1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972475103321

Autore

Shlapentokh Vladimir

Titolo

Freedom, repression, and private property in Russia / / Vladimir Shlapentokh, Michigan State University, Anna Arutunyan, Independent journalist

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-46188-X

1-139-89349-1

1-107-45972-9

1-316-60933-2

1-107-46539-7

1-107-47254-7

1-107-46894-9

1-107-32378-9

1-107-47352-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 208 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

947.086

Soggetti

Democracy - Russia (Federation)

Civil rights - Russia (Federation)

Property - Political aspects - Russia (Federation)

Free enterprise - Political aspects - Russia (Federation)

Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Private property and big money in political regimes in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia: a theoretical overview -- Ideology and public opinion in a centralized society and in a fragmented society -- Corruption, the power of state and big business in the Soviet and post-Soviet regimes -- Enemies and the issue of legitimization in the Soviet and post-Soviet regimes -- Political police before and after -- Treatment of strikers in Soviet and post-Soviet times: Novocherkassk and Mezhdurechensk -- Foreign policy: the geopolitical factor before and money after -- A freedom which Putin dearly loves -- "the right to leave his country."



Sommario/riassunto

This study demonstrates how the emergence of private property and a market economy after the Soviet Union's collapse enabled a degree of freedom while simultaneously supporting authoritarianism. Based on case studies, Vladimir Shlapentokh and Anna Arutunyan analyze how private property and free markets spawn feudal elements in society. These elements are so strong in post-Communist Russia that they prevent the formation of a true democratic society, while making it impossible to return to totalitarianism. The authors describe the resulting Russian society as having three types of social organization: authoritarian, feudal and liberal. The authors examine the adaptation of Soviet-era institutions like security forces, the police and the army to free market conditions and how they generated corruption; the belief that the KGB was relatively free from corruption; how large property holdings merge with power and necessitate repression; and how property relations affect government management and suppression.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910357848803321

Autore

De Florio Ciro

Titolo

Divine Omniscience and Human Free Will : A Logical and Metaphysical Analysis / / by Ciro De Florio, Aldo Frigerio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

9783030313005

303031300X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion, , 2634-6184

Disciplina

123.5

233.7

Soggetti

Religion - Philosophy

Metaphysics

Logic

Philosophy of Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

1. The Battle for Free Will -- 2. Metaphysics and Logic of Time -- 3. Extreme Measures -- 4. God Knows the True Future: Ockhamism -- 5. Molinism -- 6. The Timeless Solution.

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with an old conundrum: if God knows what we will choose tomorrow, how can we be free to choose otherwise? If all our choices are already written, is our freedom simply an illusion? This book provides a precise analysis of this dilemma using the tools of modern ontology and the logic of time. With a focus on three intertwined concepts - God’s nature, the formal structure of time, and the metaphysics time, including the relationship between temporal entities and a timeless God - the chapters analyse various solutions to the problem of foreknowledge and freedom, revealing the advantages and drawbacks of each. Building on this analysis, the authors advance constructive solutions, showing under what conditions an entity can be omniscient in the presence of free agents, and whether an eternal entity can know the tensed futures of the world. The metaphysics of time, its topology and the semantics of future tensed sentences are shown to be invaluable topics in dealingwith this issue. Combining investigations into the metaphysics of time with the discipline of temporal logic this monograph brings about important advancements in the philosophical understanding of an ancient and fascinating problem. The answer, if any, is hidden in the folds of time, in the elusive nature of this feature of reality and in the infinite branching of our lives.