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Sovereignty, Inc.: Three Inquiries in Politics and Enjoyment (TRIOS)
by William Mazzarella Aaron Schuster Eric L. SatnerWhat does the name Trump stand for? If branding now rules over the production of value, as the coauthors of Sovereignty, Inc. argue, then Trump assumes the status of a master brand whose primary activity is the compulsive work of self-branding—such is the new sovereignty business in which, whether one belongs to his base or not, we are all “incorporated.” Drawing on anthropology, political theory, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and theater, William Mazzarella, Eric L. Santner, and Aaron Schuster show how politics in the age of Trump functions by mobilizing a contradictory and convoluted enjoyment, an explosive mixture of drives and fantasies that eludes existing portraits of our era. The current political moment turns out to be not so much exceptional as exceptionally revealing of the constitutive tension between enjoyment and economy that has always been a key component of the social order. Santner analyzes the collective dream-work that sustains a new sort of authoritarian charisma or mana, a mana-facturing process that keeps us riveted to an excessively carnal incorporation of sovereignty. Mazzarella examines the contemporary merger of consumer brand and political brand and the cross-contamination of politics and economics, warning against all too easy laments about the corruption of politics by marketing. Schuster, focusing on the extreme theatricality and self-satirical comedy of the present, shows how authority reasserts itself at the very moment of distrust and disillusionment in the system, profiting off its supposed decline. A dazzling diagnostic of our present, Sovereignty, Inc., forces us to come to terms with our complicity in Trump’s political presence and will immediately take its place in discussions of contemporary politics.
Sovereignty, Knowledge, Law
by Panu MinkkinenSovereignty, Knowledge, Law investigates the notion of sovereignty from three different, but related perspectives: as a legal question in relation to the sovereign state, as a political question in relation to sovereign power, and as a metaphysical question in relation to sovereign self-knowledge. The varied and interchangeable uses of legal sovereignty, political sovereignty and metaphysical sovereignty in contemporary debates have resulted in a situation where the word ‘sovereignty’ itself has become something of a non-concept. Panu Minkkinen shows here how these three perspectives have informed one another, by addressing their shared relationship to law, and to the ‘autocephalous’ function of sovereignty; that is, the attempt to provide a single source and foundation for law, power, and self-knowledge. Through an effort to domesticate the intrinsically ‘heterocephalous’ nature of power, the juridical and jurisprudential aim has been to confine power within the closed vertical hierarchy of traditional legal thinking. Sovereignty, Knowledge, Law thus elaborates this heterocephaly, proposing new understandings of sovereignty, as well as of law and of legal scholarship.
The Sovereignty of Good (Routledge Great Minds)
by Iris MurdochIris Murdoch was one of the great philosophers and novelists of the twentieth century and The Sovereignty of Good is her most important and enduring philosophical work. She argues that philosophy has focused, mistakenly, on what it is right to do rather than good to be and that only by restoring the notion of ‘vision’ to moral thinking can this distortion be corrected. This brilliant work shows why Iris Murdoch remains essential reading: a vivid and uncompromising style, a commitment to forceful argument, and a courage to go against the grain. With a foreword by Mary Midgley.
The Sovereignty of Good (Routledge Great Minds Ser.)
by Iris MurdochIris Murdoch once observed: 'philosophy is often a matter of finding occasions on which to say the obvious'. What was obvious to Murdoch, and to all those who read her work, is that Good transcends everything - even God. Throughout her distinguished and prolific writing career, she explored questions of Good and Bad, myth and morality. The framework for Murdoch's questions - and her own conclusions - can be found here.
