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I have some Nazi propaganda... I mean centrist literature that can be placed on here if you want it?
This is a discussion on Student Resources within the Suggestions and Feedback forums, part of the Announcements category; As you may or may not have noticed I have (a little half heartedly) been trying to collect together lots ...
Student Resources As you may or may not have noticed I have (a little half heartedly) been trying to collect together lots of resources that will be useful to politics/ philosophy students, in the ideology and philosophy sections of the forum.
My idea here is to try and give the forum an appeal to students surfing the web desperately finding stuff for their term papers.
If anybody has any ideas or wants to help in this (I don't really feel like devoting massive amounts of time to it. ) feel free to post suggestions here on how to better organize the material here or just post articles or vids you think would be useful, on the forum. However when doing this try to keep one eye on copyright lawfor we don't want to get in any trouble.
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I have some Nazi propaganda... I mean centrist literature that can be placed on here if you want it?
Nazi Propaganda could go in the political history section, maybe (I mean real Nazi stuff from 20th century Germany). Centrist stuff would be great, what did you have in mind (Enoch Powel, or something no doubt!!Originally Posted by Liberal Authoritarian
) ?. Remember not to reproduce excessive amounts of copyrighted text on the forum (link to it) unless contained in your own argument and clearly referernced.
Have had a quick look for stuff on Rawls and Habermas (no vids) but maybe some texts, also Nozick stuff maybe be worth looking for. Just to even the balance with all the Marxist stuff ...but then again the Marxist stuff is always gonna be better
You are very welcome MN, and may I say that your contributions to the forum are most insightful?
Why thank you MN.
accidental genius!
Someone feeling a little under-appreciated? Thank you on behalf of all the members for your insightful contribution!
"The object of universities is not to make skilful lawyers, physicians or engineers. It is to make capable and cultivated human beings." John Stewart Mill
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MN already knows he has my love - I see no need to revoice that
Thanx guys, was just kidding anyway, as my aunt used to say 'if you don't blow your own trumpet nobody else is gonna do it for you'
I was thinking of compiling a list of useful books that should relate to anyone doing a politics degree. The idea is to choose books I (or others) found helpful but may not be on first year reading lists.
Here is a a few books that came to mind right away. Any other suggestions welcome, the idea to is to keep it pretty basic (1st/2nd year undergrad level).
1984 - George Orwell
Power A Radical View - Steven Lukes
Ideologies and Political Theory: A conceptual Approach - Michael Freeden
Political Theory and the Modern State - David Held
The Philosophy of Social Science- Martin Hollis
An introduction to Political Philosophy - Jonathan Wolff
Models of Democracy - David Held
Understanding International Relations - Chris Brown
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I have an interesting book one must read:
Government and the Economy by Adrian Lyons
Hodder & Stoughton
Animal Farm - George Orwell
accidental genius!
I'm going to suggest The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressel.
"The object of universities is not to make skilful lawyers, physicians or engineers. It is to make capable and cultivated human beings." John Stewart Mill
at some point will consolidate the list with amazon links + brief descriptions etc
Empire - Hardt and Negri [non printable pdf available free online
Karl Marx: The Burden of Reason - Allan Megill
A Textual Introduction to Social and Political Theory - Bellamy, R and Ross, A (Eds) [very very basic]
McDonaldization: A Reader - George Ritzer
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cheers for the list of books etc MN they all look really useful
The Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria is a very interesting read.
So unproductive has conservatism been in producing a general conception of how a social order is maintained that its modern votaries, in trying to construct a theoretical foundation, invariably find themselves appealing almost exclusively to authors who regarded themselves as liberal. - F.A. Hayek
Economic Left/Right: 4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.74
Jacques, came across this site maybe it'll be of interest.cheers for the list of books etc MN they all look really useful
The Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria is a very interesting read.
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How about 'A Man without a Country' by Kurt Vonnegut, also you can add 'Road to Wigan Pier' and 'Homage to Catalonia' by Orwell. For more flavour of the international fight against fascism, and general flavour of the Thirties, try 'As I walked out One Midsummer Morning' by Laurie Lee.
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thankss!
So unproductive has conservatism been in producing a general conception of how a social order is maintained that its modern votaries, in trying to construct a theoretical foundation, invariably find themselves appealing almost exclusively to authors who regarded themselves as liberal. - F.A. Hayek
Economic Left/Right: 4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.74
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