Author: Lonce H. Bailey
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Who were the Progressive reformers arguing with? The answer might surprise you. Drawing together a veritable powerhouse of scholars from across the political spectrum, In Defense of the Founders Republic examines the historical roots of these critics as well as their potential contribution to current debates about government and role of politics and institutions in our constitutional republic. Profiles and debates across a variety of progressive-era dissenters including politicians, community activists, political scientists, and socialists create a more complete picture of the national conversation, and the development of this monumental American political era. With clear contemporary relevance, In Defense of the Founders Republic is required reading for anyone interested in the complete progressive debate.**ReviewProgressivisms critics included some of the most experienced and brilliant American leaders of their day. In this sterling collection, first-rate scholars bring their perspectives to life and explore the roots, meaning and impact of their ideas. Like or hate these critics, understanding them greatly enriches our knowledge of one of the great reform periods in American history-and gives us more insight into American politics today. David B. Robertson, Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USALonce H. Bailey and Jerome M. Mileur have done an outstanding job in describing how Progressives formed a Second American Republic. Their study captures the major issue of our timehow much power should be vested in the people vs. the importance of mediating institutions. It is the decline of the latter that has shaped much of our present-day politics and should worry all of us. John Kenneth White, Professor of Politics, Catholic University of America, USABailey and Mileur have recruited a learned and engaging cast of scholars who shed new light on the struggle for Americas constitutional soul at the dawn of the 20th century. Recapturing the most thoughtful critics of Progressive Democracy, this volume offers a compelling portrait of alternative visions of modern America. Although the defenders of the constitutional sobriety, political parties, and social democracy failed to thwart Progressivisms advance, their prescient critique of plebiscitary politics and administrative aggrandizement resonate powerfully in our own political time. The authors well written and probing essays on Americas second founding will appeal both to scholars and those outside of the academy who seek a deeper understanding of the causes of Americas present discontents. Sidney M. Milkis, White Burkett Miller Professor of Politics, University of Virginia, USAIn Defense of the Founders Republic is a timely book and should be read by all who want to understand the prevailing problems of governance in Washington and state capitols across the nation. This volume re-introduces us to a vibrant cast of intellectual and political leaders who warned a century ago against applying untested reforms to remake the American republic from its foundational roots. By re-discovering the arguments of the original critics of Progressivism-critics who ranged from conservatives to socialists-we begin to understand why Americas representative institutions do not seem capable of meeting the challenges of our times. Ray La Raja, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USAAbout the AuthorLonce H. Bailey is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Shippensburg University, USA. He serves as the Academic Director for the US State Departments Study of the US Institute on American Politics and Political Thought, an academic institute for academics from overseas. Jerome M. Mileur is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, where he taught courses on American politics and thought. He is coeditor, with Sidney Milkis, of Progressivism and the New Democracy (1999), The New Deal and the Triumph of Liberalism (2002), and The Great Society and the High Tide of Liberalism (2005).
Author: Barbara A. Holmes
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Joy Unspeakable focuses on the aspects of the black church that point beyond particular congregational gatherings toward a mystical and communal spirituality not within the exclusive domain of any denomination. This mystical aspect of the black church is deeply implicated in the well-being of African American people but is not the focus of their intentional reflection. Moreover, its traditions are deeply ensconced within the historical memory of the wider society and can be found in Coltranes riffs, Malcolms exhortations, the social activism of the Black Lives Matter Movement and the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama. The research in this book-through oral histories, church records, and written accounts--details not only ways in which contemplative experience is built into African American collective worship but also the legacy of African monasticism, a history of spiritual exemplars, and unique meditative worship practices. A groundbreaking work in its original edition, Joy Unspeakable now appears in a new, revised edition to address the effects of this contemplative tradition on activism and politics and to speak to a new generation of readers and scholars. **
Author: Tsutomu Nihei
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Multiple showdowns go down simultanously in the cyberdungeon world of BLAME...and Killy is just one Gravitron Beam Emitter away from meeting his ultimate maker. Action packed, bloody, and cerebral to the core, its stunningly drawn and impossible to put down. -Dave Halverson, Play Magazine **
Author: Georges Bataille (Ed.)
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Derived from the Greek (akephalos, literally headless), bAcephaleb is the name of a public review created by a href=httpmonoskop.orgGeorges_Bataille title=Georges BatailleGeorges Bataillea (four issues appeared between 1936 and 1939) and a para-religious society of the College de sociologie formed by himself, Georges Ambrosino, a href=httpmonoskop.orgPierre_Klossowski title=Pierre KlossowskPierre Klossowskia, Patrick Waldberg, a href=httpmonoskop.orgRoger_Caillois title=Roger CailloisRoger Cailloisa and Michel Leiris. The cover of the magazine was illustrated by Andre Masson with a drawing inspired by da Vincis Vitruvian Man. Massons figure has its skull displaced to take the place of--or to cover--the genitals. Acephale number 2 contains (among other things) responses to right-wing political readings of Nietzsche, showing how the Nazis were misquoting him and misrepresenting his positions. Apart from Bataille, who wrote most of the texts, Caillois (nos. 3 and 4), Klossowski (1, 2, 3-4), Masson, Jules Monnerot (3-4), Jean Rollin and Jean Wahl (2) also participated in the review.
Author: Arlindo Oliveira
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What do computers, cells, and brains have in common? Computers are electronic devices designed by humans cells are biological entities crafted by evolution brains are the containers and creators of our minds. But all are, in one way or another, information-processing devices. The power of the human brain is, so far, unequaled by any existing machine or known living being. Over eons of evolution, the brain has enabled us to develop tools and technology to make our lives easier. Our brains have even allowed us to develop computers that are almost as powerful as the human brain itself. In this book, Arlindo Oliveira describes how advances in science and technology could enable us to create digital minds. Exponential growth is a pattern built deep into the scheme of life, but technological change now promises to outstrip even evolutionary change. Oliveira describes technological and scientific advances that range from the discovery of laws that control the behavior of the electromagnetic fields to the development of computers. He calls natural selection the ultimate algorithm, discusses genetics and the evolution of the central nervous system, and describes the role that computer imaging has played in understanding and modeling the brain. Having considered the behavior of the unique system that creates a mind, he turns to an unavoidable question Is the human brain the only system that can host a mind? If digital minds come into existence -- and, Oliveira says, it is difficult to argue that they will not -- what are the social, legal, and ethical implications? Will digital minds be our partners, or our rivals?