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Book A Critical Theory for the Anthropocene

Download or read book A Critical Theory for the Anthropocene written by Nathanaël Wallenhorst and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, which is rooted in biogeophysical studies, addresses conceptions of political action in the Anthropocene and the tension between a desire to accomplish the Promethean project of modernity and a post-Promethean approach. This work explores the idea of ​​an anthropological mutation of political consolidation from a “post-Promethean togetherness”, to creating the capacity to act together. The political thinking of the human condition developed by Hannah Arendt is important here as a resource for thinking about humanity in terms of human adventure. This has three dimensions: hubris, the world and coexistence referring respectively to the logic of profit of the homo oeconomicus, the logic of responsibility of the homo collectivus and the logic of the hospitality of the homo religatus. The intellectual and political attitude outlined in this book is an extension of critical theory: the work also puts forward a critique of what poses a problem in our relationship to the world and suggests how to overcome it, the ultimate goal being social transformation. The author propose an uprising and an anthropological consolidation of politics based on the revitalization that is brought about by the sharing of a conviviality both between humans and with what is non-human. The identification of conviviality as an educational paradigm to survive the Anthropocene gives us the much needed reason for hope despite this heritage of the Anthropocene. In addition to Arendtian thinking, this critical theory for the Anthropocene draws on the political thinking of several contemporary authors including Maurice Bellet, Hartmut Rosa, Andreas Weber, Dominique Bourg, and Christian Arnsperger. This volume is of interest to researchers in the Anthropocene.

Book Introduction    la g  opolitique en 50 fiches   D  fis  enjeux et conflits contemporains

Download or read book Introduction la g opolitique en 50 fiches D fis enjeux et conflits contemporains written by Philippe Mocellin and published by Editions Ellipses. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cet ouvrage invite ses lecteurs à découvrir les différentes facettes de la géopolitique. Au travers d’un « tour du monde » géopolitique en 50 fiches, elles-mêmes organisées en 9 thèmes, il s’est agi de mettre en évidence les défis, les enjeux et les conflits en cours, sur les différents continents, participant à l’entretien du « nouveau désordre » mondial d’aujourd’hui. Le premier thème identifie les « écoles » de pensée qui traversent la discipline. Sont ensuite traités : le « déclin » annoncé de l’Occident (thème 2) ; la situation spécifique du Moyen-Orient, « terres » à forts enjeux (thème 3) ; les guerres multiples frappant le continent africain et ses conséquences pour le monde (thème 4) ; la puissance économique de la Chine et de l’Asie (thème 5) ainsi que la situation des pays « émergents » sur le plan international (thème 6). Les thèmes 7 et 8 abordent, respectivement, les problématiques de géopolitique du moment et les questionnements planétaires en débat. En guise de conclusion provisoire, le thème 9 propose quelques axes de réflexion prospective. L’ouvrage s’adresse aux étudiants de droit, de science politique, d’économie et des classes préparatoires ainsi qu’à tous les citoyens désireux de mieux cerner les contours d’un monde en pleine mutation.

Book Introduction    la g  opolitique en 50 fiches

Download or read book Introduction la g opolitique en 50 fiches written by Philippe Mottet and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cet ouvrage invite ses lecteurs à découvrir les différentes facettes de la géopolitique. Au travers d'un "tour du monde" géopolitique en 50 fiches, elles-mêmes organisées en 9 thèmes, il s'est agi de mettre en évidence les défis, les enjeux et les conflits en cours, sur les différents continents, participant à l'entretien du "nouveau désordre" mondial d'aujourd'hui. Le premier thème identifie les "écoles" de pensée qui traversent la discipline. Sont ensuite traités : le "déclin" annoncé de l'Occident (thème 2) ; la situation spécifique du Moyen-Orient, "terres" à forts enjeux (thème 3) ; les guerres multiples frappant le continent africain et ses conséquences pour le monde (thème 4) ; la puissance économique de la Chine et de l'Asie (thème 5) ainsi que la situation des pays " émergents" sur le plan international (thème 6). Les thèmes 7 et 8 abordent, respectivement, les problématiques de géopolitique du moment et les questionnements planétaires en débat. En guise de conclusion provisoire, le thème 9 propose quelques axes de réflexion prospective. L'ouvrage s'adresse aux étudiants de droit, de science politique, d'économie et des classes préparatoires ainsi qu'à tous les citoyens désireux de mieux cerner les contours d'un monde en pleine mutation.

Book Fran  ais Interactif

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  • Author : Karen Kelton
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-08-15
  • ISBN : 9781937963200
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Fran ais Interactif written by Karen Kelton and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook includes all 13 chapters of Français interactif. It accompanies www.laits.utexas.edu/fi, the web-based French program developed and in use at the University of Texas since 2004, and its companion site, Tex's French Grammar (2000) www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/ Français interactif is an open acess site, a free and open multimedia resources, which requires neither password nor fees. Français interactif has been funded and created by Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services at the University of Texas, and is currently supported by COERLL, the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning UT-Austin, and the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE Grant P116B070251) as an example of the open access initiative.

