Democracy as death : the moral order of anti-liberal politics in South Africa / / Jason Hickel |
Autore | Hickel Jason <1982-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.968 |
Soggetto topico | Democracy - South Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
african history
african national congress anc anti democracy stance colonial governance colonialism cultural studies democratization diplomacy egalitarian values freedom government and governing hierarchical social order historical individual freedom internal conflict liberal democratic platform liberalism migrant workers migrants neoliberal south africa postcolonial studies revolution rural home rural zuzuland rural south africa south african history western capitalism western ideals |
ISBN |
0-520-28423-2
0-520-95986-8 |
Classificazione | MI 65086 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Translation and Transcription -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION. The Question of Freedom -- 1. A Divided Revolution -- 2. The Habitus of the Homestead -- 3. Urban Social Engineering and Revolutionary Consciousness -- 4. Neoliberalism as Misfortune -- 5. Death in an Age of Wild Ghosts -- 6. Colonial Nostalgias and the Reinvention of Culture -- CONCLUSION: On the Politics of Culture -- Notes -- Glossary of IsiZulu Words -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787428303321 |
Hickel Jason <1982-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Democracy as death : the moral order of anti-liberal politics in South Africa / / Jason Hickel |
Autore | Hickel Jason <1982-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.968 |
Soggetto topico | Democracy - South Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
african history
african national congress anc anti democracy stance colonial governance colonialism cultural studies democratization diplomacy egalitarian values freedom government and governing hierarchical social order historical individual freedom internal conflict liberal democratic platform liberalism migrant workers migrants neoliberal south africa postcolonial studies revolution rural home rural zuzuland rural south africa south african history western capitalism western ideals |
ISBN |
0-520-28423-2
0-520-95986-8 |
Classificazione | MI 65086 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Translation and Transcription -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION. The Question of Freedom -- 1. A Divided Revolution -- 2. The Habitus of the Homestead -- 3. Urban Social Engineering and Revolutionary Consciousness -- 4. Neoliberalism as Misfortune -- 5. Death in an Age of Wild Ghosts -- 6. Colonial Nostalgias and the Reinvention of Culture -- CONCLUSION: On the Politics of Culture -- Notes -- Glossary of IsiZulu Words -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826958003321 |
Hickel Jason <1982-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The politics of alcohol [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the drink question in England / / James Nicholls |
Autore | Nicholls James <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York : , : Manchester University Press, , [2009] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 363.410942 |
Soggetto topico |
Drinking of alcoholic beverages - England - History
Drinking of alcoholic beverages - Social aspects - England Liquor laws - England |
Soggetto non controllato |
24-hour licensing
alcohol binge drinking drinking individual freedom national identity political philosophy public policy social risks supermarkets |
ISBN |
1-78170-275-6
1-84779-332-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 A monstrous plant: alcohol and the Reformation -- 2 Healths, toasts and pledges: political drinking in the seventeenth century -- 3 A new kind of drunkenness: the gin craze -- 4 The politics of sobriety: coffee and society in Georgian England -- 5 A fascinating poison: early medical writing on drink -- 6 Ungovernable passions: intoxication and Romanticism -- 7 Odious monopolies: power, control and the 1830 Beer Act -- 8 The last tyrant: the rise of temperance -- 9 A monstrous theory:the politics of prohibition -- 10 The State and the trade: the drink question at the turn of the century -- 11 Central control: war and nationalisation -- 12 The study of inebriety: medicine and the law -- 13 The pub and the people: drinking places and popular culture -- 14 Prevention and health: alcohol and public health -- 15 Beer orders: the changing landscape in the 1990s -- 16 Drinking responsibly: media, government and binge drinking -- Conclusion: the drink question today -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791920103321 |
Nicholls James <1971-> | ||
Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York : , : Manchester University Press, , [2009] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The politics of alcohol [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the drink question in England / / James Nicholls |
