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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
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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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Walk Away

When the Political Left Turns Right

by Grant Havers, Jeremy Beer, Ron Dart, Pedro Blas González, Kelvin Knight, Christopher S. Morrissey, Christopher H. Owen, Paul Gottfried, Rockford College, Lee Trepanier ...

Series series Political Theory for Today
This book examines key twentieth-century philosophers, theologians, and social scientists who began their careers with commitments to the political left only later to reappraise or reject them. Their reevaluation of their own previous positions reveals not only the change in their own thought but also the societal changes in the culture, economics, and politics to which they were reacting. By ... Read more

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This book examines key twentieth-century philosophers, theologians, and social scientists who began their careers with commitments to the political left only later to reappraise or reject them. Their reevaluation of their own previous positions reveals not only the change in their own thought but also the societal changes in the culture, economics, and politics to which they were reacting. By
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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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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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Citizenship and Multiculturalism in Western Liberal Democracies

by David Edward Tabachnick, Leah Bradshaw, Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Ed Andrew, Sanjay Jeram, Kostas A. Lavdas, Tariq Modood, Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos, Ronald Beiner0, Lee Trepanier1 ...

Series series Honor and Obligation in Liberal Society: Problems and Prospects
This volume explores some of the tensions and pressures of citizenship in Western liberal democracies. Citizenship has adopted many guises in the Western context, although historically citizenship is attached only to some variant of democracy. How democracy is configured is thus at the core of citizenship. Beginning in ancient Greece, citizenship is attached to the notion of a public sphere of ... Read more

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This volume explores some of the tensions and pressures of citizenship in Western liberal democracies. Citizenship has adopted many guises in the Western context, although historically citizenship is attached only to some variant of democracy. How democracy is configured is thus at the core of citizenship. Beginning in ancient Greece, citizenship is attached to the notion of a public sphere of
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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

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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
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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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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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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
The Free Market and the Human Condition

Essays on Economics and Culture

by Jeremy Beer, Bryce Christensen, Kirk Fitzpatrick, Pamela Hood, William H. Krieger, Peter McNamara, Emily Sullivan, Lee Trepanier ...

Series series Key Concepts in Philosophy
Since the Financial Crisis of 2008, there has been and continues to be a debate about the proper role of the free market in the United States and beyond. On one side there are those who defend the free market as a method to provide both wealth and democratic legitimacy; while on the other side are thinkers who reject the orthodoxy of the free market and call for a greater role of government in ... Read more

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Since the Financial Crisis of 2008, there has been and continues to be a debate about the proper role of the free market in the United States and beyond. On one side there are those who defend the free market as a method to provide both wealth and democratic legitimacy; while on the other side are thinkers who reject the orthodoxy of the free market and call for a greater role of government in
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