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We stand at the threshold of an exciting era of Asteroseismology.
In a few months' time, the Canadian small-satellite
asteroseismology mission MOST will be laun ched. Danish and French
missions MONS and COROT should follow, with the ESA mission
Eddington following in 2007/8. Helioseismology has proved spec
tacularly successful in imaging the internal structure and dynamics
of the Sun and probing the physics of the solar interior.
Ground-based observations have detected solar-like oscillations on
alpha Centauri A and other Sun-like stars, and diagnostics similar
to those used in helioseismology are now being used to test and
constrain the physics and evolutionary state of these stars.
Multi-mode oscillations are being observed in an abundance of other
stars, including slowly pulsating B stars (SPB stars), delta Scuti
stars, Ap stars and the pulsating white dwarfs. New classes of
pulsators continue to be discovered across the Hertzsprung-Russell
diagram. For good reason it was decided to entitle our conference
'Asteroseismology Across the HR Diagram' . Yet the challenges still
to be faced to make asteroseismology across the HR diagram a
reality are formidable. Observation, data analysis and theory all
pose hard problems to be overcome. In conceiving this meeting, the
aim of the organisers was to facilitate a cross-fertilization of
ideas and approaches between researchers working on different
pulsators and with different areas of expertise. We venture to
suggest that in this the conference was a great success."
Radical Intellectuals and the Subversion of Progressive Politics is
a challenge to contemporary radical politics and political thought.
This collection of essays critiques the dominant trends and figures
on the left that have distorted the legacy of progressive politics,
arguing that they have moved politics away from issues of class and
economic power toward a preoccupation with culture and identity.
The contributors discuss this new radicalism from the perspective
of a more rational form of leftism capable of reviving interest in
a more politically relevant form of politics.
The renaissance in Hegel scholarship over the past two decades has
largely ignored or marginalized the metaphysical dimension of his
thought, perhaps most vigorously when considering his social and
political philosophy. Many scholars have consistently maintained
that Hegel's political philosophy must be reconstructed without the
metaphysical structure that Hegel saw as his crowning philosophical
achievement. This book brings together twelve original essays that
explore the relation between Hegel's metaphysics and his political,
social, and practical philosophy. The essays seek to explore what
normative insights and positions can be obtained from examining
Hegel's distinctive view of the metaphysical dimensions of
political philosophy. His ideas about the good, the universal,
freedom, rationality, objectivity, self-determination, and
self-development can be seen in a new context and with renewed
understanding once their relation to his metaphysical project is
considered. Hegel's Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Politics will
be of great interest to scholars of Hegelian philosophy, German
Idealism, nineteenth-century philosophy, political philosophy, and
political theory.
Georg Lukcs stands as a towering figure in the areas of critical
theory, literary criticism, aesthetics, ethical theory and the
philosophy of Marxism and German Idealism. Yet, despite his
influence throughout the twentieth century, his contributions to
the humanities and theoretical social sciences are marked by
neglect. What has been lost is a crucial thinker in the tradition
of critical theory, but also, by extension, a crucial set of ideas
that can be used to shed new light on the major problems of
contemporary society. This book reconsiders Lukcs intellectual
contributions in the light of recent intellectual developments in
political theory, aesthetics, ethical theory, and social and
cultural theory. An international team of contributors contend that
Luk ideas and theoretical contributions have much to offer the
theoretical paucity of the present. Ultimately the book
reintegrates Lukcs as a central thinker, not only in the tradition
of critical theory, but also as a major theorist and critic of
modernity, of capitalism, and of new trends in political theory,
cultural criticism and legal theory.
Strangers to Nature challenges a reading public that has grown
complacent with the standard framework of the animal ethics debate.
Human influence on, and the control of, the natural world has
greater consequences than ever, making the human impact on the
lives of animals more evident. We cannot properly interrogate our
conduct in the world without a deeper understanding of how our
actions affect animals. It is crucial that the human-animal
relationship become more central to ethical inquiry. This volume
brings together many of the leading scholars who work to redefine
and expand the discourse on animal ethics. The contributors examine
the radical developments that change how we think about the status
of non-human animals in our society and our moral obligations.
Strangers to Nature will engage both scholars and lay-people by
revealing the breadth of theorizing about current human/non-human
animal relationships.
Paying tribute to one of the more original theorist of the late
20th and early 21st century, Rational Radicalism and Political
Theory probes the thought of Stephen Eric Bronner. This collection
of essays encompasses themes such as the Enlightenment's radical
legacy, the impulse of cosmopolitanism, the rejuvenation of
socialist theory and politics, and advances in Critical Theory.
These essays make new contributions to many areas of left political
theory, while at the same time reflecting on the ways Stephen
Bronner's ideas serve to generate a new kind of critical political
theory. Blending political and intellectual history, normative and
moral argumentation, and forays into the nature of politics itself,
this book brings together new voices in political theory to assess
Bronner's contributions and pave new paths for the future of
political theory.
