John M Collins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3744129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John M Collins |
| GIVEN NAMES | John M |
| FAMILY NAME | Collins |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINS J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern Washington University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9020-284X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 103 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1943 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The privation theory of evil and the evil-God challenge
Can the best arguments for a privation theory of evil be parodied, with equal plausibility, as arguments for a privation theory of good? The privation theory of evil claims that evil has no positive existence, and it is but a privation of good. The privation theory of good claims the opposite. I approach this topic as one element in the so-called evil-God Challenge. Stephen Law has argued that the epistemic support for belief in an omniscient, om…
The Long Parliament and the Law of Necessity in Seventeenth-Century England
The ability to claim an eminent right over property was central to the parliamentary war effort. Relying on a narrative of necessity that jurists in both England and in western Europe had increasingly used since the end of the sixteenth century, MPs gave the English political public a narrative parallel to that of a beggar in extreme duress: in order for it to survive, the property rights of English subjects needed to give way. Scholars have note…
The evil-god challenge: Extended and defended
Stephen Law developed a challenge to theism, known as the evil-god challenge (Law (2010) ). The evil-god challenge to theism is to explain why the theist's responses to the problem of evil are any better than the diabolist's – who believes in a supremely evil god – rejoinders to the problem of good, when all the theist's ploys (theodicy, sceptical theism, etc.) can be parodied by the diabolist. In the first part of this article, I extend the evil…
Dilemmas of race, register, and inequality in South Africa
There is strong evidence that legacies of Apartheid remain in place in South Africa's education system, entangling economic inequality, racial categorization, and de facto language hierarchy. This study draws from an ethnographic study of language diversity in a Cape Town public school, focusing on how classroom practices regulate and school staff frame language diversity and social inequality among their pupils. It uses the concepts of language …
Martial Law and English Laws, c.1500–c.1700
John M. Collins presents the first comprehensive history of martial law in the early modern period. He argues that rather than being a state of exception from law, martial law was understood and practiced as one of the King's laws. Further, it was a vital component of both England's domestic and imperial legal order. It was used to quell rebellions during the Reformation, to subdue Ireland, to regulate English plantations like Jamestown, to punis…
Hidden in Plain Sight: Martial Law and the Making of the High Courts of Justice, 1642–60
This article traces the transformation of martial law during the Civil Wars and Interregnum culminating with the creation of the High Courts of Justice in the 1650s. The Long, Rump, and Protectorate parliaments used, adapted, and combined martial law procedures with others to solve some of the most difficult and pressing legal problems they faced. These problems included the trial of spies, traitors to the parliamentary cause, Charles I and his r…
Facts, Attitudes, and Health Reasoning About HIV and Aids: Explaining the Education Effect on Condom Use Among Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa
Social Reproduction in Classrooms and Schools
Social reproduction theory argues that schools are not institutions of equal opportunity but mechanisms for perpetuating social inequalities. This review discusses the emergence and development of social reproduction analyses of education and examines three main perspectives on reproduction: economic, cultural, and linguistic. Reproduction analyses emerged in the 1960s and were largely abandoned by the 1990s; some of the conceptual and political …
Military Geography for Professionals and the Public
US-Soviet Military Balance, 1980-1985
US-Soviet military balance, 1980–1985 Get access US-Soviet military balance, 1980–1985. By John M. Collins. London: Pergamon/Brassey's. 1985. 360pp. Index. £38.00; $50.00; ISBN 0 08 033131 9. Pb.: £23.00; $29.95; ISBN 0 08 033130 0. N. G. N. G. 1Chatham House Library Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 62, Issue 2, spring 1986, Page 356, https://doi.org/10.2307/2618461 Published: …
U.S.-Soviet Military Balance: Concepts and Capabilities, 1960-1980
Imbalance of Power: Shifting U.S.-Soviet Military Strengths
The Labour Party and the Public Schools: A Conflict of Principles
The Labour party and the public schools: A conflict of principles
The Perennial Scope of Philosophy
The Meaning of Existence
"Attack Upon "Christendom
The Fate of Edlth Stein
Social Reproduction in Classrooms and Schools
Social reproduction theory argues that schools are not institutions of equal opportunity but mechanisms for perpetuating social inequalities. This review discusses the emergence and development of social reproduction analyses of education and examines three main perspectives on reproduction: economic, cultural, and linguistic. Reproduction analyses emerged in the 1960s and were largely abandoned by the 1990s; some of the conceptual and political …
Dilemmas of race, register, and inequality in South Africa
