Australian Legal Research

Lynch, Andrew

McNamara, Lawrence

LexisNexis/Butterworths

Taylor and Politics: A Critical Introduction (Thinking Politics, 3)

Introduces you to the promises and problems of Charles Taylor's thought in major contemporary debates Charles Taylor is one of the most influential contemporary philosophers, arguably the most important living political philosopher writing in English. Taylor and Politics assesses Taylor's thought and its relevance to contemporary political challenges, especially religion and secularity, multicultural diversity, political alienation and demands for greater democracy. Craig Browne and Andrew Lynch outline Taylor's key concepts and highlight the substantive applications of his ideas. They explain the substantial differences between Taylor's conception of social imaginaries and that of Cornelius Castoriadis, and contrast Taylor's account of the political form of modernity with Claude Lefortäs.

Politics & Social Sciences

Browne, Craig

Philosophy

Edinburgh University Press

Introduces you to the promises and problems of Charles Taylor's thought in major contemporary debatesCharles Taylor is one of the most influential contemporary philosophers, arguably the most important living political philosopher writing in English. Taylor and Politics assesses Taylor's thought and its relevance to contemporary political challenges, especially religion and secularity, multicultural diversity, political alienation and demands for greater democracy. Craig Browne and Andrew Lynch outline Taylor's key concepts and highlight the substantive applications of his ideas. They explain the substantial differences between Taylor's conception of social imaginaries and that of Cornelius Castoriadis, and contrast Taylor's account of the political form of modernity with Claude Lefortäs.

This study of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur centres on its main narrative interest and expressive medium, armed combat. In the analysis of the discourse of fighting, some repeated descriptive preoccupations -to do with name, vision, blood, emotion and gesture - are examined as `needs of meaning' with relevance for the whole text, and related to political, religious, genealogical, sexual and medical views of Malory's period. Andrew Lynch's exploration of the powerof `name' as public reputation in the Mortechallenges the usual reading of Malory's adventures, and he goes on to survey Malory reception and the attempts of earlier critics to moralise the fights in terms he sees as inappropriate. His discussion of the narrative vision and thematics of combat covers the whole text, but places special emphasis on the stories of knight-errantry, and particularly the often neglected Book of Sir Tristram. ANDREW LYNCH is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Western Australia.

Malory's Book of Arms: The Narrative of Combat in Le Morte Darthur (Arthurian Studies)

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

D.S.Brewer

In this timely and important book, Andrew Lynch and George Williams provide a clear and accessible guide to the major components of Australia's anti-terrorism laws and their effects. They show readers: • what constitutes a crime of terrorism in Australia • what powers our main intelligence agency has to question and detain members of the community • what happens when the authorities seek a control order or an order of preventative detention over an individual• what speech risks making a person liable for the crime of sedition• how judicial processes have been modified for the trial of people charged with terrorism offences Lynch and Williams have contributed vigorously to the public debate since September 11. In What Price Security? they argue that Australia has gone too far in limiting civil rights in the name of anti-terrorism. "In fighting the 'war on terror'," they write, "it is vital that we do not allow ourselves to become the victim of our own fears."

What Price Security?: Taking Stock of Australia's Anti-Terror Laws (Briefings)

History

Australia & Oceania

University of New South Wales Press

Quality Telefantasy (Routledge Advances in Television Studies)

Humor & Entertainment

Television

Routledge

Spanish in Miami (Routledge Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Spanish in Miami reveals the multifaceted ways in which the language is ideologically rescaled and sociolinguistically reconfigured in this global city. 
This book approaches Miami’s sociolinguistic situation from language ideological and critical cultural perspectives, combining extensive survey data with two decades of observations, interviews, and conversations with Spanish speakers from all sectors of the city. Tracing the advent of postmodernity in sociolinguistic terms, separate chapters analyze the changing ideological representation of Spanish in mass media during the late 20th century, its paradoxical (dis)continuity in the city’s social life, the political and economic dimensions of the Miami/Havana divide, the boundaries of language through the perceptual lens of Anglicisms, and the potential of South Florida―as part of the Caribbean―to inform our understanding of the highly complex present and future of Spanish in the United States. 
Spanish in Miami will be of interest to advanced students and researchers of Spanish, Sociolinguistics, and Latino Studies.

"Genius...Orwellian...a tremendous novel!"The leader of the Alamo farm entered through a side door to the barn and mounted the steps of hay to the stage podium. The chickens clucked, the sheep baaed, the cows mooed, the horses whinnied, and the dogs howled in appreciation of their leader Reggie. Years after overthrowing their domineering leader, the animals of Alamo Farm revel in the fruits of their labor and all is well on Alamo Farm until two animals from a neighboring farm sneak through a hole in the fence separating the two farms. It is on this very day that things begin to change. Their diminished bodies evoke the sympathy of most Alamo residents and soon trouble brews when food is stolen and over time the wealthiest animals are taxed to help feed the poorest. Will the animals learn the visitors' language and embrace their culture? Will the visitors be invited to stay on Alamo farm? Reggie sees dollar signs when he looks at the neighbors of T. Wanda farm and thinks the two should merge. Will the changes on Alamo farm be all that Reggie envisions or will the animals of Alamo farm have to band together to fight for their way of life, their farm, their freedom??

Alamo Farm

Literary

Outskirts Pr

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