1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787039003321

Autore

Kliman Daniel M.

Titolo

Fateful transitions : how democracies manage rising powers, from the eve of World War I to China's ascendance / / Daniel M. Kliman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8122-9029-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

vii, 234 p. ; ; 24 cm

Collana

Haney Foundation Series

Disciplina

327.09/04

Soggetti

International relations

Security, International

Great powers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Fateful Transitions -- Chapter 2. Power Shifts and Strategy -- Chapter 3. Pax Britannica Eclipsed -- Chapter 4. Germany Resurgent -- Chapter 5. Red Star Rising -- Chapter 6. Emerging Superpower -- Chapter 7. Neighboring Titan -- Chapter 8. Implications for the Twenty-First Century -- Appendix 1: Omitted Cases -- Appendix 2: Coding Checks and Balances -- Appendix 3: Measuring Freedom of the Press -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

As China emerges as a global force in the twenty-first century, questions of how existing great powers will navigate the geopolitical transition loom large. In Fateful Transitions, Daniel M. Kliman revisits historic power shifts to shed light on enduring patterns in international relations, demonstrating that the regime type of ascendant powers greatly influences global interactions. Since the late nineteenth century, the world's major democracies have tended to accommodate or conciliate ascendant democratic states. Certain attributes of democracy, such as a free press and domestic checks and balances, encourage trust during power shifts, whereas closed and autocratic regimes on the ascent tend to produce a cycle of suspicion, competition, and confrontation. Drawing on democratic peace theory



and power transition theory, Kliman compares Great Britain's embrace of U.S. ascendancy in the early twentieth century to its confrontational stance toward autocratic Germany and later U.S. mistrust of the Soviet Union. Within this geopolitical context, he evaluates the interactions between China and current great powers, the United States and Japan. Building on this analysis, Kliman offers new insights into the dynamics of power shifts and explores their implications for how today's established and emerging powers can successfully navigate fateful transitions.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910743400003321

Titolo

Politics, Society and Culture in Orthodox Theology in a Global Age / Hans-Peter Grosshans, Pantelis Kalaitzidis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paderborn, : Brill | Schöningh, 2022

ISBN

9783657793792

3657793798

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Eastern Church Identities ; 11

Disciplina

261.7

Soggetti

Orthodoxy and Democracy

Orthodoxy and Modernity

Orthodoxy and Human Rights

Orthodoxy and Nationalism

Church and State

symphonia

synodality

Orthodox spirituality

multiculturalism

Kirche und Staat

Multikulturalismus

orthodoxe Spiritualität

Symphonie

Synode

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Copyright page -- Politics, Society and Culture in Orthodox Theology in an Age of Globalization / Hans-Peter Grosshans -- The Tsarist System / Alfons Brüning -- Orthodox Christianity under Pressure: Ottoman, Communist and Post-Communist Contexts / Ina Merdjanova -- Democracy in Russian Religious Philosophy: A Political Theology of Participation / Nathaniel Wood -- Is Scholasticism a Pseudomorphosis? A Polemical Note on Georges Florovsky’s Political Theology / Cyril Hovorun -- History of the Idea of Democracy in Modern Greek Orthodox Theology / Dimitrios Moschos -- Orthodoxy and Democracy in Romanian Theology / Lucian Turcescu -- Eyes Wide Shut: Discussion about Orthodoxy and Democracy in Serbian Theology and Thought / Branko Sekulić -- Orthodox Theology Challenged by Balkan and East European Ethnotheologies / Pantelis Kalaitzidis -- Synodal Democracy and the Oriental Orthodox Churches / K. M. George Kondothra -- Welcoming the Thorn in the Flesh: Orthodox Theology, (Post)Modernity and (Post-)Secularization / Georgios Vlantis -- Primacy, Synodality and Liberal Democracy: An Uneasy Relationship / Nikolaos Asproulis -- Constitutional Tradition and Eastern Orthodoxy: Political-Theological Aspects / Atanas Slavov -- Church and State in the Orthodox World Today and the Challenges of the Global Age / Sveto Riboloff -- Liberal Democracy, Spiritual Values and Nihilism: Prefatory Notes to a pending Discussion in the Orthodox World / Haralambos Ventis -- The Reception of Human Rights in the Eastern Orthodox Theology: Challenges and Perspectives / Ioannis Kaminis -- Civil Society and Orthodoxy: A Counter-Discourse / Irena Pavlović -- Mission(s) and Politics: An Orthodox’s Approach / Athanasios N. Papathanasiou -- The Sin of Phyletism: A Multicultural Perspective on Ethnic Bigotry in the Orthodox Church / Chris Durante -- Orthodox Spirituality in Democratic Pluralities / Kateřina Kočandrle Bauer -- Orthodox Christianity in the Context of Postcolonial Studies / Vasilios N. Makrides -- Contributors -- Index of Names.

Sommario/riassunto

The articles in the book show that today’s Orthodox theology is constructively relating to modernity in politics, society and culture. In 20 articles very prominent Orthodox theologians and experts on Orthodox theology and Orthodox Christianity from academic fields like sociology of religion or political studies are discussing, in what sense politics, society and culture are considered in Orthodox Theology in a global horizon. Contributors are Alfons Brüning, Ina Merdjanova, Nathaniel Wood, Cyril Hovorun, Dimitrios Moschos, Lucien Turcescu, K. M. George (Kondortha), Pantelis Kalaitzidis, Branko Sekulić, Georgios Vlantis, Nikolaos Asproulis, Atanas Slavov, Sveto Riboloff, Haralambos Ventis, Ioannis Kaminis, Irena Pavlović, Athanasios N. Papathanasiou, Chris Durante, Kateřina Kočandrle Bauer, Vasilios N. Makrides.