The Sovereignty of Taste
by James S. HansChallenging prevailing trends toward aesthetic neutrality, James S. Hans argues that there is such a thing as good and bad taste, that taste is something one is born with, and that it is firmly rooted in the mechanics of biology. Taste is everything, Hans says, for it produces the primary values that guide our lives. Taste is the fundamental organizing mechanism of human bodies, a lifelong effort to fit one's own rhythms to the rhythms and patterns of the natural world and the larger human community. It is an aesthetic sorting process by which one determines what belongs in--a conversation, a curriculum, a committee, a piece of art, a meal, a logical argument--and what should be left out. On the one hand, taste is the source of beauty, justice, and a sense of the good. On the other hand, as an arbiter of the laws of fair and free play, taste enters into more ominous and destructive patterns--but patterns nonetheless--of resentment and violence. Hans develops his conception of taste through astute readings of five literary landmarks: Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Sophocles' Oedipus the King, William Faulkner's Light in August, and the poetry of Emily Dickinson and the Polish Nobel Laureate Czeslaw Milosz. These texts explore the art of soulmaking and the quest for personal expression: the costs as well as the fruits that come from acceding to the imperatives of one's being. They also reveal how the collision of personal and collective rhythms, whether in the Greek citadel or the Mississippi countryside, leads to violence and ritualized sacrifice. Elegant, principled, and provocative, The Sovereignty of Taste is an essential book that restores taste to its rightful place of influence, shoring up the ground beneath civilization's feet and offering hope for the future of integrity, value, and aesthetic truth.
Sovereignty, property and empire, 1500-2000
by Andrew FitzmauriceThis book analyses the laws that shaped modern European empires from medieval times to the twentieth century. Its geographical scope is global, including the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Poles. Andrew Fitzmaurice focuses upon the use of the law of occupation to justify and critique the appropriation of territory. He examines both discussions of occupation by theologians, philosophers and jurists, as well as its application by colonial publicists and settlers themselves. Beginning with the medieval revival of Roman law, this study reveals the evolution of arguments concerning the right to occupy through the School of Salamanca, the foundation of American colonies, seventeenth-century natural law theories, Enlightenment philosophers, eighteenth-century American colonies and the new American republic, writings of nineteenth-century jurists, debates over the carve up of Africa, twentieth-century discussions of the status of Polar territories, and the period of decolonisation.
Sovereignty Referendums in International and Constitutional Law
by İlker Gökhan ŞenThis book focuses on sovereignty referendums, which have been used throughout different historical periods of democratization, decolonization, devolution, secession and state creation. Referendums on questions of sovereignty and self-determination have been a significant element of the international political and legal landscape since the French Revolution, and have been a central element in the resolution of territorial issues from the referendum in Avignon in 1791 until today. More recent examples include Quebec, East Timor, New Caledonia, Puerto Rico and South Sudan. The global aim of this book is to achieve a better empirical and legal understanding of sovereignty referendums and related problems in international and national law and politics. Accordingly, it presents readers a comprehensive study of sovereignty referendums from the perspectives of both international and constitutional law.
Sovereignty, RIP
by Don HerzogHas the concept of sovereignty outlived its usefulness? Social order requires a sovereign: an actor with unlimited, undivided, and unaccountable authority. Or so the classic theory says. But without noticing, we’ve gutted the theory. Constitutionalism limits state authority. Federalism divides it. The rule of law holds it accountable. In vivid historical detail—with millions tortured and slaughtered in Europe, a king put on trial for his life, journalists groaning at idiotic complaints about the League of Nations, and much more—Don Herzog charts both the political struggles that forged sovereignty and the ones that undid it. He argues that it’s no longer a helpful guide to our legal and political problems, but a pernicious bit of confusion. It’s time, past time, to retire sovereignty.
Sovereignty, Statehood and State Responsibility
by Christine Chinkin Freya BaetensThis collection of essays focusses on the following concepts: sovereignty (the unique, intangible and yet essential characteristic of states), statehood (what it means to be a state, and the process of acquiring or losing statehood) and state responsibility (the legal component of what being a state entails). The unifying theme is that they have always been and will in the future continue to form a crucial part of the foundations of public international law. While many publications focus on new actors in international law such as international organisations, individuals, companies, NGOs and even humanity as a whole, this book offers a timely, thought-provoking and innovative reappraisal of the core actors on the international stage: states. It includes reflections on the interactions between states and non-state actors and on how increasing participation by and recognition of the latter within international law has impacted upon the role and attributes of statehood.
