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This study of Claude Lefort offers an account of Lefort's accomplishment - its unique merits, its relation to political philosophy within the Continental tradition, and its great relevance today.
"This work considers the consequences for political philosophy of what contemporary philosophers have called the end, or closure, of metaphysics. It begins by evoking the different meanings of the notion of closure, especially in the works of Nietzsche and Heidegger." "The book is divided into two parts. In the first part Bernard Flynn considers three philosophers--Marx, Habermas, and Foucault--who in their own self-representation claim to have analyzed the origin and demise of classical metaphysics and to have elaborated a political philosophy that goes beyond it. Through a close reading of aspects of these works, Flynn contests this claim, showing that their writings contain many unanalyze...
A World War II Merchant Marine combat veteran does more than just rock the boat with this book. This grandpa opens up a can of worms that should cause some squirming in high places, past, present, or future. 1. Kennedys assassination, Oswald, the State Department, Congress, and big name personalities are all featured and highlighted in Grandpas story within. 2. Accusations of a criminal law that was enacted by the wartime Congress, which removed every government benefit that the early volunteers for the Merchant Marine had and reclassified them as migrant workers. 3. Why was there acceptance of the never-ending scapegoating of these brave heroes, which was nothing but pure, self-serving lies...
Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas.