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Rooted in agriculture, sedentism and population growth, ancient states were fragile and prone to collapse. There is an ongoing debate about the importance, nature and even existence of state-wide collapse. This book investigates why ancient states collapsed and examines to what extent inequality contributed to their downfall

Introduction: the background to this book and the relevance of foucault -- The social context of farming -- The dispossession of aboriginals from land: an application of foucault's theories on race and sexuality -- Property and the governance of the family farm -- A reading of divorce judgments and reflections on 'spatiality' and 'sexuality' -- Governing at a distance: the role of trusts in structuring family life in rural australia -- Towards a 'family provision jurisprudence': a case study on the farming inheritance cases -- Towards a 'family provision jurisprudence': a case study on the farming inheritance cases -- Governing the rural family in australia from a distance: the family provision act and the role of 'expert knowledges' -- Bibliography -- About the author.

Is mercy more important than justice?Since antiquity, mercy has been regarded as a virtue. The power of monarchs was legitimated by their acts of clemency, their mercy demonstrating their divine nature. Yet by the end of the eighteenth century, mercy had become "an injustice committed against society . . . a manifest vice." Mercy was exiled from political life. How did this happen?In this book, Malcolm Bull analyses and challenges the Enlightenment's rejection of mercy. A society operating on principles of rational self-interest had no place for something so arbitrary and contingent, and having been excluded from Hobbes's theory of the state and Hume's theory of justice, mercy disappeared from the lexicon of political theory. But, Bull argues, these idealised conceptions have proved too limiting. Political realism demands recognition of the foundational role of mercy in society. If we are vulnerable to harm from others, we are in need of their mercy. By restoring the primacy of mercy over justice, we may constrain the powerful and release the agency of the powerless. And if arguments for capitalism are arguments against mercy, might the case for mercy challenge the very basis of our thinking about society and the state?An important contribution to contemporary political philosophy from an inventive thinker, On Mercy makes a persuasive case for returning this neglected virtue to the heart of political thought

Introduction -- War and conflict -- Whakamaumahara ma te wareware: Remembering and forgetting the Taranaki War -- He tino pakanga nui no niu tireni: The 'Great War for New Zealand' in memory and history -- The Whanganui experience resistance and collaboration are valid forms of survival -- Pukehinahina (Gate pā) -- A Ngāti Awa experience -- Te riri a te kooti maumahara -- Remembrance, denial and the New Zealand wars: the road to rā maumahara -- Te kapehu o Tumatauenga way finding as a means of remembering the past.

"Explores the author's life in a commune at Black Bear Ranch, established in a remote area of the Klamath Mountains near the California-Oregon border in the 1960s, and his subsequent move to a nearby rural town, where he worked variously logging, gold mining, and growing marijuana, all the while negotiating complex relationships with the local residents, including Native American population."--Provided by publisher

Equality -- European perspectives -- The Equality Act 2010 -- Age and ageism -- Disability -- Pregnancy and maternity -- Race, colour, ethnicity and migrant workers -- Religion or belief -- Sex equality -- Sexual orientation and gender reassignment -- Discrimination in the workplace