Sovereignty Under Challenge: How Governments Respond
by Nathan GlazerSovereignty-the authority of a state to wield ultimate power over its territory, its citizens, its institutions-is everywhere undergoing change as states respond in various ways to the challenges posed, from above and below. "Above" the state is the widening net of international institutions and treaties dealing with human rights, trade, investment, and monetary affairs; and "below" it are rising claims within states from long-resident groups discontented with the political order and from new migrants testing its authority. Sovereignty under Challenge deals with a range of such challenges and responses, analyzed in authoritative studies by leading scholars. The introductory chapter sets forth the theme that sovereignty is asserted clearly, but often unpredictably, when governments respond to challenge. It suggests ways of classifying these responses as variables that help explain the changing nature of sovereignty. Part 1, "The Citizen and the State," treats the rising tide of dual citizenship and the concerns this arouses in the United States; the work of national human rights commissions in Asia; and the challenge posed to the state by the Falungong movement in China. The two chapters in Part 2, "The Government as Decision-Maker," examine Japan's response to global warming and the problems of the World Health Organization in orchestrating collaboration among Southeast Asian states in implementing infectious disease control. Part 3, "Sovereignty and Culture," looks at conflicts engendered by outside change on indigenous economic, cultural, and legal institutions in India, Fiji, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The chapters in Part 4, "Sovereignty and the Economy," analyze the economic and cultural instability induced by Chinese migration to Russia's far east; the impact on state sovereignty brought about by transnational regulatory campaigns and social activism; the question of indigenous land rights in the Philippines; and the impact of transnational corporations on information technology in Asia. A concluding chapter offers a global assessment of the current status of state sovereignty.
Sovereignty, War, and the Global State
by Dylan CraigThis book highlights the existence of a class of struggles conducted in the gray zones of formalized war, or more aptly in the interstices where state power and jurisdiction are mismatched. These “sovereign interstices” are inextricable from the negative spaces of the great war-regulating sovereign orders, but they are also characterized by recurring characteristics among the fighters who are recruited to fight proxy wars within them. States have changed greatly in the last four hundred years, but interstitial fighters have changed far less, and the same can be said of the recurring styles in which their powerful patrons employ them to go where those patrons cannot. By charting these continuities, the author shows how a deeper awareness of interstitial war not only clarifies much concerning our contemporary world at war, but also provides a clear path forward in legal, military, and scholarly terms.
Sovereignty with all its intricacies: Or, a Discussion of the Vague Desires for Quebec Sovereignty
by Eric LabbeIn Quebec, everybody is familiar, at least ostensibly, with the notion of sovereignty. In fact, the notion has been so widely used by independentists that it doesn't seem to bear any semantic ambiguity, as if its meaning, as well as its conceptual implications, had become a no-brainer. By becoming a sovereign state, Quebec will at last, have they been harping on for the last fifty years, be able to take charge of its own destiny. But by focusing constantly on what they expect from the thing to yield, i.e., total legislative, judicial and executive power, they have neglected talking about the thing itself, where it comes from, where it goes, and how it works. Yet, there is already an effective sovereignty in place in Quebec, and it is very possible that, despite their subversive work, they have not been able to make it less immanent there than in the rest of Canada.
Soviet Marxism and Natural Science: 1917-1932 (Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science)
by David JoravskyOriginally published in 1961. Russian Marxist philosophy of science originated among men and women who gave their whole lives to rebellion against established authority. The original tension within Marxist philosophy between positivism and metaphysics was repressed but not resolved in this first phase of Soviet Marxism. In this volume the author correlates the development of ideas with trends in the Cultural Revolution and against this background it is possible to understand why debates over general philosophy gave way to conflicts over specific sciences in the aftermath of the first Five Year Plan and why there was a genuine crisis in Soviet biology.
