Fighting For Virtue
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Fighting For Virtue
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Author : Duncan McCargo
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2020-01-15
Fighting For Virtue written by Duncan McCargo and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-15 with Political Science categories.
Fighting for Virtue investigates how Thailand's judges were tasked by the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) in 2006 with helping to solve the country's intractable political problems—and what happened next. Across the last decade of Rama IX's rule, Duncan McCargo examines the world of Thai judges: how they were recruited, trained, and promoted, and how they were socialized into a conservative world view that emphasized the proximity between the judiciary and the monarchy. McCargo delves into three pivotal freedom of expression cases that illuminate Thai legal and cultural understandings of sedition and treason, before examining the ways in which accusations of disloyalty made against controversial former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra came to occupy a central place in the political life of a deeply polarized nation. The author navigates the highly contentious role of the Constitutional Court as a key player in overseeing and regulating Thailand's political order before concluding with reflections on the significance of the Bhumibol era of "judicialization" in Thailand. In the end, posits McCargo, under a new king, who appears far less reluctant to assert his own power and authority, the Thai courts may now assume somewhat less significance as a tool of the monarchical network.
Fighting For Liberty And Virtue
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Author : Marvin N. Olasky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Fighting For Liberty And Virtue written by Marvin N. Olasky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
New insights into the interplay of American politics, religion, sex, and revolution in the 18th century.
The Struggle For Virtue
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Author : Archbishop Averky (Taushev)
language : en
Publisher: Holy Trinity Publications
Release Date : 2014-09-01
The Struggle For Virtue written by Archbishop Averky (Taushev) and has been published by Holy Trinity Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-01 with Religion categories.
Archbishop Averky addresses head on the question, "What is asceticism?" He counters the many false understandings that exist and shows that the practice of authentic asceticism is integral to the spiritual life and the path to blessed communion with God.
Virtue And The Quiet Art Of Scholarship
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Author : Anne Pirrie
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-10-03
Virtue And The Quiet Art Of Scholarship written by Anne Pirrie and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-03 with Education categories.
Virtue and the Quiet Art of Scholarship offers a fresh perspective on what it is to be a ‘good knower’ in a social and educational environment dominated by the market order. It explores how narrowly conceived epistemic virtues might be broadened out by seeing those who work and study in the university in their full humanity. In an era characterized by deep and enduring social and cultural divisions, it offers a timely, accessible and critical perspective on the perils of retreating behind disciplinary boundaries, reminding readers of the need to remain open to the other in a time of increased social and political polarization. Drawing on the work of Leonard Cohen, Ali Smith, Italo Calvino and Raymond Carver, the book seeks to move across disciplines and distort the line between the humanities and the social sciences as a way of bringing them closer together. It explores virtue in the context of scholarship and research, particularly how the ‘virtues of unknowing’ challenge traditional notions of the ‘good knower’. The book offers the framework within which to bridge the gap between ‘us’ and ‘them’ in relation to developments in the university sector, addressing the urgent need for a form of language that promotes unity over division. Virtue and the Quiet Art of Scholarship will be vital reading for academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of philosophy of education, sociology of education, research methods in education and education policy.
Homer On The Gods And Human Virtue
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Author : Peter J. Ahrensdorf
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-09-22
Homer On The Gods And Human Virtue written by Peter J. Ahrensdorf and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-22 with History categories.
This book seeks to restore Homer to his rightful place among the principal figures in political and moral philosophy.
Reclaiming Virtue
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Author : John Bradshaw
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-07-01
Reclaiming Virtue written by John Bradshaw and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with Psychology categories.
John Bradshaw is one of the bestselling self-help authors of our generation and a dominant figure in the fields of addiction/recovery and family systems. In RECLAIMING VIRTUE, his first new book in more than ten years, Bradshaw takes on a new challenge. He has written a landmark exploration of the life of virtue, how we can develop it in ourselves, and how we can teach it to our children. RECLAIMING VIRTUE redefines what it means to live a moral life in today's world. Coming at a time of heightened debate about public and private morality, a time of greed and lack of caring, he says that the answer is not simply to return to traditional rules-based morality and an idealised past. Instead, he shows that each of us has what he calls an inborn moral intelligence, an inner guidance system, that can lead us - if we know how to cultivate it in ourselves and others. Step by step, Bradshaw shows us how our deepest instincts for goodness can be developed in childhood and nurtured throughout adult life. The result is a compelling vision of good character and moral responsibility for the modern world. Whether the topic is sex, discipline, marriage, the development of conscience or the true aims of education, Bradshaw once again provokes, enlightens and inspires readers everywhere.
