Only in the eighteenth century, in 'civil society' do the various forms of social connectedness confront the individual as a mere means toward his private purpose, as external necessity. But the epoch that pro...
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Only in the eighteenth century, in 'civil society' do the various forms of social connectedness confront the individual as a mere means toward his private purpose, as external necessity. But the epoch that produces this standpoint, that of the isolated individual, is also precisely that of the hitherto most developed social (from this standpoint, general) relations. The human being is in the most literal sense a [political animal], not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society. Production by an isolated individual outside society... is as much of an absurdity as is the development of language without individuals living together and talking to each other.
This article examines the role and effectiveness of counter-terrorist intelligence operations in Northern Ireland. Specifically, it examines the methods of gathering intelligence as well as how the information was use...
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This article examines the role and effectiveness of counter-terrorist intelligence operations in Northern Ireland. Specifically, it examines the methods of gathering intelligence as well as how the information was used, while also addressing some of the wider moral and legal implications of intelligence activities for a liberal democratic society. It argues that British intelligence was ultimately very effective but at the price of employing some highly dubious methods.
This article discusses the wartime diaries of Guy Liddell of MI5. It argues that they are a crucial source for the study of wartime intelligence history, not only in respect of MI5 but also of other British secret age...
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This article discusses the wartime diaries of Guy Liddell of MI5. It argues that they are a crucial source for the study of wartime intelligence history, not only in respect of MI5 but also of other British secret agencies, particularly MI6 and SOE. Written in an accessible style, the diaries cast much new light on personalities, events, discussions and decisions both on operational matters and on questions of high policy, including relations with foreign intelligence services, debate on postwar intelligence priority and organization, and ministerial involvement in intelligence and security issues. In their breadth of coverage and information, their treatment of opinions and personalities, their abundance of detail and their fresh and unguarded prose, they are far more interesting, more accurate and more authoritative than either the various in-house MI5 section histories which have been opened to research in recent years, or the Hinsley Simkins volume of the official history of British intelligence. They are as significant a source for intelligence history as are the Cadogan diaries for the study of British foreign policy between 1939 and 1945. The article also points to inconsistencies in redaction throughout the diaries, and to other questions arising from the appearance of this crucial source.
Postcolonial scholars have demonstrated the way in which colonial discourse used translation of the 'primitive' in constructing modernity. Pauline Melville's 1997 novel The Ventriloquist Tale addresses thi...
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Postcolonial scholars have demonstrated the way in which colonial discourse used translation of the 'primitive' in constructing modernity. Pauline Melville's 1997 novel The Ventriloquist Tale addresses this colonial legacy vis-h-vis Amerindian communities in Guyana. Melville provides an English translation of the indigenous Macunaima myth and in doing so, demonstrates the various modes and functions of the native informant in translating indigenous experience. Melville foregrounds the ultimate untranslatability of indigeneity by constructing the indigenous figure of Macunaima as an embodiment of the act of translation and the competing discourses of endogamy and exogamy. The text produces a variety of 'alter/natives' that destabilize notions of fixed indigeneity.
The Department of Health's Green Paper, Independence, Well-being and Choice (2005) is subtitled 'our vision for the future of social care for adults in England'. This article will use the lens of a persona...
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The Department of Health's Green Paper, Independence, Well-being and Choice (2005) is subtitled 'our vision for the future of social care for adults in England'. This article will use the lens of a personal experience of caring to reflect upon its proposals. It does so within the wider context of recent debates on the potential for a human rights culture within community care. The article begins with an outline of the Green Paper itself and then moves on to the case study. Thereafter, the discussion considers the wider issues which are raised by this example of community care for vulnerable adults. The concept of independence, expressed as user choice in a social market of care, is central to the Green Paper. Market provision involves contractual relations, yet the Green Paper is not framed within an explicit discourse of rights. Instead, the vision of market-based independence is to be achieved through improved policies and practices by social care providers and through the development of appropriate public regulatory mechanisms. In line with recent feminist critiques of present welfare provision, critiques that are based on an ethic of care, I conclude that the starting point for policy and legal development should be the necessary interdependence of individuals.
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