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Promoting Postcolonial Australia

New Readings of Miles Franklin and Joseph Furphy

by John Uhr, Lee Trepanier ...

Series series Politics, Literature, & Film
Promoting Postcolonial Australia: New Readings of Miles Franklin and Joseph Furphy uses Australian literary practice as a case study in the emergence of modern democratic literary culture. John Uhr merges traditional political theory and contemporary literary theory in this political reinterpretation of novels by two classic Australian writers: the feminist Miles Franklin and civic republican ... Read more

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Promoting Postcolonial Australia: New Readings of Miles Franklin and Joseph Furphy uses Australian literary practice as a case study in the emergence of modern democratic literary culture. John Uhr merges traditional political theory and contemporary literary theory in this political reinterpretation of novels by two classic Australian writers: the feminist Miles Franklin and civic republican
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A Political Companion to Philip Roth

by Claudia F. Brühwiler, Lee Trepanier ...

Series series Political Companions to Great American Authors
"Demonstrates powerfully the manifold ways in which Roth's writing often helped to shape, and was in turn shaped by, the larger political climate." —David Brauner, author of Contemporary American FictionWidely acknowledged as one of the twentieth century's most prolific and acclaimed writers, Philip Roth received the National Book Award for his first novel, Goodbye, Columbus, and followed this ... Read more

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"Demonstrates powerfully the manifold ways in which Roth's writing often helped to shape, and was in turn shaped by, the larger political climate." —David Brauner, author of Contemporary American FictionWidely acknowledged as one of the twentieth century's most prolific and acclaimed writers, Philip Roth received the National Book Award for his first novel, Goodbye, Columbus, and followed this
... Read more
Canadian Conservative Political Thought

Edited by Lee Trepanier, Richard Avramenko ...

This book corrects an imbalance in Canadian political literature through offering a conservative account of Canadian political thought.Across 15 chronologically organized chapters, and with a mixture of established and rising scholars, the book offers an investigation of the defining features and characteristics of Canadian conservative political thought, asking what have Canadian conservative ... Read more

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This book corrects an imbalance in Canadian political literature through offering a conservative account of Canadian political thought.Across 15 chronologically organized chapters, and with a mixture of established and rising scholars, the book offers an investigation of the defining features and characteristics of Canadian conservative political thought, asking what have Canadian conservative
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Tradition v. Rationalism

Voegelin, Oakeshott, Hayek, and Others

by Eugene Callahan, David Corey, Daniel John Sportiello, Colin Cordner, Kenneth B. McIntyre, Ferenc Hörcher, Nathanael Blake, John von Heyking, Zoltan Balazs, Grant Havers0, Mark T. Mitchell1, Timothy Fuller2, Lee Trepanier3 ...

Series series Political Theory for Today
In the first half of the twentieth century, the rationalist tide had reached its high mark in the arts, politics, and work. But the Holocaust, the Gulag, and other failures have dimmed the popularity of rationalism. However, the evidence of those practical failures would not have been as convincing as it was if not for the existence of a theoretical diagnosis of the malady. This book compares and ... Read more

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In the first half of the twentieth century, the rationalist tide had reached its high mark in the arts, politics, and work. But the Holocaust, the Gulag, and other failures have dimmed the popularity of rationalism. However, the evidence of those practical failures would not have been as convincing as it was if not for the existence of a theoretical diagnosis of the malady. This book compares and
... Read more
LDS in the USA

Mormonism and the Making of American Culture

by Lee Trepanier, Lynita K. Newswander ...

From the politics of Glenn Beck to reality television's Big Love and the hit Broadway show The Book of Mormon, Mormons have become a recognizable staple of mainstream popular culture. And while most Americans are well aware of the existence of Mormonism--and some of the often exaggerated myths about Mormonism--the religion's public influence has been sorely understudied.Lee Trepanier and Lynita K. ... Read more

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From the politics of Glenn Beck to reality television's Big Love and the hit Broadway show The Book of Mormon, Mormons have become a recognizable staple of mainstream popular culture. And while most Americans are well aware of the existence of Mormonism--and some of the often exaggerated myths about Mormonism--the religion's public influence has been sorely understudied.Lee Trepanier and Lynita K.
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Making Sense of Diseases and Disasters

Reflections of Political Theory from Antiquity to the Age of COVID

Edited by Lee Trepanier ...

Series series Contemporary Liminality
This book examines diseases and disasters from the perspective of social and political theory, exploring the ways in which political leaders, social activists, historians, philosophers, and writers have tried to make sense of the catastrophes that have plagued humankind from Thucydides to the present COVID pandemic. By adopting the perspective of political theory, it sheds light on what these ... Read more

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This book examines diseases and disasters from the perspective of social and political theory, exploring the ways in which political leaders, social activists, historians, philosophers, and writers have tried to make sense of the catastrophes that have plagued humankind from Thucydides to the present COVID pandemic. By adopting the perspective of political theory, it sheds light on what these
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Eric Voegelin and the Continental Tradition

Explorations in Modern Political Thought

Edited by Lee Trepanier, Steven F. Mcguire ...

