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East-West detente was hotly debated during its heyday in the 1970s.
Critics saw it as a form of appeasement which, they claimed,
strengthened communism while weakening the West. Supporters saw it
variously as a means of reducing the danger of war, subverting
communism and, in Europe, bridging the division of the continent.
This book presents a balanced assessment of the reality of detente,
and of the different interests involved, looking back through the
eyes of expert contributors from Britain, Germany, France, Italy,
Poland, Hungary and Austria. It takes a particularly close look at
the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), which
produced the Helsinki Final Act and a series of follow-up measure
that continue to evolve to the present day. It argues that, in
negotiating the text of the Final Act, the West won a victory that
was insufficiently recognized at the time. Davy concludes that
detente was ambiguous, conferring short-term political and economic
benefits on East European regimes while at the same time weakening
their foundations and contributing to their collapse in 1989.
European Detente will be of interest to students, academics and
practitioners in international relations, strategic studies and
international politics, particularly those specializing in Eastern
Europe.
While academics often treat their subject matter with a posture of
detached objectivity, some have moved beyond the ivory tower of
academia toward a more personal and active engagement with their
area of research. The field of political science lends itself
particularly well to this kind of activity given the relevance,
impact, and importance of civic engagement and the political
landscape of our daily lives. Early in the discipline, Woodrow
Wilson, Charles Merriam, and other leaders of the American
Political Science Association were civically engaged as well as
active scholars and teachers. However, discipline and institutional
barriers have discouraged contemporary engagement. In Beyond the
Ivory Tower: The Case for Civically Engaged Political Scientists,
Richard Davis tells the stories of past and present academics who
have ventured beyond the academy. He frames his own story of
political activism in Utah within the context of the need for
political scientists to step away from the cloistered affairs of
academia toward more public and political engagement. Davis
discusses different ways to remain both active in academic life
while also becoming more publicly engaged in one's community and
state. This book shows how political scientists may find
alternative ways to explore their passion for politics and not only
advocate civic engagement but also become actively engaged citizens
themselves. Beyond the Ivory Tower skillfully discusses the
institutional and cultural barriers to academic civic engagement
and proposes solutions to overcome them while offering examples of
political scientists who have been active citizens in a variety of
forums, including running for office, serving in government, and
founding and leading non-profit organizations.
A vindication of the doctrine of Justification and Union before
Faith wherein the great truth of the Grace of our Lord Jesus in his
representing the persons of his elect on the cross, of his
suffering for them as their Representative is asserted and cleared,
and the Eternal Justification and Union of the Lord's chosen people
is plainly stated and proved; also the assurance of faith is
evidently confirmed; with a clear demonstration of how these
precious Gospel Truths do promote holiness and sanctification in
the hearts and conversations of true believers.
An autobiographical collaboration of subsequent journal entries of
a poet delves behind the scenes of solitary tedium and
introspection when a spark catches between the heart and brain and
transforms into a pulsing literary song on the printed page. Based
in Brooklyn, New York in the twentieth century, the written word
comes alive through a city dweller that gives his life for his art
in the all-too-often darkness of poverty and the clash with social
expectations. While a friendly narrative of a life story threads
into a likeable character, the poetic expressions, observations,
and essays surpass politics, social issues of the day, and religion
and exposes the richness of beauty and the limitations of being
human. Melancholic in tone, the writing dares to challenge the
astute reader to explore the deeper and unspoken aspects of the
human condition.
A best seller in Italy, Maurizio Ferraris s "Goodbye, Kant "
delivers a nontechnical, entertaining, and occasionally irreverent
overview of Immanuel Kant s "Critique of Pure Reason." He borrows
his title from Wolfgang Becker s "Goodbye Lenin ," the 2003 film
about East Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which depicts
both relief at the passing of the Soviet era and affection for the
ideals it embodied. Ferraris approaches Kant in similar spirits,
demonstrating how the structure that Kant elaborates for the
understanding of human knowledge can generate nostalgia for lost
aspirations, while still leaving room for constructive criticism.
Isolating key themes and concerns in the work, Ferraris evaluates
Kant s claims relative to what science and philosophy have come to
regard as the conditions for knowledge and experience in the
intervening two centuries. He remains attentive to the historical
context and ideals from which Kant s "Critique" emerged but also
resolute in identifying what he sees as the limits and blind spots
in the work. The result is an accessible account of a notoriously
difficult book that will both provoke experts and introduce
students to the work and to these important philosophical debates
about the relations of experience to science."
