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Ines Verspohl - Health Care Reforms in Europe

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Health Care Reforms in Europe

Series: Schriften zur europäischen Arbeits- und Sozialpolitik

Volume 10 2012

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Welfare state theory S. 307-308

„… state theory Historical process tracing along institutional and ideational lines offered new insights …” „… welfare state theory to health care reforms offers new insights both on national reform trajectories and …” „… might apply a welfare state approach to health care instead of the current market approach. The relation …”

Conclusion Institutional impact S. 62-63

„… solidarity arrangements in the member states then it had been in the question on patient mobility. In …” „… . 3.2.2 Conclusion Institutional impact A clear dichotomy between national welfare state institutions and …” „… the single European market institutions can be observed. National welfare states are the result of a …”

Three forms of new institutionalism S. 30-34

„… . hypothesise that ultimately the western health care states will all arrive at a mixed-model. It is also …” „… relative stability of the welfare state." (Pierson, 1996, pp. 315–316). Institutionalism was the dominant …” „… perspective in welfare state studies in the 90s (Rothstein & Steinmo, 2002). Although structural explanations …”

Open Method of Coordination in health and long-term care S. 63-68

„… hand, on values that are as well assumed to converge due to the close cooperation between member states …” „… between the Member States in the areas referred to in this Article and, if necessary, lend support to …” „… their action. It shall in particular encourage cooperation between the Member States to improve the …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-12

„… Drift - Change without reform 305 9.5 Impact of the EU 305 9.6 Welfare state theory 307 9.7 Overall …” „… market 44 2.3.2 Conclusion Ideas 45 2.4 Conclusion Theory 45 3. Impact of the European Union 47 …” „… 52 3.2.2 Welfare state institutions 53 3.2.1.1 Pharmaceuticals 55 3.2.1.2 Free movement of blood …”

Conclusion Ideas S. 45

„… about quality. The state is confronted with the same problem of data collection, but has more resources …” „… . Furthermore, the state can enforce certain standards via law instead of contractual relations. Nonetheless …” „… , the state cannot supervise each single physician – patient contact. In the last instance, patients and …”

Conclusion Theory S. 45-46

„… about quality. The state is confronted with the same problem of data collection, but has more resources …” „… . Furthermore, the state can enforce certain standards via law instead of contractual relations. Nonetheless …” „… , the state cannot supervise each single physician – patient contact. In the last instance, patients and …”

Overall conclusion S. 308-310

„… welfare state theory to health care reforms offers new insights both on national reform trajectories and …” „… market and drift towards a market. Health care is the second biggest welfare state sector. If …” „… retrenchment and individualization do not take place in health care, the welfare state is not cut back. The …”

Incremental change S. 34-35

„… , 2010a; Bonoli & Palier, 2000) because “the political reality of welfare state reforms does not fit the …” „… path-dependency theory anymore” (Bonoli & Palier, 2000). Thelen and Streeck criticize the traditional theoretical …” „… universal welfare states, and liberal means-tested poverty alleviation (Esping-Andersen, 1990). He thereby …”

Impact of the EU S. 305-307

„… welfare states poses questions for future research. 9.6 Welfare state theory Historical process tracing …” „… , the reunification was an accession of the Eastern states to the Federal Republic of Germany. Hence …” „… , the Eastern states took over the complete legal and institutional framework. Third, in the public …”

Funding S. 79-81

„… governance serve different aims: corporatism mediates between interests, the state should ensure solidarity …” „… system in the United Kingdom, Italy and Portugal. Based on economic theory, proponents argued that they …” „… technological progress. The new member states inherited the huge hospital capacities and are now slowly cutting …”

Outline S. 22-24

„… compares the reasons and mediating factors for these reforms and links the findings back to welfare state …” „… theory. …”

Biobliography S. 311-328

„… . (1997). Classifying Welfare States: a Two-dimension Approach. Journal of Social Policy, 26(3), 351–372 …” „… . Bonoli, G., & Palier, B. (2000). How do welfare states change? Institutions and their impact on the …” „… politics of welfare state reform in Western Europe. European review : interdisciplinary journal of the …”

