1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910139358003321

Autore

Patmore G. A (Glenn Anthony), <1961->

Titolo

Choosing the republic [[electronic resource] /] / Glenn Patmore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, : UNSW Press, 2009

ISBN

1-74223-200-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Disciplina

320.494

Soggetti

Republicanism - Australia

Democracy - Australia

Representative government and representation - Australia

Electronic books.

Australia Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The 200-year drought; 2 Raising the question; 3 Altering the Australian Constitution; 4 Glimpsing the Governor-General; 5 The politics of minimalism; 6 Between participation and neutrality: selecting the head of state; 7 (Mis) behaviour in republican Australia; 8 Ask the leaders and the people; 9 The incurable republic; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

It has been ten years since the 1999 Republican referendum failed. Whilst it was ultimately unsuccessful, it has engaged people in a debate that has spanned a decade. Australians seem to want a republic, but there is uncertainty about what kind of republic we want. If we wish to understand the implications and future of republicanism, we need to know more about it. Choosing the Republic explores how the people in a constitutional monarchy may choose to become a republic, delving into republican philosophy, the history and practicalities of constitutional change, and the politics of popular deb



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453723903321

Autore

Strong Tracy B.

Titolo

Jean-Jacques Rousseau : the politics of the ordinary / / Tracy B. Strong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Oxford, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publisher, Inc., , 2000

©2002

ISBN

1-4616-6561-2

0-7425-2143-5

Edizione

[New edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Modernity & Political Thought

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Political science - France - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Series Editor's Introduction Morton Schoolman; Preface to the New Edition; Preface; I . Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the fear of the Author; Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Life; The Author as Personality; Why Confess?; Confession ad Constancy; Clearing the Ground: The First Discourse and the Question of Philosophy; The Language for the Human; 2. Rousseau and the Experience of Others; Citizen of Geneva; The Absence of the Thought of the Common; Looking Into Books; What Nature Is Not; Loving Oneself

The Self Encountering the Self and the OtherReading and Seeing; Nature and Denaturation; Music and the Public Realm; Alone, With Oneself; 3. The General Will and the Scandal of Politics; The Thought of the Common; The Nature of Political Society: The General Will; The Seductor Narcissist; Sovereignty; Representation and Time; Government; The Threat of Corruption; 4. The Education of an Ordinary Man; Education and the Philosopher; The Stages of a Life: Feeling; The Stages of a Life: Control and Morality; The Stages of a Life : Appearance and Convention; The Stages of a Life : Knowing Others

The Premise of Human CriticismSex and the Other; The Stages of a Life: Sex, Politics, and Virtue; 5. The Ends of Politics; The Remedy and the Illness; The Alternative of Transparency; Humanity and Transparency;



The Deduction of Immanence; A Human Home; Who Has No Home?; Is Sex Human?; What Is the Legislator?; Ends to the Human; Notes (Chapters 1-5); Bibliographical Afterword; Name Index; Index of Major Discussions of Texts From Rousseau; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Rousseau is understood as a theorist of the common person. For Strong, Rousseau resonates with Kant, Hegel, and Marx, but he is more modern like Emerson, Nietzsche, Eittegenstein, and Heidegger. Rousseau's democratic individual is an ordinary self, paradoxically multiple and not singular. In the course of exploring this contention, Strong examines Rousseau's fear of authorship (though not of authority), his understanding of the human, his attempt to overcome the scandal that relativism posed for politics, and the political importance of sexuality.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910172253303321

Autore

Welsh Ian <1954->

Titolo

Mobilising modernity : the nuclear moment / / Ian Welsh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-134-94580-9

0-203-28356-2

0-203-16790-2

1-280-03140-9

9786610031405

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

International library of sociology

Disciplina

333.7924

Soggetti

Nuclear industry

Nuclear energy - Social aspects

Antinuclear movement

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mobilising Modernity The Nuclear Moment; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms; 1 Introduction; 2 The nuclear moment; 3 Resisting the juggernaut: opposition in the 1950's;



4 Accidents will happen; 5 Modernity's mobilisation stalls; 6 The moment of direct action; 7 Networking: direct action and collective refusal; 8 Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

During the nuclear heyday of the post-war years advocates of atomic power promised cheap electricity and a prosperous future. From the present, however, this promise seems tarnished by accidents, leaks and a lack of public confidence. Mobilising Modernity traces this journey from confidence in technology to the anxieties of the Risk Society questioning a number of conventional wisdoms en route. Paying close attention to social, political and policy aspects throughout, this book considers:* the nuclear moment from global collaborative project at Los Alamos to fragmented, bitter