The volume collects essays by an international team of philosophers
aimed at elucidating three fundamental and interconnected themes in
ontology. In the first instance, there is the issue of the kind of
thing that, in the primary sense, is or exists: must the primitive
terms be particular or universal? Any reply will itself raise the
question of how to treat discourse that appears to refer to things
that cannot be met with in time and space: what difference is there
between saying that someone is not sad and saying that something
does not exist? If we can speak meaningfully about fictions, what
makes those statements true (or false) and how can the entities in
question be identified? Assessment of the options that have been
opened up in these fields since the work of Bertrand Russell and
Alexius Meinong at the beginning of the twentieth century remains
an important testing-ground for metaphysical principles and
intuitions.
The book gives an account of an essential part of Britain’s
troubled relationship with the rest of Europe after 1945 –
particularly considering the rivalry of France and Britain between
1945 and 2007. The record of Britain’s relations with the rest of
Europe, and in particular with France, from 1945 onwards was seen
by the politicians and diplomats in charge of foreign policy very
much in terms of a diplomatic battle. This is paradoxical given
that European integration was supposedly aiming to create a
European community. Although Britain has usually been seen as an
at-best half-hearted participant in European integration, it
nonetheless maintained its ambition to assume the leadership of
Europe. This inevitably led to a confrontation with France which
shared the same goal. This book begins by looking at the opposing
ways in which these two ancient European rivals presented very
different models for the sort of Europe they wished to see emerge.
It goes on to consider the record of their rivalry between 1945 and
2007. After this, Britain effectively gave up the battle for the
political leadership of Europe. This, however, should not obscure
the fact that it had succeeded in imposing many of its social and
economic models on Europe. This volume will be of interest to both
undergraduate students and general readers interested in
Britain’s position in Europe.
This volume tells the story of the Helsinki Process from the
immediate post-war period through the signing of the Helsinki Final
Act in 1975 to the collapse of the Soviet empire and up to the
present day. Treating it as a single narrative in the search for a
just and stable order in Europe adds significantly to the copious
but mostly narrowly focused academic literature on the subject.
Divided into 26 chapters, it can also serve as a handy reference
book for different phases of the story. Chapter 22 examines the
continuing debate over whether the West is responsible for the
breakdown of relations with Russia and why the Helsinki Process
failed to avert it. Chapter 26 asks whether the remarkable
multilateral diplomacy that produced the Final Act could be
replicated in other troubled areas today. It then offers twelve
lessons that may be drawn from that experience. Defrosting the Cold
War and Beyond: An Introduction to the Helsinki Process, 1954-2022
will help students and others understand the long arc of the
Helsinki process, its place in European history and its continuing
relevance today. Drawing on the first-hand experience of the author
and other sources, the book corrects common errors and identifies
some of the key people involved.
(Berklee Guide). Essential for anyone interested in the business,
process and procedures of writing music for film or television,
this book teaches the Berklee approach to the art, covering topics
such as: preparing and recording a score, contracts and fees,
publishing, royalties, copyrights and much more. Features
interviews with 21 top film-scoring professionals, including
Michael Kamen, Alf Clausen, Alan Silvestri, Marc Shaiman, Mark
Snow, Harry Gregson-Williams and Elmer Bernstein. Now updated with
info on today's latest technology, and invaluable insights into
finding work in the industry.
Education, Ethics and Experience is a collection of original
philosophical essays celebrating the work of one of the most
influential philosophers of education of the last 40 years. Richard
Pring's substantial body of work has addressed topics ranging from
curriculum integration to the comprehensive ideal, vocational
education to faith schools, professional development to the
privatisation of education, moral seriousness to the nature of
educational research. The twelve essays collected here explore and
build on Pring's treatment of topics that are central to the field
of philosophy of education and high on the agenda of education
policy-makers. The essays are by no means uncritical: some authors
disagree sharply with Pring; others see his arguments as useful but
incomplete, in need of addition or amendment. But all acknowledge
their intellectual debt to him and recognise him as a giant on
whose shoulders they stand. This book will be a welcome and lively
read for educational academics, researchers and students of
Educational Studies and Philosophy.
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