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| 21. |  | Title: On the postcolony Author: Mbembé, J.-A 1957- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Postcolonial Studies | Political Theory | African History | Cultural Anthropology Publisher's Description: Achille Mbembe is one of the most brilliant theorists of postcolonial studies writing today. In On the Postcolony he profoundly renews our understanding of power and subjectivity in Africa. In a series of provocative essays, Mbembe contests diehard Africanist and nativist perspectives as well as som . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 22. |  | Title: Althusser and the renewal of Marxist social theory  Author: Resch, Robert Paul Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: History | Political Theory | Social and Political Thought Publisher's Description: The writings of the French Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser and his associates have figured prominently in the development of contemporary social theory. The Althusserian school of Structural Marxism is a startlingly original synthesis of Marxism and Modernism, which has produced a large body of . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 23. |  | Title: Moral vision in the Histories of Polybius Author: Eckstein, Arthur M Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Classics | History | Classical Politics | Political Theory | Ancient History Publisher's Description: Arthur Eckstein's fresh and stimulating interpretation challenges the way Polybius' Histories have long been viewed. He argues that Polybius evaluates people and events as much from a moral viewpoint as from a pragmatic, utilitarian, or even "Machiavellian" one. Polybius particularly asks for "impro . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 24. |  | Title: The human difference: animals, computers, and the necessity of social science Author: Wolfe, Alan 1942- Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Sociology | Social Theory | Political Theory | Postcolonial Studies | Religion | Christianity Similar Items |
| 25. |  | Title: Legal hermeneutics: history, theory, and practice Author: Leyh, Gregory Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Politics | Political Theory | Postcolonial Studies | Law | Language and Linguistics Publisher's Description: Interpretation of the law is based on assumptions about the nature of texts, language, and the act of interpretation itself. These fourteen new essays trace the origin of these assumptions, examine their philosophical implications, and extend legal interpretation in new and constructive directions. Similar Items |
| 26. |  | Title: Gypsy law: Romani legal traditions and culture Author: Weyrauch, Walter O. (Walter Otto) 1919- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Law | Cultural Anthropology | Ethnic Studies | Sociology | European Studies | Political Theory Publisher's Description: Approximately one thousand years ago Gypsies, or Roma, left their native India. Today Gypsies can be found in countries throughout the world, their distinct culture still intact in spite of the intense persecution they have endured. This authoritative collection brings together leading Gypsy and non . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 27. |  | Title: The problems of a political animal: community, justice, and conflict in Aristotelian political thought Author: Yack, Bernard 1952- Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Politics | Philosophy | Political Theory | Social and Political Thought | Social Theory Publisher's Description: A bold new interpretation of Aristotelian thought is central to Bernard Yack's provocative new book. He shows that for Aristotle, community is a conflict-ridden fact of everyday life, as well as an ideal of social harmony and integration. From political justice and the rule of law to class struggle . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 28. |  | Title: Thinking fragments: psychoanalysis, feminism, and postmodernism in the contemporary West Author: Flax, Jane Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Gender Studies | Psychiatry | Political Theory | Literary Theory and Criticism Publisher's Description: Thinking Fragments provides a brilliant critique of psychoanalytic, feminist, and postmodern theory. Examining the writings of Freud, Winnicott, Lacan, Chodorow, Irigaray, Derrida, Rorty, and Foucault, among others, Flax conducts a "conversation" among psychoanalysts, feminist thinkers, and postmode . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 29. |  | Title: Weimar: a jurisprudence of crisis Author: Jacobson, Arthur J Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Law | Social and Political Thought | German Studies | Political Theory Publisher's Description: This selection of the major works of constitutional theory during the Weimar period reflects the reactions of legal scholars to a state in permanent crisis, a society in which all bets were off. Yet the Weimar Republic's brief experiment in constitutionalism laid the groundwork for the postwar Feder . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 30. |  | Title: Information and organizations Author: Stinchcombe, Arthur L Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Sociology | Economics and Business | Labor Studies | Political Theory Publisher's Description: An ambitious new work by a well-respected sociologist, Information and Organizations provides a bold perspective of the dynamics of organizations. Stinchcombe contends that the "information problem" and the concept of "uncertainty" provide the key to understanding how organizations function. In a de . