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John Keller presents a set of new essays on ontology, time, freedom, God, and philosophical method. Our understanding of these subjects has been greatly advanced, since the 1970s, by the work of Peter van Inwagen. The contributions, from some of the most prominent living philosophers, engage with van Inwagen's work and offer new insights in metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and the philosophy of philosophy. Van Inwagen himself gives selective responses. In metaphysics, the volume will particularly interest philosophers working on free will, relational vs constituent ontologies, and time travel; in philosophy of religion, notable topics include the ontological argument, the compatibility of theism and evolution, the problem of evil, and the doctrine of atonements. And there are three papers on the hot topic of philosophical success, with responses from van Inwagen

"Infrastructure is not only the underground pipes and wires that control our cities but also the hidden rules for structuring the spaces all around us--free trade zones, smart cities, suburbs and malls. Extrastatecraft charts the rise of the hidden rules that control this "infrastructure space," and shows how it is creating new forms of power, beyond the reach of government. In a series of fascinating case studies, Easterling visits fields of infrastructure with the greatest impact on our world-- tracking everything from standards for the thinness of credit cards, to the urbanism of mobile telephony as the world's largest shared platform, to the rules for the free zone as the most contagious new world city paradigm. In conclusion, she proposes some unexpected techniques for resisting power in a contemporary world"--

1. Were Chinese rulers above the law? Toward a theory of the rule of law in China from early times to 1949 CE / Qiang Fang and Roger Des Forges -- 2. Constitutionalism with Chinese characteristics? Constitutional development and civil litigation in China / Thomas E. Kellogg -- 3. The politics of constitutional reform in China : rule of law as a condition or as a substitute for democracy? / Richard Balme and Yang Lihua -- 4. China's legislation law and the making of a more orderly and representative legislative system / Laura Paler -- 5. Political parties in China's judiciary / Zhu Suli -- 6. China's courts : restricted reform / Benjamin L. Liebman -- 7. Who will find the defendant if he stays with his sheep? Justice in rural China / Frank K. Upham -- 8. The production of legal norms : a case study of administrative detention in China / Sarah Biddulph -- 9. Using law for a righteous purpose : the Sun Zhigang incident and evolving forms of citizen action in the People's Republic of China / Keith J. Hand -- 10. Shuanggui and extralegal detention in China / Flora Sapio -- 11. When lawyers are prosecuted. : the struggle of a profession in transition / Fu Hualing -- 12. WeiQur??n (rights protection) lawyering in an authoritarian state : building a culture of public-interest lawyering / Hualing Fu and Richard Cullen -- 13. Riots and cover-ups : counterproductive control of local agents in China / Carl F. Minzner -- 14. Justice from above or below? Popular strategies for resolving grievances in rural China / Ethan Michelson -- 15. Public opinion supervision : a case study of media freedom in China / Anne S.Y. Cheung.

Immer häufiger hört und liest man, noch nie seien unsere Schüler so unmotiviert, unkonzentriert, unwissend und verhaltensauffällig gewesen. Was ist wirklich dran an dieser Schülerschelte? Dazu wirft der Autor einen fundierten Blick in die Geschichte. Ausgehend von der Hochkultur der Sumerer, wo vor 5000 Jahren die ersten Schulen gegründet wurden, bis zur Gegenwart vergleicht er die Schülerbilder der Erwachsenen und widerlegt die Horrorvision vom Leistungs- und Verhaltenszerfall. Aufbauend darauf analysiert er die Ursachen dieser Wahrnehmungsstörung und plädiert für ein differenzierteres und gerechteres Schülerbild.