The internationalization of palace wars [[electronic resource] ] : lawyers, economists, and the contest to transform Latin American states / / Yves Dezalay, Bryant G. Garth

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455571303321
• Autore: Dezalay Yves <1945->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2002
• ISBN: 9786612537554; 0-226-14427-5; 1-282-53755-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 p.)
• Collana: The Chicago series in law and society
• Altri autori (Persone): GarthBryant G
• Disciplina: 320.01; 980.03/3
• Soggetti: Globalization; Expertise - Political aspects - Latin America; Law reform - Latin America; Law and economic development; Electronic books.; Latin America Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations Latin America; Latin America Politics and government 1948-1980; Latin America Politics and government 1980-; Latin America Economic policy
• 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. 3001-316) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronologies -- Terminology and Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Retooling Statesmen to Restructure the State: From Heritiers of European Legal Culture to the Technopols Made in the USA -- 3. The Internationalization of Palace Wars -- 4. The Archeology of the New Universals: The Cold War Construction of Human Rights and Its Later Avatars -- 5. The Chicago Boys as Outsiders: Constructing and Exporting Counterrevolution -- 6. Fostering Pluralism and Reformism -- 7. The Paradox of Symbolic Imperialism: The Southern Cone as an ; Explosive Laboratory of Modernity -- 8. The Reformist Establishment out of Power: Investing in Human Rights as an Alternative Political Strategy -- 9. From Confrontation to Concertacion: The National Production and International Recognition of the New Universals -- 10. Fragmented Governance: A Washington Agenda for Reshaping Global Institutions and National Expertises -- 11. Top-Down Participatory Development: Putting a Human Face on Market Hegemony and Trying to Stem the Social Violence of Globalization -- 12. Lawyer Compradors as Opportunistic Institution Builders -- 13. Reformist Strategies around the Courts -- 14. The Logic of Half-Failed Transplants -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: How does globalization work? Focusing on Latin America, Yves Dezalay and Bryant G. Garth show that exports of expertise and ideals from the United States to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico have played a crucial role in transforming their state forms and economies since World War II. Based on more than 300 extensive interviews with major players in governments, foundations, law firms, universities, and think tanks, Dezalay and Garth examine both the production of northern exports such as neoliberal economics and international human rights law and the ways they are received south of the United States. They find that the content of what is exported and how it fares are profoundly shaped by domestic struggles for power and influence-"palace wars"-in the nations involved. For instance, challenges to the eastern intellectual establishment influenced the Reagan-era export of University of Chicago-style neoliberal economics to Chile, where it enjoyed a warm reception from Pinochet and his allies because they could use it to discredit the previous regime. Innovative and sophisticated, The Internationalization of Palace Wars offers much needed concrete information about the transnational processes that shape our world.

Classical humanism and the challenge of modernity : debates on classical education in 19th-century Germany / / Bas van Bommel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797011403321
• Autore: Bommel Bas van
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin : , : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 3-11-036593-6; 3-11-039140-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 pages)
• Collana: Philologus : Zeitschrift für antike Literatur und ihre Rezeption. Supplemente = Philologus : a journal for ancient literature and its reception. Supplementary Volumes, , 2199-0255 ; ; volume 1
• Disciplina: 370.112094309034
• Soggetti: Humanism - Germany - 19th century; Education, Higher - Germany - Philosophy; Classical literature - Influence; Classical literature - History and criticism
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 19th-century classical humanism: the case of Karl Gottfried Siebelis (1769–1843) -- Introduction -- 1. The Challenge of Science -- 2. The Challenge of the Bürgerschule -- 3. The Challenge of Christianity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In scholarship, classical (Renaissance) humanism is usually strictly distinguished from 'neo-humanism', which, especially in Germany, flourished at the beginning of the 19th century. While most classical humanists focused on the practical imitation of Latin stylistic models, 'neohumanism' is commonly believed to have been mainly inspired by typically modern values, such as authenticity and historicity. Bas van Bommel shows that whereas 'neohumanism' was mainly adhered to at the German universities, at the Gymnasien a much more traditional educational ideal prevailed, which is best described as 'classical humanism.' This ideal involved the prioritisation of the Romans above the Greeks, as well as the belief that imitation of Roman and Greek ; models brings about man's aesthetic and moral elevation. Van Bommel makes clear that 19th century classical humanism dynamically related to modern society. On the one hand, classical humanists explained the value of classical education in typically modern terms. On the other hand, competitors of the classical Gymnasium laid claim to values that were ultimately derived from classical humanism. 19th century classical humanism should therefore not be seen as a dried-out remnant of a dying past, but as the continuation of a living tradition.