VOLUME 3(2) • 2011
BOOK REVIEWS
Spinoza on Human Freedom: Reason, Autonomy and the Good LifeMatthew J. Kisner (University of South Carolina)New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011, 261 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-19888-2Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals: A Critical GuideLara Denis (Agnes Scott College, Decatur) New York: Cambridge ..
THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMINAL LAW
ABSTRACT. The mainstay of the paper is formed by an analysis of human rights as the subjects of binding international legal obligations, the realization of human rights, and the scope of criminal law. The results of the current study converge with prior research on international comparative analysis..
THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFECTIVITY
ABSTRACT. In this paper I am particularly interested in exploring the metaphorical content of the experience of music, visual imagery in relationship to music, emotional expression in music, and the representational features of music that enable listeners to perceive emotions. The purpose of this pa..
THE INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS OF BUREAUCRATIC POWER
ABSTRACT. The paper generates insights about Weber’s organizational archetypes, the legal-bureaucratic aspects of administration and governing, the possible positive influences of bureaucratic organization, and the value of the ideal-type of bureaucracy. Our paper contributes to the literature by pr..
MILLIKAN’S BIOSEMANTICS: A BIOLOGICAL-TELEOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF CONTENT
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of Millikan’s view of the proper functions of beliefs, Millikan’s theory of content, and Millikan’s teleosemantics. This paper seeks to fill a gap in the current literature by examining different aspects of Millikan’s account of..
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
ABSTRACT. Our paper contributes to the literature by providing evidence on the relationship between religion and politics in the liberal polity, the regulation of particular religious practices, the role of religion in the liberal polity, and the political implications of religious pluralism. The fi..
THE SOCIAL ONTOLOGY OF MUSIC
ABSTRACT. This research makes conceptual and methodological contributions to the study of music’s emotional effect, the significance of music in modernity, the rhythmic and musical aspect of language, and the social uses of music. The key contribution of this paper is to articulate and give expressi..
BOURDIEU’S INFLUENCE ON CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
ABSTRACT. This study is grounded in the considerable body of scholarship examining Bourdieu’s approach to culture, his theory of practice, his anthropological work on cultural analysis, and his reflexive conception of knowledge production. This paper aims to analyze and discuss Bourdieu’s triad of h..
LAW AND GOVERNMENT IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE
ABSTRACT. This paper seeks to fill a gap in the current literature by examining Montesquieu’s preoccupation with the separation of powers and his constitutionalism, Hobbes’s political thought, Bodin’s theory of absolute and undivided sovereignty. This study is grounded in the considerable body of sc..
SOLIDARITY AND SOCIETY IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
ABSTRACT. The theory that we shall seek to elaborate here puts considerable emphasis on Durkheim’s science of morality, the scope of the right to religious freedom, and the freedom to practice one’s religion. Our analysis complements the growing literature on Rawls’s interpretation of religion, the ..
INSURANCE AGAINST LOSSES FROM NATURAL DISASTERS
ABSTRACT. In this paper I am particularly interested in exploring the insurance industry’s covered losses, the proper functioning of insurance schemes, the risk profile of catastrophe insurance claims, and the development of a catastrophic risk insurance market. The overall results provide strong ev..
ROSENFELD ON CONSTITUTIONAL ORDERING
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of harmonization and legitimation of the plurality of legal regimes in play under current conditions, Habermas’s assessment of global terrorism, and the spread of supra-national and privatized layered and segmented legal regimes. ..