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 | | Islam is in political power in Iran and many countries of the Middle East and North Africa and cannot be compared to Protestantism in Britain. | | | Islam in political power (political Islam) which is as much a political ideology as it is a religion aims to establish Islamic states and rules and needs political power to do so; this political power has enabled it to maim, gag and kill women on a mass scale. | | | In Iran, in particular, political Islam was brought to the fore of the 1979 revolution vis-à-vis the Left and as a Cold war tool and because of an anti 'westernization' and Islam-ridden tradition dominant in a majority of the intellectual and cultural sections of society. |
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http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/Namazie/Women_in_ME.htm
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| | Political philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The rise of Islam based on both the Qur'an and the political philosophy of Muhammad strongly altered the power balances and perceptions of origin of power in the Mediterranean region. | | | Political and economic relations were drastically changed by these views as the guild was subordinated to free trade, and Roman Catholic dominance of theology was increasingly challenged by Protestant churches subordinate to each nation-state and which preached in the "vulgar" or native language of each region. | | | Roman political philosophy was influenced by the Stoics, and the Roman statesman Cicero wrote on political philosophy. |
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| | Political philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The rise of Islam based on both the Qur'an and the political philosophy of Muhammad drastically altered the power balances and perceptions of origin of power in the Mediterranean region. | | | Political and economic relations were drastically changed by these views as the guild was subordinated to free trade, and Roman Catholic dominance of theology was increasingly challenged by Protestant churches subordinate to each nation-state and which preached in the "vulgar" or native language of each region. | | | Roman political philosophy was influenced by the Stoics, and the Roman statesman Cicero wrote on political philosophy. |
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| | Temporal power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The temporal power of the Popes is the political and governmental activity of the Popes of the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from their spiritual and pastoral activity (also called eternal power). | | | The same story with the inquisition, quite commonly considered as a mere instrument of the temporal power (therefore with no accepted religious meaning); it is perhaps the moment of the greatest distance between the Gospel and the Roman curia. | | | The temporal power has been often discussed in politics, in philosophy and in theology, mainly given that its practical effects were often very far from the official religious doctrine. |
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| | Power (sociology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Thus "power" in the sociological sense subsumes both physical power and political power, including many of the types listed at power. | | | Such examples are, sharing knowledge on agriculture to ensure that everyone is capable of supplying himself and his family of food; Allied nations with a shared identity forming with the spread of religious or political philosophies, or one can use knowledge as a tactical/strategic superiority in Intelligence (information gathering). | | | One rational choice definition of power is given by Keith Dowding in his book Power. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(sociology)
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| | Author, lawyer, political commentator to speak on gender and power |
| | "Twenty-five years ago," says Estrich, a professor of law and political science at the University of Southern California and author of the book Sex & Power, "the women who were 'firsts' were supposed to have blazed a trail. | | | Author, lawyer, political commentator to speak on gender and power | | | At the dawn of the 21st century, women in America are richer, more educated and more powerful than they've ever been. |
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http://fusion.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=1683
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| | iranian.com: Azar Majedi, Political Islam vs. secularism |
| | With the coming to power of the Islamic Republic in Iran, we began to witness a revival of the Islamic movement as a political movement, i.e. | | | It is a political movement seeking hegemony and a share of power in the Middle East, North Africa and in Islamist communities. | | | There is a strong movement for the secularisation of society in a country under the siege of political Islam for 25 years. |
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| | Power (sociology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Legitimate power is identical with authority, and depends upon the belief of individuals in the right of senior people to hold their positions, and their consequent willingness to accept the power holder. | | | Such examples are, sharing knowledge on agriculture to ensure that everyone is capable of supplying himself and his family of food; Allied nations with a shared identity forming with the spread of religious or political philosophies, or one can use knowledge as a tactical/strategic superiority in Intelligence (information gathering). | | | One rational choice definition of power is given by Keith Dowding in his book Power. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(sociology)
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| | The Mismeasure of Political Islam by Martin Kramer |
| | John Esposito quoted in Islam and Democracy: Religion, Politics, and Power in the Middle East, ed. | | | The logical extension of this argument is that absolute power "moderates" absolutely that if you really want "moderate" Islamists, you should not only wish them to share power, but to have it in spades. | | | The murky combination of political party, armed militia, and terror cell is hardly the usual constitution of a "reform" movement, and is virtually impossible to classify along simple lines. |
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http://www.geocities.com/martinkramerorg/Mismeasure.htm
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| | F.C.F.C.'s page |