Critical theory was one of the most vigorous and insightful
intellectual traditions of the twentieth-century. At its core was a
critique of culture and consciousness tied to instrumental
rationality and capitalist economic life. Yet, Michael J. Thompson
argues in this highly original book that this once critical
tradition has been domesticated - it no longer offers a
philosophically convincing nor politically viable form of social
critique. Thompson demonstrates that critical theory has
surrendered its concerns with domination, alienation, and the
pathologies of capitalist modernity and shifted its focus toward
neo-Idealist themes. This new critical theory has turned its back
on the insights of the classical critical theorists. Thompson
traces how this shift occurred and how we can reclaim critique in
an age of conformism, apathy, and depoliticization. He goes on to
defend the different aspects of critical theory that can be used to
reformulate social critique, one that must be brought into a
dialogue with contemporary political, social and moral philosophy
that protects the lasting and crucial legacy of critical theory as
an emancipatory political project.
Strangers to Nature challenges a reading public that has grown
complacent with the standard framework of the animal ethics debate.
Human influence on, and the control of, the natural world has
greater consequences than ever, making the human impact on the
lives of animals more evident. We cannot properly interrogate our
conduct in the world without a deeper understanding of how our
actions affect animals. It is crucial that the human-animal
relationship become more central to ethical inquiry. This volume
brings together many of the leading scholars who work to redefine
and expand the discourse on animal ethics. The contributors examine
the radical developments that change how we think about the status
of non-human animals in our society and our moral obligations.
Strangers to Nature will engage both scholars and lay-people by
revealing the breadth of theorizing about current human/non-human
animal relationships.
Georg Lukacs was one of the most important intellectuals and
philosophers of the 20th century. His last great work was a
systematic social ontology that was an attempt to ground an ethical
and critical form of Marxism. This work has only now begun to
attract the interest of critical theorists and philosophers intent
on reconstructing a critical theory of society as well as a more
sophisticated framework for Marxian philosophy. This collection of
essays explores the concept of critical social ontology as it was
outlined by Georg Lukacs and the ways that his ideas can help us
construct a more grounded and socially relevant form of social
critique. This work will of special interest to social, moral and
political philosophers as well as those who study critical theory,
social theory and Marxism. It is also of interest to those working
within the area of social ontology. Contributors include: Mario
Duayer, Andreas Giesbert, Christoph Henning, Antonino Infranca,
Reha Kadakal, Endre Kiss, Michael Morris, Michalis Skomvoulis,
Matthew J. Smetona, Titus Stahl, Thomas Telios, Michael J.
Thompson, Murillo van der Laan, Miguel Vedda, Claudius Vellay.
This handbook is the only major survey of critical theory from
philosophical, political, sociological, psychological and
historical vantage points. It emphasizes not only on the historical
and philosophical roots of critical theory, but also its current
themes and trends as well as future applications and directions. It
addresses specific areas of interest that have forged the critical
theory tradition, such as critical social psychology, aesthetics
and the critique of culture, communicative action, and the critique
of instrumental reason. It is intended for those interested in
exploring the influential paradigm of critical theory from
multiple, interdisciplinary perspectives and understanding its
contribution to the humanities and the social sciences.
This comprehensive overview of stellar astrophysical fluid dynamics includes properties of pulsating stars; helioseismology; convection and mixing in stellar interiors; and dynamics of stellar rotation, planet formation and the generation of stellar and planetary magnetic fields. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in the field and extensive references to technical literature are made.
In all phases of the life of a star, hydrodynamical processes play
a major role. This volume gives a comprehensive overview of the
state of knowledge in stellar astrophysical fluid dynamics, and its
publication marked the 60th birthday of Douglas Gough, Professor of
Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge and leading
contributor to stellar astrophysical fluid dynamics. Topics include
properties of pulsating stars, helioseismology, convection and
mixing in stellar interiors, dynamics of stellar rotation, planet
formation and the generation of stellar and planetary magnetic
fields. Each chapter is written by leading experts in the field,
and the book provides an overview that is central to any attempt to
understand the properties of stars and their evolution. With
extensive references to the technical literature, this is a
valuable text for researchers and graduate students in stellar
astrophysics.
We stand at the threshold of an exciting era of Asteroseismology.
In a few months' time, the Canadian small-satellite
asteroseismology mission MOST will be laun ched. Danish and French
missions MONS and COROT should follow, with the ESA mission
Eddington following in 2007/8. Helioseismology has proved spec
tacularly successful in imaging the internal structure and dynamics
of the Sun and probing the physics of the solar interior.
Ground-based observations have detected solar-like oscillations on
alpha Centauri A and other Sun-like stars, and diagnostics similar
to those used in helioseismology are now being used to test and
constrain the physics and evolutionary state of these stars.
