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The Theologico-Political Treatise on Recognition: Spinoza With and Against Hobbes
Journal of Spinoza StudiesThis article is the second part of a comparison between Hobbes’s and Spinoza’s theories of recognition as they appear in De Cive and the Tractatus theologico-politicus.
Francesco Toto
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Journal of Geography, Politics and Society, 2016 The contribution explains the historical development of the political boundaries of Slovene states and the creation of minorities as political bodies in Slovenia and in the neighboring countries, as well as the creation of Slovene Diasporas in Europe and
Matjaž Klemenčič, Jernej Zupančič
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The bread of Toledo: Prices and political economy, 1535–1800
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract We study the market for common white bread in the city of Toledo through a new 266‐year‐long series of bread prices, obtained from the cash purchases and wholesale bread‐for‐wheat contracts of large institutions. Our data are strongly consistent with fragmentary evidence on retail price regulation, as well as with shorter series from other ...
Mauricio Drelichman +1 more
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Spinoza on Humans as Social Animals
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract Spinoza repeatedly suggests that humans are set apart from other animals by their rational and moral abilities. Yet he disparages the traditional definition of the human as a ‘rational animal’ and several of his other views suggest that these abilities are not sufficient by themselves to characterize human nature.
Ruben Noorloos
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Retrieving Your Concepts: Iris Murdoch on Original Sin
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract In The Sovereignty of Good, Iris Murdoch argues that our moral thinking will be impoverished until it possesses a secular conception of original sin. Such a notion would need to remove unacceptable Christian baggage while retaining a genuine claim to be a descendant of the original Christian concept.
Samuel Filby
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Using Catch Data to Estimate Changes in Global Commercial Abalone Abundance
Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Changes in global wild capture production of abalone are explored to infer potential changes in biological stocks. The study found that 77% (or 10 out of the 13) of the countries that reportedly caught abalone in the wild have experienced declines in catches between 1980 and 2023, and on aggregate catch declined by almost 83% between 1980 and ...
Douglas Crookes
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Del debate a la propaganda política mediante la Querella de las Mujeres en Juan Rodríguez del Padrón, Diego de Valera y Álvaro de Luna [PDF]
Talia dixit, 2012 This article analyzes three works composed one after another during the reign of John II of Castile, probably in its more unrestrained period, between 1438 and 1446, in the light of the political, cultural and literary background they reveal: Juan ...
Florence Serrano
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Casting spells, casting ballots : magic, affect, noise and music in political campaigns [PDF]
, 2009 textThis treatise examines the auditory culture of the political campaign through the theoretical hubs of magic, affect and noise. It examines the ways in which sound is used in campaigns and how those sounds affect listeners who are participating. The
Patch, Justin Lee Belano
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That sinkin’ feeling: Environmentally induced distress on a disappearing island
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Residents of Tangier Island, Virginia, a subsiding island in the Chesapeake Bay, embody psychosocial dimensions of environmental change. Analysis of ethnographic data shows islanders’ experiences and articulations of anxiety, panic, and despair as “that sinkin’ feeling,” resulting from the stress of living with the long‐term threat of imminent
Jonna Yarrington
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