Civic Gifts

Author : Elisabeth S. Clemens
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226670973

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Civic Gifts by Elisabeth S. Clemens Pdf

In Civic Gifts, Elisabeth S. Clemens takes a singular approach to probing the puzzle that is the United States. How, she asks, did a powerful state develop within an anti-statist political culture? How did a sense of shared nationhood develop despite the linguistic, religious, and ethnic differences among settlers and, eventually, citizens? Clemens reveals that an important piece of the answer to these questions can be found in the unexpected political uses of benevolence and philanthropy, practices of gift-giving and reciprocity that coexisted uneasily with the self-sufficient independence expected of liberal citizens Civic Gifts focuses on the power of gifts not only to mobilize communities throughout US history, but also to create new forms of solidarity among strangers. Clemens makes clear how, from the early Republic through the Second World War, reciprocity was an important tool for eliciting both the commitments and the capacities needed to face natural disasters, economic crises, and unprecedented national challenges. Encompassing a range of endeavors from the mobilized voluntarism of the Civil War, through Community Chests and the Red Cross to the FDR-driven rise of the March of Dimes, Clemens shows how voluntary efforts were repeatedly articulated with government projects. The legacy of these efforts is a state co-constituted with, as much as constrained by, civil society.

Author : Elisabeth S. Clemens
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226670836

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Civic Gifts by Elisabeth S. Clemens Pdf

In Civic Gifts, Elisabeth S. Clemens takes a singular approach to probing the puzzle that is the United States. How, she asks, did a powerful state develop within an anti-statist political culture? How did a sense of shared nationhood develop despite the linguistic, religious, and ethnic differences among settlers and, eventually, citizens? Clemens reveals that an important piece of the answer to these questions can be found in the unexpected political uses of benevolence and philanthropy, practices of gift-giving and reciprocity that coexisted uneasily with the self-sufficient independence expected of liberal citizens Civic Gifts focuses on the power of gifts not only to mobilize communities throughout US history, but also to create new forms of solidarity among strangers. Clemens makes clear how, from the early Republic through the Second World War, reciprocity was an important tool for eliciting both the commitments and the capacities needed to face natural disasters, economic crises, and unprecedented national challenges. Encompassing a range of endeavors from the mobilized voluntarism of the Civil War, through Community Chests and the Red Cross to the FDR-driven rise of the March of Dimes, Clemens shows how voluntary efforts were repeatedly articulated with government projects. The legacy of these efforts is a state co-constituted with, as much as constrained by, civil society.

Author : Don Everts
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781514003749

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Discover Your Gifts by Don Everts Pdf

You have gifts! And you are a gift to the world around you. Because every human is fearfully and wonderfully made, each one of us has something to offer to the world. But we have not always identified or developed our gifts well, nor deployed them effectively. Don Everts explores the gifts God has given every person and what new research reveals about the difference those gifts can make for us, our churches, and our communities. Churches have unfortunately focused mostly on spiritual gifts and vocations within the church. But we don't always recognize the wide range of abilities, skills, and aptitudes that all of us have, whether civic, artistic, or entrepreneurial. We each have God-given gifts and are called by God to use them in our vocations in the world. Discover how our gifts are a blessing to others and pave the way for reconnecting with our surrounding communities.

Author : Laurie Nussdorfer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691197630

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Civic Politics in the Rome of Urban VIII by Laurie Nussdorfer Pdf

In this colorful depiction of daily political life in Baroque Rome, Laurie Nussdorfer argues that the lay persons managed to sustain a civic government under the increased papal absolutism of Urban VIII (1623-1644), who oversaw both sacred and secular life. Focusing on the S.P.Q.R. (the Senate and the Roman People), which was ministered from the capitoline Hill, she shows that it provided political representation for lay members of the urban elite, carried out the work of local government, and served as a symbol of the Roman voice in public life. Through a detailed study of how civic authorities derived their sense of legitimacy and how lay subjects maneuvered in informal and disguised ways to block or criticize the papal regime, the author advances a new way of conceiving politics under an absolute ruler. As Nussdorfer analyzes the complex interactions between the lay administration and Urban VIII and his family, the papal administration, and Romans of the upper and lower classes, she also provides fresh insights into the actual practice of early modern government. She takes the plague threat of the early 1630s, the War of Castro (1641-1644), and the interregnum following the pope's death as important test cases of the state's power in times of crisis. Laurie Nussdorfer is Assistant Professor of History and Letters at Wesleyan University. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Brenda Longfellow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780521194938

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Roman Imperialism and Civic Patronage by Brenda Longfellow Pdf

In this book, Brenda Longfellow examines one of the features of Roman Imperial cities, the monumental civic fountain. Built in cities throughout the Roman Empire during the first through third centuries AD, these fountains were imposing in size, frequently adorned with grand sculptures, and often placed in highly trafficked areas. Over twenty-five of these urban complexes can be associated with emperors. Dr. Longfellow situates each of these examples within its urban environment and investigates the edifice as a product of an individual patron and a particular historical and geographical context. She also considers the role of civic patronage in fostering a dialogue between imperial and provincial elites with the local urban environment. Tracing the development of the genre across the empire, she illuminates the motives and ideologies of imperial and local benefactors in Rome and the provinces and explores the complex interplay of imperial power, patronage, and the local urban environment.