Health status S. 89-93

„… causes identified in the theory chapter are described: social and economic situation, political and …” „… state reforms. The second part commences with a short historical description of the reform process …” „… interesting case. Within the welfare state literature, they are a hybrid between the social-democratic and the …”

Europeanization / Globalisation S. 47-52

„… organisation, where compliance is voluntary, nor a federal state with sovereignty. The supremacy of its laws …” „… the European Parliament and legally binding for the 48 Member States, also named hard mechanisms, in …” „… the member states. Regulations are directly in force, whereas directives have to be implemented by …”

Ideas in health care S. 38-45

„… minorities against the abolition of welfare state institutions. Reforms should be easier in national health …” „… current example is climate change. During the financial crisis of the 80s, the generous welfare state was …” „… over-generous welfare states are necessary to decrease non-wage labour costs and maintain competitiveness. Ideas …”

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Carmen Gebhard - Unravelling the Baltic Sea Conundrum

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Unravelling the Baltic Sea Conundrum

Series: Nomos Universitätsschriften - Politik

Volume 164 2008

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Small State Theory – The Conduct of Small States in Foreign Policy S. 117-127

„… brother) are still common in every-day talk in Northern Europe.403 III. Small State Theory – The Conduct …” „… conduct. The following chapter will present a few elements of traditional Small State Theory in order to …” „… small state foreign policy theory.406 Given these methodological problems, it remains difficult to …”

Broad Tendencies and Competing Traditions in EIT S. 157-164

„… States. See DIEZ Thomas/WIENER Antje: Introducing the Mosaic of Integration Theory. In: Idd. (eds …” „… scope of this chapter to provide an exhaustive picture of the history and the state-of-play in EIT. The …” „… theory period,” i.e. the scholar development that set the basis for what later became known as “European …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-12

„… Theory – The Conduct of Small States in Foreign Policy 117 71. What Makes a State a ‘Small State’? 117 2 …” „… Committee of Senior OfficialsCT Comparative TheoryDIIS Danish Institute for International StudiesE.S.D.P …” „… Integration Online PapersEIPA European Institute of Public AdministrationEIT European Integration TheoryEMU …”

Bibliography S. 261-279

„… 261Bibliography ADAMS Bert N./SYDIE R.A.: Sociological Theory. Pine Forge 2001. ADLER …” „… 2003. ARTER David: Scandinavian Politics Today. Manchester 1999. ARTER David: Small State Influence …” „… . BAECHLER Günter: Conclusions. Future Relevance and Priorities of Small States. In: GOETSCHEL Laurent (ed …”

European Integration Theory: Addressing regional integration? S. 155-157

„… Federation of States. See DIEZ Thomas/WIENER Antje: Introducing the Mosaic of Integration Theory. In: Idd …” „… process that strengthens the economic, political and ideological links between the European states by way …” „… , it appears legitimate and viable to address the corpus of (European) Integration Theory (EIT) to try …”

Application Pattern II: The Correlation Between Meso and Macro-Level S. 190-193

„… limits are set to the applicability of European Integration Theory when it comes to the explanation of …” „… (European) Integration Theory: – Given the fact that most European Integration Theories are designed to …” „… be either state-oriented or empirically focussed on the structural process of institutionalisation …”

Application pattern I: The BSR – A Micro-Cosmic Version of the EU? S. 164-188

„… member states, or in this case, with candidate countries. Given this strong compatibility with …” „… another point of this study.577 C. Applying Integration Theory to the Baltic Sea Case – Application …” „… the basis of SEDELMEIER Ulrich: Europeanisation in new member and candidate states. In: Living Reviews …”

Conclusions on the Theoretical Incorporation of Baltic Sea Regionalism S. 218-222

„… ride into the field of Comparative Theory’ will not conclude with a set of rigid analytical claims but …” „… Regionalism and its connection to nation state regional policy. F. Conclusions on the Theoretical …” „… theory. The first, and in respect to the topic of the study, the most obvious step in this process was to …”

