New PDF release: Montesquieu and His Legacy

Essays on Montesquieu and the effect of his inspiration from the eighteenth century to this present day. 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 through the final centuries.

Download PDF by A. Fisher: Collaborative Public Diplomacy: How Transnational Networks

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

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Explores the connections among sexual distinction and political constitution in historic Greek tragedy. This assortment deals a colourful exploration of the bonds among sexual distinction and political constitution in Greek tragedy. In taking a look at how the acts of violence and tortured kinship relatives 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 ability wherein sexual distinction and town take form on the subject of one another.

New PDF release: Religionspolitik und Politik der Religionen in Deutschland:

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.