Month: May 2013

Re-reading David Kennedy’s ‘Turning to Market Democracy’ as a Critique of Ideology

May 15, 2013

Introduction What does an epochal event do to political and legal theory, and vice versa? None of the theories of international relations have predicted the end of the Cold War. For the very reason that the Cold War stood for a political and territorial separation on the basis of ideology, it was – at least… More Re-reading David Kennedy’s ‘Turning to Market Democracy’ as a Critique of Ideology

The shaky philosophical foundation of state subsidised cultural institutions

May 1, 2013

“We are our choices”, declared Jean-Paul Sartre. Attractive as that may seem, Joseph Raz would alter this aphorism to read: we are our choices if we have arrived at them autonomously – requiring minimum rationality, independence from coercion, and importantly, an adequate range of options to choose from.[1] Admittedly a mouthful, this redefinition is crucial… More The shaky philosophical foundation of state subsidised cultural institutions