New PDF release: Montesquieu and His Legacy

Essays on Montesquieu and the impression of his notion from the eighteenth century to at the present time. Montesquieu (1689–1755) is considered essentially the most vital thinkers of the Enlightenment. His Lettres persanes and L’Esprit des lois were learn by means of scholars and students during the final centuries.

A. Fisher's Collaborative Public Diplomacy: How Transnational Networks PDF

Utilizing archival examine and recorded interviews, this e-book charts the improvement of yank stories in Europe throughout the early chilly warfare. It demonstrates how negotiations happened via a community of relationships and attracts classes for public international relations in an age while groups are hooked up via multi-hub, multi-directional networks.

Download e-book for iPad: Bound by the City: Greek Tragedy, Sexual Difference, and the by Denise Eileen McCoskey,Emily Zakin

Explores the connections among sexual distinction and political constitution in historical Greek tragedy. This assortment bargains a colourful exploration of the bonds among sexual distinction and political constitution in Greek tragedy. In how the acts of violence and tortured kinship family are depicted within the paintings of all 3 significant Greek tragic playwrights—Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides—the members make clear the workings and failings of the Greek polis, and discover the skill during which sexual distinction and town take form with regards to one another.

Religionspolitik und Politik der Religionen in Deutschland: by Antonius Liedhegener,Gert Pickel PDF

Dieser Band beschäftigt sich mit einem zunehmend wichtigeren Bereich der politischen Auseinandersetzung in Deutschland: der Religionspolitik. Nicht nur Demonstrationen mit religions- bzw. islamkritischem Inhalt, sondern auch vielfältige Themen politischer Entscheidung von der Religionsfreiheit und staatlichen Regulierung von faith bis hin zu Biopolitik, Sterbehilfe und Lebensschutz zeigen die Bedeutung religiöser wie auch säkular geprägter Positionen in öffentlichen Diskussionen und politischen Streitthemen.