New PDF release: Montesquieu and His Legacy

Essays on Montesquieu and the impression of his inspiration from the eighteenth century to this present day. Montesquieu (1689–1755) is thought of as the most very important thinkers of the Enlightenment. His Lettres persanes and L’Esprit des lois were learn by means of scholars and students in the course of the final centuries.

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Utilizing archival study and recorded interviews, this e-book charts the advance of yankee reviews in Europe in the course of the early chilly conflict. It demonstrates how negotiations came about via a community of relationships and attracts classes for public international relations in an age while groups are attached via multi-hub, multi-directional networks.

Bound by the City: Greek Tragedy, Sexual Difference, and the - download pdf or read online

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 kin are depicted within the paintings of all 3 significant Greek tragic playwrights—Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides—the individuals make clear the workings and failings of the Greek polis, and discover the potential during which sexual distinction and the town take form in terms of one another.

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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.