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The origins of the radical science movement in the 1960s are described. Factors cited include the civil rights movement, the Vietnam war, a developing parallel movement in Europe, the influx of young people into science in the 1960s, & developments in the philosophy of science. The radical science movement is contrasted with earlier efforts of scientists to deal with social issues in science. Themes in the movement include a general analysis of control of science under US capitalism, the nonneutrality of science, the development of a "people's science," & the critique of science as ideology. Also pointed out are the instances in which an antiscience trend within society has influenced positions taken by the radical science movement. The achievements of this movement include the effective opposition to theories of biological determinism, the involvement of the public in decision making on certain scientific issues, the influence on the agenda of professional scientific societies, & the generation of a number of organizations that contribute to debates over scientific & technological issues & provide technical assistance to less privileged sectors of society. AA

Sarachchandra's Curfew and a Full Moon (1978) is a historical novel about the 1971 youth uprising in Sri Lanka that was driven by university students' demand for equality and social changes. The book gives an insightful account of the protagonist, Professor Amaradasa, his relationship with several Marxist students, and his indirect involvement in national politics. The focus of this study is placed on the main character and his conflicting psychological conditions shaped by different external forces, including his privileged status in State repression, forced compliance and self-justification: A psychoanalytical reading ofEdiriwira Sarachchandra's Curfew and a Full Moon Sri Lankan society, his interactions with those surrounding him and the state's crackdown on the young insurgents. I deploy Tilly's (2003) theory of collective violence, Foucault's (1991) theory of power, Festinger's (1957) theories of forced compliance and cognitive dissonance in the reading of Sri Lanka's historical retelling and of the novel's protagonist's hesitation and failure to act in several instances. The conclusion of the analysis is that Amaradasa's forced compliance, resulting in his action or lack thereof, is caused both by the fear of rejection from his students with whom he sympathises and by the threats of punishment from the state. This explains the character's cognitive dissonance, constant moral dilemma and selfjustification that occur throughout the story. I also draw an additional conclusion that Amaradasa's priority is his own survival, a common human characteristic especially in the midst of political and ideological conflicts.

This innovative reader brings together classic theoretical texts and cutting-edge ethnographic analyses of specific state institutions, practices, and processes and outlines an anthropological framework for rethinking future study of "the state". Focuses on the institutions, spaces, ideas, practices, and representations that constitute the "state".Promotes cultural and transnational approaches to the subject. Helps readers to make anthropological sense of the state as a cultural artifact, in the context of a neoliberalizing, transnational world

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In recent years, there has been mounting interest in the possibility of the Paris Agreement 2015 featuring in investor-State arbitration.2 This applies particularly to investments connected to greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, insured emissions and other financial investments to be made under the internationally supervised emission-offsetting mechanism to be activated in accordance with the Glasgow Climate Pact 2021.3 While modernisation reforms to the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) are anticipated to include direct reference to the Paris Agreement, their effect has been thrown into doubt by recent withdrawals of EU Member States. Although the past two years have seen increasingly successful efforts to enforce the Paris Agreement before national courts, a disputing party has yet to invoke it in an investor-State arbitration. Whereas environmental exception clauses, direct references to the Paris Agreement and substantive obligations on environmental protection remain rare in international investment agreements, this situation is likely to change as 'green investment' expands and high-emission investors react to intensification of host State efforts to mitigate emissions. In analysing recent arbitral jurisprudence on the right of regulation, it is suggested that the most significant effect of the Paris Agreement on international investment law may be in defining the investment relationship of the disputing parties with respect to the liability of the host State for alleged breaches of the substantive protections for the investment under investment treaties, contracts and laws.