There is strong evidence that legacies of Apartheid remain in place in South Africa's education system, entangling economic inequality, racial categorization, and de facto language hierarchy. This study draws from an ethnographic study of language diversity in a Cape Town public school, focusing on how classroom practices regulate and school staff frame language diversity and social inequality among their pupils. It uses the concepts of language …
Hidden in Plain Sight: Martial Law and the Making of the High Courts of Justice, 1642–60
This article traces the transformation of martial law during the Civil Wars and Interregnum culminating with the creation of the High Courts of Justice in the 1650s. The Long, Rump, and Protectorate parliaments used, adapted, and combined martial law procedures with others to solve some of the most difficult and pressing legal problems they faced. These problems included the trial of spies, traitors to the parliamentary cause, Charles I and his r…
U.S.-Soviet Military Balance: Concepts and Capabilities, 1960-1980
US-Soviet Military Balance, 1980-1985
US-Soviet military balance, 1980–1985 Get access US-Soviet military balance, 1980–1985. By John M. Collins. London: Pergamon/Brassey's. 1985. 360pp. Index. £38.00; $50.00; ISBN 0 08 033131 9. Pb.: £23.00; $29.95; ISBN 0 08 033130 0. N. G. N. G. 1Chatham House Library Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 62, Issue 2, spring 1986, Page 356, https://doi.org/10.2307/2618461 Published: …
The Fate of Edlth Stein
"Attack Upon "Christendom
The Meaning of Existence
The Perennial Scope of Philosophy
The Labour Party and the Public Schools: A Conflict of Principles
The Labour party and the public schools: A conflict of principles
Imbalance of Power: Shifting U.S.-Soviet Military Strengths
U.S.-Soviet Military Balance: Concepts and Capabilities, 1960-1980
US-Soviet Military Balance, 1980-1985
US-Soviet military balance, 1980–1985 Get access US-Soviet military balance, 1980–1985. By John M. Collins. London: Pergamon/Brassey's. 1985. 360pp. Index. £38.00; $50.00; ISBN 0 08 033131 9. Pb.: £23.00; $29.95; ISBN 0 08 033130 0. N. G. N. G. 1Chatham House Library Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 62, Issue 2, spring 1986, Page 356, https://doi.org/10.2307/2618461 Published: …
Military Geography for Professionals and the Public
Social Reproduction in Classrooms and Schools
Social reproduction theory argues that schools are not institutions of equal opportunity but mechanisms for perpetuating social inequalities. This review discusses the emergence and development of social reproduction analyses of education and examines three main perspectives on reproduction: economic, cultural, and linguistic. Reproduction analyses emerged in the 1960s and were largely abandoned by the 1990s; some of the conceptual and political …
Facts, Attitudes, and Health Reasoning About HIV and Aids: Explaining the Education Effect on Condom Use Among Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa
Hidden in Plain Sight: Martial Law and the Making of the High Courts of Justice, 1642–60
This article traces the transformation of martial law during the Civil Wars and Interregnum culminating with the creation of the High Courts of Justice in the 1650s. The Long, Rump, and Protectorate parliaments used, adapted, and combined martial law procedures with others to solve some of the most difficult and pressing legal problems they faced. These problems included the trial of spies, traitors to the parliamentary cause, Charles I and his r…
Martial Law and English Laws, c.1500–c.1700
John M. Collins presents the first comprehensive history of martial law in the early modern period. He argues that rather than being a state of exception from law, martial law was understood and practiced as one of the King's laws. Further, it was a vital component of both England's domestic and imperial legal order. It was used to quell rebellions during the Reformation, to subdue Ireland, to regulate English plantations like Jamestown, to punis…
Dilemmas of race, register, and inequality in South Africa
There is strong evidence that legacies of Apartheid remain in place in South Africa's education system, entangling economic inequality, racial categorization, and de facto language hierarchy. This study draws from an ethnographic study of language diversity in a Cape Town public school, focusing on how classroom practices regulate and school staff frame language diversity and social inequality among their pupils. It uses the concepts of language …
The evil-god challenge: Extended and defended
Stephen Law developed a challenge to theism, known as the evil-god challenge (Law (2010) ). The evil-god challenge to theism is to explain why the theist's responses to the problem of evil are any better than the diabolist's – who believes in a supremely evil god – rejoinders to the problem of good, when all the theist's ploys (theodicy, sceptical theism, etc.) can be parodied by the diabolist. In the first part of this article, I extend the evil…
The Long Parliament and the Law of Necessity in Seventeenth-Century England
The ability to claim an eminent right over property was central to the parliamentary war effort. Relying on a narrative of necessity that jurists in both England and in western Europe had increasingly used since the end of the sixteenth century, MPs gave the English political public a narrative parallel to that of a beggar in extreme duress: in order for it to survive, the property rights of English subjects needed to give way. Scholars have note…
The privation theory of evil and the evil-God challenge
Can the best arguments for a privation theory of evil be parodied, with equal plausibility, as arguments for a privation theory of good? The privation theory of evil claims that evil has no positive existence, and it is but a privation of good. The privation theory of good claims the opposite. I approach this topic as one element in the so-called evil-God Challenge. Stephen Law has argued that the epistemic support for belief in an omniscient, om…
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