Oedipus at Thebes

Oedipus at Thebes
Author: Bernard Knox
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780300074239

Examines the way in which Sophocles' play "Oedipus Tyrannus" and its hero, Oedipus, King of Thebes, were probably received in their own time and place, and relates this to twentieth-century receptions and interpretations, including those of Sigmund Freud.

Democracy, Nationalism and Multiculturalism

Democracy, Nationalism and Multiculturalism
Author: Ramón Máiz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2004-06-11
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1134276966

This book provides an up to date review of subnational and multicultural issues in Western multinational states.

The Pope's Body

The Pope's Body
Author: Agostino Paravicini-Bagliani
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2000-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780226034379

In contrast to the role traditionally fulfilled by secular rulers, the pope has been perceived as an individual person existing in a body subject to decay and death, yet at the same time a corporeal representation of Christ and the Church, eternity and salvation. Using an array of evidence from the eleventh through the fifteenth centuries, Agostino Paravicini- Bagliani addresses this paradox. He studies the rituals, metaphors, and images of the pope's body as they developed over time and shows how they resulted in the expectation that the pope's body be simultaneously physical and metaphorical. Also included is a particular emphasis on the thirteenth century when, during the pontificate of Boniface VIII (1294-1303), the papal court became the focus of medicine and the natural sciences as physicians devised ways to protect the pope's health and prolong his life. Masterfully translated from the Italian, this engaging history of the pope's body provides a new perspective for readers to understand the papacy, both historically and in our own time.

Multinational Federalism and Value Pluralism

Multinational Federalism and Value Pluralism
Author: Ferran Requejo
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2004-08-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134272340

This book addresses the issue of whether or not federalism be a fair and workable way of articulating multinational societies according to revised liberal-democratic patterns.

Federal Democracies

Federal Democracies
Author: Michael Burgess
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 515
Release: 2010-02-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 113515810X

Federal Democracies examines the evolution of the relationship between federalism and democracy. Taking the late 18th century US Federal Experience as its starting-point, the book uses the contributions of Calhoun, Bryce and Proudhon as 19th century conceptual prisms through which we can witness the challenges and changes made to the meaning of this relationship. The book then goes on to provide a series of case studies to examine contemporary examples of federalism and includes chapters on Canada, USA, Russia, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland and the emerging European Union. It features two further case studies on Minority Nations and a Federal Europe, and concludes with two chapters providing comparative empirical and theoretical perspectives, and comparative reflections on federalism and democracy. Bringing together international experts in the field this book will be vital reading for students and scholars of federalism, comparative politics and government.

Prince of Europe

Prince of Europe
Author: Philip Mansel
Publisher: Orion Publishing Company
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780753818558

The Habsburg courtier Charles-Joseph Prince de Ligne seduced and symbolized eighteenth-century Europe. Speaking French, the international language of the day, he travelled between Paris and St Petersburg, charming everyone he met. He stayed with Madame du Barry, dined with Frederick the Great and travelled to the Crimea with Catherine the Great. But Ligne was more than a frivolous charmer. He participated in and recorded some of the most important events and movements of his day: the Enlightenment; the struggle for mastery in Germany; the decline of the Ottoman Empire; the birth of German nationalism; and the wars to liberate Europe from Napoleon. He had surprisingly radical views, believing for example in property rights for women, legal rights for Jews and the redistribution of wealth. He was also a highly respected writer and his books on gardens, his letters from the Crimea and his epigrams are considered minor classics of French literature.

Mémoires Du Baron Haussmann

Mémoires Du Baron Haussmann
Author: Georges Eugene Haussmann
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 590
Release: 2019-02-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780469395930

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Commentary on the Book of Causes

Commentary on the Book of Causes
Author: Saint Thomas (Aquinas)
Publisher: CUA Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1996
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780813208442

Thomas's Commentary on the Book of Causes, composed during the first half of 1272, offers an extended view of his approach to Neoplatonic thought and functions as a guide to his metaphysics. Though long neglected and, until now, never translated into English, it deserves an equal place alongside his commentaries on Aristotle and Boethius. In addition to the extensive annotation, bibliography, and thorough introduction, this translation is accompanied by two valuable appendices. The first provides a translation of another version of proposition 29 of the Book of Causes, which was not known to St. Thomas. The second lists citations of the Book of Causes found in the works of St. Thomas and cross-references these to a list showing the works, and the exact location within them, where the citations can be found.

Strange Multiplicity

Strange Multiplicity
Author: James Tully
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1995-09-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521476942

In the inaugural set of Seeley Lectures, the distinguished political philosopher James Tully addresses the demands for cultural recognition that constitute the major conflicts of today: supranational associations, nationalism and federalism, linguistic and ethnic minorities, feminism, multiculturalism and aboriginal self government. Neither modern nor post-modern constitutionalism can adjudicate such claims justly. However, by surveying 400 years of constitutional practice, with special attention to the American aboriginal peoples, Tully develops a new philosophy of constitutionalism based on dialogues of conciliation which, he argues, have the capacity to mediate contemporary conflicts and bring peace to the twenty-first century. Strange Multiplicity brings profound historical, critical and philosophical perspectives to our most pressing contemporary conflicts, and provides an authoritative guide to constitutional possibilities in a multicultural age.