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Drone Warfare Seminar: Christopher Parsons and Adam Molnar
No full textChristopher Parsons and Adam Molnar give a presentation on drone warfare.Arthur Kroker, Canada Research Chair in Technology, Culture and Theory
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ADAM SMITH'S OPTIMISTIC TELEOLOGICAL VIEW OF HISTORY
No full textAdam Smith's four-stage theory provides the framework for his writings on history. The fourth stage is the commercial epoch; the culmination of history in this stage is a key component in the conventional interpretation of Adam Smith as a prophet of commercialism. In two historical case studies Smith shows the capacity of commercial society to regenerate itself. This potent capacity suggests that commercial society is inevitable. At a certain point in time it also overcomes the major obstacles to its permanence. Smith's philosophy of history anticipates the end of history views of Kant and Hegel.Political Economy,
Macroeconomic research in low-income countries: a conversation with Christopher Adam
No full textIn recent years, macroeconomic research on low-income countries has shifted from its previously narrow focus on inflation and exchange rate stabilisation towards a much greater concern on how macroeconomic policy should be set to support long-term growth. The International Growth Centre is at the forefront of academic research in macroeconomics that directly responds to policy-makers needs in our partner countries in Africa and South Asia. Christopher Adam, Professor of Development Economics at University of Oxford, shares with us some insights from his ongoing work in Tanzania and low-income economies, more broadly
AusSavannaModel: Journal of Ecology (2016) article release
No full textThis release is meant to accompany the journal article "The role of water and fire in driving tree dynamics in Australian savannas" by Christopher Strickland, Adam C. Liedloff, Garry D. Cook, Gerhard Dangelmayr, and Patrick D. Shipman published in Journal of Ecology, 2016
How Might Adam Smith Pay Professors Today?
No full textAdam Smith’s proposal for paying professors was intended to induce increased faculty knowledge. If students have imperfect information about what they learn, and universities can only imperfectly measure the input of faculty time in student learning, publications may be used to measure faculty knowledge. If professors’ ability to publish is positively related to their ability to produce student learning, which universities can imperfectly measure, publications may be necessary to attract more able professors. Since research signals faculty knowledge, schools that do not value publications per se could require higher publication standards and pay higher wages than schools that value only publications.
ADAM SMITH'S VIEW OF HISTORY: CONSISTENT OR PARADOXICAL?
No full textThe conventional interpretation of Adam Smith is that he is a prophet of commercialism. The liberal capitalist reading of Smith is consistent with the view that history culminates in commercial society. The first part of the article develops this optimistic interpretation of Smith's view of history. Smith implies that commercial society is the end of history because 1) it supplies the ends of nature that he identifies; 2) it is inevitable; and 3) it is permanent. The second part of the article shows that Smith has some dark moments in his writings where he seems to reject completely such teleological notions. In this more civic humanist mood he confesses that commercial society does not supply the ends of nature, nor is it inevitable, nor is it permanent. Both views exist in Smith and the commentator is forced to choose between passages in Smith's work in order to support a particular interpretation of the former's view of history.Political Economy,
The historical imagination of Christopher Dawson
No full textChristopher Dawson (1889-1970) was one of his generation's most
important historians and religious thinkers, and was a significant
influence on many contemporaries including T.S. Eliot, C.S. Lewis,
and Russell Kirk. This dissertation is a study of his most
fundamental ideas concerning history and culture.
Chapter one examines Dawson’s sociological view of history.
Convinced that history was more than a scientific enterprise, he
believed that the true historian is one who reaches beyond the
material world to understand the essence of history’s dynamics. In
this way, the world can be conceptualized as a united whole,
separated by regional differences as a result of environment, race,
material, psychological, and religious factors. Dawson believed
that the political histories of the past several centuries failed to
grasp the undercurrents of historical change, and that the best way
to understand the past is to appreciate culture as an expression of
primeval religious traditions.
Chapter two treats Dawson’s understanding of progress. Dawson
was convinced that progress had become the “working-religion” of our
age. This secular faith, founded on scientific rationalism, first
pledged to fix the material failures of Western culture, but
unwittingly eroded its faith in God, and eventually, its moral
fiber. Dawson believed that true progress was progress of the soul
in its ordering toward the Creator.
Chapter three is a study of Dawson’s Christian, and more
specifically, his Catholic beliefs. Informed by religion, his
historical and cultural visions are not dogmatic, nor are they
polemical. He conceived of history as the unfolding of a divine
economy in the temporal world. Although Dawson is a proponent of
Roman Catholicism, his scholarship is an objective treatment of
history shaped by an undisguised, Christian worldview.
Additionally, the appendix is an introduction to Dawson’s life
and the circumstances surrounding his conversion to Roman
Catholicism. Particular attention is paid to the development of his
moral and historical imagination — both of which became intertwined to
form the basis of all of his scholarship
The Sarmatian Review, Vol., 36, No. 1
No full textIn this issue: Sarmatian Review Data -- Adam Mickiewicz, Pan Tadeusz Book Twelve, translated by Christopher A. Zakrzewski -- Adam Fitas, Testimony and Literature: The Prose of Józef Mackiewicz -- BOOK REVIEWS -- About the Authors -- Thank You Not
Hungarian media and archives policies today : big controversies in a small country
No full text'Hungarian Media and Archives Policies Today' focuses on Fidesz's 2010 election victory and its subsequent legislative initiatives in mass media and proposal to permit the destruction of communist police files. James P. Niessen introduces the topic and explains two prevalent schools of thought (populist vs. urbanist) in Hungarian politics today. Tibor Purger goes into more depth regarding the international and domestic reactions to the new press legislation, while Christopher Adam discusses the problematic nature of communist police archival files in general and what their destruction could mean for Hungary and the research community. John V. Pavlik assesses the situation as a journalist and questions whether Hungarian media will be able to play the role of 'check and balance' with its government. Attila Pók discusses the potential use of the police archival files as a political weapon and dividing force moving forward. R. Daniel Kelemen closes the conference by expressing concern about these developments within Hungary and the European Union's inability to constrain them.James P. Niessen (9 min.) -- Tibor Purger (39 min.) -- Christopher Adam -- (24 min.) -- John V. Pavlik (8 min.) -- Attila Pók (12 min.) -- R. Daniel Kelemen (10 min.)Filmed at the Teleconference Lecture Hall, Alexander Library, Rutgers University on April 20, 2011
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