POLITICAL SCIENCE / World

Paper · Semantic Scholar

This article investigates the profound challenges posed by powerful, sub-state armed actors to the international legal system and the traditional Westphalian concept of state sovereignty. Through a comparative analysis of Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis (Ansar Allah) in Yemen, the study examines how these groups—which combine military capability, territorial control, and political governance—function as “states…

Reference · Wikidata

Scientific Journal

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in which it appears. In Western culture, depending on the particular nation and the particular time period, conservatives seek to promote and preserve a range of institutions,…

Book · DOAB

"Anarchism and religion have historically had an uneasy relationship. Indeed, representatives of both sides have regularly insisted on the fundamental incompatibility of anarchist and religious ideas and practices. Yet, ever since the emergence of anarchism as an intellectual and political movement, a considerable number of religious anarchists have insisted that their religious tradition necessarily implies an anar…

Full text · Open Library

Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good drugs, antiaging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media -- has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller's genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 AF (After Ford…

Image · DPLA

A series of lectures given by University professors broadcast by KUOM May 20 - July 10, 1969