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Agonistic Democracy
Agonistic Democracy explores how theoretical concepts from agonistic democracy can inform institutional design in order to mediate conflict in multicultural, pluralist societies. Drawing on the work of Foucault, Nietzsche, Schmitt and Arendt, Marie Paxton outlines the importance of their themes of public contestation, contingency and necessary interdependency for contemporary agonistic thinkers. Paxton then delineates three distinct approaches to agonistic democracy: David Owen’s perfectionist agonism, Mouffe’s adversarial agonism and William Connolly and James Tully’s inclusive agonism. She demonstrates how each is fundamental to enabling citizens to cultivate better virtues for thems...
Politics in Crisis?
Exploring and challenging the assumption that politics is in crisis, this volume brings together a series of conference papers from the University of Nottingham Post-Graduate Conference of April 2013. It includes fourteen research papers from contributors from universities around the world, as well as an afterword written by Professor Michael Freeden of the University of Nottingham. Speaking to the common theme of Politics in Crisis?, the papers draw on a range of different theoretical and methodological perspectives in order to critique the notion of politics as both a theoretical concept and political practice. The volume brings together conference discussions centred around British Politi...
The Two Faces of Democracy
"The democratic imagination is facing significant challenges. These challenges involve not only deep philosophical questions about the core values of democracy, but also pressing practical issues related to how we should understand and confront the rise of right-wing authoritarian populism. What should our stance be as defenders of democratic life? The two most prominent efforts to orient us here are the deliberative and agonistic models of democracy. The former emphasizes reasoned discussion, but some worry that this exclusive focus overlooks structures of injustice that distort civil deliberation. The latter prioritizes contestation and conflict, but its proponents struggle to explain why ...
A Year of Fear
This eclectic overview of horror cinema offers up a collection of horror films for practically any occasion and literally every day of the year. For example, the author recommends commemorating United Nations Day (October 24) with a screening of The Colossus of New York, whose startling climax takes place at the U.N. Building. Each day-by-day entry includes the movie title, production year, plot summary and critique, along with a brief explanation of how the film fits into the history of that particular day and interesting anecdotes on the film's production.
Golden Horrors
From the grindhouse oddities to major studio releases, this work details 46 horror films released during the genre's golden era. Each entry includes cast and credits, a plot synopsis, in-depth critical analysis, contemporary reviews, time of release, brief biographies of the principal cast and crew, and a production history. Apart from the 46 main entries, 71 additional "borderline horrors" are examined and critiqued in an appendix.
The Descendants of William & Mary Simms
Descendants of William and Mary Simms of Buckinghamshire, England. They had twelve children. Three of them emigrated. First to emigrate was James Simms (1792-1884), who came to Wayne Co., Illinois in 1819 to what is now called Cled Gaston farm. In 1830 William Simms II (1788-1861) and his wife Ann Sears and four of their children emigrated and settled for a short time in what is now Carroll Co., Ohio. In the late 1830's they moved to Wayne Co., Ill. A third son, Benjamin Simms (1798-d. ca. 1883), also emigrated. A grandson of William and Mary Simms, William IV (1815-1876), emigra- ted to Canada in 1833. Later in 1836 he came to Edwards Co. Ill. and in 1840 to Wayne Co., Ill. He married Mary Simms (1819-1893), daughter of William II and Ann Sears Simms, and his first cousin, in 1840. Descendants live in Illinois, California, Texas and elsewhere.
