Social Resentment and Justice. Considerations on Hume’s Realist Approach to Passions Alessio VACCARI∗ Abstract: The aim of this paper is to show that Hume gives the passion of resentment a crucial role in explaining the origin of justice and society, and that this can be regarded as an important argument in favour of the recent […]
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Utility and Reality in Hume’s Political Thought
Utility and Reality in Hume’s Political Thought Yosuke HAMADA∗ Abstract: This article aims at explaining a utilitarian and a realistic thought as the keystones of David Hume’s political theory. For this purpose, in the first section, I treat Hume’s moral theory as the basis of his political thinking. Hume thinks that every person has the […]
From Reason of State to Coordination by Trade: Hume’s Commercial Society as a Means of Arranging National and Global Political Order
From Reason of State to Coordination by Trade: Hume’s Commercial Society as a Means of Arranging National and Global Political Order Ferenc HÖRCHER∗ Abstract: This paper takes on board the relationship of political and economic ideas in Hume’s essays. It wants to show that although Hume played a major role in preparing the ground for […]
The Unknown Newton
The Unknown Newton “The Unknown Newton”, The New Atlantis, Vol. 44 (Winter 2015), ISSN: 1543-1215, 46-115 pp. Kirsten WALSH Isaac Newton’s scientific legacy is well-known. What’s less well-known is that he was a staunch, though unorthodox, Christian, an alchemist, theologian, and Church historian. These facets of Newton’s life and work often seem at odds with […]
Descartes’ Complete Correspondence
Descartes’ Complete Correspondence René Descartes, Corespondenţa completă. Vol.II. 1639-1644 ed. Vlad Alexandrescu, trans. Vlad Alexandrescu, Robert Arnăutu, Călin Cristian Pop, Mihai-Dragoş Vădana, Grigore Vida (Iaşi: Polirom, 2015), ISBN 978-973-46-4244-1, 941 pp. Ovidiu BABEȘ The project of translating and editing a major philosopher’s complete correspondence for the first time in a certain language poses difficulties not […]
Interrogation, Vision, and Foresight on International Relations
Interrogation, Vision, and Foresight on International Relations Stephanie Lawson, Relații internaționale. O scurtă introducere [International Relations] (Cluj-Napoca: CA Publishing, 2010), ISBN 978-606-92680-3-2, 201 pp. Speranța Sofia MILANCOVICI By translating into Romanian and publishing Stephanie Lawson’s book, CA Publishing House completes the Romanian landscape of international relations with a brief, transparent, clearly written introduction, which is […]
Iran’s Nuclear Proliferation – Challenge or Survival Opportunity for The Common Foreign and Security Policy?
Iran’s Nuclear Proliferation – Challenge or Survival Opportunity for The Common Foreign and Security Policy? Nicoleta LĂŞAN Abstract: The European Union has maintained for decades a low profile in fighting nuclear proliferation and became strongly preoccupied with this subject in the last decade, although its first actions in the field date back to the 1980s. […]
China and The New World Order in The Era of Globalisation
China and The New World Order in The Era of Globalisation Stelean Ioan BOIA Abstract. The paper is trying to present a post – realist approach in order to explain the essence of the Chinese foreign policy, its main strategic trends of thoughts, and its perception about the complex contemporary world. Daoist and Confucianism roots […]
Economic Growth, Trade, and Energy in The Brics: Assessing the Negotiations with The International Organisations
Economic Growth, Trade, and Energy in The Brics: Assessing the Negotiations with The International Organisations Irina Ionela POP Abstract. The economic growth of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) was emphasized by the global economic crisis from 2008 and it seems to continue in the years to come. However, this economic growth […]
Promoting Politics as Way of Existence in Contemporary European Media
Promoting Politics as Way of Existence in Contemporary European Media Victor MORARU Abstract. The article focuses on the promotion paradigm in media activity, it examines various aspects of the concept of promotion, and presents the accumulated experience of the Moldavian and Romanian media in the coverage of the political process through the comprehension of promotion […]