Application pattern I: The Security Community Approach S. 193-200

„… 193also feel themselves merely focussing on the interaction of states through diplomacy or violence …” „… develop a “general theory of regional integration from very particular European experiences.”685 Hurrel …” „… issue as complex as the “Baltic Sea Conundrum.” D. Inputs from International Relations Theory Most …”

Structuring Social Action – Structural Functionalism by Parsons S. 211-216

„… “functional regions”, i.e. groupings of actors on either state or sub-state level according to their positive …” „… . A Short Ride into the Field of Comparative Theory After consulting the bulk of EIT and taking a …” „… , the set of comparative models and system theory. There are various different practical considerations …”

Research Strategy S. 21-22

„… issue-driven discussion of various strands of theory, namely European Integration Theory (EIT), International …” „… Relations Theory (IRT) as well as Comparative Theory (CT). The overview gained from this assessment builds …” „… and Finland as two major regional stakeholders and EU member states, and accordingly, (3) the EU as an …”

The Regionalism Complex and the Importance of Conceptual Clarity S. 36-37

„… 36Even though Hettne claims that this scale of regionness is not intended as a stage theory, it …” „… nevertheless suggests some sort of evolutionary logic, according to which state-like regionness seems to …” „… decision-making and state-like self-identification. The BSR would probably range somewhere between Hettne’s …”

Working Material and Information Retrieval S. 20-21

„… the constructive attitude and ideational solidarity of its member states. The question of the …” „… disintegrative impact that, for example, regional self-centeredness of single member states could have on the …” „… Scandinavia and the Baltic States, including daily press and official documents by governmental and other …”

Baltic Sea Region: What Sort of ‘Regionalism’? S. 37-39

„… . [...] It is very unlikely that any single theory will be able to explain the regionalism complex.”83 Even …” „… from the notion of ‘regionalism’ as an approach to state administration. In the context of national or …” „… state) into a certain number of smaller political districts, and thereby of transferring power from the …”

Typologies S. 41-48

„… subordinate (and most often sub-state) actors existing and operating at subordinate levels. Confusingly …” „… and usually takes place within the parameters of a nation-state. This sort of regionalism on the …” „… micro-regional political or administrative forces. Hence, it reflects a model of vertical and state …”

Application Pattern II: Sketching a Model of Explanation S. 200-211

„… insularity building on mutual “expectations for peaceful change.”712 The EU accession of the Baltic States …” „… , eurosceptical and exceptionalist member states as just where Sweden could be counted in. Equally, the Nordic …” „… system never really opened itself for this kind of extension. The Nordic States, and most of all Sweden …”

Introductory Remarks on Regionalism and Integration S. 154-155

„… described as an act or process of a group of entities, and most commonly states, uniting to form an …” „… E./ROBINSON Sherman/THIERFELDER Karen: Regionalism. Old and New, Theory and Practice. Paper presented at the …” „… states by way of cooperation. Baltic Sea Regionalism is based on similar grounds. Processing cooperation …”

Reconciling Application Patterns: Trial Application to the Baltic Sea Case S. 216-218

„… specificities of classic system theory is its claim to offer models with global applicability. Certain …” „… of Comparative Theory’ will not conclude with a set of rigid analytical claims but rather leave the …” „… connection to nation state regional policy. F. Conclusions on the Theoretical Incorporation of Baltic Sea …”

What Accounts for Swedish and Finnish Self-Perception? S. 115-117

„… common in every-day talk in Northern Europe.403 III. Small State Theory – The Conduct of Small States in …” „… chapter will present a few elements of traditional Small State Theory in order to substantiate the …” „… setting. While Finland just as the Baltic States had been involved in the global block confrontation …”

Intermediate Synthesis: Crosslinking Typologies and Theories S. 188-190

„… certain theory alongside the established categories. Following a rigid interpretation, the two …” „… applicability of European Integration Theory when it comes to the explanation of complex political processes …” „… should first lead us to the consideration of the following tendencies in (European) Integration Theory …”

Outline and Main Objective S. 15-16

„… activities and initiatives in the BSR, and Finland and Sweden as regional stakeholders and member states of …” „… and thus, neglect several related factors in the course of their analysis or theory construction.6 …” „… uniting rather than a dividing element for its littoral states.9 Throughout the past two decades, the …”

