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Culture Wars in Comparative Perspective: Four patterns -- Classificatory struggles and cognitive hegemonization -- Epistemological clashes within the COVID crisis -- Warrior gods, heroes and victims -- "Europe" as a symbolic battlefield -- The dynamic tension between the prefixes of the human: transhuman, posthuman and superhuman -- Social acceleration and time wars out of the future.

A comparative analysis of the governance of irregular migrants in France, Germany and the UK since the 1960s. Will appeal to scholars and students of immigration policy, irregular migration, and theories of state knowledge, as well as the growing field of agnotology (the study of ignorance).

The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion in Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has become increasingly significant and contested. Through an examination of ECHR Article 9, its drafting history, and the related jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Caroline K. Roberts challenges the classic approach to this right in the literature. Roberts argues that claims that there is, or should be, a clear binary and hierarchical distinction between the absolutely protected internal realm and the qualified external realm in this right are not founded textually or jurisprudentially. Rather, the primary materials suggest that the internal and external aspects are deeply interrelated, and this is reflected in the ECtHR's nuanced and holistic approach to ECHR Article 9 protection. This comprehensive, rigorous and up-to-date reappraisal of ECHR Article 9 and the related ECtHR jurisprudence will be essential reading for academics and practitioners.

Steigende Lebensmittelpreise, Engpässe bei einzelnen Nahrungsmitteln, demonstrierende Bauern, Turbulenzen an den internationalen Agrarmärkten und wachsende Sorgen um die globale Ernährungssicherheit - die Agrarwelt scheint aus den Fugen zu geraten. Worauf müssen wir uns in Deutschland einstellen, was kommt auf uns als Konsumierende zu, was bedeutet das für die Bäuerinnen und Bauern?Landwirtschaft ist systemrelevant. Doch wer sind unsere Landwirt_innen? Eine homogene Gruppe oder Individualist_innen mit völlig unterschiedlichen Interessen? Wie und was produzieren sie? Sind die Milliarden Steuergelder, die alljährlich in den Sektor fließen, gut angelegt? Warum schafft es die Agrarpolitik trotzdem nicht, dass die Gesellschaft mit der Arbeit der Landwirt_innen zufrieden ist?Agrarpolitik kann besser werden - sagt der langjährige Landwirtschaftsminister und Staatssekretär Hermann Onko Aeikens. Wie das gehen kann? Das beschreibt er fakten- und kenntnisreich

Nach dem Ende des 'sozialistischen Lagers' und der Auflösung der UdSSR gerieten der Marxismus und die kommunistische Bewegung wie die Linke insgesamt, insbesondere im Westen, in eine Krise, die als unumkehrbar erscheint. Diese Krise ist aber kein auswegloses Schicksal. Um einen Weg zu finden, sie zu überwinden, formulierte Domenico Losurdo in diesem Buch, seinem letzten, jenseits aller apologetischen Absichten eine historisch-philosophische Bewertung der sowjetischen Erfahrung und des Marxismus überhaupt. Ist der 'reale Sozialismus' ergebnislos gescheitert? Ist die marxsche Theorie damit hinfällig? Losurdo geht aber noch einen Schritt weiter und befragt den Marxismus, was er in absehbarer Zukunft zu leisten imstande sein kann. Damit ist dieses Buch zugleich auch ein persönliches Erbe und Vermächtnis Domenico Losurdos als eines führenden politischen Philosophen der Gegenwart.

"From 1670 until the Civil War, slavery was central to the economic and social order of South Carolina. To understand its evolution and the world that its enslaved people and their enslavers made, this book offers an examination of slavery in the rural lowcountry, the city of Charleston, and the upcountry during an era of unprecedented change and upheaval"--

"The Right in the Americas discusses the origins, development and current state of conservative and right-wing movements in ten countries in the Americas. The growth of the right is one of the most important issues of the moment in global politics. Within the context of democracy erosion, rejection of traditional politics and economic uncertainty, right and extreme-right actors are capable of offering misguided answers and hope to a significant part of a country's population, who will trust their promises and bring them to power with their vote. This dynamic has repeated itself in an astonishingly consistent pattern across the Americas. This book analyses eight Latin American countries - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela, along with Canada and the United States, two G7 countries. It demonstrates that conservatism is in fact a Hemispheric phenomenon, promoted and invigorated by the regional hegemon-the United States of America-both as government and civil society. Beyond this regional scope, the peculiarities of each case study are explored in detail, providing solid historical background, while at the same time uncovering their commonalities and cross-pollination. This study will be of great interest to scholars of conservatism, right-wing politics, comparative politics, North American, and Latin American politics"--

"Religion and Outer Space examines religion in and on the final frontier. This book offers a first-of-its-kind roadmap for thinking about complex encounters of religion and outer space. A multidisciplinary group of scholarly experts takes up some of the most intriguing scientific, spiritual, trade/commercial, and even military dimensions of the complex entanglements of religion and outer space. Attending to the historical reality that the interconnections between religion and the heavens are as old as religions themselves, the volume starts with an examination of "outer space" elements in the most sacred writings of the world's religions. It then explores some of the religious questions inevitable in this encounter, analyzing cultural constructions (both literary and actual) of religion and outer space. It ends with examinations of the role of religion in the very real and very present business of space exploration. What might motivate the spread of religion (or at least fantasies of religion in its myriad possibilities) into new interior and exterior dimensions of the cosmos? Only the future will tell. Religion and Outer Space is essential reading for students and academics with an interest in religion and space, religion and science, space exploration, religion and science fiction, popular culture, and religion in America"--

Focused on the United States, this book summarizes the secondary impacts of COVID-19 due to the increased use of technology. Establishing the global response of social distancing, mandates for non-essential business, and working from home, the book centers on the disparate guidance provided at the State and local levels, domestically