Children Of Virtue And Vengeance
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Author : Tomi Adeyemi
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Release Date : 2019-12-03
Children Of Virtue And Vengeance written by Tomi Adeyemi and has been published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-03 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK “Meet Tomi Adeyemi—the new J.K. Rowling. (Yep, she’s that good).” —Entertainment Weekly After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they could’ve imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji, but of nobles with magic ancestry, too. Now, Zélie struggles to unite the maji in an Orïsha where the enemy is just as powerful as they are. But when the monarchy and military unite to keep control of Orïsha, Zélie must fight to secure Amari's right to the throne and protect the new maji from the monarchy's wrath. With civil war looming on the horizon, Zélie finds herself at a breaking point: she must discover a way to bring the kingdom together or watch as Orïsha tears itself apart. Children of Virtue and Vengeance is the stunning sequel to Tomi Adeyemi's New York Times-bestselling debut Children of Blood and Bone, the first book in the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy. Praise for Children of Blood and Bone: “Poses thought-provoking questions about race, class and authority that hold up a warning mirror to our sharply divided society.” –The New York Times
The Virtue Of Nationalism
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Author : Yoram Hazony
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-09-04
The Virtue Of Nationalism written by Yoram Hazony and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-04 with Political Science categories.
A leading conservative thinker argues that a nationalist order is the only realistic safeguard of liberty in the world today Nationalism is the issue of our age. From Donald Trump's "America First" politics to Brexit to the rise of the right in Europe, events have forced a crucial debate: Should we fight for international government? Or should the world's nations keep their independence and self-determination? In The Virtue of Nationalism, Yoram Hazony contends that a world of sovereign nations is the only option for those who care about personal and collective freedom. He recounts how, beginning in the sixteenth century, English, Dutch, and American Protestants revived the Old Testament's love of national independence, and shows how their vision eventually brought freedom to peoples from Poland to India, Israel to Ethiopia. It is this tradition we must restore, he argues, if we want to limit conflict and hate -- and allow human difference and innovation to flourish.
The Highest Virtue
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Author : Alan Stang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
The Highest Virtue written by Alan Stang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with categories.
Virtue Politics
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Author : James Hankins
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2019-12-17
Virtue Politics written by James Hankins and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-17 with Political Science categories.
Winner of the Helen and Howard Marraro Prize A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year “Perhaps the greatest study ever written of Renaissance political thought.” —Jeffrey Collins, Times Literary Supplement “Magisterial...Hankins shows that the humanists’ obsession with character explains their surprising indifference to particular forms of government. If rulers lacked authentic virtue, they believed, it did not matter what institutions framed their power.” —Wall Street Journal “Puts the politics back into humanism in an extraordinarily deep and far-reaching way...For generations to come, all who write about the political thought of Italian humanism will have to refer to it; its influence will be...nothing less than transformative.” —Noel Malcolm, American Affairs “[A] masterpiece...It is only Hankins’s tireless exploration of forgotten documents...and extraordinary endeavors of editing, translation, and exposition that allow us to reconstruct—almost for the first time in 550 years—[the humanists’] three compelling arguments for why a strong moral character and habits of truth are vital for governing well. Yet they are as relevant to contemporary democracy in Britain, and in the United States, as to Machiavelli.” —Rory Stewart, Times Literary Supplement “The lessons for today are clear and profound.” —Robert D. Kaplan Convulsed by a civilizational crisis, the great thinkers of the Renaissance set out to reconceive the nature of society. Everywhere they saw problems. Corrupt and reckless tyrants sowing discord and ruling through fear; elites who prized wealth and status over the common good; religious leaders preoccupied with self-advancement while feuding armies waged endless wars. Their solution was at once simple and radical. “Men, not walls, make a city,” as Thucydides so memorably said. They would rebuild the fabric of society by transforming the moral character of its citizens. Soulcraft, they believed, was a precondition of successful statecraft. A landmark reappraisal of Renaissance political thought, Virtue Politics challenges the traditional narrative that looks to the Renaissance as the seedbed of modern republicanism and sees Machiavelli as its exemplary thinker. James Hankins reveals that what most concerned the humanists was not reforming institutions so much as shaping citizens. If character mattered more than laws, it would have to be nurtured through a new program of education they called the studia humanitatis: the precursor to our embattled humanities.