Relevance of the Topic – Europe in a Nutshell S. 16-18

„… and thus, neglect several related factors in the course of their analysis or theory construction.6 …” „… uniting rather than a dividing element for its littoral states.9 Throughout the past two decades, the …” „… EU member states in the BSR decide to tackle these challenges does not only determine their own role …”

What Makes a Region a ‘Region’? Reflections on Baltic Sea ‘Regionness’ S. 33-36

„… stage theory, it nevertheless suggests some sort of evolutionary logic, according to which state …” „… and tidy Scandinavia”68 or of the five Nordic states being “small, peace-loving, democratic countries …” „… between the local and the national level, sub-state entities within a country or nation, a cooperation …”

The ‘Nordic Bloc’ – Driving Core for Baltic Sea Regionalism? S. 75-78

„… (Baltic States are represented by Ministers of Foreign Affairs) since 1996. Cooperation according to …” „… Cooperation, the Nordic States have a certain tradition in the field of cooperation across borders. This might …” „… States have established a tight network of cooperation on both state and non-state level. Networking …”

And the Story Goes On: Is Sweden Trying to ‘Keep the EU ND Alive’? S. 142-145

„… states that Sweden chose to prioritise enlargement and achieved the political breakthrough one had aimed …” „… environmental issues, one must state that the EU ND did not explicitly constitute the main point of reference …” „… . Applying International Regime Theory. Vaxjö 2004, p. 125. 510 Ibd., p. 122. 143Swedish interests.511 The …”

Summary – Questions and Answers S. 223-227

„… . Common notions like the “Nordic” and the “Baltic States” or “Northern Europe” and “Scandinavia” can, in a …” „… respects, both curse and blessing. On the one hand, the states and regional entities situated in the BSR …” „… geographically remote position stimulates isolationist state behaviour and enhances tendencies of relative …”

The Irony of Competition II S. 134-142

„… Nordic system of cooperation to loose momentum was the choice of the Nordic EU member states to remain …” „… Norden could have been given the function of a vehicle for the Nordic Member States to coordinate their …” „… National Security of Small States in a Changing World. London 1997, pp. 175-196, here p. 187. 480 See …”

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Uwe Backes

Autocracies

Series: NomosTextbook

Volume 2024

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III. Autocracies in the theory of state forms S. 35-40

„… Autocracies in the theory of state formsSummary:This chapter shows how the concepts of recent …” „… autocracy research refer to terms and typologies whose roots go back to the ancient theory of state forms …” „… concepts and typologies that originate from the ancient theory of state forms (Demandt 2007; Gallus2007 …”

II. Concepts, methods, data S. 13-34

„… again but defined them more broadly than older state and constitutional theory. Accordingly …” „… selec-torate theory on the relationship between the composition of the elite alliance at the head of state …” „… (under Fidel and Raúl Castro) over time using theory-guided typification.Table II.1: Levels of comparison …”

IV. Analytical categories and typology S. 41-48

„… theory of state forms, which was traversed in giant steps in the last chapter, provides a variety of …” „… on Aristotle's theory of forms of state. This type corresponds roughly to what Juan J. Linz and Max …” „… shapes more or less elaborate state doctrines in which the goals of rule are defined. They determine the …”

V. Despotism S. 49-60

„… political refers to the power relationship between the free people in the polis (city state). Despotism as a …” „… a topos of the theory of tyranny ever since, declaring the undesirable to be foreign and thus making …” „… ; Kunysz 2012). Peter Gelius (2013) developed a theory of "sultanist totalitarianism" (see Chapter X) to …”

Bibliography S. 149-182

„… , pp. 5–19.Bernholz, Peter (1997): Ideology, Sects, State and Totalitarianism: A General Theory, in …” „… Ewald, Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp.Fraenkel, Ernst (1941): The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of …” „… , Giacomo (1987) (eds.): The Rentier State: Nation, State and Integration in the Arab World, London: Croom …”

