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"Despite the media controversies surrounding high profile cases of undercover policing, it is not always clear what ethical issues are at stake. Can undercover policing be justified? What are the ethical issues surrounding concealment and infiltration? What larger questions does undercover policing raise about the nature of policing and the legitimacy of coercive state action? In this timely and clear account, Christopher Nathan explores these questions and more. He rejects the view that the consequences of undercover policing always justify the means, instead advancing an argument that through their actions people can make themselves morally liable to some forms of undercover policing. Drawing on several recent, high profile case studies, Christopher Nathan argues for a new understanding of proportionality in undercover policing that takes account of innocent parties, vulnerable targets, and manipulation into wrongful action. He also defends a central role for the judiciary in the oversight of undercover policing"--

"The Labour Party after Jeremy Corbyn is in search of new direction. Here, Nathan Yeowell has succeeded in pulling together a remarkable array of contributors who are actively engaged in research on twentieth-century British history and Labour politics. Reframing the last 100 years of Labour politics - the book covers key figures and battles in the party - such as the dropping of Clause 4, the formation of the welfare state and Corbyn's general election defeat of 2020. Contributions from leading historians such as Steven Fielding, Clare Griffiths, Ben Jackson,and Glenn O Hara are supplemented by those with experience of Labour electoral politics, such as Rachel Reeves MP and Patrick Diamond. The result is a revisionist, intellectually rich and politically relevant roadmap for Labour's future"

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: History and Event in Marxist Dialectics -- Chapter 1 Hegel's Leaps and the Historicist Theory of Knowledge -- Chapter 2 Marx's Idea of Communist Transformation -- Chapter 3 Lenin's Philosophy: A New Dialectics of Revolution? -- Part II: Events and Historical Judgement after Althusser -- Chapter 4 Althusser's Science: Naming the Epistemological Break -- Chapter 5 Badiou's Decision: To Give Up Leadership, Somewhat -- Chapter 6 Meillassoux's Politics: Speculative Justice -- Part III: Suggestions about Where this Road Might Take Us -- Chapter 7 Afterword: Towards a Complex Science of History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

This book critiques the superiority theory of disparagement humor, rooted in Hobbes's definition of laughter. Nathan Miczo offers the agōn (Greek for contest) as a metaphor to demonstrate how within- and between-group dynamics shape the creation and reception of disparagement humor.

"Few developments in contemporary politics are more striking than the frequency with which the term "fascist" is used to describe specific actors and groups. This marks a qualitative shift in our political discourse. For decades, "fascist" was an epithet used to brand one's political opponents, regardless of political ideology or governing philosophy, but most often to attack a specific individual. With the rise of extremist parties and candidates in Europe, the U.S., and around the globe, however, even mainstream political commentators have begun using the term "fascism" to describe what they see as a dangerous movement that has revived and repackaged many of the strategies long thought to have been relegated to the margins of political rhetoric. This book defines and interprets the common persuasive devices that characterize fascist discourse to understand the nature of its enduring appeal, and which has resurfaced as one of the most pressing problems of our time. A definition of fascism that guides the contributors here draws from the work of Kenneth Burke: the sustained and systematic deployment of rhetorical devices aimed at promoting the cult of irrationality by identifying both the victimhood and the inborn dignity of a newly crystalized social group, sanctioned by tradition, whose rebirth requires the spiritualization of injustice and internal and external purification through redemptive violence. This definition has much in common with established understandings of fascism, but a rhetorical approach emphasizes less how fascism manifests itself in parties, platforms, regimes, movements, and organizations, but rather on the tendencies in language itself that make these manifestations possible. Introductory chapters focus on general theories of fascism drawn from 20th-century history and theory. The remaining chapters investigate specific historical figures and their relationship to contemporary rhetorics. As indicated by their titles, each chapter focuses on defining a specific rhetorical device that seems characteristic of fascist rhetoric. This book does not promise a comprehensive inquiry into all aspects of fascism. The topics were selected by the authors based on their own expertise and because they illuminate a specific rhetorical device. A reader, by the end, should have acquired many of the conceptual critical resources by which to identify familiar fascist strategies of persuasion and propaganda"--

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- THE AUTHOR -- DEDICATION -- PREFACE -- Part I-MARX AND THE MARXISTS -- 1-THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF KARL MARX -- 2-EVALUATION OF MARX'S CONTRIBUTIONS -- 3-ORTHODOX MARXISM-KAUTSKY, PLEKHANOV, DE LEON -- 4-REVISIONISM-BERNSTEIN AND JAURÈS -- 5-LENIN -- 6-LEON TROTSKY-FOR THE DEFENSE -- 7-ROSA LUXEMBURG -- 8-STALIN -- 9-MARXISM TODAY -- Part II-SELECTED READINGS -- -Reading No. 1- -- MARX AND ENGELS: THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO -- -Reading No. 2- -- KARL MARX: HISTORICAL MATERIALISM -- -Reading No. 3- -- KARL MARX: THE FETISHISM OF THE COMMODITY AND ITS SECRET -- -Reading No. 4- -- KARL MARX: HISTORICAL TENDENCY OF CAPITALIST ACCUMULATION -- -Reading No. 5- -- KARL MARX: RELIGION AND ECONOMICS -- -Reading No. 6- -- KARL MARX: ON TRADITION, PERSONALITY, AND CLASS-FORCES -- -Reading No. 7- -- FREDERICK ENGELS: "SCIENTIFIC" VERSUS "UTOPIAN" SOCIALISM -- -Reading No. 8- -- KARL KAUTSKY: THE INFLUENCE OF THE MODE OF PRODUCTION -- -Reading No. 8a- -- KARL KAUTSKY: ON THE AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM -- -Reading No. 9- -- GEORGI PLEKHANOV: THE INDIVIDUAL IN HISTORY -- -Reading No. 10- -- DANIEL DE LEON: INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM AND THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC -- -Reading No. 11- -- EDWARD BERNSTEIN: SOCIALIST IDEALS, FACTS, AND EXPERIENCE -- -Reading No. 12- -- JEAN JAURÈS: IDEALISM AND HISTORY -- -Reading No. 13- -- N. LENIN: STATE AND REVOLUTION -- -Reading No. 13a- -- N. LENIN: THE WORKER, THE DAY AFTER THE COMMUNISTS TAKE POWER -- -Reading No. 14- -- N. LENIN: COMMUNIST ORGANIZATION AND STRATEGY -- -Reading No. 14a- -- N. LENIN: ON SHOOTING CRITICS OUT OF SEASON -- -Reading No. 14b- -- N. LENIN: ON COMMUNIST MORALITY -- -Reading No. 14c- -- N. LENIN: ON COMMUNIST WORK IN TRADE-UNIONS -- -Reading No. 14d- -- J. STALIN: HOW TO MAKE OFFENCE LOOK LIKE DEFENCE -- -Reading No. 15- -- LEON TROTSKY: THE PERMANENT REVOLUTION -- -Reading No. 16.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Struggling Through Life -- Part 1 -- 1 When Abortion Became a Political-Economic Problem -- 2 Remembering, Forgetting, and the Secrets of Life -- Part 2 -- 3 "White Man's Plague": Anti-Malthusian Memory Work at the Fin de Siècle -- 4 "More Wisdom in Living": Neo-Malthusian Memory Work at Midcentury -- 5 "The Lesser of Threatened Evils": Therapeutic Amnesias -- Conclusion: Seeking Immunity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index