Examining state and evil : authoritarian slips, past and present / edited by Cosmin Sebastian Cercel, Cihan Ozpinar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cercel, Cosmin Sebastian, editor.

Ozpinar, Cihan, editor.

Series:

At the Interface

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political ethics.

Authoritarianism.

Good and evil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Inter-Disciplinary Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The critical turn of the neoliberal capitalism in 2000s, 9/11 events and its after-effects, worldly and regional economic crises during the first decade of the 21st century and the repositioning of governments against crises… . The state has become one of the most burning questions of our times regarding its apparently rising power all over the world and it deserves even more attention today than any time. The needed attention should awaken philosophical questionings as well: ‘Putting the state in its place’ cannot be considered out of ethics and oscillating discussions around the state between good and evil. This book aims to be a contribution to the debates as the volume gathers a number of contributions by scholars from around the world who discuss the state in this axis through various examples from different geographies and historical periods.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Cosmin Sebastian Cercel and Cihan Ozpinar

‘Where is the Law?’: Legal Discourse and Ideology in Interwar Romania / Cosmin Sebastian Cercel

Liberalism Today: The Challenges Posed by Plural Societies / Carla Larouco Gomes

Transnational Internal Security, Democracy and the Role of the State / Ronan Kaczynski

A Story about a Victim and a Demon / Ayşegül Sabuktay

Policing Dissent: Authoritarian Reformulation of the State in AKP’s Turkey / Cemil Yildizcan and Cihan Ozpinar

Good Government: The United States Shapes a New Zealand Politician / Raymond Richards

Does Service Delivery Influence the Voting Choices Made by Voters during Local Government Elections? An Anthropological Investigation Conducted in the Municipal Wards of the Botshabelo Township in the Mangaung Metropolitan Area / Jan Petrus van der Merwe.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84888-174-6

OCLC:

886650409

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781848881747 DOI