1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787241503321

Autore

Lien Vu Hong

Titolo

Descending dragon, rising tiger : a history of Vietnam / / Vu Hong Lien, Peter Sharrock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78023-388-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

959.7

Soggetti

Vietnam Historiography

Vietnam History

Vietnam Social conditions

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

14. French War (1947-54) 15. Vietnam-American War (1954-75); Epilogue: Rising Tiger; Appendix: Dates and Dynasties; References; Historical Sources; Select Bibliography, Archives and Websites; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Outside of its war with the United States, Vietnam's past has often been neglected and understudied. Whether as an aspiring subordinate or a rebel province, Vietnam has been viewed by most historians in relation to its larger neighbor to the north, China. Seeking to reshape these accounts, Descending Dragon, Rising Tiger chronicles the vast sweep of Vietnam's tumultuous history, from the Bronze Age to the present day, in order to lay out the first English-language account of the full story of the Vietnamese people.               Drawing on archeological evidence that reveals the emergence of a



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962416403321

Autore

Rostbll Christian F

Titolo

Deliberative freedom : deliberative democracy as critical theory / / Christian F. Rostbll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008

ISBN

9780791478226

079147822X

9781435658523

1435658523

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Deliberative democracy

Liberty

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 (p. 285-304) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Deliberative Freedom -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Why "Dimensions" of Freedom? -- Overview of the Book -- 1. Deliberation, Aggregation,and Negative Freedom -- Beyond the Aggregation and Transformation Dichotomy -- The Negative Freedom Tradition and Democracy -- Conclusion -- 2. Republican Freedom andDiscursive Status -- Domination without Interference -- Republican Freedom and Demoracy -- Deliberative Democracy beyond Republicanism -- Conclusion -- 3. Preferences and Paternalism -- Nonautonomously Formed Preferences -- Paternalism -- Collective Self-Legislation and Freedom as Status -- Conclusion -- 4. Freedom as Accommodation: The Limits of Rawlsian Deliberative Democracy -- The Accommodation of Reasonable Doctrinesand Negative Freedom -- Public Reason and Reasonableness -- Political and Moral Autonomy -- Conclusion -- 5. Freedom as Emancipation: Deliberative Democracy as Critical Theory -- The Critique of Ideology and Internal Autonomy -- Deliberation and Politicization -- Social Critics, Triggering Self-Re  ection, and Public Autonomy -- Conclusion -- 6. Democratic Ethos andProcedural Independence -- The Interdependence of the Ethical and the Moral -- Deliberation and Privacy -- Democratic Ethos -- Thinking



for Oneself -- Conclusion -- 7. Freedom, Reason,and Participation -- The Epistemic Dimension of Deliberative Democracy -- Reason, Freedom, and Radical Democracy -- Participation, Freedom, and Neutrality -- Conclusion -- 8. Conclusion: Toward a Theory of Deliberative Freedom -- Four Conceptions of Freedom Reinterpreted -- A Multidimensional Theory of Deliberation and Freedom -- On the Need for Institutional Reformand Economic Redistribution -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D.

E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

The first sustained look at the relationship between deliberative democratic theory and the topic of freedom.