I. Introduction S. 9-12

„… the theory of forms of the state – unfolds based on the legitimation of rule, combined with a …” „… ", “partly free”, and "unfree" states facilitates an overview and vividly illustrates the enormous area of …” „… those countries in which people face barely controlled state power and in which active civil rights …”

Index of Subjects S. 183-187

„… Index of SubjectsAacclamation 116, 136actor theory 16Afghanistan 63, 93, 133agents of erosion 125 …” „… , 133Dominican Republic 49, 53, 58dual state 95dynasty 47, 55, 62, 64, 65, 68, 93, 107, 111, 115EEgypt 9 …” „… Iran 9, 63, 93, 94, 108, 146Iraq 63, 93, 133Islamic State 93islamism 93Italy 38, 63, 70, 86, 87, 89, 94 …”

VI. Absolutism S. 61-68

„… modernization theory that the emergence of new middle classes in oil-rich states would sooner or later bring …” „… a type of state that was "based on the enforcement of the monarchical will over the entire territory …” „… of the state with the help of a bureaucracy dependent on the king, a standing army, taxes levied by …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-8

„… theory of state formsIII. 35Analytical categories and typologyIV. 41Analytical categories1. 41Typology2 …” „… : Actor segments of selectorate theory 17Figure III.3: Typology of autocratic regimes according to Juan J …”

IX. System stability S. 103-120

„… state equilibrium" (Sandschneider 1995: 115) that political systems had to achieve and maintain, it was …” „… wom-an might proudly reject state assistance, while the urban employee on a modest IX. System stability …” „… toward state power and, together with the evaluation of its fun-damental worthiness of recognition …”

VIII. Ideocracy S. 85-102

„… develop his theory of the "dual state" in the mid-1930 s. Monocracy and polycracy thus did not stand in …” „… reached by forms of fascism anywhere, not even in theory-obsessed Germany. Neither the Italian fascists …” „… , the conservative German historian Heinrich Leo coined the term ideocra-cy for states in which …”

X. System transformation S. 121-142

„… Soviet Union and its satellite states, producing a plethora of theories and terminologies that can cause …” „… prevents confrontation with the criminal aspects of the autocracy's past.As clear as it may be in theory …” „… are developments from the constitutional state to autocracy and vice versa important, but so are …”

VII. Authoritarianism S. 69-84

„… contempt for the party system, its anti-parliamentary tendencies, its police-state methods, its control of …” „… policies of the state: "Private life, private law, family, business, recreation, and cultural activities …” „… " (Loewenstein 1942: 370). What distinguishes the Brazil-ian regime from the fascist state is the absence of a …”

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Europäisches Zentrum für Föderalismus-Forschung Tübingen (EZFF) - Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2013

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Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2013

Series: Jahrbuch des Föderalismus

Volume 2013

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Michael Burgess New Wine in Old Bottles: When Theory Meets Practice in Federal State Formation S. 166-181

„… 166 Themen der Forschung New Wine in Old Bottles: When Theory Meets Practice in Federal State …” „… the theoretical implications of federal state formation in the post-Cold War era. Rather like the …” „… return to the conventional theoretical approaches to federal state formation in order to reassess and …”

Klaus Detterbeck, Wolfgang Renzsch Innovationspolitik in europäischen Regionen S. 181-191

„… , Bengt-Ake 1992: National Systems of Innovation. Towards a Theory of Innovation and Interactive Learning …” „… Central State? Papier präsentiert bei der Jahreskonferenz der UACES (University Association for …” „… / Duran, Manuel 2010: Small State Diplomacy compared to Sub-state Diplomacy: More of the Same or Different …”

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„… / Jessica Detemple / Dominic Heinz New Wine in Old Bottles: When Theory Meets Practice in Federal State …”

Arthur Benz, Jessica Detemple, Dominic Heinz Varianten und Dynamiken der Politikverflechtung S. 155-166

„… der GAK und der GRW. 166 Themen der Forschung New Wine in Old Bottles: When Theory Meets Practice …” „… in Federal State Formation Michael Burgess 1. Introduction: new federal models In his Du Principe …” „… the theoretical implications of federal state formation in the post-Cold War era. Rather like the …”

