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« On considérera comme un appareil toute technique qui développe un jeu autonome sur la perception et la sensibilité et, affectant une singularité, la transforme. » Appareil, revue en libre accès numérique, veut offrir un espace au développement d'une théorie et d'une analyse des appareils, qui se veulent fertiles pour penser le contemporain. Elle recueille pour cela des contributions venant de champs divers : philosophie, théories des arts, histoire, sciences humaines, sciences politiques... Appareil publie deux numéros thématiques par an, et se dote également de rubriques à publication continue : articles, billets, notes de lecture, etc., adressés à la revue y sont publiés après avis du comité éditorial.

sociology --- political studies --- thought --- representation --- epistemology

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Ce que l'on nomme « identité » est devenu un thème central du débat politique et des affrontements idéologiques dans un grand nombre de sociétés contemporaines. Cet ouvrage s'efforce de comprendre ce dont il est en réalité question lorsque le thème de l'identité, nationale ou autre, est mis en avant. L'introduction, tirant les leçons d'une vaste littérature, montre que l'« identité » est toujours le résultat d'une construction sociale aboutissant à la production de récits qui utilisent les ressources de la mémoire, de l'espace et de la culture. Elle est élaborée pour permettre de placer dans une tonalité affective, susceptible de réunir, par-delà la diversité des intérêts, des citoyens que des entrepreneurs cherchent à mobiliser en vue d'actions politiques de natures très diverses. L'« identité » étant fluctuante et plurielle, les identifications possibles étant toujours multiples, pour lui conférer une efficace politique, il convient de la configurer, ce à quoi s'emploient des penseurs et des leaders politiques, sans toujours y réussir. Selon les situations, les configurations identitaires proposées aux citoyens sont plus ou moins bien reçues, plus ou moins longtemps acceptées : elles affectent plus ou moins les attitudes et comportements politiques. Les études de cas montrent la diversité des modes de configuration des « identités » en politique, la variété des usages qui en sont faits et la complexité des effets que ces usages ont dans les sociétés étudiées (France, Italie, Hongrie, Roumanie, Russie, Liban, Inde, États-Unis).

Identity - Ideology - Socio-Political Studies - Nationalism.

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A very readable introduction to the concepts and principles shaping the philosophical debate around nationalism. The book provides portraits of two kinds of nationalists: the tougher type, more common in everyday life, and the ultra-moderate "liberal nationalist" encountered in academia. The author introduces a debate with a "thoughtful nationalist," one who defends the view that states should be organized around national culture and that individuals have basic obligations to their nation. The author attempts to answer his opponent's standard arguments and presents a fully documented critique of his views. A passion born from Miscevic's encounter with nationalism in the former Yugoslavia glows from every line of the argument. Questions raised and discussed include: Why is radicalism typical of nationalism? How successful is the nation-state? Does nationalism support liberal-democratic values? Is membership in a nation necessary for human fulfillment and for understanding values? Why might nationalism be immoral? The book is unique not only because it explains a contemporary moral debate, in terms clear to the non-philosopher reader, but also because it has been written from the perspective of Central and Eastern Europe based on the author's personal experience.

Democracy, Identity, Justice, Liberal democracy, Liberalism, Nationalism, Political studies, Values.

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Liberalism was not only the first modern ideology, it was also the first secular movement to have an international presence. The scholarly articles in this collection, skillfully edited by Iván Zoltán Dénes, examine liberal ideas and movements from Scotland to the Ottoman Empire. The volume seeks to uncover and analyze various relationships between liberalisms and nationalisms, national identities and modernity concepts, nations and empires, nation-states and nationalities, traditions and modernities, images of the self and the others, modernization strategies and identity creations. This volume provides an important historical analysis that is essential toward understanding the questions and motivations of liberalism in the European Union today. This is, therefore, a timely contribution to both historiography and contemporary politics.

Liberalism --- Nationalism --- History --- Political studies, conservatism, modernization. --- values.

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Protest in Belgrade addresses one of the most important social movements of this decade - the civil and student peace demonstrations which took place in Belgrade during the winter of 1996/97. The demonstrations, the largest ever in history, were in response to Milošević’s nullifying of the results of local elections in fourteen towns in Serbia which created global media attention and attracted worldwide sympathy.   This in-depth study of a society calling for democracy is based on interviews with over 1000 civilians and students. The book is unique because much of the research was carried out and completed while the demonstrations were still in progress and before the outcome of events was known. A chronology of events is also included.   The book provides an abundance of valuable information for analysts of post-socialist transformation, researchers of social movements and social change, and for all those concerned with the tragic events in Southeast Europe.

Serbia, Elections, Postcommunim, Social movements, Political studies, Values.