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 31. |  | Title: Politics, death, and the devil: self and power in Max Weber and Thomas Mann Author: Goldman, Harvey Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Sociology | Social Theory | European History | Literary Theory and Criticism | Political Theory | Philosophy Publisher's Description: This sequel to Harvey Goldman's well-received Max Weber and Thomas Mann continues his rich exploration of the political and cultural critiques embodied in the more mature writings of these two authors. Combining social and political thought, intellectual history, and literary interpretation, Goldman . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 32. |  | Title: The history of make-believe: Tacitus on imperial Rome Author: Haynes, Holly Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Classics | Classical History | Classical Literature and Language | Political Theory | Ancient History Publisher's Description: A theoretically sophisticated and illuminating reading of Tacitus, especially the Histories , this work points to a new understanding of the logic of Roman rule during the early Empire. Tacitus, in Holly Haynes' analysis, does not write about the reality of imperial politics and culture but about th . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 33. |  | Title: The rice economies: technology and development in Asian societies Author: Bray, Francesca Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Asian Studies | European History | Social Theory | Political Theory | Economics and Business Publisher's Description: The contrast in the rate of growth between Western and Eastern societies since 1800 has caused Asian societies to be characterized as backward and resistant to change, though until 1600 or so certain Asian states were technologically far in advance of Europe. The Rice Economies , drawing on original . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 34. |  | Title: Choosing justice: an experimental approach to ethical theory Author: Frohlich, Norman Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Politics | Economics and Business | Philosophy | Political Theory | Social Theory | Ethics Similar Items |
| 35. |  | Title: Envisioning power: ideologies of dominance and crisis Author: Wolf, Eric R 1923- Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Anthropology | Social Theory | Social and Political Thought | Political Theory | Intellectual History Publisher's Description: With the originality and energy that have marked his earlier works, Eric Wolf now explores the historical relationship of ideas, power, and culture. Responding to anthropology's long reliance on a concept of culture that takes little account of power, Wolf argues that power is crucial in shaping the . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 36. |  | Title: The emancipation of writing: German civil society in the making, 1790s-1820s Author: McNeely, Ian F 1971- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: History | European Studies | German Studies | European History | Sociology | Political Theory | Anthropology Publisher's Description: The Emancipation of Writing is the first study of writing in its connection to bureaucracy, citizenship, and the state in Germany. Stitching together micro- and macro-level analysis, it reconstructs the vibrant, textually saturated civic culture of the German southwest in the aftermath of the French . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 37. |  | Title: Late modernism: politics, fiction, and the arts between the world wars Author: Miller, Tyrus 1963- Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Literature | Fiction | Art Theory | Cinema and Performance Arts | Politics | Political Theory | History Publisher's Description: Tyrus Miller breaks new ground in this study of early twentieth-century literary and artistic culture. Whereas modernism studies have generally concentrated on the vital early phases of the modernist revolt, Miller focuses on the turbulent later years of the 1920s and 1930s, tracking the dissolution . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 38. |  | Title: Starting at home: caring and social policy Author: Noddings, Nel Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Politics | American Studies | Anthropology | Social and Political Thought | Political Theory | Public Policy | Social Problems | Public Policy | Sociology | Sociology Publisher's Description: Nel Noddings, one of the central figures in the contemporary discussion of ethics and moral education, argues that caring--a way of life learned at home--can be extended into a theory that guides social policy. Tackling issues such as capital punishment, drug treatment, homelessness, mental illness, . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 39. |  | Title: Crusading peace: Christendom, the Muslim world, and Western political order Author: Mastnak, Tomaž Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History | Medieval History | Middle Eastern History | Christianity | Medieval Studies | Middle Eastern Studies | Social Science | Political Theory Publisher's Description: Tomaz Mastnak's provocative analysis of the roots of peacemaking in the Western world elucidates struggles for peace that took place in the high and late Middle Ages. Mastnak traces the ways that eleventh-century peace movements, seeking to end violence among Christians, shaped not only power struct . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 40. |  | Title: Inventing the needy: gender and the politics of welfare in Hungary Author: Haney, Lynne A. (Lynne Allison) 1967- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Sociology | European Studies | European History | Gender Studies | Law | Social Problems | Political Theory | Russian and Eastern European Studies | Sociology | Sociology Publisher's Description: Inventing the Needy offers a powerful, innovative analysis of welfare policies and practices in Hungary from 1948 to the last decade of the twentieth century. Using a compelling mix of archival, interview, and ethnographic data, Lynne Haney shows that three distinct welfare regimes succeeded one ano . . . [more] Similar Items |