From Plato To Nato

Author : David Gress
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 1082 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Civilization, Western
ISBN : 9780684827896

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The end of the Cold war and the imminent unification of Europe raises urgent questions about the future of the "Western Alliance". FROM PLATO TO NATO analyses European civilisation's legacy from its inception and traces the ongoing debate about the West through to the present day. David Gress assesses historical accounts of the West and argues that while often attacked as a cover for exploitation, the legitimacy and unity of the West appears to contain both the rationality of the enlightenment and the mythological visions of fascism. It will be up to the Westerners to choose which 'West' they want to embrace. FROM PLATO TO NATO is the first book to make sense of the enduring value of Western politics and culture at a time when the West is facing its greatest challenge since World War Two - how to include new democracies in a world order that is struggling to preserve the egalitarian values of the Western Tradition.

Author : Brian Redhead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Political science
ISBN : 0140246770

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Plato to NATO by Brian Redhead Pdf

A collection of 14 essays on political thought. They span thinkers such as Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Marx, and end with views of 20th-century philosophers such as Herbert Marcuse and Hannah Arendt.

Author : Brian Redhead
Publisher : Dorsey Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Political science
ISBN : 0534108016

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Political Thought from Plato to NATO by Brian Redhead Pdf

This book should be of interest to undergraduate courses in political science.

Author : George Szpiro
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691209081

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Numbers Rule by George Szpiro Pdf

The author takes the general reader on a tour of the mathematical puzzles and paradoxes inherent in voting systems, such as the Alabama Paradox, in which an increase in the number of seats in the Congress could actually lead to a reduced number of representatives for a state, and the Condorcet Paradox, which demonstrates that the winner of elections featuring more than two candidates does not necessarily reflect majority preferences. Szpiro takes a roughly chronological approach to the topic, traveling from ancient Greece to the present and, in addition to offering explanations of the various mathematical conundrums of elections and voting, also offers biographical details on the mathematicians and other thinkers who thought about them, including Plato, Pliny the Younger, Pierre Simon Laplace, Thomas Jefferson, John von Neumann, and Kenneth Arrow.

Author : Brian Redhead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1984-01
Category : Political science
ISBN : 0563210850

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Published to accompany the BBC Radio series 'Plato to NATO'.

Author : Roy Bhaskar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135280994

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Plato Etc by Roy Bhaskar Pdf

In this concise text, Roy Bhaskar sets out to diagnose, explain and resolve the "problems of philosophy". Plato Etc. reviews all the main areas of the subject: the theory of knowledge and philosophy of science; the philosophy of logic and language; the philosophies of space, time and causality; the philosophy of the social and life sciences and of dialectic; ethics, politics and aesthetics; and the history and sociology of philosophy. Among the issues discussed are the problems of induction and universals, the question of relativism, Heidegger’s "scandal of philosophy" (the search for a proof of the reality of the external world), the nature of moral truth and the conundrum of free will and determinism. The last two chapters consist of a synoptic account of the development of Western philosophy from the pre-Socratics to poststructuralism. Plato Etc. seeks to revindicate the philosophical project, and to demonstrate that the author’s "dialectical critical realism" has the categorical power to remedy the problem fields of philosophy. The book serves both as a critical introduction to philosophy and as an invaluable resource for the scholar.

Author : Minabere Ibelema
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000349030

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Cultural Chauvinism by Minabere Ibelema Pdf

This book explores the concept of cultural chauvinism as the sense of superiority that ethnic or national groups have of themselves relative to others, particularly in the context of international relations. Minabere Ibelema shows the various ways that academics, statesmen, and especially journalists, express their cultural groups’ sense of superiority over others. The analysis pivots around the notion of “Western values” given its centrality in international relations and diplomacy. To the West, this stands for an array of largely positive political and civic values; to a significant portion of the global community, it embodies degeneracies. Ibelema argues that often the most routine expressions go under the radar, even in this age of hypersensitivity. This book throws a unique light on global relations and will be of particular interest to scholars in international relations, communication studies and journalism studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political science
ISBN : OCLC:1342137091

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Author : Steve Fuller
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0226268969

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Thomas Kuhn by Steve Fuller Pdf

This work discusses whether Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was revolutionary. Steve Fuller argues that Kuhn held a profoundly conservative view of science and how one ought to study its history.

Author : Tom Head
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781507204559

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World History 101 by Tom Head Pdf

Uncover the mysteries of the past with this exciting, comprehensive guide on world history. History books are often filled with long descriptions, complex facts, and stories that can bore even the most enthusiastic history buffs. In World History 101 you’ll skip those tedious details and focus on engaging lessons that will impress any kind of historian. From Julius Caesar and Genghis Khan to the Cold War and globalization, each section takes you on an adventure through time to discover the most important moments in history and how they shaped civilization today. With hundreds of absorbing facts and trivia throughout, World History 101 can help you learn more about the civilizations of the past and help bring history to life.