| | This persecution was due to a feeling of resentment experienced by the Catholic Church; and this feeling of resentment was aroused by the fact that, notwithstanding the Church's enormous political power and her hold on the life of the nation, thousands of Austrians began to join Protestant Churches, especially the Evangelical Church. | | | According to Seipel, the political power of the Socialists was the chief obstruction to the control of the Church over souls. | | | Pabst was a professional counter-revolutionist, implicated in political assassinations in Germany and a go-between of Hitler and Prince Stahremberg, the chief of the Heimwehr. |
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http://www.geocities.com/visplace/vatican12.htm
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| | Corax: The Crow's Nest Research Agenda Dissertation Proposal |
| | In short, we have wanted to believe that rhetoric has an empowering influence in the world, that it is a means to challenge the hegemonic culture for those excluded from it. | | | One of the main reasons the civic tradition of rhetoric is seen as a positive development in the history of Western culture is that it is assumed that rhetoric distributes power widely and furthermore that it allows marginalized groups to challenge hegemonic forms of power. | | | From the fifth century BCE to the nineteenth century, Western education often meant education in rhetoric, or at least education with rhetoric as the central principle. |
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| | Postmodernism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | It emerged beginning in the 1950s as a critique of doctrines such as positivism and emphasizes the importance of power relationships, personalization and discourse in the "construction" of truth and world views. | | | The movement has had diverse political ramifications: its anti-ideological insights appear conducive to, and strongly associated with, the feminist movement, racial equality movements, gay rights movements, most forms of late 20th century anarchism, even the peace movement and various hybrids of these in the current anti-globalization movement. | | | The critics charge that the postmodern vision of a tolerant, pluralist society in which every political ideology is perceived to be as valid, or as redundant, as the other; may ultimately encourage individuals to lead lives of a rather disastrous apathetic quietism. |
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| | Chapter 2 |
| | The political sphere, he now believed, properly concerns the power to identify existential threats from whatever source they might appear and to take whatever steps are necessary to crush them and thus ensure self-preservation. | | | Rationalization in the political realm - to use the conventional meaning instead of Schmitt's - means establishing a mechanism for mediating the competing self-interests of the many people in the state. | | | Political decisions are thus necessarily amoral; they are evaluations and reactions to threats to the state's very way of life and existence. |
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| | Power (sociology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Such examples are, sharing knowledge on agriculture to ensure that everyone is capable of supplying himself and his family of food; Allied nations with a shared identity forming with the spread of religious or political philosophies, or one can use knowledge as a tactical/strategic superiority in Intelligence (information gathering). | | | One rational choice definition of power is given by Keith Dowding in his book Power. | | | Foucault claims belief systems gain momentum (and hence power) as more people come to accept the particular views associated with that belief system as common knowledge. |
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| | BBC NEWS Politics Howard speech in full |
| | Political correctness has also been used as an excuse to increase centralisation and the power and size of Whitehall. | | | That is why the politically correct brigade needs bureaucrats who churn out paperwork, telling us what to say, what to do, what not to do. | | | Not all the answers to the problems posed by political correctness lie in the hands of politicians. |
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| | The same is true with increasing or obtaining political power, where identifying and developing alternative sources of power may mitigate some of its undesirable impacts. | | | A related essay in this section on power is empowerment. | | | Having defined power, as in physics, as having both potential and kinetic forms, he opts for the latter usage alone in his text. |
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| | The Problem With Liberalism |
| | The political implications of the faith are more negative than positive, so rejecting liberalism does not mean accepting conservatism. | | | At last we come to the ninth and most mysterious moral error of political liberalism: the fallacy of desperate gestures. | | | Political liberalism was not always solipsistic, but the change has hardly been noticed. |
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| | NOW. Arts & Culture. History of Political Theater PBS |
| | Shakespeare is fascinated by politics, charting the world of secular power with an avid curiosity, showing a very highly developed sense of the workings of bureaucracy and power. | | | Bloom considers Shakespeare as a profoundly political Renaissance dramatist and argues that Shakespeare's ideas and beliefs need to be recognized in today's society as a source for the serious study of moral and political problems. | | | Aristophanes (447-385 BC) was thought to be one of the greatest of all comic dramatists of his day, and one of the earliest recorded writers of political satire. |
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| | Political speaking urges us either to do or not to do something: one of these two courses is always taken by private counsellors, as well as by men who address public assemblies. | | | Particularly in political oratory, but also in lawsuits, it adds much to an orator's influence that his own character should look right and that he should be thought to entertain the right feelings towards his hearers; and also that his hearers themselves should be in just the right frame of mind. | | | But rhetoric we look upon as the power of observing the means of persuasion on almost any subject presented to us; and that is why we say that, in its technical character, it is not concerned with any special or definite class of subjects. |
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| | Blogit > The AntiChrist - Illiberal & Cruel to Boot. > Comments on Political Liberalism |
| | If Religion, specifically the prevailing Religion, has amplified its voice and influenced the minds of men in one direction, say Christianity, as the right way to rule the society, then you get a political body that espouses the views of the prevailing religion. | | | Once there, they then have the power to make laws and establish social justice based on the principles espoused by THEIR RELIGION. | | | This political party becomes popular, is elected to Government. |
