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Demos21 Talk by Carlo Burelli (University of Genova): No Virtue like Resilience – A new Machiavellian justification of democracy
none Political realism claims that normative evaluations of politics should be grounded on political rather than moral values (Rossi and Sleat 2014). This paper revives Machiavelli’s justification of republican government (Machiavelli 2003), and seeks to ...
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How Should Republicans Conceive of Transnational Solidarity?
none This lecture is part of the Contemporary European Democratic Theory Lecture series. Attempts to adapt the concept of solidarity to globalised circumstances has mainly developed in two directions. The first has followed the footsteps of the literature ...
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The Democratic Boundary Problem – A Function-Sensitive View
none In response to the democratic boundary problem, two principles have been seen as competitors: the all-affected interests principle and the all-subjected principle. This article claims that these principles are in fact compatible, being justified vis- ...
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Towards a Theory of Postcolonial Justice
none Towards a Theory of Postcolonial Justice This paper aims at proposing a definition of the concept of “postcolonial justice” in view of elaborating an empirically-informed theory of postcolonial justice qua reparative justice. For this purpose, it sug ...
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The Privatized State
none The Center for Critical Democracy Studies invites Chiara Cordelli for a talk entitled "The Privatized State." Prof. Cordelli will be discussing a chapter of her recent book with the same title, The Privatized State. About the Book Many gov ...
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New technologies of warfare – the challenges raised by Autonomous Weapons Systems and Cyberwarfare
none Of the main challenges with autonomous weapon systems lies in the difficulty of anticipating their effects. From a humanitarian perspective, they risk harming civilians, and they increase the risk of conflict escalation. From a legal perspective, the ...
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Demos21: Eva Erman on the Democratic Boundary Problem
none Image https://www.aup.edu/sites/default/files/images/widget-assets/image/D21_European_Democratic_Theory%20%281%29.jpeg 0 On Wednesday, October 20, 2021, AUP's Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) continued its Contemporary European Democ ...
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Global Network on Prison and Education
none Join AUP students and professors who are participating in the creation of an international network reflecting on incarceration, education, and justice. The new non-profit “Dialogue & Transformation” brings together educators and advocates from ar ...
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D.Rad Symposium Explores Radicalization Trends in Europe and Beyond
none Image https://www.aup.edu/sites/default/files/images/widget-assets/image/Drad_0.jpg 0 On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, AUP’s Center for Critical Democracy Studies, a research center devoted to promoting the practice, study and life of democracy, hoste ...
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Demos21: The End of the War on Terror?
none Image https://www.aup.edu/sites/default/files/images/widget-assets/image/D21_News_Background.jpeg 0 On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, Demos21, a series of lectures, roundtables and workshops organized by AUP’s Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCD ...