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In: Disaster prevention and management: an international journal, Band 21, Heft 1
ISSN: 1758-6100
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In: Disaster prevention and management: an international journal, Band 21, Heft 1
ISSN: 1758-6100
In: Practical theology, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 130-131
ISSN: 1756-0748
In: Disaster prevention and management: an international journal, Band 20, Heft 5
ISSN: 1758-6100
In: Disaster prevention and management: an international journal, Band 20, Heft 4
ISSN: 1758-6100
The scholarly ambiguity over the proper understanding of Machiavelli's political thought characterizes the scholarship in his literary works as well. The tragic interpretation of Machiavelli's literary works posits that Machiavelli's understanding of virtue fails to provide humanity the means by which fortune can be overcome. In contrast, the comic interpretation argues that man is virtuous and prudent enough to conquer fortune. To accomplish this, one must only follow Machiavelli's political teaching. I address this tension through analysis of conspiracy in Machiavelli's Clizia. Sofronia's successful conspiracy attests to the utility of Machiavelli's account of virtue in overcoming fortune and speaks to the comic quality of Machiavelli's political and literary works. The argument advanced here also speaks to the conspiratorial quality of Machiavelli's political and philosophic enterprise.
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In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 46, Heft 2, S. 353-358
ISSN: 1036-1146
In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 46, Heft 2, S. 353-359
ISSN: 1036-1146
In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 46, Heft 2, S. 353-358
ISSN: 1363-030X
In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 46, Heft 2, S. 353-358
ISSN: 1036-1146
In: Small axe: a journal of criticism, Band 15, Heft 1 34, S. 176-186
ISSN: 1534-6714
In: Journal of Latin American studies, Band 41, Heft 4, S. 845-846
ISSN: 1469-767X
In: Gender & history, Band 21, Heft 1, S. 219-220
ISSN: 1468-0424
In: Small axe: a journal of criticism, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 1-18
ISSN: 1534-6714
This article asks why negative stereotypes of obeah have proved so persistent, seeking the answer in a detailed examination of changing colonial constructions of obeah. It compares the history of anti-obeah laws with that of the Shakerism Prohibition Ordinance in St. Vincent and the Shouters Prohibition Ordinance in Trinidad and Tobago. Adherents of these latter religions mobilised arguments in favour of religious freedom to campaign for the repeal of the Ordinances, while similar arguments proved harder to make for obeah. `Obeah Acts' argues that this is because the colonial production of the crime of obeah discursively isolated those aspects of Caribbean spiritual practice that match terms defined as antonyms of or precursors to religion—"magic," "superstition," "witchcraft," separating these aspects from others that conform more easily to an idea of "religion." This colonial construction of obeah played an important role in positioning the Caribbean and its population as "backward" and "primitive," and thus in countering Caribbean people's claims for political rights.
In: The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 345-356
In: Canadian journal of development studies: Revue canadienne d'études du développement, Band 28, Heft 3-4, S. 615-616
ISSN: 2158-9100