Humanism and America: An Intellectual History of English Colonisation, 1500-1625 (Ideas in Context)

Humanism and America: An Intellectual History of English Colonisation, 1500-1625 (Ideas in Context)
Andrew Fitzmaurice | 2003-03-24 00:00:00 | Cambridge University Press | 236 | Americas
Andrew Fitzmaurice reveals that English expansion was profoundly neo-classical in its inspiration, and that humanist traditions were extremely influential in the early development of the American colonies. Until now, accounts of early American colonization, and of European colonization in general, have placed great emphasis upon the links between colonization and the aggressive agendas of modern times claimed by historians and literary scholars.

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Public Sociology: Fifteen Eminent Sociologists Debate Politics and the Profession in the Twenty-first Century

Public Sociology: Fifteen Eminent Sociologists Debate Politics and the Profession in the Twenty-first Century
Dan Clawson,Robert Zussman,Joya Misra,Naomi Gerstel,Randall Stokes | 2007-06-06 00:00:00 | University of California Press | 286 | Americas
In 2004, Michael Burawoy, speaking as president of the American Sociological Association, generated far-reaching controversy when he issued an ambitious and impassioned call for a "public sociology." Burawoy argued that sociology should speak beyond the university, engaging with social movements and deepening an understanding of the historical and social context in which they exist. In this volume, renowned sociologists come together to debate the perils and the potentials of Burawoy's challenge.
Contributors: Andrew Abbott, Michael Burawoy, Patricia Hill Collins, Barbara Ehrenreich, Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Sharon Hays, Douglas Massey, Joya Misra, Orlando Patterson, Frances Fox Piven, Lynn Smith-Lovin, Judith Stacey, Arthur Stinchcombe, Alain Touraine, Immanuel Wallerstein, William Julius Wilson, Robert Zussman
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This volume debates the value, practices, and position of the sub-field of public sociology. The authors and articles were selected with a view to presenting multiple positions and perspectives. Each argument is excellent in itself, but the overall effect of reading the best of the contributions to the debate in one volume is the a sense of the scope and vitality of the field of sociology and the many ways it deliberately and self-consciously contributes to public activism, public policy, critical examination and academic standards and innovation.

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The Coming Crisis: Nuclear Proliferation, U.S. Interests, and World Order (BCSIA Studies in International Security)

The Coming Crisis: Nuclear Proliferation, U.S. Interests, and World Order (BCSIA Studies in International Security)
Victor A. Utgoff,Larry D. Welch | 2000-07-07 00:00:00 | The MIT Press | 325 | Americas
How will continued proliferation of nuclear weapons change the global political order? This collection of essays comes to conclusions at odds with the conventional wisdom. Stephen Rosen and Barry Posen explore how nuclear proliferation may affect U.S. incentives to confront regional aggression. Stephen Walt argues that regional allies will likely prove willing to stand with a strong and ready United States against nuclear-backed aggression. George Quester and Brad Roberts examine long-term strategic objectives in responding to nuclear attack by a regional aggressor. Richard Betts highlights the potential for disastrous mistakes in moving toward and living in a world heavily populated with nuclear-armed states. Scott Sagan explains how the nuclear nonproliferation policies best suited to some states can spur proliferation by others. Caroline Ziemke shows how the analysis of a state's strategic personality can provide insights into why it might want nuclear weapons and how its policies may develop once it gets them. And, Victor Utgoff concludes that the United States seems more likely to intervene against regional aggression when the aggressor has nuclear weapons than when it does not.

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