Soviet Philosophy
by John SomervilleHere is the book for which all who are worrying about how to get along with Russia have been looking. It gives us fundamental insight into the Russian way of thinking and does so with rare simplicity and clarity. The portrayal is a sympathetic one throughout, and true understanding in this difficult field requires sympathy. Criticism must come too, but it will not be relevant unless it is based on such understanding as Professor Somerville here makes available. --Prof. E. A. BurttSage School of PhilosophyCornell University
The Soviet Scholar-Bureaucrat: M. N. Pokrovskii and the Society of Marxist Historians (G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects)
by George M. EnteenMikhail Nikolaevich bridges 19th- and 20th-century Russian culture as well as Leninism and Stalinism, and later became an instrument in Khrushchev's effort at de-Stalinization. Pokrovskii was born in Moscow in 1868. He described the years before 1905 as his time of "democratic illusions and economic materialism." His interest in legal Marxism began in the 1890's but it was only with the Revolution of 1905 that he stepped into the Marxist camp.Pokrovskii was a leader in the creation of the "historical front"—an organization of scholars authorized to work out a Marxist theory of the past. He formalized the bond between scholarship and politics through his belief that historians should assist party authorities in effecting a cultural revolution; thus he supported Stalin's collectivization of agriculture and leg a campaign to silence non-Marxist scholars, some of whom he had defended earlier. Yet his accommodation with Stalin was uneasy, and after Pokrovskii's death in 1932 his allegedly "abstract sociological schemes" were condemned and his career was dubbed pokrovshcina—era of the wicked deeds of Pokrovskii.
The Soviet Theory of Development: India and the Third World in Marxist-Leninist Scholarship
by Stephen ClarksonUntil now the innumerable and widely distributed Soviet writings on the third world haven been scrutinized for the clues they contain on the Kremlin's aid, trade, and foreign policies, on Soviet strategies for local communist parties, and even on shifts in the Sino-Soviet Relationship. But they have rarely been analysed in their own terms and for what they are – the application of marxist-leninist theory by Soviet scholars to the problems of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Based on research in Paris, New York, the Soviet Union, and India, this book provides a long needed insight into how Soviet thinkers understand such crucial problems in development as planning in mixed economies, foreign aid from socialist and capitalist donors, agrarian reform, and the class struggle.A concerned observer of Soviet development theory for some fifteen years, Stephen Clarkson is neither hostile nor uncritical. He argues that western students and third world policy-makers alike have a good deal to learn from marxist-leninist political economy because it presents an integrated approach to understanding the dilemmas of underdevelopment. Although Soviet scholarship benefits from some important theoretical advantages, it also suffers, in Clarkson's view, from severe intellectual handicaps. The book examines the Soviet analysis of third world development as a whole, drawing particularly on the most extensive and sophisticated school of interpretation, the Russian writings on India.This book makes an important contribution to Soviet and third world studies by offering the reader a guide to the publications on development, a complex and evolving aspect of the Soviet view of the world.
Sowing the Dragon's Teeth: Land Mines and the Global Legacy of War
by Philip C. Winslow[Back Cover[] Each year an estimated twenty-six thousand people are killed or maimed by land mines-- more than 100 million of them sown like the mythical dragon's teeth in over seventy countries. These weapons are designed to maim soldiers, but most victims are civilians, especially the rural poor. Winslow writes about these people and the Campaign to Ban Landmines (which was awarded The Nobel Peace Prize in 1997). He tells about the efforts to pull the dragon's teeth from the earth so that it can be restored to those who live on it. Philip Winslow transports readers to the villages of eastern Angola to witness the daily havoc wreaked by land mines in a country struggling to keep a fragile peace. . .. Sowing the Dragon's Teeth makes a strong case that a ban [on land mines]--championed by the late Princess Diana--is a necessity.
Soziale Angemessenheit: Forschung zu Kulturtechniken des Verhaltens
by Jacqueline Bellon Bruno Gransche Sebastian Nähr-WagenerWarum und wie genau darf zu Hause oder auf einer Theaterbühne anders gehandelt werden, als im Büro; wie verändert sich die Bedeutung von Worten, je nachdem wo, von wem und wie sie gesagt werden? Warum und mit welchen Mitteln versuchen wir, höflich zu sein, und inwiefern sind wir von unangemessenem Verhalten anderer bedroht? Welches Weltwissen benötigen Beobachter, um beurteilen zu können, wann Verhalten als angemessen oder unangemessen einzustufen ist?Im vorliegenden Band untersuchen die Beitragenden das Phänomen sozialer Angemessenheit unter anderem aus philosophischer, sozialpsychologischer, soziologischer, kulturtheoretischer, linguistischer und anthropologischer Perspektive. Dabei werden insbesondere Bedingungen und Auswirkungen, Merkmale sowie Wandlungs- und Entstehungsprozesse sozialer Angemessenheit thematisiert.Die HerausgebendenJacqueline Bellon M.A. promoviert an der TU Darmstadt und arbeitet als Philosophin, Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaftlerin.Dr. Bruno Gransche ist Philosoph am Institut für Technikzukünfte (ITZ) des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT).Sebastian Nähr-Wagener M.A. ist wiss. Mitarbeiter am Institut für Technikzukünfte (ITZ) des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT).
