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This volume investigates the durable nature of financial institutions, from the Middle Ages to the present day, and argues that reform should take place through innovation in institutional design rather than regulation.
Financial institutions --- Finance --- Globalization --- History. --- Economic aspects --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Financial intermediaries --- Lending institutions --- Paradoxes --- Money --- Money.
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This open access book presents a new translation, interpretation and analysis of selected passages from the so-called Mohist Canon, a Chinese text from ca. 300 BCE, and discusses the role of the text in the world history of science, arguing that it represents an early emergence of theoretical, systematized knowledge that is independent from parallel developments in ancient Greece. It is aimed at historians of science, of knowledge and of philosophy, and generally at readers interested in these topics from an intercultural perspective and particularly with respect to China.
History of science --- Philosophy --- Asian history --- Chinese science --- Mohism --- Mohist Canon --- Epistemological foundations --- Spatial and temporal paradoxes --- Corporeal extension --- Theoretical reflection --- Schemmel on Mohist --- Chinese philosophy --- Science—History. --- Philosophy, Chinese. --- China—History. --- History of Science. --- Chinese Philosophy. --- History of China.
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If we want to understand the vicissitudes of modern democracy then, argues the author, we need to analyse the ideas upon which representative government is based rather than compare contemporary conditions with the Greek ideal. These principal ideas have been presented clearly in past centuries, when the relation between democracy and representation was still a matter of political judgement. The old masters of political thinking clarified the functions of representation: legitimising power, creating sovereignty but also setting its limits, and pursuing the common good while still reflecting social diversity. Because institutions of representation are expected to fulfil a variety of functions, these institutions have in recent times come under attack for standing in the way of radical programs for democratising democracy. The author of this book reminds us that these functions are necessary in every political order, whether democratic or not. Instead of rejecting representation, political theorists should focus on making government more accountable.
Representative government and representation. --- Democracy. --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Parliamentary government --- Political representation --- Representation --- Constitutional history --- Constitutional law --- Democracy --- Elections --- Suffrage --- 2012 --- Common good --- Idea --- idei --- Legitimisation of power --- Limitation of power --- Paradoksy --- Paradoxes --- Political --- politycznej --- reprezentacji --- Scholar --- Social diversity --- Sovereignty of power --- Warszawa --- Waskiewicz --- Wydawnictwo
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