Focuses on Middle Eastern Muslim majority societies in the period from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. This work contains papers which highlight the scope and variety of religious authorities in Muslim societies.
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Confrontations between the powerless and the powerful are laden with deception--the powerless feign deference and the powerful subtly assert their mastery. Peasants, serfs, untouchables, slaves, labourers, and prisoners are not free to speak their minds in the presence of power.…
Confrontations between the powerless and the powerful are laden with deception--the powerless feign deference and the powerful subtly assert their mastery. Peasants, serfs, untouchables, slaves, labourers, and prisoners are not free to speak their minds in the presence of power.…
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Does every increase in the power of government entail a loss of liberty for the people? James H. Read examines how four key Founders--James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, and Thomas Jefferson--wrestled with this question during the first two decades of the American R…
Contemporary social and political theory has reached an impasse about a problem that had once seemed straightforward: how can individuals make ethical judgments about power and politics? Crisis of Authority analyzes the practices that bind authority, trust and truthfulness in co…
Crisis of Authority analyzes the activities that draw together authority, trust, and truthfulness in contemporary theory and politics.
Contemporary social and political theory has reached an impasse about a problem that had once seemed straightforward: how can individuals make ethical judgments about power and politics? Crisis of Authority analyzes the practices that bind authority, trust and truthfulness in co…
A reformation debate: Sadoleto's letter to the Genevans and Calvin's re…
by Calvin, Jean, Reformator, Frankreich, Schweiz, Sadoleto, Jacopo, Humanist, Bischof von Carpentras, Kardinal, päpstlicher Legat, Olin, John Charles, Historiker, USA, Olin, John Charles, Historien, Etats-Unis, Olin, John Charles, Historian, United States
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