https://t.co/7CKgXsl1B9
My latest book review. @3arabawy's "Counter-Revolution in Egypt: Sisi's new republic". A study of the Egyptian state before, during & after the Revolution.
How the Egyptian ruling class responds to revolution & dissent today. https://t.co/k4ykAaf3DS
Winner of the MLA Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature
"Ye Shitao’s 'A History of Taiwan Literature' is a seminal work in establishing the field of Taiwanese literature and literary history in its own right. Although it is an outline of the history of Taiwanese literature, the study has an impressive scope, introducing English-speaking readers to the complexities of the literary field and discussing single authors, as well as literary societies, magazines, and cultural trends as they come together to create a national literature. Christopher Lupke’s masterful and fluid translation gives the reader the full flavor of the rhetoric and style of the original. The volume also includes extensive Japanese-language notes that, together with the introduction, ensure a better understanding of the significance of Ye Shitao’s book." —MLA Committee https://t.co/zUYnDBR0k8
Pleasure can dehumanize you.
Homer, the philosopher, presents a subtle allegory of the soul in his brief story of Odysseus and the Lotus-Eaters.
The sluggish soul longs to wallow in pleasure and purposelessness—but the mind must sometimes lash the lower parts into obedience if it is to save itself from an inhuman existence.
There are other lessons here too—on violence, rhetoric, and political rule.
Homer is a teacher—and he teaches you how to save your soul from a purposeless life.
Do not become a “Nobody.”
'The Witch: A Reader in Feminist Political Theory' addresses the popular resurgence of the political identity of the witch as a figure of power and feminist protest, expanding the area of study from early modern history and into political science and philosophy. https://t.co/8dJXTh7bCT