The Uncomfortable Feminism of a "Political Theorist" by Paola Rudan

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Richard Price as moral philosopher and political theorist by Laboucheix, H

“…Reason and feeling as faculties of moral action <br/> Conclusion <br/> <em>Part 3. The political theorist</em> <br/> Introduction <br/> 1. The theorist of the American Revolution <br/> 2. …”

The vocation of political theory: principles, empirical inquiry and the politics of opportunity by Stears, M

“…What is the purpose of political theoretical endeavour and what methods should the early 21st-century political theorist employ? These questions - which touch on issues which go to the very heart of the vocation of political theory - have become increasingly contentious in recent years. …”

The Equity Effect of Universal Health Care by Anja Rudiger

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Human Capacities and the Problem of Universally Equal Dignity: Two Philosophical Test Cases and a Theistic Response by Matthew Petrusek

“…This article lays the theoretical groundwork for a normative definition of human worth by, first, identifying the conceptual parameters required to describe dignity as both 1) universal and 2) equal, and then,   second, testing three substantive accounts of dignity—from moral philosopher Alan Gewirth, political theorist Martha Nussbaum, and theologian St. Pope John Paul II—in light of those parameters. …”
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Freedom of expression in the digital age: a historian’s perspective by Richard R. John

“…It contends that a principled defense of free expression dates to the seventeenth century, when it was championed by the political theorist John Locke. Free expression for Locke was closely linked with religious toleration, a relationship that has led in our own day to a principled defense of pluralism as a civic ideal. …”
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Making sense of Ethiopian journalists’ prison experiences during Meles Zenawi’s administration: a phenomenological inquiry by Hailegiorgis Mamo Darge, Amanuel Gebru Woldearegay

“…Alfred Schutz’s “Life World” theory and the Italian fascist political theorist Giovanni Gentile’s Authoritarian Democracy theory were used as lenses to provide a “pure” description of the subject under study. …”
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From Independence Day to Land of Plenty: Screening American Patriotism from German Émigré Perspectives before and after 9/11 by Frank Mehring

“…By turning to the four patterns which political theorist Samuel P. Huntington identified as possible responses to the discrepancy between principles and practices of American democracy, I will analyse Independence Day as a filmic strategy to deny democratic gaps and Land of Plenty as a representative example of a moralistic reaction to democratic gaps. …”
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Teaching Beginning Teachers to ‘Think What We Are Doing’ in Indigenous Education by Barbara Kameniar, Sally Windsor, Sue Sifa

“…The practice is designed to challenge normative understandings about Australian history, teaching Indigenous Australian students, and to encourage engagement with the German-American Jewish philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt's provocative question ‘What are we doing?’ …”
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“This World Actually Has Come to Pass”: Franz Kafka’s Artistic Universe in the Theoretical Studies of Hannah Arendt by Kirill V. Lostchevsky

“…The article is devoted to the consideration of Franz Kafka’s creativity in the interpretation of the German-American philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt. Throughout her life, Arendt frequently referenced the writings of the great modernist, as seen in her books “A Hidden Tradition,” “Between Past and Future,” “Men in Dark Times.” …”
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Hermeneutic courage. What Gadamer (and Arendt) can tell us about political thinking by Sam McChesney

“… Hans-Georg Gadamer, despite his exchanges with and reception by major figures in the field of political theory, is often thought of as a philosopher as opposed to a political theorist. For instance, the title of one of his essays, "On the Political Incompetence of Philosophy," is sometimes taken to indicate that Gadamer thought of his own philosophy as "politically incompetent" (Code 2003, 15). …”
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Epicurus in the Enlightenment

“…Wolfe, A happiness fit for organic bodies: La Mettrie’s medical Epicureanism <br/> Natania Meeker, Sexing Epicurean materialism in Diderot <br/> Pierre Force, Helvétius as an Epicurean political theorist <br/> Andrew Kahn, Epicureanism in the Russian Enlightenment: Dmitrii Anichkov and atomic theory <br/> Matthew Niblett, Man, morals and matter: Epicurus and materialist thought in England from John Toland to Joseph Priestley <br/> James A. …”

A Critical Architecture – Comments on Politics and Society by Graham Cairns, Kenneth Frampton

“…In this fifty year career, the ideas of the social and political theorist Hannah Arendt have operated as a form of conceptual and ethical foundation. …”
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On burning ground by Dybikowski, J

“…He is variously known for being the founder of the first deist chapel in Europe holding public worship, as a daring educationalist inspired by Rousseau, as a political theorist who championed a new concept of political liberty – perhaps his strongest claim to originality – or more commonly, as the founder of the Royal Literary Fund which was a benevolent fund for writers and worked to improve their status. …”

Naționalism și eșec – statele naționale după Tratatul de la Paris by Ian BROWNE

“…Building on the idea that national identities are created, and on the ideas of Ernest Renan, the political theorist Professor David Miller of Oxford University takes the view that there is a form of nationalism, based on the real and created differences between peoples, that can be a positive and socially liberal force in the creation of collective identity. …”
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Civil disobedience: a reasonable polemic by Muir, M

“…</p> <p>This fiftieth anniversary critique has two principal targets:</p> <p>First, the endemic idea of the praxis of civil disobedience itself, forged in the civil rights ferment of the US 1960s, and then carried over by successive generations of normative political theorist to the archetypal dissident concerns of subsequent decades. …”

Anxiety and Politics by Franz L Neumann

“…About the Author Franz Leopold Neumann (1900-1954) was a political theorist associated with the Frankfurt School. …”
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The Missing State in Postwar American Political Thought by Stears, M, King, D

“…An analysis of the failure of mid 20th century American political theorists to theorize the state…”

Political theory in social progress indices: the mutual benefits of theory and practice by Shiri Cohen Kaminitz

“…ABSTRACTRecently political theorists have voiced a desire for political theory to be more involved in and relevant to political science and practice. …”
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Challenges with Studying Islamist Groups in American Political Science by Tabinda Mahfooz Khan

“…I argue that the reliance of political theorists on seminal Islamist texts, rather than on the interpretations of texts during legal and political processes, limits their ability to represent the evolution of pragmatic Islamist theory in countries such as Pakistan. …”
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