Author : University of Michigan. Board of Regents
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1608 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39076006643733

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Regents' Proceedings by University of Michigan. Board of Regents Pdf

Author : John Debrett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1795
Category : Europe
ISBN : HARVARD:HNF23B

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A Collection of State Papers Relative to the War Against France Now Carrying on by Great Britain and the Several Other European Powers ... by John Debrett Pdf

Author : John Debrett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1795
Category : Europe
ISBN : UOM:39015063013380

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“A” Collection of State Papers, Relative to the War Against France by John Debrett Pdf

Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1120 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Budget
ISBN : UFL:31262049821233

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The Budget of the United States Government by United States Pdf

Author : Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Charities
ISBN : UCAL:B3230729

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Special behavioral studies, foundations, and corporations by Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs Pdf

Author : National Endowment for the Arts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015014548674

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Annual Report by National Endowment for the Arts Pdf

Reports for 1980- include also the Annual report of the National Council on the Arts.

Author : Jerome H. Neyrey
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664256430

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Honor and Shame in the Gospel of Matthew by Jerome H. Neyrey Pdf

Jerome Neyrey clarifies what praise, honor, and glory meant to Matthew and his audience. He examines the traditional literary forms for bestowing such praise and the conventional grounds for awarding honor and praise in Matthew's world.

Author : Felicity Heal
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199542956

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The Power of Gifts by Felicity Heal Pdf

This study considers the nature of gift-giving in early-modern England - looking at what gifts were, how they were offered and received, and what did they mean politically under the different monarchs of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Author : John O'Neill
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791489215

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Incorporating Cultural Theory by John O'Neill Pdf

Incorporating Cultural Theory addresses the status of the body and sexuality in cultural criticism by focusing on issues of sexuality, intimacy, and identity. With a perspective grounded in body politics, O'Neill offers careful but contesting studies of theorists including Barthes, Derrida, Lyotard, Freud, Lacan, Hegel, Parsons, and Merleau-Ponty, that amplify his own overarching theoretical framework. Concluding chapters demonstrate the practicality of the author's body-political critical theory, offering analyses of Jurassic Park and the London Millennium Dome as cyborg practices designed to bypass the reproductive anxieties of bodies, families, and communities by shape-shifting the loss of a civic boundary. The overarching frame of the book—maternity at the millennium—provides a unique topic for using psychoanalysis to reconsider cultural studies, and O'Neill argues throughout for keeping cultural studies focused on wholeness and integration, instead of the fragmentation and alienation embraced by postmodern theoretical excesses.

Author : John W. O'Malley,Gauvin Alexander Bailey,Steven J. Harris,T. Frank Kennedy
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 945 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781487512071

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The Jesuits II by John W. O'Malley,Gauvin Alexander Bailey,Steven J. Harris,T. Frank Kennedy Pdf

Recent years have seen scholars in a wide range of disciplines re-evaluate the history of the Society of Jesus. In 1997, a group of scholars convened a major international conference to discuss the world of the Jesuits between 1540 and 1773 (the year of its suppression by papal edict). This meeting led to the creation of the first volume in this series, The Jesuits, which examined the worldwide Jesuit undertaking in such fields as music, art, architecture, devotional writing, mathematics, physics, astronomy, natural history, public performance, and education, with special attention to the Jesuits' interaction with non-European cultures. This second volume, following a second conference in 2002, continues in a similar path as its predecessor, complementing the regional coverage with contributions on the Flemish and Iberian provinces, on the missions in Japan, and in post-Suppression Russia and the United States. The performing arts, like theatre and music, are broadly treated, and, in addition to continued attention to painting and architecture, the volume contains essays on a range of objets d'art, including statuary, reliquaries, and alter pieces - as well as on gardens, mechanical clocks, and related automata. Other themes include finances, natural theology, censorship within the Jesuit order, and the Society's relationship to women. Perhaps most important, the volume gives particular attention to the eighteenth century, the 'age of disasters' for the Jesuits - the negative papal ruling on Chinese Rites, the destruction the of Paraguay Reductions, and the suppressions of the order that began in Portugal and that culminated in the general Suppression of 1773. With contributions from distinguished scholars from a dozen different countries, The Jesuits, II continues in the illustrious tradition of its predecessor to make an important contribution to religious memory.