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| | Canadian Conservative Forum - Requested Essay |
| | Even liberals who support free speech agree with their more advanced brethren that speech that violates PC is morally illegitimate; their view, accordingly, rests on little more than a distrust of government that is already fatally compromised by the enormous authority granted it in general, and by their suspicion of private power. | | | Political correctness, which requires that every group be given an equal share of respect, is simply the application of affirmative action to intangible aspects of social status. | | | Some[24] defend liberalism against charges of tyranny on the grounds that it is a political principle rather than a complete moral theory, and men are free to take questions of good and evil seriously outside the sphere of public life. |
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| | Political Correctness Watch |
| | Cultural Marxism, or Political Correctness, says that all history is determined by power, by which groups defined in terms of race, sex, etc., have power over which other groups. | | | The fact of the matter is that Political Correctness has a history, a history that is much longer than many people are aware of outside a small group of academics who have studied this. | | | One of the underlying themes of political correctness is that if you change the language, you change the way people behave and thereby culture and society. |
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| | Elder über Schöningh: "Kontrolliert die Justiz" |
| | Despite the constant barrage of criticisms, often aimed directly at individual judges and the sentences they passed, members of the judiciary refused to engage their critics, and thus the courtroom reportage remained a monologue rather than a dialogue between the fourth estate and the third power. | | | Schöningh uses the exposés and reporting as transparent >indicators< of political culture, as if they >reflected< accurately a kind of truth accessible only to the leftist writers. | | | According to Schöningh, courtroom reportage is both a >factor< and an >indicator< of political culture: it both reflects the social and political circumstances in which it was produced, and it helps to shape the political culture on which it comments. |
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| | Honduras's Teatro La Fragua: The Many Faces of Political Theatre |
| | Like many social scientists, Warner recognizes how culture, power, and politics are intertwined and how any attempt to reach, orient, or organize the poor is viewed by the authorities as subversive and political. | | | While these political killings were more directly linked to the government/military's desire to neutralize popular leadership, the violent repression had a chilling effect as the actors canceled the tour. | | | The term "political theatre" conjures up many images: Aristophanes' comedies, Shakespeare's history plays, Ibsen's realist plays, Brecht's epic theatre, the Living Theatre's "rehearsing the revolution" environmental theatre, El Teatro Campesino's agitprop plays, Dario Fo's satires, Augusto Boal's Forum Theatre, and so on. |
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| | Benedict De Spinoza [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] |
| | His solution was to divest the clergy of all political power, even to the point of placing authority over the practice of religion in the hands of the sovereign. | | | It is only insofar as individuals live under the sway of the passions that they come into conflict with one another and are in need of political authority. | | | Though left unfinished at his death, Spinoza's intention was to show how governments of all types could be improved and to argue for the superiority of democracy over other forms of political organization. |
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| | The trail of political Islam - openDemocracy |
| | This was for several reasons: it was a means by which it could translate its financial clout into political power in the region, an opportunity to subsidise a movement which was turning its back on the Soviet Union, and a vehicle to spread the Islamic religious agenda into the social arena. | | | These were the militant ideologues who delivered a discourse of political mobilisation to the first two groups; one that the latter would understand and translate quite differently into their social practice. | | | This was characterised by a terrific expansion of radical Islam all over the Islamic world; yet it simultaneously exposed the blatant contradictions that had been implicit in the Islamic movement from the beginning. |
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| | Political Correctness Watch |
| | I have no idea whether there was any political element in the cases mentioned but there have been so many instances given on this blog of universities abusing their power over students that any moves towards holding universities accountable for what they do must be welcomed. | | | Politically incorrect as this may be, it is time for the truth to come out. | | | How the EU protects politically correct racism: "A study released by the EU's racism and xenophobia monitoring centre astounded experts by concluding that the wave of anti-Jewish persecution over the last two years stemmed from neo-Nazi or other racist groups. |
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| | THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S FOCUS |
| | With the complex cultural differences of the British paratrooper and the wounded Irish girl in mind, one might at first read the image as a statement about a British soldier transcending political, cultural, and religious differences to come to the aid of another human being. | | | The British soldier realizes his presence in Northern Ireland is the cause of these acts of terrorism, and although he has no power over British military initiative in Northern Ireland, he still feels responsible for suffering his presence engenders. | | | An accurate interpretation of the image must agree with the emphasis the photographer places on the British soldier. |
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| | Vincent paper |
| | We now have an opportunity to evaluate whether the importance of such factors as power, economic development and political system, were unique to cold war era or may tend to prevail in a similar way in new systemic arrangements, as in the present pattern, or in still other patterns likely to develop in the future. | | | Lake, David A. "Powerful Pacifists: Democratic States and War," American Political Science Review 86 (1992) PP. | | | All 16,256 dyads were located, by their factor scores, on each of the 33 dimensions resulting from the analysis, but only the power, economic and political dimensions were used, given the purpose of this study. |
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