Ortwin Renn Die Energiewende im Akzeptanztest: Neue Formen der Bürgerbeteiligung und Mitwirkung an der Umsetzung der Energiewende S. 109-124

„… ): Deliberative Democratic Theory. in: Annual Review of Political Science, 6:307-326. Sowie: Warren, Mark E …” „… . (2002): Deliberative Democracy, in: Carter, April und Stokes, Geoffrey (Hrsg.): Democratic Theory Today …” „… : Challenges for the 21st Century. State University of New York Press: Albany, USA, S. 173-202. Generell zum …”

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Bart van der Steen, Marc de Kesel - Party, State, Revolution

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Party, State, Revolution

Series: Staatsverständnisse

Volume 102 2017

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Agon Hamza The distance between Party and State. An outline of a Žižekian theory of the State S. 163-176

„… Agon Hamza The distance between Party and State. An outline of a Žižekian theory of the State A …” „… theory of the state. Before we do so, however, it is important to note that up to now Žižek has never put …” „… forward a theory of the state. In his entire work, from The Sublime Object of Ideology up to his last …”

Geoff Boucher Neo-communist Strategy and Revolutionary Warfare: Reflections on the Distinction between the Politics of Antagonism and the Logic of Hostility S. 119-142

„… depends on the theory, elaborated in State and Revolution, that politics is coercion.23 Lenin asserted the …” „… maturation of humanity’s productive forces.33 For them, classical Marxist theory defines the state as the …” „… militarisation of politics is a politically neutral, instrumental orientation to successfully overthrowing states …”

Bart van der Steen Introduction: More questions than answers? Žižek and the State S. 9-18

„… to investigate Žižek’s works in search of a coherent state theory, and to subsequently examine its …” „… there is 13 Žižek 2008a, 427. 14 Žižek 2010, 220. 11 something like a ‘Žižekian theory of the state …” „… contours of Žižek’s state theory. Rather, the existence of such a theory is contested. Alex Del Duca states …”

Marc De Kesel Authentic Rebellion, Terroristic Institutionalization. On the Žižekian subject of the political S. 107-118

„… Žižek1 A little rebellion now and then is a good thing. Thomas Jefferson2 Not Without a State, Not …” „… Without a Party The life of a society encompasses a lot more than only state power. It is first of all a …” „… forms of culture. If the state intervenes, it is basically in order to bring things under its own …”

Alex Del Duca Marxism After Marxism: Žižek Playing the Field S. 143-162

„… any content or demands (and the irony should not be missed here). Žižek’s relationship to state theory …” „… the glaring absence of any explicit approach at all. Anything resembling ‘state theory’ in Žižek’s …” „… Stalinism, the lack of solid and tangible political prescriptions (including the absence of a state theory …”

Sina Talachian The Normative Structure of Žižek’s Leninist Project S. 67-92

„… theory, because it has now been invested with the mantle of a state ideology—then one may cautiously …” „… revolution of an emancipatory kind, a staple of classical Marxist theory and praxis embodied by arguably its …” „… revolution that is utopian, but rather the belief in the durability of the bourgeois democratic state and the …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-8

„… close connection between theory and practice of the state more than any other thinker, to those of …” „… a Marxist ideology intended to justify a repressive state underline that state theory and practice …” „… Agon Hamza The distance between Party and State. An outline of a Žižekian theory of the State 163 On …”

Santiago M. Roggerone An Act Proper. Slavoj Žižek and the Persistence of Marxism S. 19-36

„… transformation of the existing state of things by one particular subject –, plays an important role in this work …” „… interventions in the fields of Marxist theory and practice. In fact, Žižek has developed his conception of the …” „… dedicated to developing a materialist theory of subjectivity.9 The fundamental premise of Žižek’s …”

Erik Vogt The Philosophy and Politics of Slavoj Žižek S. 37-66

„… the United States, France, England and Germany. In 1992, he became professor of philosophy at the …” „… is unable to achieve such a state, the anti-Semitic construction of ‘the Jew’ becomes [T]he …” „… cannot become a closed whole, this state needs to be achieved through the exclusion of others. Because of …”

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