Multi-mode oscillations are being observed in an abundance of other
stars, including slowly pulsating B stars (SPB stars), delta Scuti
stars, Ap stars and the pulsating white dwarfs. New classes of
pulsators continue to be discovered across the Hertzsprung-Russell
diagram. For good reason it was decided to entitle our conference
'Asteroseismology Across the HR Diagram' . Yet the challenges still
to be faced to make asteroseismology across the HR diagram a
reality are formidable. Observation, data analysis and theory all
pose hard problems to be overcome. In conceiving this meeting, the
aim of the organisers was to facilitate a cross-fertilization of
ideas and approaches between researchers working on different
pulsators and with different areas of expertise. We venture to
suggest that in this the conference was a great success."
The renaissance in Hegel scholarship over the past two decades has
largely ignored or marginalized the metaphysical dimension of his
thought, perhaps most vigorously when considering his social and
political philosophy. Many scholars have consistently maintained
that Hegel's political philosophy must be reconstructed without the
metaphysical structure that Hegel saw as his crowning philosophical
achievement. This book brings together twelve original essays that
explore the relation between Hegel's metaphysics and his political,
social, and practical philosophy. The essays seek to explore what
normative insights and positions can be obtained from examining
Hegel's distinctive view of the metaphysical dimensions of
political philosophy. His ideas about the good, the universal,
freedom, rationality, objectivity, self-determination, and
self-development can be seen in a new context and with renewed
understanding once their relation to his metaphysical project is
considered. Hegel's Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Politics will
be of great interest to scholars of Hegelian philosophy, German
Idealism, nineteenth-century philosophy, political philosophy, and
political theory.
Does Marxism possess an ethical impulse? Is there a moral
foundation that underpins the Marxist critique of capitalism and
the vision for social progress? The essays collected in
Constructing Marxist Ethics: Critique, Normativity, Praxis argue
that there is such an ethical grounding for Marxist theory. The
essays, each from different vantage points, construct what a
Marxian ethics should look like: what kind of values should be at
the heart of the Marxian enterprise.
Critical theory was one of the most vigorous and insightful
intellectual traditions of the twentieth-century. At its core was a
critique of culture and consciousness tied to instrumental
rationality and capitalist economic life. Yet, Michael J. Thompson
argues in this highly original book that this once critical
tradition has been domesticated - it no longer offers a
philosophically convincing nor politically viable form of social
critique. Thompson demonstrates that critical theory has
surrendered its concerns with domination, alienation, and the
pathologies of capitalist modernity and shifted its focus toward
neo-Idealist themes. This new critical theory has turned its back
on the insights of the classical critical theorists. Thompson
traces how this shift occurred and how we can reclaim critique in
an age of conformism, apathy, and depoliticization. He goes on to
defend the different aspects of critical theory that can be used to
reformulate social critique, one that must be brought into a
dialogue with contemporary political, social and moral philosophy
that protects the lasting and crucial legacy of critical theory as
an emancipatory political project.
Georg Lukacs stands as a towering figure in the areas of critical
theory, literary criticism, aesthetics, ethical theory and the
philosophy of Marxism and German Idealism. Yet, despite his
influence throughout the twentieth century, his contributions to
the humanities and theoretical social sciences are marked by
neglect. What has been lost is a crucial thinker in the tradition
of critical theory, but also, by extension, a crucial set of ideas
that can be used to shed new light on the major problems of
contemporary society. This book reconsiders Lukacs' intellectual
contributions in the light of recent intellectual developments in
political theory, aesthetics, ethical theory, and social and
cultural theory. An international team of contributors contend that
Lukacs' ideas and theoretical contributions have much to offer the
theoretical paucity of the present. Ultimately the book
reintegrates Lukacs as a central thinker, not only in the tradition
of critical theory, but also as a major theorist and critic of
modernity, of capitalism, and of new trends in political theory,
cultural criticism and legal theory.
Since the end of the Cold War, the number of weak and failing
states has increased significantly. The United States (US) military
has been deployed in multiple nation states in an effort to prevent
these weak states from collapsing into chaos. This thesis explores
one of the driving factors of state collapse, net migration, to
gauge how US foreign policy might be employed to reduce the flow of
people out of a country. To demonstrate the foreign policies and
their effects, a pilot model was constructed using a system
dynamics methodology. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was
selected as a preliminary study for the model implementation. This
thesis examines three notional policies which could be implemented
in the DRC: a reduction in the armed conflict occurring in the
eastern provinces of the DRC, increasing the number of primary and
secondary teachers in the DRC, and increasing the number of
employment opportunities in the DRC. Interactions between different
factors and drivers of migration are analyzed and included in the
system dynamics model. Several scenarios are tested using this
model, and the results of these scenarios, as well as their
implications for future policies, are detailed.
This handbook is the only major survey of critical theory from
philosophical, political, sociological, psychological and
historical vantage points. It emphasizes not only on the historical
and philosophical roots of critical theory, but also its current
themes and trends as well as future applications and directions. It
addresses specific areas of interest that have forged the critical
theory tradition, such as critical social psychology, aesthetics
and the critique of culture, communicative action, and the critique
of instrumental reason. It is intended for those interested in
exploring the influential paradigm of critical theory from
multiple, interdisciplinary perspectives and understanding its
contribution to the humanities and the social sciences.
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