Note from the author: this is a non-technical, impressionistic introduction to my PhD dissertation. It doesn’t contain a mountain of technical references or jargon, and is
Tag: Political Philosophy
Lippmann and Dewey: Debating Democracy in the Age of Metropolis
By Michael Boyle At the beginning of another presidential election cycle, in which both major parties will spend billions of dollars in an effort to
This Week’s Special: Charles Tilly’s “War Making and State Making as Organized Crime”
Michael Boyle Tony Soprano and the Nation State: Charles Tilly’s “War Making and State Making as Organized Crime” http://www.scribd.com/doc/280094995/Tilly-War-Making-and-State-Making-as-Organized-Crime One of the most significant sociologists
Constitutional Originalism and Religious Fundamentalism — Two Sides of the Same Coin
By Steve Snyder “Originalism” has arguably been the most prominent theory of legal interpretation of the U.S. Constitution since Antonin Scalia became an associate justice