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The political materialities of borders aims to bring questions of materiality to bear specifically on the study of borders. In doing this, the contributors have chosen an approach that does not presume the material aspect of borders but rather explores the ways in which any such materiality comes into being. Through ethnographic and philosophical explorations of the ontology of borders from the perspective of materiality, this volume seeks to throw light on the interaction between the materiality of state borders and the non-material aspects of state-making. This enables, it is shown, a new understanding of borders as productive of the politics of materiality, on which both the state project rests, including in its multifarious forms in thepost-nation-state era. -- .

Boundaries --- Political aspects. --- Europe. --- Jacques Derrida. --- Walter Benjamin. --- anthropology. --- border-as-process. --- borders. --- conflict. --- materiality. --- migration. --- nationalism. --- philosophy. --- political anthropology. --- political ideology. --- polity borders border-ness. --- southern Europe. --- state apparatus. --- state borders. --- trace.

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A groundbreaking intellectual biography of one of the twentieth century's most influential economistsThe First Serious Optimist is an intellectual biography of the British economist A. C. Pigou (1877-1959), a founder of welfare economics and one of the twentieth century's most important and original thinkers. Though long overshadowed by his intellectual rival John Maynard Keynes, Pigou was instrumental in focusing economics on the public welfare. And his reputation is experiencing a renaissance today, in part because his idea of "externalities" or spillover costs is the basis of carbon taxes. Drawing from a wealth of archival sources, Ian Kumekawa tells how Pigou reshaped the way the public thinks about the economic role of government and the way economists think about the public good.Setting Pigou's ideas in their personal, political, social, and ethical context, the book follows him as he evolved from a liberal Edwardian bon vivant to a reserved but reform-minded economics professor. With World War I, Pigou entered government service, but soon became disenchanted with the state he encountered. As his ideas were challenged in the interwar period, he found himself increasingly alienated from his profession. But with the rise of the Labour Party following World War II, the elderly Pigou re-embraced a mind-set that inspired a colleague to describe him as "the first serious optimist."The story not just of Pigou but also of twentieth-century economics, The First Serious Optimist explores the biographical and historical origins of some of the most important economic ideas of the past hundred years. It is a timely reminder of the ethical roots of economics and the discipline's long history as an active intermediary between the state and the market.

Economics --- Welfare economics. --- Economists --- History. --- Pigou, A. C. --- A Study in Public Finance. --- A. C. Pigou. --- Alfred Marshall. --- Arthur Cecil Pigou. --- Austin Robinson. --- British economist. --- Cambridge. --- Clarence Pigou. --- Great Depression. --- Industrial Fluctuations. --- John Maynard Keynes. --- Labour Party. --- Nora Lees. --- Oscar Browning. --- Philip Noel-Baker. --- The General Theory. --- Wealth and Welfare. --- World War I. --- World War II. --- academic economics. --- academic journals. --- atrocity. --- bureaucracy. --- carbon taxes. --- climate crisis. --- common people. --- death. --- disillusionment. --- economic ideas. --- economic science. --- economics journals. --- economics. --- ethics. --- government. --- historical reformer. --- influence. --- interwar period. --- legacy. --- liberalism. --- morals. --- objectivity. --- optimism. --- optimist. --- political advocacy. --- political economy. --- political involvement. --- politics. --- pollution. --- public welfare. --- retirement. --- science. --- social reform. --- societal wellbeing. --- state action. --- state apparatus. --- welfare economics.