Author : Keekok Lee
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781527523326

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Plato and Democracy Today by Keekok Lee Pdf

This book deploys an innovative narrative device to mount an exercise in (popular) political philosophy. It presents Plato as “the Reith Lecturer” bringing up to date his critique of democracy which he began more than two thousand years ago in The Republic. Three recent “unexpected” electoral outcomes (the Brexit Referendum in the UK, the Presidential Election in the USA in 2016, and the UK General Election in 2017) allow it to focus on populism and the role it plays in understanding the logic of democracy. The book relentlessly exposes its fundamental flaw as demagoguery, relying not on high abstract philosophical/political theorising but entirely on empirical data to back up his critique. Ironically, it shows that Orwell’s Newspeak is its tongue.

Author : Soner Cagaptay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786722362

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The New Sultan by Soner Cagaptay Pdf

In a world of rising tensions between Russia and the United States, the Middle East and Europe, Sunnis and Shiites, Islamism and liberalism, Turkey is at the epicentre. And at the heart of Turkey is its right-wing populist president, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. Since 2002, Erdo?an has consolidated his hold on domestic politics while using military and diplomatic means to solidify Turkey as a regional power. His crackdown has been brutal and consistent - scores of journalists arrested, academics officially banned from leaving the country, university deans fired and many of the highest-ranking military officers arrested. In some senses, the nefarious and failed 2016 coup has given Erdo?an the licence to make good on his repeated promise to bring order and stability under a 'strongman'. Here, leading Turkish expert Soner Cagaptay will look at Erdo?an's roots in Turkish history, what he believes in and how he has cemented his rule, as well as what this means for the world. The book will also unpick the 'threats' Erdogan has worked to combat - from the liberal Turks to the Gulen movement, from coup plotters to Kurdish nationalists - all of which have culminated in the crisis of modern Turkey.

Author : David Simpson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226600369

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States of Terror by David Simpson Pdf

How have we come to depend so greatly on the words terror and terrorism to describe broad categories of violence? David Simpson offers here a philology of terror, tracking the concept’s long, complicated history across literature, philosophy, political science, and theology—from Plato to NATO. Introducing the concept of the “fear-terror cluster,” Simpson is able to capture the wide range of terms that we have used to express extreme emotional states over the centuries—from anxiety, awe, and concern to dread, fear, and horror. He shows that the choices we make among such words to describe shades of feeling have seriously shaped the attribution of motives, causes, and effects of the word “terror” today, particularly when violence is deployed by or against the state. At a time when terror-talk is widely and damagingly exploited by politicians and the media, this book unpacks the slippery rhetoric of terror and will prove a vital resource across humanistic and social sciences disciplines.

Author : James Q. Whitman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780198035312

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Harsh Justice by James Q. Whitman Pdf

Criminal punishment in America is harsh and degrading--more so than anywhere else in the liberal west. Executions and long prison terms are commonplace in America. Countries like France and Germany, by contrast, are systematically mild. European offenders are rarely sent to prison, and when they are, they serve far shorter terms than their American counterparts. Why is America so comparatively harsh? In this novel work of comparative legal history, James Whitman argues that the answer lies in America's triumphant embrace of a non-hierarchical social system and distrust of state power which have contributed to a law of punishment that is more willing to degrade offenders.

Author : Nikolaos K. Uzunoglu,Konstantina S. Nikita,Dimitra I. Kaklamani
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642596292

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Applied Computational Electromagnetics by Nikolaos K. Uzunoglu,Konstantina S. Nikita,Dimitra I. Kaklamani Pdf

@EOI: AEI rEOMETPEI Epigram of the Academy of Plato in Athens Electromagnetism, the science of forces arising from Amber (HAEKTPON) and the stone of Magnesia (MArNHLIA), has been the fOWldation of major scientific breakthroughs, such as Quantum Mechanics and Theory of Relativity, as well as most leading edge technologies of the twentieth century. The accuracy of electromagnetic fields computations for engineering purposes has been significantly improved during the last decades, due to the deVelopment of efficient computational techniques and the availability of high performance computing. The present book is based on the contributions and discussions developed during the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Applied Computational Electromagnetics: State of the Art and Future Trends, which has taken place in Hellas, on the island of Samos, very close to the birthplace of Electromagnetism. The book covers the fundamental concepts, recent developments and advanced applications of Integral Equation and Metliod of Moments Techniques, Finite Element and BOWldary Element Methods, Finite Difference Time Domain and Transmission Line Methods. Furthermore, topics related to Computational Electromagnetics, such as Inverse Scattering, Semi-Analytical Methods and Parallel Processing Techniques are included. The collective presentation of the principal computational electromagnetics techniques, developed to handle diverse challenging leading edge technology problems, is expected to be useful to researchers and postgraduate students working in various topics of electromagnetic technologies.