scholarly journals Epigenetics and Politics in the Colonial Present

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-388
Author(s):  
Karen Bridget Murray
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Early Development ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
Aboriginal Child ◽  
Style Of Thought ◽  
The Relationship

This article draws attention to the importance of including the colonial present in critical inquiries into the relationship between epigenetics and politics. Focusing on British Columbia (Canada) at the dawn of the twenty-first century, the assessment illustrates how an epigenetic style of thought rendered tangible the “vulnerable Aboriginal child” as a category amenable to settler-colonial governmental interventions. More specifically, the article demonstrates how prominent elements of this classification interconnected with a mediating device undergirded by epigenetic reason, the Early Development Instrument. Eugenic sensibilities produced through epigenetic logics wove through this relationship. In turn, linkages between the EDI and the classification of the at-risk Aboriginal child comprised a terrain that shaped settler-colonial power and privilege through mechanisms of population management and related implications for territorial control. The article evaluates what these findings suggest for extending debates about the political elements of epigenetic reason.

The Idea of Europe and the Origins of the American Revolution

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.H. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
American Revolution ◽  
Colonial America ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Imperial Politics ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Public Politics

This book advances a new interpretation of the origins of the American Revolution by looking at how conceptions of Europe and Europeanness shaped British-American political culture. It reconstructs colonial debates about the European states system and European civilization, and Britain’s position within both. From this basis, it shows how these concerns informed colonial attitudes towards American identity and America’s place inside—and, ultimately, outside—the emerging British Empire. The book explores the way in which colonists inherited and adapted Anglo-British traditions of thinking about international politics, how they navigated imperial politics during the European wars of 1740–63, and how the burgeoning patriot movement negotiated the dual crisis of Europe and Empire in the period between 1763 and 1775. In the process, it sheds new light on the development of public politics in colonial America, the anglicization/Americanization debate, the political economy of empire, the place of art and poetry in political culture, the interplay of history and prophecy with identity, eighteenth-century geopolitical thinking, and the relationship between international affairs and revolution. What emerges from this story is an imperial crisis and an American Revolution that seem both decidedly arcane and strikingly relevant to the political challenges of the twenty-first century.

scholarly journals Thomas Piketty's Capital and the Developing World

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Birdsall
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Developing World ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Institutions ◽  
Progressive Taxation ◽  
Social State ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
Inherent Tendency

Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century is a tour de force—a compelling and accessible read that presents an eloquent and convincing warning about the future of capitalism. Capitalism, Piketty argues, suffers from an inherent tendency to generate an explosive spiral of increasing inequality of wealth and income. This inegalitarian dynamic of capitalism is not due to textbook failures of capitalist markets (for example, natural monopolies) or failures of economic institutions (such as the failure to regulate these monopolies), but to the way capitalism fundamentally works. Unless the spiral is controlled by far more progressive taxation than is now the norm, the political fallout could undermine the viability of the successful “social state” (p. 471) in the advanced economies, putting the democratic state itself at risk.

scholarly journals For Us, By Us

Theoria ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (168) ◽  
pp. 86-110
Author(s):  
Bryan Mukandi
Keyword(s):  
Continental Philosophy ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Epistemic Community ◽  
Philosophical Tradition ◽  
The Political ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
Intellectual Work ◽  
The Status ◽  
Ethical Relations ◽  
The Relationship

This article examines the Australian ‘Continental Philosophy’ community through the lens of the Azanian philosophical tradition. Specifically, it interrogates the series of conversations around race and methodology that arose from the 2017 Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy (ASCP) conference. At the heart of these were questions of place, race, Indigeneity, and the very meaning of ‘Continental Philosophy’ in Australia. The pages that follow pursue those questions, grappling with the relationship between the articulation of disciplinary bounds and the exercise of colonial power. Having struggled with the political and existential cost of participation in the epistemic community that is the ASCP, I argue for disengagement and the exploration of alternative intellectual communities. This is ultimately a call to intellectual work grounded on ethical relations rather than on the furtherance of the status quo. It is a call to take seriously the claim, ‘the land is ours’.

scholarly journals Talking about the Aboriginal Community: Child Protection Practitioners’ Views

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Walmsley
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Aboriginal Communities ◽  
Aboriginal Community ◽  
Aboriginal Child ◽  
Full Responsibility ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Child protection practitioners view Aboriginal communities as victim, adversary, participant, partner, and protector of children. These representations of communities are derived from interview data with 19 Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal child protection social workers in British Columbia, Canada. The representations of the community are informed by the practitioner’s geographic relationship to the community and the length of community residency (including whether it’s the practitioner’s community of origin). Practitioners view communities as a victim or adversary when no relationship of trust exists with the community. Practitioners view communities having a participative or partnership role in child protection when trust has developed. When communities take full responsibility for children’s welfare, practitioners view the community as the protector of children. No clear association was found between the different representations of the community and the practitioner’s culture or organizational auspices. The practitioner’s own vision of practice is believed to significantly influence the relationship that develops with the community.