Series Book 1 - The Eric Voegelin Institute Series in Political Philosophy
Twentieth-century political philosopher Eric Voegelin is best known as a severe critic of modernity. Much of his work argues that modernity is a Gnostic revolt against the fundamental structure of reality. For Voegelin, “Gnosticism” is the belief that human beings can transform the nature of reality through secret knowledge and social action, and he considered it the crux of the crisis of ... Read more

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Twentieth-century political philosopher Eric Voegelin is best known as a severe critic of modernity. Much of his work argues that modernity is a Gnostic revolt against the fundamental structure of reality. For Voegelin, “Gnosticism” is the belief that human beings can transform the nature of reality through secret knowledge and social action, and he considered it the crux of the crisis of
... Read more
Human Dignity, Education, and Political Society

A Philosophical Defense of the Liberal Arts

by John von Heyking, S. F. McGuire, Ann Ward, Carol Browning Cooper, Alex Ambrose, Glenn Hughes, Rebecca LeMoine, Lee Trepanier ...

A life of liberty and responsibility does not just happen, but requires a particular kind of education, one that aims at both a growth of the human soul and an enrichment of political society in justice and the common good. This we call a liberal education. Forgetfulness of liberty is also a forgetfulness of the multi-dimensional nature of the human person, and a diminution of political life. ... Read more

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A life of liberty and responsibility does not just happen, but requires a particular kind of education, one that aims at both a growth of the human soul and an enrichment of political society in justice and the common good. This we call a liberal education. Forgetfulness of liberty is also a forgetfulness of the multi-dimensional nature of the human person, and a diminution of political life.
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Eric Voegelin’s Asian Political Thought

by Caylan Ford, John von Heyking, Timothy Hoye, Jin Jin, Jin Li, Li Ma, Todd Myers, Stephen Noakes, Brendan Purcell, Jonathan Ratcliffe, Jaroslaw Marek Duraj0, Lee Trepanier1 ...

Series series Political Theory for Today
The rise of Asia in global affairs has forced western thinkers to rethink their assumptions, theories, and conclusions about the region. Eric Voegelin’s Asian Political Thought brings together a mixture of established and rising scholars from both Asia and the West to reflect upon the political philosopher’s thought about China, Japan, Korea, Central Asia, and India. From Voegelin’s writings, ... Read more

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The rise of Asia in global affairs has forced western thinkers to rethink their assumptions, theories, and conclusions about the region. Eric Voegelin’s Asian Political Thought brings together a mixture of established and rising scholars from both Asia and the West to reflect upon the political philosopher’s thought about China, Japan, Korea, Central Asia, and India. From Voegelin’s writings,
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The College Lecture Today

An Interdisciplinary Defense for the Contemporary University

by Karen Burke, Paul Corey, Monika Dix, Warren Fincher, James Fiste, Eric Michael French, Emily Kelley, Paul Krause, Hyrum Lewis, Mike Mosher, Taryn Okuma0, Elizabeth Rich1, Caroline Sherman2, Brendon Westler3, John Craig4, Lee Trepanier5 ...

In an age of online education and educational philosophies like “flipping the classroom,” does the lecture have any role in today’s university? Drawing from the humanities and social sciences and from a range of different types of schools, The College Lecture Today makes the affirmative case for the lecture in the humanities and social and political sciences. These essays explore how to lecture ... Read more

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In an age of online education and educational philosophies like “flipping the classroom,” does the lecture have any role in today’s university? Drawing from the humanities and social sciences and from a range of different types of schools, The College Lecture Today makes the affirmative case for the lecture in the humanities and social and political sciences. These essays explore how to lecture
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Eric Voegelin Today

Voegelin’s Political Thought in the 21st Century

by Scott Robinson, David Whitney, David D. Corey, Nathan W. Harter, Grant Havers, Christopher S. Morrissey, Scott Philip Segrest, Lee Trepanier ...

Series series Political Theory for Today
This book analyzes Eric Voegelin’s scholarly works from the 1950s and early 1960s and examines the ways in which these works are relevant to the twenty-first century political environment. The collection of essays evaluated in this book cover a wide array of topics that were of great curiosity sixty years ago and still relevant in today’s society. The authors in this volume demonstrate that ... Read more

$93.19 USD

This book analyzes Eric Voegelin’s scholarly works from the 1950s and early 1960s and examines the ways in which these works are relevant to the twenty-first century political environment. The collection of essays evaluated in this book cover a wide array of topics that were of great curiosity sixty years ago and still relevant in today’s society. The authors in this volume demonstrate that
... Read more
Why the Humanities Matter Today

In Defense of Liberal Education

by Kirk Fitzpatrick, James W. Harrison, Nozomi Irei, David Lunt, Kristopher G. Phillips, Lee Trepanier ...

The humanities in American higher education is in a state of crisis with declining student enrollment, fewer faculty positions, and diminishing public prestige. Instead of recycling old arguments that have lost their appeal, the humanities must discover and articulate new rationales for their value to students, faculty, administrators, and the public. Why the Humanities Matter Today: In Defense of ... Read more

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The humanities in American higher education is in a state of crisis with declining student enrollment, fewer faculty positions, and diminishing public prestige. Instead of recycling old arguments that have lost their appeal, the humanities must discover and articulate new rationales for their value to students, faculty, administrators, and the public. Why the Humanities Matter Today: In Defense of
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