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Discover for yourself the pleasures of philosophy! Written both for the seasoned student of philosophy as well as the general reader, the renowned writer Roger Scruton provides a survey of modern philosophy. Always engaging, Scruton takes us on a fascinating tour of the subject, from founding father Descartes to the most important and famous philosopher of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein. He identifies all the principal figures as well as outlines of the main intellectual preoccupations that have informed western philosophy. Painting a portrait of modern philosophy that is vivid and

Presents four conceptual frameworks that draw on different theoretical traditions of cultural theory to relate culture to collective action, using examples from the women's movement, in particular, the lesbian feminist movement, as illustrations. The four frameworks are labeled as emergent norms & interpretive frameworks, collective identity, ritual, & discourse. The emergent norms framework, which stems from the symbolic interactionist tradition, is described as emphasizing the ways in which challenging groups redefine normative frameworks to justify their mobilization efforts. Drawing on the Marxist tradition that focuses on class consciousness, other social movement scholars have developed a notion of collective identity to denote the ways in which shared group definitions are constructed as a vital component of grievance interpretation. Related to the study of collective identity is the recent concern with understanding ritual as the emotional dimension of social movements & the link between structural arrangements, culture, & personal feelings. Finally, the discursive framework emphasizes the ways in which language, ideas, & interpretations constitute social practices that are embedded within the institutional structure of social movements & the larger institutions in which they are situated. It is suggested that cultural analysis conducted through all of these frameworks must be attentive to the ways in which cultural meaning is linked to social protest, & thus, to issues of resources, power, & organization. D. M. Smith

The article deals with problems of publishing little known artifacts made of wood from the explored archaeological sites. The results of studying the so-called "hexapods" kept in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum are discussed. These objects were found in the 1940s during the excavations of elite burial mounds at well-known sites of Pazyryk, Tuekta, and Bashadar of the Scythian period. "Hexapods" constitute whole and fragmented sets of six medium-length shafts, round in cross-section, with the length reaching 1.2 m, diameter up to 0.3 m, and conical thickenings at the ends. They were made with well-sharpened knife from thin trunks of coniferous trees (cedar pine). Round and square through holes were drilled with a chucking drill and cut with a chisel at the upper ends of the shafts at a small distance from the flat ends. Felt cape-covers and bronze vessels for burning incense were found together with the shafts. A comprehensive technical and technological analysis of these wooden items has made it possible to identify several variants of functional purpose which the sets of "hexapods" might have had: ritual and commemorative as a tent for shamanic rituals; "Scythian bath" for cleansing and ablutions, or medical tent for treating colds and lung diseases. Physical parameters of "hexapod" shafts (material, size, and shape) are provided. The type of wood with specific physical properties which preconditioned its choice for making the object was established from anatomical features of its cell structure. Tools, techniques, and methods of producing these objects have been identified.

Introduction: the counter-revolution of neoliberalism -- Foucault and beyond -- The building of economics as a science -- The building of individuals as rational agents -- Turning the world into a firm -- Postscript: a new ethics for a new liberalism? -- Index