Book Guide to Microforms in Print

Download or read book Guide to Microforms in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Liberal Democracy and Its Critics in Africa

Download or read book Liberal Democracy and Its Critics in Africa written by Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasonga and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democratic institutional forms and processes are increasingly widespread in Africa as dictatorial regimes have been forced to give way as a result of popular mobilization and external donor pressure. However the premises of the African scholars whose empirical research and analytical explorations are included in this volume are that democratic form and democratic substance are two different things; Western-derived institutional forms are neither necessarily the most appropriate nor the most practical in the current African context; and rooting democratic norms in the political cultures of African polities raises socio-cultural issues with which political scientists must engage. This book explores various critical questions in the context of particular elections and particular countries as diverse as Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, the Congo, Cameroon and the Central African Republic. They include the continuing impact of police state apparatuses following democratic transition; factors influencing African voters' attitudes and behaviour; the impact of incumbency on electoral competition; women's electoral participation; the phenomenon of often very limited party programmatic choice in the context of huge social diversity and multi-party competition; and the controversial issues around the transplantation of liberal democratic institutions. Underlying these issues is the fundamental question of whether democratic processes as currently practised in Africa are really making any significant difference to the African struggle for economic, social and cultural progress. This volume is valuable for the original perspectives of its African contributors; the issues it explores; and the concrete democratic experiences it analyses; and the challenges it makes to the existing concepts, paradigms and practices of liberal democracy.

Book International Organisation and Dissemination of Knowledge

Download or read book International Organisation and Dissemination of Knowledge written by Paul Otlet and published by Elsevier Publishing Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Struggle for European Union by Political Parties and Pressure Groups in Western European Countries 1945   1950

Download or read book The Struggle for European Union by Political Parties and Pressure Groups in Western European Countries 1945 1950 written by Walter Lipgens and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "The Struggle for European Union by Political Parties and Pressure Groups in Western European Countries 1945-1950".

Book Revolutionary Warfare

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  • Author : Terrence G. Peterson
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2024-09-15
  • ISBN : 1501776975
  • Pages : 156 pages

Download or read book Revolutionary Warfare written by Terrence G. Peterson and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2024-09-15 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revolutionary Warfare investigates how efforts to counter a revolution could also be revolutionary. The Algerian War fractured the French Empire, destroyed the legitimacy of colonial rule, and helped launch the Third Worldist movement for the liberation of the Global South. By tracing how French generals, officers, and civil officials sought to counter Algerian independence with their own project of radical social transformation, Terrence G. Peterson reveals that the conflict also helped to transform the nature of modern warfare. The French war effort was never defined solely by repression. As Peterson details, it also sought to fashion new forms of surveillance and social control that could capture the loyalty of Algerians and transform Algerian society. Hygiene and medical aid efforts, youth sports and education programs, and psychological warfare campaigns all attempted to remake Algerian social structures and bind them more closely to the French state. In tracing the emergence of such programs, Peterson reframes the French war effort as a project of armed social reform that sought not to preserve colonial rule unchanged, but to revolutionize it in order to preserve it against the global challenges of decolonization. Revolutionary Warfare demonstrates how French officers' efforts to transform warfare into an exercise in social engineering not only shaped how the Algerian War unfolded from its earliest months, but also helped to forge a paradigm of warfare that dominated strategic thinking during the Cold War and after: counterinsurgency.

Book Canadiana

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1204 pages

Download or read book Canadiana written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book China in the Mediterranean

Download or read book China in the Mediterranean written by Emilie Tran and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-19 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scholarly book provides a timely examination of China’s growing influence in the Mediterranean region. It offers a comparative and theoretical perspective underpinned by an up-to-date empirical analysis. The book uses role theory as the theoretical framework throughout, exploring the escalating tensions in the Mediterranean, where a complex triangular relationship seems to have emerged, largely due to China’s expanding presence on both the Southern and Northern shores. Beijing’s sustained engagement and increasing influence have significantly affected the perceptions of France, the region’s former colonial power, and Spain, as well as global competitors such as Russia, Turkey, Israel, and the Gulf states. From a security standpoint, China’s engagement in the Mediterranean has also raised concerns in the United States. Within this multifaceted context, the chapters in this volume scrutinize how the evolving interactions between China and the Mediterranean states elucidate the progression of Sino-Southern Mediterranean relations and Sino-Northern Mediterranean relations. Moreover, the current conflict in Gaza has heightened interest in China’s role in the Mediterranean and the broader Middle East. This volume is undoubtedly a valuable resource for academics, policymakers, and students at both undergraduate and graduate levels with an interest in strategic studies, politics, diplomacy and international relations. The chapters in this book were initially published as a special issue of Mediterranean Politics.

Book Customary International Humanitarian Law

Download or read book Customary International Humanitarian Law written by Jean-Marie Henckaerts and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-03 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Customary International Humanitarian Law, Volume I: Rules is a comprehensive analysis of the customary rules of international humanitarian law applicable in international and non-international armed conflicts. In the absence of ratifications of important treaties in this area, this is clearly a publication of major importance, carried out at the express request of the international community. In so doing, this study identifies the common core of international humanitarian law binding on all parties to all armed conflicts. Comment Don:RWI.

Book Bibliotheca Britannica  Subjects

Download or read book Bibliotheca Britannica Subjects written by Robert Watt and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Guidance for CITES Scientific Authorities

Download or read book Guidance for CITES Scientific Authorities written by and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2002 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use of and trade in wildlife is a fact of life for human society around the globe. Article IV of the CITES Convention requires that exporting countries restrict trade in Appendix II species to levels that are not detrimental either to species? survival, or to their role within the ecosystems in which they occur (known as the ?non-detriment finding?). Based on two workshops convened by IUCN to develop some pragmatic assistance for Scientific Authorities, this publication presents the background to the development of the non-detriment finding checklist and explains how the checklist itself is designed to work, in the hope that Scientific Authority staff will take and develop the parts of the approach that they find useful.

Book Guide to Microforms in Print

Download or read book Guide to Microforms in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: