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In Refugees, Nathan Bell argues for nothing less than a new concept of the political: that societies (liberal or not, in the mode of the sovereign state or some other form) embrace an ethos of responsibility for others, where the right to seek asylum becomes foundational for politics itself.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. Justice and Exodus -- Chapter 1. Defining Justice: Justice in the Ancient Near East and Israel -- Chapter 2. Justice Under Threat: Exodus 1–4 -- Chapter 3. Justice Championed: Exodus 5–15 -- Chapter 4. Summoned to Justice: Exodus 15–24 -- Chapter 5. Building for Justice: Exodus 25–40 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

"This book examines the separation between Western Jewish advocacy organizations and international human rights after the creation of Israel. For nearly a century, Jewish lawyers and advocacy groups in Western Europe and the United States pioneered forms of international rights protection, tying the defense of Jews to norms and rules that aspired to curb the worst behavior of rapacious nation-states. In the wake of the Holocaust and the creation of the State of Israel, however, Jewish activists discovered they could no longer promote the same norms, laws and innovations without fear they could soon apply to the Jewish state. Bringing to light previously unexamined sources, this book examines the transformation of Jewish internationalism from an effort to constrain the power of nation-states to one focused on cementing Israel's legitimacy and its status as a haven for refugees from across the Jewish diaspora. In a series of chronological and thematic chapters that stretch across the broad scope of the Jewish world between the 1940s and 1980s, this study brings to light the tensions that eroded and eventually ended a longstanding alliance"--Provided by publisher

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Analytical Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 How the Federal Government Created the Internet, and How the Internet Is Threatened by the Government's Withdrawal -- 3 Federal Spending and the Regionalization of Technology Development -- 4 Business Cooperation and the Business Politics of Regions in the Information Age -- 5 Banks, Electricity, and Phones: Technology, Regional Decline, and the Marketization of Fixed Capital -- 6 Local Government Up for Bid: Internet Taxes, Economic Development, and Public Information -- 7 Conclusion: The Death of Community Economics, or Think Locally, Act Globally -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Blind trust, algorithmic discrimination, and self-regulation in Facebook advertisements / Chloé L. Nurik -- Faking age? Ageing and the algorithmic assemblage / Maude Gautier, Kim Sawchuk, and Scott DeJong -- It was all fun and games : gamewashing automated control / Sebastián Gómez

Viele Menschen nutzen täglich Pornografie. Doch was erregt, erregt auch Anstoß - aktuell vor allem im Rahmen zweier Debatten: der sogenannten Pornografisierung der Gesellschaft und der Popularisierung von alternativen Pornografien. Nathan Schocher zeigt, dass diese Debatten in einem transgressiven Charakter der Pornografie wurzeln. In der Auseinandersetzung mit den philosophischen Konzepten von Foucault und Bataille sowie feministischer Pornografie-Kritik von Butler und Preciado entwickelt er ein Instrumentarium, mit dem sich ein differenziertes Bild des transgressiven Charakters der Pornografie zeichnen lässt.

Introduction -- Chapter 1. Game studies and gamification -- Chapter 2. Defining gamification -- Chapter 3. Gamespace, simulation, and gamification -- Chapter 4. Histories of gaming and computation -- Chapter 5. Gamification, power, and networks -- Chapter 6. Gamified health and bodies -- Chapter 7. The labors of play -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

In the late 1990s, the issue of diamonds contributing to conflict began to receive global attention. In response, the Kimberley Process, an international agreement drawn up in 2003, was implemented to reduce the trade of conflict diamonds and provide a way to certify the global diamond trade. This study looks at the political economy of resource-wealthy states in Africa to understand responses to the Kimberley Process, asking why some African states have higher levels of compliance and co-operation than others. Using cross-country comparisons to explain differing state policies and outcomes, Nathan Munier explores whether domestic, private economic actors matter in how international agreements operate. In doing so, he asks why states that regularly ignore international agreements will use scarce resources to raise their level of compliance with the Kimberley Process. Focusing on the domestic political economy of states, in contrast to past theories of state responses to international agreements, Munier finds that economic dependence and the preferences of private actors are essential in understanding the variation of state responses to international agreements.

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of contents -- On the Intellectual Crisis of Our Time -- Some Aspects of Present Day Society and World-Outlook -- Concerning the Concept of Culture -- The Tradition of Humanism in a Technological Age -- Two Aspects of the Ethical Situation -- The Value Aspect of Science -- Universe, Power and Regime -- Consciousness and Values -- Concerning the Problem of Values in Education -- Adjustment and Education -- Learning and Knowing in the Education of Our Age -- Index

The story of the primeval cataclysmic flood which wiped out all life on earth, save for one family, is found in different ancient Mesopotamian texts whence it reached the Biblical and Classical literary traditions. The present book systematically collects the earliest attestations of the myth of the Flood, namely all the cuneiform-written Akkadian sources – from the Old Babylonian to the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods, including Tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh –, presenting them in a new synoptic edition and English translation which are accompanied by a detailed philological commentary and an extensive literary discussion. The book also includes a complete glossary of the Akkadian sources.