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  • The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville

    Edited by Daniel Gordon ...
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    ‘The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville’ contains original interpretations of Tocqueville’s major writings on democracy and revolution as well as his lesser-known writings on colonies, prisons and minorities. The Introduction by Daniel Gordon discusses how Tocqueville was canonized during the Cold War and the need to reassess the place of Tocqueville’s voice in the conversation of post ... Read more

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  • The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville

    Edited by Daniel Gordon ...
    Series series
    ‘The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville’ contains original interpretations of Tocqueville’s major writings on democracy and revolution as well as his lesser-known writings on colonies, prisons and minorities. The Introduction by Daniel Gordon discusses how Tocqueville was canonized during the Cold War and the need to reassess the place of Tocqueville’s voice in the conversation of post ... Read more

    $28.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville

    Edited by Daniel Gordon ...
    Series series Anthem Companions to Sociology
    The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville contains original interpretations of Tocqueville’s major writings on democracy and revolution as well as his lesser-known ideas on colonies, prisons, and minorities. The Introduction by Daniel Gordon discusses the process by which Tocqueville was canonized during the Cold War and the need to reassess the place of Tocqueville’s voice in the conversation ... Read more

    $35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Postmodernism and the Enlightenment

    New Perspectives in Eighteenth-Century French Intellectual History

    Edited by Daniel Gordon ...
    Why is postmodernist discourse so biased against the Enlightenment? Indeed, postmodern theory challenges the validity of the rational basis of modern historical scholarship and the Enlightenment itself. Rather than avoiding this conflict, the contributors to this vibrant collection return to the philosophical roots of the Enlightenment, and do not hesitate to look at them through a postmodernist ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Collected Writings of Gordon Daniels

    Series series Collected Writings of Modern Western Scholars on Japan
    Originally a student of Meiji Japan, Gordon Daniels is widely known for his work on the Pacific War and the Occupation of Japan, with particular regard to the world of communications in film and propaganda as well as Japanese sport. He has also been closely involved with the post-war era of international relations and Japan, as well as studies in Japanese history and historiography. In the 1980s ... Read more

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  • Sir Harry Parkes

    British Representative in Japan 1865-1883

    Parkes ruled the British legation to Meiji Japan with a commitment to work and the construction of a civilian Japan which aroused profound admiration and irritation among both Westerners and Japanese. First major study of Parkes since the Dickens/Lane-Poole 'Life' of 1894. ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard

    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    Each volume of this series of Companions to major philosophers contains specially-commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography, and will serve as a reference work for students and non-specialists. The contributors to this Companion probe the full depth of Kierkegaard's thought revealing its distinctive subtlety. The topics covered include ... Read more

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  • What is Academic Freedom?

    A Century of Debate, 1915–Present

    by Daniel Gordon ...
    This book explores the history of the debate, from 1915 to the present, about the meaning of academic freedom, particularly as concerns political activism on the college campus. The book introduces readers to the origins of the modern research university in the United States, the professionalization of the role of the university teacher, and the rise of alternative conceptions of academic freedom ... Read more

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  • Justice and Injustice in Law and Legal Theory

    Series series The Amherst Series In Law, Jurisprudence, And Social Thought
    Running through the history of jurisprudence and legal theory is a recurring concern about the connections between law and justice and about the ways law is implicated in injustice. In earlier times law and justice were viewed as virtually synonymous. Experience, however, has taught us that, in fact, injustice may be supported by law. Nonetheless, the belief remains that justice is the special ... Read more

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  • Democracy Past and Future

    Series series Political Thought / Political History
    Democracy Past and Future is the first English-language collection of Pierre Rosanvallon's most important essays on the historical origins, contemporary difficulties, and future prospects of democratic life.One of Europe's leading political thinkers, Rosanvallon proposes in these essays new readings of the history, aims, and possibilities of democratic theory and practice, and provides unique ... Read more

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  • Collected Writings of Ian Nish

    Part 2: Japanese Political History - Japan and East Asia

    by Ian Nish ...
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