Autore | Nicholls James <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York : , : Manchester University Press, , [2009] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 363.410942 |
Soggetto topico |
Drinking of alcoholic beverages - England - History
Drinking of alcoholic beverages - Social aspects - England Liquor laws - England |
Soggetto non controllato |
24-hour licensing
alcohol binge drinking drinking individual freedom national identity political philosophy public policy social risks supermarkets |
ISBN |
1-78170-275-6
1-84779-332-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 A monstrous plant: alcohol and the Reformation -- 2 Healths, toasts and pledges: political drinking in the seventeenth century -- 3 A new kind of drunkenness: the gin craze -- 4 The politics of sobriety: coffee and society in Georgian England -- 5 A fascinating poison: early medical writing on drink -- 6 Ungovernable passions: intoxication and Romanticism -- 7 Odious monopolies: power, control and the 1830 Beer Act -- 8 The last tyrant: the rise of temperance -- 9 A monstrous theory:the politics of prohibition -- 10 The State and the trade: the drink question at the turn of the century -- 11 Central control: war and nationalisation -- 12 The study of inebriety: medicine and the law -- 13 The pub and the people: drinking places and popular culture -- 14 Prevention and health: alcohol and public health -- 15 Beer orders: the changing landscape in the 1990s -- 16 Drinking responsibly: media, government and binge drinking -- Conclusion: the drink question today -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818801803321 |
Nicholls James <1971-> | ||
Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York : , : Manchester University Press, , [2009] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The tyranny of utility [[electronic resource] ] : behavioral social science and the rise of paternalism / / Gilles Saint-Paul |
Autore | Saint-Paul Gilles |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.12 |
Soggetto topico |
Welfare economics
Utilitarianism Paternalism Public welfare |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
Coasian view
Freudianism Friedrich Nietzsche Lockean theory Man Pareto improvements Pigovian taxation Postmodernism addictive goods autonomy behavioral biases behavioral economics behavioral issues behavioral problems cognitive capacity competitive markets consistent behavior consistent self divine order economic theory economics externality financial capacity free markets global efficiency government control government intervention government intrusion government involvement happiness incarnations incentives individual freedom individual liberty individual rights individual welfare individual well-being individualistic values intellectual apparatus intellectual safeguard laissez-faire legitimacy of power libertarian paternalism limited government limited liability market interactions markets modern paternalism objective reality paternalism paternalistic governments paternalistic intervention paternalistic interventions paternalistic policies paternalistic state penalties policy prescriptions political economy critique political institutions population distribution post-utilitarian paradigm post-utilitarianism price restrictions psychological phenomena public policy rational phenomena responsibility transfer revealed preferences self-consciousness self-reported happiness sin tax social contract social engineer social planner social preferences social sciences state involvement statistics transactions unique self unitary individual utilitarian social policy utilitarian state utilitarianism utility voluntary transactions welfare |
ISBN |
1-283-16898-7
9786613168986 1-4008-3889-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Demise of the Unitary Individual -- 1. Political Organization and the Conception of Man -- 2. The Challenge to the Unitary Individual in Western Thought -- 3. Economics: The Last Bastion of Rationality -- 4. Economics Goes Behavioral -- 5. From Utility to Happiness -- Part II. The Rise of Paternalism -- Introduction -- 6. Post-Utilitarianism: Searching for a Collective Soul in the Behavioral Era -- 7. The Policy Prescriptions of Behavioral Economics -- 8. The Modern Paternalistic State -- 9. Responsibility Transfer -- 10. The Role of Science -- 11. Markets in a Paternalistic World -- 12. Where to Go? -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456961303321 |
Saint-Paul Gilles | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The tyranny of utility [[electronic resource] ] : behavioral social science and the rise of paternalism / / Gilles Saint-Paul |
Autore | Saint-Paul Gilles |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.12 |
Soggetto topico |
Welfare economics
Utilitarianism Paternalism Public welfare |
Soggetto non controllato |
Coasian view