Soziale Diagnostik in der Extremismusprävention – Diagnose, Fallverstehen, Intervention und Wirkungsmessung (Ideologie und Gewalt - Schriften zur Deradikalisierung)
by Annika von Berg Dennis Walkenhorst Gloriett Kargl Maximilian RufBand 2 der Reihe Ideologie und Gewalt widmet sich praxisnah dem Thema der sozialen Diagnostik aus einer wissenschaftlichen Perspektive und nimmt dabei den diagnostischen Kreislauf von Fallverstehen bis Fallabschluss sowie die damit verbundenen Handlungsschritte in den Fokus. Soziale Diagnostik wird im Rahmen dieses Bandes als pädagogische Alternative zum sicherheitsbehördlichen Risk Assessment in der Distanzierungsarbeit besprochen. Die Autor*innen führen in die soziale Diagnostik in der Sozialen Arbeit ein und unternehmen dabei eine Übertragung der Verfahren und Möglichkeiten sozialer Diagnostik auf den besonderen Anwendungsbereich der Extremismusprävention bzw. Distanzierungsarbeit.
Soziale Subjektivierung, Negativität und Freiheit: Über Möglichkeiten radikaler Befreiung im Anschluss an Judith Butler (Philosophie & Kritik. Neue Beiträge zur politischen Philosophie und Kritischen Theorie)
by Constanze JunkerGrundannahme dieses Buches ist es, dass Subjekte einem Bildungsprozess unterliegen, der hauptsächlich durch deren Sozialität bestimmt wird. Constanze Junker vertritt dabei die These, dass der soziale Subjektivierungsprozess selbst seine Möglichkeitsbedingungen für radikale Befreiung enthält. Diese Möglichkeitsbedingung auch politischer Widerständigkeit beruht auf einer absoluten Negativität, die sich aus der Sozialität der Subjektivierung ergibt. Verbindungsglied der Theorie sozialer Subjektivierung mit Befreiung ist ein Existenzstreben. Dieses wird - anders als bei Butler - selbst als sozial konstituiert und als Ressource absoluter Negativität beschrieben.
Sozialisation und Ungleichheit
by Ullrich BauerSoziale Ungleichheiten und die Frage ihrer Reproduktion sind heute wieder ein Boom-Thema in der wissenschaftlichen Debatte. Dabei ist der Zusammenhang zwischen Sozialisation und Ungleichheit seit langem ein umkämpfter Gegenstand. Viele Jahre en vogue, nimmt in den 1980er und 90er Jahren die Aufmerksamkeit rapide ab und erst mit dem PISA-Schock werden viele alte Fragen neu gestellt. In diese Debatte Licht zu bringen ist Aufgabe dieser Hinführung. Sie will in ganz basaler Hinsicht Leitlinien der Diskussion vorstellen, unterschiedliche Denkansätze einführen und damit für die vertiefte Auseinandersetzung vorbereiten. Dass dabei alte Theoriebestände neu entdeckt werden und ihre Aktualität beweisen, ist das Credo des Buches. Es stellt eine Sensibilisierung für die Aufgabe der Theoriewahl dar. Die Umrisse der ungleichheitsorientierten Sozialisationsforschung führen gleichzeitig in einen zentralen Gegenstand der Sozial- und Erziehungswissenschaften ein.
