Art, Public Sphere: An Effort to Understand Arendt’s Philosophy of Art by Mehrdad Behrad, Shahla Eslami

“…Hannah Arendt is a political philosopher who understands art to be a way to achieve a type of political life and tries to revive a type of political social life which she believes has been corrupted and lost in the modern era by using a liberal foundation like art. …”
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Psychosis as a potential mental health consequence of racism by F. B. Lazaridou, A. Heinz

“…Conclusions The findings are interpreted as a situational diagnosis, as coined by the psychiatrist and political philosopher Frantz Fanon in the seminal book ‘Black Skin, White Masks’ (1975). …”
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<b>Contra o fanatismo: algumas idéias do Padre Vieira</b> - doi: 10.4025/dialogos.v11i3.47 <b>Against fanaticism: some of father Vieira’s ideas</b> - doi: 1... by Marcos Antonio Lopes

“…<br>In the quality of preliminary notes regarding Father Vieira&amp;rsquo;s historical and political ideas, this article develops some comparative analyses between his conceptions and those of other authors from the Ancient Regime, such as the moralist Erasmus and the French historian and political philosopher Montesquieu, among others. The analysis points out the theme of fanaticism and intolerance, and proof is given by the author of Hist&amp;oacute;ria do Futuro in favor of tolerance and against the excessive zeal regarding religion. …”
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Truth that Matters by Danielle Maydan

“…Artificially Constructed Realities for People with Dementia Regardless of the caregiver's type or intentions, some critics reject deception on the grounds that it leads to the construction of artificial realities for people with dementia.[14] Such critics claim that deception inherently contradicts the innate human desire for experiences grounded in true reality, a philosophical idea developed by American political philosopher Robert Nozick.[15] Nozick introduces the concept of an “experience machine,” a device that would provide desired experiences through targeted brain stimulation. …”
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Truth that Matters by Danielle Maydan

“…Artificially Constructed Realities for People with Dementia Regardless of the caregiver's type or intentions, some critics reject deception on the grounds that it leads to the construction of artificial realities for people with dementia.[14] Such critics claim that deception inherently contradicts the innate human desire for experiences grounded in true reality, a philosophical idea developed by American political philosopher Robert Nozick.[15] Nozick introduces the concept of an “experience machine,” a device that would provide desired experiences through targeted brain stimulation. …”
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Real politics and metaethical baggage by Nye, S

“…So-called 'realists' have argued that political philosophers should engage with real politics, but that mainstream 'non-realist' political philosophers fail to do so. …”

Philosophy and policy, then and now: unfolding the Rural Tourism Policy perspectives in Malaysia by Siow, May Ling, Ramachandran, Sridar, Shuib, Ahmad, Mohammad Afandi, Syamsul Herman

“…The paper examines the evolution of political philosophers from the time of Plato (428 BC), Ibn Khaldun (1406) and Confucius (479 BC) to the current day political philosophers represented by John Dewey (1952) and Harold Lesswell (1978). …”
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L’utilità della poesia: la lettera di Hölderlin al fratello Karl del I gennaio 1799. Una proposta di lettura by Elena Polledri

“…After depicting the core function of correspondence for understanding Hölderlin, as well as contextualizing the letter to his brother Carl (January 1st 1799) in both his life and work, a close reading of this document focuses step by step on its political, philosophical and first and foremost poetological issues.…”
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The End of the Tory War on Single Parents? by Swift, A, Brighouse, H

“…Conservative leader David Cameron has faced a wealth of criticism over his controversial views on marriage, largely from the progressive centreleft. Political philosophers Harry Brighouse and Adam Swift argue that this misses the point: Cameron's position is really a radical step forward for the Conservatives…”

What does populism mean for democracy? Populist practice, democracy and constitutionalism by Valerio Fabbrizi

“…This article seeks to contribute to this ongoing debate by offering a political-philosophical reconstruction of populism to define such a phenomenon from a multilateral perspective. …”
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Editor’s Note by Stephanie Rudwick

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Redistribution, recognition, power: Austerity or an alternative Kaleckian feminist macroeconomic model in the EU? by Gabriella Paulì

“…The second aim is to assess these processes from both a political-philosophical and an economic perspective. From a political-philosophical perspective this paper aims to update Nancy Fraser’s focus on “redistribu­tion/recognition”, in order to show how the austerity paradigm – by increasing economic disadvantages for women – prevents women’s equal participation in the public sphere and fosters political practices of “institu­tio­na­lized misrecognition”. …”
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Nordic Africa Days 2018: African Mobilities Conference held in Uppsala, Sweden, 19-21 September 2018 by Vojtěch Šmolík

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Gagliardone, Iginio. 2019. China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet. London: Zed Books. by Stanislav Myšička

“…He holds a PhD and is Assistant Professor at the Department of Politics, Philosophical Faculty, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. …”
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Evaluating social contract theory in the light of evolutionary social science by Paul Seabright, Jonathan Stieglitz, Karine Van der Straeten

“…Political philosophers have long drawn explicitly or implicitly on claims about the ways in which human behaviour is shaped by interactions within society. …”
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Karareba, Gilbert et al. 2018. Primary School Leadership in Post-Conflict Rwanda: A Narrative Arc. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 242 pp. ISBN: 978-3-319-60263-9. by Vojtěch Šmolík

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Vision through a Democratic Lens of Darjeeling: A Critical Reading of Democracy in Darjeeling by George Thadathil. by Sreetanwi Chakraborty

“…It is a review of the book Democracy in Darjeeling that is about the socio-political, philosophical, religious, and institutional growth in Darjeeling over the years. …”
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Thomas Laely, Marc Meyer, Raphael Schwere (eds.). 2018. Museum Cooperation between Africa and Europe. A new field for museum studies. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag - Kampala: Founta... by Jan Klíma

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The Renewal of Chinese Marxism: Debates over the Character of the Political Economy by James Falkin

“…This is a study of those Chinese political economists and political philosophers in the early 1950s who sought to distance China's transition to socialism from the Soviet model for development. …”
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Modern democracy between the Czech philosophy and critical theory by Martin Šimsa

“…The paper reflects on the concept of modern democracy as we encounter it in Czech philosophy, specifically in the work of Masaryk and his interpreters and critics, i.e. especially Rádl and Patočka, then in critical theory, focusing especially on the work of Habermas, and then in the work of Arnason, where we trace his inspiring political philosophical movement between Czech philosophy (Masaryk, Patočka, Kosík) and critical theory in both its German (Marx, Max Weber, Habermas) and French versions (Lefort, Castoriadis) and his creative critical dialogue with Eisenstadt. …”
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