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Fall 2020
The term “recognition” is a commonly employed category in the political scene. Colloquially, it designates a moral demand on part of the bearers of injustice to be treated with dignity and respect. But recognition is not merely a demand, but also an action; it has addressors, but also addressees,...
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Spring 2013
This thesis surveys the development of Nunavut as not only a governmental and institutional entity but as a territory that is a political and social space both in the tradition of the Territories of the Canadian State and of Westphalian territorial government generally. It relies on Inuit...
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Fall 2016
Despite their extensive philosophical agreements, the case can be made that Richard Rorty and Michel Foucault were at odds politically. The devout liberal that he was, Rorty struggled continuously to come to grips with what he took to be a sort of radicalism espoused by the French thinker. As a...
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The Spatial Morality of Tory Satire: Ned Ward, Tom Brown, and the Politics of Literary Authority
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This dissertation argues that the political satire of Ned Ward and Thomas Brown uses spatial strategies to make moral arguments in opposition to their political and literary targets. Chapter One focuses on the Tory position that Tom Brown and Ned Ward take. Using as a starting place the Grub...
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Fall 2011
At the end of the Lebanese war in 1990, the newly elected Prime Minister, Rafic Hariri, assigned the reconstruction of Downtown Beirut to his own private company Solidere. Solidere destroyed most of the remains of the old Downtown and replaced it with a new modern one. Focusing on Solidere‟s...
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2020-02-01
SSHRC IDG awarded 2020: In this proposal, I integrate thinking from political science, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to explore one reason why these divides continue to deepen and how they may be bridged. I will examine liberals and conservatives to demonstrate that seeking tolerance...
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2007-01-01
The last decade has seen an escalation of social, political, and economic changes in Tonga, but the events of the past year have been extraordinary: Thousands of people participated in numerous protest marches, climaxing in a general strike that held the government hostage for six weeks; royal...
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2021-02-01
SSHRC IDG awarded 2021: My proposed research project seeks to address the prevalence of a narrow and undertheorized vision of the rule of law in Canadian society. I aim to tackle this problem through three objectives. Objective 1 is to further develop my account of the theoretical underpinnings...