Sozialisationsprozesse von männlichen Nachwuchsleistungssportlern in Sportinternaten: Eine (auto-)biographisch-narrative Forschung (Erziehungswissenschaftliche Edition: Persönlichkeitsbildung in Schule)
by Julia PerlingerDie vorliegende Studie befasst sich mit differenten Sozialisationsprozessen von männlichen Nachwuchsleistungssportlern aus dem Sektor Handball, welche in (Sport-)Internaten leben. Um der Forschungsfrage ‚Wie gestalten sich Sozialisationsprozesse von männlichen Nachwuchsleistungssportlern in Leistungssportinstitutionen mit Internat?‘ nachgehen zu können, wurden in drei verschiedenen Internatseinrichtungen mit leistungssportlichem Profil biographisch-narrative Interviews durchgeführt. Die empirische Arbeit wird der qualitativen Sozialforschung zugeordnet. Die Zielgruppe der Biographieforschung setzt sich aus Nachwuchsleistungssportlern im Alter von 15 bis 20 Jahren zusammen, um die subjektive Sichtweise und Erfahrungswerte aus Perspektive der Nachwuchsleistungssportler transparent machen zu können. Die erhobenen Daten wurden im Anschluss anhand der Narrationsanalyse nach Schütze ausgewertet.
Sozialistische Ökonomie im Spannungsfeld der Modernisierung: Ein ideengeschichtlicher Vergleich DDR – Polen
by Hans-Jürgen Wagener Maciej Tymiński Piotr KoryśDie DDR und Polen haben von 1945 bis 1989 versucht, das kollektivistische Modernisierungsprojekt zu verwirklichen – den real existierenden Sozialismus. Das Buch vergleicht die unterschiedliche Entwicklung der systemtheoretischen und wirtschaftspolitischen Ideen in beiden Ländern. Trotz einer identischen Grundordnung mit Staatseigentum und Zentralplanung entfalteten die ostdeutschen und polnischen Ökonomen eigene Vorstellungen. Dabei waren die Spielräume durch den politischen und ideologischen Einfluss der sowjetischen Führungsmacht beschränkt. Darin ist eine der entscheidenden Barrieren für eine erfolgreiche Modernisierung zu sehen. Die Ordnungspolitik erwies sich am Ende als unfähig, das System an die Anforderungen der Moderne anzupassen und zu reformieren.Die Entwicklung des ökonomischen Denkens zweier sozialistischer Länder wird in ihrem historischen, politischen und institutionellen Kontext dargestellt und richtet sich somit an Geschichts-, Wirtschafts- und Politikwissenschafter*innen gleichermaßen.
Sozialpolitik kompakt: Eine Einführung
by Berthold Dietz Katrin ToensDieses Lehrbuch vermittelt auf leicht verständliche Weise alle wichtigen Grundlagen zum Verständnis der Sozialpolitik und der sozialpolitischen Diskussionen in Deutschland. Neben der historischen Entwicklung werden die Grundfragen und Instrumente der Sozialpolitik, ihre wichtigen Akteure und Zielgruppen, Reformen und Reformbedarfe und die sozialpolitischen Zukunftsaussichten behandelt. Abgerundet wird das Buch durch die Darstellung der europäischen Sozialpolitik und den Vergleich mit anderen europäischen Ländern. Für die vierte Auflage wurde der Band umfassend aktualisiert und erweitert. Zusätzliche Fragen per App: Laden Sie die Springer-Nature-Flashcards-App kostenlos herunter und nutzen Sie exklusives Zusatzmaterial, um Ihr Wissen zu prüfen.
Sozialschichtzugehörigkeit und Schulerfolg: Eine bildungssoziologische Untersuchung der sozialen Stratifikation (BestMasters)
by Onur AksüngerIm deutschen Bildungssystem schneiden Schüler*innen aus unteren sozialen Schichten tendenziell schlechter ab als solche aus höheren sozialen Schichten. Worauf lässt sich dieser Zusammenhang zurückführen? Der vorliegende Band liefert durch die Verknüpfung von schichtspezifischer Sozialisation und impliziten Unterrichtsstrukturen am Beispiel des Mathematikunterrichts eine Erklärung des Zusammenhangs. Mittels der in Deutschland kaum berücksichtigten Theorie Basil Bernsteins ist es möglich, diese Implizitheit zu beschreiben sowie schichtspezifische Schulerfolge und die daraus resultierende Reproduktion sozialer Ungleichheit auf gesellschaftlicher Ebene zu erklären. Ansätze zur Nivellierung des problematisierten Zusammenhangs, die aus der Unterrichtsforschung stammen, werden für die weitere Diskussion herangezogen und vor dem Hintergrund ihrer praktischen Umsetzbarkeit kritisch reflektiert.