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The post cold war order in Asia & the challenge to ASEAN -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Impact of the End of the Cold War in East Asia -- The Question of Regional Stability -- The Impact of the Great Powers on Security in Southeast Asia -- Conclusion -- About the Author.

The author asks one of the key questions in philosophy: what is the contribution of experience of knowledge? He uses tools from philosophical logic to show that a natural account of experience is available using the interdependence of views and perceptual judgements

From a distinguished author in the field, The New Global History is a critical inquiry into the historical process of globalization, which is seen as a distinctly twentieth century phenomenon with its roots in the age of expansion of the early modern worl

The author traces the rich history of Christianity's many encounters with other religions, from the Roman Empire and Paul's speech to the Athenians on Mars Hill to the discovery of non-European peoples, through various currents of philosophy and science

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. Introduction to a Beheading -- 2. Bouncing Heads and Scaffold Dramas -- 3. Power to the People -- 4. At the Sign of the Baptist's Head -- 5. African Heads and Imperial Décolletage -- 6. Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Environmental Justice -- 2. The Sustainability Discourse and Sustainable Communities -- 3. Just Sustainability in Theory -- 4. Just Sustainability in Practice -- 5. Alternatives for Community and Environment -- 6. From Confrontation to Implementation -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Waves upon the Shore -- 2. Houses in the Fields -- 3. Peconic County Now! -- 4. Polo Ponies and Penalty Kicks -- 5. The Other Hamptons -- 6. From Clam Beds to Casinos -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

Comparing differences in migrant political participation, the author discusses the influence that institutions have on opportunities and constraints for migrants' political engagement. This book adopts a multi-country comparative approach, highlighting three areas where institutions influence the scope for migrant actors

The author deciphers Nietzsche's most enigmatic work as Zarathustra's epic campaign to save secular culture from degradation in the godless world. In this epic reading, the ostensibly atheistic work turns out to be a profound religious text. This revelation is breathtaking and edifying

In this new book, Inside Knowledge: Streetwise in Asia, bestselling author Michael Backman draws upon a wealth of new examples, case studies and anecdotes to provide crucial insights into Asian business themes. Backman a regular contributor to The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Vic

The book touches upon some questions related to the legal status, politics and geo-political location of Mongolia in the context of its internal and international situation between 1940-1950. These events are rendered as personal recollection of the author [auf 2. Seite]

Examining the relationship between Hegel and Anglo-American analytical philosophies, the author argues that the first generation of British analytic philosophers had, in fact, a limited understanding of this field, leading to a misunderstanding of Hegel's philosophies in a number of areas

Presents an overview of Rousseau's work from a political science perspective. Was the great theorist of the French Revolution really a conservative? The text argues that the author of "The Social Contract" was a constitutionalist, closer to Montesquieu and Locke than to revolutionaries.

This detailed, scholarly exploration of Welsh political culture in the 19th century offers a new interpretation of the rise of nationalism. The author shows how the focus of legitimate power in the community shifted from the aristocracy to the urban middle classes

Providing an historical account of one of England's great jurists, the author examines Pollock's career, philosophy of the common law, jurisprudence, treatise-writing, and editorial initiatives. Pollock's contribution to the development of English law and juristic inquiry is both complex and crucial