Left, Right and Centre: National Political Authority and Its Symbolisation
ABSTRACT This lecture explores ideas through which we both do and analyse national politics in the modern world, as both concepts and symbols, examining three conceptual pairs: Left/Right, Centre/Periphery and Liberal/Authoritarian. I argue that Left/Right is a symbolic structure that is necessary for democratic politics, but not reflective of deep ...
Jonathan Hearn
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Possibilities for Social Equity Budgeting: Critical Insights From Bentham?
ABSTRACT Considering prior ways of seeing and practical mobilisations of Social Equity Budgeting (SEB), we suggest that prior conceptualisation, research and practice can be advanced by reflecting on insights from the philosophical and political literature on equity and justice.
Laurence Ferry +2 more
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Psychological dynamics and adaptive processes of negative online social interactions among university students: a qualitative study in higher education digital environments. [PDF]
Zheng W, Chen H, Gu J, Huan X.
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What's Wrong With Self‐Censorship?
ABSTRACT In recent years, discourse on freedom of speech has shifted away from exclusive focus on the state and towards societal threats to speech. Amidst this change, the notion of “self‐censorship” has gained increased prominence. Not only has self‐censorship emerged as a common reference point, several recent studies identify it as embodying a ...
Gideon Elford
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Royal power in the market-oriented society: The Swedish King's consecration of business and corporate elites. [PDF]
Holmqvist M.
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ABSTRACT A morality of recognition maintains that moral norms have their authority in virtue of the ways in which those norms enact an ideal moral relationship. T. M. Scanlon argues that this approach can yield an account of the distinctive force of morality and an attractive account of moral motivation. We find this approach to theorizing about morals
Barry Maguire, Oded Na'aman
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ABSTRACT Participatory and collaborative governance (P&CG) is widely celebrated as an institutional vehicle for democratizing public decision‐making by inviting affected stakeholders into inclusive and deliberative policy processes. This essay argues that underlying appeals to democratic legitimacy in P&CG are tacit commitments to specific (and often ...
Alexander L. Q. Chen‐Florea
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Examining the components of freedom values in contemporary Chinese society. [PDF]
Zhang Y, Huang H, Tian J.
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Late Soviet Intellectual Cult(ure): Merab Mamardashvili’s Strategy of Self‐Presentation
Abstract This article analyzes Merab Konstantinovich Mamardashvili’s philosophical strategy in the context of late and post‐Soviet intellectual culture. It focuses on How I Understand Philosophy (1990), a collection of Mamardashvili’s works and interviews that had a significant impact on the reception of his thought and the shaping of his intellectual ...
Egor Sokolov
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A corpus-based analysis on the use of MAKE in sinologist Cyril Birch's English version of Mistress and Maid (Jiaohongji). [PDF]
Yu C, Wu Y.
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