Statistics, Public Debate and the State, 1800–1945: A Social, Political and Intellectual History of Numbers, by Jean-Guy Prévost and Jean-Pierre Beaud

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-88
Author(s):  
Ida Stamhuis
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
The State ◽  
History Of

The State of the Political

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
Legal Theory ◽  
Max Weber ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
The State ◽  
Carl Schmitt ◽  
Political Criticism ◽  
History Of ◽  
Franz Neumann

This book offers a broad-ranging re-interpretation of the understanding of politics and the state in the writings of three major German thinkers, Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Franz Neumann. It rejects the typical separation of these writers on the basis of their allegedly incompatible ideological positions, and suggests instead that once properly located in their historical context, the tendentious character of these interpretative boundaries becomes clear. The book interprets the conceptions of politics and the state in the writings of these three thinkers by means of an investigation of their adaptation and modification of particular German traditions of thinking about the state, or Staatsrechtslehre. Indeed, when the theoretical considerations of this state-legal theory are combined with their contemporary political criticism, a richer and more deeply textured account of the issues that engaged the attention of Weber, Schmitt and Neumann is possible. Thus, the broad range of subjects discussed in this book include parliamentarism and democracy in Germany, academic freedom and political economy, political representation, cultural criticism and patriotism, and the relationship between rationality, law, sovereignty and the constitution. The study attempts to restore a sense of proportion to the discussion of the three authors' writings, focusing on the extensive ideas that they shared rather than insisting on their necessary ideological separation. It is a detailed re-appraisal of a crucial moment in modern intellectual history, and highlights the profound importance of Max Weber, Carl Schmitt and Franz Neumann for the history of European ideas.

scholarly journals IMPERIAL AND SOVIET DIMENSIONS OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ISSUE IN O. LOTOTSKY’S JOURNALISM

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-59
Author(s):  
Galina Mykhailenko
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
The State ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Independent State ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
National Issue

This paper aims at studying O. Lototsky’s journalistic works during the revolutions of 1905-1907, 1917-1921 and the emigration of 1920-1930. The main focus is on the analysis of the position of Ukrainian lands in the imperial era and the Soviet period, as well as the vision of key problems and political prospects proposed in the articles of O. Lototsky. The research methodology is based on the principles of historicism and objectivity. Both general scientific and special-historical methods are used in the study, namely: historical and comparative, problematic, research tools of the history of ideas (intellectual history) and biographistics. The scientific novelty of the research is determined by its focus on the analysis of the content of Lototsky’s journalistic works in the context of opportunities to solve the Ukrainian national issue in the conditions of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Conclusions. O. Lototsky’s creative legacy contains a significant amount of journalistic material. Their topics are diverse: from reviews of the economic situation of Ukrainian lands to the analysis of the state of educational institutions in the Russian Empire and the problems of the clergy. Considerable attention in these materials is devoted to the Ukrainian national issue. Due to O. Lototsky’s active social activity from 1906 to 1917, the topics of his essays frequently intertwined with the problems in which he was directly involved (for example, the status of the Ukrainian language and the abolition of bans on its use). The position of the Ukrainian lands as part of the Russian Empire and other states in the specified period was of his particular concern. During the emigrant era, the publicist continued to express his vision of the situation of Ukrainian territories within the USSR. The leading idea expressed in most of O. Lototsky’s materials of that period was that the state policy of both the Russian Empire and the USSR did not provide for the creation of an independent Ukrainian state, let alone support for Ukrainian culture. Given the historical experiences of the Ukrainian lands, O. Lototsky in the 1920s and 1930s was an active supporter of the creation of an independent state. O. Lototsky’s diverse creative legacy, his active social and political activities leave many more aspects for further elaboration, analysis, and determination of the significance of his heritage in the intellectual history of Ukraine and the Ukrainian movement.

Historical Truth, Modern Historiography, and Ethical Obligations: The Challenge of the Tantura Case

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilan Pappé
Keyword(s):  
Public Debate ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Moral Obligations ◽  
Public Controversy ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Truth ◽  
State Of Israel ◽  
Ethical Obligations

The event described and commented on here occurred within the State of Israel, a week after the state came into being (22-23 May 1948). Although the Tantura Case is a significant chapter in the history of Israel/Palestine there is virtually no detailed reference to it in the works of Israeli or Palestinian historians, or of any other historian. Nevertheless, the Tantura events were also a subject of heated legal and public debate in Israel throughout 2001. The public controversy still generates strong passions. This article provides not only a description of the event and the controversy, and its ongoing social implications, but also discusses its impact on fundamental questions of historiography, such as the question of the nature and hierarchy of sources, as well as the scope and limits of the historian's imagination. It also poses even higher questions, namely those which impinge upon a historian's objectivity and moral obligations.