The Rise of the U.S. Intelligence System, 1917–1977

2010 ◽  
pp. 106-121
Author(s):  
Michael Warner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Early Development ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intelligence Community ◽  
The Political ◽  
Intelligence System ◽  
System P ◽  
The U.S

Between 1917 and 1977, the United States created a massive and sophisticated intelligence establishment to inform the decisions of its leaders and facilitate the success of their policies. At the beginning, the nation's armed forces held crude notions of military intelligence. By 1977, the United States had the most sophisticated and expensive intelligence system. This rise of intelligence was the United States's response to three challenges: the growing willingness of states to hold non-combatants at risk for political ends; the startling increases in the ability of the states to wreak havoc; and the spiraling expenses in deterring enemies who possessed new powerful weapons. This article discusses the early development of the U.S. Intelligence in 1917 and its expansion to an “Intelligence Community” from 1977 onwards. It also discusses the influences on the development of American intelligence system and the political strains that come along with the development of the intelligence system.

The Political Teaching of Averroes

1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles E. Butterworth
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Political Regimes ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

Though much has been written of late about Averroes and his philosophy, little attention has been paid to his political teaching. Generally speaking, his works can be divided into two categories: (a) commentaries on Aristotle and other important thinkers and (b) occasional treatises written to resolve particular questions. The subject of this essay, his political teaching, is stated most directly in the first classification of writings – especially in his commentaries on Aristotle's Rhetoric and Plato's Republic. Even though the second kind of writings helps to nuance some of his broader themes — especially the two treatises having to do with the relationship between philosophy anddivine law, namely, the Decisive Treatise and its sequel Kashf an manāhij al-adilla — considerations of space preclude an analysis of them here. Our examination of the first two writings will focus primarily on what Averroes has to say about the different kinds of political regimes and, above all, the best regime, for his discussion of it leads him to reflect more generally on other major political questions.

Back to the Future: Eugenics—A Bibliographic Essay

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID CULLEN
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Genetic Engineering ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Eugenics Movement ◽  
The Relationship

The following essay is a review of the literature about the American eugenics movement produced by scholars over the last fifty years. The essay provides an explanation for today's renewed interest in the subject and for why the science of eugenics remains relevant to contemporary society. The essay examines the catalyst to re-examine the eugenics movement, the influence of Darwinian thought upon its development, the political and institutional support for its growth, the relationship between eugenics, sterilization, and sex, and how the twentieth-century promises of the science of better breeding was a precursor to the twenty-first-century promise of genetic engineering.

scholarly journals Justicia ecológica = Ecological justice

2020 ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Digno José Montalván Zambrano
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Animal Rights ◽  
The Political ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
Ecological Justice ◽  
Nature Preservation ◽  
The Comparative Study ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Resumen: El presente artículo desarrolla el concepto de justicia ecológica dando cuenta de sus características y diferencias respecto de los modelos de justicia ambiental y justicia con los animales. Con dicho objetivo, delimita el contenido de cada uno de estos modelos de justicia a partir su puesta en relación con los enfoques antropocéntrico, biocéntrico y ecocéntrico. Con ello, se busca presentar una clasificación de las principales propuestas que se han elaborado desde la filosofía política sobre la relación del ser humano con la naturaleza, que, a su vez, precise y explique sus traducciones en el mundo del derecho. Finalmente, desde el estudio comparado, el artículo defiende la hipótesis de que la justicia ecológica se constituye como complementaria y necesaria en la urgente labor de la preservación de la Naturaleza.Palabras clave :Justicia ambiental, justicia para los animales, justicia ecológica, antropocentrismo, biocentrismo; ecocentrismo, derecho a un medio ambiente sano, derechos de los animales, derechos de la Naturaleza.Abstract: This article develops the concept of ecological justice explaining its characteristics and main differences from the environmental justice and justice with animals. With this aim, the paper delimits the scope and content of each model of justice taking as reference their relations with the anthropocentric, biocentric and ecocentric approaches. From this, the work seeks to present a classification of the main proposals that the political philosophy has elaborated on the relationship of the human being and nature, including its translations in the world of law. Finally, from the comparative study, the article defends the hypothesis that ecological justice needs to be articulated, alongside the environmental justice, as a necessary complement in the urgent work of Nature preservation. Keywords :Environmental justice, justice for animals, ecological justice, anthropocentrism, biocentrism, ecocentrism, right to a healthy environment, animal rights, rights of nature

scholarly journals Orzekanie w polu polityczności

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-95
Author(s):  
Rafał Mańko
Keyword(s):  
Carl Schmitt ◽  
The Political ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Community Or ◽  
Judicial Decisions ◽  
Chantal Mouffe ◽  
Per Se ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Legal Classification

The purpose of this article is to analyse the relationship between adjudication and the concept of the political. By referring to the understanding of the concept of the political developed inter alia by Carl Schmitt and Chantal Mouffe, the article posits that not all judicial decisions (individual instances of adjudication) should be treated as belonging to the sphere of the political, but only those which fulfil jointly two premises: firstly, they are true decisions, involving at least some degree of discretionality (in the sphere of facts, or in the sphere of law, or in the sphere of the legal classification of facts), and secondly, involving a conflict which is structural for the community or society within which this adjudication is performed. Political adjudication should not be perceived as per se wrong, nonetheless it should be subject to a democratic scrutiny and sustained critique to with greater attention than apolitical adjudication, which merely involves the mechanical application of unambiguous legal rules to undisputed facts.

Toward a Biregional Agenda for the Twenty-first Century

2000 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Crawley
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
The West ◽  
The Past ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Eu

In the wake of the 1999 Rio Summit and its focus on biregional cooperation, this article reviews the background and development of European-Latin American relations over the past two decades, the political and economic context, the current state of transatlantic links, and the shortterm prospects for the relationship. Among its several premises is that the EU and Latin America constitute the bulk of the West, and the ways they work together will therefore condition the role of each of them on the international stage.

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