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Free Download Simone Pfeifer, "Disentangling Jihad, Political Violence and Media"
English | ISBN: 1399523791 | 2023 | 448 pages | PDF | 14 MB
The entanglement of Jihad, Political Violence, and Media has determined the lives of Muslims in Europe and the US over the past 20 years.

Free Download Lori Hale, "Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theology, and Political Resistance "
English | ISBN: 149859106X | 2020 | 228 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1498 KB + 1290 KB
In 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer-a theologian and pastor-was executed by the Nazis for his resistance to their unspeakable crimes against humanity. He was only 39 years old when he died, but Bonhoeffer left behind volumes of work exploring theological and ethical themes that have now inspired multiple generations of scholars, students, pastors, and activists. This book highlights the ways Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s work informs political theology and examines Bonhoeffer’s contributions in three ways: historical-critical interpretation, critical-constructive engagement, and constructive-practical application. With contributions from a broad array of scholars from around the world, chapters range from historical analysis of Bonhoeffer’s early political resistance language to accounts of Bonhoeffer-inspired, front-line resistance to white supremacists in Charlottesville, VA. This volume speaks to the ongoing relevance of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s work and life in and out of the academy.

Free Download Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, "Daoism, Dandyism, and Political Correctness "
English | ISBN: 1438494521 | 2023 | 226 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1040 KB + 2 MB
How would Zhuangzi, a Chinese philosopher who lived in the fourth century BCE, have reacted to the recent linguistic reforms commonly referred to as "political correctness"? Zhuangzi was a language skeptic, which means that he did not believe that language could convey the true meanings of the world. Might Zhuangzi have argued that political correctness creates but a dream world made of rules, policies, and words-no more real than when he "dreamt he was a butterfly"? Written in a provocative tone, this book looks at political correctness through the lens of ancient Chinese philosophy, as well as through Brummell’s and Wilde’s aesthetic philosophy of dandyism. Several scholars have established links between Zhuangzi and dandyism, and Wilde wrote one of the first reviews of Herbert Giles’s English translation of the

Free Download Jung In Kang, "Contemporary Korean Political Thought in Search of a Post-Eurocentric Approach "
English | ISBN: 0739181009 | 2014 | 368 pages | EPUB | 1114 KB
This book is a collection of essays written by Korean political theorists addressing the study of contemporary Korean political thought on the premise that such study should be carried out with a post-Eurocentric approach. The negative effects brought about by the domination of Western-centrism are pervasive in academic disciplines as well as in everyday life of South Korea. This book outlines three strategic approaches to combating Western-centrism: (1) theorizing contemporary Korean politics from a Korean perspective, (2) the Koreanization of Western political thought, and (3) modernizing traditional East Asian political thought. These essays examine and explore the validity of the three strategic approaches with the objective of coping with Western-centrism in Korean political theory. These contributing authors share a concern about Western-centrism, but approach it from different directions and at different layers.

Free Download Brian R. Calfano, "Assessing MENA Political Reform, Post-Arab Spring: Mediators and Microfoundations"
English | ISBN: 0739135821 | 2014 | 248 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
The euphoria and promise that accompanied the Arab Spring has been replaced with a business-as-usual tone in the MENA. Revolutionary shifts in political and religious power have been tempered and, in some cases, reversed. Observers should not be surprised at these outcomes, but skeptics would be advised to remain attentive to regional factors that continue to present potentials for reform. This volume examines a variety of such factors as mediators of MENA political reform, including: Islam, political party and government relations, regime type, elite influence, and Internet access. By providing both a broad review of the relevant literatures and a flexible assessment of the region’s political prospects in the post-Spring period, the volume leverages insights from a series of regional experts and political analysts to offer a useful contribution to the continuing work of reform by MENA scholars, policymakers, and the general public.

Free Download Dick Howard, "The Primacy of the Political: A History of Political Thought from the Greeks to the French and American Revolutions"
English | 2010 | pages: 416 | ISBN: 0231135955, 0231135947 | EPUB | 16,1 mb
The conflict between politics and antipolitics has replayed throughout Western history and philosophical thought. From the beginning, Plato’s quest for absolute certainty led him to denounce democracy, an anti-political position challenged by Aristotle. In his wide-ranging narrative, Dick Howard puts this dilemma into fresh perspective, proving our contemporary political problems are not as unique as we think.

Free Download The Political Thought of Xi Jinping
by Tsang, Steve;Cheung, Olivia;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 0197689361 | 297 pages | True PDF EPUB | 14.25 MB

Free Download The Political Economy of Food System Transformation: Pathways to Progress in a Polarized World
English | 2023 | ISBN: 0198882122 | 401 Pages | PDF (True) | 8 MB
The current structure of the global food system is increasingly recognized as unsustainable. In addition to the environmental impacts of agricultural production, unequal patterns of food access and availability are contributing to non-communicable diseases in middle- and high-income countries and inadequate caloric intake and dietary diversity among the world’s poorest. To this end, there have been a growing number of academic and policy initiatives aimed at advancing food system

Free Download Arthur Stockwin, "The Failure of Political Opposition in Japan: Implications for Democracy and a Vision of the Future "
English | ISBN: 1032185422 | 2022 | 154 pages | EPUB | 512 KB

Free Download Streamlining Political Communication Concepts: Updates, Changes, Normalcies
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031453344 | 297 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 3 MB
In this edited volume, renowned scholars from around the globe rethink and update important political communication concepts in the light of the most recent changes that have been occurring in media environments. In particular, the authors discuss those caused by the use of social media in politics, e.g. prevalent disinformation, populism, political polarization, etc. This collection of key texts addresses the major concerns that arise in our rapidly changing media and political environments and provides a basis for discussions on the current state of political communication research.