Researching and Writing about Poverty in Slovakia

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-159
Author(s):  
Zuzana Kusá
Keyword(s):  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
The State ◽  
Survival Strategies ◽  
Public Expenditures ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research Orientation ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Of Research

The paper gives some insights into the state of research and public debate abot poverty in Slovakia. It suggests that the idea of personal responsibility and the diminution of the state, and the practical need to rduce the public expenditures frame the public debate and the research orientation substantially, and that there is the tendency both of the poor families and politicians to avoid the discussion about everyday livelihood troubles of those living on social support. The author introduces some findings of the family history research History of Poverty in Slovakia that was the part of the international project designed and co-ordinated by Julia Szalai to present survival strategies of poor households and discusses the outcomes of their tendency to veil their poverty and include themselves by trying to pretend major consumption standards.

The End of Neoliberalism?

2011 ◽  
Vol 637 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Comaroff
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
The State ◽  
Common Noun ◽  
First Century ◽  
Finance Capital ◽  
History Of ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Relationship

In the wake of the economic “meltdown” of 2008, there arose considerable public debate across the planet over the fates and futures of neoliberalism. Had it reached its “natural” end? What, historically, was likely to become of “it”? How might the crisis in the Euro-American economies of the period transform the relationship between economy and the state? This article addresses these questions. It argues against treating neoliberalism as a common noun, a fully formed, self-sustaining ideological project and makes the case that its adjectival and adverbial capillaries alive, well, and, if in complicated ways, central to the unfolding history of contemporary capitalism. Finally, the article offers a reflection on the ways in which twenty-first-century states have become integral to the workings of finance capital, with important consequences for the conception of political economy.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Marie Seong-Hak Kim
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
Social Life ◽  
The State ◽  
Early Modern France ◽  
Modern France ◽  
History Of ◽  
Proper Subject ◽  
Cultural Turn

Historiography of early modern France has of late taken a definite social and cultural turn as scholars shied away from political and intellectual history. While the value of illuminating social life and practices is undisputable, examination of the sources of law, including legal texts and juristic writings, and of the role of the political authorities in creating the state legal hierarchy is indispensable before a theorization of interaction between law and society can be envisaged. How the legal system comprising various sources of law in early modern France functioned to meet the changing needs of society and also the growing institutional demands of the state presents an important question to historians and jurists alike. History of custom as law articulates the concept of custom and its relationship to royal sovereignty and provides a clear path to our understanding of the absolute monarchy. Literature on custom is now large enough that the literature itself is a proper subject of research.

Protecting the Credit of the State - Speculation, Trust, and Sovereignty in Interwar France

2016 ◽  
Vol 71 (01) ◽  
pp. 119-150
Author(s):  
Nicolas Delalande
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Order ◽  
French Law ◽  
Archival Material ◽  
External Threats ◽  
Public Credit ◽  
History Of

This article investigates the creation, in 1924, of a new offence in French law, aimed at punishing anyone found guilty of “breaching the credit of the state”—that is, of discourses or practices likely to damage the financial reputation of the French state. In the midst of a destabilizing budgetary and monetary crisis, surrounded by fierce political disputes, “the credit of the state” was legally defined as an essential attribute of sovereignty, to be defended against internal and external threats. However, the intellectual history of public credit and the analysis of archival material relating to this new offence show how difficult it was for courts to draw a line between the freedom of the market and the protection of public order. More broadly, this research emphasizes the interconnected role of material and immaterial elements in promoting public trust in the value of the papers (bonds and currency) issued by the state.

Sword, Word and Strategy in the Reformation in Ireland

1978 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan Bradshaw
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
Indigenous Population ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Central Question ◽  
Satisfactory Explanation ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
History Of

The single most intriguing problem posed by the history of the Reformation in Ireland is the failure of the state-sponsored religion to take root in any section of the indigenous population. Perhaps because this outcome has been taken so much for granted a satisfactory explanation of it has yet to be offered. Historians are now coming to recognize that the central question cannot be properly discussed without a prolegomenon ranging over the political, social and intellectual history of the period. What follows is intended as a contribution to such a series of preliminary studies. It investigates the sources of tension within reforming circles in sixteenth-century Ireland and considers the implications of this aspect of its internal history for the external history of the movement.

IN UZBEKISTAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF HERITAGE OID SOURCES

Infolib ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-65
Author(s):  
Dono Ziyaeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
The State ◽  
History Of

In the state daёtsya kratkaya characteristics of bibliographic ukazatelya on otraslyam nauki, podgotovlennogo in the framework of the project. Ukazatel oxvatыvaet bolee 2 200 nauchnyx izdaniy i rukopisey, podgotovlennyx i izdannyx v rassmatrivaemыy period na uzbekskom, persidskom, arabskom, a takje, russkom, angliyskom, nemetskom i frantsuzskom yazykax. Sbor, sistematizatsiya i analiz etix istochnikov po Tsentralnoy Azii s uchetom ix geograficheskoy i yazykovoy prinadlejnosti, a takje, po klassifikatsii nauki (estestvoznanie, sotsialnыe nauki, meditsina), pokazыvaet ne tolko razvitie nauchnyh zauchnyh iauchnyx izyskaniy na no i pozvolyaet opredelit sostoyanie intellektualnogo potentsiala, unasledovannogo ot predkov s epoxi Renessansov IX – XII vv. and the epoch of Amira Timura and Timuridov.

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