Nicholas Higgins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3776882 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas Higgins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas |
| FAMILY NAME | Higgins |
| SIGNATURE | HIGGINS N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kent |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7619-1198 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Hobbes's Paradoxical Toleration
The source of Hobbes's liberal view of toleration is a recognized paradox within his absolutist political sovereign. This article argues that Hobbes's view of toleration is consistent with his overall political theory based upon his broader religious teaching, which leads to an epistemological skepticism on the veracity of religion, and as such among rulers toleration is not only allowed, but necessary. Further, this article argues that the inabi…
Understanding the Chiapas Rebellion
Understanding the Chiapas Rebellion
Nicholas Higgins offers a new way of understanding the Zapatista conflict as a counteraction to the forces of modernity and globalisation that have rendered indigenous peoples virtually invisible throughout the world
An Interview with Comandante David, a Tzotzil Member of the Zapatista Delegation to Mexico City, 2001
Nicholas Higgins (*) On December 2, 2000, only one day into new presidency of Vicente Fox, Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) announced their intention to send a delegation to Mexico's capital city to seek ratification of law of indigenous rights and culture. In this way Zapatistas ensured that Mexican Indian conflict that has remained unresolved for seven years would stand at top of presidential agenda. They named this latest nonviolen…
Mexico's stalled peace process
High hopes were raised when Vicente Fox Quesada of the National Action Party (PAN) was elected President of Mexico in July 2000. After three years of inaction, the possibility that the nation's stalled peace process might once again recommence suddenly seemed plausible. With the announcement in December 2000 by the rebel Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) of three preconditions prior to any dialogue taking place, a clear trajectory was …
The Zapatista Uprising and the Poetics of Cultural Resistance
ican government and their national intelligence service (CISEN). They instead would have us believe that the masked figure who is both military commander and spokesperson for the rebel Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) is none other than one Rafael Guillen, a Jesuit-educated, former university lecturer, born in 1957 in Tampico, northern Mexico.1 The story they wish to tell is of a man corrupted by the texts of Marx and Mao, a man so frust…
An Interview with Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Spokesperson and Military Commander of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN)
Journal Article An Interview with Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Spokesperson and Military Commander of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) Get access Marta Duràn De Huerta, Marta Duràn De Huerta 1Faculty of Political Science at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Nicholas Higgins Nicholas Higgins 2London Centre of International Relations, University of K…
A question of style
The Zapatista Uprising and the Poetics of Cultural Resistance
ican government and their national intelligence service (CISEN). They instead would have us believe that the masked figure who is both military commander and spokesperson for the rebel Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) is none other than one Rafael Guillen, a Jesuit-educated, former university lecturer, born in 1957 in Tampico, northern Mexico.1 The story they wish to tell is of a man corrupted by the texts of Marx and Mao, a man so frust…
An Interview with Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Spokesperson and Military Commander of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN)
Journal Article An Interview with Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Spokesperson and Military Commander of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) Get access Marta Duràn De Huerta, Marta Duràn De Huerta 1Faculty of Political Science at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Nicholas Higgins Nicholas Higgins 2London Centre of International Relations, University of K…
Mexico's stalled peace process
High hopes were raised when Vicente Fox Quesada of the National Action Party (PAN) was elected President of Mexico in July 2000. After three years of inaction, the possibility that the nation's stalled peace process might once again recommence suddenly seemed plausible. With the announcement in December 2000 by the rebel Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) of three preconditions prior to any dialogue taking place, a clear trajectory was …
A question of style
A question of style
An Interview with Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Spokesperson and Military Commander of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN)
Journal Article An Interview with Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Spokesperson and Military Commander of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) Get access Marta Duràn De Huerta, Marta Duràn De Huerta 1Faculty of Political Science at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Nicholas Higgins Nicholas Higgins 2London Centre of International Relations, University of K…
The Zapatista Uprising and the Poetics of Cultural Resistance
ican government and their national intelligence service (CISEN). They instead would have us believe that the masked figure who is both military commander and spokesperson for the rebel Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) is none other than one Rafael Guillen, a Jesuit-educated, former university lecturer, born in 1957 in Tampico, northern Mexico.1 The story they wish to tell is of a man corrupted by the texts of Marx and Mao, a man so frust…
An Interview with Comandante David, a Tzotzil Member of the Zapatista Delegation to Mexico City, 2001
Nicholas Higgins (*) On December 2, 2000, only one day into new presidency of Vicente Fox, Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) announced their intention to send a delegation to Mexico's capital city to seek ratification of law of indigenous rights and culture. In this way Zapatistas ensured that Mexican Indian conflict that has remained unresolved for seven years would stand at top of presidential agenda. They named this latest nonviolen…
Mexico's stalled peace process
High hopes were raised when Vicente Fox Quesada of the National Action Party (PAN) was elected President of Mexico in July 2000. After three years of inaction, the possibility that the nation's stalled peace process might once again recommence suddenly seemed plausible. With the announcement in December 2000 by the rebel Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) of three preconditions prior to any dialogue taking place, a clear trajectory was …
Understanding the Chiapas Rebellion
Nicholas Higgins offers a new way of understanding the Zapatista conflict as a counteraction to the forces of modernity and globalisation that have rendered indigenous peoples virtually invisible throughout the world
Understanding the Chiapas Rebellion
Hobbes's Paradoxical Toleration
The source of Hobbes's liberal view of toleration is a recognized paradox within his absolutist political sovereign. This article argues that Hobbes's view of toleration is consistent with his overall political theory based upon his broader religious teaching, which leads to an epistemological skepticism on the veracity of religion, and as such among rulers toleration is not only allowed, but necessary. Further, this article argues that the inabi…
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