Freudianism Friedrich Nietzsche Lockean theory Man Pareto improvements Pigovian taxation Postmodernism addictive goods autonomy behavioral biases behavioral economics behavioral issues behavioral problems cognitive capacity competitive markets consistent behavior consistent self divine order economic theory economics externality financial capacity free markets global efficiency government control government intervention government intrusion government involvement happiness incarnations incentives individual freedom individual liberty individual rights individual welfare individual well-being individualistic values intellectual apparatus intellectual safeguard laissez-faire legitimacy of power libertarian paternalism limited government limited liability market interactions markets modern paternalism objective reality paternalism paternalistic governments paternalistic intervention paternalistic interventions paternalistic policies paternalistic state penalties policy prescriptions political economy critique political institutions population distribution post-utilitarian paradigm post-utilitarianism price restrictions psychological phenomena public policy rational phenomena responsibility transfer revealed preferences self-consciousness self-reported happiness sin tax social contract social engineer social planner social preferences social sciences state involvement statistics transactions unique self unitary individual utilitarian social policy utilitarian state utilitarianism utility voluntary transactions welfare |
ISBN |
1-283-16898-7
9786613168986 1-4008-3889-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Demise of the Unitary Individual -- 1. Political Organization and the Conception of Man -- 2. The Challenge to the Unitary Individual in Western Thought -- 3. Economics: The Last Bastion of Rationality -- 4. Economics Goes Behavioral -- 5. From Utility to Happiness -- Part II. The Rise of Paternalism -- Introduction -- 6. Post-Utilitarianism: Searching for a Collective Soul in the Behavioral Era -- 7. The Policy Prescriptions of Behavioral Economics -- 8. The Modern Paternalistic State -- 9. Responsibility Transfer -- 10. The Role of Science -- 11. Markets in a Paternalistic World -- 12. Where to Go? -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781461303321 |
Saint-Paul Gilles | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The tyranny of utility [[electronic resource] ] : behavioral social science and the rise of paternalism / / Gilles Saint-Paul |
Autore | Saint-Paul Gilles |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.12 |
Soggetto topico |
Welfare economics
Utilitarianism Paternalism Public welfare |
Soggetto non controllato |
Coasian view
Freudianism Friedrich Nietzsche Lockean theory Man Pareto improvements Pigovian taxation Postmodernism addictive goods autonomy behavioral biases behavioral economics behavioral issues behavioral problems cognitive capacity competitive markets consistent behavior consistent self divine order economic theory economics externality financial capacity free markets global efficiency government control government intervention government intrusion government involvement happiness incarnations incentives individual freedom individual liberty individual rights individual welfare individual well-being individualistic values intellectual apparatus intellectual safeguard laissez-faire legitimacy of power libertarian paternalism limited government limited liability market interactions markets modern paternalism objective reality paternalism paternalistic governments paternalistic intervention paternalistic interventions paternalistic policies paternalistic state penalties policy prescriptions political economy critique political institutions population distribution post-utilitarian paradigm post-utilitarianism price restrictions psychological phenomena public policy rational phenomena responsibility transfer revealed preferences self-consciousness self-reported happiness sin tax social contract social engineer social planner social preferences social sciences state involvement statistics transactions unique self unitary individual utilitarian social policy utilitarian state utilitarianism utility voluntary transactions welfare |
ISBN |
1-283-16898-7
9786613168986 1-4008-3889-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Demise of the Unitary Individual -- 1. Political Organization and the Conception of Man -- 2. The Challenge to the Unitary Individual in Western Thought -- 3. Economics: The Last Bastion of Rationality -- 4. Economics Goes Behavioral -- 5. From Utility to Happiness -- Part II. The Rise of Paternalism -- Introduction -- 6. Post-Utilitarianism: Searching for a Collective Soul in the Behavioral Era -- 7. The Policy Prescriptions of Behavioral Economics -- 8. The Modern Paternalistic State -- 9. Responsibility Transfer -- 10. The Role of Science -- 11. Markets in a Paternalistic World -- 12. Where to Go? -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815407903321 |
Saint-Paul Gilles | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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